Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

The uplands are a crucial source of ecosystem services, such as water provision, carbon retention, maintenance of biodiversity, provision of recreation value and cultural heritage.

The uplands are a crucial source of ecosystem services, such as water provision, carbon retention, maintenance of biodiversity, provision of recreation value and cultural heritage.

Don't drain the swamp!

More than twenty years after the Bruntland Commission report, Our Common Future, we have yet to secure the basis for a serious approach to global environmental governance.

This book presents new research on the capacity of big cities to generate new tourism areas as visitors discover and help create new urban experiences off the beaten track.

This book presents new research on the capacity of big cities to generate new tourism areas as visitors discover and help create new urban experiences off the beaten track.

This eighth annual edition analyzes the international community's position on specific environment and development problems, the main obstacles to effective international solutions, and how to overcome them.

Addressing the principles of sustainability, spatial planning, integration, governance and accessibility of transport, this book focuses on the problem of providing efficient and low energy transport systems which serve the needs of everybody.

Addressing the principles of sustainability, spatial planning, integration, governance and accessibility of transport, this book focuses on the problem of providing efficient and low energy transport systems which serve the needs of everybody.

More than twenty years after the Bruntland Commission report, Our Common Future, we have yet to secure the basis for a serious approach to global environmental governance.

Aeromobilities is a collection of essays that tackle in many different ways the growing importance of aviation and air travel in our hypermobile, globalized world.

Aeromobilities is a collection of essays that tackle in many different ways the growing importance of aviation and air travel in our hypermobile, globalized world.

Transport, in particular the motor vehicle, is a major source of environmental disruption and, in the developed world, accounts for thirty percent of energy consumption.

Transport, in particular the motor vehicle, is a major source of environmental disruption and, in the developed world, accounts for thirty percent of energy consumption.

Although urbanization steadily increases, many modern cities are finding the accommodation of their populations an increasingly difficult task.

Although urbanization steadily increases, many modern cities are finding the accommodation of their populations an increasingly difficult task.

The globe is warming and while no one knows what will happen as a result, it is clear that slowing the process is a necessary goal.

The globe is warming and while no one knows what will happen as a result, it is clear that slowing the process is a necessary goal.

This book examines the global regulation of biodiversity politics through the UN UNConvention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the WTO and other international treaties.

This book examines the global regulation of biodiversity politics through the UN UNConvention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the WTO and other international treaties.

Intelligent Cities and Globalisation of Innovation Networks combines concepts and theories from the fields of urban development and planning, innovation management, and virtual / intelligent environments.

This book provides a survey and analysis of the different ways in which women's work is valued throughout the world.

This eighth annual edition analyzes the international community's position on specific environment and development problems, the main obstacles to effective international solutions, and how to overcome them.

Ethnographies Revisited provides first-hand accounts of how leading qualitative researchers crafted key theoretical concepts found in their major book-length ethnographies.

Ethnographies Revisited provides first-hand accounts of how leading qualitative researchers crafted key theoretical concepts found in their major book-length ethnographies.

Physical Geography: The Key Concepts is a thought-provoking and up-to-date introduction to the central ideas and debates within the field.

Physical Geography: The Key Concepts is a thought-provoking and up-to-date introduction to the central ideas and debates within the field.

This book provides a survey and analysis of the different ways in which women's work is valued throughout the world.

Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land.

Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land.

Wetlands are vital and valuable resources, both as rich and unique wildlife habitats, and for the functions they fulfil - providing flood and sediment control and coastal protection, as carbon sinks and pollution buffers, for their role in storing and recycling nutrients, as well as for their recreational value.

Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it.

Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it.

We have always had land in which the agricultural productivity is limited because there is not enough moisture.

We have always had land in which the agricultural productivity is limited because there is not enough moisture.

It has always been thought that some level of pollution and waste is unavoidable in development projects.

It has always been thought that some level of pollution and waste is unavoidable in development projects.

This research deals with the increasingly complex issues of waste generation, waste management and waste disposal that in less developed industrialised countries present diverse but critical concerns.

This research deals with the increasingly complex issues of waste generation, waste management and waste disposal that in less developed industrialised countries present diverse but critical concerns.

Robert LaJeunesse looks beyond the 20th century arguments for shortening the work week.

Robert LaJeunesse looks beyond the 20th century arguments for shortening the work week.

Wetlands are vital and valuable resources, both as rich and unique wildlife habitats, and for the functions they fulfil - providing flood and sediment control and coastal protection, as carbon sinks and pollution buffers, for their role in storing and recycling nutrients, as well as for their recreational value.

The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century.

The issues of technology and uncertainty are very much at the heart of the policy debate of how much to control greenhouse gas emissions.

The issues of technology and uncertainty are very much at the heart of the policy debate of how much to control greenhouse gas emissions.

The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century.

'The continued poverty of the majority of the planet's inhabitants and excessive consumption by the minority are the two major causes of environmental degradation The present course is unsustainable and postponing action is no longer an option.

'The continued poverty of the majority of the planet's inhabitants and excessive consumption by the minority are the two major causes of environmental degradation The present course is unsustainable and postponing action is no longer an option.

Saving the world's flora and fauna, especially high-profile examples such as chimpanzees, whales and the tropical rain forests, is big business.