16,581円 Viewed by some as symbols of progress and by others as inherently flawed, large dams remain one of the most contentious development issues on Earth. Building on the work of the now defunct World Commission on Dams, Thayer Scudder wades into the debate with unprecedented authority. Employing the C...

10,943円 Balancing Water for Humans and Nature, authored by two of the world's leading experts on water management, examines water flows - the 'blood stream' of both nature and society - in terms of the crucial links, balances, conflicts and trade-offs between human and environmental needs. The authors ar...

1,205円 “Come emerge dall’ultimo report di Front Line Defenders, la criminalizzazione si riconferma anche nel 2018 la tattica più utilizzata dai governi di tutto il mondo per fermare i difensori dei diritti umani” I protagonisti di questo libro sono donne e uomini coraggiosi che hanno scelto di difendere...

1,326円 “Required reading for anyone invested in our shared future with these powerful and complex creatures.” ーJohn Vaillant, author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce Growing up on a northern trap line, Harold Johnson was taught to keep his distance from wolves. For decades, wolves did the same for hu...

21,607円 This book critically analyses the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO's latest and ground-breaking treaty in the area of cultural heritage protection. Intangible cultural heritage is broadly understood as the social processes that inform our living cul...

3,714円 Sometimes solving climate change seems impossibly complex, and it is hard to know what changes we all can and should make to help. This book offers hope. Drawing on the latest research, Mark Jaccard shows us how to recognize the absolutely essential actions (decarbonizing electricity and transpor...

9,948円 This book explores the relationship between oil pollution laws and environmental justice by comparing and contrasting the United States and Nigeria. Critically, this book not only examines the fluidity of oil pollutions laws but also how effective or ineffective enforcement can be when viewed thr...

9,948円 This volume systematically analyses why legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity are not sufficiently effective. It examples implementation in Australia and Brazil, two megadiverse countries with very differing legal and cultural traditions and natural environments. Substantial effort g...

1,807円 L’urbanistica è una lingua straniera: 100 parole “tradotte” in italiano per imparare a leggere le trasformazioni del suolo contenute nelle leggi e nei piani. E dire “sì” alla tutela del suolo e al riutilizzo di quel che già esiste. Perché “i cittadini hanno il diritto (e il dovere) di capire ogni...

10,446円 This book explores the growing interests of China in the Arctic and examines the nature of its interests and motivations in maintaining its involvement and presence in the region. The new geopolitical landscape of the Arctic today is a significant departure from the great power politics that exis...

10,446円 Through a combination of theoretical and empirical approaches, this book explores the role of international environmental law in protecting and conserving plants. Underpinning every ecosystem on the planet, plants provide the most basic requirements: food, shelter and clear air. Yet the world’s p...

8,290円 This book examines China’s resource endowment and the country’s current exploitation and use of resources and analyzes the main challenges and potential opportunities facing the country. It then discusses how to improve the efficiency with which resources are used by taking a ‘full-life-cycle’ ap...