ilość książek w kategorii: 30048
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Sustainable Mobility in Metropolitan Regions: Insights from Interdisciplinary Research for Practice Application
ISBN: 9783658144272 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is focussing on the results of the mobil.LAB Doctoral Research Group Sustainable mobility in the metropolitan region of Munich for its first phase. It highlights the key findings of young scientists from diverse disciplines on selected issues of sustainable mobility, such as neighbourhood mobility, sustainable modes, regional governance and spatial aspects. This includes insights of methods used to assess sustainable mobility, the way how to study and how to conceptualize sustainable development in each of the contributions. Each chapter is built on case studies in cooperation with...
This book is focussing on the results of the mobil.LAB Doctoral Research Group Sustainable mobility in the metropolitan region of Munich for its first...
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201,24 |
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Handbook of Community Well-Being Research
ISBN: 9789402408768 / Angielski / Twarda / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Those working in the areas of public policy, community development, community and social psychology, urban and regional planning, and sustainable development will find this volume particularly useful for the array of approaches presented.
Those working in the areas of public policy, community development, community and social psychology, urban and regional planning, and sustainable deve...
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1529,72 |
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Future Directions in Social Development
ISBN: 9781137445971 / Angielski / Twarda / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book invites readers to think about future directions in social development. The book succinctly presents the historical context and progress of social development. By reflecting on the Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals, it discusses the increasing global relevance of several critical themes and issues such as human rights and good governance, participation, peace, gender, environment, religion and spirituality, aging, social protection and partnership. It appreciates the importance of goals and targets, but calls to look beyond them to visualise future directions in social... This book invites readers to think about future directions in social development. The book succinctly presents the historical context and progress ... |
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644,07 |
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Climate Change and Order: The End of Prosperity and Democracy
ISBN: 9781349468744 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beth Edmondson and Stuart Levy examine why it is so difficult for the international community to respond to global climate change. In doing so, they analyse and explain some of the strategies that might ultimately provide the foundations for appropriate responses.
Beth Edmondson and Stuart Levy examine why it is so difficult for the international community to respond to global climate change. In doing so, they a...
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201,24 |
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Voice and Environmental Communication
ISBN: 9781349492725 / Angielski / Miękka / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Voice and Environmental Communication explores how people give voice to, and listen to the voices of, the environment. This foundational book introduces the relationship between these two fundamental aspects of human existence and extends our knowledge of the role of voice in the study of environmental communication.
Voice and Environmental Communication explores how people give voice to, and listen to the voices of, the environment. This foundational book introduc...
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201,24 |
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Environmental Sustainability in Transatlantic Perspective: A Multidisciplinary Approach
ISBN: 9781349462759 / Angielski / Miękka / 237 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experts from business, academia, governmental agencies and non-profit think tanks to form a transnational and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the combined challenges of environmental sustainability and energy security in the United States and Germany.
Experts from business, academia, governmental agencies and non-profit think tanks to form a transnational and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the c...
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402,53 |
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Performing the Body in Irish Theatre
ISBN: 9781349546077 / Angielski / Miękka / 241 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title examines the representation of the body in Irish theatre alongside the specific circumstances within which Irish theatre is performed, incorporating issues of gender and embodiment, and the performance of Irishness and tradition. The author contextualizes the body in Irish theatre, and includes in-depth analysis of five key productions.
This title examines the representation of the body in Irish theatre alongside the specific circumstances within which Irish theatre is performed, inco...
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201,24 |
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Media, Environment and the Network Society
ISBN: 9781349303991 / Angielski / Miękka / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The news media has become a key arena for staging environmental conflicts. Through a range of illuminating examples ranging from climate change to oil spills, Media, Environment and the Network Society provides a timely and far-reaching analysis of the media politics of contemporary environmental debates.
The news media has become a key arena for staging environmental conflicts. Through a range of illuminating examples ranging from climate change to oil...
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201,24 |
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The Political Economy of Nature: Environmental Debates and the Social Sciences
ISBN: 9781349420384 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Political Economy of Nature draws extensively on current insights from sociology, ecology, economics and earth science. Robert Boardman pools these diverse resources to argue that the investigation of environmental issues raises complex theoretical questions which can only be answered through more sustained links between the natural and social sciences. With global issues becoming an increasingly vital part of environmental debates, Boardman shows how understanding of ecological problems can be increased in both International Relations and International Political Economy.
The Political Economy of Nature draws extensively on current insights from sociology, ecology, economics and earth science. Robert Boardman pools thes...
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201,24 |
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British Theatre of the 1990s: Interviews with Directors, Playwrights, Critics and Academics
ISBN: 9781349281893 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This exciting book uniquely combines interviews with scholars and practitioners in theatre studies to look at what most people feel is a pivotal moment of British theatre - the 1990s. With a particular focus on 'in-yer-face theatre', this volume will be essential reading for all students and scholars of contemporary British theatre.
This exciting book uniquely combines interviews with scholars and practitioners in theatre studies to look at what most people feel is a pivotal momen...
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201,24 |
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Nature, Technology and Cultural Change in Twentieth-Century German Literature: The Challenge of Ecocriticism
ISBN: 9781349358403 / Angielski / Miękka / 329 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book traces shifting attitudes towards science and technology, nature and the environment in Twentieth-century Germany. It approaches them through discussion of a range of literary texts and explores the philosophical influences on them and their political contexts, and asks what part novels and plays have played in environmental debate.
This book traces shifting attitudes towards science and technology, nature and the environment in Twentieth-century Germany. It approaches them throug...
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402,53 |
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Biological Warfare Against Crops
ISBN: 9781349424672 / Angielski / Miękka / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Until now little attention has been paid to the development of military capabilities designed to target food crops with biological warfare agents. This book represents the first substantive study of state-run activities in this field. It shows that all biological warfare programmes have included a component concerned with the development of anti-crop biological warfare agents and munitions. Current concern over the proliferation of biological weapons is placed in the context of the initiative to strengthen the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. The book concludes by arguing that the...
Until now little attention has been paid to the development of military capabilities designed to target food crops with biological warfare agents. Thi...
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201,24 |
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Climate Justice: A Voice for the Future
ISBN: 9781349484003 / Angielski / Miękka / 439 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet. This book responds to human adversity by mobilizing climate justice as legal justice, to legitimize and realize a unified, transparent, comprehensible, accessible and responsive process that applies to all.
Climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet. This book responds to human adversity by mo...
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201,24 |
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Governance of Earth Systems: Science and Its Uses
ISBN: 9781349315086 / Angielski / Miękka / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Science and politics are closely connected in today's global environmental issues. This book focuses on these links in relation to climate change, the threats to wildlife species, and natural hazards and disasters. Study of these reveals the need for more effective international cooperation and the limits of global governance.
Science and politics are closely connected in today's global environmental issues. This book focuses on these links in relation to climate change, the...
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201,24 |
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Towards Sustainable Development in Central America and the Caribbean
ISBN: 9781349419753 / Angielski / Miękka / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the economic decline in the early 1980s, most countries in Central America and the Caribbean have returned to positive growth rates. The recovery often coincided with or followed extensive neoliberal reforms. The contributors to this book address the crucial question of whether these growth rates are sustainable. Several aspects of sustainability are assessed, in particular macroeconomic, social, and ecological aspects. The book includes both comparative analyses focusing on one of these aspects of sustainability, and country case studies. The conclusion is that these countries have not...
Since the economic decline in the early 1980s, most countries in Central America and the Caribbean have returned to positive growth rates. The recover...
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402,53 |
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Climate Change and Economic Development: Sea Regional Modelling and Analysis
ISBN: 9781349360345 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on S.E. Asia, the economics of climate change and the relationship between climate change and economic development, this book examines the region's vulnerability to the impact of climate change, forecasts environmental and economic outcomes and opportunities these factors provide for policy actions towards alleviating this vulnerability.
Focusing on S.E. Asia, the economics of climate change and the relationship between climate change and economic development, this book examines the re...
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201,24 |
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Understanding Trust in Government: Environmental Sustainability, Fracking, and Public Opinion in American Politics
ISBN: 9781138698239 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing disenfranchisement with political institutions and policy processes has generated interest in trust in government. For the most part, research has focused on trust in government as a general attitude covering all political institutions. In this book, Scott E. Robinson, James W. Stoutenborough and Arnold Vedlitz argue that individual agencies develop specific reputations that may contrast with the more general attitudes towards government as a whole. Grounded in a treatment of trust as a relationship between two actors and taking the Environmental Protection Agency as their... Growing disenfranchisement with political institutions and policy processes has generated interest in trust in government. For the most part, resea... |
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710,17 |
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Understanding Trust in Government: Environmental Sustainability, Fracking, and Public Opinion in American Politics
ISBN: 9781138698246 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing disenfranchisement with political institutions and policy processes has generated interest in trust in government. For the most part, research has focused on trust in government as a general attitude covering all political institutions. In this book, Scott E. Robinson, James W. Stoutenborough and Arnold Vedlitz argue that individual agencies develop specific reputations that may contrast with the more general attitudes towards government as a whole. Grounded in a treatment of trust as a relationship between two actors and taking the Environmental Protection Agency as their... Growing disenfranchisement with political institutions and policy processes has generated interest in trust in government. For the most part, resea... |
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210,56 |
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Documentation, Disappearance and the Representation of Live Performance
ISBN: 9781349546039 / Angielski / Miękka / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The documentation of practice is one of the principle concerns of performance studies. Focusing on contemporary performance practice and with emphasis on the transformative impact of video, photography and writing, this book explores the ideological, practical, and representational implications of knowing performance through its documentations.
The documentation of practice is one of the principle concerns of performance studies. Focusing on contemporary performance practice and with emphasis...
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362,27 |
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Environmentally Benign Photocatalysts: Applications of Titanium Oxide-Based Materials
ISBN: 9781493938889 / Angielski / Miękka / 757 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Titanium oxide-based catalysts show promise as a stable, non-toxic photofunctional material. This book covers approaches in the design of titanium oxide-based photocatalysts: sol-gel, precipitation, dip-coating, metal implantation and sputtering deposition.
Titanium oxide-based catalysts show promise as a stable, non-toxic photofunctional material. This book covers approaches in the design of titanium oxi...
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442,79 |