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  • Decisions for Sustainability

    Facts and Values

    by Thomas Dietz ...
    Decisions by individuals, organisations, and nations shape the well-being of humans and other species, the environment, and sustainability. Decisions for Sustainability examines how we can make better decisions concerning our future. It incorporates sociological, psychological, and economic perspectives to highlight our strengths and weaknesses in decision-making, and suggest strategies to ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • Essential Concepts of Animals in Sustainability

    An A-Z Guide

    by Linda Kalof, Cameron Thomas Whitley, Thomas Dietz ...
    Series series A-Z Guides for Environment and Sustainability
    This book compiles, discusses, and explains 126 key concepts relating to animals in sustainability in an easy-to-navigate A–Z format.Essential Concepts of Animals in Sustainability is a roadmap of concepts that trace the connections of the planet with all its inhabitants – humans, non-human animals, other organisms, and ecosystems. This book provides an interdisciplinary introduction, drawing on ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Global Order Beyond Law

    How Information and Communication Technologies Facilitate Relational Contracting in International Trade

    by Dr Thomas Dietz ...
    Series series International Studies in the Theory of Private Law
    Well-functioning contract law is a crucial prerequisite for economic development. However, even though international trade has increased enormously in recent decades, we still know little about the contract enforcement mechanisms that exist in today's globalised markets. The aim of this work is to shed light on the governance of complex cross-border contracts by developing a comprehensive ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Biophysics in the Cell

    For Students of the Natural Sciences

    by Thomas Bornschlögl, Hendrik Dietz ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This textbook is for all students of the natural sciences who want to understand and apply physical concepts to better describe fundamental cellular processes. For example, the phenomena of diffusion as well as the mechanics of macromolecules and of the cell membrane are treated and illustrated with many examples. Furthermore, the formation of fibrous proteins of the cytoskeleton as well as enzyme ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region

    Navigating an Uncertain Future

    Edited by Thomas Dietz, David Bidwell ...
    People living in the Great Lakes region are already feeling the effects of a changing climate. Shifts in seasonal temperatures and precipitation patterns could have dramatic impacts on the economy, ecology, and quality of life. In this illuminating and thorough volume, leading scholars address the challenge of preparing for climate change in the region, where decision makers from various sectors ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Foundations of Environmental Sustainability

    The Coevolution of Science and Policy

    Edited by Larry Rockwood, Ronald Stewart, Thomas Dietz ...
    This book reviews and analyzes the period (roughly from the 1950s to the present) when the "environment" became an issue as important as economic growth, or war and peace; to assess the current situation, and begin planning for the challenges that lie ahead. Most people are aware of both the environmental destruction taking place around the world and of the specter of climate change. The ... Read more

    $88.19 USD

  • The Politics of Private Transnational Governance by Contract

    Edited by A. Claire Cutler, Thomas Dietz ...
    Series series Politics of Transnational Law
    This edited volume provides critical reflections on the interplay between politics and law in an increasingly transnationalized global political economy. It focuses specifically on the emergence and operation of new forms of governance that are developing through a variety of transnational contractual practices, institutions, and laws in multiple sectors and areas of economic activity ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The New Politics of Regionalism

    Perspectives from Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific

    Edited by Ulf Engel, Heidrun Zinecker, Frank Mattheis, Antje Dietze, Thomas Plötze ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Globalisation
    This edited volume approaches regionalism as one potential pattern in a changing global order. Since the end of the Cold War, different forms of territorialization have emerged and we are confronted with an increasing number and variety of actors that are establishing regional projects. This volume offers an innovative contribution to the study of this new complexity by exploring constellations of ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Structural Human Ecology

    New Essays in Risk, Energy, and Sustainability

    by Nadine Bratchatzek, Paul Ehrlich, Sylvia Hiller, Roger E. Kasperson, Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt, Allan Mazur, Ortwin Renn, Dirk Scheer ...
    The desire to understand people’s influence on ecosystems has inspired scientific studies and analyses of the stress individuals and communities place on the environment, human well-being, and the tradeoffs between them. As an emerging discipline, Structural Human Ecology is devoted to unlocking the dynamic links between population, environment, social organization, and technology. The new field ... Read more

    $27.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mediated Modeling

    A System Dynamics Approach To Environmental Consensus Building

    by Marjan van den Belt ...
    Mediated modeling is an innovative new approach that enhances the use of computer models as invaluable tools to guide policy and management decisions. Rather than having outside experts dispensing answers to local stakeholders, mediated modeling brings together diverse interests to raise the shared level of understanding and foster a broad anddeep consensus. It provides a structured process based ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

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  • Routledge Handbook of Ecological and Environmental Restoration

    Edited by Stuart K. Allison, Stephen D. Murphy ...
    Series series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
    Ecological restoration is a rapidly evolving discipline that is engaged with developing both methodologies and strategies for repairing damaged and polluted ecosystems and environments. During the last decade the rapid pace of climate change coupled with continuing habitat destruction and the spread of non-native species to new habitats has forced restoration ecologists to re-evaluate their goals ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Do Babies Matter?

    Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower

    by Mary Ann Mason, Nicholas H. Wolfinger, Marc Goulden ...
    Series series Families in Focus
    The new generation of scholars differs in many ways from its predecessor of just a few decades ago. Academia once consisted largely of men in traditional single-earner families. Today, men and women fill the doctoral student ranks in nearly equal numbers and most will experience both the benefits and challenges of living in dual-income households. This generation also has new expectations and ... Read more

    $23.09 USD