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
A comprehensive guide that explores the evolution and innovations in solid waste management. It offers a fresh perspective on sustainable practices and technologies. The book stands out by bridging theory with practical, up-to-date solutions for the...Lasīt vairāk
This book considers the societal use of materials, historically, in the less-than-optimal present and aspirationally as a central thread in addressing wider sustainable development challenges. It accounts for linked chemical, physical and socio-econ...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 textbook is the first to teach insect physiology and biology specifically to students lacking a strong background in biochemistry and molecular biology. Supported with high-quality figures, end-of-chapter review questions and PowerPoint slides...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
Originally published in 1980, this book takes as case studies policies arising from the Control of Pollution Act 1974 and traces their implementation and impact. The information about disposal of toxic waste on land, bathing water quality and indust...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
The Handbook of Sustainable Industrial Wastewater Treatment is an indispensable resource for addressing the pressing challenges of wastewater management through innovative and sustainable technologies....Lasīt vairāk
Contested Waste examines socio-environmental conflicts involving waste pickers in the Global South, uncovering the systemic injustices that underpin contemporary waste policies....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
