ilość książek w kategorii: 8403
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Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy : Contested Choices
ISBN: 9780631229681 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy: Contested Choices offers a comprehensive analysis of the ethical problems associated with basing environmental policy on economic analysis, and ways to overcome these problems. Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy: Contested Choices offers a comprehensive analysis of the ethical problems associated with basin... |
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659,39 |
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The Conservation Program Handbook: A Guide for Local Government Land Acquisition
ISBN: 9781597266666 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between 1996 and 2007, voters approved almost $24 billion for local government park, open space, and other conservation purposes. Despite this substantial sum for land protection, there was at that time no book available to guide officials as they implemented voters' mandates. The Conservation Program Handbook was written in response to numerous requests to The Trust for Public Land for exactly this type of guidance from community leaders who wanted to know how to effectively conserve their iconic landscapes. In addition, in November 2008, despite massive doses of terrible financial...
Between 1996 and 2007, voters approved almost $24 billion for local government park, open space, and other conservation purposes. Despite this substan...
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173,86 |
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Renewable Fuel Standard Issues
ISBN: 9781606922897 / Angielski / Twarda / 173 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. High petroleum and gasoline prices, concerns over global climate change, and the desire to promote domestic rural economies have greatly increased interest in biofuels as an alternative to petroleum in the US transportation sector. This book outlines some of the supply issues facing biofuels industries.
High petroleum and gasoline prices, concerns over global climate change, and the desire to promote domestic rural economies have greatly increased int...
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501,07 |
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The China Environment Yearbook, Volume 3: Crises and Opportunities
ISBN: 9789004173491 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The China Environment Yearbook, produced by China's preeminent environmental organization Friends of Nature, has established itself as the standard source for on-the-ground civil society perspectives about environmental issues in China. The third English language volume in the series brings readers up to date on the main issues and events in 2007. These include national debates about water and air pollution, the Lake Tai algae crisis, the environmental protests in the city of Xiamen, challenges faced by those planning a "green" Olympics in Beijing for 2008, and the adverse impact of...
The China Environment Yearbook, produced by China's preeminent environmental organization Friends of Nature, has established itself as the stan...
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701,15 |
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Elements of Ecological Economics
ISBN: 9780415473804 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Elements of Ecological Economics provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of ecological economics, an interdisciplinary project trying to give answers to the problems related to the overexploitation of the earth's resources today. These include the problems of global warming (the greenhouse effect) and the overuse of the seas (e.g. overfishing). The book also gives an exposition of the closely related problems of global welfare and justice. The book covers topics including:
Elements of Ecological Economics provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of ecological economics, an interdisciplinary project ... |
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850,12 |
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Csr Strategies: Corporate Social Responsibility for a Competitive Edge in Emerging Markets
ISBN: 9780470825204 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title provides readers with various case studies to show how the adoption of appropriate corporate social responsibilty activities ensures a superior result in terms of the financial, environmental and social aspects of business success.
This title provides readers with various case studies to show how the adoption of appropriate corporate social responsibilty activities ensures a supe...
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170,07 |
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Finding Purple: A Walk Down The Path Of Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9781432734527 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,16 |
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Butterflies Over Africa
ISBN: 9780578039930 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You will be mesmerized by the stories that illustrate the remarkable life of Yene Assegid. Reading "Butterflies Over Africa" will touch your heart and
bring forth tears of joy, compassion and laughter. As you immerse your self in this colorful tale of Yenes life, you will begin to see the world and the continent of Africa through the eyes and heart of this emerging African leader and Global citizen. Her stories are both deeply personal and universal, told in the same voice and style as if you were sitting across the table from this beautiful and courageous women. Yenes vision for the future... You will be mesmerized by the stories that illustrate the remarkable life of Yene Assegid. Reading "Butterflies Over Africa" will touch your heart and...
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112,47 |
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Facilitating Sustainable Innovation Through Collaboration: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective
ISBN: 9789048131587 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Facilitating Sustainable Innovation through Collaboration, takes an unusually international perspective of sustainable innovation with contributions from Australia, Europe, and North America. Prominent policy makers, scientific researchers and practitioners in this field provide various inputs and analyses relating to the development of sustainable innovations. It is expected that policy makers, organizations, individual researchers, students and even communities can further develop and implement concepts and practices by drawing on the variety of projects and theoretical foundations... Facilitating Sustainable Innovation through Collaboration, takes an unusually international perspective of sustainable innovation with contribution... |
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402,53 |
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System Innovation for Sustainability 1 : Perspectives on Radical Changes to Sustainable Consumption and Production
ISBN: 9781906093037 / Angielski / Twarda / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) was adopted as a priority area during the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 and has since become one of the main vehicles for targeting international sustainability policy. Sustainable consumption focuses on formulating equitable strategies that foster the highest quality of life, the efficient use of natural resources, and the effective satisfaction of human needs while simultaneously promoting equitable social development, economic competitiveness, and technological innovation. But this is a complex topic and, as the...
Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) was adopted as a priority area during the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002...
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223,41 |
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Complexity Approach to Sustainability, A: Theory and Application
ISBN: 9781848165274 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A major challenge of our times is to understand and manage the increasing complexity of socio-economic reality. This has immediate relevance for sustainable development. The impact of recent contributions from systems and complexity sciences in addressing this issue has not filtered down into effective practice — notably, there remain problems caused by the legacy of competing paradigms and the application of their associated methodologies. This book argues the urgency for the application of analytical tools that embody the principles of complexity management. The authors describe a...
A major challenge of our times is to understand and manage the increasing complexity of socio-economic reality. This has immediate relevance for susta...
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607,23 |
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Optimal Control of Age-Structured Populations in Economy, Demography, and the Environment
ISBN: 9780415776516 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book covers a wide range of topics within mathematical modelling and the optimization of economic, demographic, technological and environmental phenomena. Each chapter is written by experts in their field and represents new advances in modelling theory and practice. These essays are exemplary of the fruitful interaction between theory and practice when exploring global and local changes. The unifying theme of the book is the use of mathematical models and optimization methods to describe age-structured populations in economy, demography, technological change, and the... This book covers a wide range of topics within mathematical modelling and the optimization of economic, demographic, technological and environmenta... |
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728,68 |
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The Three Secrets of Green Business : Unlocking Competitive Advantage in a Low Carbon Economy
ISBN: 9781844078738 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a 'how-to' guide for making any business or organization sustainable. It reveals the three secrets for green business success - the 'why', 'what', and 'how' of making sustainability a core and profitable business activity.
This is a 'how-to' guide for making any business or organization sustainable. It reveals the three secrets for green business success - the 'why', 'wh...
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704,38 |
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Governance and Sustainability: New Challenges for States, Companies and Civil Society
ISBN: 9781874719793 / Angielski / Twarda / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sustainability cannot be achieved without good governance. The Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 stated that governance and sustainable development are intimately tied together and the future role and architecture of institutions, from local to international levels, will be crucial determinants to whether future policies and programmes for sustainable development will succeed.
Sustainability cannot be achieved without good governance. The Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 stated that governance and...
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301,14 |
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Innovative Approaches to Global Sustainability
ISBN: 9780230104051 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A concrete, action-based look at the ways businesses can become sustainable as moving towards a sustainable world becomes more and more important.
A concrete, action-based look at the ways businesses can become sustainable as moving towards a sustainable world becomes more and more important.
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201,24 |
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The Kochia Chronicles: Systemic Challenges and the Foundations of Social Innovation
ISBN: 9781490977911 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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71,64 |
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Environmental Regulation Through Financial Organisations: Comparative Perspectives on the Industrialed Nations
ISBN: 9789041117359 / Angielski / Twarda / 415 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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1118,47 |
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2009 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness : Achieving Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9780821381359 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'The Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2009' presents evidence on the World Bank s efforts in two areas. Part I tracks the outcomes of Bank projects and country programs and the evolution of monitoring and evaluation (M and E). Part II examines the Bank s support for environmentally sustainable development compatible with economic growth and poverty reduction. The Bank s project performance rebounded in 2008, allaying concerns about the weakened performance in 2007. As previous ARDEs have shown, project performance has been improving gradually for 15 years according to the...
'The Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2009' presents evidence on the World Bank s efforts in two areas. Part I tracks the outcomes of Bank p...
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101,97 |
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Corporate Impact: Measuring and Managing Your Social Footprint
ISBN: 9781844076536 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work provides a clear, digestible and practical roadmap for companies wishing to take responsibility for their role in society and improve their internal and external performance.
This work provides a clear, digestible and practical roadmap for companies wishing to take responsibility for their role in society and improve their ...
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704,38 |
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Global Environmental Policies: Impact, Management & Effects
ISBN: 9781608762040 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Environmental issues are among the most profound challenges of the 21st century. This book highlights topics such as the impact of bioenergy on the global environment, sustainable food production and distribution, wood fuels use for sustainable energy, and the effect of global warming and climate change on water quality.
Environmental issues are among the most profound challenges of the 21st century. This book highlights topics such as the impact of bioenergy on the gl...
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1268,10 |