ilość książek w kategorii: 7461
Violent Environments: Essays on the Metaphysics of Human Persons
ISBN: 9780801438714 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do environmental problems and processes produce violence? Current U.S. policy about environmental conflict and scholarly work on environmental security assume direct causal links between population growth, resource scarcity, and violence. This belief, a staple of governmental decision-making during both Clinton administrations and widely held in the environmental security field, depends on particular assumptions about the nature of the state, the role of population growth, and the causes of environmental degradation.The conventional understanding of environmental security, and its assumptions...
Do environmental problems and processes produce violence? Current U.S. policy about environmental conflict and scholarly work on environmental securit...
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587,81 zł |
The Violent Environments: Social Bonds and Racial Hubris
ISBN: 9780801487118 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do environmental problems and processes produce violence? Current U.S. policy about environmental conflict and scholarly work on environmental security assume direct causal links between population growth, resource scarcity, and violence. This belief, a staple of governmental decision-making during both Clinton administrations and widely held in the environmental security field, depends on particular assumptions about the nature of the state, the role of population growth, and the causes of environmental degradation.
The conventional understanding of environmental security, and its... Do environmental problems and processes produce violence? Current U.S. policy about environmental conflict and scholarly work on environmental securit...
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172,28 zł |
Women and Nature: Saving the Wild West
ISBN: 9780803289758 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Long before Rachel Carson's fight against pesticides placed female environmental activists in the national spotlight, women were involved in American environmentalism. In Women and Nature: Saving the "Wild" West, Glenda Riley calls for a reappraisal of the roots of the American conservation movement. This thoroughly researched study of women conservationists provides a needed corrective to the male-dominated historiography of environmental studies. The early conservation movement gained much from women's widespread involvement. Florence Merriam Bailey classified the birds of New Mexico and...
Long before Rachel Carson's fight against pesticides placed female environmental activists in the national spotlight, women were involved in American ...
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111,43 zł |
Developing Nations and the Politics of Global Integration
ISBN: 9780815733898 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work is part of the Integrating National Economies series.
This work is part of the Integrating National Economies series.
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144,59 zł |
Career Opportunities in Conservation and the Environment
ISBN: 9780816067435 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Conservation and environmental jobs account for between 1 and 3 percent of total U.S. employment, and educational options for this field have grown significantly in recent years. According to U.S. News & World Report, there are now some 515 colleges that offer degrees in natural resources and conservation fields, 266 that offer environmental sciences programs, and 241 that offer environmental studies programs. Career Opportunities in Conservation and the Environment features more than 70 profiles of careers in these flourishing areas. Cutting across several broad industries-such as...
Conservation and environmental jobs account for between 1 and 3 percent of total U.S. employment, and educational options for this field have grown si...
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101,08 zł |
Enhancing the Role of Government in the Pacific Island Economies
ISBN: 9780821343517 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following the East Asian financial crisis, the Pacific Island Member Countries (PMC) appear to be headed toward recession. The governments are increasingly aware that state-led growth, based upon high levels of public investment and financial aid, has not substantially increased per capita income or the quality of life. Building a more resilient economic base has become a matter of political urgency. This report discusses how the PMC's development agenda could be implemented and emphasizes interlinking themes about enhancing the role of government.
Following the East Asian financial crisis, the Pacific Island Member Countries (PMC) appear to be headed toward recession. The governments are increas...
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117,09 zł |
Electronic Finance: A New Approach to Financial Sector Development?
ISBN: 9780821351048 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, the delivery of financial services has changed consistent with technological advances that have occurred. On-line banking, on-line trading and brokerage services, and capital markets are available and utilized in varying degrees in the industrialized nations of the world. Beyond the availability of services on-line, E-Finance is redefining the cost and competitive structure of financial services. This convergence of technology and financial services provides opportunities for emerging markets to leapfrog in the development and delivery of financial services. This paper...
In recent years, the delivery of financial services has changed consistent with technological advances that have occurred. On-line banking, on-line tr...
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144,59 zł |
Fiscal Incentives for Investment and Innovation
ISBN: 9780821359020 / Angielski / Miękka / 742 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Developing countries continue to make widespread use of tax policy instruments to promote industrial and technological development. The actual effect of these instruments on business activity and government revenues, however, remains an open question. This volume takes an important first step in quantifying the investment incentives on business decisions related to production and investment. In addition, the book suggests the consequences of such incentives for government revenues. It will be of interest to students and scholars of public finance, industrial organization, and developmental...
Developing countries continue to make widespread use of tax policy instruments to promote industrial and technological development. The actual effect ...
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186,43 zł |
Tourism Ecolabelling: Certification and Promotion
ISBN: 9780851995069 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is currently immense interest in measuring the sustainability of tourism in general, and of ecotourism in particular. Hitherto, it has been difficult for consumers to know whether claims of tourism destinations and products being -ecologically sustainable- are based on hard evidence. The tourism industry has therefore been developing methods to measure these objectively in the form of ecolabels.
This book is the first substantial book to review this subject. Emphasis is placed on the criteria used in ecolabels to determine sustainability, the marketing of... There is currently immense interest in measuring the sustainability of tourism in general, and of ecotourism in particular. Hitherto, it has been diff...
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615,28 zł |
Environments and Livelihoods: Strategies for Sustainability
ISBN: 9780855984403 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers an analysis of 'the environment' in its broadest sense, one that includes both people and social relationships. It begins by reflecting on the relationships between poverty and environmental change, from both a theoretical and a practical perspective. It then presents frameworks for action by development agencies, exploring power relationships and ideas of stakeholder participation, and in particular the notion of sustainable livelihoods. It moves on to discuss practical tools and approaches to project management, and ends by considering how strategies and policies can...
This book offers an analysis of 'the environment' in its broadest sense, one that includes both people and social relationships. It begins by reflecti...
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128,63 zł |
Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth
ISBN: 9780865713123 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Equipped with useful charts and thought-provoking illustrations, this book introduces a revolutionary new way to determine humanity's impact on the Earth and presents an exciting and powerful tool for measuring and visualizing the resources required to sustain households, communities, regions, and nations.
Equipped with useful charts and thought-provoking illustrations, this book introduces a revolutionary new way to determine humanity's impact on the Ea...
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85,85 zł |
Economics and Policy Issues in Climate Change
ISBN: 9780915707959 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Global climate change has emerged as one of the most challenging and controversial policy issues. In this volume, a group of scholars examines economic and social aspects of the far-reaching phenomenon. Although the 1997 summit in Kyoto focused world attention on climate, it was just one step in an ongoing process. Research by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been ongoing since 1988. An extensive IPCC Working Group report published in 1995 examined the economic and social aspects of climate change. In this volume, economists assess the IPCC report and address the...
Global climate change has emerged as one of the most challenging and controversial policy issues. In this volume, a group of scholars examines economi...
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658,75 zł |
The Raising of Money: 35 Essentials Every Trustee Should Know
ISBN: 9780939120024 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Often called "the bible of fundraising," this text is also being used as a desk-top reference for the professional, including the organization's CEO. It is designed to add weight and credibility to the ideas that the most successful development executives emphasize to their volunteers.
Often called "the bible of fundraising," this text is also being used as a desk-top reference for the professional, including the organization's CEO. ...
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213,73 zł |
The Brahmaputra Basin Water Resources
ISBN: 9781402017377 / Angielski / Twarda / 613 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Brahmaputra River is a precious gift of Nature to India and especially to its northeast region. The meaning of this gift becomes evident immediately when one considers the vastness of water resources which the Brahmaputra River basin possesses. Nearly 30% of India's water resources potential and 41% of the country's total hydropower potential are found in this basin. In terms of the average discharge, the Brahmaputra River is the fifth largest river in the world. Traversing a distance of about 2,900 kilometers from Tibet at an elevation of 5,150 meters to the Bay of Bengal and draining an...
The Brahmaputra River is a precious gift of Nature to India and especially to its northeast region. The meaning of this gift becomes evident immediate...
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780,00 zł |
Environmental Security and Public Safety: Problems and Needs in Conversion Policy and Research After 15 Years of Conversion in Central and Eastern Eur
ISBN: 9781402056420 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although the end of the Cold War has paved the way to a substantial demilitarisation and conversion, the leftovers of this process such as former military installations, military training areas, and huge quantities of unserviceable ammunition and equipment still pose a severe threat to the environment of both NATO and Partner countries. The rehabilitation of these areas for civilian uses is extremely costly and is generally in the short and medium term not possible. For this reason, the development of new methods for the estimation avoidance of risks should receive special priority.... Although the end of the Cold War has paved the way to a substantial demilitarisation and conversion, the leftovers of this process such as former m... |
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780,00 zł |
Environmental Security and Public Safety: Problems and Needs in Conversion Policy and Research After 15 Years of Conversion in Central and Eastern Eur
ISBN: 9781402056437 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although the end of the Cold War has paved the way to a substantial demilitarisation and conversion, the leftovers of this process such as former military installations, military training areas, and huge quantities of unserviceable ammunition and equipment still pose a severe threat to the environment of both NATO and Partner countries. The rehabilitation of these areas for civilian uses is extremely costly and is generally in the short and medium term not possible. For this reason, the development of new methods for the estimation avoidance of risks should receive special priority.... Although the end of the Cold War has paved the way to a substantial demilitarisation and conversion, the leftovers of this process such as former m... |
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780,00 zł |
Strategies to Enhance Environmental Security in Transition Countries
ISBN: 9781402059940 / Angielski / Twarda / 429 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents the main environmental security challenges facing transition countries as well as practical methods and approaches for addressing them, which are equally applicable to all countries. Coverage also details lesson learned as illustrated via research and case studies as well as issues related to metals in the environment. This volume presents the main environmental security challenges facing transition countries as well as practical methods and approaches for address... |
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389,98 zł |
Strategies to Enhance Environmental Security in Transition Countries
ISBN: 9781402059957 / Angielski / Miękka / 429 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents the main environmental security challenges facing transition countries as well as practical methods and approaches for addressing them, which are equally applicable to all countries. Coverage also details lesson learned as illustrated via research and case studies as well as issues related to metals in the environment. This volume presents the main environmental security challenges facing transition countries as well as practical methods and approaches for address... |
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389,98 zł |
Moving Millions: Transport Strategies for Sustainable Development in Megacities
ISBN: 9781402067013 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book has been several years in the making. It has grown out of basic areas of inquiry begun under the auspices of the Alliance for Global Sustainability in the late 1990s, and has culminated with a series of on-site, collaborative studies conducted through AGS in cooperation with of?cials in Guangzhou, People s Republic of China (PRC), during the early 2000s. Many individuals have made important contributions to the ideas, ?ndings, and results that have been compiled in this volume. The authors wish to recognize these signi?cant contributions below. The Alliance for Global Sustainability...
This book has been several years in the making. It has grown out of basic areas of inquiry begun under the auspices of the Alliance for Global Sustain...
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389,98 zł |
Environmental Management and Decision Making for Business
ISBN: 9781403941336 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the environmental impacts made by organisations are created by early strategic planning, marketing and design decisions. This book encourages managers and students of management to explore how and when environmental decisions are made in organisations. It introduces them to the processes and tools they can use to change the environmental direction of their organisation and reduce its environmental impact on the earth. It guides the reader down the track whose destination is ecological sustainability.
Many of the environmental impacts made by organisations are created by early strategic planning, marketing and design decisions. This book encourages ...
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389,98 zł |