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The impacts of climate change are increasingly felt worldwide, affecting every country regardless of geographical location.

Due to the lack of success in climate change mitigation efforts, the importance of adaptation is becoming more and more apparent and is now one of the main imperatives of international research and action.

Energy risk has reappeared on the corporate and social agenda with a bang and the complexity of the issues has increased many-fold since the days of the last great wave of concern following the oil crises of the 1970s.

This compendium volume, Urban Land Use: Community-Based Planning, covers a range of land use planning and community engagement issues.

This book catalogs the evidence based on the social, economic and environmental effectiveness of Nature based Solutions (NbS) to face environmental challenges and simultaneously provide a better understanding of associated social-ecological interactions.

The impact of the environment in general, and climate change in particular, is now entrenched as a key political concern.

Environmental Economics: The Essentials offers a policy-oriented approach to the increasingly influential field of environmental economics that is based upon a solid foundation of economic theory and empirical research.

Seit Ende der 80er Jahre befassen sich verschiedene Städte mit Stadtmarketing, das den Bereichen Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Stadtentwicklung, Wirtschaftsförderung und Standortwerbung neue Impulse geben sollte.

Food aid is a controversial form of development assistance and this book, first published in 1979, seeks to counter allegations from critics by taking account of both direct and indirect affects.

Concerns about energy security, uncertainty about oil prices, declining oil reserves, and global climate change are fueling a shift towards bioenergy as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels.

'What does it mean for the environment?

The volume places the migration-development-security nexus in the field of transnational studies.

This book breaks new ground by accounting for the welfare implications of both severe inequality and environmental degradation and developing a sustainable development indicator that incorporates changes over time in each of these dimensions.

Easy-to-read and filled with real-world examples of the most complex environmental challenges, this book demonstrates that sound economic analysis and reasoning can be one of the environmental community's strongest allies.

This book explores how the State can play a role as an enabler of citizens-led social innovations, to accelerate the shift to sustainable and socially just lifestyles.

This book breaks new ground by accounting for the welfare implications of both severe inequality and environmental degradation and developing a sustainable development indicator that incorporates changes over time in each of these dimensions.

Change and development are going on all around us.

Systematic analysis of the determinants of climate policy durability, combining state-of-the-art policy theories with empirical accounts of landmark political events

A synthesis of international research on the water requirements of eleven major fruit crops, highlighting opportunities for improving water productivity.

and Acknowledgments Apparently almost every other month severe industrial hazards invade our living rooms, be it in terms of an ex post report or in terms of an alarming scenario, be it in a remote corner of the world or just in front of our doorstep.

The existence of environmental dilemmas and political conflicts leads us to appreciate the need for individuals and groups to behave strategically in order to achieve their goals and maintain their wellbeing.

An exploration of Arctic tourism, focusing on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences; this is the first compilation to concentrate on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences.

This book highlights the challenges faced by renewable energy enterprises (REEs) in emerging markets, by reflecting on the enterprises' own stories and experiences.

How can we explain the over-exploitation and degradation of natural resources in the countries of the South?

The book takes a multi-level perspective, focusing on circular business models by manufacturing industries in European small open economies.

The Handbook of Regional Science is a multi-volume reference work providing a state-of-the-art knowledge on regional science composed by renowned scientists in the field.

Lakes of Africa: Microbial Diversity and Sustainability examines microbial ecosystems in African lakes, including the history and formation of African lakes.

A geographer''s perspective on environmental politics for advanced students and researchers in geography, social and political science.

This book provides an in-depth economic analysis of the challenges associated with bioenergy use and production.

First Published in 2017.

Move past the ESG culture wars and make better choices for your business.

The proliferation of energy, agricultural, water and food insecurity can be attributed to a multitude of factors, including advancements in technology that have facilitated the technical and economic utilization of energy and water resources, environmental degradation, climate anomalies, mounting pressure on water resources due to escalating demand, and surging energy requirements.

Coal occupies a large share in the global energy basket.

Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by ecosystems, and collectively these benefits are known as ecosystem services.

Climate change is an inevitable and urgent global challenge with long-term implications for the sustainable development of all countries.

The demands placed on land, water, energy and other natural resources are exacerbated as the world population continues to increase together with the expectations of economic growth.

The debate on connections between economic activity and socio-environmental impact has become increasingly relevant.

This book, originally published in 1995 is a study of crisis management in the electricity supply industry during the 20th century.

The green economy is widely seen as a potential solution to current global economic and environmental crises, and a potential mechanism by which sustainable development might be achieved in practice.

Green finance is heralded in theory and practice as the new panacea - the ideal way to support the green transition of businesses into more sustainable, environmentally responsible forms, by means of incentivized financial investments.

The year 2120 may appear a long way into the future but will come quickly.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, water services have come under renewed neoliberal assault across Europe.

This book demonstrates the social, historical, and environmental framework within which humans have developed a relationship with the forest and its resources.

Understanding Global Crises is an innovative and interdisciplinary text that investigates the key contemporary economic, social, and environmental crises and demonstrates their deep interconnection.

The power of the commons as a free, fair system of provisioning and governance beyond capitalism, socialism, and other -isms.