Environment & Sustainability

Edited by Robert Vale and Brenda Vale

The way in which humanity is using the planet's resources is unsustainable. Based on quantified research, this book calculates a fair share ecological footprint and demonstrates how to live within it at minimal cost It is shown that a workable, practical change in behavior now will avoid very challenging problems in the future.
 

Edited by Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd

This is the first comprehensive textbook to address the interface between international development and climate change in a carbon constrained world. It discusses the key conceptual, empirical and policy-related issues of low carbon development, taking an international and interdisciplinary approach to the subject by drawing on insights from across the sciences and social sciences whilst embedding the discussion in a global context. Written by an international team of leading academics and practitioners in low carbon development, this book is essential reading for students, academics, professionals and policy-makers interested in low carbon development and climate change policy.

Children growing up today are confronted by four difficult and intersecting challenges: dangerous environmental change, weakening democracies, growing social inequality, and a global economy marked by unprecedented youth unemployment and unsustainable resource extraction. Yet on streets everywhere, there is also a strong, youthful energy for change.

The goal of sustainable development continues via the Rio+20 conference in 2012. This book will enable a broad readership to understand what has been achieved since then and what hasn’t. It reminds us of the planetary boundaries we must all live within and and what needs to be addressed for democracy, equity and fairness to survive.

Edited by Erika Weinthal, Jessica J. Troell and Mikiyasu Nakayama

As a basic human need, the provision of safe water is among the highest priorities of government and humanitarian interventions during post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding. In the aftermath of war, water, sanitation, and infrastructure play a critical role in the recovery of livelihoods and economic development. Moreover, shared waters have great potential for interstate cooperation, assisting to rebuild trust following conflict and to prevent a return to conflict. This volume draws on studies from around the world to create a framework for understanding how water resources decisions and activities can facilitate or undermine peacebuilding in a post-conflict setting.

Edited by Nicholas E. Korres, Padraig O'Kiely, John A.H. Benzie and Jonathan S. West

Interest in anaerobic digestions, the process of energy production through production of biogas, has increased rapidly in recent years. This book is one of the first to provide a broad introduction to anaerobic digestion and its potential as a viable means to turn agricultural crops or crop residues, animal and other organic waste, into biomethane.