Environmental Studies

Climate, Change and Risk presents an overview of climatic hazards and climate change, focusing on societal responses, insurance and methodologies for analysis...

Examines the issues surrounding the human use and abuse of estuarine and coastal environments and explores ways in which conservation and management policies can protect this diverse and productive eco-system...

Examines the issues surrounding the human use and abuse of estuarine and coastal environments and explores ways in which conservation and management policies can protect this diverse and productive eco-system...

The book presents the broad spectrum of methods that engineers use to protect the coastline and investigates the sorts of issues that can arise as a result...

This book offers a practical guide for those seeking to design and deliver a strategic transformational change process. The vehicle for the change management is a collective learning spiral which has been trialed in a wide range of situations. These situations include people who wish to develop thei..

This book offers a practical guide for those seeking to design and deliver a strategic transformational change process. The vehicle for the change management is a collective learning spiral which has been trialed in a wide range of situations. These situations include people who wish to develop thei..

Traces critical implications and potentials of political ecology and posthumanism for diverse forms of postcolonial critique. Analysis is developed through international cases, from city spaces in the Global North & South, food politics & colonial land use, representation, nation building, the Anthr..

This book draws together case studies from across the Indonesian archipelago to give a bottom-up perspective on reform in the local domain and asks whether these changing configurations are producing more sustainable and equitable outcomes for Indonesia's population...

This book draws together case studies from across the Indonesian archipelago to give a bottom-up perspective on reform in the local domain and asks whether these changing configurations are producing more sustainable and equitable outcomes for Indonesia's population...

In contrast to previous literature, this volume analyses land and property problems in conflict-afflicted areas from a long-term perspective of state-building and economic development, rather than concentrating only on the immediate aftermath of the conflict...

Conservation and development share an intertwined history dating back to at least the 1700s. But what are the prospects for reconciling the two, and how far have we come with this project? This book explores these questions through a detailed consideration of the past, present and future of the rela..

This book is about cities as engines of consumption of the world's environment. It examines these issues through the impact of the Rio Declaration and assesses the extent to which it has made a difference...