Environmental management

This collection of papers explains how knowledge and capacity development can contribute to improved, effective water management with a digest of lessons learned in the areas of development of tools and techniques, field applications and evaluation.

This collection of papers explains how knowledge and capacity development can contribute to improved, effective water management with a digest of lessons learned in the areas of development of tools and techniques, field applications and evaluation.

Lawscape: Property, Environment, Law considers the ways in which property law transforms both natural environments and social economies.

Lawscape: Property, Environment, Law considers the ways in which property law transforms both natural environments and social economies.

As "e;business as usual"e; has become the mantra of today's world, it's unlikely to see a decrease in hazardous waste generated from greater economic growth.

As "e;business as usual"e; has become the mantra of today's world, it's unlikely to see a decrease in hazardous waste generated from greater economic growth.

The Human Right to Water and Its Application in the Occupied Palestinian Territories provides an overview and examination of the human right to water as determined under international human rights law.

The Human Right to Water and Its Application in the Occupied Palestinian Territories provides an overview and examination of the human right to water as determined under international human rights law.

In the coming decades, countries around the world will face increasingly severe challenges related to global climate change.

In the coming decades, countries around the world will face increasingly severe challenges related to global climate change.

Strategic Planning for Water examines the neglected relationship between planning for water and spatial planning.

Strategic Planning for Water examines the neglected relationship between planning for water and spatial planning.

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is primarily concerned with the future consequences of plans, proposals and policies on the health of communities.

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is primarily concerned with the future consequences of plans, proposals and policies on the health of communities.

The evidence for human-induced climate change is now overwhelming, the brunt of its impacts is already being felt by poor people, and the case for urgent action is compelling.

The evidence for human-induced climate change is now overwhelming, the brunt of its impacts is already being felt by poor people, and the case for urgent action is compelling.

Sustainable consumption is a central research topic in academic discourses of sustainable development and global environmental change.

Sustainable consumption is a central research topic in academic discourses of sustainable development and global environmental change.

This book analyzes the energy security of the United States - its ability to obtain reliable, affordable, and sufficient supplies of energy while meeting the goals of achieving environmental sustainability and protecting national security.

This book analyzes the energy security of the United States - its ability to obtain reliable, affordable, and sufficient supplies of energy while meeting the goals of achieving environmental sustainability and protecting national security.

While the importance of food to health and well-being is clear, the specific ways in which food systems contribute to individual and community health are not well understood.

Today, the risks associated with global environmental change and the dangers of extreme climatic and geological events remind us of humanity's dependence on favourable environmental conditions.

Today, the risks associated with global environmental change and the dangers of extreme climatic and geological events remind us of humanity's dependence on favourable environmental conditions.

The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that nuclear power generation facilities produce about 200,000 cubic meters of low and intermediate-level waste each year.

The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that nuclear power generation facilities produce about 200,000 cubic meters of low and intermediate-level waste each year.

Sustainability is a phenomenon that must be pursued in a complex system of interrelated elements of business, society, and ecology.

Sustainability is a phenomenon that must be pursued in a complex system of interrelated elements of business, society, and ecology.

Constitutions and the Commons looks at a critical but little examined issue of the degree to which the federal constitution of a nation contributes toward or limits the ability of the national government to manage its domestic natural resources.

Constitutions and the Commons looks at a critical but little examined issue of the degree to which the federal constitution of a nation contributes toward or limits the ability of the national government to manage its domestic natural resources.

Marine Environmental Governance: From International Law to Local Practice considers the relationship between international environmental law and community-based management of marine areas.

Marine Environmental Governance: From International Law to Local Practice considers the relationship between international environmental law and community-based management of marine areas.

Because marine governance in most countries is sectoral, maritime policies are frequently fragmented, reactive, and even contradictory, meaning that marine resources are underutilized and poorly protected.

Because marine governance in most countries is sectoral, maritime policies are frequently fragmented, reactive, and even contradictory, meaning that marine resources are underutilized and poorly protected.

Farmers' markets, veggie boxes, local foods, organic products and Fair Trade goods - how have these once novel, "e;alternative"e; foods, and the people and networks supporting them, become increasingly familiar features of everyday consumption?

Farmers' markets, veggie boxes, local foods, organic products and Fair Trade goods - how have these once novel, "e;alternative"e; foods, and the people and networks supporting them, become increasingly familiar features of everyday consumption?

This book presents the regenerative leadership framework that has emerged from doctoral research and consulting work with successful sustainability leaders and their organizations in business, education, and community.

This book presents the regenerative leadership framework that has emerged from doctoral research and consulting work with successful sustainability leaders and their organizations in business, education, and community.

Balancing Water for Humans and Nature, authored by two of the world's leading experts on water management, examines water flows - the 'blood stream' of both nature and society - in terms of the crucial links, balances, conflicts and trade-offs between human and environmental needs.

Balancing Water for Humans and Nature, authored by two of the world's leading experts on water management, examines water flows - the 'blood stream' of both nature and society - in terms of the crucial links, balances, conflicts and trade-offs between human and environmental needs.

The advance of genetic sciences has led to a 'blue revolution' in the way we use aquatic biodiversity.

The advance of genetic sciences has led to a 'blue revolution' in the way we use aquatic biodiversity.

'Blue Revolution upturns some environmental applecarts - not for the hell of it, but so we can manage our environment better.

'Blue Revolution upturns some environmental applecarts - not for the hell of it, but so we can manage our environment better.

As our great economic machine grinds relentlessly forward into a future of declining fossil fuel supplies, climate change and ecosystem failure, governments are at long last beginning to question the very structure of the global economy.

As our great economic machine grinds relentlessly forward into a future of declining fossil fuel supplies, climate change and ecosystem failure, governments are at long last beginning to question the very structure of the global economy.

When first published, Capitalism as if the World Matters, by one of the leading 'eco-warriors' of our time, shocked a generation of both environmentalists and business people.

When first published, Capitalism as if the World Matters, by one of the leading 'eco-warriors' of our time, shocked a generation of both environmentalists and business people.

Winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Titles of 2010 award.

Winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Titles of 2010 award.

This is the history of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); its aims, policies and achievements, through drawing on contemporary records and the author's own wide experience.