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Mutualisms and Insect Conservation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Tim R. New Mutualisms and Insect Conservation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Tim R. New
R4,632 Discovery Miles 46 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Documenting and understanding intricate ecological interactions involving insects is a central need in conservation, and the specialised and specific nature of many such associations is displayed in this book. Their importance is exemplified in a broad global overview of a major category of interactions, mutualisms, in which the interdependence of species is essential for their mutual wellbeing. The subtleties that sustain many mutualistic relationships are still poorly understood by ecologists and conservation managers alike. Examples from many parts of the world and ecological regimes demonstrate the variety of mutualisms between insect taxa, and between insects and plants, in particular, and their significance in planning and undertaking insect conservation - of both individual species and the wider contexts on which they depend. Several taxonomic groups, notably ants, lycaenid butterflies and sucking bugs, help to demonstrate the evolution and flexibility of mutualistic interactions, whilst fundamental processes such as pollination emphasise the central roles of, often, highly specific partnerships. This compilation brings together a wide range of relevant cases and contexts, with implications for practical insect conservation and increasing awareness of the roles of co-adaptations of behaviour and ecology as adjuncts to designing optimal conservation plans. The three major themes deal with the meanings and mechanisms of mutualisms, the classic mutualisms that involve insect partners, and the environmental and conservation lessons that flow from these and have potential to facilitate and improve insect conservation practice. The broader ecological perspective advances the transition from primary focus on single species toward consequently enhancing wider ecological contexts in which insect diversity can thrive.

Regeneration of Commercial Tree Species Following Controlled Burns in a Tropical Dry Forest in Eastern Bolivia (Hardcover):... Regeneration of Commercial Tree Species Following Controlled Burns in a Tropical Dry Forest in Eastern Bolivia (Hardcover)
Deborah Kennard
R2,096 Discovery Miles 20 960 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Corporate Governance and Business Ethics in Iceland - Studies on Contemporary Governance and Ethical Dilemmas (Hardcover):... Corporate Governance and Business Ethics in Iceland - Studies on Contemporary Governance and Ethical Dilemmas (Hardcover)
Throstur Sigurjonsson, Robert Haraldsson, Jordan Mitchell
R2,782 Discovery Miles 27 820 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Often highlighted for being a microcosm within the greater global context, Icelandic businesses and institutions provide the perfect opportunity to advance knowledge of corporate governance and business ethics amidst once-in-a-lifetime events such as the 2008 Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Corporate Governance and Business Ethics in Iceland provides real-world case studies of how institutions approach governance and ethics in a country where one organization's actions often have a massive ripple effect throughout the entire nation. The book offers valuable insights to businesses around the world including themes as diverse as board independence, stakeholder relations, crisis management, environmental practices, international business, marketing ethics and privacy across a wide range of industries. The combination of current case studies coupled with a practical approach to academic theory is suitable for a wide range of readers, from undergraduate students to CEOs and boards of directors. Contributing to innovative discussions surrounding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) frameworks, Corporate Governance and Business Ethics in Iceland prompts sustainable and positive pathways forward.

Periphyton - Functions and Application in Environmental Remediation (Hardcover): Yonghong Wu Periphyton - Functions and Application in Environmental Remediation (Hardcover)
Yonghong Wu
R2,493 R2,354 Discovery Miles 23 540 Save R139 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Periphyton: Functions and Application in Environmental Remediation presents a systematic overview of a wide variety of periphyton functions and applications in environmental remediation, providing readers with an understanding of the biological/ecological features of periphyton, the methodology of their study, and their application in environmental conservation. With increases in environmental stress, anthropogenic impacts, and the global decline in biodiversity, there is a pressing need for methods to assess and improve environmental quality that are rapid, reliable, and cost-effective. Periphyton is an important component of benthic communities and plays a crucial role in the functioning of microbial food webs. Because of a number of advantages, such as a short lifecycle, relative immobility, more rapid responses to environmental stress and anthropogenic impact than any metazoa, ease of sampling, availability of taxonomic/molecular identification, and standardized methodologies for temporal/spatial comparisons, there has, in recent decades, been an increased interest in periphyton as a tool in biological conservation in aquatic ecosystems.

Green Services Engineering, Optimization, and Modeling in the Technological Age (Hardcover): Xiaodong Liu, Yang Li Green Services Engineering, Optimization, and Modeling in the Technological Age (Hardcover)
Xiaodong Liu, Yang Li
R5,607 Discovery Miles 56 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Concerns surrounding environmental sustainability have led to an increase of interest in environmentally-friendly systems. In the ICT realm, attention has been largely paid to green aspects of hardware; however, it is equally necessary to address this issue from the software perspective. Green Services Engineering, Optimization, and Modeling in the Technological Age is a valuable reference source of the latest scholarly research on the implementation of green processes into software systems, contributing novel principles, methodologies, and tools to improve software development. Featuring comprehensive and timely coverage on various areas in service strategy and modeling, engineering, and sustainability, this publication is a pivotal reference source for researchers, practitioners, advanced-level students, and end users in the software development realm.

The Spirit of Rewilding - Steps toward a shamanic ecology (Hardcover): Peter Taylor The Spirit of Rewilding - Steps toward a shamanic ecology (Hardcover)
Peter Taylor
R760 Discovery Miles 7 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Poetics for the More-than-Human World - An Anthology of Poetry & Commentary (Hardcover): Mary Newell, Bernard Quetchenbach,... Poetics for the More-than-Human World - An Anthology of Poetry & Commentary (Hardcover)
Mary Newell, Bernard Quetchenbach, Sarah Nolan
R1,415 R1,193 Discovery Miles 11 930 Save R222 (16%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Democratic Acceptance of Spatial Planning Policy Measures (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Lyn Ellen Pleger Democratic Acceptance of Spatial Planning Policy Measures (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Lyn Ellen Pleger
R2,662 Discovery Miles 26 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book examines the democratic acceptance of spatial planning measures, using Switzerland as a case study. The currently inefficient land use in industrialised countries calls for new spatial planning policies. Yet governments have largely failed to implement innovative policy measures, which may be due to a lack of democratic acceptance. To date, little is known about the democratic acceptance of spatial planning measures. Switzerland offers a promising candidate because of its direct-democratic system, which allows citizens' preferences for specific policy measures to be directly measured. In this work, the democratic acceptance of spatial planning instruments is investigated from various perspectives in the form of original empirical studies, which are embedded in an innovative conceptual framework. It demonstrates that not only spatial planning instruments in general, but also incentive-based instruments in particular, generally enjoy high acceptance. This finding is remarkable, considering the fact that efficient land use instruments have only been marginally implemented. Addressing the needs of both academics and land use practitioners in the private and public sector, the book shows that in order to improve the democratic acceptance of spatial planning measures, attention must be paid to their context, content and the means by which that content is provided.

Explore the Pacific Islands National Marine Sanctuaries with Jean-Michel Cousteau (Paperback): Jean-Michel Cousteau, Sylvia A.... Explore the Pacific Islands National Marine Sanctuaries with Jean-Michel Cousteau (Paperback)
Jean-Michel Cousteau, Sylvia A. Earle, Maia McGuire
R500 Discovery Miles 5 000 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Based on the famed French explorer's film series, Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures , these are the definitive guides to America's 13 National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments. Each installment conducts a grand adventure through each of the four regions of the National Marine Sanctuary system, combining engaging descriptions, stunning photography, and behind-the-scenes stories from the Ocean Futures Society expedition team. Intelligent inquiries into the health of the world's oceans are provided along with an overview of several incredible underwater treasures. Conveying the beauty of the ocean and the specific measures being put into effect to preserve it, this inspirational collection also features detailed, practical information for planning visits to the sanctuaries. Included in this volume are the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Sanctuary.

Explore the Southeast National Marine Sanctuaries with Jean-Michel Cousteau (Paperback): Jean-Michel Cousteau Explore the Southeast National Marine Sanctuaries with Jean-Michel Cousteau (Paperback)
Jean-Michel Cousteau
R476 Discovery Miles 4 760 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Based on the famed French explorer's film series, "Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures," these are the definitive guides to America's 13 National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments. Each installment conducts a grand adventure through each of the four regions of the National Marine Sanctuary system, combining engaging descriptions, stunning photography, and behind-the-scenes stories from the Ocean Futures Society expedition team. Intelligent inquiries into the health of the world's oceans are provided along with an overview of several incredible underwater treasures. Conveying the beauty of the ocean and the specific measures being put into effect to preserve it, this inspirational collection also features detailed, practical information for planning visits to the sanctuaries. Included in this volume are the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, off Sapelo Island, Georgia; and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.

Diseno de Una Recicladora de Pet - Estrategias y Cadena de Suministro Para Su Formulacion (English, Spanish, Hardcover): Uriel... Diseno de Una Recicladora de Pet - Estrategias y Cadena de Suministro Para Su Formulacion (English, Spanish, Hardcover)
Uriel Humberto Duran Flores
R718 Discovery Miles 7 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

En los ultimos anos el poli-etilen-tereftalato, mejor conocido como PET, se ha convertido en un Comoditie de alto valor y potencial en el mercado mexicano. La falta de interes por parte de autoridades, productores y los consumidores, en responsabilizarse por el desecho de este producto, ha generado que existan grandes volumenes de este material en tiraderos, calles, rios, lagos, campos rurales y en general, en cualquier lugar de Mexico. Este libro expone una idea sobre como utilizar todo este material desaprovechado por medio de la creacion de una Recicladora de PET que sea sustentable y que por medio de estrategias basadas en la Cadena de Suministro del mercado del reciclaje, modelos matematicos basados en programacion lineal y una combinacion de modelos de planeacion estrategica con logistica inversa, se pueda formular un proyecto de inversion que represente una atractiva rentabilidad para todo aquel interesado en crear su propia empresa en el sector ambiental, particularmente el sector del reciclaje en Mexico.

Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals (Hardcover): Nikolaos Apostolopoulos, Haya Al-Dajani, Diane Holt, Paul... Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals (Hardcover)
Nikolaos Apostolopoulos, Haya Al-Dajani, Diane Holt, Paul Jones, Robert Newbery
R2,980 Discovery Miles 29 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) were launched in 2015, as a global agenda for addressing the multiplicity of social and environmental challenges that face communities around the world. But what role might entrepreneurship play in reaching these goals? In the first book of its kind, Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals will encourage you to think about the critical role that entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs might play in supporting sustainable development. More than twenty authors from across Africa, Asia, North America, and Europe explore a fascinating mix of enterprises and sustainable development initiatives to illustrate the capacity of entrepreneurship as the engine for transforming our world and overcoming the diverse nature of these global challenges. Structured into three provocative sections this book explores: * Social change and entrepreneurship through the lens of the SDGs; * Organisational practices and innovation towards the SDGs; * Entrepreneurship, gender equality and empowerment towards the SDGs Journey through the stories of tribal enterprises in India, to cacao framers in Ghana, small and medium sized businesses in Greece, social enterprises in Kenya, Zambia and the USA and many others to see the powerful force that entrepreneurship can be for promoting poverty alleviation and sustainable development.

Food Citizenship - Food System Advocates in an Era of Distrust (Hardcover): Ray A. Goldberg Food Citizenship - Food System Advocates in an Era of Distrust (Hardcover)
Ray A. Goldberg
R2,702 Discovery Miles 27 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The global food system is the largest segment of the world's economy. As agribusiness-studies pioneer Ray Goldberg suggests, it is also the largest health system on the planet. And it is changing fast. Its size and importance to human, environmental, and economic health means that no system is viewed with as much suspicion by so many people around the globe. Changing societal expectations and scientific and medical advances have made the drivers of the food system-the world's food citizens-realize they must take more responsibility for society's nutritional needs, economic development, and the health of the environment. Goldberg argues that the traditionally commodity-oriented, bargaining relationship between segments of the food system has become win-win, collaborative, and characterized by public and private partnerships. Those who are responding to society's needs are succeeding; those who are not are losing out. The food system's greatest growth area is the developing world, where millions of small-scale producers, workers, and impoverished consumers need help to become part of the commercial food system. In this book, Ray Goldberg interviews the change makers of today's food system: leaders and constructive critics in government, private industry, nonprofits, and academia who provide a panoramic and in-depth look at a revolution in progress.

Carbon Trading in China - Environmental Discourse and Politics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Alex Lo Carbon Trading in China - Environmental Discourse and Politics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Alex Lo
R3,196 Discovery Miles 31 960 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book explores the political aspects of China's climate change policy, focusing on the newly established carbon markets and carbon trading schemes. Lo makes a case for understanding the policy change in terms of discourse and in relation to narratives of national power and development.

Products for Conscious Consumers - Developing, Marketing and Selling Ethical Products (Hardcover): Kemi Ogunyemi, Vanessa Burgal Products for Conscious Consumers - Developing, Marketing and Selling Ethical Products (Hardcover)
Kemi Ogunyemi, Vanessa Burgal
R2,680 Discovery Miles 26 800 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Consumers are becoming more conscious of the ethical footprint of the products they buy. In the age of hyper-connectivity and globalisation, numerous consumers are aware of what companies do and how they produce. Thus, sustainability and CSR can no longer be used as "greenwashing" strategies to attract customers and improve a company image. Products for Conscious Consumers is a guide for academics, students and professionals who want to influence responsible consumer behaviour and attain genuine Green Marketing. Written by researchers and marketing professionals, each chapter explores the relationship between the consumer and the marketer, discussing their relative responsibilities towards reaching a sustainable world. Illustrated with real cases, Products for Conscious Consumers helps marketers understand how they can inspire consumers towards more ethical behaviour by educating and nudging their choices using examples from different sectors and world regions to identify factors that influence sustainable consumption, from poverty to personal values. Products for Conscious Consumers guides the reader from ethical product development and marketing plans to eco-friendly production and responsible marketing mix execution, thereby encouraging a sustainable value chain and ethical profitability.

Handbook of Climate Change Communication: Vol. 3 - Case Studies in Climate Change Communication (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018):... Handbook of Climate Change Communication: Vol. 3 - Case Studies in Climate Change Communication (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Walter Leal Filho, Evangelos Manolas, Anabela Marisa Azul, Ulisses M Azeiteiro, Henry Mcghie
R4,782 Discovery Miles 47 820 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This comprehensive handbook provides a unique overview of the theory, methodologies and best practices in climate change communication from around the world. It fosters the exchange of information, ideas and experience gained in the execution of successful projects and initiatives, and discusses novel methodological approaches aimed at promoting a better understanding of climate change adaptation. Addressing a gap in the literature on climate change communication and pursuing an integrated approach, the handbook documents and disseminates the wealth of experience currently available in this field. Volume 3 of the handbook provides case studies from around the world, documenting and disseminating the wealth of experiences available.

The Environment in the Age of the Internet - Activists, Communication, and the Digital Landscape (Hardcover, Hardback ed.):... The Environment in the Age of the Internet - Activists, Communication, and the Digital Landscape (Hardcover, Hardback ed.)
Heike Graf
R1,107 Discovery Miles 11 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Handbook of Nature-study - For Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell Nature-study Leaflets, With Much Additional Material... Handbook of Nature-study - For Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell Nature-study Leaflets, With Much Additional Material and Many new Illustrations (Hardcover)
Anna Botsford Comstock
R1,047 Discovery Miles 10 470 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Environment, Political Representation and the Challenge of Rights - Speaking for Nature (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Mihnea... Environment, Political Representation and the Challenge of Rights - Speaking for Nature (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Mihnea Tanasescu
R3,693 Discovery Miles 36 930 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Tanasescu examines the rights of nature in terms of its constituent parts. Besides offering a thorough theoretical grounding, the book gives a first detailed overview of the actual cases of rights for nature so far. This is the first comprehensive treatment of the rights of nature to date, both analytically and in terms of actual cases.

Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Atalay Atasu Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Atalay Atasu
R5,754 Discovery Miles 57 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book highlights what it takes to be successful in identifying and executing environmental responsibility from an operational perspective. It provides cutting-edge research from globally recognized field experts. It is a useful resource for practitioners to explore why and how firms engage in environmentally responsible operations, but also a valuable resource for academics as an introductory reference that provides direct exposure to key environmental operational problems faced by many firms today. This book can also be used as an introductory reading for students with varying educational backgrounds - from business school students interested in environmental issues to environmental scientists interested in obtaining a business perspective - as it provides a broad scope of key issues at the interface of operations management and environmental and social responsibility. Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains is structured in a modular fashion, with each chapter introducing and analyzing a specific timely topic, allowing readers to identify the chapters that relate to their interests. More specifically, the book distinguishes between two key drivers of environmentally responsibility: Profit and Regulatory compliance. The book is divided into five sections. The first three sections of the book explore profit driven environmental responsibility, and provide examples as to where the motives for environmentally responsible business practices come from, where business opportunities are, and what operational perspectives are key to profitability. The last two sections of the book focus on regulation as a driver of environmental responsibility and identify motives, opportunities, or operational perspectives as to effective regulatory compliance. Ultimately the book introduces the reader to the fundamentals of sustainable operations and highlights the latest research on the topic.

Giving Aid Effectively - The Politics of Environmental Performance and Selectivity at Multilateral Development Banks... Giving Aid Effectively - The Politics of Environmental Performance and Selectivity at Multilateral Development Banks (Hardcover)
Mark T. Buntaine
R2,477 Discovery Miles 24 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

International organizations do not always live up to the expectations and mandates of their member countries. One of the best examples of this gap is the environmental performance of multilateral development banks, which are tasked with allocating and managing approximately half of all development assistance worldwide. In the 1980s and 1990s, the multilateral development banks came under severe criticism for financing projects that caused extensive deforestation, polluted large urban areas, displaced millions of people, and destroyed valuable natural resources. In response to significant and public failures, member countries established or strengthened administrative procedures, citizen complaint mechanisms, project evaluation, and strategic planning processes. All of these reforms intended to close the gap between the mandates and performance of the multilateral development banks by shaping the way projects are approved. Giving Aid Effectively provides a systematic examination of whether these efforts have succeeded in aligning allocation decisions with performance. Mark T. Buntaine argues that the most important way to give aid effectively is selectivity - moving towards projects with a record of success and away from projects with a record of failure for individual recipient countries. This book shows that under certain circumstances, the control mechanisms established to close the gap between mandate and performance have achieved selectivity. Member countries prompt the multilateral development banks to give aid more effectively when they generate information about the outcomes of past operations and use that information to make less successful projects harder to approve or more successful projects easier to approve. This argument is substantiated with the most extensive analysis of evaluations across four multilateral development banks ever completed, together with in-depth case studies and dozens of interviews. More generally, Giving Aid Effectively demonstrates that member countries have a number of mechanisms that allow them to manage international organizations for results.

Dr. William Smith's Dictionary Of The Bible - Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography And Natural History; Volume... Dr. William Smith's Dictionary Of The Bible - Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography And Natural History; Volume 2 (Hardcover)
William Smith; Created by Horatio Balch Hackett; Ezra Abbot
R1,312 Discovery Miles 13 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Collected Works of John Muir, Naturalist (complete and Unabridged), Including - The Mountains of California (illustrated in... Collected Works of John Muir, Naturalist (complete and Unabridged), Including - The Mountains of California (illustrated in B&W), Stickeen: The Story of a Dog, My First Summer in the Sierra (with Index and B&W Illustrations), The Story of My Boyhood and Yo (Hardcover)
John Muir
R1,750 Discovery Miles 17 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

