The environment
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The environment
Hardback. Controversies concerning the siting of facilities for the disposal and treatment of hazardous but also domestic waste are widespread in all of the industrialized countries. This book aims to investigate the decision-making processes for the siting and creation of waste facilities, in order to identify the factors for predicting success. Editor(s): Dente, Bruno; Fareri, Paolo (Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale, Milano, Italy); Ligteringen, Josee. Series: Environment and Management. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792350286
- ISBN
- 9780792350286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.24
€ 123.24
paperback. Editor(s): Lehn, Helmut; Steiner, Magdalena; Mohr, Hans. Series: Veroffentlichungen Der Akademie Fur Technikfolgenabschatzung in Baden-Wurttemberg. Num Pages: 46 pages, 27 colour illustrations, 48 black & white tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 46
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642801617
- ISBN
- 9783642801617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.85
€ 78.85
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349492664
- ISBN
- 9781349492664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.10€ 34.75
€ 53.10
€ 34.75
Paperback. This is a provocative look at contemporary conflicts--wars taking place in resource rich countries filled with impoverished people. It focuses on three key resources: oil, diamonds, and timber. Th author is critical of the role of developed countries in such conflicts and offers solutions to end the plunder of Africa and Asia. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBWS; JWA; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041454
- ISBN
- 9781849041454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.77
€ 30.99
€ 27.77
Hardback. Warming to Ecocide evaluates climate change from a thermodynamic perspective and offers strategies whereby mankind may avoid propelling the global average temperature above the pre-industrial level by more than 2 C -- a threshold presaging catastrophic run-away processes. Num Pages: 242 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHH; RNPG; TGMB; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857299253
- ISBN
- 9780857299253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.77
€ 119.77
Paperback. Warming to Ecocide evaluates climate change from a thermodynamic perspective and offers strategies whereby mankind may avoid propelling the global average temperature above the pre-industrial level by more than 2 C -- a threshold presaging catastrophic run-away processes. Num Pages: 259 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHH; RB; RN; TGMB; TH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 403.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447160205
- ISBN
- 9781447160205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.82
€ 118.82
Paperback. The result of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop, this book covers a new subfield of environmental study. It outlines the theory and examines cases ranging from mercury contamination during World War I to the ecological impacts of the Palestinian occupation. Editor(s): Machlis, Gary E.; Hanson, Thor; Spiric, Zdravko; McKendry, Jean E. Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Num Pages: 200 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNC; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400712867
- ISBN
- 9789400712867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 181.58
€ 181.58
Hardback. The result of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop, this book covers a new subfield of environmental study. It outlines the theory and examines cases ranging from mercury contamination during World War I to the ecological impacts of the Palestinian occupation. Editor(s): Machlis, Gary E.; Hanson, Thor; McKendry, Jean E.; Spiric, Zdravko. Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Num Pages: 200 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNC; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 643.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400712133
- ISBN
- 9789400712133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.60
€ 182.60
Hardback. This book features a multidisciplinary focus on walking as a mode in the context of transportation, urban planning and health. Breaking down the silos, this book presents a multidisciplinary focus bringing together research from transport, public health and planning to show linkages and the variation in experience around the world. Series: Transport and Sustainability. Num Pages: 351 pages. BIC Classification: MBNH; RNU; RPT; TR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781787146280
- ISBN
- 9781787146280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.71
€ 131.71
hardcover. Insightful readings of three contemporary classics of nature writing by Janisse Ray, Terry Tempest Williams, and Linda Hogan are at the heart of Wohlpart's endeavor. His exploration of these literary works, based on deep anthropology and Native American philosophy, opens a pathway into a new way of thinking called sacred reason. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; JFSL9; JHMC; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345239
- ISBN
- 9780820345239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.88
€ 150.88
Hardcover. In his notes on the natural history of Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau records the first open flowers of highbush blueberry on May 11, 1853. In the 160 years since his writings, warming temperatures have pushed blueberry flowering three weeks earlier. This book tracks the effects of a warming climate on Concord's plants and animals. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; RNPG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226682686
- ISBN
- 9780226682686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.72
€ 27.99
€ 22.72
Paperback. Track the effects of a warming climate on Concord, Massachusetts' plants and animals. This book describes how warming temperatures have altered other aspects, from the dates when ice departs from Walden Pond in late winter, to the arrival of birds in the spring, to the populations of fish, salamanders, and butterflies that live in the woodlands. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226272290
- ISBN
- 9780226272290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.07
€ 19.99
€ 17.07
Hardcover. The author gives an account of his two years experience of the 'simple life' in the woods. In this book, he tells how he sought and found material and spiritual sustenance in the solitude of the cabin which he built for himself on the shore of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; RNA; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151367
- ISBN
- 9781857151367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.26
€ 23.99
€ 16.26
Paperback. The last 20,000 years has seen our world flip from icehouse to greenhouse, provoking earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic outbursts. Like a giant stirring from a long sleep, the Earth beneath our feet tossed and turned. Bill McGuire argues that climate change is once more setting the scene for the giant to reawaken, and we can already see the signs. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBC; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199678754
- ISBN
- 9780199678754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.03
€ 18.99
€ 15.03
Paperback / so. Series: Wuppertal Texte. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: RNF; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764361556
- ISBN
- 9783764361556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.19
€ 56.19
Hardback. This book provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of land systems vulnerability assessment in Asia - fundamental to the understanding of the link between global change, environmental sustainability and human wellbeing. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118854952
- ISBN
- 9781118854952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.93
€ 139.93
Hardback. Editor(s): Monaco, Andre. Num Pages: 336 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: RBKC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781848217041
- ISBN
- 9781848217041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.08
€ 175.08
Hardcover. Vulnerability of Agriculture, Water and Fisheries to Climate Change Editor(s): Behnassi, Mohamed; Syomiti Muteng'E, Margaret; Ramachandran, Gopichandran; Shelat, Kirit Nanubhai. Num Pages: 369 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations, 53 black & white tables, 1 colou. BIC Classification: RNCB; RNF; RNU; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401789615
- ISBN
- 9789401789615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.61
€ 120.61
Vulnerability of Agriculture, Water and Fisheries to Climate Change
. Ed(S): Behnassi, Mohamed; Syomiti Muteng'E,...
Paperback. Editor(s): Behnassi, Mohamed; Syomiti Muteng'E, Margaret; Ramachandran, Gopichandran; Shelat, Kirit Nanubhai. Num Pages: 369 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations, 53 black & white tables, 1 colou. BIC Classification: KNAC; RNF; RNPG; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 569.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402403442
- ISBN
- 9789402403442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.26
€ 119.26
Paperback. The Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna (GBM) basin presents a great flood risk. This book investigates autonomous adaptation using a multi-method technique comprising PRA and a questionnaire survey applied in the case study area 'Islampur' Upazila in Bangladesh. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 239 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 54 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RGB; RNR; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 373.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402400557
- ISBN
- 9789402400557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 159.22
€ 159.22