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Encouraging Diversity: Crop Development and Conservation in Plant Genetic Resources
ISBN: 9781853395109 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents around 80 briefly described cases which illuminate the accumulated experience in utilizing and managing crop genetic diversity in farmers' fields both in the South and the North. These experiences illustrate the conflict which has been thought to exist between crop conservation and development, and contribute to the understanding of the opportunities that are offered by new approaches and activities in this field. There are frequent similarities between problems in the South and the North, and the book presents the experiences and perspectives of farmers, genebanks, plant...
This book presents around 80 briefly described cases which illuminate the accumulated experience in utilizing and managing crop genetic diversity in f...
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189,86 |
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Instruments of Change : Motivating and Financing Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9781853834677 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Real estate finance is a fast-developing area where top quality research is in great demand. In the US, the real estate market is worth about US$4 trillion, and the REITs market about US$200 billion; tens of thousands of real estate professionals are working in this area. The market overseas could be considerably larger, especially in Asia.
Real estate finance is a fast-developing area where top quality research is in great demand. In the US, the real estate market is worth about US$4 tri...
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179,69 |
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Corporate Environmentalism in China and Taiwan
ISBN: 9780333730027 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China and Taiwan are two of the fastest growing economies of the newly industrialized countries. Much of their growth has come from multinational companies; partly, it has often been assumed, because the region provides a 'pollution haven' which the multinationals would not enjoy elsewhere. Corporate Environmentalism in China and Taiwan tests this hypothesis with detailed empirical research. Focusing on the chemical sector, the author compares the policies and behaviour of three multinational corporations with three large, local firms. The research shows that in fact the multinational...
China and Taiwan are two of the fastest growing economies of the newly industrialized countries. Much of their growth has come from multinational comp...
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402,53 |
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The CBI Environmental Management Handbook : Challenges for Business
ISBN: 9781853836374 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A guide to all aspects of environmental management for businesses. The volume offers information on state-of-the-art techniques, trends and developments taking a user's perspective, capturing key viewpoints and drawing together best practice through the us
A guide to all aspects of environmental management for businesses. The volume offers information on state-of-the-art techniques, trends and developmen...
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558,65 |
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The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Values
ISBN: 9781844071661 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive reader offers in-depth analyses of critical developments in environmental values, bringing together in one volume the most influential scholarship in the field.
This comprehensive reader offers in-depth analyses of critical developments in environmental values, bringing together in one volume the most influent...
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850,12 |
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Strategic Environmental Assessment: A Sourcebook and Reference Guide to International Experience
ISBN: 9781844071784 / Angielski / Twarda / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents a review of the field of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) that is intended to serve as a baseline for the work of an OECD Task Team on SEA and a UNEP initiative on integrated planning and assessment. This title describes trends in application and experience in different contexts worldwide.
Presents a review of the field of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) that is intended to serve as a baseline for the work of an OECD Task Team o...
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874,41 |
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A Sustainable Future for the Mediterranean: The Blue Plan's Environment and Development Outlook
ISBN: 9781844072583 / Angielski / Twarda / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The definitive examination of the development and environment of the Mediterranean Basin and the 22 countries and territories that surround it, spanning five decades from 30 years ago to 20 years into the future. The book brings together data from dozens of national, regional and local governments and research groups into the only, thorough and authoritative examination of the region. Core coverage includes water, energy, transport, urban areas, rural land use and littoral areas, as well as population, conflict, equity, unemployment and poverty, food security, health, housing, tourism and a...
The definitive examination of the development and environment of the Mediterranean Basin and the 22 countries and territories that surround it, spanni...
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704,38 |
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Sharing the World: Sustainable Living and Global Equity in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781853834646 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work proposes a framework based on the concept of a fair distribution of environmental space to include the diverse needs of North and South. Drawing on research in 38 countries, it aims to give an equitable basis for global development in order to achieve sustainable consumption by the year 2050.
This work proposes a framework based on the concept of a fair distribution of environmental space to include the diverse needs of North and South. Dra...
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704,38 |
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Breaking New Ground: Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9781853839429 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mining is fundamental in our lives - we wear, travel in and build, cook and communicate with its products daily - and it is also one of the most environmentally damaging industries. This study examines how such a huge and multi-facetted industry can be made sustainable, minimizing its harmful impacts and maximizing its social and economic contribution. It analyses the different needs and risks of all those affected and issues of supply and demand of minerals throughout the world.
Mining is fundamental in our lives - we wear, travel in and build, cook and communicate with its products daily - and it is also one of the most envir...
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850,12 |
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Environmentalism in the Muslim World
ISBN: 9781594543869 / Angielski / Twarda / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides an overview of how Muslim activists are responding on the ground to the global environmental crisis. Issues are detailed pointing out both successes and failures and describing the challenges facing the world's diverse Muslim societies in striving
Provides an overview of how Muslim activists are responding on the ground to the global environmental crisis. Issues are detailed pointing out both su...
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593,11 |
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The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility
ISBN: 9780199211593 / Angielski / Twarda / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Business schools, the media, the corporate sector, governments, and non-governmental organizations have all begun to pay more attention to issues of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in recent years. These issues encompass broad questions about the changing relationship between business, society and government, environmental issues, corporate governance, the social and ethical dimensions of management, globalization, stakeholder debates, shareholder and consumer activism, changing political systems and values, and the ways in which corporations can respond to new social imperatives.
... Business schools, the media, the corporate sector, governments, and non-governmental organizations have all begun to pay more attention to issues of C...
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823,18 |
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User Valuation of Renewable Natural Resources: The User Perspective
ISBN: 9781560729181 / Angielski / Twarda / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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412,87 |
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New Frontiers in Environmental Research
ISBN: 9781600211713 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The environment is considered the surroundings in which an organism operates, including air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans and their interrelation. It is this environment which is both so valuable, on the one hand, and so endangered
The environment is considered the surroundings in which an organism operates, including air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans and ...
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1181,17 |
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From Psychopaths to Responsible Corporations: Waking up the Inner Sleeping Beauty of Companies
ISBN: 9781604561906 / Angielski / Twarda / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shows how companies can derive responsible actions from the inner values shared by people - including the personnel of these companies, whether small or multinational enterprises - and from non-defensive communication with stakeholders in any part of the w
Shows how companies can derive responsible actions from the inner values shared by people - including the personnel of these companies, whether small ...
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476,02 |
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Corporate Social Responsibility
ISBN: 9781604562842 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept whereby organisations consider the interests of society by taking responsibility for the impact of their activities on customers, employees, shareholders, communities and the environment in all aspects of
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept whereby organisations consider the interests of society by taking responsibility for the impact of ...
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646,04 |
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Who Cares for Planet Earth?: The Con in Conservation
ISBN: 9781898595359 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examining the conservation debate, this volume suggests that what is needed is a complete change of mindset: a return, for example, to the traditional African beliefs of coexistence not conservation.
Examining the conservation debate, this volume suggests that what is needed is a complete change of mindset: a return, for example, to the traditional...
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536,92 |
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Environmental Organizations in Modern Germany: Hardy Survivors in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
ISBN: 9781845454470 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. German environmental organizations have doggedly pursued environmental protection through difficult times: hyperinflation and war, National Socialist rule, postwar devastation, state socialism in the GDR, and confrontation with the authorities during the 1970s and 1980s. The author recounts the fascinating and sometimes dramatic story of these organizations from their origins at the end of the nineteenth century to the present, not only describing how they reacted to powerful social movements, including the homeland protection and socialist movements in the early years of the twentieth... German environmental organizations have doggedly pursued environmental protection through difficult times: hyperinflation and war, National Social... |
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558,65 |
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A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter
ISBN: 9780820332116 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A Voice for Earth" is a collection of poems, essays, and stories that together give a voice to the ethical principles outlined in the Earth Charter. The Earth Charter was adopted in the year 2000 with the mission of addressing the economic, social, political, spiritual, and environmental problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century. Part 1 of the book, "Imagination into Principle," comprises Steven C. Rockefeller's behind-the-scenes summary of how the language for the Earth Charter was drafted. In part 2, "Principle into Imagination," ten writers breathe life into its... "A Voice for Earth" is a collection of poems, essays, and stories that together give a voice to the ethical principles outlined in the Earth Charte... |
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91,04 |
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Treadmill of Production: Injustice and Unsustainability in the Global Economy
ISBN: 9781594515071 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Schnaiberg's concept of the treadmill of production is arguably the most visible and enduring theory to emerge in three decades of environmental sociology. Elaborated and tested, it has been found to be an accurate predictor of political-economic changes in the global economy. In the global South, it has figures prominently in the work of structural environmental analysts and has been used by many political-economic movements. Building new extensions and applications of the treadmill theory, this new book shows how and why northern analysts and governments have failed to protect our...
Schnaiberg's concept of the treadmill of production is arguably the most visible and enduring theory to emerge in three decades of environmental socio...
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271,99 |
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An Introduction to Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9781844075218 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is the most comprehensive textbook on sustainable development. It has been developed with students and professionals from around the world specifically for those who need a thorough grounding in the subject. Coverage includes: background to sustainable development and global environmental issues; measurement and sustainability indicators; environmental assessment, management and policy; approaches and linkages to poverty reduction; impacts and infrastructure development; economics, consumption, production and market failures; governance; participation; disaster management;...
This volume is the most comprehensive textbook on sustainable development. It has been developed with students and professionals from around the world...
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922,99 |
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