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A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
With over 8500 entries, this informative dictionary addresses the social, legal, political and economic aspects of the environment and conservation as well as the scientific terms.
The New Middle Class and the Remaking of the Central City
Using the context of international transformations in a post- industrial, post modern society, this book examines the creation and self-creation of a new middle class of professional and managerial workers associated with the gentrification.
Gender, Geography, and Punishment
Gaining access to a number of penal colonies to interview prisoners, the authors show that much in the Russian prison system today is a direct inheritance from the Soviet period with the result that, despite wide-ranging the reforms since 1991, the Russian penal experience for women is still uniquely painful.
Of States and Cities
Globalization, the shape of cities, the future of cities, the increasing gap between rich and poor inhabitants, and ethnic and racial segregation, are the key themes of this book. Taking examples from cities from Sao Paulo to Istanbul, from New York to Edinburgh, and adding their own ideas, the authors examine what might be done to improve things for all those who live in cities.
The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law
Taking stock of all the major developments in the field of international environmental law, this text explores core assumptions and concepts, basic analytical tools and key challenges.
The New Urban Aesthetic
Introducing the new urban aesthetic -- The new urban aesthetic : a conceptual framework -- The conceived aesthetics of urban redevelopment : the case of Msheireb Downtown, Qatar -- The perceived aesthetics of digital urbanism : feeling digital embodiment in smart Milton Keynes -- The lived aesthetic of urban social media : anticipating the Culture Mile's Future -- The new urban aesthic and its power -- Conclusion : the differentiation and potentialities of the new urban aesthetic.
Comparative Environmental Politics
Combining the theoretical tools of comparative politics with the substantive concerns of environmental policy, experts explore responses to environmental problems across nations and political systems How do different societies respond politically to environmental problems around the globe? Answering this question requires systematic, cross-national comparisons of political institutions, regulatory styles, and state-society relations. The field of comparative environmental politics approaches this task by bringing the theoretical tools of comparative politics to bear on the substantive concerns of environmental policy. This book outlines a comparative environmental politics framework and appl...
World on the Edge
In this urgent time, World on the Edge calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now. We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid catastrophic sea level rise? Can we raise water productivity fast enough to halt the depletion of aquifers and avoid water-driven food shortages? Can we cope with peak water and peak oil at the same time? These are some of the issues Lester R. Brown skilfully distils in World on the Edge. Bringing decades of research and analysis into play, he provides the responses needed to reclaim our future.
Communicating in Geography and the Environmental Sciences
An essential book for your entire degree: This textbook is a comprehensive source of information on presentation skills for all university students studying geography and the environmental sciences. It covers all of the communication forms required during a university degree: essays, research and laboratory reports, reviews, summaries, referencing, maps, tables, annotated bibliographies, figures, posters, examinations, and oral presentations. Identifies a standard for assessment: It equips students with the knowledge and skills that assessors are looking for and will enable them to prepare much better work. Student-friendly: This edition includes new material on creating figures and the advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of visual aids. The book also now offers indispensable advice to students about evaluating the credibility of web pages. Book jacket.
The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Political Theory
This volume defines, illustrates, and challenges the field on environmental political theory. Through a broad range of approaches, it shows how scholars have used concepts, methods, and arguments from political theory and closely related disciplines to address contemporary environmental problems.
