Conservation - Environment Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. Water Resources Policies in South Asia

   Edited by Anjal Prakash, Sreoshi Singh, C. G. Goodrich, S. Janakarajan

   Falling or stagnant agricultural growth, increasing dependence on groundwater, climate variability, swift industrialization, and unplanned and unregulated urbanization in South Asia have spawned a variety of challenges for water resources governance, management and use: groundwater overdraft;...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge India
5. 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
6. Nature's Spectacle

   The World's First National Parks and Protected Places

   By John Sheail

   National parks have always been an emotive and iconic symbol, ever since the first parks of the modern era were created in the mid-nineteenth century. This book, based on original research, delves deeply into their character and significance, and the larger context in which they developed. ...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
7. Sustainable Development in Amazonia

   Paradise in the Making

   By Kei Otsuki

   Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development

   This book argues against the assumption that sustainability and environmental conservation are naturally the common goal and norm for everyone in Amazonia. This is the first book focusing on agency, reflexivity and social development to address sustainable development in the region. It discusses...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
8. Land and Resource Scarcity

   Capitalism, Struggle and Well-being in a World without Fossil Fuels

   Edited by Andreas Exner, Peter Fleissner, Lukas Kranzl, Werner Zittel

   Series: Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy

   This book brings together geological, biological, radical economic, technological, historical and social perspectives on peak oil and other scarce resources. The contributors to this volume argue that these scarcities will put an end to the capitalist system as we know it and alternatives must be...

   Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Sustainable University

   Progress and prospects

   Edited by Stephen Sterling, Larch Maxey, Heather Luna

   Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development

   The direction of higher education is at a crossroads against a background of mounting sustainability-related issues and uncertainties. This book seeks to inspire positive change in higher education by exploring the rich notion of the sustainable university and illustrating pathways through which...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
10. The Climate Bonus

    Co-benefits of Climate Policy

    By Alison Smith

    We urgently need to transform to a low carbon society, yet our progress is painfully slow, in part because there is widespread public concern that this will require sacrifice and high costs. But this need not be the case. Many carbon reduction policies provide a range of additional benefits, from...

    Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge