Climate Change Books

New and Published Books

1. Contemporary Water Governance in the Global South

   Scarcity, Marketization and Participation

   Edited by Leila M. Harris, Jacqueline A. Goldin, Christopher Sneddon

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

   The litany of alarming observations about water use and misuse is now familiar—over a billion people without access to safe drinking water; almost every major river dammed and diverted; increasing conflicts over the delivery of water in urban areas; continuing threats to water quality from...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Environmental Journalism

   Edited by Henrik Bodker, Irene Neverla

   Series: Journalism Studies

   Environmental journalism is an increasingly significant area for study within the broader field of journalism studies. It connects the concerns of politics, science, business, culture and the natural world whilst also exploring the boundaries between the local, regional and global. A central...

   Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
3. Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations

   The Sociology and Technology of Energy

   By Allan Mazur

   Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do not understand the physical technologies, while the engineers and industrialists do not understand...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi

   Social, Political and Environmental Issues

   Edited by Richard Hindmarsh

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is a timely and groundbreaking account of the disturbing landscape of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown amidst an earthquake and tsunami on Japan’s northeast coastline on March 11, 2011. It provides riveting insights into the social and...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
5. Fraud and Carbon Markets

   The Carbon Connection

   By Marius-Christian Frunza

   Series: Environmental Market Insights

   The VAT Carousel Fraud has seriously undermined the financial integrity of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This timely book is the first to give an overview of fraud in the carbon market. Written by a former broker, it presents unique material on the carbon fraud mechanics and...

   Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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 24th 2013 by Routledge
9. Protecting the Atmosphere

   The Climate Change Convention and its context

   By Sten Nilsson, David Pitt

   Series: International Environmental Governance Set

   'The authors take us into less-known corridors of climate Realpolitik and energy power play. We are provided with the essential vocabulary to understand what is at stake and how the challenge should be tackled' Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Global warming and the resulting climate change present one of...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
10. Mountain World in Danger

    Climate change in the forests and mountains of Europe

    By Sten Nilsson, David Pitt

    Series: Sustainable Development Set

    The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century. This book describes, for the first time, the effects of these phenomena on the high mountains and the forests of Europe. Mountains and the frozen regions (the...

    Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge