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  • Audiobook

    Climate Change

    An Audio Guide

    by Emily Boyd, Emma Tompkins ...
    Narrated by James Adams ...
    Series series Bolinda Beginner Guides

    Unabridged

    5 hours 53 min

    Climate change is the greatest single problem we face as a planet. This important introduction skilfully guides us through the complex mix of scientific, political, social and environmental issues to examine the manifold threats it poses and explore the possible futures for our world. Focusing on the fact that the ‘point of no return’ may in fact have already been passed, Boyd and Tompkins ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Climate Change

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Emily Boyd, Emma L. Tompkins ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    The heat is on in the race to save the planetClimate change is the greatest single problem we face as a planet. This important introduction skilfully guides us through the complex mix of scientific, political, social, and environmental issues to examine the manifold threats it poses and explore the possible futures for our world. Focusing on the fact that the point of no return, may in fact have ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Making Waves

    Integrating Coastal Conservation and Development

    by Katrina Brown, Emma Louise Tompkins ...
    Coastal zones are critical multiple-use resources, under pressure from constant demands from different sources - conservation, economic growth and social welfare. This book identifies the dilemmas of managing conservation and development in coastal areas. It offers important information on the management, conservation and social implications of coastal resources. The authors present a variety of ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

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    Governing Beyond Local Boundaries in the Imagined Metropolis

    by Jen Nelles ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
    How are metropolitan regions governed? What makes some regions more effective than others in managing policies that cross local jurisdictional boundaries? Political coordination among municipal governments is necessary to attract investment, rapid and efficient public transit systems, and to sustain cultural infrastructure in metropolitan regions. In this era of fragmented authority, local ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Urban Development Challenges, Risks and Resilience in Asian Mega Cities

    Edited by R.B. Singh ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    In this book, an interdisciplinary research group of faculty members, researchers, professionals, and planners contributed to an understanding of the dynamics and dimensions of emerging challenges and risks in megacities in the rapidly changing urban environments in Asia and examined emerging resilience themes from the point of view of sustainability and public policy. The world’s urban population ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Creative Industry Districts

    An Analysis of Dynamics, Networks and Implications on Creative Clusters in Shanghai

    by Jinliao He ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Since the late 1990s, there have been broad discussions concerning the rapid rise of the creative economy. Creative or cultural industry is seen as the new engine of the regional growth for both developed economies and emerging nations. At the point of transition in economy and society, China is recently striving to transform its economy from “made in China” towards “created in China”. This book ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Climate Change and Biodiversity

    Proceedings of IGU Rohtak Conference, Vol. 1

    Edited by Mehtab Singh, R.B. Singh, M.I. Hassan ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The over-exploitation of important earth resources such as land and water has led to a number of environment-related problems the world over. At the same time, land-use change caused by various human activities has led to extinction of many plant and animal habitats and species. In this context, the relevance of biodiversity for human survival is becoming a major international political issue as ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Life on Earth

    by Giancarlo Varnier ...
    In this text, after a brief description of the general characteristics of our planet, we focus on its dynamic training through the various geologic eras to arrive, then, the emergence and evolution of life in its many forms, with particular reference to the human species. Finally may try to understand the great events that could lead to the end of life on Earth. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Urban Land

    Degradation - Investigation - Remediation

    by Dieter D. Genske ...
    Urban land is an environmental key topic considering the increasing urbani sation of our world. The amounting pressure on resources especially in the urban environment demand awareness across technical and political sectors and solid concepts for workable solutions. This book will address those people, who are key in coping with the challenges of sustainable urban land use management: ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Landscape Bionomics Biological-Integrated Landscape Ecology

    by Vittorio Ingegnoli ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    "Landscape Bionomics,” or “Bio-integrated Landscape Ecology,” radically transforms the main principles of traditional Landscape Ecology by recognizing the landscape as a living entity rather than merely the spatial distribution of species and communities on the territory, often analysed in separate themes (water, species, pollution, etc.). To be more exact, the landscape is identified as the "life ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Geochemistry

    An Introduction

    by Francis Albarède ...
    Introducing the essentials of modern geochemistry for students across the Earth and environmental sciences, this new edition emphasises the general principles of this central discipline. Focusing on inorganic chemistry, Francis Albarède's refreshing approach is brought to topics that range from measuring geological time to the understanding of climate change. The author leads the student through ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Labor Forces and Landscape Management

    Japanese Case Studies

    Edited by Hiroyuki Shimizu, Chika Takatori, Nobuko Kawaguchi ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The purpose of this book is to present a new proposal for landscape management labor accounts. Many matured countries are now confronting an aging society and a shrinking population. Land degradation in those countries is basically caused by a lack of local labor forces. It is very important, therefore, to consider and develop methods to provide appropriate labor forces for the sustainable ... Read more

    $143.09 USD