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Contesting the Foreshore - Tourism, Society and Politics on the Coast (Paperback): Jeremy Boissevain, Tom Selwyn Contesting the Foreshore - Tourism, Society and Politics on the Coast (Paperback)
Jeremy Boissevain, Tom Selwyn
R1,901 Discovery Miles 19 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection of essays is about tourism and social, political, and economic relations in coastal locations in various parts of the world. The starting point of each chapter is the ethnographic study of one particular place. However, the authors are also concerned with wider regional, national, and global forces which shape and influence the local economies and societies under review. Although most of the essays focus on the European coastline, the book is intended to have implications for other geographical areas. In most parts of the world, coastal settlements and contexts are changing rapidly and markedly. These contexts are routinely characterised by conflict between different interest groups contesting the ownership and control of the foreshore and its resources. One of the threads running through the volume is that coastal regions are often sites of fishing and related 'traditional' activities. The chapters discuss the relationships between traditional stakeholders, such as fishermen and local residents, and new stakeholders including new residents, second-home owners, tourists and tourism property developers, and fish farm managers as they vie for status, influence, and ultimately for space on the foreshore. The underlying preoccupation of the volume as a whole is the extent of penetration and transformation resulting from the onward march of capitalism and the market system in the coastal locations studied. This is the second publication in the MARE Publication Series

Post-Launch Calibration of Satellite Sensors - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Radiometric and Geometric... Post-Launch Calibration of Satellite Sensors - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Radiometric and Geometric Calibration, December 2003, Mississippi, USA. (Hardcover)
Stanley A. Morain, Amelia M. Budge
R3,792 Discovery Miles 37 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Increasingly, in the field of earth observation imagery, there is a need for image quality to be assessable in traceable Standard International Units (SIU), and for the standardization of common mapping projections. These two needs, plus the increased usage of combinations of data and image types, provided the stimuli for the development of this important volume.
Prepared by members of the Joint ISPRS/CEOS WGCV Task Force on Radiometric and Geometric Calibration, this book is a valuable text for those in the fields of remote sensing technology, calibration, Earth observation, and electro-optical sensor parameters.
By detailing current calibration procedures and the latest 'best practices', this latest addition to the ISPRS Series addresses the need for consistency throughout the discipline, and encourages the development of coherent, high-quality Earth observation imagery.

Electromagnetic Environments and Health in Buildings (Hardcover): Derek Clements-Croome Electromagnetic Environments and Health in Buildings (Hardcover)
Derek Clements-Croome
R4,684 Discovery Miles 46 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


Contents:
Part I Setting the Scene: 1. Healthy Buildings. 2. Evidence for Non-thermal Electromagnetic Bio-effects. 3. Effects of Electromagnetic Fields in the Living Environment. 4. An Introduction the Naturally Occurring & the Man Made Electromagnetic Environments Part II. Electromagnetic Fields, the Environment and the Man Made Electromagnetic Environments: 5 Mobile Phone Masts - Planning Issues on Siting. 6. Environmental Impact of Electrosmog. 7. Product Liability, Product Safety and the Precautionary Principle; Questions and Discussions Part III. Emissions and Standards: 8. What are We Exposed To? The Most Significant Exposure in the Built Environment. 9. Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields. 10. Biological Effects of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields. 11. Building of Radio Frequencies and Microwaves in the Build Industry. 12. Are We Measuring the Right Things? Windows, Viewpoints and Sensitivity; Questions and Discussion Part IV. Health Effects of Electromagnetic Environments: 13. Biological Effects of Neutralising Vaccines; The Effects of Weak EM Fields and the Concordance Between the Two. 14. Electroclinical Syndromes - Live Wires in your Office. 15. Health Effects of High Voltage Powerlines. 16. Effects of 50Hz EMF Exposure on Mammalian Cells in Culture. 17. Electromagnetic Fields - Interactions with the Human Body. 18. Evidence to Support the Hypothesis that Electromagnetic Fields and Radiation are a Ubiquitous Universal Genotoxic Carcinogen. 19. Static Electricity in the Modern Human Environment. 20. Screen Dermatitis and Electrosensitivity: Preliminary Observations in the Human Skin. 21. Theoretical and Experimental Evidence Where Present Safety Standards Conflict with Reality. 22. The Effect of Mobile Phones on the Human Cognitive Functions; Questions and Discussion Part V. Awareness: 23. Electromagnetism and the Insurance Industry. 24. Assessing and Responding to Pre and Post Telecom Development Syndrome. 25. Electromagnetic Environments and Health in Buildings, Questions and Discussion. Part VI. The Future: 26. Exposure Guidelines to Electromagnetic Fields and Radiation - Past, Present and Future. 27. Research on Mobile Phones and Health. 28. New Site Sharing Technology for 3G and the City of Tomorrow. 29. Mobile Communications and Health. 30. Moving Beyond EMF Public Policy Paralysis; Questions and Discussion

Introduction to Applied Mathematics for Environmental Science (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): David F Parkhurst Introduction to Applied Mathematics for Environmental Science (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
David F Parkhurst
R2,824 Discovery Miles 28 240 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book teaches mathematical structures and how they can be applied in environmental science. Each chapter presents story problems with an emphasis on derivation. For each of these, the discussion follows the pattern of first presenting an example of a type of structure as applied to environmental science. The definition of the structure is presented, followed by additional examples using MATLAB, and analytic methods of solving and learning from the structure.

The Environmental Communication Yearbook - Volume 1 (Hardcover): Susan L. Senecah The Environmental Communication Yearbook - Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Susan L. Senecah
R3,799 Discovery Miles 37 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Editorial Scope
"The Environmental Communication Yearbook" is a multidisciplinary forum through which a broad audience of academics, professionals, and practitioners can share and build theoretical, critical, and applied scholarship addressing environmental communication in a variety of contexts. This peer-reviewed annual publication invites submissions that showcase and/or advance our understanding of the production, reception, contexts, or processes of human communication regarding environmental issues. Theoretical expositions, literature reviews, case studies, cultural and mass media studies, best practices, and essays on emerging issues are welcome, as are both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Areas of topical coverage will include:
*participatory processes: public participation, collaborative decision making, dispute resolution, consensus building processes, regulatory negotiations, community dialogue, building civic capacity;
*journalism and mass communications: newspaper, magazine, book and other forms of printed mass media; advertising and public relations; media studies; and radio, television, and Internet broadcasting; and
*communication studies: rhetorical/historical case studies, organizational analyses, public relations/issues management, interpersonal/relational dimensions, risk communication, and psychological/cognitive research, all of which examine the origins, content, structure, and outcomes of discourse about environmental issues.
Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis for inclusion in volumes published annually.
Audience
Researchers, scholars, students and practitioners in environmental communication, journalism, rhetoric, public relations, mass communication, risk analysis, political science, environmental education, environmental studies, public administrations; policymakers; others interested in environmental issues and the communication channels used for discourse and information dissemination on the topic.
For more information and guidelines for submissions, visit www.erlbaum.com/ecy.htm.

Rush! - The Making of an Activist (Paperback): Tamsin Omond, Catheryn Kilgarriff Rush! - The Making of an Activist (Paperback)
Tamsin Omond, Catheryn Kilgarriff
R230 Discovery Miles 2 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Environmental Issues in the Mediterranean - Processes and Perspectives from the Past and Present (Hardcover): John B. Thornes,... Environmental Issues in the Mediterranean - Processes and Perspectives from the Past and Present (Hardcover)
John B. Thornes, John Wainwright
R6,653 Discovery Miles 66 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


The Mediterranean has been subject to changing human settlement and land use patterns for millennia, and has a history of human exploitation in an inherently unstable landscape. Environmental Issues in the Mediterranean reviews both physical and social aspects of this region, in relation to its environment.
Ideal for students who are studying a range of environmental issues, but want to see them linked within one regional context. The book begins with an introduction to the Mediterranean region, its history, physical and human geography and its environmental problems. It then goes on to examine:
* The Dynamic Environment - climate variables and fluctuations, vegetation, the hydrological cycle of the basin and its watershed, processes of erosion, fire and the Mediterranean Sea
*The Human Impact on the Environment - prehistoric and historic land use, traditional agriculture, rural and urban settlement and use of mineral resources
* The Mediterranean Environment Under Increasing Pressure - the present human landscape, changes in agriculture in the 20th century, the impact of depopulation, pollution, water resources, desertification and potential climatic change.
It then concludes with a discussion of the region's on-going environmental issues of water resources, land degradation, agricultural intensification and tourism, and considers how these can be approached using management techniques and national and regional policies.

Gaia's Gift - Earth, Ourselves and God after Copernicus (Paperback): Anne Primavesi Gaia's Gift - Earth, Ourselves and God after Copernicus (Paperback)
Anne Primavesi
R1,231 Discovery Miles 12 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


Gaia's Gift, the second of Anne Primavesi's explorations of human relationships with the earth, asks that we complete the ideological revolution set in motion by Copernicus and Darwin concerning human importancene. They challenged the notion of our God-given centrality within the universe and within earth's evolutionary history. Yet as our continuing exploitation of earth's resources and species demonstrates, we remain wedded to the theological assumption that these are there for our sole use and benefit. Now James Lovelock's scientific understanding of the existential reality of Gaia's gift of life again raises the question of our proper place within the universe. It turns us decisively towards an understanding of ourselves as dependent on, rather than in control of, the whole earth community.

Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2021, Issue No. 1 (Paperback): United Nations Economic and Social Commission for... Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2021, Issue No. 1 (Paperback)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 
R856 Discovery Miles 8 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This journal is published twice yearly and aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is the successor of two earlier journals, the Asia-Pacific Development Journal (APDJ) and the Asia-Pacific Population Journal (APPJ), which were merged in recognition of the interconnected and multidisciplinary nature of sustainable development.

Territories, Commodities and Knowledges - Latin American Environmental Histories in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries... Territories, Commodities and Knowledges - Latin American Environmental Histories in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Paperback, New)
Christian Brannstrom
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines emerging methodologies and conceptual debates within the environmental history of Latin America. Issues addressed include the territorial expansion of the state and its impact on environmental resources and indigenous populations; environmental transformation (lake-drainage projects in central Mexico, the expansion of sugar-cane production in Cuba, and soil-sedimentation issues); and landscape "improvements" brought about by technological change (banana-breeding schemes, the breeding of Zebu cattle in central Brazil, and the introduction of plants to South America). This volume places the specific case-studies within the field's main themes, and relates them to similar historic environmental developments in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Contributors include Stephen Bell (UCLA, USA), Reinaldo Funes Monzote (Fundacion Antonio Nunez Jimenez de la Naturaleza y el Hombre, Cuba), Stefania Gallini (Universidad Nacional, Colombia), Nikolas Kozloff (CUNY Brooklyn College, USA), Karl Offen (University of Oklahoma, USA), John Soluri (Carnegie-Mellon University, USA), Alejandro Tortolero Villasenor (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico), and Robert W. Wilcox (Northern Kentucky University, USA).

Introduction to Sustainability, 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition): R Brinkmann Introduction to Sustainability, 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
R Brinkmann
R1,675 Discovery Miles 16 750 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Die 2. Auflage von Introduction to Sustainability beschaftigt sich mit den wichtigen Themen aus dem Bereich Nachhaltigkeit und eignet sich sowohl fur interdisziplinare Einfuhrungsveranstaltungen als auch fur Kurse der Fachrichtungen Geographie, Geologie, Soziologie, Planungswesen, Politikwissenschaften und Anthropologie. Dieses Buch gibt unschatzbare Einblicke in die vielen Facetten des sich standig entwickelnden Fachgebiets, ermoeglicht neue Sichtweisen und motiviert Studenten, sich aktiv in den Entwicklungsprozess einzubringen und so langfristig die Nachhaltigkeit unseres Planeten zu sichern. Neue Inhalte der vollstandig uberarbeiteten und aktualisierten 2. Auflage befassen sich mit den jungsten Entwicklungen im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit: oekologische Nachhaltigkeit in Bezug auf Wasser, Lebensmittel und Energie, soziale Nachhaltigkeit mit Themen wie Umweltgerechtigkeit und Transport, oekonomische Nachhaltigkeit wie Grune Unternehmen und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung. Das Schlusskapitel beleuchtet Nachhaltigkeitsfragen an Hochschulen und Universitaten. Brinkmann greift auf viele faszinierende Fallstudien zuruck und ermutigt die Studenten auch mit informativen Textkasten, sich intensiver mit dem Thema auseinanderzusetzen. Dieses Buch vermittelt das komplexe Fachgebiet nicht nur verstandlich, sondern appelliert an die Studenten, ihren Beitrag fur eine bessere Welt leisten.

A Distant Light - Scientists and Public Policy (Hardcover, 2000 ed.): H. Ris A Distant Light - Scientists and Public Policy (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
H. Ris; Henry W. Kendall
R1,366 R1,169 Discovery Miles 11 690 Save R197 (14%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A collection of essays by a Nobel Prize Laureate on a wide range of problems facing the world, and the role of scientists in solving them. Kendall was one of a group of physicists who founded the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and is currently chairman of its board of directors. UCS is today a voice of authority in US government science policy, particularly with regard to environment issues. Together, these essays represent both the successes and failures of science to impact public policy, and offer practical guidelines for involvement in science policy. They are roughly chronological, organised by subject with introductions, beginning with the controversies on nuclear power safety and Three Mile Island, then followed by sections on national security issues, global environmental and resource problems, and radioactive cleanup. Kendall's Nobel Prize lecture is also included (and is the only really technical material in the book), while the photos are from a 1992 exhibition of his work.

Physical and Chemical Processes in the Aquatic Environment (Hardcover): E.R. Christensen Physical and Chemical Processes in the Aquatic Environment (Hardcover)
E.R. Christensen
R2,792 Discovery Miles 27 920 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

There is need in environmental research for a book on fresh waters including rivers and lakes. Compared with other books on the topic, this book has a unique outline in that it follows pollution from sources to impact. Included in the text is the treatment of various tracers, ranging from pathogens to stable isotopes of elements and providing a comprehensive discussion which is lacking in many other books on pollution control of natural waters. Geophysical processes are discussed emphasizing mixing of water, interaction between water and the atmosphere, and sedimentation processes. Important geochemistry processes occurring in natural waters are described as are the processes specific to nutrients, organic pollutants, metals, and pathogens in subsequent chapters. Each of these chapters includes an introduction on the selected groups, followed by the physicochemical properties which are the most relevant to their behavior in natural waters, and the theories and models to describe their speciation, transport and transformation. The book also includes the most up to date information including a discussion on emerging pollutants such as brominated and phosphate flame retardants, perflurochemicals, and pharmaceutical and personal care products. Due to its importance an ecotoxicology chapter has been included featuring molecular biological methods, nanoparticles, and comparison of the basis of biotic ligand model with the Weibull dose-response model. Finally, the last chapter briefly summarizes the regulations on ambient water quality.

