Environmental policy and protocols

This book lifts the taboo on maladaptation, a different driver of environmentally induced migration, which shines a light on the negative consequences arising from the solutions to climate change, adaptation and mitigation policies.

Sustainability Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability.

The 20th century saw unprecedented growth in population, energy consumption and food production.

This book breaks new ground in the studies of green transition.

The 'Complete Streets' concept and movement in urban planning and policy has been hailed by many as a revolution that aims to challenge the auto-normative paradigm by reversing the broader effects of an urban form shaped by the logic of keeping automobiles moving.

The federal government is by far the largest landowner in the United States.

The two major concerns in the energy policy debate relate to economic efficiency and whether the price should indicate to each consumer the true cost to the economy of using more energy, and the second is that of economic equity where it is argued that energy is a basic necessity for survival and the government has the responsibility to provide assistance for lower-income families.

This book offers new perspectives on how social and political institutions can respond more effectively to climate change.

In order to fill a growing need for research into forestry issues, Resources for the future held a symposium in 1977.

Short food supply chains (SFSCs) rely primarily on local production and processing practices for the provision of food and are, in principle, more sustainable in social, economic and environmental terms than supply chains where production and consumption are widely separated.

Many effects of environmental and energy policy are likely to disproportionately burden those with low income.

The governance and evaluation of 'megaprojects' - that is, large-scale, complex, high-stakes infrastructure projects usually commissioned by governments and delivered through partnerships between public and private organisations - is receiving increased attention.

Sustainability Communication across Asia distils the core components of environmental communication in the diverse milieu of Asian nations such as Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and China.

The theoretical arguments for environmental taxes and other types of economic instruments for environmental protection have been discussed extensively in the literature.

In recent years, interest in climate change has rapidly increased in the social sciences and yet there is still relatively little published material in the field that seeks to understand the development of climate change as a perceived social problem.

Since the European Union's de-regulation policy for electricity and energy suppliers was implemented, new strategic configurations have emerged.

Rethinking Private Authority examines the role of non-state actors in global environmental politics, arguing that a fuller understanding of their role requires a new way of conceptualizing private authority.

The discovery, just forty years ago, of vast oil and gas reserves in the Southwestern part of Norway, and more recently in the Arctic High North region, created an economic titan and posed a vast array of challenges for both the Norwegian government and the residents of this area.

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

Every decision about energy involves its price and cost.

First published in 1998, this book examines how established policy networks and the broader context within which they are embedded influence the choice of policy when change has been put on the agenda.

How the US Environmental Protection Agency designed the governance of risk and forged its legitimacy over the course of four decades.

How do we treat animals?

Following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, tsunamis engulfed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant located on Japan's Pacific Coast, leading to the worst nuclear disaster the world has seen since the Chernobyl crisis of 1986.

This book highlights the challenges faced by renewable energy enterprises (REEs) in emerging markets, by reflecting on the enterprises' own stories and experiences.

Drawing on cutting-edge research from leading scholars, this book investigates state preferences for regime creation and assesses state capacity for executing these preferences in Northeast Asia's energy domain, defined as the geographical area comprising the following countries: Russia, Mongolia, China, Japan, South Korea and North Korea.

Originally published in 1987.

This book explores creative interdisciplinary and potentially transformative solutions to the current stalemate in contemporary water policy design.

In 1962, the Committee on Urban Economics held a conference on public expenditure decisions in order to promote analysis of the issues facing the public sector of the urban economy.

Organizing Nature explores how the environment is organized in Canada's resource-dependent economy.

Local campaigns are the most persistent and ubiquitous forms of environmental contention.

In 1999, Texas passed a landmark clean energy law, beginning a groundswell of new policies that promised to make the US a world leader in renewable energy.

This book investigates the relationship between sustainable development and structural transformation within international development policy.

The Globalization and Environment Reader features a collection of classic and cutting-edge readings that explore whether and how globalization can be made compatible with sustainable development.

This book examines the role that bioremediation can play in the detoxification of soil, water, and air to improve environmental and human health, with a specific focus on heavy metals and radionuclides.

Due to the urbanisation of American society and the economic problems that accompanied it; a series of conferences was held to explore the economics of human resources.

The Ganges is one of the most complex yet fascinating river systems in the world.

The ubiquity of the commitment to economic growth, which Purdey refers to as the growth paradigm, is extraordinary.

This book explores the development and significance of an Earth-oriented progressive approach to fostering global wellbeing and inclusive societies in an era of climate change and uncertainty.

Accelerating sustainable energy transitions away from carbon-based fuel sources needs to be high on the agendas of developing countries.

This book explores how cultural considerations can improve policymaking to achieve mainstream solar energy in small, tropical islands.

This book explores the conquest, predation and management of human bodies and emotions by the growing capitalist digital community.

Hydropower generation by construction of large dams attracts considerable attention as a feasible renewable energy source to meet the power demand in Asian cities.

What is environmental virtue?

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