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Libros de: Earthscan Publications Ltd.

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  • The Jevons Paradox And The Myth Of Resource Efficiency Improvements

    The Jevons Paradox And The Myth Of Resource Efficiency Improvements

    Polimeni, John M.

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2008)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844074624
    • Páginas: 185
    • Fecha de edición: 2008

    pvp.110,00 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    'Jevons' Paradox', which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to increased use of that resource ...

  • Conservation And Biodiversity Banking. a Guide To Setting Up And Running Biodiversity Credit Trading Sys

    Conservation And Biodiversity Banking. a Guide To Setting Up And Running Biodiversity Credit Trading Sys

    Carroll, Nathaniel

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2008)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844074716
    • Páginas: 298
    • Fecha de edición: 2008

    pvp.87,00 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    The conservation of biodiversity is now big business. Whether called conservation banking, species banking, habitat banking, biodiversity banking, biodiversity offsets, compensatory mitigation or ecological footprint offsetting, the idea of financially valuing biodiversity and using the ...

  • The Civil Corporation: The New Economy Of Corporate Citizenship.

    The Civil Corporation: The New Economy Of Corporate Citizenship.

    Zadek, Simon

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2007)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844074310
    • Páginas: 288
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.36,65 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

  • The Tolerability Of Risk: a New Framework For Risk Management.

    The Tolerability Of Risk: a New Framework For Risk Management.

    Bouder, Frederic

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2007)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844073986
    • Páginas: 146
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.92,00 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    There is increasing dissatisfaction with how risk is regulated. This is leading to vivid debates about the use of 'risk assessment' and 'precaution' and, as a result, academics, government officials and industry leaders are calling ...

  • Trust In Cooperative Risk Management: Uncertainty And Scepticism In The Public Mind.

    Trust In Cooperative Risk Management: Uncertainty And Scepticism In The Public Mind.

    Siegrist, Michael

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2007)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844074242
    • Páginas: 294
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.92,00 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Trust is an important factor in risk management, affecting judgements of risk and benefit, technology acceptance and other forms of cooperation. In this book, the world's leading risk researchers explore all aspects of trust as ...

  • Voluntary Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide To What They Are And How They Work

    Voluntary Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide To What They Are And How They Work

    Bayon, Ricardo Hamilton, Katherine Hawn, Amanda

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2007)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844074174
    • Páginas: 164
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.45,95 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Al Gore
    Describes a remarkable area of innovation in the fight to control
    global warming.

    Ken Newcombe, Head of Origination, Climate Change Capital
    Will be eagerly read by those trying to build ...

  • Renewable Energy Policy And Politics: a Guide For Decision-Making

    Renewable Energy Policy And Politics: a Guide For Decision-Making

    Mallon,Karl

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2006)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844071265
    • Páginas: 288
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.72,80 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Examines the renewable energy sector and its stakeholders, analysing the reasons for past failures and the key features of successful policies
    Written in clear terms, this book contains the experience of world leaders in ...

  • Environmental Management Systems: a Step By Step Guide To Implementation And Maintenance

    Environmental Management Systems: a Step By Step Guide To Implementation And Maintenance

    Sheldon, Christopher Yoxon,Mark

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2006)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844072576
    • Páginas: 272
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.71,95 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Now completely updated for ISO 14001, EMASII and phased implementation schemes

    An authoritative guide to the implementation of environmental management systems. This edition has been revised to cover changes in international standards and other ...

  • The Natural Advantage Of Nations: Business Opportunities, Innovations And Governance In The 21st Century

    The Natural Advantage Of Nations: Business Opportunities, Innovations And Governance In The 21st Century

    Atkisson,Alan Fairbanks,Michael Hargroves, Karlson Lovins, Amory B. Mcdonough, William

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2006)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844073405
    • Páginas: 527
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.36,40 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

  • Environmental Principles And Policies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction

    Environmental Principles And Policies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction

    Beder, Sharon

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2006)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844074044
    • Páginas: 336
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.45,45 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    This textbook takes a holistic, interdisciplinary and analytical approach to the development, implementation and impact of environmental policies that govern our relationship with the environment. It provides comprehensive coverage and clear explanation of principles including ...

