The environment
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The environment
Paperback. Environmental change is a pressing public issue, and not just in the rich countries of the northern hemisphere. This book seeks to lend some historical depth to debates about modifications of ecological processes, and to explore the global dimensions of the dynamic. It shows how ecology, culture, and market interact to change the value of nature. Editor(s): Squatriti, Paolo. Series: Comparative Studies in Society & History S. Num Pages: 392 pages, 5 maps, 2 photos, 2 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069606
- ISBN
- 9780472069606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.04
€ 55.04
Paperback. Explores the interconnections between negotiations over the environment and an emerging colonial relationship in a particular South African context - the Transkei - subsequently the largest of the notorious "homelands" under apartheid. This work sheds light on the colonial era in the Transkei by looking at significant dimensions of this history. Series Editor(s): Allman, Jean; Isaacman, Allen F. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBLL; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821416990
- ISBN
- 9780821416990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management (Ecotourism Seri...
Buckley, Ralf C., Pickering, Catherine, Weave...
Paperback. Environment and Land Management. Series: Ecotourism Series. 224 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Buckley, R.; Pickering, C.; Weaver, D B. Tourism based on natural environments is a significant and growing international industry, and one that requires access to land with scenery, native plants and wildlife. In turn, land managers need money to maintain their land and its natural resources. This book looks at the economic, social and environmental consequences of nature-based tourism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: KNSG; RNK. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 11. Weight: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- CABI
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845934552
- ISBN
- 9781845934552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 46.10
€ 47.99
€ 46.10
Nature-Based Tourism, Environment and Land Management
. Ed(S): Buckley, R.; Pickering, C.; Weaver, ...
hardcover. This volume looks at the economic, social and environmental consequences of nature-based tourism and its effects on land managers. It discusses the importance of links and partnerships, as well as the conflicts, between commercial tourism interests and land management agencies. Editor(s): Buckley, R.; Pickering, C.; Weaver, David B. Series: Ecotourism Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: KNSG; RNF; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 186 x 18. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780851997322
- ISBN
- 9780851997322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.39
€ 118.39
Paperback. Nature, science, religion. Each term carries with it claims to truth: nature inasmuch as it conveys our beliefs of how things naturally are and should be; science in and through its methods, evident results, and institutional prestige; and religion in its objects and the commitments they generate among devotees. Editor(s): Tucker, Catherine M. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HRAM3; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- SAR Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934691526
- ISBN
- 9781934691526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Hardback. A collection of papers which push the study of the multifaceted nature-society relationship and the socioeconomic consequences of human dependence on nature forward in a variety of areas. It examine the roles of material process, space, and time in shaping social processes of economic ascent and long term hegemonic change. Editor(s): Ciccantell, Paul S.; Smith, David A.; Seidman, Gay W. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 412 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311620
- ISBN
- 9780762311620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.22
€ 194.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Saunders, William S. Series: Harvard Design Magazine Readers S. Num Pages: 200 pages, 22 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AM; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816653591
- ISBN
- 9780816653591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.93
€ 24.99
€ 22.93
Hardback. Places emphasis on developments in the social theory of environmental issues, the environment, and the environmental crisis. This also emphasises on the increasingly questionable possibility of shared knowledge at a time of increasing fragmentation of common frameworks, distraction from key issues, and dilution of the idea of objectivity. Series: Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849506052
- ISBN
- 9781849506052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.02
€ 133.02
Paperback. Environmental aesthetics is a field of study that focuses on nature's aesthetic value as well as on its ethical and environmental implications. This book addresses the complex relationships between aesthetic appreciation and environmental issues and emphasizes the contribution that environmental aesthetics can make to environmentalism. Editor(s): Carlson, Allen; Lintott, Sheila. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138871
- ISBN
- 9780231138871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. In Nature's New Deal, Neil M. Maher examines the history of one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's boldest and most successful experiments, the Civilian Conservation Corps, describing it as a turning point both in national politics and in the emergence of modern environmentalism. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; RNA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195392418
- ISBN
- 9780195392418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.88
€ 45.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNKH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 31. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226323657
