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  • Environmental Values

    de John O'Neill, Alan Holland, Andrew Light ...
    Series series Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts
    We live in a world confronted by mounting environmental problems; increasing global deforestation and desertification, loss of species diversity, pollution and global warming. In everyday life people mourn the loss of valued landscapes and urban spaces. Underlying these problems are conflicting priorities and values. Yet dominant approaches to policy-making seem ill-equipped to capture the various ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

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  • Blue Future

    Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever

    de Maude Barlow ...
    Water is a human right: "A rousing case for what will be one of the key environmental challenges of the twenty-first century." — BooklistThe United Nations has recognized access to water as a basic human right—but there is still much work to be done to stem this growing environmental crisis. In this book, water activist Maude Barlow draws on her extensive experience to lay out a set of key ... Leer más

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  • Dream Cities

    Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World

    de Wade Graham ...
    "An excellent and novel exploration of key ideas behind city spaces and the behaviors they engender." — Wall Street JournalFrom the acclaimed landscape designer, historian and author of American Eden, a lively, unique, and accessible cultural history of modern cities.Dream Cities explores our cities in a new way—as expressions of ideas, often conflicting, about how we should live, work, play, make ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Darwin Comes to Town

    How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution

    de Menno Schilthuizen ...
    *Carrion crows in the Japanese city of Sendai have learned to use passing traffic to crack nuts.*Lizards in Puerto Rico are evolving feet that better grip surfaces like concrete.*Europe's urban blackbirds sing at a higher pitch than their rural cousins, to be heardover the din of traffic.How is this happening?Menno Schilthuizen is one of a growing number of "urban ecologists" studying how our ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes

    Enriched edition. Unveiling the Geological Marvels of Nature's Wrath

    de Edwin J. Houston, Brooke Langley ...
    In "The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes," Edwin J. Houston crafts a captivating exploration of geological phenomena, weaving together scientific inquiry and literary elegance. The work employs a vibrant narrative style that appeals to both the curious layperson and the budding scientist, distinguished by its rich illustrations and accessible explanations. Houston delves into the mechanics ... Leer más

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  • Bike Boom

    The Unexpected Resurgence of Cycling

    de Carlton Reid ...
    Bicycling advocates envision a future in which bikes are a widespread daily form of transportation. While many global cities are seeing the number of bike commuters increase, this future is still far away; at times, urban cycling seems to be fighting for its very survival. Will we ever witness a true “bike boom” in cities? What can we learn from past successes and failures to make cycling safer, ... Leer más

    $50.39 USD

  • Impact of Urbanization on Water Shortage in Face of Climatic Aberrations

    de Mrinmoy Majumder ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The uncontrolled utilization of natural resources to supply to the water demands of the ever-growing population has brought about worldwide scarcity. The supply shortage has resulted in conflicts between countries, created prolonged drought, closing of industrial units, shifting of local inhabitants etc. The abnormality in climatic patterns due to global warming has only enhanced the uncertainties ... Leer más

    $49.49 USD

  • Complexity Theories of Cities Have Come of Age

    An Overview with Implications to Urban Planning and Design

    Edición de Juval Portugali, Han Meyer, Egbert Stolk, Ekim Tan ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Today, our cities are an embodiment of the complex, historical evolution of knowledge, desires and technology. Our planned and designed activities co-evolve with our aspirations, mediated by the existing technologies and social structures. The city represents the accretion and accumulation of successive layers of collective activity, structuring and being structured by other, increasingly distant ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Sustainable Urban Design

    An Environmental Approach

    Edición de Adam Ritchie, Randall Thomas ...
    By the end of the twenty-first century it is thought that three-quarters of the world’s population will be urban; our future is in cities. Making these cities healthy, vibrant and sustainable is an exceptional challenge which this book addresses. It sets out some of the basic principles of the design of our future cities and, through a series of carefully-selected case studies from leading ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • Regional Assessment of Global Change Impacts

    The Project GLOWA-Danube

    Edición de Wolfram Mauser, Monika Prasch ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides an overview of the GLOWA-Danube research project from 2001 to 2011, a transdisciplinary initiative which explores the future of water resources in the Upper Danube Basin. It documents the purpose and unique approach, architecture, methodologies, scenarios and results of the project, creating a scientific knowledge base for the dialogue of stakeholders and scientists. The book ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • The Globalizing Cities Reader

    Edición de Xuefei Ren, Roger Keil ...
    Series series Routledge Urban Reader Series
    The newly revised Globalizing Cities Reader reflects how the geographies of theory have recently shifted away from the western vantage points from which much of the classic work in this field was developed.The expanded volume continues to make available many of the original and foundational works that underpin the research field, while expanding coverage to familiarize students with new ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Citizens' Participation in Urban Planning and Development in Iran

    Edición de Hans-Liudger Dienel, M. Reza Shirazi, Sabine Schröder, Jenny Schmithals ...
    During recent years, the topic of participation has increasingly been gaining importance in Iran – in the scientific field, in practice and rhetoric. However, in current scientific literature – and especially in English literature – there is little knowledge on the conditions, legal background, perceptions, experiences and processes of citizens’ participation in Iran.This book aims to shed light ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD