Conference on the Forty Years of Environmental Protection in ChinaDate: 3-5 Jan 2013Venue: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Link for more information and enrollment:http://www.grm.cuhk.edu.hk/eng/news/confnews/iees/index.ht...
Friday, December 28, 2012
New Book: Environmental Governance in Europe and Asia: A Comparative Study of Institutional and Legislative Frameworks By Jona Razzaque
Environmental Governance in Europe and AsiaA Comparative Study of Institutional and Legislative FrameworksBy Jona RazzaquePublished 12th November 2012 by Routledge – 152 pagesDescription:This book looks at environmental governance in both Asia and Europe and offers a comparative analysis of the two regions in order to provide a better understanding of the concept of ‘environmental governance’ and its status in Europe and Asia. The book...
New Book: Climate Change, Forests and REDD Lessons for Institutional Design Edited by Joyeeta Gupta, Nicolien van der Grijp, Onno Kuik
Climate Change, Forests and REDDLessons for Institutional DesignEdited by Joyeeta Gupta, Nicolien van der Grijp, Onno KuikPublished 29th November 2012 by Routledge – 288 pagesDescription:A search for new methods for dealing with climate change led to the identification of forest maintenance as a potential policy option that could cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with the development of measures for Reducing Emissions...
New Book: Frontiers of Energy and Environmental Engineering Edited by Wen-Pei Sung, Jimmy C.M. Kao, Ran Chen
Frontiers of Energy and Environmental EngineeringEdited by Wen-Pei Sung, Jimmy C.M. Kao, Ran ChenPublished 23rd November 2012 by CRC Press – 872 pagesDescription:Frontiers of Energy and Environmental Engineering brings together 192 peer-reviewed papers presented at the 2012 International Conference on Frontiers of Energy and Environment Engineering, held in Hong Kong, December 11-13, 2012. The aim of the conference was to provide...
New Book: Governing International Watercourses: River Basin Organizations and the sustainable governance of internationally shared rivers and lakes By Susanne Schmeier
Governing International WatercoursesRiver Basin Organizations and the sustainable governance of internationally shared rivers and lakesBy Susanne SchmeierPublished 5th December 2012 by Routledge – 368 pagesDescription:This book focuses on River Basin Organizations as the key institutions for managing internationally shared water resources. This includes a comparative analysis of all River Basin Organizations worldwide and three in-depth...
New Book: Globalization, Political Institutions and the Environment in Developing Countries By Gabriele Spilker
Globalization, Political Institutions and the Environment in Developing CountriesBy Gabriele SpilkerPublished 8th December 2012 by Routledge – 162 pagesDescription:Though industrialized countries are usually the ones indicted when environmental pollution is discussed, over the few last years the rate of emissions in developing countries has increased by a startling amount. The fallout from this increase is evidenced by the struggle of...
New book: Eco-Innovation and Sustainability Management By Bart Bossink
Eco-Innovation and Sustainability ManagementBy Bart BossinkPublished 18th December 2012 by Routledge – 182 pagesDescription:Sustainability is a phenomenon that must be pursued in a complex system of interrelated elements of business, society, and ecology. It is important to gain an understanding of these elements, the interplay between them, and the behavior of the system. This book explores the business-societal-and-ecological system...
New book: Ecological Economics from the Ground Up, Edited by Hali Healy, Joan Martínez-Alier, Leah Temper, Mariana Walter, Julien-François Gerber
Ecological Economics from the Ground UpEdited by Hali Healy, Joan Martínez-Alier, Leah Temper, Mariana Walter, Julien-François GerberPublished 19th December 2012 by Routledge – 568 pagesDescription:Ecological Economics from the Ground Up takes a unique and much-needed bottom-up approach to teaching ecological economics and political ecology, using case studies that focus on a wide range of internationally relevant...
New book: Environmental Commodities Markets and Emissions Trading --- Towards a Low-Carbon Future by Blas Luis Pérez Henríquez
Environmental Commodities Markets and Emissions TradingTowards a Low-Carbon FutureBy Blas Luis Pérez HenríquezPublished 20th December 2012 by RFF Press – 296 pagesDescription:Market-based solutions to environmental problems offer great promise, but require complex public policies that take into account the many institutional factors necessary for the market to work and that guard against the social forces that can derail good public policies....
New book: Architectural Theories of the Environment --- Posthuman Territory edited by Ariane Lourie Harrison
Architectural Theories of the EnvironmentPosthuman TerritoryEdited by Ariane Lourie HarrisonPublished 3rd December 2012 by Routledge – 336 pagesDescription:As architects and designers, we struggle to reconcile ever increasing environmental, humanitarian, and technological demands placed on our projects. Our new geological era, the Anthropocene, marks humans as the largest environmental force on the planet and suggests that conventional...
New book: Green Buildings Pay --- Design, Productivity and Ecology, 3rd Edition by Brian Edwards, Emanuele Naboni
Green Buildings PayDesign, Productivity and Ecology, 3rd EditionBy Brian Edwards, Emanuele NaboniPublished 30th November 2012 by Routledge – 296 pagesDescriptionThis third edition of Green Buildings Pay presents new evidence and new arguments concerning the institutional and business case that can be made for green design. The green argument has moved a long way forward since the previous edition, and this fully updated...
Japanese updates: International Collaboration Towards Sustainable Resource Circulation And Management
International Collaboration Towards Sustainable Resource Circulation And ManagementAuthor: Hotta, Yasuhiko|2012/12|In Conference: Resource Efficiency for a Green Economy – Towards Pioneering Actions in Japan and Germany, December 3, 2012.|Publisher: JDZB(Berlin)Language: English|Publication Type: Presentations|Copyright: IGESKeywords:3R, RESOURCE CIRCULATION, RESOURCE EFFICIENCYGeographic area:JapanURL:http://www.jdzb.de/index.php?option=com_events&task=eventDetails&cat_id=1&Itemid=3&cid=245Webpage...
Japanese updates: Japan's Bilateral Carbon Finance: A New Opporunity For India (Nov 2012)
Japan's Bilateral Carbon Finance: A New Opporunity For IndiaAuthor: Usui, Kenta|2012/12|In Sustainability Outlook, Nov. 22, 2012.|Publisher: Sustainability OutlookLanguage: English|Publication Type: Non peer reviewed articles|Copyright: Sustainability OutlookJapan is promoting low-carbon technologies in developing countries through its bilateral carbon finance scheme. The scheme can revive India’s green businesses facing record-low...
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