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Multimodal Transport Security
Edited by Joseph S. Szyliowicz, Luca Zamparini, Genserik L.L. Reniers, Dawna L. Rhoades
The rapid growth of multimodal (intermodal) passenger and freight has created dangerous new security issues. This book addresses these issues with a multidisciplinary perspective. The evolution of policies and the organization of practic...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Putting Sustainability into Practice
Edited by Emily H. Kennedy, Maurie J. Cohen, Naomi Krogman
Putting Sustainability into Practice offers a robust and interdisciplinary understanding of contemporary consumption routines that challenges conventional approaches to social change premised on behavioral economics and social psychology...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Global Environmental Law at a Crossroads
Edited by Robert V. Percival, Jolene Lin, William Piermattei
This timely volume considers the future of environmental law and governance in the aftermath of the "Rio+20" conference. An international set of expert contributors begin by addressing a range of governance concepts that can be used to a...eBook:Find out more$53.56
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China’s Urban Century
Edited by François Gipouloux
The achievements of China’s urbanization should not be evaluated solely in terms of adequate infrastructures, but also in their ability to implement sound governance practices to ensure social, environmental and economic development. Thi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Political Economy of Sustainable Development
Timothy Cadman, Lauren Eastwood, Federico Lopez-Casero Michaelis, Tek N. Maraseni, Jamie Pittock, Tapan Sarker
Since the Rio ‘Earth’ Summit of 1992, sustainable development has become the major policy response to tackling global environmental degradation, from climate change to loss of biodiversity and deforestation. Market instruments such as em...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Healthy Cities
Chinmoy Sarkar, Chris Webster, John Gallacher
Mounting scientific evidence generated over the past decade highlights the significant role of our cities’ built environments in shaping our health and well-being. In this book, the authors conceptualize the ‘urban health niche’ as a nov...eBook:Find out more$53.56
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Energy for the 21st Century
Susan L. Sakmar
Countries around the world are increasingly looking to liquefied natural gas (LNG) – natural gas that has been cooled until it forms a transportable liquid – to meet growing energy demand. Energy for the 21st Century provides critical in...eBook:Find out more$53.56
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Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions
Clement A. Tisdell
This innovative book identifies socio-economic processes which transform the stock of genetic resources and ecosystems and discusses sustainability issues raised by variations in this stock. It focuses subsequently on the socio-economics...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Perspectives on Industrial Ecology
Edited by Pauline Deutz, Donald I. Lyons, Jun Bi
With its high-level focus on industrial ecology-related policies such as circular economy and industrial symbiosis, this book provides a timely analysis of the industrial ecology experience worldwide. Editors Pauline Deutz, Donald I. Lyo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Domestic Politics of Global Climate Change
Edited by Guri Bang, Arild Underdal, Steinar Andresen
Why are some countries more willing and able than others to engage in climate change mitigation? The Domestic Politics of Global Climate Change compiles insights from experts in comparative politics and international relations to describ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustainable Development in International Law Making and Trade
Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi
This timely book provides an accessible insight into how the concept of sustainable development can be made operational through its translation into legal terms. Understood as a multidimensional legal principle, sustainable development f...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustainable Automobility
Paul Nieuwenhuis
If we are part of nature, then so is everything we make. This unique book explores this notion using the example of the car, how it is made and used and especially how we relate to it, with a view to creating a more sustainable automobil...eBook:Find out more$39.16
