Pollution and threats to the environment

The purpose of this collection of essays is to shed some light on the complex relationship between environmental quality and the distribution of income.

The purpose of this collection of essays is to shed some light on the complex relationship between environmental quality and the distribution of income.

"e;Localism"e; has been deployed in recent debates over planning law as an anodyne, grassroots way to shape communities into sustainable, human-scale neighborhoods.

Global public health is of growing concern to most governments and populations, nowhere more so than in Asia, the world's largest and most populous continent.

Global public health is of growing concern to most governments and populations, nowhere more so than in Asia, the world's largest and most populous continent.

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.

"e;Localism"e; has been deployed in recent debates over planning law as an anodyne, grassroots way to shape communities into sustainable, human-scale neighborhoods.

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

From pre-European contact to the present day, people living in what is now the United States have constantly manipulated their environment.

Across the world, most people are well aware of ordinary criminal harms to person and property.

Across the world, most people are well aware of ordinary criminal harms to person and property.

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.

From pre-European contact to the present day, people living in what is now the United States have constantly manipulated their environment.

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

New approaches to both cultural landscapes and historic urban landscapes increasingly recognize the need to guide future change, rather than simply protecting the fabric of the past.

New approaches to both cultural landscapes and historic urban landscapes increasingly recognize the need to guide future change, rather than simply protecting the fabric of the past.

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

The global south is entering an 'Urban Age' where, for the first time in history, more people will be living in cities than in the countryside.

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes during the Quaternary.

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes during the Quaternary.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This book explores the political ecology of agrofuels as an encompassing socio-spatial transformation process consisting of a series of changing contexts, political reconfigurations, and the restructuring of social and labour relations.

This book explores the political ecology of agrofuels as an encompassing socio-spatial transformation process consisting of a series of changing contexts, political reconfigurations, and the restructuring of social and labour relations.

By January 2015 the world's richest 80 people had as much wealth as the poorest 50 per cent of the world's population.

By January 2015 the world's richest 80 people had as much wealth as the poorest 50 per cent of the world's population.

'Essential reading.

'Essential reading.

Transport is now a critical problem throughout the world, and it is set to get worse.

First released in 2007, the bestselling Transport Revolutions argued that land transport in the first half of the 21st century will feature at least two revolutions.

First released in 2007, the bestselling Transport Revolutions argued that land transport in the first half of the 21st century will feature at least two revolutions.

Few concerns preoccupy contemporary progressive thought as much as the issue of how to achieve a sustainable human society.

Few concerns preoccupy contemporary progressive thought as much as the issue of how to achieve a sustainable human society.

There can be no justice that is not spatial.

There can be no justice that is not spatial.

Governments all over the world are struggling with the question of how to adapt to climate change.

Governments all over the world are struggling with the question of how to adapt to climate change.

Current images of sustainability are often designed to instil fear and force change, not because we believe in it, but because we fear the consequences of inaction.

Current images of sustainability are often designed to instil fear and force change, not because we believe in it, but because we fear the consequences of inaction.

Ownership and Control of Oil examines government decisions about how much control to exert over the petroleum industry, focusing on the role of National Oil Companies in the production of crude oil since the nationalizations in the 1970s.

Ownership and Control of Oil examines government decisions about how much control to exert over the petroleum industry, focusing on the role of National Oil Companies in the production of crude oil since the nationalizations in the 1970s.

Originally published in French as Le territoire europeen: des racines aux enjeux globaux, this book reflects the enormous changes that Europe has seen in the past half century.