Hakutulokset: Sarja Pathways to Sustainability
yhteensä 26 hakutulosta
Regulating Technology
Examining the regulation of technologies, this book explores how the drive to harmonize regulatory policies across the world is at odds with the increasingly diverse local settings …
Carbon Conflicts and Forest Landscapes in Africa
Amidst the pressing challenges of global climate change, the last decade has seen a wave of forest carbon projects across the world, designed to conserve and enhance forest carbon …
Rice Biofortification
Biofortification – the enrichment of staple food crops with essential micronutrients – has been heralded as a uniquely sustainable solution to the problem of micronutrient …
Governing Agricultural Sustainability
Although GM crops are seen by their advocates as a key component of the future of world agriculture and as part of the solution for world poverty and hunger, their uptake has not …
Epidemics
Recent disease events such as SARS, H1N1 and avian influenza, and haemorrhagic fevers have focussed policy and public concern as never before on epidemics and so-called 'emerging …
The Politics of Green Transformations
Multiple ‘green transformations’ are required if humanity is to live sustainably on planet Earth. Recalling past transformations, this book examines what makes the current …
One Health
Zoonotic diseases – pathogens transmitted from animals to people – offer particularly challenging problems for global health institutions and actors, given the complex …
The Politics of Climate Change and Uncertainty in India
This book brings together diverse perspectives concerning uncertainty and climate change in India. Uncertainty is a key factor shaping climate and environmental policy at …
Building Innovation Capabilities for Sustainable Industrialisation
This book argues that renewable electrification in developing countries provides important opportunities for local economic development, but new pathways are required for turning …
The Politics of Uncertainty
Why is uncertainty so important to politics today? To explore the underlying reasons, issues and challenges, this book’s chapters address finance and banking, insurance, technology …
The Politics of Asbestos
Around the world, asbestos-related diseases are on the increase. Meanwhile, in many newly-industrializing and developing countries, asbestos use continues unabated. This book, …
Agronomy for Development
Over the last decade there has been renewed interest in food security and the state of the global food system. Population growth, climate change and food price spikes have combined …