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The Progress Illusion "Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics"
Erickson, Jon D.
Island Press (2023)
- EAN: 9781642832525
- Páginas: 252
- Fecha de edición: 2023
pvp.31,95 €
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We live under the illusion of progress: as long as GDP is going up and prices stay low, we accept poverty and pollution as unfortunate but inevitable byproducts of a successful economy. In fact, the ...
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Strategic Corporate Conservation Planning "A Guide to Meaningful Engagement "
O'Gorman, Margaret
Island Press (2020)
- EAN: 9781610919401
- Páginas: 262
- Fecha de edición: 2020
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Industries that drive economic growth and support our comfortable modern lifestyles have exploited natural resources to do so. But now there's growing understanding that business can benefit from a better relationship with the environment. Leading ...
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Green Growth that Works "Natural Capital Policy and Finance Mechanisms Around the World "
Daily, Gretchen C. Mandle, Lisa Ouyang, Zhinyun Salzman, James
Island Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781642830033
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.36,50 €
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Rapid economic development has been a boon to human well-being. It has lifted millions out of poverty, raised standards of living, and increased life expectancies. But economic development comes at a significant cost to natural ...
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Start-Up City "Inspiring Private and Public Entrepreneurship, Getting Projects Done, and Having Fun"
Klein, Gabe Vega-Barachowitz, David
Island Press (2015)
- EAN: 9781610916905
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2015
pvp.21,10 €
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There has been a revolution in urban transportation over the past five years, set off by start-ups across the US and internationally. Sleek, legible mobility platforms are connecting people to cars, trains, buses, and bikes ...
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Foreclosing the Future "The World Bank and the Politics of Environmental Destruction"
Rich, Bruce
Island Press (2013)
- EAN: 9781610911849
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha de edición: 2013
pvp.29,75 €
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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has vowed that his institution will fight poverty and climate change, a claim that World Bank presidents have made for two decades. But if worldwide protests and reams of ...
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Mortgaging the Earth "The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of"
Rich, Bruce
Island Press (2013)
- EAN: 9781610915175
- Páginas: 390
- Fecha de edición: 2013
pvp.17,95 €
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The 1992 Rio Earth Summit was supposed to be a turning point for the World Bank. Environmental concerns would now play a major role in its lending - programmes and projects would go beyond economic ...
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A Critique Of Silviculture
Puettmann, Klaus J.
Island Press (2008)
- EAN: 9781597261463
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha de edición: 2008
pvp.27,65 €
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A Critique of Silviculture bridges a gap between silviculture and ecology that has long hindered the adoption of new ideas. It breaks the mold of disciplinary thinking by directly linking new ideas and fi ndings ...
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Poisoned For Pennies "The Economics Of Toxics And Precaution"
The Economics Of Toxics And PrecautionAckerman, Frank
Island Press (2008)
- EAN: 9781597264013
- Páginas: 328
- Fecha de edición: 2008
pvp.31,85 €
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"Cost-benefit analysis" is a term that is used so frequently we rarely stop to think about it. But relying on it can lead to some dubious conclusions, as Frank Ackerman points out in this eye-opening ...
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Ecotourism And Sustainable Development "Who Owns Paradise?"
Who Owns Paradise?Honey, Martha
Island Press (2008)
- EAN: 9781597261265
- Páginas: 512
- Fecha de edición: 2008
pvp.37,20 €
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Around the world, ecotourism has been hailed as a panacea: a way to fund conservation and scientific research, protect fragile ecosystems, benefit communities, promote development in poor countries, instill environmental awareness and a social conscience ...
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Ecological Economics: a Workbook For Problem-Based Learning
Farley, Joshua
Island Press (2004)
- EAN: 9781559633130
- Páginas: 150
- Fecha de edición: 2004
pvp.24,60 €
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Ecological economics addresses one of the fundamental flaws in conventional economics-its failure to consider biophysical and social reality in its analyses and equations. Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications is an introductory-level textbook that offers a ...
