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The environment
Hardback. This book shows how sociologists have responded to the challenge of environmental issues such as global warming, ozone depletion, biodiversity loss and marine pollution. It also covers sociological ideas such as risk, interpretations of nature, environmental realism, and globalization. It assumes no specialist knowledge on the part of readers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JH; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634326
- ISBN
- 9780745634326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. This book shows how sociologists have responded to the challenge of environmental issues such as global warming, ozone depletion, biodiversity loss and marine pollution. It also covers sociological ideas such as risk, interpretations of nature, environmental realism, and globalization. It assumes no specialist knowledge on the part of readers. Num Pages: 202 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634333
- ISBN
- 9780745634333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Hardback. Offers an account of the challenges we face in responding to security and environmental change. This work argues that to understand climate change and the dislocations of global ecology, it is necessary to look back at how ecological change is tied to the expansion of the world economic system over the last few centuries. Series: Dimensions of Security. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642918
- ISBN
- 9780745642918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. 'The world of the future will be a tighter and tighter struggle against the limits of our intelligence', announced Norbert Wiener. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645049
- ISBN
- 9780745645049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. 'The world of the future will be a tighter and tighter struggle against the limits of our intelligence', announced Norbert Wiener. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645056
- ISBN
- 9780745645056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.26
€ 22.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,. BIC Classification: RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646886
- ISBN
- 9780745646886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.71
€ 19.71
Hardback. Globalization and the Environment critically explores the actors, politics and processes that govern the relationship between globalization and the environment. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; RNC; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647227
- ISBN
- 9780745647227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardback. Series: Polity Resources Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649313
- ISBN
- 9780745649313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. * This is a new title in Polity's Resources' series - a range of short, accessible books designed to introduce readers to the geopolitical battles over the world's most crucial resources. * Examines key issues such as the impact of climate change on supply, water pollution, and efforts to privatize water supplies. Series: Polity Resources Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPSL; RNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650326
- ISBN
- 9780745650326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. * This is a new title in Polity's Resources' series - a range of short, accessible books designed to introduce readers to the geopolitical battles over the world's most crucial resources. * Examines key issues such as the impact of climate change on supply, water pollution, and efforts to privatize water supplies. Series: Polity Resources Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, map. BIC Classification: KNBW; RBK; RNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650333
- ISBN
- 9780745650333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Hardback. * An impressively comprehensive analysis of today s key energy issues by a leading expert in the field. * Insightful and probing, this volume usefully refuses any simple solutions to very complicated problems. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650647
- ISBN
- 9780745650647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. * An impressively comprehensive analysis of today s key energy issues by a leading expert in the field. * Insightful and probing, this volume usefully refuses any simple solutions to very complicated problems. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650654
- ISBN
- 9780745650654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Hardback. * Natural disasters regularly reach a high degree of prominence in the media, but we rarely see the political aspects of the ways that disasters are managed and dealt with. * This book offers a comprehensive survey of the political history of disaster management, from World War I onwards. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; JPS; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650685
- ISBN
- 9780745650685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardback. Translation of: Klimakriege: wofeur im 21. Jahrhundert geteotet wird, 2008. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651453
- ISBN
- 9780745651453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.72€ 65.29
€ 81.72
€ 65.29
Hardback. Governments have failed to stem global emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases causing climate change. Indeed, climate-changing pollution is increasing globally, and will do so for decades to come without far more aggressive action. Series: What's Wrong?. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPQB; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652504
- ISBN
- 9780745652504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Hardback. Land is one of the world s most emotionally resonant resources, and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity. From the local level to the global, we are often in conflict over the ground beneath our feet. But because human relationships to land are so complex, it can be difficult to think them through in a unified way. Series: Polity Resources Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JPSL; JPVH3; RG; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652764
- ISBN
- 9780745652764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Social work is the profession that claims to intervene to enhance people's well-being. However, social workers have played a low-key role in environmental issues that increasingly impact on people's well-being, both locally and globally. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNP; RNT; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654010
- ISBN
- 9780745654010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.45
€ 26.45
Paperback. Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; RNF; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662770
- ISBN
- 9780745662770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
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
€ 28.64
€ 28.64
Paperback.
The planet is sick. Human beings are guilty of damaging it. Wehave to pay. Today, that is the orthodoxy throughout the Westernworld. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745669779
- ISBN
- 9780745669779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.71
€ 19.71
Hardcover. Uranium, the most atomically unstable natural element on earth, has a unique place in the global geopolitics of resources. It provides energy to millions of people and its isotopes are used to power spacecraft and in nuclear medicine. Series: Resources. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670515
- ISBN
- 9780745670515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Grains - particularly maize, rice, and wheat - are the central component of most people s diets, but we rarely stop to think about the wider role they play in national and international policy-making, as well as global issues like food security, biotechnology, and even climate change. Series: Resources. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688039
- ISBN
- 9780745688039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. Human ecology is interpreted to include structural and functional changes in human social organization and sociocultural systems. This book features theoretical, empirical and review papers on scientific human ecology. Editor(s): Freese, Lee. Series: Advances in Human Ecology S. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFS; RNC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608. Series: Advances in Human Ecology S. 300 pages. Editor(s): Freese, Lee. Human ecology is interpreted to include structural and functional changes in human social organization and sociocultural systems. This book features theoretical, empirical and review papers on scientific human ecology. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFS; RNC; RNT. Dimension: 246 x 166 x 23. Weight: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762305674
- ISBN
- 9780762305674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.16
€ 114.16
Paperback. A comprehensive assessment of relevant Asian policies and their applications in key areas in light of international environmental norms and practices. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFC; LBBP; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810579
- ISBN
- 9780774810579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59