Life Is Not Useful (Paperback): Ailton Krenak Life Is Not Useful (Paperback)
Ailton Krenak; Translated by Alex Brostoff, Jamille Pinheiro Dias
R314 Discovery Miles 3 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Indigenous thinker and leader Ailton Krenak exposes the destructive tendencies of our 'civilization' rampant consumerism, environmental devastation and a narrow and restricted understanding of humanity's place on this Earth. For many centuries, Brazil's Indigenous peoples have bravely faced threats of total annihilation and, in extremely adverse conditions, have reinvented their lives and communities. At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the rest of the world to reconsider its lifestyle, Ailton Krenak's clear and urgent thinking emerges with newfound impact and offers a vital perspective on the enormous challenges we face today: the ravages of the pandemic and the devastation caused by global warming, to name just two. Krenak questions the value of going back to normal when 'normal' is a vision of humanity divorced from nature, actively destroying the planet and digging deep trenches of inequality between peoples and societies. The 'civilized' world insists on giving life a purpose but life is not 'useful' and 'civilization' is not destiny. We must learn to embrace the joy of living life to its fullest, and inhabit the stillness that comes with not always being useful. In the wake of the pandemic, we have an opportunity to create deep and meaningful change in the way we live: this, more than ever, is a time to listen to voices that are one with the body of the Earth.

Scaling in Integrated Assessment (Hardcover): D.S. Rothman, J. Rotmans Scaling in Integrated Assessment (Hardcover)
D.S. Rothman, J. Rotmans
R6,634 Discovery Miles 66 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A collection of papers prepared for the European Forum on Integrated Environmental Assessment's (EFIEA) Policy Workshop on Scaling Issues in Integrated Assessment, held from 12-19 July 2000.

Effectiveness of Surge Flow Irrigation in Egypt - Water Use Efficiency in Field Crop Production (Paperback): Ismael Mahmoud Effectiveness of Surge Flow Irrigation in Egypt - Water Use Efficiency in Field Crop Production (Paperback)
Ismael Mahmoud
R3,362 Discovery Miles 33 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Egypt is a country of tremendous land resources but limited water resources The area of cultivated land is only 3.2% of the gross area. The river Nile is the main sources of water. In the recent years the Governement established large-scale agricultural projects in light of food security related to the population growth. Expansion of irrigated agriculture has to be predomantly relalized bt increasing the water use efficiency. In Egypt, the dominant irrigation method is surface irrigation, which covers approximately 83% of the irrigated areas. Surface irrigation or gravity methods are generally characterized by a low efficiency. One opportunity to increase the efficiency is to convert surface irrigation to modern irrigation systems, which are generaly highly expensive for a country like Egypt. Another option to increase the efficiency of surface irrigation systems is to convert the traditional irrigation method based on continuous flow to surge flow irrigation. Surge flow irrigation is the intermittent application of water to furrows in a series of relatively short on and off time periods. This study has been carried out to demonstrate the applicability of surge flow irrigation for water saving under the short field conditions that prevail in Egypt. The results indicate that surge flow irrigation is an effective irrigation method to save water and to increase crop production.

Environmental Software Systems - Environmental Information and Decision Support (Hardcover, and ed.): Ralf Denzer, David A.... Environmental Software Systems - Environmental Information and Decision Support (Hardcover, and ed.)
Ralf Denzer, David A. Swayne, Martin Purvis, Gerald Schimak
R4,159 Discovery Miles 41 590 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Environmental Informatics (or Enviromatics) is a maturing subject with interdisciplinary roots in computer science, environmental planning, ecology, economics and other related areas. Its practitioners must be prepared to work with many diverse professional groups. It forms the foundation for computer-assisted environmental protection. This book contains an edited version of papers presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems (ISESS '99), which was held at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, from August 30 to September 2, 1999, and was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). The text is divided into six sections: Enviromatics - Introduction; Environmental Issues; Environmental Information Systems - Tools and Techniques; Environmental Information Systems - Implementations; Environmental Decision Support Systems; Specialised Topics. This state-of-the-art volume will be essential reading for computer scientists and engineers, ecologists, and environmental planners and managers.

