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  • Three Cities

    Seeking Hope in the Anthropocene

    de Rod Oram ...
    Series series BWB Texts
    Orthodox is obsolete; conventional is kaput. We thought we knew how we make economics, politics, technology and nature work for us. But increasingly, they are failing to run by the rules and systems we’ve honed over recent decades. Boom-bust economies, fractured and destructive politics and a deeply degraded ecosystem are just some of the symptoms.Pioneers around the world are seeking new values, ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

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  • Cradle to Cradle

    Remaking the Way We Make Things

    de William McDonough, Michael Braungart ...
    A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism"Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as this provocative, visionary book argues, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • The Economics of Enough

    How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters

    de Diane Coyle ...
    The world's leading economies are facing not just one but many crises. The financial meltdown may not be over, climate change threatens major global disruption, economic inequality has reached extremes not seen for a century, and government and business are widely distrusted. At the same time, many people regret the consumerism and social corrosion of modern life. What these crises have in common, ... Leer más

    $30.29 USD

  • How Numbers Rule the World

    The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics

    de Lorenzo Fioramonti ...
    Series series Economic Controversies
    Numbers dominate global politics and, as a result, our everyday lives. Credit ratings steer financial markets and can make or break the future of entire nations. GDP drives our economies. Stock market indices flood our media and national debates. Statistical calculations define how we deal with climate change, poverty and sustainability. But what is behind these numbers?In How Numbers Rule the ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • How Much have Global Problems Cost the World?

    A Scorecard from 1900 to 2050

    Edición de Bjørn Lomborg ...
    There are often blanket claims that the world is facing more problems than ever but there is a lack of empirical data to show where things have deteriorated or in fact improved. In this book, some of the world's leading economists discuss ten problems that have blighted human development, ranging from malnutrition, education and climate change to trade barriers and armed conflicts. Costs of the ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Urban Poverty in the Global South

    Scale and Nature

    de Diana Mitlin, David Satterthwaite ...
    One in seven of the world’s population live in poverty in urban areas, and the vast majority of these live in the Global South – mostly in overcrowded informal settlements with inadequate water, sanitation, health care and schools provision. This book explains how and why the scale and depth of urban poverty is so frequently under-estimated by governments and international agencies worldwide. The ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • Conflicts in Conservation

    Navigating Towards Solutions

    Edición de Stephen M. Redpath, Kevin A. Wood, Juliette C. Young, R. J. Gutiérrez ...
    Series series Ecological Reviews
    Conflicts over the conservation of biodiversity are increasing and are serious obstacles to wildlife conservation efforts worldwide. Changing patterns in land use, over-exploitation, pollution, climate change and the threat posed by invasive species all challenge the way we currently maintain and protect biodiversity - from the local management of single species to the international management of ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

  • Leaders and Laggards

    Next-Generation Environmental Regulation

    de Neil Gunningham, Darren Sinclair ...
    Consensus is growing internationally that traditional command-and-control approaches to environmental regulation have borne much of their low-hanging fruit. Yet it is far from clear what should complement or replace them. Regulatory agencies and policy-makers are struggling with a lack of information about regulatory reform, about what works and what doesn't, and about how best to harness the ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • Climate Change Mitigation

    A Balanced Approach to Climate Change

    Edición de Mitsutsune Yamaguchi ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Climate change is mainly caused by emissions of CO2 from burning fossil fuels, which provides over 85% of the world’s energy. Strategies for mitigating climate change are connected with handling economic and social activities through their effects on the use of energy. Climate Change Mitigation investigates the costs of mitigation measures in comparison to their benefits, and compares the effects ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Community, State, and Market on the North Atlantic Rim

    Challenges to Modernity in the Fisheries

    de Richard Apostle, Gene Barrett, Petter Holm, Svein Jentoft, Leigh Mazany, Bonnie McCay, Knut Mikalsen ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
    This is a study of Northern Norway and Atlantic Canada, two regions experiencing a severe crisis due to overexploitation of fisheries resources. The work of a group of researchers from Canada, Norway, and the United States, it examines the implications of common market integration, privatized resource management, and small business development policies for fishery-dependent communities in terms of ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • From Dependency to Sustainability

    A Case Study on the Economic Capacity Development of the Ok Tedi Mine-area Community

    de Paulina Siop ...
    Series series Capacity Development
    The Star Mountain Investment Holding Limited (SMIHL) is a Papua New Guinean (PNG) landowner holding company operating in Western Province, in the shadows of the huge Ok Tedi mine. The initiative drew on a Future Generation Fund and was, for the community, a response to years of frustration with wasted opportunities for economic development which were attributed to a lack of organizational and ... Leer más

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  • Greening EU Competition Law and Policy

    de Suzanne Kingston ...
    Series series Antitrust and Competition Law
    One of the fundamental challenges currently facing the EU is that of reconciling its economic and environmental policies. Nevertheless, the role of environmental protection in EU competition law and policy has often been overlooked. Recent years have witnessed a shift in environmental regulation from reliance on command and control to an increased use of market-based environmental policy ... Leer más

    $146.99 USD