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The environment
Hardcover. This book focuses on various issues of energy, energy efficiency and environmental policy in China. It discusses different aspects on how China may maintain its fast economic growth through good management of energy consumption and development of various energy sources. Editor(s): Yao, Shujie; Herrerias Talamantes, Maria Jesus. Series: The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCG; KCN; RNFY; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 222 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372048
- ISBN
- 9781137372048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardcover. This book offers a deep insight into the genesis and development of the European Commission's energy and climate legislation, focusing on the interplay of politics and science. How does the Commission react when confronted with knowledge? According to the author, the Commission functions as catalyst transforming knowledge into politics. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; KNBT; RNPG; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380258
- ISBN
- 9781137380258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardcover. The author presents an anthropological analysis of the regulatory technologies that characterize contemporary resource frontiers. He offers an ethnographic portrayal of indigenous rights, resource extraction and environmental politics in the Peruvian Amazon. Series: International Relations and Development Series. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; KCM; RNF; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381842
- ISBN
- 9781137381842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Fixed and Marginal Costs in Electricity Markets lays out clear cost methodologies for understanding marginal price structures, further cementing electricity's role as an asset class with fixed and variable costs. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFF; RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384799
- ISBN
- 9781137384799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardcover. Ryan examines outdoor recreation through the lens of ecological theory, providing a unique, alternative framework to the dilemmas of user impacts on nature, and the paradoxes inherent within this. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; RNK; RNT; WSZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385079
- ISBN
- 9781137385079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Hardcover. Climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet. This book responds to human adversity by mobilizing climate justice as legal justice, to legitimize and realize a unified, transparent, comprehensible, accessible and responsive process that applies to all. Num Pages: 439 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; LBBP; LNKJ; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137394637
- ISBN
- 9781137394637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.66
€ 68.66
Research Theatre, Climate Change, and the Ecocide Project: The Ecocide...
Chaudhuri, Una, Enelow, Shonni
Hardcover. Theatre is a uniquely powerful site for the kind of thinking called for by the crises of climate change. Encompassing academic research, theatre work-shopping, playwriting, dramaturgy, and theoretical writing, this book offers a practical, theoretical, and critical engagement with the urgent issue of making art in the age of climate change. Num Pages: 140 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ANF; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137396617
- ISBN
- 9781137396617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.57€ 72.42
€ 86.57
€ 72.42
Hardcover. Policing Wildlife examines both the extent and enforcement of wildlife law, one of the fastest growing areas of crime globally. The book considers how enforcement regimes need to adapt to contemporary wildlife crime threats, particularly those posed by terrorism and organised crime. Series: Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JKV; LNKG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137400000
- ISBN
- 9781137400000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.02
€ 194.02
Hardcover. This book examines how the news media in general, and investigative journalism in particular, interprets environmental problems and how those interpretations contribute to the shaping of a discourse of risk that can compete against the omnipresent and hegemonic discourse of modernisation in Chinese society. Series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; KNTJ; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137406668
- ISBN
- 9781137406668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Hardback. The authors examine how far internal policies in the European Union move towards the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by 80-95 per cent by 2050, and how or whether the EU's 2050 objective to 'decarbonise' could affect the EU's relations with a number of external energy partners. Editor(s): Dupont, Claire; Oberthur, Sebastian. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; KCN; RND; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137406828
- ISBN
- 9781137406828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Hardcover. Through focusing on children's sustainability learning this book examines how school education can address the current environmental problems. It explores children's responses in literacy and language, arts-based approaches, and indigenous studies as well as scientific pedagogies to provide a unique insight into how children learn. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNAM; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408495
- ISBN
- 9781137408495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. Voice and Environmental Communication explores how people give voice to, and listen to the voices of, the environment. This foundational book introduces the relationship between these two fundamental aspects of human existence and extends our knowledge of the role of voice in the study of environmental communication. Series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433732
- ISBN
- 9781137433732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardback. Indigenous peoples have passed down vital knowledge for generations from which local plants help cure common ailments, to which parts of the land are unsuitable for buildings because of earthquakes. Here, Hendry examines science through these indigenous roots, problematizing the idea that Western science is the only type that deserves that name. Num Pages: 211 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM; PD; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435903
- ISBN
- 9781137435903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.34
€ 127.34
Paperback. Indigenous peoples have passed down vital knowledge for generations from which local plants help cure common ailments, to which parts of the land are unsuitable for buildings because of earthquakes. Here, Hendry examines science through these indigenous roots, problematizing the idea that Western science is the only type that deserves that name. Num Pages: 212 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM; PD; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435910
- ISBN
- 9781137435910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.14
€ 126.14
Hardback. Climate Change Adaptation and Human Capabilities explores learning, health, mobility, and play as climate capabilities and produces new insights into the depth of climate change impact on social life. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; RGC; RNPG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 415.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436276
- ISBN
- 9781137436276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Household Recycling and Consumption Work: Social and Moral Economies (...
Wheeler, Kathryn, Glucksmann, Miriam
Hardcover. Consumers are not usually incorporated into the sociological concept of 'division of labour', but using the case of household recycling, this book shows why this foundational concept needs to be revised. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; RNA; RNH; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440433
- ISBN
- 9781137440433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. The author looks at the prospects for a transition from natural gas to low carbon gas, which could take several decades, and at how this will depend on the evolution of the fossil fuel industry. She investigates the technologies and energy systems for making the best use of renewable gas resources. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 figures, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KNBT; RNU; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441799
- ISBN
- 9781137441799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.13
€ 161.13
Hardback. This volume examines current and previous environmental policies, and suggests alternative strategies for the future. Addressing resource depletion and climate change are pressing priorities for modern economies. Planning energy infrastructure projects is complicated by uncertainty, as such clear government policies have a crucial role to play. Editor(s): Arestis, Philip; Sawyer, Malcolm. Series: International Papers in Political Economy. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCN; KCP; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446121
- ISBN
- 9781137446121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.48
€ 67.48
Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education
. Ed(S): Fadeeva, Zinaida; Galkute, Laima; Ma...
Hardback. Series/Pack/Set ISBN Editor(s): Fadeeva, Zinaida; Galkute, Laima; Mader, Clemens; Scott, Geoff; Mohun, Simon. Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNM; KJMQ; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137459138
- ISBN
- 9781137459138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.63
€ 67.63
Climate Change and Individual Responsibility: Agency, Moral Disengagem...
Peeters, Wouter, de Smet, Andries, Dirix, Jo,...
Hardcover. This book discusses the agency and responsibility of individuals in climate change, and argues that these are underemphasized, enabling individuals to maintain their consumptive lifestyles without having to accept moral responsibility for their luxury emissions. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFC; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137464491
- ISBN
- 9781137464491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30