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  • Environment and Society

    Concepts for a Just Transformation

    Edited by Debra J. Davidson, Magnus Boström, Pedro Roberto Jacobi ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The second edition of Environment and Society: Concepts for a Just Transformation delivers a major, timely update to one of the field’s most respected concept‑driven environmental social science texts. Fully revised and significantly re-oriented to highlight concepts informing social projects in just transformation, this edition reshapes the book around an enhanced set of contemporary concepts ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Towards a just climate change resilience

    Developing resilient, anticipatory and inclusive community response

    Edited by Pedro Henrique Campello Torres, Pedro Roberto Jacobi ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an accessible overview of how efforts to combat climate change and social inequalities should be tackled simultaneously. In the context of the climate emergency, the impacts of extreme events can already be felt around the world. The book centres on five case studies from the Global South, Latin America, Pacific Islands, Africa, and Asia with each one focused on climate justice, ... Read more

    $83.29 CAD

  • Environmental Governance of the São Paulo Macrometropolis

    Perspectives on Climate Variability

    Edited by Pedro Roberto Jacobi, Alexander Turra, Célio Bermann, Edmilson Dias de Freitas, Klaus Frey, Leandro Luiz Giatti, Luciana Travassos, Paulo Antônio de Almeida Sinisgalli, Sandra Momm, Silvia Zanirato, Pedro Henrique Campello Torres ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents a set of chapters produced by six research groups that developed the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Thematic Project Environmental Governance of the São Paulo macrometropolis (SPMM) in the face of Climate Variability (2017–2022). It represents an academic experience based on the articulation of knowledge and interdisciplinary dialogue. For this publication, the ... Read more

    $166.49 CAD

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  • Bridging Scales and Knowledge Systems

    Concepts and Applications in Ecosystem Assessment

    by Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, World Resources Institute ...
    Bridging the gap between local knowledge and western science is essential to understanding the world's ecosystems and the ways in which humans interact with and shape those ecosystems. This book brings together a group of world-class scientists in an unprecedented effort to build a formal framework for linking local and indigenous knowledge with the global scientific enterprise.Contributors ... Read more

    $93.49 CAD

  • A Critical Approach to Climate Change Adaptation

    Discourses, Policies and Practices

    Edited by Silja Klepp, Libertad Chavez-Rodriguez ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research
    This edited volume brings together critical research on climate change adaptation discourses, policies, and practices from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Drawing on examples from countries including Colombia, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Russia, Tanzania, Indonesia, and the Pacific Islands, the chapters describe how adaptation measures are interpreted, transformed, and implemented at grassroots ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

  • Smallholders, Forest Management and Rural Development in the Amazon

    by Benno Pokorny ...
    Series series The Earthscan Forest Library
    The ongoing debate concerning the Amazon's crucial role in global climate and biodiversity is entirely dependent upon sustainable development in the region. Recognizing that forests are an integral part of the social fabric in the region, initiatives such as community forestry, small-scale tree plantations and agroforestry, as well as payments for environmental services have aimed at conserving ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

  • Climate Change and Cities

    Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network

    Edited by Cynthia Rosenzweig, William D. Solecki, Patricia Romero-Lankao, Shagun Mehrotra, Shobhakar Dhakal, Somayya Ali Ibrahim ...
    The Urban Climate Change Research Network's Second Assessment Report on Climate Change in Cities (ARC3.2) is the second in a series of global, science-based reports to examine climate risk, adaptation, and mitigation efforts in cities. The book explicitly seeks to explore the implications of changing climatic conditions on critical urban physical and social infrastructure sectors and intersectoral ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD

  • Community Action for Conservation

    Mexican Experiences

    Edited by Luciana Porter-Bolland, Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Claudia Camacho-Benavides, Susannah R. McCandless ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an in-depth analysis on community conservation in Mexico. The volume explores vivid examples and case studies that illustrate some of the critical issues at stake, including the participation of local communities in national and global conservation, indigenous and local perceptions of conservation initiatives in Southern Mexico, and challenges in ICCA governance and ecotourism. ... Read more

    $128.09 CAD

  • Governing the Commons

    The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action

    by Elinor Ostrom ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market have been uniformly successful in solving common pool resource problems. After critiquing the foundations of policy analysis as applied to natural resources, Elinor ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Strengthening European Climate Policy

    Governance Recommendations from Innovative Interdisciplinary Collaborations

    Edited by Ester Galende Sánchez, Alevgul H. Sorman, Violeta Cabello, Sara Heidenreich, Christian A. Klöckner ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open-access book foregrounds 10 novel collaborations between the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines, for strengthening European climate policy.Part of a three-volume collection covering climate, energy, and mobility policy. ... Read more

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  • Tourism and Conservation-based Development in the Periphery

    Lessons from Patagonia for a Rapidly Changing World

    Edited by Trace Gale-Detrich, Andrea Ednie, Keith Bosak ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book applies a social ecological systems (SES) lens to conservation-based development in Patagonia, bringing together authors with historical, contemporary, and future-oriented perspectives in order to increase understanding of the social and environmental implications of nature-based tourism and other forms of conservation-based territorial development. By focusing on Patagonia ... Read more

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  • Adapting Cities to Climate Change

    Understanding and Addressing the Development Challenges

    Edited by David Dodman, Jane Bicknell, David Satterthwaite ...
    Series series Earthscan Climate
    This volume brings together, for the first time, a wide-ranging and detailed body of information identifying and assessing risk, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in urban centres in low- and middle-income countries. Framed by an overview of the main possibilities and constraints for adaptation, the contributors examine the implications of climate change for cities in Africa, Asia and ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD