In The Art of the Long View, now for the first time in paperback and with the addition of an all-new User’s Guide, Peter Schwartz outlines the “scenaric” approach, giving you the tools for developing a strategic vision within your business.
A highly original look at the connection between economy and nature by one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century.
The only complete book on ISO 14000 written as a practical teaching resource and how-to guide, this text provides a step-by-step model for understanding the ISO 14000 standard. Filling the void for a text related to environmental protection and management, it effectively translates the often-confusing requirements into language the user can understand and act upon.
Industrial ecology is a new way of looking at economic and environmental interactions. This is the first textbook available to those interested in learning how to put into practice the idea of performing industrial activities while keeping environmental consequences in check.
This illuminating new book presents a series of in-depth case studies from around the world based on numerous personal interviews with organisational leaders and focusing on their journey towards sustainability.
With concern for environmental issues growing, defining the controversial relationship between business and the environment has become even more essential. … Continue reading Harvard Business Review on Business and the Environment
The Waste Crisis is unique in its attempt to analyze waste management in a broader societal context and to propose solutions based on basic principles. And by doing so, it encourages readers to challenge commonly held perceptions and to seek new and better ways of dealing with waste. As such, this book deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone who deals with or feels the need to confront the growing problems of waste management.
Environment and Toursim is an introductory text about the relationships between tourism, society and the environment. The book examines the meanings of ‘tourism’ and ‘environment’ and gives a historical overview of the growth of tourism.
A dictionary of ecology and the environment which has been totally revised and updated. The total wordlist has expanded with subsidiary words and expressions derived from them. All the words and expressions are defined in simple terms, and examples are given of how each word is used in context.
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Debating the Earth highlights the diversity of political responses to environmental issues by bringing together forty essential readings in environmental … Continue reading Debating the Earth: The Environmental Politics Reader
Is development still women’s best hope of social progress and equality? In this groundbreaking collection with its diverse perspectives feminist … Continue reading Feminist Post-Development Thought: Rethinking Modernity, Post-Colonialism and Representation
Most people have heard of the ?butterfly effect? ? the idea that a small change, such as a butterfly flapping its wings in one part of the world, can set in motion a series of events that leads to a big event, such as a tornado, somewhere else. The term is largely used as a metaphor, but science now shows that there?s a literal aspect to the theory that has much broader implications.