John Muir (1838- 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and the modern day "patron saint of ecology." His writings on his adventures in the various wildernesses of America have been enjoyed by millions. His ecological activism helped to preserve many of the national parks, enabling others to enjoy nature. He founded the Sierra Club, which is one of the most important conservation organizations in the United States. Although his upbringing put him off religion for life he was an immensely spiritual man, and this quality and enthusiasm pervades all his writings, inspiring his readers, including politicians to preserve the natural landscapes. For this reason he is known as the "Father of the National Parks." Author William Anderson, said that Muir exemplified "the archetype of our oneness with the earth," and biographer Donald Worster said he believed his mission was ..".saving the American soul from total surrender to materialism." The Mountains of California (1894) draws on his many, decades of exploration, describing with poetic beauty and awe the lakes, mountains, plants and animals. Stickeen (1909) is Muir's most popular book, describing his adventures in Alaska with a dog. My First Summer in the Sierra (1911) is Muir's description of his spiritual awakening when he first encountered the mountains and valleys of central California. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth (1913) is Muir's autobiography, detailing his strict upbringing in Scotland, his emigration with his family to America, aged eleven, and of his first delight with the natural world. Travels in Alaska (1915), In the late 1800s, Muir made several trips to the pristine, unspoilt territory of Alaska, drawn to its beauty and purity, its glaciers and its wild animals - bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. The Cruise of the Corwin (1917), In 1881, the steamship Thomas Corwin voyaged into the treacherous Arctic seas to search for the lost ship Jeannette, which had been lost. The ship was not found, but Muir's account of this expedition is poetic and magical, describing the glaciers, vegetation and seas of this mysterious land. Steep Trails(1919), This book was derived from letters, articles and local publications written by John Muir, arranged in roughly chronological sequence. The chapters describing Nevada, San Gabriel and Utah were written in the field, and have great immediacy, describing Muir's first impressions. The Yosemite(1920), In this book Muir recounts his adventures during the years he lived in the Yosemite Valley's spectacular scenery. Muir captures the breath-taking beauty of the area alongside his most ambitious adventures; looking over the brink of Yosemite Falls, climbing a hundred feet up into a high, hollow ice-cone, and climbing to the top of Half Dome, covered with a fresh blanket of snow.

Caring and Sharing: The Cultural Heritage Environment as an Agent for Change - 2016 ALECTOR Conference, Istanbul, Turkey... Caring and Sharing: The Cultural Heritage Environment as an Agent for Change - 2016 ALECTOR Conference, Istanbul, Turkey (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Valentina Vasile
R6,910 Discovery Miles 69 100 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This proceedings volume explores the socio-economic dimension of the heritage sector from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective. Featuring contributions from the 2016 ALECTOR International Conference held in Istanbul, Turkey, this book presents current theoretical and empirical research related to such topics as: R&D and ICT in tourism; heritage products and services; climate change; finance and tourism; cultural communication; anthropological cultural heritage; and heritage management. Collectively, the papers presented in this book provides methodologies, strategies and applications to measure the socio-economic dimension of the heritage sector and also good practices in the heritage sector that drive regional, cultural and economic development and sustainability. The EU Neighbourhood Info Centre (ENPI) Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Black Sea project "Collaborative Networks of Multilevel Actors to Advance Quality Standards for Heritage Tourism at Cross Border Level", or ALECTOR, focuses on different types of heritage assets as a means to invest in human capital and tourism innovation in order to achieve socio-economic development and cooperation with social partners in the Black Sea region. Featuring collaborations from Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova Ukraine, Georgia and Turkey, the project proposes a cognitive and educational framework for using a region's assets, which would guide final beneficiaries (regions, communities, SMEs) to identify, signify, valorize and manage their natural and cultural resources, in order to use heritage potential as a vehicle for tourism. Presenting case studies of successful initiatives, the enclosed papers are divided into two parts: * Part I: Economics of Heritage features innovative research results on the heritage and tourism topics from countries such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Russia, and Romania * Part II: Best Practices features best practices, experiences, and promotion plans for cultural heritage through tourism from countries such as Bulgaria, Republic of Moldova, Turkey, Russia, and Romania

Investing in Resource Efficiency - The Economics and Politics of Financing the Resource Transition (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018):... Investing in Resource Efficiency - The Economics and Politics of Financing the Resource Transition (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Florian Flachenecker, Jun Rentschler
R2,006 Discovery Miles 20 060 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book covers the multi-faceted incentives, trade-offs, and challenges associated with the economics and politics of resource efficiency investments. By contributing a wide range of empirical evidence, practitioners' insights, and policy perspectives, this book carefully examines the role of resource efficiency in reconciling environmental and economic considerations. It also discusses the critical role of resource efficiency investments in mitigating climate change and enabling sustainable development. Featuring expert insights from academia, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, this book provides a policy oriented guide, reference, and toolbox for unlocking the potential of resource efficiency. To this end, it identifies practical measures for overcoming barriers and creating smart incentives for leveraging resource efficiency investments. Overall, this book brings together evidence to develop innovative ideas and strategies for improving the efficient use of resources and advancing clean and sustainable development. "This book is an important and timely contribution", Angel Gurria, Secretary General, OECD

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