Environmental policy and protocols

Many of our global cities are distressed and facing a host of issues: economic collapse in the face of rising expectations, social disintegration and civil unrest, and ecological degradation and the threats associated with climate change, including more frequent and more severe natural disasters.

Reflecting the dynamic relationships between socio-technical behaviour and change, this book presents leading research on the transition process needed to achieve more sustainable transport systems.

Reflecting the dynamic relationships between socio-technical behaviour and change, this book presents leading research on the transition process needed to achieve more sustainable transport systems.

Legal and environmental concerns related to Indian law and tribal lands remain an understudied branch of both indigenous law and environmental law.

Legal and environmental concerns related to Indian law and tribal lands remain an understudied branch of both indigenous law and environmental law.

Recent scientific development and politico-institutional experiences related to the conservation of the South-American Pantanal are explored in this book in relation to what is happening in other tropical wetland areas of international importance such as the Everglades in North America and the Okavango in Africa, as well as considering the European experience.

Recent scientific development and politico-institutional experiences related to the conservation of the South-American Pantanal are explored in this book in relation to what is happening in other tropical wetland areas of international importance such as the Everglades in North America and the Okavango in Africa, as well as considering the European experience.

Urban climate change is a crossroads in two very different senses.

Urban climate change is a crossroads in two very different senses.

Planners internationally have employed green belts to contain the explosive sprawl of cities as varied as Tokyo, Vienna and Melbourne during the twentieth century.

Planners internationally have employed green belts to contain the explosive sprawl of cities as varied as Tokyo, Vienna and Melbourne during the twentieth century.

The United States is often perceived as sceptical, if not hostile, to the need to address man-made climate change.

The United States is often perceived as sceptical, if not hostile, to the need to address man-made climate change.

Water is becoming one of the world's most crucial concerns.

Water is becoming one of the world's most crucial concerns.

The first comprehensive study to explain the workings of transgovernmental environmental and nuclear cooperation across the so-called ''Global South''.

The first comprehensive study to explain the workings of transgovernmental environmental and nuclear cooperation across the so-called ''Global South''.

Natural Resource Economics: The Essentials offers a policy-oriented approach to the increasingly influential field of natural resource economics that is based upon a solid foundation of economic theory and empirical research.

Debunks the view that natural resources lead to terrible outcomes by demonstrating that oil and minerals are actually a blessing.

Debunks the view that natural resources lead to terrible outcomes by demonstrating that oil and minerals are actually a blessing.

Low-Carbon Energy Security from a European Perspective draws on the European Commission's funded project MILESECURE-2050.

Greening the Globe discusses the success of international efforts to implement changes in environmental practices.

Greening the Globe discusses the success of international efforts to implement changes in environmental practices.

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.

Low Carbon Politics focuses on how policies and institutions have influenced the deployment of renewable energy and nuclear power in the electricity sector.

Property Rights and Climate Change explores the multifarious relationships between different types of climate-driven environmental changes and property rights.

Property Rights and Climate Change explores the multifarious relationships between different types of climate-driven environmental changes and property rights.

Dominant governance theories are drawn primarily from Euro-American sources, including emergent theories of network and collaborative governance.

Dominant governance theories are drawn primarily from Euro-American sources, including emergent theories of network and collaborative governance.

Climate change is real and it is man-made.

Climate change is real and it is man-made.

This book provides insight into the development of effective climate policy instrumentation in two divergent and mutually exclusive directions.

This book provides insight into the development of effective climate policy instrumentation in two divergent and mutually exclusive directions.

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.

An Introduction to Sustainability provides students with a comprehensive overview of the key concepts and ideas which are encompassed within the growing field of sustainability.

An Introduction to Sustainability provides students with a comprehensive overview of the key concepts and ideas which are encompassed within the growing field of sustainability.

Housing affordability, urban development and climate change responses are great challenges that are intertwined, yet the conceptual and policy links between them remain under-developed.

Housing affordability, urban development and climate change responses are great challenges that are intertwined, yet the conceptual and policy links between them remain under-developed.

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.

Today's students want to understand not only the causes and character of global environmental problems like climate change, species extinction, and freshwater scarcity, but also what to do about them.

Today's students want to understand not only the causes and character of global environmental problems like climate change, species extinction, and freshwater scarcity, but also what to do about them.