Social impact of environmental issues

To integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning was the overarching goal of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).

To integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning was the overarching goal of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).

The Angry Earth explores how various cultures in different historical moments have responded to calamity, offering insight into the complex relationship between societies and their environments.

The Angry Earth explores how various cultures in different historical moments have responded to calamity, offering insight into the complex relationship between societies and their environments.

An increasing number of rural and urban-based movements are realizing some political traction in their demands for democratization of food systems through food sovereignty.

An increasing number of rural and urban-based movements are realizing some political traction in their demands for democratization of food systems through food sovereignty.

This book is the first comprehensive effort to bring together Water, Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) in a way that goes beyond the traditional focus on irrigated agriculture.

Every movement has its bellweathers, the ideas that lead the way and rally its adherents towards a set of shared values and visions.

This book presents a series of "e;ecological law"e; case studies, designed to illustrate in concrete, real-world ways how ecological law would transform law in a range of diverse contexts.

Drawing on over thirty years of research, this book investigates the intermingling of land and water in the Sahel, analysing landscapes defined by the ebb and flow of rainfall, flooding and population movements, as well as environmental, political and social crises.

This book examines the threat that climate change poses to the projects of poverty eradication, sustainable development, and biodiversity preservation.

A pioneering study of how medieval Europeans used and changed their environment, integrating social, economic and environmental history approaches.

This book examines the threat that climate change poses to the projects of poverty eradication, sustainable development, and biodiversity preservation.

A pioneering study of how medieval Europeans used and changed their environment, integrating social, economic and environmental history approaches.

A fully updated, substantially expanded, new edition of acclaimed textbook for life science and Earth science students and scientists and policymakers.

A fascinating and authoritative account of the controversies and possibilities surrounding nuclear waste disposal, providing expert discussion in down-to-earth language.

This textbook surveys key issues of sustainability - energy, nature, agro-food, resources, economics - for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses.

A fascinating and authoritative account of the controversies and possibilities surrounding nuclear waste disposal, providing expert discussion in down-to-earth language.

A fully updated, substantially expanded, new edition of acclaimed textbook for life science and Earth science students and scientists and policymakers.

This textbook surveys key issues of sustainability - energy, nature, agro-food, resources, economics - for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses.

This book provides a comprehensive, balanced and reader-friendly account of the developments in climate science over the past 250 years.

Rudel examines historical examples of environmental reform, arguing that reforms occur when defensive and altruistic environmentalists join forces.

This book addresses legal issues of rising seas endangering the habitability and existence of island nations in the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Rudel examines historical examples of environmental reform, arguing that reforms occur when defensive and altruistic environmentalists join forces.

This book addresses legal issues of rising seas endangering the habitability and existence of island nations in the Pacific and Indian oceans.

This book examines general questions and particular cases of climate-change related mobility, and explores their implications for the social sciences.

Examines perceptions of the natural world in ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period to the twentieth century.

A provocative study of the devastating impact of climate change across the eastern Mediterranean in the tenth and eleventh centuries.

This book examines general questions and particular cases of climate-change related mobility, and explores their implications for the social sciences.

Examines perceptions of the natural world in ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period to the twentieth century.

A provocative study of the devastating impact of climate change across the eastern Mediterranean in the tenth and eleventh centuries.

An interdisciplinary textbook that incorporates case material and theoretical tools for the Earth changers of today and tomorrow.

A comprehensive, multidisciplinary volume on biofuels in developing countries for academics, practitioners and policy makers.

A comprehensive, multidisciplinary volume on biofuels in developing countries for academics, practitioners and policy makers.

An interdisciplinary textbook that incorporates case material and theoretical tools for the Earth changers of today and tomorrow.

Invaluable assessment for anyone interested in climate extremes, environmental disasters and adaptation to climate change including policymakers, the private sector and academic researchers.

Environmental Health Ethics illuminates the conflicts between protecting the environment and promoting human health.

A unique, thought-provoking journey from early humans'' evolutionary response to climate change to today''s global crisis, for students and the general reader.

Independent, scientifically based, integrated, policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues for specialists and policymakers in academia, industry, government.

Invaluable assessment for anyone interested in climate extremes, environmental disasters and adaptation to climate change including policymakers, the private sector and academic researchers.

Environmental Health Ethics illuminates the conflicts between protecting the environment and promoting human health.

A unique, thought-provoking journey from early humans'' evolutionary response to climate change to today''s global crisis, for students and the general reader.

Independent, scientifically based, integrated, policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues for specialists and policymakers in academia, industry, government.

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

Comprehensive, objective assessment of the literature on renewable energy and its role in climate change mitigation for policymakers, professionals, researchers.

Comprehensive, objective assessment of the literature on renewable energy and its role in climate change mitigation for policymakers, professionals, researchers.

A cutting-edge analysis of the key issues and policy options facing future global climate governance, written by leading world experts.

A cutting-edge analysis of the key issues and policy options facing future global climate governance, written by leading world experts.

This study makes sense of how the media report on climate change and how this influences science and policy decision-making.