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Sustainability
Hardback. As cities all over the world have urbanized rapidly after the industrial revolution, most cities have confronted environmental problems such as poor air and water quality, high levels of traffic congestion and ambient noise. This book brings the lessons from innovative urban risk management approaches in Asian cities. Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib; Srinivas, Hari; Sharma, Anshu. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFSG; RNP; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781848559066
- ISBN
- 9781848559066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.83
€ 142.83
Hardcover. 416 pages, 86. Editor(s): Arora, Rajesh. Human actions across the past few centuries have led to a depletion of the world's natural energy sources, as well as large scale environmental degradation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: KCM; RNU. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 33. Weight: 1208.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- CABI
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845939564
- ISBN
- 9781845939564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.19
€ 145.19
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ananadjiwala, Rajesh; Hunter, L.; Kozlowski, R. Num Pages: 435 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: KNDD; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 182 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 435
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600215599
- ISBN
- 9781600215599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 339.37€ 228.53
€ 339.37
€ 228.53
hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive and detailed critical analysis in English of the tourism industry in Mallorca. With origins in the end of the nineteenth century, the emphasis is on the development of mass tourism since the mid-1950s and the attempts to manage its environmental impact and to introduce diversification into the market. Series: Aspects of Tourism. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSEB; KNSG; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845411800
- ISBN
- 9781845411800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.81
€ 169.81
paperback. Starting from first principles and using the practical experience of developing sustainable communities cost-effectively, One Planet Living cuts through the confusion. It presents a clear and simple framework that will allow students, developers, surveyors, engineers, policy-makers, architects and planners to structure their thinking. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: AMVD; RNU; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780470715468
- ISBN
- 9780470715468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.99€ 54.52
€ 59.99
€ 54.52
Hardback. This book discusses the key concepts of the technologies that underpin the drive towards sustainability in today s complex world. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCN; KJM; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848218420
- ISBN
- 9781848218420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.14
€ 177.14
Hardback. It is no secret that the United States' dependence on oil - mostly foreign - puts the country in a precarious position. This title focuses especially on green vehicles and the interrelationship between their design and various energy sources. It explains the complex energy and automotive engineering issues involved in developing green vehicles. Num Pages: 208 pages, 42, 35 black & white line drawings, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNU; THX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401973
- ISBN
- 9781421401973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.95€ 71.31
€ 78.95
€ 71.31
Hardback. Sustainable development is one of the most important challenges facing all stakeholders in the built environment. Since the first edition of Evaluating Sustainable Development was published, sustainable development has become prominent and behaviour around the globe is beginning to change. Yet few have addressed the question of measurement. Num Pages: 280 pages, ill. BIC Classification: RNU; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192583
- ISBN
- 9781405192583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.79
€ 103.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 187 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1F; GTF; KCM; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604564105
- ISBN
- 9781604564105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.47€ 79.84
€ 115.47
€ 79.84
Paperback. Buildings consume 40% of our planet's materials and 30% of its energy. Their construction uses up to three million tonnes of raw materials a year and generates 20% of the soild waste stream. If we want to survive our urban future, there is no option but to build in ways which improve the health of ecosystems. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25. BIC Classification: RNU; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632064137
- ISBN
- 9780632064137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.79
€ 103.79
Hardback. Academics from a range of disciplines and from a number of European and Latin American countries come together to question what it means to have a 'sustainable society' and to ask what role alternative social and solidarity economies can play. Editor(s): North, Peter; Scott Cato, Molly. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KL; KCM; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447327226
- ISBN
- 9781447327226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.63
€ 104.63
Hardback. With growing evidence of unsustainable use of the world's resources, such as hydrocarbon reserves, and related environmental pollution, as in alarming climate change predictions, sustainable development is arguably the prominent issue of the 21st century. Editor(s): Sillitoe, Paul. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 532 pages, 71 ills, 37 tables. BIC Classification: RGC; RNU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383710
- ISBN
- 9781782383710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.57
€ 219.57
Paperback. Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development uses Hong Kong to explore environmental economic and social development in China, providing concepts of sustainability, contexts for environmental policymaking, and key challenges in sustainable development. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; RNT; RNU. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447305071
- ISBN
- 9781447305071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.18
€ 38.99
€ 37.18
Paperback. Through cases focusing on the social, reputational, and environmental consequences of corporate activities, Corporate Responsibility demonstrates how to make difficult choices, promote responsible behaviour within organizations, and understand the role personal values play in developing effective leadership skills. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: KCM; KJG; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 187 x 15. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781483383101
- ISBN
- 9781483383101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 161.82
€ 161.82
Hardback. Sustainagility is about the ability to solve some of the world's most complex sustainability challenges with rapidly evolving business innovations, applications, methods, products and processes, adapted to changing situations. The book looks at how innovation and agility can save the world from the environmental disasters that face it. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJD; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Kogan Page Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749460839
- ISBN
- 9780749460839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.94
€ 40.99
€ 35.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KNAF; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803254251
- ISBN
- 9780803254251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 31.48
€ 52.99
€ 31.48
Hardcover. The planet is sick. Human beings are guilty of damaging it. We have to pay. Today, that is the orthodoxy throughout the Western world. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745669762
- ISBN
- 9780745669762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.34
€ 28.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 halftones. 17 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: RNC; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157610
- ISBN
- 9780691157610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.04
€ 49.99
€ 36.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: RNU; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118843727
- ISBN
- 9781118843727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.42
€ 194.42
Paperback. * Up-to-date, comprehensive and easy-to-digest presentation of complex analytical and methodological issues. * Integrated view of debt-poverty-trade environment. * Role of endogenous factors in the valuation of future. * Discussion of foundations of modern economic logic for analytical models. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCM; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209942
- ISBN
- 9780631209942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.10
€ 76.10