New Book: Energy, Environment and Climate by Richard Wolfson

Energy, Environment and Climate by Richard Wolfson

Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Published: 18 November 2011
Format: Paperback 435 pages
ISBN 13: 9780393912746 ISBN 10: 0393912744

Overview
Energy, Environment, and Climate, Second Edition, is the most contemporary book for the energy course. Written for non-science majors, the text presents the physical concepts in easy-to-understand language and asks students to apply those concepts to contemporary energy issues. Students learn to analyze the important questions that face today's citizens and deal with the answers both qualitatively and quantitatively. End-of-chapter questions provide an opportunity for students to practice what they've learned and provide instructors with questions that can be debated in class.

For more information: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=23579

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New Book: Economics, Environment & Society by Ulas Basar Gezgin

Economics, Environment & Society by Ulas Basar Gezgin

 
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published: 12 October 2011
Format: Paperback 144 pages
ISBN 13: 9783846531198 ISBN 10: 3846531197

Economics, environment & society: Are they always in conflict? Can they go in tandem? Welcome to an intellectually stimulating exercise in urban planning and sustainability. This book discusses these and other relevant issues in various occasions such as spatial identity formation in cases of Asian urban identities and in the case of the planning of a peninsular town in Vietnam, in terms of biodiversity and ethics in an urban context among others. You will not regret to read this book if you are one of those who have been amazed by rapid urbanization and the challenges and opportunities coming along.

For more information: http://www.bookdepository.com/Economics-Environment-Society-Ulas-Basar-Gezgin/9783846531198?b=-3&t=-20#Fulldescription-20

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