Social impact of environmental issues

Sir John Houghton''s definitive, full-colour guide to climate change is fully up-to-date with the latest IPCC findings.

This expanded, fully updated second edition of the leading textbook in pedology and soil geomorphology is invaluable for anyone studying soils, landforms and landscape change.

A beautifully illustrated reference providing fascinating insights into the hidden world of the seafloor using the latest deep-sea imaging.

Water, Civilisation and Power in Sudan offers an alternative account of how water policy, violence, and economic modernisation are linked.

Water, Civilisation and Power in Sudan offers an alternative account of how water policy, violence, and economic modernisation are linked.

This expanded, fully updated second edition of the leading textbook in pedology and soil geomorphology is invaluable for anyone studying soils, landforms and landscape change.

A beautifully illustrated reference providing fascinating insights into the hidden world of the seafloor using the latest deep-sea imaging.

This volume is a vital contribution to conversations about urban sustainability, looking beyond the propaganda to explore its consequences for everyday life.

This is a book that tackles the most important issue of our age in a highly informative, accessible and engaging way.

A state-of-the-art assessment of how geomorphology contributes to the comprehension, mapping and modelling of hazardous Earth surface processes.

This is a book that tackles the most important issue of our age in a highly informative, accessible and engaging way.

This book explores smart grid from a social perspective, for advanced students, academic researchers, and energy professionals.

This book explores smart grid from a social perspective, for advanced students, academic researchers, and energy professionals.

This volume is a vital contribution to conversations about urban sustainability, looking beyond the propaganda to explore its consequences for everyday life.

Explores how we should react to the political dilemmas of adapting the global economy to confront climate change.

This is an analytical assessment of how the government can accelerate development and deployment of energy technologies, for researchers and policy makers.

This is an analytical assessment of how the government can accelerate development and deployment of energy technologies, for researchers and policy makers.

This book examines the international causes of hunger and malnutrition and reveals how critical elements of the global economy heighten food insecurity in the developing world.

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.

Community Engagement in Post-Disaster Recovery reflects a wide array of practical experiences in working with disaster-affected communities internationally.

Community Engagement in Post-Disaster Recovery reflects a wide array of practical experiences in working with disaster-affected communities internationally.

Climate change is real and it is man-made.

Climate change is real and it is man-made.

Named after Lapindo Brantas, a gas exploration company that was drilling at the eruption site, the Lapindo mudflow initially burst in 2006 and continues to flow today, becoming the most expensive disaster in Indonesia's history.

Named after Lapindo Brantas, a gas exploration company that was drilling at the eruption site, the Lapindo mudflow initially burst in 2006 and continues to flow today, becoming the most expensive disaster in Indonesia's history.

Over the past 40 years, countries throughout the world have similarly adopted human rights related to environmental governance and protection in national constitutions.

Over the past 40 years, countries throughout the world have similarly adopted human rights related to environmental governance and protection in national constitutions.

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.

The rapid trend of globalization has brought with it a variety of sustainability challenges, including global climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty, and social inequalities, which are problems with unclear boundaries, complicated interrelated components, undefined parameters, contradictory values, and no single solution.

The rapid trend of globalization has brought with it a variety of sustainability challenges, including global climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty, and social inequalities, which are problems with unclear boundaries, complicated interrelated components, undefined parameters, contradictory values, and no single solution.

In the aftermath of colonial occupation, Indigenous peoples have long fought to assert their sovereignty.

In the aftermath of colonial occupation, Indigenous peoples have long fought to assert their sovereignty.

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

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

Scholarly interest in water ethics is increasing, motivated by the urgency of climate change, water scarcity, privatization and conflicts over water resources.

Scholarly interest in water ethics is increasing, motivated by the urgency of climate change, water scarcity, privatization and conflicts over water resources.

Ethiopia is facing environmental and poverty challenges, and urgently needs effective management of its environmental resources.

Ethiopia is facing environmental and poverty challenges, and urgently needs effective management of its environmental resources.

In a world increasingly faced with, and divided by, regional and global crises, resilience has emerged as a key concept with significant relevance for tourism.

In a world increasingly faced with, and divided by, regional and global crises, resilience has emerged as a key concept with significant relevance for tourism.

In recent years, resilience theory has come to occupy the core of our understanding and management of the adaptive capacity of people and places in complex social and environmental systems.

In recent years, resilience theory has come to occupy the core of our understanding and management of the adaptive capacity of people and places in complex social and environmental systems.

Securing sustainable food for everyone is one of the world's most pressing challenges, but research, policy, and programmes remain fragmented, and effective solutions have been slow to emerge.

Securing sustainable food for everyone is one of the world's most pressing challenges, but research, policy, and programmes remain fragmented, and effective solutions have been slow to emerge.

Nature sports such as skiing, climbing, and surfing have had a significant influence on Western popular culture since the mid-twentieth century and participation in such sports continues to grow.

Nature sports such as skiing, climbing, and surfing have had a significant influence on Western popular culture since the mid-twentieth century and participation in such sports continues to grow.

Community forestry focuses on the link between forest resources and livelihoods and contributes to forest conservation and reforestation.

Community forestry focuses on the link between forest resources and livelihoods and contributes to forest conservation and reforestation.