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“jack rostron”

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  • Environmental Law for The Built Environment

    by Jack Rostron ...
    This book provides a concise exposition of the relevant law and techniques commonly used to meet the regulatory requirements concerning the built environment. It provides a much needed reference and learning text for the growing professional and student involved in the subject. Aspects of environmental law and technology covered include the administration and sources of law,town and country ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Sick Building Syndrome

    Concepts, Issues and Practice

    Edited by Jack Rostron ...
    Sick building syndrome is for many of us an enigma. The legislative precedents currently being set in North America underline the need for rational examination of the problem. This new collection of expert writing will help unravel the complex issues involved. The book explores sick building syndrome from a range of perspectives: architectural, medical, psychological and legal. Each chapter offers ... Read more

    $261.08 CAD

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    A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World

    by David R. Boyd ...
    Winner of the Green Prize for Sustainable LiteratureA growing body of law around the world supports the idea that humans are not the only species with rights; and if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities.“Expertly written case studies in which legalese is accessibly distilled … empowering reminders that the seemingly inevitable slide toward planetary destruction can be halted.” — ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Down to the Wire

    Confronting Climate Collapse

    by David W. Orr ...
    "The real fault line in American politics is not between liberals and conservatives.... It is, rather, in how we orient ourselves to the generations to come who will bear the consequences, for better and for worse, of our actions." So writes David Orr in Down to the Wire, a sober and eloquent assessment of climate destabilization and an urgent call to action. Orr describes how political negligence ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

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  • Estimating for Building & Civil Engineering Work

    by John Williams, Spence Gedes ...
    It deals in a practical and reasonable way with many of the estimating problems which can arise where building and civil engineering works are carried out and to include comprehensive estimating data within the guidelines of good practice. The early part of the book has been completely rewritten to contain chapters useful to students and practitioners alike for the development of the estimating ... Read more

    $236.35 CAD

  • Ecosystem Services – Concept, Methods and Case Studies

    Edited by Karsten Grunewald, Olaf Bastian ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Nature provides us with many services seemingly for free: recharged groundwater, fertile soil and plant biomass created by photosynthesis. We human beings draw extensive benefits from these “ecosystem services,” or ES – food, water supply, recreation and protection from natural hazards. Major international studies, such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, have addressed the enormous role of ... Read more

    $140.89 CAD

  • China-ASEAN Environment Outlook 1 (CAEO-1)

    Towards Green Development

    by China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Center ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the status and progress of China-ASEAN green development and examines the common development issues in China and ASEAN Member States (AMSs). It also explores development trends within the framework of global and regional environmental governance and discusses the approaches towards green development in China and AMSs, offering its own definition of ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Combustion Engineering and Gas Utilisation

    by British Gas ...
    Combustion Engineering & Gas Utilisation is a practical guide to sound engineering practice for engineers from industry and commerce responsible for the selection, installation, designing and maintenance of efficient and safe gas fired heating equipment. ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Legal Issues for Implementing the Clean Development Mechanism in China

    by Xiaoyi Jiang ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Today, climate change is among the most hotly-debated topics. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), one of the three financial mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol open to developing and developed countries, was devised to assist in mitigation of global warming. This book discusses what China should do to make full use of the CDM to promote sustainable development and to meet the challenge of ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Heads above Water

    The Inside Story of the Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program

    by Robert L. Gulley ...
    Series series Kathie and Ed Cox Jr. Books on Conservation Leadership, sponsored by The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University
    Since the 1950s, competing interests for use of Edwards Aquifer resources—the primary source of water for more than two million people in south central Texas—were at war. They had tried many times to resolve their differences about how to conserve, allocate, and use the water, but had always failed.Finally, under the patient leadership of Robert Gulley, thirty-nine diverse stakeholders reached a ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • CPM in Construction Management, Eighth Edition

    by James J. O'Brien, Fredric L. Plotnick ...
    The definitive guide for using CPM in construction planning and scheduling—now thoroughly updated to reflect new technologies and proceduresCritical path method (CPM) is the most widely taught and used framework for construction project design, scheduling, and management. This new edition has been fully revised to cover the latest techniques, standards, and software tools. The book begins by ... Read more

    $135.29 CAD

  • Water Security in the Mediterranean Region

    An International Evaluation of Management, Control, and Governance Approaches

    Edited by Andrea Scozzari, Bouabid El Mansouri ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The role of water in our communities, from local to regional and right up to global levels, poses a series of key questions about climate change, about the anthropogenic impact on the environment, and about all the interconnected actions and events that affect the availability and quality of the resource. All these questions share a common demand for more scientific knowledge and information. In ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD