Social impact of environmental issues

This book is a remarkable case study of an environmental policy initiative for a national environmental regulatory system in the information age.

In June 2011, the city of Minot, North Dakota sustained the greatest flood in its history.

In June 2011, the city of Minot, North Dakota sustained the greatest flood in its history.

Sustainable mobility has long been sought after in cities around the world, particularly in industrialised countries, but also increasingly in the emerging cities in Asia.

Sustainable mobility has long been sought after in cities around the world, particularly in industrialised countries, but also increasingly in the emerging cities in Asia.

Civil society participants have voiced concerns that the environmental problems that were the subject of multilateral environmental agreements negotiated during the 1992 Rio processes are not serving to ameliorate global environmental problems.

Civil society participants have voiced concerns that the environmental problems that were the subject of multilateral environmental agreements negotiated during the 1992 Rio processes are not serving to ameliorate global environmental problems.

Focusing on cultural values and norms as they are translated into politics and policy outcomes, this book presents a unique contribution in combining research from varied disciplines and from both the developed and developing world.

Focusing on cultural values and norms as they are translated into politics and policy outcomes, this book presents a unique contribution in combining research from varied disciplines and from both the developed and developing world.

Mike Hulme has been studying climate change for over thirty years and is today one of the most distinctive and recognisable voices speaking internationally about climate change in the academy, in public and in the media.

Mike Hulme has been studying climate change for over thirty years and is today one of the most distinctive and recognisable voices speaking internationally about climate change in the academy, in public and in the media.

Changing relations between science and democracy - and controversies over issues such as climate change, energy transitions, genetically modified organisms and smart technologies - have led to a rapid rise in new forms of public participation and citizen engagement.

Changing relations between science and democracy - and controversies over issues such as climate change, energy transitions, genetically modified organisms and smart technologies - have led to a rapid rise in new forms of public participation and citizen engagement.

The book shines light on the problem of judgment, particularly in the realm of architectural "e;technics"e; and the codes that regulate it.

The book shines light on the problem of judgment, particularly in the realm of architectural "e;technics"e; and the codes that regulate it.

Utopian thought and experimental approaches to societal organization have been rare in the last decades of planning and politics.

Utopian thought and experimental approaches to societal organization have been rare in the last decades of planning and politics.

This book applies concepts from ethics, justice, and political philosophy to five sets of contemporary energy problems cutting across time, economics, politics, geography, and technology.

This book applies concepts from ethics, justice, and political philosophy to five sets of contemporary energy problems cutting across time, economics, politics, geography, and technology.

In the late 2000s climate action became a defining feature of the international political agenda.

In the late 2000s climate action became a defining feature of the international political agenda.

What does successful adaptation look like?

What does successful adaptation look like?

Accounting literature has viewed sustainability in terms of social, economic and environmental performances.

Accounting literature has viewed sustainability in terms of social, economic and environmental performances.

Consumption and Waste in American Environmental History is an accessible introduction to the consumption experience, wasting practices, and disposal history of the United States, spanning precontact to the present.

In a time of unprecedented transformation as society seeks to build a more sustainable future, education plays an increasingly central role in training key agents of change.

In a time of unprecedented transformation as society seeks to build a more sustainable future, education plays an increasingly central role in training key agents of change.

We are at an environmental impasse.

We are at an environmental impasse.

By crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book uniquely connects theories of justice with people's lived experience within social conflicts over resource sharing.

By crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book uniquely connects theories of justice with people's lived experience within social conflicts over resource sharing.

This book, drawing on new research conducted for the UK Energy Resource Centre (UKERC), examines the contemporary public debate on climate change and the linked issue of energy security.

This book, drawing on new research conducted for the UK Energy Resource Centre (UKERC), examines the contemporary public debate on climate change and the linked issue of energy security.

Food is a massive industry and the many key players involved have very different interests.

Food is a massive industry and the many key players involved have very different interests.

This volume presents new theoretical approaches, methodologies, subject pools, and topics in the field of environmental anthropology.

This volume presents new theoretical approaches, methodologies, subject pools, and topics in the field of environmental anthropology.

Winner of the Political Geography Specialty Group's 2015 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award!

Winner of the Political Geography Specialty Group's 2015 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award!

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the growing transnational climate movement.

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the growing transnational climate movement.

Despite a growing contribution to climate change, tourist and traveller behaviour is currently not acknowledged as an important sector within the development of climate policy.

Despite a growing contribution to climate change, tourist and traveller behaviour is currently not acknowledged as an important sector within the development of climate policy.

This book brings together two vitally important strands of 20th-century thinking to establish a set of simple and elegant principles for planning, project design and evaluation.

This book brings together two vitally important strands of 20th-century thinking to establish a set of simple and elegant principles for planning, project design and evaluation.

Advocates of the alternative food movement often insist that food is our "e;common ground"e; - that through the very basic human need to eat, we all become entwined in a network of mutual solidarity.

Advocates of the alternative food movement often insist that food is our "e;common ground"e; - that through the very basic human need to eat, we all become entwined in a network of mutual solidarity.

Climate change is a complex and dynamic environmental, cultural and political phenomenon that is reshaping our relationship to nature.

Climate change is a complex and dynamic environmental, cultural and political phenomenon that is reshaping our relationship to nature.