Environment and Ecology

One billion tonnes of food wasted is generated around the world every year. This book seeks to address and mitigate this urgent problem by focusing...

The impact of anthropogenic activities on our atmospheric environment is of growing public concern and satellite-based techniques now provide an es...

I know of no one better qualified to understand what young people are facing today - Philippa PerryLouis cares deeply about children and the world ...

*SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF THE YEAR*'A novel that delights, dazzles and moves in equal measure' Financial Times 'Brutally satirical an...

Does small mean less? Not necessarily. In an era of housing crises, environmental unsustainability and social fragmentation, the need for more soci...

This volume, the tenth in the series, comprises modern treatments for the families and genera of the eudicot orders Sapindales and Cucurbitales. Th...

As climate change takes hold, there is an ever-growing need to develop and apply strategies that optimize the use of natural resources, both on lan...

The Technocratic Antarctic is an ethnographic account of the scientists and policymakers who work on Antarctica. In a place with no indigenous peop...

This unique volume is not just an in-depth analysis of Professor Swaminathan's brilliant contributions to basic cytogenetics, radiation biology, mu...

This book is a manifesto for real urban change. Today, our urban areas are held back by corporate greed, loss of public space and rising inequality...

DK brings you a beautifully illustrated and engaging book to teach young readers how to protect our planet and change the world!Introducing It's a ...

Bringing together contributions from leading researchers, this volume reflects on the political, institutional and social factors that have shaped ...

DK brings you an all-encompassing guide to exploring, understanding and appreciating nature like never before.Join Chris Packham as he reveals how ...

A cheerful, optimistic handbook for parents and carers shaping the next generation of responsible global citizens - ready to change the world for t...

This book will help you save money, buy less and do your bit for the environment - just through loving your leftovers! It's your essential guide to...

As climate change begins to take a serious toll on the planet--with much more damage yet to come--a solution to our warming problems is hiding in p...

'Naomi Klein's work has always moved and guided me. She is the great chronicler of our age of climate emergency, an inspirer of generations' - Gret...

As sales of fair-trade goods explode across the globe, Fair Trade and the Citizen-Consumer provides a timely analysis of the organizations, institu...

Mining and hydrocarbon production in Latin America is high-stakes for extractive firms, communities in resource-rich zones, and states. Amid global...

Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security - Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks reviews conceptual debates and cas...

What is the role of citizens in urban development decision-making processes? In answer of this globally relevant question, Aline Delatte offers a c...

Sustainability and the Rights of Nature in Practice is the much-needed complementary volume to Sustainability and the Rights of Nature: An Introduc...

How, when, and why has the Pacific been a locus for imagining different futures by those living there as well as passing through? What does that te...

This EU-funded project examines the dynamics of conflict, collaboration and competition in relation to access to oil, gas and minerals. It involves...