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Land Degradation, Desertification and Climate Change

PaperbackEngels9781849712712 26-4-2016

Although much is known about the processes and effects of land degradation and climate change, little is understood about the links between them. Less still is known about how these processes are likely to interact in different social-ecological systems around the world, or how societies might be able to adapt to this twin challenge. Meer

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Lester Brown

World on the Edge

PaperbackEngels9781849712743 26-1-2011

In this urgent time, World on the Edge calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now. We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Meer

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Martin Birley

Health Impact Assessment

GebondenEngels9781849712767 6-7-2011

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is primarily concerned with the future consequences of plans, proposals and policies on the health of communities. It is a rapidly growing complement to Environmental Impact Assessment, increasingly mandated by national and international requirements. Meer

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Renewable Energy for Residential Heating and Cooling

GebondenEngels9781849712781 18-1-2011

Heating and cooling represent significant energy loads around the world, with the associated high level of carbon emissions. Many countries have commitments in place to derive an increasing proportion of the energy they use for heating and cooling from renewable sources; some are seeing greater success than others in moving towards these targets. Meer

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Daylighting in Architecture

PaperbackEngels9781849713009 1-12-1993

Typically one third of the energy used in many buildings may be consumed by electric lighting. Good daylighting design can reduce electricity consumption for lighting and improve standards of visual comfort, health and amenity for the occupants. Meer

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Beach Management

PaperbackEngels9781849713078 31-1-2011

This comprehensive book provides full coverage of beach management principles and practice, with an emphasis on needs-based management. The book provides a wealth of case studies from the UK, USA, New Zealand, the Mediterranean, and Latin America. Meer

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Coastal Erosion and Protection in Europe

GebondenEngels9781849713399 25-2-2013

Europe has a long history of managing coastal erosion through a variety of protection strategies, from the defences of the Venice lagoons to coastal land reclamation in the Netherlands. Meer

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Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions

PaperbackEngels9781849713511 4-1-2013

Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsuited to the emerging scales of the problems they confront, and the lack of institutional capacity to implement planning and prevention or to manage disasters. Meer

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Stuart Walker

Spirit of Design

PaperbackEngels9781849713641 18-7-2011

Imaginative design will be a crucial factor in enacting sustainability in people's daily lives. Yet current design practice is trapped in consumerist cycles of innovation and production, making it difficult to imagine how we might develop a more meaningful and sustainable rendition of material culture. Meer

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Earthscan Science in Society Series

PaperbackEngels9781849713740 7-9-2018

If the detrimental impacts of human-induced climate change continue to mount, technologies for geoengineering our climate – i.e. deliberate modifying of the Earth's climate system at a large scale – are likely to receive ever greater attention from countries and societies worldwide. Meer

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Bent Sorensen

History of Energy

GebondenEngels9781849713849 16-11-2011

In this seminal book, Bent Sørensen views human society as driven by the quest for, and control of, energy. From allowing our prehistoric ancestors to survive harsh northern European winters to more recent global energy security and climate concerns, the control and effective harnessing of energy sources has played a central role in human development. Meer

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Barry Hutton

Planning Sustainable Transport

PaperbackEngels9781849713917 28-6-2013

Transport choices must be transformed if we are to cope with sustainability and climate change, but this can only be done if we understand how complex transport systems work. Meer

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Marja-Liisa Tapio-Bistrom

Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture

PaperbackEngels9781849713931 1-12-2011

This book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying the feasibility, opportunities and challenges for achieving mitigation among smallholder farmers. Meer

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Sean B. Carroll

The Making of the Fittest

PaperbackEngels9781847247247 8-1-2009

Captivating and lucid, The Making of the Fittest delves deep into the DNA record to reveal not just how the fittest survive but also how they are made. Meer

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The Genetics of the Pig

gebondenEngels9781845937560 21-1-2011

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Tropical Fruits, Volume 2

paperbackEngels9781845937898 1-11-2012

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Raspberries

paperbackEngels9781845937911 22-3-2013

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Denis Murphy

Plants, Biotechnology and Agriculture

gebondenEngels9781845939137 7-11-2011

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Arthropod Pests of Horticultural Crops in Tropical Asia

gebondenEngels9781845939519 1-10-2012

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Domestic Duck Production – Science and Practice

paperbackEngels9781845939557 20-9-2011

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