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Planning for Diversity: Policy and Planning in a World of Difference
ISBN: 9780415286572 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The practical importance of diversity and equality for spatial planning and sustainable development is still not widely understood. Using international examples, this book shows planners and educationalists the benefits of building in a consideration of diversity and equality at each stage and level of planning. Despite being one of the most diverse and gender balanced of the built environment professions, complacency has been widespread in planning. This book shows why a diverse profession is important and drawing on a wide range of good practice, shows how those involved in planning can...
The practical importance of diversity and equality for spatial planning and sustainable development is still not widely understood. Using internationa...
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350,44 zł |
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Sustainable Urban Development Volume 1 : The Framework and Protocols for Environmental Assessment
ISBN: 9780415322140 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Sustainable Urban Developments" examines the models of sustainable development and sets out the framework for analysing urban development and the sustainability issues this gives rise to. It examines the protocols (planning, property development, design, construction and operational activities) developed to address the issues and provides a directory of environmental assessment methods currently available. Environmental assessment methods are being transformed in the evaluation of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of urban development.
This book draws attention to the... "Sustainable Urban Developments" examines the models of sustainable development and sets out the framework for analysing urban development and the sus...
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486,78 zł |
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Sustainable Urban Development Volume 1: The Framework and Protocols for Environmental Assessment
ISBN: 9780415322157 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on original research, this first volume of a set of groundbreaking new books sets out a framework for analyzing sustainable urban development and develops a set of protocols for evaluating the sustainability of urban development. Protocols included are for sustainable urban planning, urban property development, urban design, the construction, operation and use of buildings. Using these protocols, the book goes on to provide a directory of environmental assessment methods for evaluating the sustainability of urban development and also maps out how these assessment methods are... Based on original research, this first volume of a set of groundbreaking new books sets out a framework for analyzing sustainable urban development... |
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180,06 zł |
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Ecological Modernisation and Japan
ISBN: 9780415351669 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1990s, Japan gradually began to turn green and started to experiment with more participatory forms of environmental governance. Ecological Modernisation and Japan explores this transformation and looks at Japan as a case for ecological modernisation while contextualising the discussion within its unique history and recent discussions about globalisation and sustainability. It makes a significant contribution to the ecological modernisation debate by unpacking the Japanese environmental experience.
In the 1990s, Japan gradually began to turn green and started to experiment with more participatory forms of environmental governance. Ecological Mode...
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705,83 zł |
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Security and Sustainable Development in Myanmar
ISBN: 9780415355599 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Helen James considers security in Myanmar/Burma. She uses the ideas put forward in the United Nations Development Programme's 1994 report, of human, as opposed to state and security, going on to argue that freedom from want, and freedom from fear (of the regime) are in fact mutually supportive ideas, and that the security of the people and the security of the state are in fact in a symbiotic relationship with each other. Presenting new and significant information of the security concept of Myanmar/Burma, James' original work considers economic development, health, education,... Helen James considers security in Myanmar/Burma. She uses the ideas put forward in the United Nations Development Programme's 1994 report, of human... |
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754,51 zł |
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The Environment and International Politics: International Fisheries, Heidegger and Social Method
ISBN: 9780415356763 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new study shows how environmental issues represent a deep problem in conceptualising the relationship between human beings and nature. This key relationship grounds the implicit ethical and political concerns of International Relations and our understandings of environmental politics. It demonstrates that the core theoretical orientations of the study of International Relations are not only incapable of understanding and responding to contemporary problems, but are profoundly complicit in creating the ecological problems in the first place. This new study shows how environmental issues represent a deep problem in conceptualising the relationship between human beings and nature. ... |
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705,83 zł |
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Spaces of Sustainability : Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society
ISBN: 9780415358033 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If we look carefully enough we can discern facets of the sustainable society all around us. The ecologically-sensitive design of the buildings we work in, the green goods we routinely consume in the high street, and the ways in which development in our towns and regions is being planned all reflect a desire to live in a more sustainable way. But the question remains, can we as a global society really change the old unsustainable habits of the industrial era and create a society which more effectively balances economic need with social justice and environmental protection?
