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Deforestation and Reforestation in Namibia: The Global Consequences of Local Contradictions
ISBN: 9789004179912 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Descriptions of the late 1800s landscape in the Ovambo floodplain in north-central Namibia closely match the area's late 1900s appearance, suggesting that little change occurred between the pre-colonial baseline and the postcolonial outcome. Yet, paradoxically, colonial conquest, population pressure, biological invasions, new technology, and economic globalization caused both dramatic deforestation and reforestation in less than a century. The paradox stems from the fact that the prevailing global environmental models obscure and homogenize the process of environmental change: different and...
Descriptions of the late 1800s landscape in the Ovambo floodplain in north-central Namibia closely match the area's late 1900s appearance, suggesting ...
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A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy: National Government Interventions in a Global Arena
ISBN: 9781849803120 / Angielski / Twarda / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the current era of globalisation, national governments are increasingly exposed to international influences that present new constraints and opportunities for domestic environmental policies. This comprehensive, revised Handbook pushes the frontiers of theoretical and empirical knowledge, and provides a state-of-the-art examination of the multifaceted effects of globalisation on environmental governance.
In the current era of globalisation, national governments are increasingly exposed to international influences that present new constraints and opport...
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1301,27 |
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Solar Energy: Lessons from the Pacific Island Experience
ISBN: 9780821328026 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Water Resources Management in Asia: Main Report: Vol 1: Mian Report
ISBN: 9780821325278 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,21 |
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Response to Land Degradation
ISBN: 9781578081523 / Angielski / Miękka / 532 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work is intended for advanced readers interested in methods of sustainable land management - the prevention and control of land degradation. It offers a coherent view of the situation concerning land degradation and the human response to the problem. It is generally recognized that technological solutions alone cannot solve the problems of land degradation. This book discusses the role of land use and land management policies, programmes, insitutional innovations, and economic incentives for the control and prevention of land degradation. Special attention is given to legal issues at the...
This work is intended for advanced readers interested in methods of sustainable land management - the prevention and control of land degradation. It o...
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The Social Construction of Indian Forests
ISBN: 9788173042201 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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232,70 |
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Nuclear Power Experience
ISBN: 9789200501838 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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484,79 |
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Economics of Rural Land-Use Change
ISBN: 9780754609834 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public concern over land management has never been greater. This book provides a broad overview of the economics of rural land-use change, drawing attention to the meaningful role economic analysis can play in resolving public concern and supporting future, pro-active land management strategies in rural areas. The book's breadth distinguishes it from other recent texts, as it jointly offers rigorous treatments of theoretical and empirical models of rural land-use change and practical discussions of applications and relevant methods. Chapters are specifically designed to demonstrate the types...
Public concern over land management has never been greater. This book provides a broad overview of the economics of rural land-use change, drawing att...
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727,18 |
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The Economics of Land Use
ISBN: 9780754622222 / Angielski / Twarda / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Economics of Land Use brings together the most significant journal essays in key areas of contemporary agricultural, food and resource economics and land use policy. The editors provide a state-of-the-art overview of the topic and access to the economic literature that has shaped contemporary perspectives on land use analysis and policy.
The Economics of Land Use brings together the most significant journal essays in key areas of contemporary agricultural, food and resource economics a...
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993,81 |
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A Practical Guide to the Restoration and Management of Lowland Heathland
ISBN: 9781901930382 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This guide is a key source of detailed information on techniques for restoring, maintaining and monitoring lowland heathland habitats, a landscape that has been in decline for decades, with many vulnerable species. It covers the full range of management issues affecting dry heath, wet heath, mire and associated grassland and open water habitats in Britain.
This guide is a key source of detailed information on techniques for restoring, maintaining and monitoring lowland heathland habitats, a landscape tha...
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Transnational Environmental Governance: The Origins and Effects of the Certification of Forests and Fisheries
ISBN: 9781848445284 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years a wide range of non-state certification programs have emerged to address environmental and social problems associated with the extraction of natural resources. This book provides a general analytical framework for assessing the emergence and effectiveness of voluntary certification programs. It focuses on certification in the forest and fisheries sectors, as initiatives in these sectors are among the most advanced cases of non-state standard setting and governance in the environmental realm.
In recent years a wide range of non-state certification programs have emerged to address environmental and social problems associated with the extract...
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THE ECONOMICS OF SOLID WASTE REDUCTION: The Impact of User Fees
ISBN: 9781852786731 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The growing solid waste stream is a looming environmental problem as many communities in the United States ans Europe face a shortage of disposal capacity.
The growing solid waste stream is a looming environmental problem as many communities in the United States ans Europe face a shortage of disposal capa...
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The Economic Valuation of Landscape Change: Theory and Policies for Land Use and Conservation
ISBN: 9781858987811 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The increase in landscape degradation in the recent years has resulted in a growing public concern for policies to conserve the countryside. This book presents theories of valuation and economic welfare which are applied to policies to conserve the landscape.
The increase in landscape degradation in the recent years has resulted in a growing public concern for policies to conserve the countryside. This book...
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Ecological Economics: Concepts and Methods
ISBN: 9781858989983 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers an authoritative view of a rapidly developing discipline lying at the interface of economics, natural science, and philosophy. It focuses on the concepts and methods required to integrate sciences and humanities in order to build ecological economics.
Offers an authoritative view of a rapidly developing discipline lying at the interface of economics, natural science, and philosophy. It focuses on th...
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Carbon Sinks and Climate Change: Forests in the Fight Against Global Warming
ISBN: 9780857933850 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reforestation and avoiding deforestation are ways of harnessing nature to tackle global warming - the greatest challenge facing humankind. In this book, Colin Hunt deals comprehensively with the present and future role of forests in climate change policy and practice. A review of the workings of carbon markets, both based on the Kyoto Protocol and voluntary participation, provides a base from which to explore forestry's role. Emphasis is on acknowledging how forests' idiosyncrasies affect the design of markets for sequestered carbon. Chapters range from the role of forests in providing...
Reforestation and avoiding deforestation are ways of harnessing nature to tackle global warming - the greatest challenge facing humankind. In this boo...
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Trade Liberalisation, Economic Growth and the Environment
ISBN: 9781840641769 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes and quantifies the environmental impact of two closely related phenomena: economic growth and the environment. Previous work in this area tends to address not only the impact of trade or economic growth on the environment, yet, as Matthew Cole shows, the two are inextricably linked.
This book analyzes and quantifies the environmental impact of two closely related phenomena: economic growth and the environment. Previous work in thi...
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Environmental Economics and Policy Making in Developing Countries: Current Issues
ISBN: 9781840646023 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In developing countries, where growth expectations are high, least-cost environmental policies are crucial since they can reduce the conflict between economic growth and the environment. In view of this, policymakers in these economies must be very aware of the relationship between economic and environmental issues to offer policy initiatives which can increase efficiency and improve equity. The authors provide a comprehensive analysis of topics varying from the general problems of growth and conservation to specific applications such as: pollution costs, environmental taxation, deforestation...
In developing countries, where growth expectations are high, least-cost environmental policies are crucial since they can reduce the conflict between ...
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Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development: European Practice and Experience
ISBN: 9781845427870 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translation of the principle of sustainable development into policy and practice, and the evaluation of the outcomes of these strategic interventions, are some of the most pressing challenges facing policymakers in Europe and beyond. The chapters in this book contribute to the debate surrounding these challenges. By exploring the conceptual and methodological issues relating to the evaluation of sustainable development and analysing European practice and experience, this work provides a coherent and integrated contribution to our understanding of these issues.
Translation of the principle of sustainable development into policy and practice, and the evaluation of the outcomes of these strategic interventions,...
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Natural Resource Economics: Selected Papers of Allen V.Kneese
ISBN: 9781858981734 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of papers published by Allen V. Kneese between 1960 and 1995 which range widely over natural resource economics including basic theory, empirical issues and policy analysis.
A collection of papers published by Allen V. Kneese between 1960 and 1995 which range widely over natural resource economics including basic theory, e...
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Handbook of Environmental and Resource Economics
ISBN: 9781858983752 / Angielski / Twarda / 1328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This reference work comprises commissioned surveys in environmental and resource economics written by a team of international experts. Each entry provides a summary of key areas. Topics covered include the economics of natural resources, interantional aspects, valuation and evaluation, and more.
This reference work comprises commissioned surveys in environmental and resource economics written by a team of international experts. Each entry prov...
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