ilość książek w kategorii: 7725
Analytical Tools for Environmental Design and Management in a Systems Perspective: The Combined Use of Analytical Tools
ISBN: 9781402004537 / Angielski / Twarda / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The aim of this book is to link demand and supply of environmental information in the field of Life Cycle Management. The book is based on the results of the CHAINET concerted action financed by EU-DGXII for the work period 1998-2000, and is intended to build bridges between the different scientific communities in the field of Life Cycle Management. A structured approach is followed, meaning that both demand and supply of environmental information are characterised, after which the two are linked.
Chapter 2 deals with the demand side; a number of characteristics are identified including... The aim of this book is to link demand and supply of environmental information in the field of Life Cycle Management. The book is based on the results...
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385,52 zł |
The Sustainability of Rural Systems: Geographical Interpretations
ISBN: 9781402005138 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Economy, society, and environment comprise the three main dimensions of sustainable development but too often they are considered separately. This book, by comparison, examines the interaction of the three dimensions in the context of rural systems, embracing a wide range of topics, including globalisation and reregulation in sustainable food production, conservation and sustainability, the development of sustainable rural communities, and sustainable rural-urban interaction. An international team of geographers, drawn from the International Geographical Union's Commission on The...
Economy, society, and environment comprise the three main dimensions of sustainable development but too often they are considered separately. This boo...
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578,30 zł |
Unveiling Wealth: On Money, Quality of Life and Sustainability
ISBN: 9781402008146 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Does money blur perspectives for a better life?
Lifting the money veil from our yardsticks of progress, income and wealth, reveals the trade-offs of economic growth. The book presents new indicators of the social, economic and ecological impacts of our lifestyles and production techniques. The indicators help to identify those responsible for these impacts and account for their accountability in terms of environmental and other ("social") costs. Sustainable development is to bring about long-term prosperity without undermining its natural foundation. For the assessment of the opaque... Does money blur perspectives for a better life?
Lifting the money veil from our yardsticks of progress, income and wealth, reveals the trade-offs ... |
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385,52 zł |
World Energy and Transition to Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9781402009150 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents the results of a study of long-term perspectives for energy development of the world and its main regions, performed at the Siberian Energy Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Energy Systems Institute since 1998). The methodological approach, the 10-regional Global Energy Model (GEM-10R) of the world energy system, energy demand forecasts, data on energy resources and energy technologies, and results of calculations based on mathematical models are described. Particular attention is given to determination of energy requirements and peculiarities of its...
This book presents the results of a study of long-term perspectives for energy development of the world and its main regions, performed at the Siberia...
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192,74 zł |
Risk Science and Sustainability: Science for Reduction of Risk and Sustainable Development of Society
ISBN: 9781402014468 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 1 AUK ISMAIL-ZADEH,2, TOM BEER3 1 International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Warshavskoye shosse 79-2, Moscow 113556, Russia; e-mail: aismail@mitp.ru 2 Geophysikalisches Institut, Universittit Karlsruhe, Hertzstr. 16, Karlsruhe 76187, Germany; e-mail: Alik.Ismail-Zadeh@gpi.uni-karlsruhe.de 3 CSIRO Environmental Risk Network, CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Vic. 3195 Australia; e-mail: Tom.Beer@csiro.au The world faces major threats to the sustainability of our planet. These threats are accompanied by the immediate...
1 AUK ISMAIL-ZADEH,2, TOM BEER3 1 International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Wa...
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578,30 zł |
Risk Science and Sustainability: Science for Reduction of Risk and Sustainable Development of Society
ISBN: 9781402014475 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains peer-reviewed papers and case studies derived from invited papers. The contributions address two key problems: (i) natural, technological and environmental risks, risk prevention and sustainable development; and (ii) science, risk and society. The papers provide an invaluable insight into, and archival record of the relationship between risk, science, and society in a world that has become more turbulent since the tragic events of 11 September 2001. The papers from scientists, policy makers, and practitioners cover the topics of risk, sustainability, science, and society...
This volume contains peer-reviewed papers and case studies derived from invited papers. The contributions address two key problems: (i) natural, techn...
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578,30 zł |
Computational Models in the Economics of Environment and Development
ISBN: 9781402017742 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Computational Models in the Economics of Environment and Development provides a step-by-step guide in designing, developing, and solving non-linear environment-development models. It accomplishes this by focusing on applied models, using real examples as case studies. Additionally, it gives examples of developing policy interventions based on quantitative model results. Finally, it uses a simple computer program, GAMS, to develop and solve models. This book is targeted towards university lecturers and students in economic modeling and sustainable development, but... Computational Models in the Economics of Environment and Development provides a step-by-step guide in designing, developing, and s... |
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192,74 zł |
Economics, Sustainability, and Natural Resources: Economics of Sustainable Forest Management
ISBN: 9781402034657 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Forest resources are an ideal starting point for economic analysis of sustainability. In this book, leading economists discuss key aspects of sustainability and sustainable forest management including complexity, ethical issues, consumer choice theory, intergenerational equity, non-convexities, and multiple equilibria. This systematic critique of neoclassical economic approaches is followed by a companion work, Institutions, Sustainability, and Natural Resources: Institutions for Sustainable Forest Management, Volume 2 in the series. Forest resources are an ideal starting point for economic analysis of sustainability. In this book, leading economists discuss key aspects of susta... |
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578,30 zł |
International Businesses and the Challenges of Poverty in the Developing World: Case Studies on Global Responsibilities and Practices
ISBN: 9781403921284 / Angielski / Twarda / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We live in a globally interconnected but economically divided world where internationally linked businesses can play a significant role in helping and/or obstructing the development of impoverished countries. Through a series of case studies, this volume examines what can be learned, both positively and critically, from the experiences of selected internationally connected firms in Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Vietnam, Guyana, and the Nunavik region of northern Canada. This book begins with a set of reflections on the strategies firms might adopt so that they develop both their own assets as well...
We live in a globally interconnected but economically divided world where internationally linked businesses can play a significant role in helping and...
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385,52 zł |
The Business of Sustainability: Building Industry Cases for Corporate Sustainability
ISBN: 9781403933966 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most academics and certainly most sustainability managers agree that research on the 'business case' for sustainability has been very inconclusive. In fact many have simply decided that the business case for sustainability is elusive. This book goes further than ever before in trying to be more specific about the economic rationale for corporate sustainability, by approaching this issue on an industry-specific level. To do this, empirical evidence was gathered from managers in nine industries, along with their stakeholders, during an extensive and ambitious research project. The book gives a...
Most academics and certainly most sustainability managers agree that research on the 'business case' for sustainability has been very inconclusive. In...
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385,52 zł |
The Sustainability Effect
ISBN: 9781403991713 / Angielski / Twarda / 175 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship and corporate reputation are without a doubt 'hot topics' for today's business. The Sustainability Effect offers a unique, practical and refreshing perspective on this debate. Drawing on research conducted with some of the world's largest 500 companies, Arlo Kristjan O. Brady takes a detailed look at corporate sustainability and corporate reputation management, focusing on establishing the potential impact (positive and negative) that sustainability issues can have on the reputation of large multinational...
Corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship and corporate reputation are without a doubt 'hot topics' for today's...
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385,52 zł |
Reconstructing Conservation: Finding Common Ground
ISBN: 9781559633550 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1990s, influenced by the deconstructionist movement in literary theory and trends toward revisionist history, a cadre of academics and historians led by William Cronon began raising provocative questions about ideas of wilderness and the commitments and strategies of the contemporary environmental movement. While these critiques challenged some cherished and widely held beliefs -- and raised the hackles of many in the environmental community -- they also stimulated an important and potentially transformative debate about the conceptual foundations of environmentalism. Reconstructing...
In the 1990s, influenced by the deconstructionist movement in literary theory and trends toward revisionist history, a cadre of academics and historia...
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217,98 zł |
Rights to Nature: Cultural, Economic, Political, and Economic Principles of Institutions for the Environment
ISBN: 9781559634908 / Angielski / Miękka / 313 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Property rights are a tool humans use in regulating their use of natural resources. Understanding how rights to resources are assigned and how they are controlled is critical to designing and implementing effective strategies for environmental management and conservation.Rights to Nature is a nontechnical, interdisciplinary introduction to the systems of rights, rules, and responsibilities that guide and control human use of the environment. Following a brief overview of the relationship between property rights and the natural environment, chapters consider: ecological systems and how they...
Property rights are a tool humans use in regulating their use of natural resources. Understanding how rights to resources are assigned and how they ar...
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250,68 zł |
Nature and the Marketplace: Capturing the Value of Ecosystem Services
ISBN: 9781559637961 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, scientists have begun to focus on the idea that healthy, functioning ecosystems provide essential services to human populations, ranging from water purification to food and medicine to climate regulation. Lacking a healthy environment, these services would have to be provided through mechanical means, at a tremendous economic and social cost.
In recent years, scientists have begun to focus on the idea that healthy, functioning ecosystems provide essential services to human populations, rang...
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141,69 zł |
A Survey of Sustainable Development: Social and Economic Dimensionsvolume 6
ISBN: 9781559638630 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume brings together the most important works on sustainable human and economic development. It offers a broad overview of the subject and gives readers a quick and thorough guide to this highly diffusive topic. Tables, figures, & index.
This volume brings together the most important works on sustainable human and economic development. It offers a broad overview of the subject and give...
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272,48 zł |
Energy Revolution: Policies for a Sustainable Future
ISBN: 9781559639651 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The transformation from a carbon-based world economy to one based on high efficiency and renewables is a necessary step if human society is to achieve sustainablity, but while scientists and researchers have made significant advances in energy efficiency and renewable technologies, consumers have yet to see dramatic changes in the marketplace - due in large part to government policies and programmes that favour the use of fossil fuels. This text examines the policy options for mitigating or removing the entrenched advantages held by fossil fuels and speeding the transition to a more...
The transformation from a carbon-based world economy to one based on high efficiency and renewables is a necessary step if human society is to achieve...
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217,98 zł |
Environmental and Safety Auditing : Program Strategies for Legal, International, and Financial Issues
ISBN: 9781566702461 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a complete and concise guide to creating and managing a successful environmental audit program. It provides step-by-step guidance on setting up an audit program for nearly every major component of environmental concern, from air standards to workplace safety, and from effluent discharge to waste handling and disposal.
This is a complete and concise guide to creating and managing a successful environmental audit program. It provides step-by-step guidance on setting u...
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802,44 zł |
Privileged Goods: Commoditization and Its Impact on Environment and Society
ISBN: 9781566703901 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What are the obstacles in the way of effectively solving the environmental crises of our time? What can we do to overcome them? These may be two of the most important questions heading into the 21st century. Organized human societies have the ability to completely change the world. While we have excelled at building, destroying and rebuilding, we have not succeeded at conserving, preserving, and sustaining.
Priviledged Goods: Commoditization and Its Impact on Environment and Society suggests that our propensity toward environmental destruction - a tragic flaw of the modern economy - can be... What are the obstacles in the way of effectively solving the environmental crises of our time? What can we do to overcome them? These may be two of th...
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698,90 zł |
Toward Sustainable Development : An Ecological Economics Approach
ISBN: 9781566704113 / Angielski / Twarda / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the ecological economics approach to sustainable development is still a relatively new paradigm, its long-term success rests heavily o n the formalized establishment of the most basic and fundamental princ iples. This volume discusses the formation of these principles and the ir implementation in the real world. Lawn establishes the ground-rules by showing that development need not be achieved at the expense of ec ological sustainability. He presents the tools, guidelines, and concep tual framework necessary to move toward sustainable development. Fill ed with figures, tables, and...
Since the ecological economics approach to sustainable development is still a relatively new paradigm, its long-term success rests heavily o n the for...
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802,44 zł |
Economics and Ecological Risk Assessment : Applications to Watershed Management
ISBN: 9781566706391 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With contributions from economists, ecologists, and government agency professionals, this book provides a multidisciplinary approach to environmental decision making at a watershed level. It integrates ecological risk assessment (ERA) and economic analysis to improve environmental management in a diversity of watersheds. It includes different points of view concerning the extent to which each study achieves an ideal framework for the integration of ERA and economic analysis. The practical focus on real-world decisions includes the effects of urban development, mining, and water withdrawal for...
With contributions from economists, ecologists, and government agency professionals, this book provides a multidisciplinary approach to environmental ...
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1087,18 zł |