Environmental policy and protocols

The integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid presents an important challenge.

The integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid presents an important challenge.

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally biodiverse.

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally biodiverse.

This book argues for the utility of human rights in the practice of ocean governance.

Across the world, ecosystems are for sale.

Across the world, ecosystems are for sale.

This third edition of Food Policy in the United States offers a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of food policy in the United States.

This book constitutes a landmark attempt to address, comprehensively and in-depth, a policy-focused approach to the many timely and important issues associated with building a culture of disaster prevention and disaster risk reduction.

This book constitutes a landmark attempt to address, comprehensively and in-depth, a policy-focused approach to the many timely and important issues associated with building a culture of disaster prevention and disaster risk reduction.

Environmental conditions do not exist in a vacuum.

Environmental conditions do not exist in a vacuum.

As prosperity levels rise, so too does the number of products and services being consumed.

As prosperity levels rise, so too does the number of products and services being consumed.

"e;Human security"e; is an approach that rejects the traditional prioritization of state security, and instead identifies the individual as the primary referent of security.

"e;Human security"e; is an approach that rejects the traditional prioritization of state security, and instead identifies the individual as the primary referent of security.

Cities have led the way to combat climate change by planning and implementing climate mitigation and adaptation policies.

Cities have led the way to combat climate change by planning and implementing climate mitigation and adaptation policies.

This book explores the social implications and challenges of low-carbon development.

In an era of dramatic environmental change, social change is desperately needed to curb burgeoning consumption.

In an era of dramatic environmental change, social change is desperately needed to curb burgeoning consumption.

Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is an integrated and comprehensive approach to ocean governance and is used to establish a rational use of marine space and reconcile conflicting interests of its users.

Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is an integrated and comprehensive approach to ocean governance and is used to establish a rational use of marine space and reconcile conflicting interests of its users.

This book explores the relationship between urban form and greenhouse gas emissions in China, providing new insights for policy, urban planning and management.

This book explores the relationship between urban form and greenhouse gas emissions in China, providing new insights for policy, urban planning and management.

How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the ecosystems on which life depends?

How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the ecosystems on which life depends?

Conceptions of 'sustainable cities' in the pluralistic and multireligious urban settlements of developing nations need to develop out of local cultural, religious and historical contexts to be inclusive and accurately respond to the needs of the poor, ethnic and religious minorities, and women.

Conceptions of 'sustainable cities' in the pluralistic and multireligious urban settlements of developing nations need to develop out of local cultural, religious and historical contexts to be inclusive and accurately respond to the needs of the poor, ethnic and religious minorities, and women.

Drawing on theory from anthropology, sociology, organisation studies and philosophy, this book addresses how the perception, communication and management of risk is shaped by culturally informed and socially embedded knowledge and experience.

Drawing on theory from anthropology, sociology, organisation studies and philosophy, this book addresses how the perception, communication and management of risk is shaped by culturally informed and socially embedded knowledge and experience.

Climate change is a lived experience of changes in the environment, often destroying conventional forms of subsistence and production, creating new patterns of movement and connection, and transforming people's imagined future.

Climate change is a lived experience of changes in the environment, often destroying conventional forms of subsistence and production, creating new patterns of movement and connection, and transforming people's imagined future.

Since the late 1980s, green consumerism has been hailed in the West as an efficient solution to environmental problems.

Since the late 1980s, green consumerism has been hailed in the West as an efficient solution to environmental problems.

The world relies on very few crop and animal species for agriculture and to supply its food needs.

Environmental ethics presents and defends a systematic and comprehensive account of the moral relation between human beings and their natural environment and assumes that human behaviour toward the natural world can and is governed by moral norms.

Environmental ethics presents and defends a systematic and comprehensive account of the moral relation between human beings and their natural environment and assumes that human behaviour toward the natural world can and is governed by moral norms.

The rise of emerging economies represents a challenge to traditional global power balances and raises the question of how we can combine sustainability with continued economic growth.

The rise of emerging economies represents a challenge to traditional global power balances and raises the question of how we can combine sustainability with continued economic growth.

The success of international efforts to manage climate change depends on the participation of emerging economies.

The success of international efforts to manage climate change depends on the participation of emerging economies.

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics.

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics.

This edited volume explores how a feminist political ecology framework can bring fresh insights to the study of rural and urban livelihoods dependent on vulnerable rivers, lakes, watersheds, wetlands and coastal environments.

This edited volume explores how a feminist political ecology framework can bring fresh insights to the study of rural and urban livelihoods dependent on vulnerable rivers, lakes, watersheds, wetlands and coastal environments.

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

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

In the context of growing global concerns about climate change, this book presents a regional and sub-continental synthesis of pastoralists' responses to past environmental changes and reflects on the lessons for current and future environmental challenges.

In the context of growing global concerns about climate change, this book presents a regional and sub-continental synthesis of pastoralists' responses to past environmental changes and reflects on the lessons for current and future environmental challenges.