- ISBN
- 9780226323657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.35
€ 41.35
Paperback. Nature's Fortune shows how viewing nature as green infrastructure allows for breakthroughs not only in conservation, protecting water supplies; enhancing the health of fisheries; making cities more sustainable, liveable, and safe; and dealing with unavoidable climate change, but in economic progress, as well. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: KJJ; RNB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610916950
- ISBN
- 9781610916950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.40
€ 39.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNK; RND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598132281
- ISBN
- 9781598132281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.27
€ 31.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 732 pages, tables, charts & illus. BIC Classification: RNU; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 189 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 732
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604565416
- ISBN
- 9781604565416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.11€ 98.58
€ 141.11
€ 98.58
Hardcover. Editor(s): Islam, M. Rafiqul. Num Pages: 178 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: RNU; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 184 x 266 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604563108
- ISBN
- 9781604563108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.20€ 162.20
€ 235.20
€ 162.20
Hardcover. Editor(s): Islam, M. Rafiqul. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNU; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 258 x 16. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604560091
- ISBN
- 9781604560091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.95€ 70.75
€ 99.95
€ 70.75
Paperback. Discusses how ecology activists in Slovakia generated a social movement that led to political dialogue about freedom, ethnicity, and power. This work explains why Slovakia's ecology movement, so strong under socialism, fell apart so rapidly despite the persistence of serious ecological maladies in the region. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 248 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVKS; JPW; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988566
- ISBN
- 9780295988566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.90
€ 43.90
Hardback. After 1945, those responsible for conservation in Germany resumed their work with a relatively high degree of continuity as far as laws and personnel were concerned. Yet conservationists soon found they had little choice but to modernize their views and practices in the challenging postwar context. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; RNK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454302
- ISBN
- 9781845454302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.73
€ 161.73
Hardcover. "Life circles of biodiversity and conservancy." Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 282 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764350443
- ISBN
- 9780764350443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.68
€ 42.99
€ 28.68
Hardback. In the midst of the current ecological crisis, there is often lofty talk of the need for humanity to overcome its divisions and work together to tackle the big challenges of our time. But as this new book by Razmig Keucheyan shows, the real picture is very different. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JP; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509503773
- ISBN
- 9781509503773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Paperback. In the midst of the current ecological crisis, there is often lofty talk of the need for humanity to overcome its divisions and work together to tackle the big challenges of our time. But as this new book by Razmig Keucheyan shows, the real picture is very different. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JP; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509503780
- ISBN
- 9781509503780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.74
€ 24.74
Paperback. This account of the industrialization of the Merrimack River Valley is a tale of environmental degradation and engineering triumph. It shows how water came to be defined as private property. The book is a reminder of the contribution of interdisciplinary approaches to the heritage of an area. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KND; RNC; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870239434
- ISBN
- 9780870239434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.43
€ 43.43
Hardback. ""Nature Inc. brings together cutting-edge research by respected scholars from around the world to analyze how 'neoliberal conservation' is reshaping human-nature relations"--Provided by publisher"-- Editor(s): Buscher, Bram (Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands); Dressler, Wolfram; Robert, Fletcher; Fletcher, Robert, MD, Msc (Emeritus Professor of Optometry and Visual Science, City University, London, UK Fletcher MScTech, FBOA, HD, FSMC(Hons), D'Orth, DCLP, Emeritus Professor, City University, London, and Docent II, Kongsberg Inginor Hogskole, Kongsberg, Norge). Series: Critical Green Engagements: Investigating the Green Economy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: RNC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816530953
- ISBN
- 9780816530953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.88
€ 74.88
Paperback. Offers a look at how nature has been culturally constructed in South and Southeast Asia. This book looks at how social and natural landscapes are created, maintained, and transformed by scientists, government administrators, monks, and farmers. It also analyzes campaigns to eradicate smallpox and save forests, waterways, and animal habitats. Editor(s): Greenough, Paul R.; Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt. Num Pages: 440 pages, 3 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1FM; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822331490
- ISBN
- 9780822331490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.70
€ 41.99
€ 37.70