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Sustainability: A Biological Perspective
ISBN: 9780521835336 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Encouraging students to engage in the challenges and complexity of sustainability, this text considers not only the theories underlying sustainability, but more importantly how theories are translated into practice and the difficulties of achieving this in the world in which we live. This pragmatic focus gives students a greater understanding of the practice of sustainability and highlights the challenges involved. Models and theories are illustrated throughout with real world examples to help students move away from the abstract and connect with genuine issues. The text begins by focusing on...
Encouraging students to engage in the challenges and complexity of sustainability, this text considers not only the theories underlying sustainability...
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NGOs and Social Responsibility
ISBN: 9780857242952 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is increasingly being accepted that there is a benefit to both parties when a relationship is established between an NGO and a company. Consequently a considerable number of strategic alliances have been established. It must be accepted that such alliances are not necessarily mutually beneficial but little research has been undertaken to determine the factors which facilitate or mitigate against such mutual benefit. Indeed it is only recently that such relationship shave started to be examined at all. The contributions in this volume seek to redress this by researching various aspects of...
It is increasingly being accepted that there is a benefit to both parties when a relationship is established between an NGO and a company. Consequentl...
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The Sustainability Practitioner's Guide to Input-Output Analysis
ISBN: 9781863357470 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ...this time around success will need to be measured not by how much we can control nature but by how well we can live as part of it. Our efforts in the transition to a sustainable future require decisions that not only acknowledge the ecosphere, but embrace the complexity of our societies and the natural systems that support us. A vital part of this transition is communication. We need to map and communicate as clearly as possible the impacts of our current trajectory and provide a clear and comprehensive system for tracking the world's progress towards sustainability... This book provides...
...this time around success will need to be measured not by how much we can control nature but by how well we can live as part of it. Our efforts in t...
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209,06 |
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The Environment and Emerging Development Issues: Volume 2
ISBN: 9780198287681 / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two and a half billion people are affected directly on a day-to-day basis by the allocation and use of purely local resources. Yet "official" development economics has concentrated on headline international issues and only recently begun to take account of the dependence of poor countries on their natural resources, the link between acute poverty and environmental degradation, and the problems associated with the management of local common property such as soil and soil cover, water, forests and their products, animals and fisheries.
In this volume, part of the WIDER Program on the... Two and a half billion people are affected directly on a day-to-day basis by the allocation and use of purely local resources. Yet "official" developm...
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Protecting the Global Environment: Initiatives by Japanese Business
ISBN: 9780821351222 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an effort to develop global environmental policies there is a clear division between developed and developing countries. Developing countries are faced with significant issues such as poverty reduction and economic growth stimulation. These countries may also harbor resentment toward the developed countries as the source of environmental damage. Additionally, environmental problems can impact countries differently. This paper, a cooperative effort by the World Bank Institute and the Development Bank of Japan, seeks to further discussion of the connection between environmental concerns and...
In an effort to develop global environmental policies there is a clear division between developed and developing countries. Developing countries are f...
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Kyrgyz Republic: Fiscal Sustainability Study
ISBN: 9780821350515 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, the economic contraction in the Kyrgyz Republic was among the worst experienced in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Their output declined by fifty percent between the years 1991 and 1995. The fiscal costs to the country were nothing short of disastrous. Just as the Kyrgyz Republic was about to decisively restore growth and macroeconomic stability, a series of natural disasters and a regional crisis caused another fiscal setback. This report details a set of measures which, if implemented, will restore fiscal stability to the country. It...
After the break-up of the Soviet Union, the economic contraction in the Kyrgyz Republic was among the worst experienced in the Commonwealth of Indepen...
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87,39 |
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Development and the Environmental Crisis : Red or Green Alternatives
ISBN: 9780415592956 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1984, Michael Redclift's book makes the global environmental crisis a central concern of political economy and its structural causes a central concern of environmentalism. Michael Redclift argues that a close analysis of the environmental crisis in the South reveals the importance of the share of resources obtained by different social groups. The development strategies based on the experiences and interests of Western capitalist countries fail to recognise that environmental degradation in the South is a product of inequalities in both global and local economic relations...
First published in 1984, Michael Redclift's book makes the global environmental crisis a central concern of political economy and its structural cause...
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Environmental Health Hazards and Social Justice: Geographical Perspectives on Race and Class Disparities
ISBN: 9781844078240 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides geographic perspectives and approaches for use in assessing the distribution of environmental health hazards and disease outcomes among disadvantaged population groups. Estimates suggest that about forty per cent of the global burden of disease is attributable to exposures to biological and chemical pathogens in the physical environment. And with today's rapid rate of globalization, and these hazardous health effects are likely to increase, with low income and underrepresented communities facing even greater risks. In many places around the world, marginalized communities...
This book provides geographic perspectives and approaches for use in assessing the distribution of environmental health hazards and disease outcomes a...
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Environmental Health Hazards and Social Justice: Geographical Perspectives on Race and Class Disparities
ISBN: 9781844078257 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides geographic perspectives and approaches for use in assessing the distribution of environmental health hazards and disease outcomes among disadvantaged population groups. Estimates suggest that about forty per cent of the global burden of disease is attributable to exposures to biological and chemical pathogens in the physical environment. And with today's rapid rate of globalization, and these hazardous health effects are likely to increase, with low income and underrepresented communities facing even greater risks. In many places around the world, marginalized communities...
This book provides geographic perspectives and approaches for use in assessing the distribution of environmental health hazards and disease outcomes a...
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NGO Management: The Earthscan Companion
ISBN: 9781849711197 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The task environment of NGOs is changing rapidly and significantly making new demands on their management and leadership. This "Companion" discusses the complexities involved. It illustrates how NGOs can maintain performance and remain agile amidst increasing uncertainties. These factors include the position of NGOs in civil society, their involvement in governance and coping with the effects of the securitization of international aid.Complementing "The Earthscan Reader in NGO Management," selected contributions and specially commissioned pieces from NGO thought leaders and practitioners,...
The task environment of NGOs is changing rapidly and significantly making new demands on their management and leadership. This "Companion" discusses t...
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Climate Change Adaptation and International Development : Making Development Cooperation More Effective
ISBN: 9781849711524 / Angielski / Twarda / 373 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Climate change impacts upon the world's poorest most heavily. It is therefore essential that international development initiatives focus on improving the ability of developing countries to adapt to the effects of climate change. This book examines climate change adaptation from the perspective of development cooperation.
Climate change impacts upon the world's poorest most heavily. It is therefore essential that international development initiatives focus on improving ...
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Dynamic Sustainabilities: Technology, Environment, Social Justice
ISBN: 9781849710923 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Linking environmental sustainability with poverty reduction and social justice, and making science and technology work for the poor, have become central practical, political and moral challenges of our times. These must be met in a world of rapid, interconnected change in environments, societies and economies, and globalised, fragmented governance arrangements. Yet despite growing international attention and investment, policy attempts often fail. Why is this, and what can be done about it? How might we understand and address emergent threats from epidemic disease, or the challenges of... Linking environmental sustainability with poverty reduction and social justice, and making science and technology work for the poor, have become ce... |
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Use of Satellite and In-Situ Data to Improve Sustainability
ISBN: 9789048196203 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than 30-year operational satellite data have already been used for monitoring land, ocean and atmosphere. These applications have contributed to improve sustainable economy, produce healthy environment and enhance human life. The Advanced Research Workshop sponsored by NATO and organized by the USA's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Ukrainian's Space Agency bring the scientists with the most mature research designed for practical use. The goals were to select those which is used for services today and identify the areas to expand research and services. Scientific and...
More than 30-year operational satellite data have already been used for monitoring land, ocean and atmosphere. These applications have contributed to ...
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805,10 |
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Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction
ISBN: 9781405187619 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction is an overview of the diverse conceptual tools and traditions for thinking about, explaining and addressing the environmental challenges we face in the contemporary world.
Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction is an overview of the diverse conceptual tools and traditions for thinking about, explaining a...
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Acting Locally: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Environmental Studies
ISBN: 9781563770135 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ninth in the Service-Learning in the Disciplines Series, this book discusses the pervasive use of service-learning in environmental studies programs and explains why it often is a required part of the environmental studies curriculum. Contributors from a wide range of college and university environmental studies programs discuss the benefits and challenges these programs provide and the consequent natural fit between environmental studies and service-learning.
Ninth in the Service-Learning in the Disciplines Series, this book discusses the pervasive use of service-learning in environmental studies pro...
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Mapping the Shift in Business Development Services: Making Markets Work for the Poor
ISBN: 9781853395901 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * shows how to make markets really work
* reduces dependence on donor agencies * illustrates critical issues, new findings and radical changes with a wealth of wide-ranging material * key title for all BDS practitioners In the last 20 years, microfinance has made it possible for the first time for poor people to access reasonably priced financial services. More recently, another related revolution has started, which may have the potential to be equally dramatic. Small enterprises not only need credit --they also need many other services: training, advice, marketing,... * shows how to make markets really work
* reduces dependence on donor agencies * illustrates critical issues, new findings and radical chang... |
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Practical Sustainability: From Grounded Theory to Emerging Strategies
ISBN: 9780230104525 / Angielski / Twarda / 279 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A structured guideline for development and implementation of business strategies, programs, and models with core sustainability values is then proposed and explicitly discussed, drawing upon management models, tools and techniques proven to be effective in organizational decision-making and prognostication.
A structured guideline for development and implementation of business strategies, programs, and models with core sustainability values is then propose...
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The New Environmental Age
ISBN: 9780521335225 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The message of this book is that a concern for environmental issues no longer needs justification.
The message of this book is that a concern for environmental issues no longer needs justification.
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Creating a New Civilization Through Social Entrepreneurship
ISBN: 9781412810944 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Humanity is confronted with the gravest financial crisis and economic recession since the Great Depression. Political leaders, national ministries of finance, and central banks around the world are trying to prop up their countries' sinking economies and arrest a downward economic spiral by innovative financial rescue and bank bailout plans, as well as economic stimulus and recovery packages. These measures are being taken to reestablish trust in the economy and to trigger an economic revival. Despite these efforts, stagnation seems imminent, as uncertainty leads businesses and consumers to...
Humanity is confronted with the gravest financial crisis and economic recession since the Great Depression. Political leaders, national ministries of ...
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Social Innovation and Sustainable Consumption: Research and Action for Societal Transformation
ISBN: 9781138706941 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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