Environment and Sustainability

Maritime Transport and the Climate Change Challenge

Edited by Regina Asariotis, Hassiba Benamara

International maritime transport is the backbone of the world globalized economy. It is a significant contributor to global CO2 emissions but also likely to be affected by wide-ranging and potentially devastating climate change impacts associated with rising sea levels and increased frequency/...

Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge

The Sociology of Food and Agriculture

By Michael Carolan

Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

As interest has increased in topics such as the globalization of the agrifood system, food security, and food safety, the subjects of food and agriculture are making their way into a growing number of courses in disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, like sociology and food...

Published March 13th 2012 by Routledge

Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture

Edited by Eva Wollenberg, Marja-Liisa Tapio-Bistrom, Maryanne Grieg-Gran, Alison Nihart

This book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying the feasibility, opportunities and challenges for achieving mitigation among smallholder farmers. The purpose is ultimately to accelerate efforts towards mitigating land-based climate change....

Published November 30th 2011 by Routledge

Introduction To Environmental Impact Assessment

4th Edition

By John Glasson, Riki Therivel, Andrew Chadwick

Series: Natural and Built Environment Series

Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment provides students and practitioners with a clearly structured overview of the subject, as well as critical analysis and support for further studies. Written by three authors with extensive research, training and practical experience in EIA (...

Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge

Visualizing Climate Change

A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions

By Stephen R.J. Sheppard

Carbon dioxide and global climate change are largely invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice floes melting) or abstract and scientific (charts and global temperature maps). Using dramatic visual imagery such as 3D and 4D visualizations of future...

Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge

The Essential Amory Lovins

Selected writings

By Amory B. Lovins

Edited by Cameron Burns

Amory B. Lovins is one of the world's leading authorities on energy, integrative design, and their links with economy, environment, development, and security. This unique collection brings together his most important and influential writings and forms an inspiring resource for anyone wishing to...

Published September 14th 2011 by Routledge

Ecological Public Health

Reshaping the Conditions for Good Health

By Geof Rayner, Tim Lang

What is public health? To some, it is about drains, water, food and housing, all requiring engineering and expert management. To others, it is the State using medicine or health education and tackling unhealthy lifestyles. This book argues that public health thinking needs an overhaul, a...

Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge

Designing Zero Carbon Buildings Using Dynamic Simulation Methods

By Ljubomir Jankovic

As we increasingly become aware of the causes and consequences of the climate change, there is a sense that we are dealing with an almost impossible problem to solve; that our targets for zero carbon buildings are far in the future; and that our targets are hard to achieve. This book develops a...

Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge

Fundamentals of Sustainable Development

By Niko Roorda

The impact of development needs to be considered beyond the narrow focus of economic, ecological or social concerns. This reader-friendly book is the first to promote a holistic approach to sustainable development. It gives readers a multifaceted approach to the area to encompass what is referred...

Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge