Environmental Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

   Edited by Jon Unruh, Rhodri Williams

   Series: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management

   Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding. Among the land-related problems that emerge during and after conflict are the exploitation of land-based resources in the absence of authority,...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Thinking through Landscape

   By Augustin Berque

   Our attitude to nature has changed over time. This book explores the historical, literary and philosophical origins of the changes in our attitude to nature that allowed environmental catastrophes to happen. It presents a philosophical reflection on human societies’ attitude to the environment,...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Water and Climate Change in Africa

   Challenges and Community Initiatives in Durban, Maputo and Nairobi

   Edited by Patricia E. Perkins

   Series: Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research

   In the coming decades, countries around the world will face increasingly severe challenges related to global climate change. While the details vary from country to country, the impacts will be especially grave for marginalized people, whose access to food, potable water, and safe shelter may be...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
4. Environmental Economics and Management (Routledge Revivals)

   Pollution and Natural Resources

   By Finn Førsund, Steinar Strøm

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1988, this book examines pollution and natural resources in relation to economic analysis. The section on pollution looks at areas such as the main problems in the field at the time, possible remedies and the environmental costs involved. In regards to natural resources, the book...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. Discourses of Environmental Law and the Conceptualisation of Climate Change

   By Jo-Ann Goodie

   The complex phenomenon known as ‘the natural environment’ is a product of a variety of discourses. This book explores the emergence of different discourses of the environment – scientific, economic, political, aesthetic, moral and legal discourses – analyzing the simultaneous separateness and...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
6. Climate Change Negotiations

   A Guide to Resolving Disputes and Facilitating Multilateral Cooperation

   Edited by Gunnar Sjöstedt, Ariel Macaspac Penetrante

   As the Kyoto Protocol limps along without the participation of the US and Australia, on-going climate negotiations are plagued by competing national and business interests that are creating stumbling blocks to success. Climate Change Negotiations: A Guide to Resolving Disputes and Facilitating...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
7. Environmental Regulation and Public Disclosure

   The Case of PROPER in Indonesia

   By Shakeb Afsah, Allen Blackman, Jorge H. Garcia, Thomas Sterner

   Series: Environment for Development

   This book is a remarkable case study of an environmental policy initiative for a national environmental regulatory system in the information age. In 1995 the Indonesian Ministry of Environment took the bold step to launch an environmental disclosure initiative called the Program for Pollution...

   Published March 26th 2013 by RFF Press
8. Economic Growth and Sustainable Development

   By Peter Hess

   Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

   Economic growth, reflected in increases in national output per capita, makes possible an improved material standard of living. Sustainable development, popularly and concisely defined as ‘meeting the needs of the present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet...

   Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
9. Emissions, Pollutants and Environmental Policy in China

   Designing a National Emissions Trading System

   By Bo Miao

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   As the world's biggest polluter, the environmental challenges that China faces in controlling its airborne emissions are crucial, not only to its own population in terms of tackling the severe domestic air pollution, but also to the planet as it faces calls from the international community to...

   Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
10. Archaeology in Environment and Technology

    Intersections and Transformations

    Edited by David Frankel, Susan Lawrence, Jennifer Webb

    Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

    Environments, landscapes, and ecological systems are often seen as fundamental by archaeologists, but how they relate to society is understood in very different ways. The chapters in this book take environment, culture, and technology together. All have been the focus of much attention; often one...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge