Environmental Change & Pollution Books

New and Published Books

1. Nuclear Power, Economic Development Discourse and the Environment

   The Case of India

   By Manu Mathai

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

   Nuclear power is often characterized as a "green technology." Technologies are rarely, if ever, socially isolated artefacts. Instead, they materially represent an embodiment of values and priorities. Nuclear power is no different. It is a product of a particular political economy and the question...

   Published January 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. Climate Change, Forests and REDD

   Lessons for Institutional Design

   Edited by Joyeeta Gupta, Nicolien van der Grijp, Onno Kuik

   Series: Routledge Research in International Environmental Law

   A search for new methods for dealing with climate change led to the identification of forest maintenance as a potential policy option that could cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with the development of measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Big Smoke (Routledge Revivals)

   A History of Air Pollution in London since Medieval Times

   By Peter Brimblecombe

   First published in 1987, Peter Brimblecombe's book provides an engaging historical account of air pollution in London, offering a fascinating insight into the development of air pollution controls against a changing social and economic background. He examines domestic and industrial pollution and...

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
4. Chernobyl (Routledge Revivals)

   The Long Shadow

   By Chris Park

   First published in 1989, Chernobyl: The Long Shadow offers a balanced review of what happened there, why and how it happened, and what the main lessons and implications of the accident are. It looks back on events during and after the disaster, in particular reviewing how it and the radiation...

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
5. Climate: Present, Past and Future

   Volume 1: Fundamentals and Climate Now

   By Hubert Lamb

   First published in 1972, this first volume of Professor Lamb’s study of our changing climate deals with the fundamentals of climate and climatology, as well as providing global data on the contemporary climates of the twentieth century....

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
6. Climate: Present, Past and Future

   Volume 2: Climatic History and the Future

   By Hubert Lamb

   First published in 1977, the second volume of Climate: Present, Past and Future covers parts III and IV of Professor Hubert Lamb’s seminal and pioneering study of climatology. Part III provides a survey of evidence of types of climates over the last million years, and of methods of dating that...

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
7. Weather, Climate and Human Affairs (Routledge Revivals)

   A Book of Essays and Other Papers

   By Hubert H. Lamb

   This wide-ranging collection of essays is written by one of the world’s foremost experts on weather and climate. Six of the chapters have not been published before. The rest, taken from a variety of sources, have been thoroughly revised and brought right up to date – taking account, for example, of...

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
8. The Changing Climate (Routledge Revivals)

   Selected Papers

   By Hubert H. Lamb

   First published in 1966 these collected papers, written by the distinguished and visionary climatologist Hubert H. Lamb, describe how climates come about and give a history of climatic changes from the last ice-age to the present time....

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
9. Environmental Movements and Waste Infrastructure

   Edited by Christopher Rootes, Liam Leonard

   As rates of consumption grow, the problem of waste management has increased significantly. National and local waste authorities seek to manage such problems through the implementation of state regulation and construction of waste infrastructure, including landfills and incinerators. These, however,...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
10. Green vs. Green

    The Political, Legal, and Administrative Pitfalls Facing Green Energy Production

    By Ryan M. Yonk, Randy T. Simmons, Brian C. Steed

    Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics

    Renewable and carbon-neutral energy have been promoted as the future of energy production in the United States. Non-traditional energy sources show promise as alternatives to fossil fuels and may provide a sustainable source of energy in increasingly uncertain energy markets. However, these new...

    Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge