Environmental policy and protocols Books

Water, Power and Citizenship investigates the intertwining of water politics and institutions and the development of citizenship rights from a historical-sociological perspective. The evolution of water's social character and values, as a source of...

Across the globe, communities face increasing challenges in building resilience and sustainability in the face of climate change, economic disparities, and other complex issues. The tourism sector, often seen as a driver of economic growth, has also been...

Through policies, regulations, and incentives, governments can encourage or compel businesses to adopt environmentally friendly practices. For example, regulations may set limits on emissions or mandate the use of renewable energy sources, while...

The contemporary challenges in achieving sustainability include the need for a comprehensive understanding of sustainability principles, interdisciplinary integration, and the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical implementation. Promoting...

This study analyzes the exposure of energy and transport assets in Asia and the Pacific to climate change and earthquake hazards and highlights how multi-hazard assessment can help strengthen the resilience of crucial infrastructure. Geolocating and...

Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause celebre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island...

International agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol, EU regulation and country-specific national climate policies offer some hope of addressing climate change. But all too often implementation of these high level objectives is derailed at the...

Climate change is an environmental problem of unprecedented complexity, not just in terms of its physical, social, economic and political impacts, but particularly in terms of the range of policy instruments being designed by countries to reduce...

Il Diritto Al Sottosuolo ����� un libro scritto da Arnaldo Lucci nel 1898. Il testo tratta del diritto alla propriet������ e all'utilizzo del sottosuolo, ovvero delle risorse naturali che si trovano al di sotto della superficie terrestre. L'autore...

This book, based on extensive research, analyses environmental governance mechanisms and actors in Taiwan through a multi-disciplinary research approach, based on a number of case studies. It focuses on four major elements of governance - norms, actors,...

There is a broad consensus that climate change presents the international community with a formidable challenge

This book presents tools and concepts about environmental policies in several developed and developing countries. It explores a broad survey of ecological modernization theory, ecological feminism theory, environmental justice theory, the concept of...

With 29 percent of all trips made by bicycle, Copenhagen is considered a model of green transport. This book considers the underlying political conditions that enabled cycling to appeal to such a wide range of citizens in Copenhagen and asks how this can...

Governments all over the world are struggling with the question of how to adapt to climate change. They need information not only about the issue and its possible consequences, but also about feasible governance strategies and instruments to combat it...

This book is a theoretically rich and empirically grounded account of UK trade union engagement with climate change over the last three decades. It offers a rigorous critique of the mainstream neoliberal and ecological modernisation approaches, extending...

The book is the first academic study to evaluate the effectiveness of Western governments' efforts in the 1990s to heighten international nuclear energy safety and to examine how, despite this, safety culture remained largely unchanged by the governments...

Urban centers are bastions of inequalities, where poverty, marginalization, segregation and health insecurity are magnified. Minorities and the poor - often residing in neighbourhoods characterized by degraded infrastructures, food and job insecurity,...

Drawing on more than 15 years of experience with transdisciplinary research at the University of Technology Sydney's Institute for Sustainable Futures, this book is about the theory and practice of transdisciplinary research, with a specific focus on its...

Campbell, Kim, and Eckerd bring an innovative perspective to environmental justice research. Their approach adjusts the narrower questions often asked in the study of environmental justice, expanding to broader investigations of how and why environmental...

This book shows how bringing together experts from the Global South and the Global North can help us to understand and combat global economic, political, and social inequalities. This book lays the groundwork for a new approach to the world's problems- a...

The purpose of this conference was to create a platform for the environmental scientists and engineers to share their research experience through oral and poster presentation of the technical papers on emergent technologies in environment and...

What would it take to have a world where everyone had enough? How can we eliminate poverty, leave enough for nonhuman nature, and increase well-being? This book explores ways the reader can live their life, engage with cultural change, and engage with...

This book explores the growing attention that sociology has started to give to environmental issues in terms of peace and social justice. With a focus on sociological theory and its development, it reconstructs the long journey made by the social...

This reference book collates traditional and modern applications of remote sensing in aquatic ecosystem monitoring. It covers conventional assessment methods and discusses space-borne, airborne, and drone geospatial data. The five sections cover aquatic...

This book focuses on ecosocial work within the context of community practice. It aims to provide insights on understanding key issues, concepts and debates surrounding mainstreaming of ecosocial work for sustainable community development. This book was...

In Role Theory, Environmental Politics, and Learning in International Relations, Sandra Engstrand uses role theory to study learning processes in environmental policy negotiations in the Arctic Council.

This open access book advocates for the Social Sciences and Humanities to be more involved in energy policymaking. It forms part of the European platform for energy-related Social Sciences and Humanities' activities, and works on the premise that...

This open access book offers both conceptual and empirical descriptions of how to "frame" sustainability challenges. It defines "framing" in the context of sustainability science as the process of identifying subjects, setting boundaries, and defining...

This book aims to inspire decision makers and practitioners to change their approach to climate planning in the tropics through the application of modern technologies for characterizing local climate and tracking vulnerability and risk, and using...

The result of a workshop bringing together an international advisory board of experts in science, satellite technologies, industry innovations, and public policy, this book addresses the current and future roles of satellite Earth observations in solving...

This volume presents an Empirical Model of Global Climate developed by the authors and uses that model to show that global warming will likely remain below 2ºC, relative to preindustrial, throughout this century provided: a) both the unconditional and...

This book examines the historical and political significance of contemporary attempts to redefine culture's place in international trade and its role in international development policy, as well as the implications for policy and practice of the keystone...

This book makes the case for a critical turn in development thinking around universities and their contributions in making a more equal post-2015 world. It puts forward a normative approach based on human development and the capability approach, one...

Despite the efforts of Southeast Asian governments and of ASEAN, transboundary haze continues to be a major environmental problem in Southeast Asia. This book demonstrates that the issue is complex, and explains why efforts to solve the problem in purely...

A major problem confronting the United States in the 21st century is the 20th century's legacy of toxic waste. The weapons that fought the Cold War, the facilities that manufactured those weapons, and the factories that fueled a prosperous economy...

The blowout of the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent underground oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 is considered by many to be the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.  Interest groups, public officials, and media organizations have...

Local Climate Change and Society examines how climate change has altered society's relationship with the environment and the resulting structural changes in local communities to adapt to and mitigate climate change. The book analyses the principles,...

How can we build the institutions that will promote the cooperation needed to meet our intertwined environmental and economic needs? Efforts to meet these twin goals in New York City's watershed collaborations offer some guidance. The experience provides...

Environmentalism, defined here as activism aimed at protecting the environment or improving its condition, is undergoing significant change in the United States. This book explores the changing patterns of and challenges to environmentalism in the...

Giving a unique and systematic account of the debate process, this revealing volume sets the government-sponsored debate on the possible commercialization of 'GM' crops in the UK within its political and intellectual contexts.

Global climate change policy has failed us all, but what is the reasoning that underlies this failure? Why are some people more disposed to reflect on confounding issues like climate change, recognise the danger, seek a solution, and act accordingly,...

This book focuses on the regional political ecologies (RPEs) of environmental conflicts in India. It explores broadly, landscape-based analyses of political, economic and social issues, which impact environmental changes, challenges and conflicts at...

This book presents an overview of the field of environmental law and policies within the European Union, from theoretical foundations to major issues and applied governance solutions.Drawing on expertise from renowned academics and practitioners from...