  • The Economics Of Biodiversity Conservation: Valuation In Tropical Forest Ecosystems

    The Economics Of Biodiversity Conservation: Valuation In Tropical Forest Ecosystems

    Ninan, K.N. Perrings,Charles

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2006)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844073641
    • Páginas: 336
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.118,30 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Placing an economic value on biodiversity is seen by many as the best and perhaps only successful way of preserving it while also protecting livelihoods
    This is the most comprehensive examination of valuation ever ...

  • Handbook Of Environmental Protection And Enforcement: Principles And Practice

    Handbook Of Environmental Protection And Enforcement: Principles And Practice

    Farmer, Andrew

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2007)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844073092
    • Páginas: 240
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.90,95 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Environmental Enforcement Authorities (EEAs), sometimes called Environmental Protection Agencies (EPAs), are the regulatory, monitoring and enforcement agencies of national, state/provincial and local governments world-wide responsible for implementing, monitoring and enforcing environmental legislation. This one-of-a-kind, authoritative ...

  • The New Generations Of Europeans: Demography And Families In The Enlarged European Union

    The New Generations Of Europeans: Demography And Families In The Enlarged European Union

    Lutz, Wolfgang Richter, Rudolf Wilson, Chritopher

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2006)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844073511
    • Páginas: 389
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.46,45 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Europe today is characterized by aging populations, changing family patterns, dropping fertility rates and mass migration. With the potentially massive ramifications this has for pensions, health, housing, transport, family relations, employment and other sectors of ...

  • Corporate Social Responsibility And International Development: Is Business The Solution?

    Corporate Social Responsibility And International Development: Is Business The Solution?

    Hopkins, Michael

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2007)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844073566
    • Páginas: 243
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.46,60 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    he business of business is business. So why should corporations be involved in development? This groundbreaking new book makes the case that governments and their international agencies, grouped under the umbrella of the United Nations, ...

  • Free Market Missionaries.

    Free Market Missionaries.

    Beder, Sharon

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2006)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844073344
    • Páginas: 260
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.38,00 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    In her recent book Suiting Themselves, bestselling author Sharon Beder exposed how the global corporate elite have brazenly rewritten the rules of the global economy to line their pockets. In this new book she trains ...

  • The Future Of Large Dams: Dealing With Social, Environmental, Institutional And Political Costs.

    The Future Of Large Dams: Dealing With Social, Environmental, Institutional And Political Costs.

    Scudder, Thayer

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2006)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844073382
    • Páginas: 389
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.45,50 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Viewed by some as symbols of progress and by others as inherently flawed, large dams remain one of the most contentious development issues on Earth. Building on the work of the now defunct World Commission ...

  • Ethical Sourcing In The Global Food System: Challenges And Opportunities To Fair Trade And The Environme

    Ethical Sourcing In The Global Food System: Challenges And Opportunities To Fair Trade And The Environme

    Barrientos, Stephanie Dolan, Catherine

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2006)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844071999
    • Páginas: 204
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.41,35 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Ethical sourcing, both through fair and ethical trade, is increasingly entering the mainstream of food retailing. Large supermarkets have come under pressure to improve the returns to small producers and conditions of employment within their ...

  • Limits To Privatization: How To Avoid Too Much Of a Good Thing - a Report To The Club Of Rome.

    Limits To Privatization: How To Avoid Too Much Of a Good Thing - a Report To The Club Of Rome.

    Weizsacker, Ulrich

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2006)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844073399
    • Páginas: 414
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.36,00 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Limits to Privatization is the first thorough audit of privatizations from around the world. It outlines the historical emergence of globalization and liberalization, and from analyses of over 50 case studies of best- and worst-case ...

  • Exploring Sustainable Development: Geographical Perspectives

    Exploring Sustainable Development: Geographical Perspectives

    Purvis, Martin

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2004)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781853834721
    • Páginas: 432
    • Fecha de edición: 2004

    pvp.41,90 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Sustainable development is the new mantra, but what does it mean "on the ground", in how people relate to their physical environment and across landscapes? This book aims to offer fresh insights into sustainable development ...

  • The Earthscan Reader In Environment,Development And Rural Livelihoods

    The Earthscan Reader In Environment,Development And Rural Livelihoods

    Jones, Sue

    Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2004)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9781844070534
    • Páginas: 272
    • Fecha de edición: 2004

    pvp.36,90 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    This new Reader brings together for the first time a core selection of key articles published over the past decade that have helped define the field of 'environment and development'. In three sections the book ...