Product Description: The Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation addresses the scientific, social, political and cultural aspects of climate change in an integrated and coherent way. The multi-volume reference focuses on one of the key aspects of climate change: adaptation and how to handle its impacts on physical, biotic and human systems, analyzing the social and normative scientific concerns and presenting the tools, approaches and methods aimed at management of climate change impacts...read more

Product Description: Energy security and energy supply are matters of central international concern, and the use of renewable energy is becoming increasingly necessary and attractive. The Handbook of Renewable Energy focuses on the emergent and rapidly growing market of renewable energy...read more

Product Description: Climate change is a cause for concern both globally and locally. In order for it to be tackled holistically, its governance is an important topic needing scientific and practical consideration. Climate change governance is an emerging area, and one which is closely related to state and public administrative systems and the behaviour of private actors, including the business sector, as well as the civil society and non-governmental organisations...read more

Product Description: Climate change is a matter of global concern and specific sectors of society such as universities need to engage and be active in the search for regional and local solutions for what is a global problem. Despite the fact that many universities all around the world are undertaking remarkable efforts in tackling the challenges posed by climate change, few of such works are widely documented and disseminated...read more

Product Description: It is widely acknowledged that sustainable development is a long-term goal, which both individuals and institutions (and countries!) need to pursue. This important theme is characterized by an intrinsic complexity, since it encompasses ecological or environmental considerations on the one hand, and economic matters, social influences and political frameworks on the other...read more

Product Description: It is widely acknowledged that, in addition to global and regional efforts to cope with climate change by means of mitigation measures, adaptation initiatives can and perhaps should play a key role in enabling communities from across Africa to better handle the problems related to it...read more

Product Description: Climate change is a matter of global concern and specific sectors of society such as universities need to engage and be active in the search for regional and local solutions for what is a global problem. Despite the fact that many universities all around the world are undertaking remarkable efforts in tackling the challenges posed by climate change, few of such works are widely documented and disseminated...read more

Product Description: Das Prinzip der Nachhaltigkeit ist nicht allein für einzelne Länder von großer Bedeutung, sondern auch eine wichtige Komponente der Aktivitäten, die von Unternehmen, der Industrie und nicht zuletzt von Institutionen, wie beispielsweise den Universitäten, unternommen werden...read more

Product Description: This is one of two companion volumes in a projected interdisciplinary series on islands and small states. It looks at the issues, problems and impact created by tourism in 13 island societies around the world, as well as one mainland territory...read more