This book focusses on climate change and sustainable scientific/technological solutions, covering topics on pollution, extreme environments, greenhouse gases/global warming, effects of climate change on water resources/forest resources, depletion of...Lasīt vairāk
In this book, Altamura analyses the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979, considering their impact on the world economy and subsequent reactions to the global instability....Lasīt vairāk
The global energy crisis is a two-dimensional phenomenon: on the one hand, the gap between a continuously depleting supply capacity of fossil fuel and rapidly increasing demand for energy is fast widening, and, on the other, the burning of fossil fu...Lasīt vairāk
Working through Planetary Breakdown offers a genuinely interdisciplinary engagement with the future of paid and unpaid work in the context of the twin challenges of decarbonisation and the growing impacts of an unstable climate....Lasīt vairāk
The aim of the monograph is to present a modern and original approach towards designing and implementation of effective solutions that ensure an induction towards positive climate change. The monograph presents the application of digital business mo...Lasīt vairāk
The purpose of ICOLD Bulletin 169 is to assess the role of dams and reservoirs in adapting to the effects of global climate change, determine the threats, and potential opportunities, posed by global climate change to existing dams and reservoirs, a...Lasīt vairāk
This book delves into Europes urgent quest for energy independence as a foundation for the EU and national sovereignty, economic resilience, and climate leadership amid rising geopolitical tensions and accelerating climate crises....Lasīt vairāk
This timely book uses vivid case studies to highlight the gendered impacts of climate changes. The new edition includes new chapters that takes account of the advances in climate research, environmental and social theory, and socio-cultural movement...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Aug-2025, Izdevniecība: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781003602750)
This volume examines scholarly perspectives on eco-imaginaries, focusing in particular on how eco-catastrophes have been represented in literature and different visual forms including film, television and cartoons, among other cultural media....Lasīt vairāk
In this book, Kim Vender examines Chinas leadership in climate change governance. China and Climate Leadership offers an in-depth exploration of Chinas behaviour and motivations and contributes to the ongoing debate on Chinas rise and integration in...Lasīt vairāk
In Considering Climate Change, Kimberley R. Miner focuses on what will happen in the next 20, 40 and 60 years around the planet and looks at how we can take an active role in planning for a future we had hoped to avoid....Lasīt vairāk
The current climate crisis and the rapid transformation of the natural environments will inevitably pose a threat to human settlements around the world. This book explores possible local strategies and global solutions in the safeguarding of coastal...Lasīt vairāk
Focuses on tropical dry forests in the Americas and provides a comprehensive overview of new studies conducted in recent years, giving new insights into the most endangered ecosystem in the tropics. Case studies included analyze the biophysical prop...Lasīt vairāk
Engagement with and between a plurality of progressive, non-neoclassical traditions is an important step in fostering a more capacious understanding of sustainability both as a concept and as a political objective....Lasīt vairāk
The ever-increasing interest in work in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues, especially climate change, creates a demand for authoritative refereed reviews. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Revi...Lasīt vairāk
The climate problem is getting worse, but the solutions are getting better. So far, no technology has done more to improve the solutions available to address climate change than solar photovoltaics. This revised edition describes an array of driving...Lasīt vairāk
This book concerns the urgency of thinking and acting in response to climate change through art and education. Events of Art and Education in Post-climate Times will be helpful for students studying art, education, environment and sustainability, an...Lasīt vairāk
It probes the ethical, practical, and sociopolitical implications of leveraging innovative and disruptive means to address the worlds environmental crises. Its of interest to students and scholars of environmental science, environmental decision-ma...Lasīt vairāk
Thaker provides a comprehensive analysis of enablers and barriers to corporate action on climate change, business role and influence on media coverage of climate change, and its impact on public opinion and the policy-making process. An essential re...Lasīt vairāk
How should we react to climate anxiety? This accessible book discusses anxiety and other emotions brought on by climate change, examining what climate anxiety is, why it is becoming so prevalent and how it differs from other types of anxiety....Lasīt vairāk
This book fills a critical void in the field of climate change by sharing eleven real-life experiences across five continents of the world, featuring ordinary people facing and adapting to the consequences of climate change in its different forms....Lasīt vairāk
Energy Efficiency Applications in Buildings presents an investigation into the energy use and measures to improve the energy efficiency of existing building stock in the UK. Volume 1: Theories, Methods, and Tools presents the background to the resea...Lasīt vairāk
First Published in 1965, The Climate of London considers the nature of Londons climate, including the manner and degree to which this varies in sympathy with changes in the citys morphology, and studying in particular the contrasts between the buil...Lasīt vairāk
This book examines the operation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to better understand the motivating factors that underpin its activation of Article 39. Arguing that climate change should be considered a threat to international peace a...Lasīt vairāk
