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The environment
Paperback. Presents the geological history of the Great Barrier Reef, the biology of coral reef ecosystems, and a primer on what we know about climate change. This book concludes that the Great Barrier Reef and most coral reefs may be dead from mass bleaching and irreversible acidification unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed. Num Pages: 304 pages, 48 color illustrations, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MBF; RGBR; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034976
- ISBN
- 9780674034976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.59
€ 32.99
€ 27.59
Hardcover. It is unavoidable that nanoparticles are released into the environment, either during production processes or the use of a product made from these particles. This book examines how nanoparticles interact with the human body, especially upon inhalation. Editor(s): Marijnissen, J. C. M.; Gradon, Leon (University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland). Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMGT; MMR; RNP; TBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048126316
- ISBN
- 9789048126316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.60
€ 239.60
Hardback. This first volume in the series addresses the pressing need to align business practices with the requirements of a sustainable world. Delivering new models for conducting business, implications of undertaking new approaches, and ways businesses are transforming and being transformed by their environments. Editor(s): Stoner, James A. F.; Wankel, Charles. Series: Global Sustainability Through Business. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJG; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102811
- ISBN
- 9780230102811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.40
€ 122.40
Paperback. Describes the network of water temples that managed the flow of irrigation water in the name of the Goddess of the Crater Lake. Using the techniques of ecological simulation modeling, this book argues that the system of temple rituals is not only a reflection of utilitarian constraints but also a basic ingredient in organization of production. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; JHMC; RNF; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130668
- ISBN
- 9780691130668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: RNKH; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604336481
- ISBN
- 9781604336481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.89
€ 11.99
€ 9.89
Hardback. Focusing on S.E. Asia, the economics of climate change and the relationship between climate change and economic development, this book examines the region's vulnerability to the impact of climate change, forecasts environmental and economic outcomes and opportunities these factors provide for policy actions towards alleviating this vulnerability. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; KCM; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542792
- ISBN
- 9780230542792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Hardback. On March 28, 1979 the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States occurred at Three Mile Island. This is the comprehensive account of the causes, context, and consequences of the Three Mile Island crisis. It captures the high human drama surrounding the accident. Num Pages: 314 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; RNP; RNQ; THK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520239401
- ISBN
- 9780520239401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.76
€ 53.99
€ 38.76
Hardback. How much radiation is too much? This title examines the evolution, over more than a hundred years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and for the general public. Num Pages: 189 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; PNRL; RNP; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223288
- ISBN
- 9780520223288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.31€ 48.91
€ 62.31
€ 48.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KFFR; KNAC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 4th Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853411298
- ISBN
- 9781853411298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.62
€ 33.99
€ 30.62
Hardback. The Companion to Global Environmental History offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing field, to provide an essential road map to past developments, current controversies, and future developments for specialists and newcomers alike. Editor(s): McNeill, Professor J. R.; Stewart Mauldin, Erin. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History. Num Pages: 568 pages, maps. BIC Classification: RG; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 172 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444335347
- ISBN
- 9781444335347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.21
€ 200.21
Paperback. "Refreshingly unpolemical and at times even witty, McNeill's book brims with carefully sifted statistics and brilliant details."-Washington Post Book World Series: The Global Century Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 40 b/w photographs, 15 maps. BIC Classification: RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393321838
- ISBN
- 9780393321838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.15
€ 23.99
€ 22.15
Paperback. The Companion to Global Environmental History offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing field, to provide an essential road map to past developments, current controversies, and future developments for specialists and newcomers alike. Editor(s): McNeill, Professor J. R.; Stewart Mauldin, Erin. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; RG; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 29. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118977538
- ISBN
- 9781118977538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.30
€ 48.30
Paperback. Proposes the existence of widely-recurring plant functional types with predictable relationships to vegetation structure and dynamics. This title features chapters on Assembling of Communities, Rarification and Extinction, Colonisation and Invasion, Principles and methodologies of a range of international tests including case study examples. Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSTS; RNC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470850404
- ISBN
- 9780470850404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.83
€ 114.83
Hardback. Challenges the notion of how early modern women may or may not have spoken for (or even with) nature. By focusing on various forms of 'dialogue,' these essays shift our interest away from speaking and toward listening, to illuminate ways that early modern Englishwomen interacted with their natural surroundings. Editor(s): Munroe, Jennifer; Laroche, Rebecca. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFFK; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115125
- ISBN
- 9780230115125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Paperback. Incorporates the history of regional politics and economics as they affected kuhls during the precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods; the role of state involvement in kuhl construction and management; and the benefits of exchanges of labor and water among members of networked kuhls. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780295987644
- ISBN
- 9780295987644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. Focusing on Jasper National Park, this richly illustrated book shows how photography has shaped and continues to inform perceptions of nature and ecological issues in Canada. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; AJ; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774819077
- ISBN
- 9780774819077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Hardback. This book examines the environmental credentials of Olympic Host cities and the opportunities afforded by hosting the Games towards the ecological modernization of the host nation by using perspectives offered by environmental sociology. It also sets out projections for the environmental legacy of London 2012. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 figures, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: RNT; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228610
- ISBN
- 9780230228610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
paperback. The purpose of this short book is to provide a review of: information on the scale of manufacture, import, export and use of chemical pesticides; examples of direct risks to human welfare; and examples of problems with storage of obsolete stocks of pesticides in developing countries. Series: Biopesticides S. Num Pages: 90 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAC; KNDC; MBN; RNP; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780851994765
- ISBN
- 9780851994765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 52.76
€ 54.99
€ 52.76
Hardback. 'Smart Alliance' tells the story of how Chiquita, formerly the notorious United Fruit Company, reinvented itself as an ally of conservation and together with the Rainforest Alliance set about establishing a 'Better Banana' seal of approval to certify genuine efforts to protect the environment. Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: KJK; KNAC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300102338
- ISBN
- 9780300102338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.61€ 45.60
€ 57.61
€ 45.60
Hardcover. What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688428
- ISBN
- 9780745688428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93