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This authoritative dictionary provides over 9,000 entries on scientific and social aspects of the environment-its key thinkers, treaties, movements, organizations, concepts, and theories. It covers subjects such as sustainable development, biodiversity, and...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-02-23
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When we think of climate change, we often picture man-made global warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions. But natural climate change has occurred throughout human history, and populations have had to adapt to the climate's vicissitudes. Anthony McMichael, a...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-01-05
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Im vorliegenden Sammelband wird untersucht, wie die Potenziale innovativer Formen nachhaltigen Konsums – wie kollaborativer Konsums und Gemeingüter-Ökonomie, Prosuming und Produsing, Upcycling und ReUse – zur Förderung einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung entfaltet werden...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2017-01-03
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Dieses Buch präsentiert das Themenfeld Anpassung an den Klimawandel erstmals aus unterschiedlichen, disziplinären Sichtweisen – von der Ökonomie über Geographie und Rechtswissenschaft bis hin zu Politikwissenschaft und Soziologie. Darüber hinaus werden Vulnerabilität...
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Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2016-11-25
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Michal Markiewicz presents the outcomes of his research regarding the influence of dynamic route guidance system on overall emission of carbon dioxide from road transport in rural areas. Sustainable transportation in smart cities is a big challenge of our time, but...
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Springer Vieweg
Parution :
2016-11-05
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This book highlights the long-term resettlement process of the Egyptian Nubian people along the Aswan High Dam. Assessing the resettlement of 48,000 Egyptian Nubians in connection with the High Dam is especially important for three main reasons: firstly, this...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-08-05
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The climate of our planet is changing at a rate unprecedented in recent human history.The energy absorbed from the sun exceeds what is returned to space.The planet as a whole is gaining energy.The heat content of the ocean is increasing; the surface and atmosphere are...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-07-12
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This book presents the current state of the art in Social Ecology as practiced by the Vienna School of Social Ecology, globally one of the main research groups in this field. As a significant contribution to the growing literature on interdisciplinary sustainability...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-07-01
Collection :
Human-Environment Interactions
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For anyone interested in wildlife, birds, wilderness areas, parks, ecology, conservation, environmental literature, and ethics, the name Aldo Leopold is sure to pop up. Since first publication, Aldo Leopold: A Fierce Green Fire has remained the classic short, inspiring...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-03-11
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Das Buch untersucht die sich aus den Regelungen des Flurbereinigungsgesetzes ergebenden Beschränkungen des Grundeigentums am Maßstab des Eigentumsgrundrechts nach Art. 14 GG. Hierzu wird zunächst die Frage beantwortet, ob die Flurbereinigung als Enteignung oder als...
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Centaurus Verlag & Media
Parution :
2016-03-09
Collection :
Aktuelle Beiträge zum öffentlichen Recht
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This volume provides new insights and conceptual understandings of the human and gender dimension of vulnerability in relation to the dynamics of tenure reforms in the dryland forests of Asia and Africa. The book analyzes the interaction between biophysical factors such...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-03-08
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'Being in charge of your own life, and making decisions based on what you want to do rather than what you have to do, gives you a rare kind of contentment and shows you that every ordinary day offers magnificent opportunities.'
Award-winning blogger Rhonda Hetzel...
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E-Penguin
Parution :
2016-02-29
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In August 2007 a Russian flag was planted under the North Pole during a scientific expedition triggering speculation about a new scramble for resources beneath the thawing ice. But is there really a global grab for Polar territory and resources? Or are these activities...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-01-11
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This book presents contributions from leading international scholars on how environmental migration is both a cause and an outcome of social and economic inequality. It describes recent theoretical, methodological, empirical, and legal developments in the dynamic field...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-12-16
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In the age of urban geopolitics, in cooperation with the major city networks and initiatives, interconnected coastal cities lead towards a more resilient sustainable future. This book raises global awareness on the challenges and opportunities for coastal cities and the...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-11-02
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This book describes the phases for innovative metallurgical process development, from concept to commercialization. Key features of the book include:• Need for process innovation• Selection and optimization of process steps• Determination of the commercial feasibility...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-26
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Ecological Politics in and Age of Risk by Ulrich Beck is an original analysis of ecological politics as one part of a renewed engagement with the domain of sub-politics.
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-08
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This book offers a fascinating exploration of the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and spatial planning, expanding the concept of “urban smartness” from the usual scale of buildings or urban projects to the regional dimension. In...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-08-14
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This book deals with the transformation of the Arctic from an isolated or a distant region to a member of the global community, vulnerable to global changes, and an area frequently in the very center of the world’s attention. Increased global interest is a potential...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-08-06
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In the late 18th century explorers and scientists started venturing into the Arctic in a heroic and sometimes deadly effort to understand and unveil the secrets of the unforgiving and mysterious polar region of the high north. Despite that the Arctic was already...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-06-11
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