Designing through Planetary Breakdown offers fresh perspectives on designs evolving role in the face of planetary change. This book is ideal for scholars, students, designers and craftspeople across design studies, design anthropology, repair and di...Lasīt vairāk
This book is aimed at covering all aspects of the evaluation, certification and reduction of the energy and carbon footprint of the built environment from the scale of the city and its neighbourhoods, to the building level and finally to the level o...Lasīt vairāk
This multidisciplinary work is a refreshing and indispensable guide for undergraduate and graduate students interested in civic participation, youth development and livelihoods, climate action, global development, social movements and multilateral c...Lasīt vairāk
The book captures the essence of the International Conference on Green Transformation in the Context of Global Change (GREEN 2024), organized by the School of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Arts, Vietnam National University. The 8 sections in this v...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 27-Jun-2025, Izdevniecība: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781003601241)
This book examines ancient Buddhist traditions centered around water. It studies the sustainability and conservation practices of Buddhist monastics and examines how these early practices and ethos are applicable in the contemporary world....Lasīt vairāk
This book provides a far-reaching overview of the development of radical ecology and heterodox economics on the issues of sustainability, and arguing that greater engagement between these schools of thought is required to help formulate viable alter...Lasīt vairāk
This comprehensive book provides insights into climate challenges in agriculture, covering key topics such as climate variability, abiotic and biotic stresses, advanced farming practices, breeding and genetics, nutrient recycling, and soil and wetla...Lasīt vairāk
This book presents the principles of animal biodiversity, including its significance, sustainable use, and conservation. It explores biodiversitys origins, measurement methods, and the consequences of neglecting its preservation, making it an essen...Lasīt vairāk
No sector can escape the challenge of the climate crisis. This book brings together a team of academic experts to urgently examine the intersection of sustainability and the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs)....Lasīt vairāk
In this path-breaking study, George Crowder argues that Isaiah Berlins ideas have application beyond their original context to the problems of our own time. Focusing on three central themes liberty, identity, and value pluralism this book is essen...Lasīt vairāk
Science for Responsible Citizenship helps the reader to understand how science works and how science can help us develop reasonable and logical solutions to worldwide problems....Lasīt vairāk
This book explores the pervasive anticipation of catastrophe in contemporary society, examining how temporal expectations shape personal and collective experiences and influence our perspectives and responses....Lasīt vairāk
Climate change is a pressing problem. Does each of us have a moral responsibility to help tackle it? In this volume, Marion Hourdequin and Dan Shahar debate the timely issue of individual behavior and climate change, examining what it takes to live...Lasīt vairāk
This book addresses how water supply systems can be planned, designed and managed for sustainability by presenting unique approaches and methodologies in rural drinking water supply schemes. It synthesizes the findings of research studies undertaken...Lasīt vairāk
Energy: The Basics offers a concise and engaging introduction to energy, answering critical questions and providing accessible definitions of essential concepts and developments in the field....Lasīt vairāk
As the global pursuit for environmental sustainability and circular water economy grows ever-ambitious, this book explores recent trends, methods, and advancements in industrial wastewater treatment....Lasīt vairāk
The Tank Cascade System of Sri Lanka is internationally recognized by FAO and the UN as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System for food security and sustainable development in a changing climate. This edited volume gives a comprehensive a...Lasīt vairāk
This book analyzes social capital and preparations for natural hazards in the Philippines, arguing that economic inequality is detrimental to social capital which then makes societies more at risk of having natural hazards turn into disasters. It fe...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides planners with the tools to understand, assess, and implement urban density successfully. It explores the social context of urban density, and how it plays a role in urban design and planning strategies. It is essential for urban p...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores the practice of Nature-Based Solutions in the cities of the Global South. The presented case studies support resilient planning in the Global South and inform urban debates in the Global North. This book offers pragmatic policy an...Lasīt vairāk
In this book, the editors explore unconventional oil and gas production, earthquakes, and how they relate to the broader conversation centering on private property, energy production and the role of science within the public policy process. Utilizin...Lasīt vairāk
Drawing on a wide range of sources and theoretical traditions from ecological works and radical pamphlets, through political theology and continental philosophy to ancient and medieval apocalypses, the book sheds a comprehensive light on the concept...Lasīt vairāk
Carbon pricing is one of the key policy instruments available to help countries reach the goals of the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 09-May-2025, Izdevniecība: Apple Academic Press Inc., ISBN-13: 9781003568704)
Explores how climate change influences the dynamics of pests, diseases, and other biotic stresses, and its role in response of plants and microorganisms. Studies the effects of climate change on pest and disease incidence in crop plants. Discusses t...Lasīt vairāk
As urban populations grow unprecedentedly, cities worldwide face pressures from rapid expansion, climate change, and social inequalities. Resilient Urbanism critically examines how cities, towns, and informal settlements adapt to these multifaceted...Lasīt vairāk
