Sustainable Development Goals
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How Great Cities Happen
John Stanley, Janet Stanley, Roslynne Hansen
Urban planners in developed countries are pushing hard for closer integration of land use and transport. At the same time, gaps in knowledge and understanding are becoming more apparent, as the traditional focus has been on the shape of ...eBook:Find out more$42.36
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The Politics and Policy of Wellbeing
Ian Bache, Louise Reardon
Government interest in wellbeing as an explicit goal of public policy has increased significantly in recent years, leading to new developments in measuring wellbeing and initiatives aimed specifically at enhancing wellbeing. This book pr...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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The Water-Sustainable City
David L. Feldman
Cities place enormous pressures on freshwater quality and availability because they are often located some distance from the water sources needed by their populations. This fact compels planners to build infrastructure to divert water fr...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Handbook of the International Political Economy of Energy and Natural Resources
Edited by Andreas Goldthau, Michael F. Keating, Caroline Kuzemko
This Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the latest research from leading scholars on the international political economy of energy and resources. Highlighting the important conceptual and empirical themes, the chapters study all...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Regulating for Equitable and Job-Rich Growth
Edited by Colin Fenwick, Valérie Van Goethem
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This book offers a critical reflection on the operation and effects of labour regulation. It...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Trends in Climate Change Legislation
Edited by Alina Averchenkova, Sam Fankhauser, Michal Nachmany
A deepening understanding of the importance of climate change has caused a recent and rapid increase in the number of climate change or climate-related laws. Trends in Climate Change Legislation offers an astute analysis of the political...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Energy, Governance and Sustainability
Edited by Jordi Jaria i Manzano, Nathalie Chalifour, Louis J. Kotzé
This book makes an in-depth and timely contribution to the debate about how to transform our energy governance systems into ones that support a fair, safe and sustainable society. It combines perspectives from leading scholars around the...eBook:Find out more$54.36
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Paying the Carbon Price
Elena de Lemos Pinto Aydos
Paying the Carbon Price analyses the practice of freely allocating permits in Emissions Trading Schemes (ETSs) and demonstrates how many heavy polluters participating in ETSs are not yet paying the full price of carbon. This innovative b...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times
Edited by Hans-Uwe Otto, Valerie Egdell, Jean-Michel Bonvin, Roland Atzmüller
Following the 2008 economic crisis, the situation for young people deteriorated dramatically in many European countries. Employment and training opportunities have reduced, and levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased. This ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Law and Policy of Biofuels
Edited by Yves Le Bouthillier, Annette Cowie, Paul Martin, Heather McLeod-Kilmurray
In the last twenty years the biofuels industry has developed rapidly in many regions of the world. This book provides an in-depth and critical study of the law and policies in many of the key biofuels producing countries, such as Brazil,...eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Water Resource Management and the Law
Edited by Erkki J. Hollo
Scarcity of water, floods and erosion caused by climate change have made the management of water resources a challenge to national and international actors worldwide. States have also initiated water projects to improve social welfare, o...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Technology and the Future of Work
Bent Greve
Changes in the labour market demand new solutions to mitigate the potentially dramatic wiping away of jobs, and this important book offers both analysis and suggestions for change. Bent Greve provides a systematic and vigorous assessment...eBook:Find out more$40.00