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Sustainable Natural Resources Management (Hardcover): Alfred Muller Sustainable Natural Resources Management (Hardcover)
Alfred Muller
R2,047 R1,881 Discovery Miles 18 810 Save R166 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Energy and Resource Efficiency without the tears - The complete guide to to adding value and sustaining change in an... Energy and Resource Efficiency without the tears - The complete guide to to adding value and sustaining change in an organization. (Hardcover)
Niall Enright
R2,423 Discovery Miles 24 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Economics of Climate Resilience and Adaptation (Hardcover): Sam Fankhauser The Economics of Climate Resilience and Adaptation (Hardcover)
Sam Fankhauser
R12,001 Discovery Miles 120 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Managing climate change requires action on both its causes (reducing emissions) and its consequences (adapting to impacts that can no longer be avoided). Human societies can thrive in many climatic conditions. However, such adaptation is not necessarily smooth, and it cannot be taken for granted. This review synthesises the contribution of economics to the study and practice of climate resilience and adaptation, identifying some of the most influential articles by economists on climate change adaptation since the topic became a subject of academic interest.

Bionanotechnology to Save the Environment - Plant and Fishery's Biomass as Alternative to Petrol (Hardcover):... Bionanotechnology to Save the Environment - Plant and Fishery's Biomass as Alternative to Petrol (Hardcover)
Pierfrancesco Morganti
R3,004 R2,528 Discovery Miles 25 280 Save R476 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Corporate Sustainability in Times of Virus Crises (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Kiymet Tunca Caliyurt Corporate Sustainability in Times of Virus Crises (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Kiymet Tunca Caliyurt
R4,918 Discovery Miles 49 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book analyses the effect of biological risk on business and management by considering case studies from Malaysia, Lebanon, and G20 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering a wide range of topics, such as effects of virus risk on corporate sustainability, COVID-19 and CSR activities, governance practices and regulations for derivative products in emerging markets, risk management during a pandemic, and AI applications in the health sector, this book assists top management in redesigning business models and organisational management in a post-pandemic world and in becoming better equipped to tackle future biological risks or pandemic events.

Reconciling Nature - Literary Representations of the Natural, 1876-1945 (Paperback): Robert M. Myers Reconciling Nature - Literary Representations of the Natural, 1876-1945 (Paperback)
Robert M. Myers
R764 Discovery Miles 7 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Otherlands - A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds (Paperback): Thomas Halliday Otherlands - A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds (Paperback)
Thomas Halliday
R543 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R70 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fat Rich Dairy Products (Hardcover): D.K. Thompkinson Fat Rich Dairy Products (Hardcover)
D.K. Thompkinson
R2,933 Discovery Miles 29 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book has been written for the under-graduate students of Dairy Technology course being offered by different Dairy Science Colleges and various Agricultural and Deemed Universities across the country.

Phytomanagement of Polluted Sites - Market Opportunities in Sustainable Phytoremediation (Paperback): Vimal Chandra Pandey,... Phytomanagement of Polluted Sites - Market Opportunities in Sustainable Phytoremediation (Paperback)
Vimal Chandra Pandey, Kuldeep Bauddh
R3,554 Discovery Miles 35 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Phytomanagement of Polluted Sites: Market Opportunities in Sustainable Phytoremediation brings together recent and established knowledge on different aspects of phytoremediation, providing this information in a single source that offers a cutting-edge synthesis of scientific and experiential knowledge on industrially contaminated site restoration that is useful for both practitioners and scientists. The book gives interested groups, both non-profit and for-profit, methods to manage dumpsites and other contaminated areas, including tactics on how to mitigate costs and even profit from ecological restoration.

Advanced Tools for Integrated Water Resources Management, Volume 3 (Paperback): Jan Friesen, Leonor Rodriguez Sinobas Advanced Tools for Integrated Water Resources Management, Volume 3 (Paperback)
Jan Friesen, Leonor Rodriguez Sinobas
R4,943 Discovery Miles 49 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Advanced Tools for Integrated Water Resources Management, Volume Three, explores a wide breadth of emerging and state-of-the-art technologies used to study advanced tools for integrated water resources management. The book provides insights in chapters relating to How to involve the public - citizen science approaches for IWRM, Urban forestry as a management tool for urban water, Applying water accounting methods in Mediterranean areas, The Jucar River case, Valuation of Guadalquivir River Basin water resources (southern Spain) using SEEA Water Account, Applying water accounting methods through statistical data and simulation models, and much more.

Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways - Policies, Institutions, and Coalitions for Low Carbon Transportation in Emerging... Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways - Policies, Institutions, and Coalitions for Low Carbon Transportation in Emerging Countries (Paperback)
Oliver Lah
R2,683 Discovery Miles 26 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways examines how sustainable urban mobility solutions contribute to achieving worldwide sustainable development and global climate change targets, while also identifying barriers to implementation and strategies to overcome them. Building on city-to-city cooperation experiences in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the book examines key challenges in the context of the Paris Agreement, UN Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda, including policies needed to achieve a sustainable, low-carbon pathway for transport and how an integrated policy strategy is designed to provide a basis for political coalitions. The book explores which institutional framework creates sufficient political stability and continuity to foster the take-up of and long-term support for sustainable transport strategies. The linkages of climate change and wider sustainable development objectives are covered, including success stories, best practices, and quantitative analysis for key emerging economies in public transport, walking, cycling, freight and logistics, vehicle technology and fuels, urban planning and integration, and national framework policies.

Coastal Management - Global Challenges and Innovations (Paperback): R.R. Krishnamurthy, M.P. Jonathan, Seshachalam Srinivasalu,... Coastal Management - Global Challenges and Innovations (Paperback)
R.R. Krishnamurthy, M.P. Jonathan, Seshachalam Srinivasalu, Bernhard Glaeser
R2,622 Discovery Miles 26 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Coastal Management: Global Challenges and Innovations focuses on the resulting problems faced by coastal areas in developing countries with a goal of helping create updated management and tactical approaches for researchers, field practitioners, planners and policymakers. This book gathers, compiles and interprets recent developments, starting from paleo-coastal climatic conditions, to current climatic conditions that influence coastal resources. Chapters included cover almost all aspects of coastal area management, including sustainability, coastal communities, hazards, ocean currents and environmental monitoring.

Foundations for Sustainability - A Coherent Framework of Life-Environment Relations (Paperback): Daniel A. Fiscus, Brian Fath Foundations for Sustainability - A Coherent Framework of Life-Environment Relations (Paperback)
Daniel A. Fiscus, Brian Fath
R2,168 Discovery Miles 21 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Foundations for Sustainability: A Coherent Framework of Life-Environment Relations challenges existing assumptions on environmental issues and lays the groundwork for a new paradigm, bringing a greater understanding of what is needed to help create an environmentally and economically sustainable future, which to date has been an uphill battle and not an obvious choice. The book presents the case for a paradigm based on a multi-model of life as organism, life as ecosystem, and life as biosphere, as opposed to the singular assumption that life can be viewed solely as an organism. All backed with well-cited research from top investigators from around the world, this book is a must-have resource for anyone working in ecology, environmental science or sustainability.

Management of Emerging Public Health Issues and Risks - Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Changing Environment (Paperback):... Management of Emerging Public Health Issues and Risks - Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Changing Environment (Paperback)
Benoit Roig, Karin E Weiss, Veronique Thireau
R2,798 Discovery Miles 27 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Management of Emerging Public Health Issues and Risks: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Changing Environment addresses the threats facing the rapidly changing world and provides guidance on how to manage risks to population health. Unlike conventional and recognized risks (major, industrial, and natural), emerging risks are characterized by low or non-existent scientific knowledge, high levels of uncertainty, and different levels of acceptability by the relevant authorities and exposed populations. Emerging risk must be analyzed through multiple and crossed approaches identifying the phenomenon linked to the emergence of risk but also by combining scientific, policy and social data in order to provide more enlightened decision making. Management of Emerging Public Health Issues and Risks: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Changing Environment provides examples of transdisciplinary approaches used to characterize, analyze, and manage emerging risks. This book will be useful for public health researchers, policy makers, and students as well as those working in emergency management, risk management, security, environmental health, nanomaterials, and food science.

The Role of Functional Food Security in Global Health (Paperback): Ronald Ross Watson, Ram B Singh, Toru Takahashi The Role of Functional Food Security in Global Health (Paperback)
Ronald Ross Watson, Ram B Singh, Toru Takahashi
R4,575 R4,254 Discovery Miles 42 540 Save R321 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Role of Functional Food Security in Global Health presents a collective approach to food security through the use of functional foods as a strategy to prevent under nutrition and related diseases. This approach reflects the views of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Heart Federation and the American Heart Association who advise Mediterranean, Paleolithic, plant food based diets, and European vegetarian diets for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. In addition, the book also emphasizes the inclusion of spices, herbs and millets, as well as animal foods. This book will be a great resource to the food industry as it presents the most efficient ways to use technology to manufacture slowly absorbed, micronutrient rich functional foods by blending foods that are rich in healthy nutrients.

Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, Volume 3 (Paperback): David Barling, Jessica Fanzo Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, Volume 3 (Paperback)
David Barling, Jessica Fanzo
R4,465 Discovery Miles 44 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, Volume Three, takes a scientific look at the challenges, constraints and solutions necessary to maintain a healthy and accessible food supply in different communities. This ongoing series addresses a wide range of issues on food sustainability and security, exploring challenges related to protecting environmental resources while also meeting human nutritional requirements. Chapters included in this release include "A Food Systems perspective on food and nutrition security in Australia," "The potential, and limits, of agricultural intensification to improve the welfare of rural households in semi-arid areas," "Food supply chain fraud: the economic, environmental and social consequences" and much more.

Climate Preservation in Urban Communities Case Studies (Paperback): Woodrow Clark Climate Preservation in Urban Communities Case Studies (Paperback)
Woodrow Clark
R3,715 R3,466 Discovery Miles 34 660 Save R249 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Climate Preservation in Urban Communities Case Studies delivers a firsthand, applied perspective on the challenges and solutions of creating urban communities that are adaptable and resilient to climate change. The book presents valuable insights into the real-life challenges and solutions of designing, planning and constructing urban sustainable communities, providing real world examples of innovative technologies that contribute to the creation of sustainable, healthy and livable cities. Examples of successes, failures and solutions are presented based on a cross disciplinary approach for infrastructural systems, including discussions of drinking water, wastewater, power systems, broadband, Wi-Fi, transportation and green buildings technologies.

Water Capitalism - The Case for Privatizing Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, and Aquifers (Hardcover): Walter E. Block, Peter L. Nelson Water Capitalism - The Case for Privatizing Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, and Aquifers (Hardcover)
Walter E. Block, Peter L. Nelson
R4,333 R3,047 Discovery Miles 30 470 Save R1,286 (30%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Water covers some 75% of the earth's surface, while land covers 25%, approximately. Yet the former accounts for less than 1% of world GDP, the latter 99% plus. Part of the reason for this imbalance is that there are more people located on land than water. But a more important explanation is that while land is privately owned, water is unowned (with the exception of a few small lakes and ponds), or governmentally owned (rivers, large lakes). This gives rise to the tragedy of the commons: when something is unowned, people have less of an incentive to care for it, preserve it, and protect it, than when they own it. As a result we have oil spills, depletion of fish stocks, threatened extinction of some species (e.g. whales), shark attacks, polluted and dried-up rivers, misallocated water, unsafe boating, piracy, and other indices of economic disarray which, if they had occurred on the land, would have been more easily identified as the result of the tragedy of the commons and/or government ownership and mismanagement. The purpose of this book is to make the case for privatization of all bodies of water, without exception. In the tragic example of the Soviet Union, the 97% of the land owned by the state accounted for 75% of the crops. On the 3% of the land privately owned, 25% of the crops were grown. The obvious mandate requires that we privatize the land, and prosper. The present volume applies this lesson, in detail, to bodies of water.

Climate Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones (Hardcover): Ahmed Karmaoui Climate Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones (Hardcover)
Ahmed Karmaoui
R6,043 Discovery Miles 60 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ecosystems provide services that are crucial and beneficial to the human population. The management and conservation of these services can assure the wellbeing of the local population. Climate Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones is an essential reference source that studies the effects of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services in dry regions and examines various strategic local, national, and international policy developments to help overcome these impacts. Featuring research on topics such as poverty reduction, climate change, and adaption policies, this book is ideally designed for environmentalists, policymakers, government officials, academicians, researchers, and technology developers who want to improve their understanding of climate change impact, vulnerability, and sustainability, and the strategic role of adaptation and mitigation.

Analyzing Sustainability in Peripheral, Ultra-Peripheral, and Low-Density Regions (Hardcover): Rui Alexandre Castanho Analyzing Sustainability in Peripheral, Ultra-Peripheral, and Low-Density Regions (Hardcover)
Rui Alexandre Castanho
R6,432 Discovery Miles 64 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the last few years, advances in studies and research associated with the borderlands and the subsequent cross-border cooperation (CBC) have been increased and introduced all over the globe. Such advances essentially affect the cross-border strategies and policies, processes of border cooperation, and several complex border movements. Moreover, similar scenarios are encountered in ultra-peripheral and remote territories and low-density regions. There are common denominators, such as the limited land, water resources, and overexploitation of tourism, among many other factors, that make these specific territories critical case studies concerning their governance and sustainable development and growth. Analyzing Sustainability in Peripheral, Ultra-Peripheral, and Low-Density Regions investigates activities, processes, and behaviors in light of the new challenges and the desired sustainable development and growth model. It analyzes the dynamics and patterns ongoing in the peripheral, ultra-peripheral, and low-density regions regarding sustainability and the issues that may influence it. Covering topics such as glamping tourism, vegetation quality, and territorial cohesion, this premier reference source is an essential resource for government officials, business executives and managers, community leaders, environmentalists, researchers, and academicians.

Africa's Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Kennedy Mbeva, Reuben Makomere,... Africa's Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Kennedy Mbeva, Reuben Makomere, Joanes Atela, Victoria Chengo, Charles Tonui
R3,898 Discovery Miles 38 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines how Africa can secure a 'just transition' to low-carbon, climate-resilient economies.

An Introduction to Sustainable Development (Hardcover): Bryce Carroll An Introduction to Sustainable Development (Hardcover)
Bryce Carroll
R3,472 R3,142 Discovery Miles 31 420 Save R330 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From Disposable Culture to Disposable People - The Unintended Consequences of Plastics (Hardcover): Sasha Adkins From Disposable Culture to Disposable People - The Unintended Consequences of Plastics (Hardcover)
Sasha Adkins; Foreword by Noel Moules
R892 R759 Discovery Miles 7 590 Save R133 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
What Does Green Mean? - The History, People, and Ideas of the Green Party in Canada and Abroad (Hardcover): James Gs Marshall What Does Green Mean? - The History, People, and Ideas of the Green Party in Canada and Abroad (Hardcover)
James Gs Marshall
R1,067 R924 Discovery Miles 9 240 Save R143 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Local - A Search For Nearby Nature And Wildness (Paperback): Alastair Humphreys Local - A Search For Nearby Nature And Wildness (Paperback)
Alastair Humphreys
R400 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Save R35 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

After years of expeditions all over the world, adventurer Alastair Humphreys spends a year exploring the detailed local map around his home.

Can this unassuming landscape, marked by the glow of city lights and the hum of busy roads, hold any surprises for the world traveller or satisfy his wanderlust? Could a single map provide a lifetime of exploration? Discovering more about the natural world than in all his years in remote environments, he learns the value of truly getting to know his neighbourhood.

An ode to slowing down, Local is a celebration of curiosity and time spent outdoors, as well as a rallying cry to protect the wild places on our doorstep.

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