"Spaces of... If we look carefully enough we can discern facets of the sustainable society all around us. The ecologically-sensitive design of the buildings we work...
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900,54 zł |
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Spaces of Sustainability : Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society
ISBN: 9780415358040 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If we look carefully enough we can discern facets of the sustainable society all around us. The ecologically-sensitive design of the buildings we work in, the green goods we routinely consume in the high street, and the ways in which development in our towns and regions is being planned all reflect a desire to live in a more sustainable way. But the question remains, can we as a global society really change the old unsustainable habits of the industrial era and create a society which more effectively balances economic need with social justice and environmental protection?
"Spaces of... If we look carefully enough we can discern facets of the sustainable society all around us. The ecologically-sensitive design of the buildings we work...
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233,60 zł |
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Developmental Dilemmas: Land Reform and Institutional Change in China
ISBN: 9780415362399 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Studying institutional change regardless of whether it is focused on transitional or developing economies, is most fruitful when focused on its structuring of the means of production - land, labour and capital. Developmental Dilemmas singles out land as an object of study and places it in the context of one of the world's largest and most populous countries undergoing institutional reform, the People's Republic of China. The book demonstrates that private property protected by law, the principle of 'getting-the-prices-right', and the emergence of effectively functioning markets are the...
Studying institutional change regardless of whether it is focused on transitional or developing economies, is most fruitful when focused on its struct...
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705,83 zł |
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Visions of Sustainability: Cities and Regions
ISBN: 9780415426473 / Angielski / Twarda / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the sustainability of cities and regions and concludes that currently sustainability is not achievable. By identifying how cities and regions in the past have maintained or lost sustainability and how cities and regions of today might achieve sustainability in the future, it
This book examines the sustainability of cities and regions and concludes that currently sustainability is not achievable. By identifying how citie... |
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876,20 zł |
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Visions of Sustainability: Cities and Regions
ISBN: 9780415426480 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the sustainability of cities and regions and concludes that currently sustainability is not achievable. By identifying how cities and regions in the past have maintained or lost sustainability and how cities and regions of today might achieve sustainability in the future, it
This book examines the sustainability of cities and regions and concludes that currently sustainability is not achievable. By identifying how citie... |
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243,34 zł |
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Sustainable Urban Development Volume 4: Changing Professional Practice
ISBN: 9780415438216 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new book explores how the professions responsible for enhancing the built environment's sustainability seek to deliver this new agenda, offering multi-perspective case studies and discussion to argue for a rethinking of the role of urban development professional. Showing how sustainability is rapidly becoming the norm for practitioners, the authors consider new types of professional knowledge, relationships between planning systems and property development, links between public and private sector organisations, ideas about long term responsibilities and new working practices... This new book explores how the professions responsible for enhancing the built environment's sustainability seek to deliver this new agenda, offeri... |
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584,14 zł |
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Threatened Landscapes: Conserving Cultural Environments
ISBN: 9780419256304 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few, if any, environments are free of human intervention. Often this generates ecosystems which are rich in biodiversity, historical interest, recreational opportunity and scenic beauty just as worthy of conservation as the more natural ecosystems on which protection programmes have been almost exclusively focussed.
These 'cultural landscapes', ranging from the farm and forest lands of Europe and Eastern North America, through to the pasture lands and savannas of the Middle East and Africa to the paddylands of the Pacific Rim, are usually the product of relatively low-level, sustainable... Few, if any, environments are free of human intervention. Often this generates ecosystems which are rich in biodiversity, historical interest, recreat...
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403,98 zł |
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Land and Natural Development (LAND) Code: Guidelines for Sustainable Land Development
ISBN: 9780470049846 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Land and Natural Development (LAND) Code offers a pioneering method to develop sites in harmony with natural processes. While the LAND Code can be readily used in conjunction with LEED, EPA, and other guidelines, it features several unique characteristics, including recommendations based on peer-reviewed scientific research, a system that is accessible to non-experts, and extensive use of photographs and diagrams to illustrate practices and procedures.
Land and Natural Development (LAND) Code offers a pioneering method to develop sites in harmony with natural processes. While the LAND Code can...
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368,68 zł |
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Strategic Environmental Management : Using TQEM and ISO 14000 for Competitive Advantage
ISBN: 9780471147466 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As environmental regulations have become more complicated, many corporations have found it effective to apply quality management principles to environmental management. These principles are now being codified into the ISO 14000 environmental quality standards, currently in draft form, which are due to be finalized in mid-1996. These standards will require of any firm that sells products internationally to have an environmental quality management system in place.
As environmental regulations have become more complicated, many corporations have found it effective to apply quality management principles to environ...
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614,88 zł |
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The ISO 14001 Implementation Guide: Creating an Integrated Management System
ISBN: 9780471153603 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the establishment of new international standards for environmental management systems (EMS), many managers are faced with the daunting and often bewildering task of creating management systems that enable their companies to conform to these standards. In their haste and confusion, however, many companies implement bureaucratic, ineffective systems that add no real value to their businesses.
The ISO 14001 Implementation Guide: Creating an Integrated Management System shows you how to use the ISO 14001 standard to improve your company's productivity and profitability while... With the establishment of new international standards for environmental management systems (EMS), many managers are faced with the daunting and often ...
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676,12 zł |
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Environmental Management and Business Strategy: Leadership Skills for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780471169727 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text can be considered the portable MBA for the field of environmental management. It addresses the management tools and functions used to facilitate environmental strategies in business, and strategic responses to environmental issues. The text is organized around the three classic global needs shared by both business strategists and environmental leaders: achieving compliance, recognizing business opportunity, and answering public expectations. It takes a holistic, professional approach to addressing environmental issues by looking at all the different functions of a business such as...
This text can be considered the portable MBA for the field of environmental management. It addresses the management tools and functions used to facili...
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804,22 zł |
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Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessments: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780471292265 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pollution prevention technologies are experiencing great growth as organizations seek the economies and benefits of their implementation. Environmental audits, anticipation of International Standards Organization (ISO) 9000, the desire to avoid future liabilities, costs, and accidental chemical releases, as well as to promote worker safety and a "green" image in the United States and internationally, combine to encourage businesses to adopt pollution prevention programs.
The implementation of pollution prevention requires diverse engineering and management practices that reduce... Pollution prevention technologies are experiencing great growth as organizations seek the economies and benefits of their implementation. Environmenta...
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619,75 zł |
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The Whole World's Watching: Decarbonizing the Economy and Saving the World
ISBN: 9780471499817 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Whole World's Watching the authors explain how money can be channeled into the technology that will preserve the lifestyles we currently enjoy and create a new era of economic growth. This is a book that proposes real, concrete solutions. Environmentalists and politicians will not stop climate change from occurring: industry will and it will happen a lot sooner than we think. Global warming is real and not a problem that will disappear on its own. This book explains why it is now time to mobilize the world's financial markets to work for the good of mankind. The money to finance the...
In The Whole World's Watching the authors explain how money can be channeled into the technology that will preserve the lifestyles we currently enjoy ...
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153,67 zł |
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Leadership in Safety Management
ISBN: 9780471533269 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The purpose of this book is to illustrate efficient and effective managerial behaviour patterns through which safety excellence can be achieved as well as organizational arrangements that facilitate practising these behaviour patterns. It is a presentation of pragmatic procedures and management practices that work. It provides the framework through which ordinary individuals can demonstrate the leadership skills needed to achieve extraordinary results. The content of this book is devoted to elucidating organizational ways by which behaviour can be continually changed towards a safer...
The purpose of this book is to illustrate efficient and effective managerial behaviour patterns through which safety excellence can be achieved as wel...
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1101,41 zł |
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