Social impact of environmental issues

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.

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

Comprehensive review and transdisciplinary analysis of environmental literacy within the context of environmental science and sustainable development.

Comprehensive review and transdisciplinary analysis of environmental literacy within the context of environmental science and sustainable development.

This book examines the causes, consequences and policy implications of flooding in the US, covering hazard mitigation, hydrology, geography and environmental planning.

This book examines the causes, consequences and policy implications of flooding in the US, covering hazard mitigation, hydrology, geography and environmental planning.

Twenty years of talks have done little to slow global warming.

Twenty years of talks have done little to slow global warming.

This book emerges from a three-year Australian Research Council-funded study that asks how the formation and (d)evolution of leadership has impacted on public environmental debate.

This book analyses representations of sustainable everyday life across advertising, eco-reality television, newspapers, magazines and social media.

The world is on the brink of ecological crisis.

This comprehensive survey of green media and popular culture introduces the reader to the key debates and theories surrounding green interpretations of popular film, television and journalism, as well as comedy, music, animation, and computer games.

The division of 'rural' and 'urban' is one of the oldest ideas in Geography and is deeply engrained in our culture.

The division of 'rural' and 'urban' is one of the oldest ideas in Geography and is deeply engrained in our culture.

What are the manifest and likely future consequences of climate change?

What are the manifest and likely future consequences of climate change?

In the coming decades, countries around the world will face increasingly severe challenges related to global climate change.