Environmental Studies

This book presents the state of the art concerning "The capability approach and sustainability" and is a major contribution to the emerging field that deserves our attention: Defining what is to be sustained and asking how it can be sustained._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the..

This book explores the reasons for the loss of faith in governments to solve global and local environmental problems and explores the motivations that lie behind those who decide to set up community-scale environment organisations. It sets out to explore the strategies that keep groups going through..

In this book, Joan Hoffman examines the watershed collaboration from an economic perspective as well as the possibility of alternative means of water protection such as regulation. The case is examined in the light of similar collaborations elsewhere in the world...

Draws together diverse images of landscape to explore the historical processes shaping our continuing attachment to the countryside - seen in artistic expression, attitudes to nature, country life and the development of rural and urban land...

Presents the first critical analysis of the Earth Summit and its mission document Agenda 21, providing core source material in an accessible style for students studying global politics, environment and development studies courses...

Originally published in 1965, this case study of the beet sugar industry undertaken by George O. G. Lof and Allen V. Kneese illustrates the economic importance of water to industry. This study delves into the history and technology of the beet sugar industry to demonstrate the economic impact of the..

The Elements of Environmental Pollution provides a clear and user-friendly text that clearly explains the nature and extent of environmental pollution and provides the necessary scientific background in environmental chemistry and biogeochemistry. The book illustrates how local and global pollution ..

Stephen Young draws from original research to analyse the theory and practice of ecological modernisation, its nature and the extent of its impact. In so doing he focuses on new attempts to green economies in advanced industrial societies...

This book explores in detail the involvement of the European Union (EU) in international climate change negotiations from 1986 to present. This book is not so much about the EU as a leader in international climate politics, as it is about the EU as a negotiator. The two are not the same, even though..

The Legacy of Nuclear Power provides a historical and geographical perspective going back to the origins of these places and discusses the ever changing relationship between local communities and the nuclear industry. The case studies are based on academic and policy sources and on conversations wit..

The Legacy of Nuclear Power provides a historical and geographical perspective going back to the origins of these places and discusses the ever changing relationship between local communities and the nuclear industry. The case studies are based on academic and policy sources and on conversations wit..

This book examines the risk that the ‘green economy’ is not so much about greening the economy, as it is about economising the green message. In doing so, the authors unravel the myth of the green economy in all its dimensions – from emissions trading to sustainable consumption, from population cont..