Climate Change - Critical Concepts in the Environment (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Frank Chambers Climate Change - Critical Concepts in the Environment (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Frank Chambers; Edited by Michael Ogle
R25,004 Discovery Miles 250 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


The science of climate change has experienced an extraordinary expansion in the period since the mid-1980s and is paralleled by considerable public and political awareness of related issues.
The degree of natural variability in, and the causes of, climate change have become particularly important points of debate and the past decade has seen many publications dealing with these issues. Indeed, the area of climate research as a whole is now so large, and the sources of data so diverse, that many researchers are unaware of significant developments across the field. This collection therefore aims to provide a balanced selection of published papers, so as to make easily available the existing breadth and depth of information.
Taken together, the set of volumes will provide for the researcher (a) a greater awareness of the evidence for natural variability of climate; (b) a perspective on the role of various forcing factors in climate change; (c) a selection of papers that argue both for, and against, the 'solar' and 'anthropogenic' hypotheses as explanations for recent and current climate change; (d) a sense of what future climate will be like, and what remains to be discovered or achieved.

Building Regulations in Brief (Paperback, 10th edition): Ray Tricker, Samantha Alford Building Regulations in Brief (Paperback, 10th edition)
Ray Tricker, Samantha Alford
R1,540 Discovery Miles 15 400 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Comprehensive but digestible and affordable guide to the complexities of English and Welsh Building Regulations Has become the go to for a variety of professionals and students in Construction, Architecture and Built Environment fields who need a reference to UK building regs Provides easy to read and ready reference guidance on the Regulations without having to wade through the Regs themselves Packed with useful features, notes and flags to guide the reader on important points and suggestions

War and Tropical Forests: Conservation in Areas of Armed Conflict - Conservation in Areas of Armed Conflict (Paperback): Steven... War and Tropical Forests: Conservation in Areas of Armed Conflict - Conservation in Areas of Armed Conflict (Paperback)
Steven Price
R1,297 Discovery Miles 12 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Explore the conservation implications of recent armed conflicts in the tropical forest regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America! From the lowland rainforests of the Colombian Amazon to the rugged habitat of Rwanda's mountain gorillas, civil, ethnic, and international wars have had severe impacts on tropical forests and the communities they sustain. The reemergence of war and the persistence of its impacts have led many conservationists to reassess their efforts and adapt their strategies to a new set of responsibilities and urgent challenges. War and Tropical Forests: Conservation in Areas of Armed Conflict explores these challenges and the lessons learned by conservationists working in conflict zones around the world. It combines case studies and comparative analyses by leading experts in ecological research, environmental policy, and conservation field programs to provide insight into the environmental dimensions of recent social, political, and humanitarian crises. War and Tropical Forests reviews lessons learned from conflict zones around the world and explores: the potential of conservation to reduce the frequency, duration, and impact of war preparation of conservation programs and local communities for crises strategies for maintaining conservation capacity during times of conflict the underlying political and economic factors that fuel war legal mechanisms for addressing wartime damage to tropical forests building partnerships amidst civil strife and political upheaval This essential book also examines: the Indonesian military's role in illegal logging and deforestation violent conflict and gorilla poaching in the Democratic Republic of Congo armed movements and forest conservation in Nicaragua's largest protected area and much more! War and Tropical Forests also addresses the role of militaries in the inequitable control and illicit use of forest resources, the environmental impact of refugees, the growing social and environmental costs of efforts to eradicate drug crops, and the impact of conflict on protected area management in the habitat of Africa's endangered great apes. War and Tropical Forests is an essential resource for conservation practitioners and policymakers, as well as anyone involved with human rights, conflict resolution, rural development, international law, or foreign relations.

