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UNINA9910459007103321 |
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Roberts Jane <1954-, > |
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Environmental policy / / Jane Roberts |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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1-136-90852-8 |
1-136-90853-6 |
1-283-03829-3 |
9786613038296 |
0-203-84283-9 |
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[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (502 p.) |
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Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts |
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Environmental policy |
Environmental sciences |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Routledge Introductions to Environment Series; Contents; Figures; Figures in boxes; Tables; Boxes; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; What is policy?; Why is environmental policy important?; The structure of the book; The case studies; 1 So, what's the problem?; Why the environment matters; Resources; Flow and stock resources; Resource depletion; Waste and pollution; A question of balance; Waste assimilation systems; Population growth and the environment; Population, resources and waste; Biodiversity; Quality of life and environmental capital |
Quality of life and social capitalEnvironmental problems; Problem? Whose problem?; Environmental problems or human problems?; Environmental policy and environmental problems; Further reading; Websites; 2 The roots of environmental problems; Human nature; What makes humans special?; Nature and nurture; Human needs and environmental capital; What do people 'need'?; Needs and satisfiers; Needs in a post-modern society; The 'tragedy of the commons': models |
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and morals; Attitudes and values; Values as a source of conflict; Extrinsic and intrinsic values; Values and the greens |
Values and policy makingValuing the future; Digging away at the roots; Further reading; 3 Sustainable development and the goals of environmental policy; From problems to solutions; The predicament of humankind; Malthusianism; 'Limits to growth'; 'Limits to growth' as a policy goal; Sustainable development; What sustainable development means; Assessing sustainability: the three key criteria; Assessing sustainability: the capital approach; Assessing sustainability: environmental space; Alternative goals for environmental policy; Sustainable consumption - or is it?; From setting goals to scoring |
Further reading4 Science and technology; Science, technology and policy making; Science; What do policy makers need to know?; The strengths and weaknesses of the scientific method; Reductionism; Positivism and falsification; Science in society; Making policy when science is uncertain; No-regrets strategies; The precautionary principle; Technology; Technology and sustainable development; Appropriate technology; Ecological modernisation; Preventative environmental management; Conclusion; Further reading; Websites; 5 Environmental policy making in organisations |
Corporate environmental policy - the contextGovernment regulation; Customers; Local communities and NGOs; Investors; Employees; Corporate environmental policy in action; Environmental auditing; Developing corporate environmental policy; Environmental management systems; ISO 14000 series; EMAS; Managing sustainability; The Natural Step; The radical critique and some conclusions; Further reading; Websites; 6 Environmental policy making in government; The policy-making process; Policy environment; Policy inputs; Power, access and representation; Models of interest group representation |
Power without representation |
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Evidence of climate change, resource shortages and biodiversity loss is growing in significance year by year. This second edition of Environmental Policy explains how policy can respond and bring about greater sustainability in individual lifestyles, corporate strategies, national policies and international relations. The book discusses the interaction between environmental and human systems, proposing environmental policy as a way to steer human systems to function within environmental constraints.The second edition has been completely updated to reflect advances in |
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UNINA9910453542903321 |
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Titolo |
Latin American women writers : an encyclopedia / / Maria Claudia Andre, Eva Paulino Bueno, editors |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2008 |
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1-135-00019-0 |
1-317-72634-0 |
1-315-78838-1 |
1-317-72635-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (2765 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AndreMaria Claudia |
BuenoEva Paulino |
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Women authors, Latin American |
Latin American literature - Women authors |
Women and literature - Latin America |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Consulting Editors; Contributors; Alphabetical List of Entries; Thematic List of Entries; Preface; Introduction; Entries A to Z; A; Absatz, Cecilia; Acosta de Samper, Soledad; Agosín, Marjorie; Agustini, Delmira; Alarcón Folgar, Romelia; Alegría, Claribel; Allende, Isabel; Alonso, Dora; Alvarado de Ricord, Elsie; Alvarez Ponce de León, Griselda; Almeida, Júlia Lopes de; Amor, Guadalupe Teresa; Angel Marulanda, Albalucía; Antillano, Laura; Araújo, Nara; Archanjo, Neide; Arias, Olga; Arredondo, Inés |
Arvelo Larriva, EnriquetaAssunção, Leilah; Azevedo Castro, Ana Luísa; B; Baião, Isis; Barragán de Toscano, Refugio; Barros, Pía; Bellessi, Diana; Belli, Gioconda; Berenguer, Amanda; Berman, Sabina; Biagioni, Amelia; Bins, Patricia; Blanco Castillo, Yolanda; Bobes León, Marilyn; Bombal, María Luisa; Borinsky, Alicia; Bormann, Maria Benedita (Délia); Borrero, Juana; Bosco, María Angélica; Boullosa, Carmen; Brunet, Marta; Buitrago, Fanny; Bullrich, Silvina; Burgos, Julia de; C; Cabello de |
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Carbonera, Mercedes; Cabrera, Lydia; Cáceres, Esther de; Calderón, Teresa |
Campesino, Pilar (Pilar Retes, Alias Ly Seter)Campobello, Nellie; Campuzano, Luisa; Canetti Duque, Yanitzia; Canto, Estela; Cárdenas, Nancy; Cartagena Portalatín, Aída; Casas, Myrna; Castellanos, Rosario; Castillo, María Josefa del; Caulfield, Carlota; Cerda, Martha; César, Ana Cristina; Chaviano, Daína; Colasanti, Marina; Conde, Rosina; Coralina, Cora; Coutinho, Sônia; Crespo de Britton, Rosa María; Cross, Elsa; Cruz, Sor Juana Inés de la; Cunha, Helena Gomes Parente; Cuza Malé, Belkis; D; Dávila, Amparo; Del Río, Marcela; Delmar, Meira (Olga Eljach); Denser, Márcia; Diaconú, Alina |
Dolores, CarmenDomecq, Brianda; Dornbierer, Manú; Dujovne Ortiz, Alicia; E; Echeverría de Larraín, Inés; Eltit, Diamela; Erauso, Catalina de; Eroticism; Escofet, Cristina; Escudos, Jacinta; Espejo, Beatriz; Esquivel, Laura; F; Fernández, Adela; Fernández de Juan, Adelaida; Ferré, Rosario; Ferrer, Renée; Floresta, Nisia; Fox Lockert, Lucia; Freitas, Emília; G; Gallardo, Sara; Galvão, Patrícia Rehder-'Pagu'; Gambaro, Griselda; García Marruz, Fina; García Ramis, Magali; Garro, Elena; Glantz, Margo (Margarita); Glickman, Nora; Gómez de Avellaneda, Gertrudis; Gorodischer, Angélica |
Gorriti, Juana ManuelaGramcko, Ida; Guardia, Gloria; Guerra, Rosa; Guerra Cunningham, Lucía; Guido, Beatriz; H; Heer, Liliana; Heker, Liliana; Henríquez Ureña, Camila; Hernández, Luisa Josefina; Hernández-Núñez, Angela; Hilst, Hilda; Humor in Contemporary Fiction; I; Ibáñez, Sara de; Ibarbourou, Juana; Iparraguirre, Sylvia; Istarú, Ana; Izaguirre, Ester de; J; Jesus, Carolina Maria de; Júlia, Francisca; Jurado, Alicia; K; Kamenszain, Tamara; Karlik, Sara; Kociancich, Vlady; Krauze, Ethel; L; Labarca Hubertson, Amanda; Lajolo, Marisa Philbert; Lange, Norah; Larrosa de Ansaldo, Lola |
Lars, Claudia |
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Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia presents the lives and critical works of over 170 women writers in Latin America between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. This features thematic entries as well as biographies of female writers whose works were originally published in Spanish or Portuguese, and who have had an impact on literary, political, and social studies.Focusing on drama, poetry, and fiction, this work includes authors who have published at least three literary texts that have had a significant impact on Latin American literature and culture. Each en |
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UNINA9910459470703321 |
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Autore |
Grayson Richard S. <1969-> |
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Belfast boys : how Unionists and Nationalists fought and died together in the First World War / / Richard S. Grayson |
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London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2010 |
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©2009 |
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1-282-82192-X |
9786612821929 |
1-4411-6161-9 |
1-4411-7006-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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World War, 1914-1918 - Ireland |
World War, 1914-1918 - Regimental histories - Great Britain |
World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Western Front |
Soldiers - Northern Ireland - Belfast - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
Belfast (Northern Ireland) History 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2009. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Civil war? -- Volunteers and reserves -- The British Expeditionary Force, 1914-15 -- The nature of war -- Gallipoli and the Eastern front -- Arrivals and executions -- The Ulster Division on the Somme -- The other Somme -- On and on -- Messines -- Mud -- Retreat -- Victory -- Peace and partition -- Rememberance. |
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"This is the story of men from either side of West Belfast's sectarian divide during the Great War. This dramatic book tells the story of the volunteers of the 36th and 16th divisions on the Somme and side-by-side at Messines. Richard S. Grayson also brings in forgotten West Belfast men from throughout the armed forces, from the retreat at Mons to the defeat of Germany and life post-war, including some who became members of the IRA. In so doing, he tells a new story which challenges popular perceptions of the war, and explains why |
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remembrance remains so controversial in Belfast today" -- Book jacket. |
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