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Reading the Signs and Other Itinerant Essays (Paperback): Stephen Benz Reading the Signs and Other Itinerant Essays (Paperback)
Stephen Benz
R523 R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Save R76 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Economics of Everglades Restoration - Missing Pieces in the Future of South Florida (Paperback): Richard Weisskoff The Economics of Everglades Restoration - Missing Pieces in the Future of South Florida (Paperback)
Richard Weisskoff
R1,303 Discovery Miles 13 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The restoration of the Florida Everglades, the largest ecosystem restoration project in the world, is now underway. Missing from the original plan, however, is a study of the region's cities and farms and the economic impact their growth will make on this already endangered ecosystem. This book provides that analysis. Richard Weisskoff applies the widely-used Regional Economic Modeling Inc. (REMI) model to forecast the future of South Florida's six million-person, $300 billion economy. In addition, he supplies four significant pieces to the model, namely, detailed projections for agriculture, investment, tourism, and restoration spending. By integrating these and the results of a second economic modeling system (IMPLAN), he traces out three development paths for the region to the year 2030, and the demands for water and urban land required for each path. Also featured are the results of two land use/land cover surveys which are then used to measure the change in the value of ecosystem services in the Everglades region. The author provides an economic history of the region and statistically documents the transformation of the original Everglades into the sprawling cities and the sugar-citrus-cattle emporium, all of which share the same fragile ecosystem. The study concludes that the ultimate success of the restoration of the Everglades will depend on choices made regarding the future of the region's cities and farms. While the volume focuses on the Everglades, it serves also as a case study for other such restoration projects. Ecological and environmental economists, regional scientists, planning professionals, and government agencies will find this timely volume of great interest.

Earth Spirit: Healthy Planet - Global meltdown or global healing (Paperback): Fred Hageneder Earth Spirit: Healthy Planet - Global meltdown or global healing (Paperback)
Fred Hageneder
R491 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R46 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Healthy Planet offers a clear and concise overview of the global ecological crisis that humanity has brought upon itself, and what options we still have to save a benevolent climate, to restore biodiversity, reduce pollution, and heal the ecosphere of this planet, including ourselves. Since well before the Covid-19 crisis the United Nations have been emphasizing that only a healthy planet can support healthy people. The degradation and pollution of nature also poisons our own bodies. Climate breakdown and the global loss of biodiversity also threaten the human species. But what is a "healthy planet"? How does it work, how much do we disrupt the planet's life support systems, and what changes are overdue? We have all the necessary means at our disposal, though just patching up the worst symptoms won't do anymore, we have to address the underlying causes, including our habits, values, and paradigms. We are at a crucial crossroads, and time is running short. If we act fast enough, a dignified and truly sustainable healthy future awaits.

Earthwise - Environmental Crafts and Activities With Young Children (Paperback, Reissue): Carol Petrash Earthwise - Environmental Crafts and Activities With Young Children (Paperback, Reissue)
Carol Petrash
R400 R327 Discovery Miles 3 270 Save R73 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Earthwise is full of practical ideas for nature crafts and seasonal activities to encourage young children to be aware of their environment. The activities are carefully written and beautifully illustrated, and will encourage children to develop a respect for nature, the earth and all living creatures. Children will learn about their dependence on the earth's produce (by taking stalks of wheat and turning them into bread-flour); how to create and not just consume (by making their own gifts); how to make butter and grow food (even in the city); and how to make outdoor playhouses from natural materials. The book also contains seasonal suggestions for making a more Earth-friendly home and classroom, and a comprehensive list of resources and suppliers.

The Solutions are Already Here - Strategies for Ecological Revolution from Below (Paperback): Peter Gelderloos The Solutions are Already Here - Strategies for Ecological Revolution from Below (Paperback)
Peter Gelderloos
R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Are alternative energies and Green New Deals enough to deliver environmental justice? Peter Gelderloos argues that international governmental responses to the climate emergency are structurally incapable of solving the crisis. But there is hope. Across the world, grassroots networks of local communities are working to realise their visions of an alternative revolutionary response to planetary destruction, often pitted against the new megaprojects promoted by greenwashed alternative energy infrastructures and the neocolonialist, technocratic policies that are the forerunners of the Green New Deal. Gelderloos interviews food sovereignty activists in Venezuela, Indigenous communities reforesting their lands in Brazil and anarchists fighting biofuel plantations in Indonesia, looking at the battles that have cancelled airports, stopped pipelines, and helped the most marginalised to fight borders and environmental racism, to transform their cities, to win a dignified survival.

Life Is Not Useful (Paperback): Ailton Krenak Life Is Not Useful (Paperback)
Ailton Krenak; Translated by Alex Brostoff, Jamille Pinheiro Dias
R428 R299 Discovery Miles 2 990 Save R129 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 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.

Managing Conflict in Facility Siting - An International Comparison (Hardcover): S. H. Lesbirel, Daigee Shaw Managing Conflict in Facility Siting - An International Comparison (Hardcover)
S. H. Lesbirel, Daigee Shaw
R3,002 Discovery Miles 30 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The siting or development of risky facilities, such as nuclear power plants or waste repositories, remains an intractable policy problem for all democratic nations. In this valuable new book, the authors present a comparative study of various siting controversies in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia. They argue that devising effective policies for dealing with siting conflicts will require social learning and changes in both institutional design and policy process. This volume studies the issue of siting in the context of a transactions cost framework. It analyses the extent to which the institutional and policy environment can assist in managing siting conflicts, as well as considering the effect of other important factors such as equity, incentive structures, social pressures, alliances, the nature of decision processes and information strategies. By adopting a broad comparative perspective and using international case studies, the authors are able to identify the similarities and differences in siting problems between nations, and the approaches and policies adopted. As well as extending the theoretical and comparative knowledge of siting conflicts, they also help to develop more robust and effective policies for managing and resolving future disputes. This book addresses a growing policy problem confronting all democratic nations. By exploring the lessons to be learned from international siting experiences, it will prove invaluable reading for academics, policymakers, government agencies, NGOs, and other societal interests involved in environmental and siting issues.

Advances in Civil Function Structure and Industrial Architecture - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Civil... Advances in Civil Function Structure and Industrial Architecture - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Civil Function Structure and Industrial Architecture (CFSIA 2022), Harbin, China, 21-23 January 2022 (Hardcover)
Qing Wang, Fauziah Ahmad
R4,198 Discovery Miles 41 980 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Advances in Civil Function Structure and Industrial Architecture contains the Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Civil Function Structure and Industrial Architecture (CFSIA 2022), which was held on January 21-23, 2022, in Harbin, China. The Proceedings of CFSIA 2022 is intended to share scientific research results and cutting-edge technologies in the field of civil function structure and control engineering. Researchers, practitioners and academics in these disciplines will find the book useful. Over 90 papers are featured. Many topics are covered, but the contributions may be seen to fall into one of six broad themes of the conference, namely: (i) Engineering Structure (Engineering Advanced Technology, Engineering Structure and Seismic Resistance, High-rise Building and Large-span Structure, Bridge Engineering, Special Structure, Construction Technology, Monitoring and Control of Structure, Cartography and GIS, Concrete Structure, Construction and Control, etc.); (ii) Intelligent Building (Predictive Maintenance, Converged Networks, Wireless Retrofit, Biometric Integration, Computer Management System Engineering, Building Equipment Automatic Control System Engineering, etc.); (iii) Smart City (Intelligent Construction, Intelligent Transportation, Risk Management and Decision Making for Intelligent Construction, Intelligent Building Automation Control System, etc.); (iv) Structural Seismic Resistance (Structural Seismic Design, Earthquakes and Ground Motions, Building Site, Foundation and Basis, Principles of Structural Seismic Design Calculation, Seismic Shear Adjustment and Minimum Seismic Shear Requirements, etc.); (v) Monitoring and Testing (Steel Structure Stress Monitoring, Stress Change Monitoring for Large Construction Projects, Structural Health Monitoring, Foundation Pit Monitoring, Temperature Monitoring for Large Volume Concrete Pouring, etc.); (vi) Engineering Facility (Machinery Facility, Electrical Facility, Stationary Facility, Non-standard Facility, Compressor, Continuous Transmission Facility, etc.).

Digitalizing Sustainability - The Five Forces of Digital Transformation (Paperback): Kathryn Sforcina Digitalizing Sustainability - The Five Forces of Digital Transformation (Paperback)
Kathryn Sforcina
R945 Discovery Miles 9 450 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Digitalizing Sustainability outlines why 'business as usual' isn't working and sets out five Transformational Forces which can be used to innovate and scale sustainability solutions using digital means. This transformation will be powered by a range of digital technologies that have the potential to ideate, propel and scale sustainability solutions in an exponential manner over the next decade. This book introduces the Five Forces of Digital Transformation. These forces all share a common root - they are powered by digital technologies that enable them to operate at the speed and scale that we need to achieve global transformation for people and planet. Working together, these forces help overcome many of the barriers and pitfalls that humanity has faced in trying to achieve sustainability 2.0.and will help you tackle these questions: Why has sustainability 1.0 failed us? What are the bugs and bad code in our operating systems that we must address to have any hope at creating a sustainable civilization? What are the Five Forces of Digital Transformation that will forge a sustainable and resilient future for our people and planet? What are the core priorities going forward for coalitions of the willing to harness these forces for sustainability and resilience? Disruptive and innovative, this book provides readers with a clear path forward to a sustainable digital future. It will be of great interest to anyone interested in the adoption of digital technologies for driving solutions to global sustainability challenges.

Limits To Growth - the 30-year update (Paperback): Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis Meadows Limits To Growth - the 30-year update (Paperback)
Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis Meadows
R530 R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Save R132 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production. Their results shocked the world and created stirring conversation about global 'overshoot, ' or resource use beyond the carrying capacity of the planet. Now, preeminent environmental scientists Donnella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and Dennis Meadows have teamed up again to update and expand their original findings in "The Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Global Update,"Meadows, Randers, and Meadows are international environmental leaders recognized for their groundbreaking research into early signs of wear on the planet. Citing climate change as the most tangible example of our current overshoot, the scientists now provide us with an updated scenario and a plan to reduce our needs to meet the carrying capacity of the planet.Over the past three decades, population growth and global warming have forged on with a striking semblance to the scenarios laid out by the World3 computer model in the original "Limits to Growth," While Meadows, Randers, and Meadows do not make a practice of predicting future environmental degradation, they offer an analysis of present and future trends in resource use, and assess a variety of possible outcomes.In many ways, the message contained in "Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update" is a warning. Overshoot cannot be sustained without collapse. But, as the authors are careful to point out, there is reason to believe that humanity can still reverse some of its damage to Earth if it takes appropriate measures to reduce inefficiency and waste.Written in refreshingly accessible prose, "Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update" is a long anticipated revival ofsome of the original voices in the growing chorus of sustainability. "Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Update" is a work of stunning intelligence that will expose for humanity the hazy but critical line between human growth and human development.

Modelling in Ecological Economics (Hardcover): John Proops, Paul Safonov Modelling in Ecological Economics (Hardcover)
John Proops, Paul Safonov
R2,992 Discovery Miles 29 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book focuses on modelling in ecological economics and offers a comprehensive overview of current and emerging methods of applying mathematical, computational and conceptual methods to environmental issues. Following a detailed introduction, the authors investigate various modelling techniques including: evolutionary modelling input - output modelling neo-Austrian modelling entropy in ecological economics thermodynamic models multi-criteria evaluation agent-based modelling the environmental Kuznets curve. In each of the specially commissioned chapters, the expert authors have tried to limit the level of complexity to create a unique and accessible resource. As such, this book should have a wide appeal amongst scholars, researchers and students with an interest in modelling techniques and their use in ecological and environmental economics.

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster - The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Paperback): Bill Gates How to Avoid a Climate Disaster - The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Paperback)
Bill Gates
R295 R231 Discovery Miles 2 310 Save R64 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide toward certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions-suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.

How to Permaculture Your Life - Strategies, Skills and Techniques for the Transition to a Greener World (Paperback): Ross Mars How to Permaculture Your Life - Strategies, Skills and Techniques for the Transition to a Greener World (Paperback)
Ross Mars
R478 R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Save R82 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The Tawny Owl (Hardcover): Jeff Martin The Tawny Owl (Hardcover)
Jeff Martin
R2,010 Discovery Miles 20 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A New Environmental Ethics - The Next Millennium for Life on Earth (Hardcover): Holmes Rolston III A New Environmental Ethics - The Next Millennium for Life on Earth (Hardcover)
Holmes Rolston III
R3,921 Discovery Miles 39 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

No one looking ahead at the middle of the last century could have foreseen the extent and the importance of the ensuing environmental crises. Now, more than a decade into the next century, no one can ignore it.

A New Environmental Ethics: the Next Millennium for Life on Earth offers clear, powerful, and oftentimes moving thoughts from one of the first and most respected philosophers to write on the environment. Rolston, an early and leading pioneer in studying the moral relationship between humans and the earth, surveys the full spectrum of approaches in the field of environmental ethics. This book, however, is not simply a judicious overview. Instead, it offers critical assessments of contemporary academic accounts and draws on a lifetime of research and experience to suggest an outlook for the future. As a result, this focused, forward-looking analysis will be a necessary complement to any balanced textbook or anthology in environmental ethics, and will teach its readers to be responsible global citizens, and residents of their landscape, helping ensure that the future we have will be the one we wish for.

Leadership for Sustainable Futures - Achieving Success in a Competitive World (Paperback, New edition): Gayle C. Avery Leadership for Sustainable Futures - Achieving Success in a Competitive World (Paperback, New edition)
Gayle C. Avery
R1,297 Discovery Miles 12 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Many managers in the English-speaking world are seeking an alternative to the prevailing business model which promotes a short-term, shareholder-value approach. In this accessible and highly topical book, Gayle Avery argues that this Anglo/US approach to capitalism and business is seriously flawed and does not bring the quality of life to individuals and societies that many people seek. But what is the alternative and do business leaders have a different choice? This book demonstrates alternative ways of leading sustainable organizations. It identifies 19 criteria for sustainable leadership practices that can be found in globally successful enterprises such as Allianz, BMW, Munich Reinsurance, Nokia, Novartis, and Porsche. Sustainable principles include promoting ethical behavior, long-term thinking and innovation, and valuing employees and other stakeholders such as the community, the environment and future generations. The author presents concrete examples of leadership from 28 interesting case studies to illustrate the many different ways in which sustainable leadership principles can be implemented. The book concludes that shifting to sustainable leadership practices may appear difficult for enterprises based in the USA, UK and Australia, but is essential for the long-term survival of these firms. Indeed, several well-known businesses from these countries have already adopted sustainable leadership principles, including Colgate-Palmolive, Continental Airlines, HSBC, IBM, Marriott, Nordstrom and SAS. By highlighting a dramatically different approach to leadership which can prove financially, socially and environmentally successful, this book will have a great appeal to scholars and students with an interest in leadership, strategy, international management and organisational studies. It will also be a valuable and practical aid for managers and consultants looking for new directions and ways of running their businesses.

Routledge Handbook of Asian Cities (Hardcover): Richard Hu Routledge Handbook of Asian Cities (Hardcover)
Richard Hu
R5,736 Discovery Miles 57 360 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This handbook provides the most comprehensive examination of Asian cities - developed and developing, large and small - and their urban development. Investigating the urban challenges and opportunities of cities from every nation in Asia, the Handbook engages not only the global cities like Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, and Mumbai, but also less studied cities like Dili, Male, Bandar Seri Begawan, Kabul, and Pyongyang. The Handbook discusses Asian cities in alignment to the United Nations' New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals in order to contribute to global policy debates. In doing so, it critically reflects on the development trajectories of Asian cities and imagines an urban future, in Asia and the world, in the post-globalisation and post-pandemic era. Presenting 43 chapters of original, insightful research, this book will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, students, and general readers in the fields of urban development, urban policy and planning, urban studies, and Asian studies.

Handbook on Growth and Sustainability (Hardcover): Peter A. Victor, Brett Dolter Handbook on Growth and Sustainability (Hardcover)
Peter A. Victor, Brett Dolter
R6,074 Discovery Miles 60 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This Handbook assembles new contributions from influential authors such as Herman Daly, Paul Ekins, Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Jeroen van den Bergh, William E. Rees, Peter Bartelmus and Tim Jackson, who have helped define our understanding of growth and sustainability, as well as new thinking on topics such as degrowth, the debt-based financial system, cultural change, energy return on investment, shorter working hours and employment, and innovation and technology. Explorations of these issues can deepen our understanding of whether growth is sustainable and, in turn, whether a move away from growth can be sustained. With issues such as climate change looming large, our understanding of growth and sustainability is critical. This Handbook offers a broad range of perspectives that can help the reader decide: growth? Sustainability? Both? Or neither? Contributions are drawn from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives including economics, sociology, political science, philosophy, engineering and journalism, placing the work of established luminaries alongside emerging scholars who offer fresh new perspectives. A special section dedicated to exploring 'growth imperatives' that make transitioning away from economic growth difficult is provided, and the book includes a focus on cultural change and economic growth. Scholars, students and practitioners interested in ecological economics, sustainability and environmental studies will all find much of value in this multifaceted and comprehensive volume. Contributors: P. Bartelmus, B. Bartkowski, H.S. Brown, H. Daly, B. Dolter, P. Ekins, K.-H. Erb, M. Fischer-Kowalski, T. Green, H. Haberl, M. Hadjikakou, C. Hall, A. Hayden, T. Jackson, G. Kallis, A. Levy, R. Matthais, J. Meadowcroft, M. Paez-Victor, S. Pressman, S. Quilley, W. Rees, H. Schindler, F. Schneider, R. Scott, F. Sekulova, J. Steinberger, S. Strunz, P. Timmerman, J. Van Den Bergh, P.J. Vergragt, P.A Victor, T. Wiedmann

Youth Created Media on the Climate Crisis - Hear Our Voices (Paperback): Richard Beach, Blaine Smith Youth Created Media on the Climate Crisis - Hear Our Voices (Paperback)
Richard Beach, Blaine Smith
R1,164 Discovery Miles 11 640 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This timely book provides effective methods and authentic examples of teaching about climate change through digital and multimodal media production in the English Language Arts classroom. The chapters in this edited volume demonstrate the benefits of addressing climate change in the classroom through innovative media production and cover a range of different types of media, including video/digital storytelling, social media, art, music, and writing, with rich resources for instruction in every chapter. Through the engaging ideas and strategies, the contributors equip educators with the critical tools for supporting students’ media production. In so doing, they offer new perspectives on how students can employ media and production techniques to critique the status quo, call for change, and acquire new literacy skills. As the effects of the climate crisis become increasingly visible to the youth population, this book helps foster and support youth agency and activism. Youth Media Creation on the Climate Change Crisis: Hear Our Voices is a necessary text for students, preservice teachers, and educators in literacy education, media studies, social and environmental studies, and STEM education. The eBook+ version of the text features embedded audio and video components as well as interactive links to reflect the multimodal nature of students’ work, spotlighting how youth media production supports the development of students’ critical literacy skills and shapes their voices and identities.

Saving the Zululand wilderness (Hardcover): Donald P. McCraken Saving the Zululand wilderness (Hardcover)
Donald P. McCraken
R420 R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Save R92 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Within a generation, the wilderness of Zululand, with its spectacular array of mammals, birds and plants, came near to extinction. This is the saga of that decline and of the heroic and successful attempt, through establishing game reserves and enforcing environmental protection policies, to save one of Africa's surviving environmental gems. Enough elephant tusks to fill a thousand ox wagons - that's how much ivory alone was shipped out of Durban bay between the 1820s and the 1880s. It amounted to at least a million kilograms, or a thousand tons, of ivory and represented the slaughter of 20 000 elephant. Piles of elephant tusks were then a common sight at the dockside in Port Natal. But that was not all - rhino horn; buck horn; buffalo, hippo and wildebeest hide; lion, leopard and wildcat skin; as well as live wild animals, all were exported, much coming from the last surviving great African kingdom in southern Africa, Zululand. The three pillars of the Zululand and Maputaland wilderness were the wild game, the avifauna, particularly game birds, and the indigenous forests. This title charts both the onslaught on them and the efforts made to preserve them from the destruction that seemed imminent and inevitable. But the title also tells the story of the local African population and their attitudes; it looks at the white and African hunters who pursued the game; and it traces the foundation in the 1890s of the first Zululand game reserves and their struggle for survival against all the odds. Had not the pioneers of Zululand conservation embarked on this early conservation movement, the Zululand wilderness with its tremendous diversity of fauna and flora would have disappeared completely - and with it one of Africa's brightest jewels.

Linking EU Climate and Energy Policies - Decision-making, Implementation and Reform (Hardcover): Jon Birger Skjaerseth, Per Ove... Linking EU Climate and Energy Policies - Decision-making, Implementation and Reform (Hardcover)
Jon Birger Skjaerseth, Per Ove Eikeland, Lars H. Gulbrandsen, Torbjorg Jevnaker
R3,151 Discovery Miles 31 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Based on an innovative theoretical framework combining theories of EU policy making, negotiation and implementation, this comprehensive book examines EU climate and energy policies from the early 1990s until the adoption of new policies for 2030. The authors investigate how the linking of climate and energy concerns in policy packages has facilitated agreement among EU leaders with very different policy ambitions. Employing in-depth studies from a diverse range of energy-economic countries, the book also explores the impact of the implementation of policies on the climate and energy policy framework and the Energy Union initiative. Social scientists and researchers in EU climate and energy policies will find the new empirical data and theoretical approach useful to their work. Students of the social sciences and politics will also benefit from the accessible overview of EU climate and energy policy development. This book will also be of interest to private and public decision-makers looking for explanations for the causes and consequences of EU climate and energy policy development.

Fishing Europe's Troubled Waters - Fifty Years of Fisheries Policy (Paperback): David Symes Fishing Europe's Troubled Waters - Fifty Years of Fisheries Policy (Paperback)
David Symes
R950 Discovery Miles 9 500 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

- spans the last fifty years of fisheries policy in Europe - the parting contribution and career spanning reflection from one of Europe’s most renowned social scientists working in this field - explains why the bold but deeply flawed Common Fisheries Policy persistently failed to deliver its basic goal of sustainable fisheries - a final section on Brexit focuses on the implications for the fisheries sector and the fateful final negotiations with the EU over the fisheries question - essential reading for students, scholars, professionals and policymakers working on fisheries, marine governance, natural resource management, environmental policy and the European Project

Sustainable Football - Environmental Management in Practice (Paperback): Luca Marrucci, Tiberio  Daddi, Fabio  Iraldo Sustainable Football - Environmental Management in Practice (Paperback)
Luca Marrucci, Tiberio Daddi, Fabio Iraldo
R959 Discovery Miles 9 590 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the different environmental strategies adopted in the football world to foster sustainability. The authors lay out useful insights, both for scholars and practitioners, to improve good governance in football organisations by empowering environmental organisational and operational actions. As well as examining practical methods of implementing green initiatives, the book discusses their added value from different perspectives including football fans, football managers and policymakers. By identifying the most important green actions for the dissemination of environmentally friendly behaviours at both individual and organisational levels, the book demonstrates how football organisations can use operational and organisational methods to develop an environmental sustainability strategy. The book contributes to developing the role of the football world by covering different facets of sustainability such as the circular economy, climate change, green marketing, fans engagement and more. It will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of environmental management, sustainable business and corporate social responsibility, as well as professionals working in the football industry.

The Whale in the Living Room - A Wildlife Documentary Maker's Unique View of the Sea (Paperback): John Ruthven The Whale in the Living Room - A Wildlife Documentary Maker's Unique View of the Sea (Paperback)
John Ruthven
R470 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R83 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Whale in the Living Room follows the thrilling adventures of award-winning wildlife documentary producer, John Ruthven, on a journey of discovery - by turns memorable, touching and often funny -that has helped the undersea world flow into countless living rooms to reveal many of our ocean's mysteries. John is the only producer to have worked on both Blue Planet and Blue Planet II, presented by David Attenborough, in total making nearly fifty ocean films, including episodes of Discovery Shark Week, expedition films for National Geographic and coral conservation documentaries for PBS. With innovative technology he has helped capture unique images of a sperm whale mother and calf, pictures of glowing creatures half a mile deep, and grey reef sharks hunting by the light of the moon. We swim with him through blue lagoons, dive into the abyss to encounter new life forms, and experience everything from the danger of getting lost at sea to the sadness of finding a starving whale with a fishing net caught in its mouth. Through each remarkable adventure, John gives insight into what we currently know about the ocean, and our whole blue planet, revealing that the sea really is the 'saltwater country' the Yolngu people of Australia know it to be - a place with as many unique destinations in water as on land. John's book also explores why we have remained largely blind to the pollution in our oceans until recently and charts how plastic 'went wild' in the sea, to understand how we might begin to clear up the mess.

Field Sampling Methods for Remedial Investigations (Paperback, 2nd edition): Mark Edward Byrnes Field Sampling Methods for Remedial Investigations (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Mark Edward Byrnes
R1,869 Discovery Miles 18 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1994, the first edition of Field Sampling Methods for Remedial Investigations soon became a premier resource in the field. The "Princeton Groundwater" course designated it as one of the top books on the market that address strategies for groundwater well installation, well completion, and groundwater sampling. This long-awaited second edition continues the tradition of providing guidance on how to develop cost-effective and defensible environmental sampling programs to support site characterization, site remediation, and building decontamination and decommissioning in both chemical and radioactive environments. The book provides guidance on how to: Implement the US EPA's latest Data Quality Objective's procedure Prepare and maintain defensible field documentation Use quality control sampling, data verification, data validation, and data quality assessment to assure the data collected is of adequate quality and quantity for its intended use Properly decontaminate drilling and field sampling equipment Determine appropriate health and safety requirements Manage investigation-derived waste Properly prepare sample bottles for shipment

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