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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “philippe rohner”
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  • Assessing Global Water Megatrends

    Edited by Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada, Philippe Rohner ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book highlights what are likely to be the future megatrends in the water sector and why and how they should be incorporated to improve water governance in the coming decades. In this first ever book on megatrends for the water sector, 22 leading world experts from different disciplines representing academia, business, government, national and international organisations discuss what the major ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

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  • Ten Billion

    Facing Our Future

    by Stephen Emmott ...
    Earth is home to millions of species. Yet just one dominates it. Us.Our cleverness, inventiveness, and activities have modified almost every part of our planet, impacting it profoundly. Indeed, our cleverness, inventiveness, and activities are now the drivers of every global problem we face. And every one of these problems is accelerating as we continue to grow towards a global population of ten ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The End of Plenty

    The Race to Feed a Crowded World

    by Joel K. Bourne Jr ...
    “An urgent and at times terrifying dispatch from a distinguished reporter who has given heart and soul to his subject.”—Hampton SidesIn The End of Plenty, award-winning environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr. puts our fight against devastating world hunger in dramatic perspective. He travels the globe to introduce a new generation of farmers and scientists on the front lines of the next green ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Moral Ground

    Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril

    Edited by Kathleen Dean Moore, Michael P. Nelson ...
    Moral Ground brings together the testimony of over eighty visionaries-theologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturalists, activists, and writers-to present a diverse and compelling call to honor our individual and collective moral responsibility to our planet. In the face of environmental degradation and global climate change, scientific knowledge alone ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Fertile Earth – Nature's Energies in Agriculture, Soil Fertilisation and Forestry

    Volume 3 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger's Eco-Technology Series

    by Viktor Schauberger ...
    Translated by Callum Coats ...
    How does nature work? When one looks closely at the enormously complex web of life, it is impossible not to be caught by the wonder of how all living things – including rocks and crystals – are interconnected. Just as there is thought behind action, so there is energy behind matter. The Fertile Earth, the third volume of the Eco-Technology series which presents the original, passionate and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Permaculture and Climate Change Adaptation

    by Thomas Henfry, Gil Penha-Lopes ...
    Permaculture is a design system for sustainable human habitats and basis of a worldwide citizen-led movement present in over 100 countries.For decades, permaculture practitioners have devised creative responses to changes in local climatic conditions. In doing so, they have developed a collective knowledge and experience invaluable to global efforts to address climate change.This book seeks to ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Water Scarcity, Climate Change and Conflict in the Middle East

    Securing Livelihoods, Building Peace

    by Christopher Ward, Sandra Ruckstuhl ...
    The countries that make up the MENA region display wide diversity. One of the poorest countries in the world sits alongside two of the wealthiest, whilst the region's natural resources range from immeasurable oil and gas reserves to some of the scantiest natural endowments anywhere in the world. Yet through this diversity runs a common thread: water scarcity. Now, through the impact of human ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Cropping Pattern Modification to Overcome Abiotic Stresses

    Water, Salinity and Climate

    by Mostafa Morsy, Samiha A. H. Ouda, Abd El-Hafeez Zohry ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides state-of-the art analysis, never done before in Egypt, on agro-climatic zones level. This study deals with how the national cropping pattern can be modified to overcome abiotic stresses, such as water scarcity, induced salinity and climate change to reduce their negative effects on food production. To this end, different cropping patterns are suggested.This study can be a ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Post-2020 Climate Action

    Global and Asian Perspectives

    Edited by Shinichiro Fujimori, Mikiko Kainuma, Toshihiko Masui ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book summarizes assessments of the Paris Agreement to provide an excellent introduction to this research field. The AIM/CGE (Asia-Pacific Integrated Modeling /Computable General Equilibrium) model, which is the core of AIM modeling framework, is used for the assessment.The first part focuses on global issues, presenting both short-term (a few decades) and long-term (century scale) assessments ... Read more

    $166.49 CAD

  • Barrier Dynamics and Response to Changing Climate

    Edited by Laura J. Moore, A. Brad Murray ...
    This book presents chapters, written by leading coastal scientists, which collectively depict the current understanding of the processes that shape barrier islands and barrier spits, with an emphasis on the response of these landforms to changing conditions. A majority of the world’s population lives along the coast at the dynamic intersection between terrestrial and marine ecosystems and ... Read more

    $153.99 CAD

  • Land Use and Climate Change Interactions in Central Vietnam

    LUCCi

    Edited by Alexandra Nauditt, Lars Ribbe ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book summarizes the key findings of a five-year interdisciplinary research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF). It serves as a typical case study for a rapidly growing and developing urban center – Da Nang City, which is surrounded by remote areas characterized by increasing migration and limited development. A number of German and Vietnamese ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Major Crops and Water Scarcity in Egypt

    Irrigation Water Management under Changing Climate

    by Samiha Ouda ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book includes multi-disciplinary quantifications of the effect of climate change on water requirements of wheat, maize, rice and sugarcane. Furthermore, it provides on-farm management that faces water scarcity under current situation and under climate change. Changing cultivation method (raised beds instead of furrows or basins) or increasing irrigation application efficiency (sprinkler or ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD