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Corporate Responsibility Cluster Potential in a Rainforest Region
ISBN: 9783639012675 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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263,91 |
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The Sustainability Mirage: Illusion and Reality in the Coming War on Climate Change
ISBN: 9781844075355 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This thoughtful and original study throws important critical light on the dominant orthodoxies about sustainable development, and suggests a radically new direction. Foster argues compellingly that present approaches embody floating standards and bad faith, trapping societies into inaction. I suspect this is a seminal piece of work. Professor Robin Grove-White, former Chair of Greenpeace UK We all have a nagging concern that what international corporations and governments term 'sustainable' is not sustainable at all. John Foster s clear and beautifully written text shows the deep flaws in...
This thoughtful and original study throws important critical light on the dominant orthodoxies about sustainable development, and suggests a radically...
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194,26 |
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The New Global Frontier: Urbanization, Poverty and Environment in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781844075591 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The world�s developing countries will be experiencing massive increases in their urban populations over the 21st century. If managed intelligently and humanely, this growth can pave the way to sustainable development; otherwise, it will favour higher levels of poverty and environmental stress. The outcome depends on decisions being made now. The principal theme that runs through this volume is the need to transform urbanization into a positive force for development. Part I of this book reviews the demography of the urban transition, stressing the importance of benefi cial rural-urban...
The world�s developing countries will be experiencing massive increases in their urban populations over the 21st century. If managed intelligen...
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922,99 |
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Modern Environmentalism : An Introduction
ISBN: 9780415057448 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents an introduction to environmentalism, the history of attitudes to nature and the environment, and how these ideas relate to modern environmental ideologies. Examining key environmental ideas within their social and historical context, it outlines radical environmentalist approaches to valuing nature, to economics, Third World development, technology, ecofeminism and social change. This account interprets and sythesises the explosion of writing on the environment since the appearance of Pepper's earlier work, The Roots of Modern Environmentalism. Pre-modern ideas about...
This volume presents an introduction to environmentalism, the history of attitudes to nature and the environment, and how these ideas relate to modern...
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922,99 |
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Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation
ISBN: 9780415200981 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can we balance the needs of the host, the environment and the visitor?
Most people live for their leisure, recreation and travel opportunities. Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation seeks to bring together the different strands of thought that inform the management of settings, for leisure and recreation. The text shows how a positive difference can be made to such activities, by taking a balanced approach in managing for the environment and for people, both now, and into the future. Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation urges managers to balance... Can we balance the needs of the host, the environment and the visitor? Most people live for their leisure, recreation and travel opportunities. |
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1408,77 |
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Institutional Ownership and Multinational Firms: Relationships to Social and Environmental Performance
ISBN: 9780815333555 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A rare empirical test of the assertions of critics of multinational corporations (MNCs), who argue that firm-level social and environmental performance suffers as MNCs grow increasingly mobile.
A rare empirical test of the assertions of critics of multinational corporations (MNCs), who argue that firm-level social and environmental performanc...
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631,52 |
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Analytical Framework for Integrated Water Resources Management: Ihe Monographs 2
ISBN: 9789054104728 / Angielski / Twarda / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This monograph provides a framework and guidelines for the assessment of institutional frameworks for integrated water resources management (IWRM). The framework and guidelines were developed to enable expert teams of the Inter-American Development Bank to incorporate capacity-building considerations into water-related projects. The framework and guidelines were tested in four countries with different physical, social and economic environments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Using this framework, it is possible to identify shortcomings in existing water management arrangements and to... This monograph provides a framework and guidelines for the assessment of institutional frameworks for integrated water resources management (IWRM).... |
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461,44 |
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Management of Irrigation and Drainage Systems
ISBN: 9789054104827 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This monograph provides an overview of the principles necessary to provide a service orientation in the management of irrigation and drainage systems. The material covered is designed to emphasize an area largely neglected in the irrigation and drainage management literature.
This monograph provides an overview of the principles necessary to provide a service orientation in the management of irrigation and drainage systems....
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728,68 |
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Environmental Management in European Companies: Success Stories and Evaluation
ISBN: 9789056990855 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This, the product of an international collaborative research project investigates successful corporate environmental management on the micro-level through case studies examining the role of nine European companies internal and external determinants.
This, the product of an international collaborative research project investigates successful corporate environmental management on the micro-level thr...
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1044,44 |
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Environmental Philosophy: Critical Concepts in the Environment
ISBN: 9780415326469 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection gathers classic, influential, and important papers in environmental philosophy from the late 1960s and early 1970s (when academic environmental philosophy began to coalesce) to the present. The volumes explore environmental ethics, epistemological, metaphysical, and comparative worldview questions raised by environmental concerns. The set also represents a genuinely global and international focus.
The set includes a full index and new introductions by the editors. This collection gathers classic, influential, and important papers in environmental philosophy from the late 1960s and early 1970s (when academic envi...
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4250,60 |
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Education for Sustainable Development : Papers in Honour of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)
ISBN: 9780415460057 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What role can education play in securing a sustainable future? This book looks at this key issue in a global context with case studies from across the developing world.
What role can education play in securing a sustainable future? This book looks at this key issue in a global context with case studies from across the...
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680,10 |
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Fiscal Space: Policy Options for Financing Human Development
ISBN: 9781844075874 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seeking to provide real, sustainable, long-term development and a lucid alternative to aid-financed development which can be made to work for the poor and for the long-term, this book presents a novel, evidence-based approach to fiscal policy design and domestic finance.
Seeking to provide real, sustainable, long-term development and a lucid alternative to aid-financed development which can be made to work for the poor...
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310,85 |
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Sustainable Development in Mineral Economies
ISBN: 9780198294870 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The mineral economies are an important group of developing countries which have suffered a "resource curse" over the past 20 years--showing a poorer performance than resource-deficient neighbors. This book draws upon case-studies and analysis of nine countries to demonstrate the difficulties currently faced and the policies which will be required in the future in order to take advantage of finite mineral resources to maintain the economic and social conditions for sustaining growth.
The mineral economies are an important group of developing countries which have suffered a "resource curse" over the past 20 years--showing a poorer p...
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823,18 |
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Conserving the Commonwealth: The Early Years of the Environmental Movement in Virginia
ISBN: 9780813927732 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Conserving the Commonwealth is the book that anyone interested in conservation and environmental issues has been waiting for. This history describes the earliest days of Virginia's environmental movement, recounting the efforts of a farsighted group of leaders to preserve Virginia's priceless resources--open land, waterways, and historic sites--and to create new parks within reach of all the state's citizens. In 1965, Governor Albertis Harrison selected State Senator FitzGerald Bemiss to chair a commission-the Virginia Outdoor Recreation Study Commission-to make... Conserving the Commonwealth is the book that anyone interested in conservation and environmental issues has been waiting for. This history ... |
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113,84 |
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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity: Lessons from Cuba
ISBN: 9781844075720 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When other nations are forced to rethink their agricultural and food security strategies in light of the post-peak oil debate, they only have one living example to draw from: that of Cuba in the 1990s. Based on the first and - up till now - only systematic and empirical study to come out of Cuba on this topic, this book examines how the nation successfully headed off its own food crisis after the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc in the early 1990s. The author identifies the policies and practices required for such an achievement under conditions of petroleum-scarcity and in doing so,... When other nations are forced to rethink their agricultural and food security strategies in light of the post-peak oil debate, they only have one l... |
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558,65 |
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The Sustainability Mirage: Illusion and Reality in the Coming War on Climate Change
ISBN: 9781844075348 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. �This thoughtful and original study throws important critical light on the dominant orthodoxies about sustainable development, and suggests a radically new direction. Foster argues compellingly that present approaches embody floating standards and bad faith, trapping societies into inaction. I suspect this is a seminal piece of work.� Professor Robin Grove-White, former Chair of Greenpeace UK �We all have a nagging concern that what international corporations and governments term 'sustainable' is not sustainable at all. John Foster�s clear and beautifully written...
�This thoughtful and original study throws important critical light on the dominant orthodoxies about sustainable development, and suggests a r...
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728,68 |
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Global Business Aspects
ISBN: 9783540678892 / Angielski / Twarda / 371 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title addresses climate change. It describes the remedial strategies for developing countries based on the "Clean Development Mechanism" of the "Kyoto Protocol". It provides a comprehensive account of the array of proposals and economic instruments de
This title addresses climate change. It describes the remedial strategies for developing countries based on the "Clean Development Mechanism" of the "...
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574,67 |
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Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges
ISBN: 9781844076123 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Surviving the Century' is a positive, solutions-oriented text that tackles the biggest issues: climate change, energy, production systems, rainforests and the fate of the Amazon, cities, food production, democracy and trade.
'Surviving the Century' is a positive, solutions-oriented text that tackles the biggest issues: climate change, energy, production systems, rainforest...
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194,26 |
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Dialogues in the Desert - Sustainable Development and Representations of Indigenous People
ISBN: 9783639029864 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Indigenous people are often denied the right to representation, and this has important implications for sustainable development. This book explores how Australian government practice and discourse frame representations of Martu people, one of the last Indigenous tribes in Australia to come into contact with settler society. The context of the case study is the Western Desert of Western Australia, and spans a number of Martu settlements. The research was action orientated and involved the use of participatory techniques. Two major themes are outlined: power and representation; and the framing...
Indigenous people are often denied the right to representation, and this has important implications for sustainable development. This book explores ho...
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219,18 |
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Vision 2050: Roadmap for a Sustainable Earth
ISBN: 9784431094302 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hiroshi Komiyama's "Vision 2050" is a plan for paving a road to global sustainability. It lays out a path to a sustainable future for humanity that could realistically be achieved by 2050 through the application of science and technology. A prominent Japanese academic and leader in global sustainability, Komiyama draws upon realistic assumptions and solid scientific concepts to create a vision that makes the living standards enjoyed by developed countries today possible for all people by 2050. "Vision 2050" is built upon three fundamental principles increased energy efficiency, recycling,... Hiroshi Komiyama's "Vision 2050" is a plan for paving a road to global sustainability. It lays out a path to a sustainable future for humanity that... |
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442,79 |
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