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  • Global Social Protection

    Institutional Perspectives

    Edited by Katja Bender, Markus Kaltenborn ...
    This innovative book provides a multidisciplinary institutional approach to social protection, combining insights from economics, law, philosophy, political science, and sociology. It examines the role of institutions in the effective functioning of social protection systems and explores the factors driving or hindering institutional change.Expert authors investigate the rationales that underpin ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Social Protection in Developing Countries

    Reforming Systems

    Edited by Katja Bender, Markus Kaltenborn, Christian Pfleiderer ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
    Providing universal access to social protection and health systems for all members of society, including the poor and vulnerable, is increasingly considered crucial to international development debates. This is the first book to explore from an interdisciplinary and global perspective the reforms of social protection systems introduced in recent years by many governments of low and middle-income ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by Partha Dasgupta ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life, and offer solutions to them too. Combining a global approach with examples from everyday life, Partha Dasgupta describes the lives of two children who live very different lives in different parts of the world: in the Mid-West USA and in Ethiopia. He compares the obstacles facing them, and the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Environmental Economics

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stephen Smith ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    If environmental protection is costly, how much should we spend on pollution control? Is it worth reducing pollution to zero, or should we accept some level of pollution because of the economic benefits associated with it? How can we assess the benefits that people get from a less-polluted atmosphere? In broad terms, environmental economics looks at how economic activity and policy affect the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Disaster Profiteers

    How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer

    by John C. Mutter ...
    Natural disasters don't matter for the reasons we think they do. They generally don't kill a huge number of people. Most years more people kill themselves than are killed by Nature's tantrums. And using standard measures like Gross Domestic Product (GDP) it is difficult to show that disasters significantly interrupt the economy.It's what happens after the disasters that really matters-when the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Managing the Transition to a Sustainable Enterprise

    Lessons from Frontrunner Companies

    by Rob van Tulder, Mara Francken, Rob Tilburg, Andrea Rosa ...
    In combining practice and theory, this textbook provides a management perspective on the ‘business case’ for sustainability. Drawing on examples from 20 frontrunner companies located in the Netherlands, it builds upon a unique research project in which CEOs and middle-managers gave access not only to their decision-making process, but also revealed how their perceptions shaped the transition ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Global Warming Gridlock

    Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet

    by David G. Victor ...
    Global warming is one of today's greatest challenges. The science of climate change leaves no doubt that policies to cut emissions are overdue. Yet, after twenty years of international talks and treaties, the world is now in gridlock about how best to do this. David G. Victor argues that such gridlock has arisen because international talks have drifted away from the reality of what countries are ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Water Pollution

    Economics Aspects and Research Needs

    by Allen V. Kneese ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Public agencies and industry will probably spend tens of billions of dollars on new water pollution abatement facilities in the next few decades. Added billions will be spent for the operation of new and existing facilities. How can physical science research reduce the cost of achieving objectives? And how can social science research make sure that the right objectives are being efficiently ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Primer on Climate Change and Sustainable Development

    Facts, Policy Analysis, and Applications

    by Mohan Munasinghe, Rob Swart ...
    Climate change and variability has become the primary environmental concern of the 21st Century. The potential impacts and mitigation of climate change need to be analyzed within the context of sustainable development. Primer on Climate Change and Sustainable Development presents a condensed and accessible review of the latest state-of-the-art assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Development Betrayed

    The End of Progress and a Co-Evolutionary Revisioning of the Future

    by Richard B Norgaard ...
    Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through technology and effective government through rational, social organization. Instead of leading to this promised land it has brought us to the brink of environmental and cultural disaster. Why has there been this gap between modernity's aspirations and its achievements? Development Betrayed offers a powerful answer to ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Asia and the Arctic

    Narratives, Perspectives and Policies

    Edited by Vijay Sakhuja, Kapil Narula ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents narratives, perspectives and policies on the Arctic and brings to fore the strategies of five Asian countries - China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea and Singapore who were granted the status of Permanent Observers in the Arctic Council in 2013. The book also captures Arctic countries’ reactions to Asian approaches, and their expectations from these countries.The melting of the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Understanding and Managing Urban Water in Transition

    Edited by Quentin Grafton, Katherine A. Daniell, Céline Nauges, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Noel Wai Wah Chan ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book examines changes and transitions in the way water is managed in urban environments. This book originated from a joint French-Australian initiative on water and land management held in Montpellier, France. The book delivers practical insights into urban water management. It links scientific insights of researchers with the practical experiences of urban water practitioners to understand ... Read more

    $89.99 USD