Environmental management

This book explores how the idea of justice can give us a way to better assess and resolve energy challenges and problems.

This definitive survey reveals the changing nature of our wildlife, why we should be concerned, and what we can do about it.

This book presents and defends an interpretation of the precautionary principle from the perspective of philosophy of science.

This is an analytical assessment of how the government can accelerate development and deployment of energy technologies, for researchers and policy makers.

This book explores how the idea of justice can give us a way to better assess and resolve energy challenges and problems.

This book examines the international causes of hunger and malnutrition and reveals how critical elements of the global economy heighten food insecurity in the developing world.

Examines the inevitable social and political consequences that will arise from the move to a more sustainable world.

A comprehensive account of deep-sea fishes, covering evolution, ecology and the potential threats posed by the growing fishing industry.

A comprehensive account of deep-sea fishes, covering evolution, ecology and the potential threats posed by the growing fishing industry.

"e;Today, over two billion people in developing countries live without any electricity.

Energy Science and Applied Technology includes contributions on a wide range of topics:- Technologies in geology, mining, oil and gas exploration and exploitation of deposits- Energy transfer and conversion, materials and chemical technologies- Environmental engineering and sustainable development- Electrical and electronic technology, power system

It is strategically important to protect and improve the environment for human survival and the coordinated relationship between man and nature for the 21st Century.

The 2015 International Conference on Water Resource and Environment (WRE2015) aims to provide a platform where scholars from different countries can exchange ideas, opinions and views.

Material Science and Environmental Engineering presents novel and fundamental advances in the fields of material science and environmental engineering.

It is now more than a decade since the Right to Food Guidelines were negotiated, agreed and adopted internationally by states.

It is now more than a decade since the Right to Food Guidelines were negotiated, agreed and adopted internationally by states.

This book highlights the latest advances in the science and practice of using ecosystem services to inform decisions for economic development in the context of the developing countries.

This book highlights the latest advances in the science and practice of using ecosystem services to inform decisions for economic development in the context of the developing countries.

This volume provides a reference textbook and comprehensive compilation of multifaceted perspectives on the legal issues arising from the conservation and exploitation of non-human biological resources.

This volume provides a reference textbook and comprehensive compilation of multifaceted perspectives on the legal issues arising from the conservation and exploitation of non-human biological resources.

The impact of humanity on the earth overshoots the earth's bio-capacity to supply humanity's needs, meaning that people are living off earth's capital rather than its income.

The impact of humanity on the earth overshoots the earth's bio-capacity to supply humanity's needs, meaning that people are living off earth's capital rather than its income.

Climate change is real and it is man-made.

Climate change is real and it is man-made.

The idea of 'the commons' is a long-standing concept in the English-speaking world and in English law.

The idea of 'the commons' is a long-standing concept in the English-speaking world and in English law.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal set of seventeen goals and 169 targets, with accompanying indicators, which were agreed by UN member states to frame their policy agendas for the fifteen-year period from 2015 to 2030.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal set of seventeen goals and 169 targets, with accompanying indicators, which were agreed by UN member states to frame their policy agendas for the fifteen-year period from 2015 to 2030.

Judicious soil fertility management is crucial for sustainable crop production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Judicious soil fertility management is crucial for sustainable crop production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

This book is based on the assumption that great powers determine global politics and, in this instance, environmental politics.

This book is based on the assumption that great powers determine global politics and, in this instance, environmental politics.

Always awe-inspiring, mountainous areas contain hundreds of millions of years of history, stretching back to the earliest continental landforms.

Always awe-inspiring, mountainous areas contain hundreds of millions of years of history, stretching back to the earliest continental landforms.

The revitalizing and restoration of rivers, creeks and streams is a major focus of urban conservation activity throughout North America and Europe.

The revitalizing and restoration of rivers, creeks and streams is a major focus of urban conservation activity throughout North America and Europe.

Home Gardens for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods demonstrates how home gardens hold particular significance for resource-poor and marginalized communities in developing countries, and how they offer a versatile strategy toward building local and more resilient food systems.

Home Gardens for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods demonstrates how home gardens hold particular significance for resource-poor and marginalized communities in developing countries, and how they offer a versatile strategy toward building local and more resilient food systems.

There is growing acceptance that the progress delivered under the Millennium Development Goal target for drinking water and sanitation has been inequitable.

There is growing acceptance that the progress delivered under the Millennium Development Goal target for drinking water and sanitation has been inequitable.

The Natura 2000 network of protected areas is the centrepiece of European Union nature policy, currently covering almost one-fifth of the EU's entire land territory plus large marine areas.

This new edition offers a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of U.

This new edition offers a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of U.

Contemporary agriculture is often criticized for its industrial scale, adverse effects on nutrition, rural employment and the environment, and its disconnectedness from nature and culture.

Contemporary agriculture is often criticized for its industrial scale, adverse effects on nutrition, rural employment and the environment, and its disconnectedness from nature and culture.

Global climatic change has resulted in new and unpredictable patterns of precipitation and temperature, the increased frequency of extreme weather events and rising sea levels.

Global climatic change has resulted in new and unpredictable patterns of precipitation and temperature, the increased frequency of extreme weather events and rising sea levels.

Scholarly interest in water ethics is increasing, motivated by the urgency of climate change, water scarcity, privatization and conflicts over water resources.

Management and the Sustainability Paradox is about how humans became disconnected from their ecological environment throughout evolutionary history.

Management and the Sustainability Paradox is about how humans became disconnected from their ecological environment throughout evolutionary history.