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  1. Environment, Development and Change in Rural Asia-Pacific

    Between Local and Global

    Edited by John Connell, Eric Waddell

    Series: Routledge Pacific Rim Geographies

    This volume examines the economic, political, social and environmental challenges facing rural communities in the Asia-Pacific region, as global issues intersect with local contexts. Such challenges, from climatic change and volcanic eruption to population growth and violent civil unrest, have...

    Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge

  2. Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World

    Edited by Laura Anne German, Alain Karsenty, Anne Marie Tiani

    Many countries around the world are engaged in decentralization processes, and most African countries face serious problems with forest governance, from benefits sharing to illegality and sustainable forest management. This book summarizes experiences to date on the extent and nature of...

    Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge

  3. Environmental Management

    Guidelines for Museums and Galleries

    By May Cassar

    Series: Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management

    The key to the survival of museum collections is a stable indoor environment and vital to this is a well-maintained building with effective environmental services. Environmental Management sets out clearly the theory and practice of achieving an appropriate museum environment for both collections...

    Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge

  4. Improving Water Policy and Governance

    Edited by Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas

    Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions. Because of these changes, both governance processes and the scope of the institutions through which power is exercised throughout society may have to undergo a...

    Published September 14th 2011 by Routledge

  5. Lawscape

    Property, Environment, Law

    By Nicole Graham

    Lawscape: Property, Environment, Law considers the ways in which property law transforms both natural environments and social economies. Addressing law's relationship to land and natural resources through its property regime, Lawscape engages the abstract philosophy of property law with the...

    Published August 17th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish

  6. Leadership for Environmental Sustainability

    Edited by Benjamin W. Redekop

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Ethics

    As the first book in the field of leadership studies to approach sustainability as a multi-faceted leadership challenge, Leadership for Environmental Sustainability will help to set the terms of the discussion on this topic among students, scholars, and practitioners of leadership for years to come...

    Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge

  7. Transitions to Sustainable Development

    New Directions in the Study of Long Term Transformative Change

    By John Grin, Jan Rotmans, Johan Schot

    Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainability Transitions

    Over the past few decades, there has been a growing concern about the social and environmental risks which have come along with the progress achieved through a variety of mutually intertwined modernization processes. In recent years these concerns are transformed into a widely-shared sense of...

    Published July 14th 2011 by Routledge

  8. Water Law for the Twenty-First Century

    National and International Aspects of Water Law Reform in India

    Edited by Philippe Cullet, Alix Gowlland-Gualtieri, Roopa Madhav, Usha Ramanathan

    In the face of growing freshwater scarcity, most countries of the world are taking steps to conserve their water and foster its sustainable use. Water crises range from concerns of drinking water availability and/or quality, the degradation or contamination of freshwater, and the allocation of...

    Published July 11th 2011 by Routledge

  9. Sustainability Networks

    Cognitive Tools for Expert Collaboration in Social-Ecological Systems

    By Janne Hukkinen

    Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

    Sustainability is a word that means different things depending on who is using it, thus underlining the potential problems involved in experts from different fields teaming up to tackle sustainability problems. In this book, Janne Hukkinen argues for a reflexive approach to sustainability as a...

    Published June 14th 2011 by Routledge

  10. Environmental Activism in China

    By Lei Xie

    Series: China Policy Series

    Major environmental degradation is a serious problem for China as the country's economy continues to grow at a phenomenal pace. In recent years environmental organisations have begun to emerge in China, and in some cases have had remarkable success in affecting policies which would have had...

    Published May 16th 2011 by Routledge