Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

Translated by Carl Ipsen.

In a world of dwindling natural resources and mounting environmental crisis, who is devising ways of living that will work for the long haul?

Social work is the profession that claims to intervene to enhance people's well-being.

Geography is a subject which throughout its history has been dominated by men; men have undertaken the heroic explorations which form the mythology of its foundation, men have written most of its texts and, as many feminist geographers have remarked, men's interests have structured what counts as legitimate geographical knowledge.

Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities?

This book is the first major study of the history of environmentalism, from its origins in romanticism and the nature cults of the late 18th century to the global environmental movements of today.

Today s global energy system faces two major challenges: how to secure the supply of reliable and affordable energy; and how to rapidly transform to a low-carbon, efficient and environmentally harmless energy supply.

Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership.

Governments have failed to stem global emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases causing climate change.

The planet is sick.

The relationship between feminism and ecology has grown in importance in recent years.

Feminist approaches within the social sciences have expanded enormously since the 1960s.

This new book brings together Doreen Massey's key writings on three areas central to a range of disciplines.

This book introduces green ideas to students of the social sciences, showing how society affects and is affected by nature and assessing the future of the green movement.

Can sociology help us to tackle environmental problems?

With their remarkable electoral successes, Green parties worldwide seized the political imagination of friends and foes alike.

This book establishes whether contemporary social theory can help us understand the structural origins of environmental degradation and environmental politics.

A comprehensive overview of symbiotic relationships between insects and microbesInsects and Their Beneficial Microbes is an authoritative and accessible synthesis of insect associations with beneficial microorganisms.

'Nature' is a deceptively simple and ahistorical term, suggesting intrinsic, unchanging reality.

The purpose and location of frontiers affect all human societies in the contemporary world - this book offers an introduction to them and the issues they raise.

In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices and knowledge, in artefacts, in the body, and in the environment.

Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million.

Globalization and the Environment critically explores the actors, politics and processes that govern the relationship between globalization and the environment.

In Communities and Networks, Katherine Giuffre takes the science of social network analysis and applies it to key issues of living in communities, especially in urban areas, exploring questions such as: How do communities shape our lives and identities?

Land is one of the world's most emotionally resonant resources, and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity.

Dramatic scenes of devastation and suffering caused by disasters such as the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, are viewed with shock and horror by millions of us across the world.

China s huge environmental challenges are significant for us all.

The impersonality of social relationships in the society of strangers is making majorities increasingly nostalgic for a time of closer personal ties and strong community moorings.

It is difficult to imagine a world without the car, and yet that is exactly what Dennis and Urry set out to do in this provocative new book.

In the early years of the new millennium, hurricanes lashed the Caribbean and flooded New Orleans as heat waves and floods seemed to alternate in Europe.

Water is our planet s most precious resource.

Cities around the world are striving to be 'global'.

"e;A landmark study in the struggle to contain climate change, the greatest challenge of our era.

How are human societies changing the global environment?

Climate change poses one of the greatest challenges for human society in the twenty-first century, yet there is a major disconnect between our actions to deal with it and the gravity of the threat it implies.

A decade ago no one except geologists had heard of tantalum or 'coltan' - an obscure mineral that is an essential ingredient in mobile phones and laptops.

Once marginalized in the world economy, the past decade has seen Africa emerge as a major global supplier of crucial raw materials like oil, uranium and coltan.

Glacier-Permafrost Interactions A systematic exploration of the interactions between glaciers and permafrost In Glacier-Permafrost Interactions, experienced glaciologist Richard I.

One of today's most accomplished biologists and gifted storytellers reveals the rules that regulate all lifeHow does life work?

A global history of environmental warfare and the case for why it should be a crimeThe environmental infrastructure that sustains human societies has been a target and instrument of war for centuries, resulting in famine and disease, displaced populations, and the devastation of people's livelihoods and ways of life.

A groundbreaking approach to scale and scaling in ecological theory and practiceScale is one of the most important concepts in ecology, yet researchers often find it difficult to find ecological systems that lend themselves to its study.

A large-format, beautifully illustrated look at the natural history of birdsThere are some 10,000 bird species in existence today, occupying every continent and virtually every habitat on Earth.

It's not just a war over horses.

The stories behind Australia's many, many strange, inappropriate and downright hilarious place names.

'The story reaches out and grabs you by the throat' - Dr Clare Wright, historian and author of The Forgotten Rebels of EurekaThe facts are shocking.

Graphic accounts of Australia s worst disasters historical as well as events of recent years.

'Hope Jahren asks the central question of our time: how can we learn to live on a finite planet?

One of today's most accomplished biologists and gifted storytellers reveals the rules that regulate all lifeHow does life work?

An up-to-date reference book on phylogenetic methods and applications for evolutionary biologistsThe increasingly widespread availability of genomic data is transforming how biologists estimate evolutionary relationships among organisms and broadening the range of questions that researchers can test in a phylogenetic framework.