Making technology work

applications in energy and the environment

This book presents fifteen cases of technology applications in the energy and environment sectors, including solar, wind, fuel cell, nuclear, coal combustion and emission control technologies. The case studies demonstrate the importance of an interdisciplinary approach, integrating technical and non-technical aspects of the problem. They ...

Corporate environmentalism and public policy

This is the first book to provide a hard-headed economic view of the voluntary approaches to environmental issues, especially toxic chemicals, waste disposal and global warming, that have become prominent in recent years. Corporate environmental initiatives are seen as a tool for influencing the behaviour ...

Land and forest economics

This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the important issues of land use and forest economics. The authors employ economic tools to study the allocation of land among alternative activities such as agriculture, grazing and forestry which impact upon the landscape. Contents: Preface 1. Introduction ...

The triple bottom line

does it all add up?: assessing the sustainability of business and CSR

In this text leading experts examine the implications of the idea of the "triple bottom line" - the business strategy that delivers simultaneous financial, social and environmental benefits - showing what it has already achieved by stimulating change and bringing business to appreciate the importance and benefits ...

Las guerras del agua

contaminación, privatización y negocio

En Las guerras del agua, Vandana Shiva utiliza su notable conocimiento de la ciencia y la sociedad para analizar la histórica erosión de los derechos de acceso al agua por parte de las comunidades humanas. Al analizar el comercio internacional del agua, incluyendo su embalsamiento ...

Environmental economics and policy

The Sixth Edition of this best-selling text introduces students to a thorough study of environmental and natural resource economics. In continuing the trend toward a more international focus, Teitenberg pays increased attention to environmental problems and policies in Eastern and Western Europe, China, and developing ...

Federalism and environmental policy

trust and the politics of implementation

This revised and updated edition of Federalism and Environmental Policy provides a significant contribution to our understanding of relationships between the states and the national government. The major contribution of this work is to set the environmental policy process in its unique constitutional and political ...

People and environment

a global approach

People and Physical Environment, A Global Approach provides an introduction to the main areas of environmental concern for geographers, environmental scientists and planners at the beginning of the twenty- first century. These include: Pollution of the atmosphere and its impact on our climate; The exploitation ...

Eco-economía

para una economía a la medida de la Tierra

En este libro se habla de los fundamentos ecológicos de la economía humana, de los flujos de materiales, energía y deshechos que circulan por la actividad económica, así como los graves riesgos de destrucción de la base natural de los recursos que hace posible la ...

The Porter hypothesis and the economic consequences of environmental regulation

a neo-schumpeterian approach

Combining the public choice literature on political decision making with the Neo-Schumpeterian literature on innovation, this valuable new book develops a conceptual model of how environmental regulation is designed. The author presents a novel perspective on the Porter Hypothesis, arguing that the effect of environmental ...

Green alternatives to globalisation

a manifesto

Written by two of the most prominent members of the UK Green Party, this book is an accessible and concise introduction to the Green perspective on the major issues of today -- including the environment, climate change, globalisation, trade and finance, and international security. It's ...

World in transition:towards sustainable energy systems

"The publication of 'World in Transition: Towards Sustainable Energy Systems' is timely indeed. The World Summit on Sustainable Development gave great attention to this challenge, but failed to agree on a quantitative, time-bound target for the introduction of renewable energy sources. The German Advisory Council ...

The atlas of water

mapping the world's most critical resource

Today more than a billion people are without safe drinking water. By 2050, almost half the world's population will face severe water shortages. The planet is running out of fresh water at such a rate that soon it will be the most valuable commodity ...

Gente que no quiere viajar a Marte

ensayos sobre ecología, ética y autolimitación

"Ya están aquí". En los consejos de administración de las empresas, en los ministerios y oficinas gubernamentales, en los centros de enseñanza e investigación, en los medios de comunicación masivos... A primera vista pueden parecer humanos normales, pero son marcianos venidos del espacio exterior. Los ...

Cities and natural process

a basis for sustainability

Cities and Natural Process is a discussion of the fundamental conflict in the perception of nature and an expression of the essential need for an environmental view when approaching urban design. Whilst retaining the existing structure, each of the chapters has been revised to take ...

An invitation to environmental sociology

Environmental sociology is the study of community in the largest sense. When there are problems in the environment, there are problems in society-it is people who create environmental problems and people who must resolve them. Author Michael Mayerfeld Bell uses a lively, personal writing style ...

Representing the environment

Few developments in 20th century thought owe more to the power of the written and visual image than the environmental movement. Depictions of spoiled landscapes, trees dying from the effects of acid rain, seabirds coated in oil after tanker accidents and other, similarly emotive representations ...

Strategic environmental assessment in action

This practical guide on how to carry out strategic environmental assessment (SEA) presents a coherent #how to do it# approach for the practitioner. It is the first publication to take account of the requirements of the European Union Directive 2001/42/EC # known as the ...

EMAS

análisis experiencias e implantación

Este libro tiene por finalidad el análisis riguroso de los requisitos de participación en el EMAS (Eco Management and Audit Scheme), así como las consecuencias que dicha participación tiene para la organización, el entorno y, sobre todo, la protección ambiental. Es, por tanto, un libro ...

Ecological sensitivity and global legal pluralism

rethinking the trade and environment conflict

The tension between trade liberalisation and environmental protection has received remarkable attention since the establishment of the WTO. It has been the subject of a wide-ranging debate, and is one of the central themes of the anti-globalisation movement. This book explores that debate. It argues ...