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  • Land and Hydropolitics in the Nile River Basin

    Challenges and new investments

    Modifié par Emil Sandstrom, Anders Jagerskog, Terje Oestigaard ...
    Collections series Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
    The Nile River Basin supports the livelihoods of millions of people in Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda, principally as water for agriculture and hydropower. The resource is the focus of much contested development, not only between upstream and downstream neighbours, but also from countries outside the region. This book investigates the water, land and energy nexus in the Nile Basin.It explains ... En savoir plus

    $94.81 CAD

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  • Friction

    An Ethnography of Global Connection

    par Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing ...
    What the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around usRubbing two sticks together produces heat and light while one stick alone is just a stick. It is the friction that produces movement, action, and effect. Anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing challenges the widespread view that globalization invariably signifies a clash of ... En savoir plus

    $42.99 CAD

  • Global Energy Assessment

    Toward a Sustainable Future

    par Global Energy Assessment Writing Team ...
    The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) brings together over 300 international researchers to provide an independent, scientifically based, integrated and policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues and options. It has been peer-reviewed anonymously by an additional 200 international experts. The GEA assesses the major global challenges for sustainable development and their linkages ... En savoir plus

    $107.99 CAD

  • Pursuing Sustainability

    A Guide to the Science and Practice

    par Pamela Matson, William C. Clark, Krister Par Andersson ...
    An essential guide to sustainable development for students and practitionersSustainability is a global imperative and a scientific challenge like no other. This concise guide provides students and practitioners with a strategic framework for linking knowledge with action in the pursuit of sustainable development, and serves as an invaluable companion to more narrowly focused courses dealing with ... En savoir plus

    $54.99 CAD

  • Coming Climate Crisis?

    Consider the Past, Beware the Big Fix

    par Claire L. Parkinson ...
    Collections series Why of Where
    Decisively cutting through the hyperbole on both sides of the debate, distinguished NASA climatologist Claire L. Parkinson brings much-needed balance and perspective to the highly contentious issue of climate change. Offering a deeply knowledgeable overview of global conditions past and present, the author lays out a compelling argument that our understandings and models are inadequate for ... En savoir plus

    $37.99 CAD

  • Climate Change and Society

    Sociological Perspectives

    Modifié par Riley E. Dunlap, Robert J. Brulle ...
    Climate change is one of the most critical issues of the twenty-first century, presenting a major intellectual challenge to both the natural and social sciences. While there has been significant progress in natural science understanding of climate change, social science analyses have not been as fully developed. Climate Change and Society breaks new theoretical and empirical ground by presenting ... En savoir plus

    $40.79 CAD

  • Triumph of the Expert

    Agrarian Doctrines of Development and the Legacies of British Colonialism

    par Joseph Morgan Hodge ...
    Collections series Series in Ecology and History
    The most striking feature of British colonialism in the twentieth century was the confidence it expressed in the use of science and expertise, especially when joined with the new bureaucratic capacities of the state, to develop natural and human resources of the empire.Triumph of the Expert is a history of British colonial doctrine and its contribution to the emergence of rural development and ... En savoir plus

    $40.69 CAD

  • Scandinavian Common Sense

    Policies to Tackle Social Inequalities in Health

    par Marie-France Raynault, Dominique Côté ...
    When some claim austerity is the only answer to today’s economic woes, a close look at the best practices in Scandinavia and Finland gives pause for thought. Cited as models for their egalitarian social and health policies, these countries also have thriving economies where the gap dividing rich from poor is smaller than elsewhere. Despite their quasi mythic status, the policies implemented to ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Betting the Earth

    How We Can Still Win the Biggest Gamble of all Time

    par John Charles Kunich, J.D. ...
    Collections Livre 4 - Our National Conversation
    "Betting the Earth explores the uneasy parallels between our contemporary environmental challenges and our national fascination with gambling. How much should we bet on preserving biodiversity? Should we bet more on responding to climate change? where should we place each bet: on federal or state laws, on acquiring public or private preserves, on preventing environmental harms or saving places of ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • Rethinking Greenland and the Arctic in the Era of Climate Change

    New Northern Horizons

    par Frank Sejersen ...
    Collections series The Earthscan Science in Society Series
    This ground-breaking book investigates how Arctic indigenous communities deal with the challenges of climate change and how they strive to develop self-determination. Adopting an anthropological focus on Greenland’s vision to boost extractive industries and transform society, the book examines how indigenous communities engage with climate change and development discourses. It applies a critical ... En savoir plus

    $96.99 CAD

  • Governance for Urban Sustainability and Resilience

    Responding to Climate Change and the Relevance of the Built Environment

    par Jeroen van der Heijden ...
    Cities, and the built environment more broadly, are key in the global response to climate change. This groundbreaking book seeks to understand what governance tools are best suited for achieving cities that are less harmful to the natural environment, are less dependent on finite resources, and can better withstand human-made hazards and climate risks.In mapping, describing and evaluating nearly ... En savoir plus

    $41.99 CAD

  • State of the World 1998

    Environmental Threats of Economic Growth

    par The Worldwatch Institute ...
    Collections series State of the World
    In this fifteenth edition of State of the World, Lester R. Brown and the Worldwatch research team look at the environmental effects of continuing economic growth as the economy outgrows the earth's ecosystem. As the global economy has expanded from $5 trillion of output in 1950 to $29 trillion in 1997, its demands have crossed many of the earth's sustainable yield thresholds. ... En savoir plus

    $35.19 CAD