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  • Social Capital, Resilience and Adaptation on Small Islands

    Climate Change on the Isles of Scilly

    de Jan Petzold ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The book deals with the role of social capital regarding its potential to increase small islands’ adaptive capacity to climate change. The case study of the Isles of Scilly, UK, shows how social structures can play a very important role for climate change adaptation. It is argued that social features have to be understood in a non-deterministic and potentially ambivalent manner, according to their ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

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  • Atmosphere of Hope

    Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis

    de Tim Flannery ...
    The author of the #1 bestseller, The Weather Makers, pens "a brilliant examination of where we are with climate change and where we might be able to go" (The National Observer, Vancouver).Almost two decades ago, Tim Flannery's #1 international bestseller, The Weather Makers, was one of the first books to break the topic of climate change out into the general conversation. Today, Earth's climate ... Leer más

    $12.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Moral Ground

    Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril

    Edición de Kathleen Dean Moore, Michael P. Nelson ...
    Moral Ground brings together the testimony of over eighty visionaries-theologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturalists, activists, and writers-to present a diverse and compelling call to honor our individual and collective moral responsibility to our planet. In the face of environmental degradation and global climate change, scientific knowledge alone ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • When the Rivers Run Dry

    Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century

    de Fred Pearce ...
    In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce travels to more than thirty countries to examine the current state of crucial water sources. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific, economic, and historic dimensions of the world water crisis, he provides our most complete portrait yet of this growing danger and its ramifications for us all. ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Climate Change

    The Science, Impacts and Solutions

    de A Barrie Pittock ...
    It is widely accepted in the scientific community that climate change is a reality, and that changes are happening with increasing rapidity. In this second edition, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock revisits the effects that global warming is having on our planet, in light of ever-evolving scientific research. Presenting all sides of the arguments about the science and possible remedies, ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Building Climate Resilience through Virtual Water and Nexus Thinking in the Southern African Development Community

    Edición de Anna Entholzner, Charles Reeve ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book puts the spotlight on Southern Africa, presenting a cutting-edge concept never previously explored in the context of climate change and putting forward arguments for regional integration and cooperation. The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility (CRIDF) is the new water infrastructure program of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) for Southern Africa. ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Environmental Change and Human Security in Africa and the Middle East

    Edición de Mohamed Behnassi, Katriona McGlade ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume brings together insights on the interactions between environmental change and human security in the Middle East and Africa. These regions face particular challenges in relation to environmental degradation, the decline of natural resources and consequent risks to current and future human security.The chapters provide topical analysis from a range of disciplines on the theory, discourse ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • The Natural Environment and the Biogeochemical Cycles

    de W.S. Fyfe, H. Puchelt, M. Taube ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

    $49.99 USD

  • Water and Land Security in Drylands

    Response to Climate Change

    Edición de Mohamed Ouessar, Donald Gabriels, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Steven Evett ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents recent lessons learned in the context of research and development for various dryland ecosystems, focusing on water resources management, land and vegetation cover degradation and remediation, and socioeconomic aspects, as well as integrated approaches to ensuring water and land security in view of the current and predicted climate change. As water and land are the essential ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Energy Sprawl Solutions

    Balancing Global Development and Conservation

    de Sharon Baruch-Mordo, Leandro Baumgarten, David Richard Cameron, Laura Crane, Jeffrey S. Evans, Joseph Fargione, Juan Carlos Gonzalez Tamayo, Peter Hawthorne, Mark Hebblewhite, Christina M. Kennedy, Eduardo Klein, Linda I. Krueger, Roger Eduardo Martinez Rivas, Bruce A. McKenney, Daniela A. Miteva, James Ross Oakleaf, Jeff Opperman, Juan Papadakis, Sophie S. Parker, John Randall, Kei Sochi, Heather Tallis, Kevin E. Doherty, Peter Kareiva, Amal-Lee Amin, Graham Watkins, Juan J. Cardenas Lopez, Gert J. Kramer ...
    Over the next several decades, as human populations grow and developing countries become more affluent, the demand for energy will soar. Parts of the energy sector are preparing to meet this demand by increasing renewable energy production, which is necessary to combat climate change. But many renewable energy sources have a large energy sprawl—the amount of land needed to produce energy—which can ... Leer más

    $31.69 USD

  • Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge

    6th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2016

    Edición de Mirela Altić, Imre Josef Demhardt, Soetkin Vervust ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book gathers 22 papers which were presented at the 6th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography in Dubrovnik, Croatia on 13–15 October 2016. The overall conference theme was ‘The Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge: Production – Trade – Consumption – Preservation’. The book presents original research by internationally respected authors in the field of ... Leer más

    $188.99 USD

  • Geomorphic Approaches to Integrated Floodplain Management of Lowland Fluvial Systems in North America and Europe

    Edición de Hans Middelkoop, Paul F. Hudson ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume provides a comprehensive perspective on geomorphic approaches to management of lowland alluvial rivers in North America and Europe. Many lowland rivers have been heavily managed for flood control and navigation for decades or centuries, resulting in engineered channels and embanked floodplains with substantially altered sediment loads and geomorphic processes. Over the past decade, ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD