Environmental policy and protocols

During the last ten years the enormous global loss of biodiversity has received remarkable attention.

During the past three decades of rapid industrial growth, China has suffered from devastating environmental degradation.

During the past three decades of rapid industrial growth, China has suffered from devastating environmental degradation.

The interlinked issues of air pollution and energy policies in an enlarged Europe are currently subjects of major interest in economic, environmental, geography and regional sciences.

Dealing with time is intimately linked to sustainability, because sustainability, at its core, involves long-term ethical claims.

Dealing with time is intimately linked to sustainability, because sustainability, at its core, involves long-term ethical claims.

China has forty major transboundary watercourses with neighbouring countries, and has frequently been accused of harming its downstream neighbours through its domestic water management policies, such as the construction of dams for hydropower.

China has forty major transboundary watercourses with neighbouring countries, and has frequently been accused of harming its downstream neighbours through its domestic water management policies, such as the construction of dams for hydropower.

For decades, nuclear testing in America's southwest was shrouded in secrecy, with images gradually made public of mushroom clouds blooming over the desert.

For decades, nuclear testing in America's southwest was shrouded in secrecy, with images gradually made public of mushroom clouds blooming over the desert.

Is noise the most neglected green issue of our age?

Is noise the most neglected green issue of our age?

Spain is facing an increasingly difficult situation in terms of water stress.

Spain is facing an increasingly difficult situation in terms of water stress.

Building upon presentations given during the conference on 'Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards: Putting Research into Practice', held at University College London in November 2009, the articles collected in this book examine how natural hazards research is accessed and used by practitioners and decision-makers, and conversely, how policy and practice inform research.

Building upon presentations given during the conference on 'Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards: Putting Research into Practice', held at University College London in November 2009, the articles collected in this book examine how natural hazards research is accessed and used by practitioners and decision-makers, and conversely, how policy and practice inform research.

This comprehensive treatment of environmental impact assessment (EIA) provides an authoritative contemporary review of theory and practice over the past ten years.

This comprehensive treatment of environmental impact assessment (EIA) provides an authoritative contemporary review of theory and practice over the past ten years.

Revealing flaws in both 'green' and market-based approaches to environmental policy, O'Neill develops an Aristotolian account of well-being.

Revealing flaws in both 'green' and market-based approaches to environmental policy, O'Neill develops an Aristotolian account of well-being.

Any attempts to control the greenhouse effect will involve reducing carbon dioxide emissions and therefore requires energy efficiency.

Any attempts to control the greenhouse effect will involve reducing carbon dioxide emissions and therefore requires energy efficiency.

The first comprehensive philosophical examination of our duties to future generations, Dr de-Shalit argues that they are a matter of justice, not charity or supererogation.

The first comprehensive philosophical examination of our duties to future generations, Dr de-Shalit argues that they are a matter of justice, not charity or supererogation.

Bomberg argues the 'greening' of European politics and the advancement of European integration are inextricably linked and that the EU presents a strategic dilemma to Green parties.

Bomberg argues the 'greening' of European politics and the advancement of European integration are inextricably linked and that the EU presents a strategic dilemma to Green parties.

This book provides a balanced account of the global environmental issues which threaten our society and which we neglect at our peril.

This book provides a balanced account of the global environmental issues which threaten our society and which we neglect at our peril.

Brazil is considered one of the world's most important environmental powers.

Brazil is considered one of the world's most important environmental powers.

Over the last decade, the oil and gas industry has garnered a lot of support from the United States federal and state governments in the name of energy independence and economic prosperity.

Over the last decade, the oil and gas industry has garnered a lot of support from the United States federal and state governments in the name of energy independence and economic prosperity.

At a time when states are reactive, at best, to the global ecological crisis and when economic globalization seems to be significantly contributing to the acceleration of that crisis, environmental non-governmental orgainisations (NGOs) are proliferating.

At a time when states are reactive, at best, to the global ecological crisis and when economic globalization seems to be significantly contributing to the acceleration of that crisis, environmental non-governmental orgainisations (NGOs) are proliferating.

There is growing interest in analysing the role and effectiveness of the local scale in responding to the global challenge of climate change.

There is growing interest in analysing the role and effectiveness of the local scale in responding to the global challenge of climate change.

The study of urbanization in Southeast Asia has been a growing field of research over the past decades.

The study of urbanization in Southeast Asia has been a growing field of research over the past decades.

An effective response to contemporary environmental problems demands an approach that integrates political, economic and ecological issues.

An effective response to contemporary environmental problems demands an approach that integrates political, economic and ecological issues.

The Environment Dictionary provides an essential source of information on all aspects of the environment.

The Environment Dictionary provides an essential source of information on all aspects of the environment.

We are all concerned by the environmental threats facing us today.

We are all concerned by the environmental threats facing us today.

Material Concerns offers new perspectives on key environmental issues - pollution prevention, ecological economics, limits to sustainability, consumer behaviour and government policy.

Material Concerns offers new perspectives on key environmental issues - pollution prevention, ecological economics, limits to sustainability, consumer behaviour and government policy.

The Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) is not only a stunning piece of landthe first large national park created from all private lands and the first large park adjacent a large metropolitan centerbut the fight to save this fragile ecosystem in the 1960s was a key turning point in the environmental movement and helped transform the political landscape of California and the nation.

The concept of sustainable development was popularised by the 1987 Brundtland Report and became a central theme in the EU's Fifth Environmental Action Programme.

The concept of sustainable development was popularised by the 1987 Brundtland Report and became a central theme in the EU's Fifth Environmental Action Programme.

While international negotiations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been less than satisfactory, there is a presumption that a significant level of multi-lateral commitment will be realized at some point.