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Third-Party Risk Policies in the Netherlands
A Historical Sketch
Keeping people safe in the densely populated Netherlands means balancing public health against the profits of industries creating hazardous risks. This book explores this balancing act, offering valuable insight into how sustainable policy can be achieved for all.
Keeping people safe in the densely populated Netherlands means balancing public health against the profits of industries creating hazardous risks. This book explores this balancing act, offering valuable insight into how sustainable policy can be achieved for all.
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Technological development is threatening to make the earth uninhabitable. This book presents scientific and engineering perspectives on promising, cost-effective technologies for restoring degraded environments and producing clean, low-carbon energy.
Technological development is threatening to make the earth uninhabitable. This book presents scientific and engineering perspectives on promising, cost-effective technologies for restoring degraded environments and producing clean, low-carbon energy.
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Despite a demand for public spaces in Nairobi’s Central Business District, existing ones are under-utilized. This book analyzes their spatial evolution and sustainability, establishing factors for creating better-utilized spaces suitable for commerce, transit, and recreation.
Despite a demand for public spaces in Nairobi’s Central Business District, existing ones are under-utilized. This book analyzes their spatial evolution and sustainability, establishing factors for creating better-utilized spaces suitable for commerce, transit, and recreation.
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Climate change and biodiversity decline are today's major challenges. This book offers a bird’s eye view of these interconnected crises and details practical policy imperatives for mitigating their impacts, promoting the essential link between biodiversity and climate action.
Climate change and biodiversity decline are today’s major challenges. This book offers a bird’s eye view of these interconnected crises and details practical policy imperatives for mitigating their impacts, promoting the essential link between biodiversity and climate action.
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Vulnerability Studies in the Americas
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
This book assesses climate change vulnerability and adaptive capacity in South America and Canada. The result of a seven-year project, it fills a gap in academic literature with unique comparative case studies of the global North and South.
This book assesses climate change vulnerability and adaptive capacity in South America and Canada. The result of a seven-year project, it fills a gap in academic literature with unique comparative case studies of the global North and South.
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Integrated Waste Management
The Circular Economy
This book investigates Circular Economy (CE) solutions to the issue of waste. It merges science and management to offer practical, techno-managerial solutions for transitioning to a low carbon economy, exploring both managerial aspects and advances in technical detailing.
This book investigates Circular Economy (CE) solutions to the issue of waste. It merges science and management to offer practical, techno-managerial solutions for transitioning to a low carbon economy, exploring both managerial aspects and advances in technical detailing.
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Transforming Our World
Necessary, Urgent, and Still Possible
Our world is more advanced than ever, yet it is on a self-destructive path. War and the erosion of our natural and human capital threaten our very future. This book charts a new course, revealing the essential changes in our paradigms and mindset required for survival.
Our world is more advanced than ever, yet it is on a self-destructive path. War and the erosion of our natural and human capital threaten our very future. This book charts a new course, revealing the essential changes in our paradigms and mindset required for survival.
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Spiritual and Ecological Civilization
The Essence and Mechanisms of Formation
Analyzing the global crises of our ‘technogenic and consumer’ civilization, this book shows the necessity of transitioning to a new ‘spiritually-ecological’ one. It demonstrates the real indicators of such a transformation and the main problems of the transition.
Analyzing the global crises of our ‘technogenic and consumer’ civilization, this book shows the necessity of transitioning to a new ‘spiritually-ecological’ one. It demonstrates the real indicators of such a transformation and the main problems of the transition.
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The Philosophical Roots of the Ecological Crisis
Descartes and the Modern Worldview
The roots of the ecological crisis are traced to the thought of René Descartes, father of modern philosophy. His worldview established a dangerous legacy: a human-centered, mechanistic conception of nature and a sharp dualism between humanity and the physical world.
The roots of the ecological crisis are traced to the thought of René Descartes, father of modern philosophy. His worldview established a dangerous legacy: a human-centered, mechanistic conception of nature and a sharp dualism between humanity and the physical world.
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This book challenges the idea of progress that treats nature as an inexhaustible resource. It proposes a revolutionary alternative: harmonious progress that respects nature’s boundaries, defining a clear action plan using renewable energy, smart grids, and green settlements.
This book challenges the idea of progress that treats nature as an inexhaustible resource. It proposes a revolutionary alternative: harmonious progress that respects nature’s boundaries, defining a clear action plan using renewable energy, smart grids, and green settlements.
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Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change to Tourism
Case Studies of Best Practice
The travel and tourism industry is both a significant contributor to climate change and is directly impacted by it. As a vital driver of the global economy, the sector must adapt. This collection offers indispensable insights and models of best practice.
The travel and tourism industry is both a significant contributor to climate change and is directly impacted by it. As a vital driver of the global economy, the sector must adapt. This collection offers indispensable insights and models of best practice.
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The Finance Sector and Climate Change
Constraining Credit for Coal
While fossil fuel interests are blamed for thwarting climate policy, this book shows the financial sector's influence is greater. It funds a ‘climate crisis’ narrative to serve its investments in renewables, imposing restrictions that harm the developing world, as revealed here.
While fossil fuel interests are blamed for thwarting climate policy, this book shows the financial sector’s influence is greater. It funds a ‘climate crisis’ narrative to serve its investments in renewables, imposing restrictions that harm the developing world, as revealed here.
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The Great 1976 Tangshan Earthquake
Learning from the 1966-1976 Chinese Prediction Program
In 1975, China predicted the Haicheng earthquake, saving thousands. Eighteen months later, jubilation turned to despair when the unpredicted Tangshan quake killed over 250,000. This book explores this epic success and failure and offers a viable future for earthquake prediction.
In 1975, China predicted the Haicheng earthquake, saving thousands. Eighteen months later, jubilation turned to despair when the unpredicted Tangshan quake killed over 250,000. This book explores this epic success and failure and offers a viable future for earthquake prediction.
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Global waste threatens our ecosystem, but it also presents an opportunity. This collection of essays discusses transforming underutilized biomass waste into value-added products, covering sources, techniques, and policies for a circular economy.
Global waste threatens our ecosystem, but it also presents an opportunity. This collection of essays discusses transforming underutilized biomass waste into value-added products, covering sources, techniques, and policies for a circular economy.
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This book investigates municipal solid waste in India, covering both urban and rural challenges. It considers waste prevention strategies like recycling and reuse, and highlights the connection between waste management, clean water, and sanitation from an Indian perspective.
This book investigates municipal solid waste in India, covering both urban and rural challenges. It considers waste prevention strategies like recycling and reuse, and highlights the connection between waste management, clean water, and sanitation from an Indian perspective.
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President Jimmy Carter recalls the imminent nuclear threat he faced in the White House. He is joined by experts and a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb in this collection of talks on nuclear disarmament and the ongoing struggle for peace.
President Jimmy Carter recalls the imminent nuclear threat he faced in the White House. He is joined by experts and a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb in this collection of talks on nuclear disarmament and the ongoing struggle for peace.
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Disasters impose enormous misery on children. This volume explores how to reconstruct sustainable communities that are safe for children and their families, covering topics from gender equality and child soldiers to lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami.
Disasters impose enormous misery on children. This volume explores how to reconstruct sustainable communities that are safe for children and their families, covering topics from gender equality and child soldiers to lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami.
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Culture and Media
Ecocritical Explorations
Culture and Media: Ecocritical Explorations closes a critical gap by applying Indian ecocriticism and tinai theory to visual texts. This volume challenges dominant theories, giving centre stage to a perspective that will shape the future of world cinema.
Culture and Media: Ecocritical Explorations closes a critical gap by applying Indian ecocriticism and tinai theory to visual texts. This volume challenges dominant theories, giving centre stage to a perspective that will shape the future of world cinema.
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Learn to diagnose the Florida landscape. A physician and Master Naturalist shows how to identify past events that have influenced today's environments. With photos, maps, and case studies, you'll understand the health of Florida's ecosystems like never before.
Learn to diagnose the Florida landscape. A physician and Master Naturalist shows how to identify past events that have influenced today’s environments. With photos, maps, and case studies, you’ll understand the health of Florida’s ecosystems like never before.
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‘Disciples of Flora’
Gardens in History and Culture
‘Disciples of Flora’ explores gardens as sites of meaning and identity where culture and nature meet. Spanning ancient Rome to the present, this collection of essays revises garden histories, revealing alternative landscapes and contesting memories.
‘Disciples of Flora’ explores gardens as sites of meaning and identity where culture and nature meet. Spanning ancient Rome to the present, this collection of essays revises garden histories, revealing alternative landscapes and contesting memories.
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