This book originates from the work of contributors to initiatives and global networks promoting and pursuing lines of enquiry that recognise and probe relationships between sustainable consumption, design and production, and the implications of those relationships for new economic activity and the way we live and govern ourselves.
This book originates from the work of contributors to initiatives and global networks promoting and pursuing lines of enquiry that recognise and probe...
Addressing global environmental challenges from a peace ecology perspective, the present book offers peer-reviewed texts that build on the expanding field of peace ecology and applies this concept to global environmental challenges in the Anthropocene. Hans Gunter Brauch (Germany) offers a typology of time and turning points in the 20th century; Juliet Bennett (Australia) discusses the global ecological crisis resulting from a tyranny of small decisions; Katharina Bitzker (Canada) debates the emotional dimensions of ecological peacebuilding through love of nature; Henri Myrttinen (UK)...
Addressing global environmental challenges from a peace ecology perspective, the present book offers peer-reviewed texts that build on the expandin...
This book presents peer-reviewed texts from the International Peace Research Association s Ecology and Peace Commission: M.I. Abazie-Humphrey (Nigeria) reviews Nigeria s Home-Grown DDR Programme; C. Christian and H. Speight (USA) analyse Water, Cooperation, and Peace in the Palestinian West Bank; T. Galaviz (Mexico) discusses The Peace Process Mediation Network between the Colombian Government and the April 19th Movement; S.E. Serrano Oswald (Mexico) examines Social Resilience and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Case Study in Mexico; A. F. Rashid (Pakistan) and F. Feng (China) focus on...
This book presents peer-reviewed texts from the International Peace Research Association s Ecology and Peace Commission: M.I. Abazie-Humphrey (Nige...
Based on British and Iranian sources, this book investigates the background and goals of the coup in Iran, examining how British foreign and domestic agents interfered with Iran s internal affairs between the nationalization of Iran s oil in 1951 until its failure in 1953 with the overthrow of Prime Minister Mossadegh. How and why was Iran s democratically elected government ousted in 1953? Most studies refer to a CIA-led operation. This study analyses how British agents used the Shah, the ancient Persian Durbar, Majlis deputies, Islamic clergy, and Iranian military officers in the...
Based on British and Iranian sources, this book investigates the background and goals of the coup in Iran, examining how British foreign and domest...
This Brief identifies various aspects of energy challenges faced by the Chinese central/local governments, and also provides an opportunity to study how best to achieve green growth and a low-carbon transition in a developing country like China. The progress of China's carbon mitigation policies also has significant impacts on the on-going international climate change negotiations. Therefore, both policymakers and decision makers in China and other countries can benefit from studying the challenges and opportunities in China's energy development.
This Brief identifies various aspects of energy challenges faced by the Chinese central/local governments, and also provides an opportunity to stu...
This book is an outcome of the symposium "Towards Earth Friendly Use of Resources and Energy," organized by the Nagoya University Center of Excellence Program "From Earth System Science to Basic and Clinical Environmental Studies" and presents papers by four eminent researchers. 1) Syukuro Manabe, who was honored in 2008 by the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto, together with Ms. Maathai and Ms. Brundtland, describes the mechanisms of extreme weather, drought, and flood that were caused by climate change due to CO2 emissions. 2) Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker, co-chair of the Club of Rome,...
This book is an outcome of the symposium "Towards Earth Friendly Use of Resources and Energy," organized by the Nagoya University Center of Excellence...
This book presents an analysis of the various transformation processes at work in the international migratory dynamic of Mexicans as a consequence of the 2008 international economic crisis and the implementation of an increasingly strict American migration policy.
This book presents an analysis of the various transformation processes at work in the international migratory dynamic of Mexicans as a consequence of ...
This book pursues a unique approach, investigating both the ecological and socio-economic aspects of carbon management in Mediterranean ecosystems. All chapters are based on papers originally presented at the 1st Istanbul Carbon Summit, held at Istanbul Technical University, 2 4 April, 2014, and revised following a peer-review process.
The book addresses the summit s three main themes carbon management, carbon technologies, and carbon trends while also offering chapters on the economic aspects of carbon management and the ecological aspects of the carbon cycle. The chapters on...
This book pursues a unique approach, investigating both the ecological and socio-economic aspects of carbon management in Mediterranean ecosystems....