Synesis - The Unification of Productivity, Quality, Safety and Reliability (Paperback): Erik Hollnagel Synesis - The Unification of Productivity, Quality, Safety and Reliability (Paperback)
Erik Hollnagel
R1,038 Discovery Miles 10 380 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The complexity of today's large organisations, businesses, and social institutions defeats management approaches based on monolithic thinking. Most industry and service organisations look at their performance either from a single perspective - productivity, quality, safety, etc. - or from different but separate perspectives that reside in organisational silos. Quality is treated separately from safety, which, again, is treated separately from productivity, and so on. While siloed thinking may be convenient in the short term, it fails to recognise that any specific perspective reveals only a part of what goes on. Yet it is essential to have a unified view of how an organisation functions effectively to manage changes and to ensure the organisation excels in what it does. Synesis represents the mutually dependent set of priorities, perspectives, and practices that an organisation needs to carry out its activities as intended. It shows how to overcome the fragmentation in foci, scope, and time that characterises the dominant change management paradigms. This book is consequently not about productivity or quality or safety or reliability but about all of these together. It is about why it is necessary to think of them as a whole. And it is about how this can be done in practice.

Greenhouse Economics - Value and Ethics (Hardcover): Clive Spash Greenhouse Economics - Value and Ethics (Hardcover)
Clive Spash
R4,368 Discovery Miles 43 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


This important book examines one of the most crucial issues in the modern world: human induced climate change. Providing a refreshing interdisciplinary perspective, which pulls together strands of natural science, economics and ethics, Greenhouse Economics poses some serious questions and offers intelligent answers.
Themes covered include:
*How do we deal with uncertainty and ignorance?
*What role do science and economics play in policy formation?
*To what extent should individuals take responsibility for the society in which they and their descendants live?
By examining issues such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, recent economic analyses, and ethical concerns in economics, Greenhouse Economics manages to provide an up-to-date and informative analysis of some of the most important issues facing society.
The book will be of strong interest to students and academics in the fields of ecological and environmental economics, while also being essential reading for all those to whom climate change is a professional or personal concern. The interdisciplinary analysis will appeal to academics in a range of subjects including politics, geography, environmental ethics and ecology, as well as policy makers.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203209052

Solar Energy Houses - Strategies, Technologies, Examples (Paperback): Anne-Grete Hestnes, Robert Hastings, Bjarne Saxhof Solar Energy Houses - Strategies, Technologies, Examples (Paperback)
Anne-Grete Hestnes, Robert Hastings, Bjarne Saxhof
R2,084 Discovery Miles 20 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Passive and active solar strategies together with the adoption of energy conservation measures and the integration of new materials and technologies can lead to a dramatic reduction of 75-90 per cent in the energy consumption of the buildings. The objective of Task 13 of the IEA's Solar Heating and Cooling Programme was to advance solar building technologies and demonstrate this potential by designing and constructing buildings that met very low energy consumption targets while maintaining a good indoor climate. This revised second edition of this book presents the findings of the Task 13 experts and includes the results of the monitoring programme, conducted to determine the effectives of the techniques and strategies adopted. This new edition also provides a detailed explanation of this research programme in terms of how far the expectations of the Task experts were met and highlights the specific successes and lessons learned from the project.

Participatory Action Research in Natural Resource Management - A Critque of the Method Based on Five Years' Experience in... Participatory Action Research in Natural Resource Management - A Critque of the Method Based on Five Years' Experience in the Transamozonica Region of Brazil (Hardcover)
Christian Castellanet, Carl F. Jordan
R4,217 Discovery Miles 42 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This work evaluates the merits of a widely-used approach to natural resource management, participatory action research (PAR), an approach to resource management that strives to link researchers with farmers and other local residents whose lives are effected by long-range conservation programmes. The authors begin the book with the history of PAR, and then use a variety of case studies that chronicle sustainable development efforts in Brazil. They evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these efforts and suggest specific ways to improve on future PAR efforts.

A Japanese View of Nature - The World of Living Things by Kinji Imanishi (Hardcover): Kinji Imanishi A Japanese View of Nature - The World of Living Things by Kinji Imanishi (Hardcover)
Kinji Imanishi; Edited by Pamela J. Asquith; Translated by Heita Kawakatsu, Hiroyuki Takasaki, Shusuke Yagi; Foreword by …
R4,206 Discovery Miles 42 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


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Joy Hendry

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