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  • Paradise Lost?

    The Ecological Economics of Biodiversity

    by Edward B. Barbier, Joanne C. Burgess Barbier, Carl Folke ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Ecology
    Originally published in 1994, Paradise Lost? is the outcome of a unique collaboration between economists and ecologists initiated by the Beijer Institute of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The book examines how the loss of biodiversity is one of the most serious problems the world faces, and suggests that new, interdisciplinary thinking is required to safeguard both us and the biosphere ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • Adapting Institutions

    Governance, Complexity and Social-Ecological Resilience

    Edited by Emily Boyd, Carl Folke ...
    Global environmental change is occurring at a rate faster than humans have ever experienced. Climate change and the loss of ecosystem services are the two main global environmental crises facing us today. As a result, there is a need for better understanding of the specific and general resilience of networked ecosystems, cities, organisations and institutions to cope with change. In this book, an ... Read more

    $132.79 CAD

  • Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship

    Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management in a Changing World

    Edited by Gary P. Kofinas, Carl Folke, F Stuart Chapin III ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The world is undergoing unprecedented changes in many of the factors that determine its fundamental properties and their in- ence on society. These changes include climate; the chemical c- position of the atmosphere; the demands of a growing human population for food and ?ber; and the mobility of organisms, ind- trial products, cultural perspectives, and information ?ows. The magnitude and ... Read more

    $72.99 CAD

  • Investing in Natural Capital

    The Ecological Economics Approach To Sustainability

    Edited by AnnMari Jansson, Monica Hammer, Carl Folke, Robert Costanza ...
    Series series International Society for Ecological Economics
    Investing in Natural Capital presents the results of a workshop held following the second biannual conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics. It focuses on the relation of human development to natural capital, and the relation of natural capital to environmental processes.Because we are capable of understanding our impact on the environment and the importance of managing it ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Trading with the Environment

    Ecology, economics, institutions and policy

    by Thomas Andersson, Carl Folke, Stefan Nystrom ...
    Should there be firmer restrictions on trade, with more policies aimed at protecting its environmental impacts, or would the environment benefit most from unrestricted free trade? Do importing countries have a responsibility only to their local ecosystems, or are they also responsible for environmental degradation caused by the production of traded goods in exporting countries?Trading the ... Read more

    $53.58 CAD

  • Water Resilience for Human Prosperity

    by Johan Rockström, Malin Falkenmark, Carl Folke, Mats Lannerstad, Jennie Barron, Elin Enfors, Line Gordon, Jens Heinke, Holger Hoff, Claudia Pahl-Wostl ...
    The world's human population now constitutes the largest driving force of changes to the biosphere. Emerging water challenges require new ideas for governance and management of water resources in the context of rapid global change. This book presents a new approach to water resources, addressing global sustainability and focusing on socio-ecological resilience to changes. Topics covered include ... Read more

    $107.99 CAD

  • Rights to Nature

    Ecological, Economic, Cultural, and Political Principles of Institutions for the Environment

    by Narpat Jodha, Svein Jentoft, Bonnie McCay, Margaret McKean, Steven Sanderson, C. S. Holling, Elinor Ostrom, Jean Ensminger, Oran Young ...
    Property rights are a tool humans use in regulating their use of natural resources. Understanding how rights to resources are assigned and how they are controlled is critical to designing and implementing effective strategies for environmental management and conservation.Rights to Nature is a nontechnical, interdisciplinary introduction to the systems of rights, rules, and responsibilities that ... Read more

    $67.09 CAD

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  • Towards a Cultural Politics of Climate Change

    Devices, Desires and Dissent

    Edited by Harriet Bulkeley, Matthew Paterson, Johannes Stripple ...
    Towards a Cultural Politics of Climate Change provides a new perspective on how climate change matters in policy-making, business and everyday life. It argues that the work of low carbon transitions takes place through the creation of devices, the mobilisation of desires, and the articulation of dissent. Using case studies from the US, Australia, and Europe, the book examines the creation and ... Read more

    $142.39 CAD

  • The Carbon Bubble

    What Happens to Us When It Bursts

    by Jeff Rubin ...
    As the price of oil falls, bestselling author and economist Jeff Rubin takes us to the epicentre of the bursting global carbon bubble, and dares us to imagine a new engine for growth that does not run on oil.For a decade, the vision of Canada's future as an energy superpower has driven the country's political agenda, as well as the fast-paced development of Alberta's oil sands and the push for ... Read more

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  • Natural Disasters

    Understanding Weather Just for Kids!

    by KidCaps ...
    This book is a collection of five of KidCaps best selling natural disaster books. It covers Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tornadoes, and Tsunamis.Each book may also be purchased individually.KidCaps is an imprint of BookCaps; each month we are adding more history books (just for kids!) to our library. Stop by our website to learn more. ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • The Ganga

    Water Use in the Indian Subcontinent

    by Pranab Kumar Parua ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    From time immemorial the Bengal Delta had been an important maritime des- nation for traders from all parts of the world. The actual location of the port of call varied from time to time in line with the natural hydrographic changes. From the early decades of the second millennium AD, traders from the European con- nent also joined the traders from the Arab countries, who had been the Forerunners ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Transforming Water Management in South Africa

    Designing and Implementing a New Policy Framework

    Edited by Barbara Schreiner, Rashid M. Hassan ...
    Series Book 2 - Global Issues in Water Policy
    One of the early set of reforms that South Africa embarked on after emerging from apartheid was in the water sector, following a remarkable, consultative process. The policy and legal reforms were comprehensive and covered almost all aspects of water management including revolutionary changes in defining and allocating rights to water, radical reforms in water management and supply institutions, ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD