The Earth [[electronic resource] ] : natural resources and human intervention / / Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek ; translated by Sandra Lustig ; Klaus Wiegandt, general editor |
Autore | Schmidt-Bleek F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Haus Pub., 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.72 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WiegandtKlaus
LustigSandra |
Collana | The sustainability project |
Soggetto topico |
Conservation of natural resources
Conservation of natural resources - Citizen participation Conservation of natural resources - Economic aspects Sustainable living |
ISBN |
1-281-86284-3
9786613792167 1-906598-59-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface: how environmental protection mutated into an eco-strategy; Acknowledgments; 1 The Earth In Motion; How we manage natural resources; Dematerialization of the economy; Moving resources; Changing the way we manage the economy; The necessity of dematerialization; The ecological rucksack and an ecological metric; Energy in the ecological rucksack; How we manage resources; From old to new environmental policy; 2 The True Price Of Things; Focus on function; Two new concepts; Ecological rucksacks; The ecological price, or the true price of things
Material input factors - MIFFive different rucksacks; Factor 10; In a nutshell; 3 The Ecological Metric; Costs per service; The ecological price of utility; MIPS is evidently the ecological equivalent of COPS; The service unit S; An example: what is dematerialized steel?; Resource productivity: more utility for less environment; Resource productivity of production; Resource productivity of services; Ecological prices and labels; Ecological prices; Do prices tell the ecological truth?; 4 The Economy's Metabolism; An Excursus: The Tower Of Babel; Inseparable: economic activity and the ecosphere Material flow accountsThe resource strategy; Material flows in Germany; Food metabolism in Germany; Material flows in the European Union; The global economy's material flows; The population problem and resource consumption; Boomerang effects; Sustainable world trade?; 5 Consequences For The Earth; The complexity of the economy and the ecosphere; The devastation caused by hurricanes; Early warnings; The Kyoto Protocol - the path to the future?; Sustainable solutions?; 6 Services And Their Utility; Practical services; Luxury and resources; Services performed by machines; Nature's services The utility of lifeChanging values?; Focusing on utility helps to create a future with a future; Seeking ecological utility; Choosing the best; Making difficult choices; The new Kondratiev wave; Who are the movers and shakers?; Making MIPS smaller: dematerializing existing products; Designing the invisible: innovations for tomorrow; Multifunctional equipment; Designing sustainable utility; 7 The Earth In Our Hands; The productivity of labor and resources; Unemployment with no prospects?; Misdirected financial burdens?; Energy and resource efficiency; Unintelligent taxation; Full-cost pricing The reality of wasting resourcesInnovation on the wrong track?; The Aachen scenario; We still lack information; Carnoules Potentials; Investing in tomorrow; Europe's historic opportunity; Epilogue; Glossary; Tables; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789877203321 |
Schmidt-Bleek F | ||
London, : Haus Pub., 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Earth [[electronic resource] ] : natural resources and human intervention / / Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek ; translated by Sandra Lustig ; Klaus Wiegandt, general editor |
Autore | Schmidt-Bleek F |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Haus Pub., 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.72 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WiegandtKlaus
LustigSandra |
Collana | The sustainability project |
Soggetto topico |
Conservation of natural resources
Conservation of natural resources - Citizen participation Conservation of natural resources - Economic aspects Sustainable living |
ISBN |
1-281-86284-3
9786613792167 1-906598-59-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface: how environmental protection mutated into an eco-strategy; Acknowledgments; 1 The Earth In Motion; How we manage natural resources; Dematerialization of the economy; Moving resources; Changing the way we manage the economy; The necessity of dematerialization; The ecological rucksack and an ecological metric; Energy in the ecological rucksack; How we manage resources; From old to new environmental policy; 2 The True Price Of Things; Focus on function; Two new concepts; Ecological rucksacks; The ecological price, or the true price of things
Material input factors - MIFFive different rucksacks; Factor 10; In a nutshell; 3 The Ecological Metric; Costs per service; The ecological price of utility; MIPS is evidently the ecological equivalent of COPS; The service unit S; An example: what is dematerialized steel?; Resource productivity: more utility for less environment; Resource productivity of production; Resource productivity of services; Ecological prices and labels; Ecological prices; Do prices tell the ecological truth?; 4 The Economy's Metabolism; An Excursus: The Tower Of Babel; Inseparable: economic activity and the ecosphere Material flow accountsThe resource strategy; Material flows in Germany; Food metabolism in Germany; Material flows in the European Union; The global economy's material flows; The population problem and resource consumption; Boomerang effects; Sustainable world trade?; 5 Consequences For The Earth; The complexity of the economy and the ecosphere; The devastation caused by hurricanes; Early warnings; The Kyoto Protocol - the path to the future?; Sustainable solutions?; 6 Services And Their Utility; Practical services; Luxury and resources; Services performed by machines; Nature's services The utility of lifeChanging values?; Focusing on utility helps to create a future with a future; Seeking ecological utility; Choosing the best; Making difficult choices; The new Kondratiev wave; Who are the movers and shakers?; Making MIPS smaller: dematerializing existing products; Designing the invisible: innovations for tomorrow; Multifunctional equipment; Designing sustainable utility; 7 The Earth In Our Hands; The productivity of labor and resources; Unemployment with no prospects?; Misdirected financial burdens?; Energy and resource efficiency; Unintelligent taxation; Full-cost pricing The reality of wasting resourcesInnovation on the wrong track?; The Aachen scenario; We still lack information; Carnoules Potentials; Investing in tomorrow; Europe's historic opportunity; Epilogue; Glossary; Tables; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810645703321 |
Schmidt-Bleek F | ||
London, : Haus Pub., 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Earth's Blanket : Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living / / Nancy J. Turner |
Autore | Turner Nancy J. <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 20045 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TurnerNancy J. <1947-> |
Collana | Culture, place, and nature |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy of nature
Ethnoecology Human ecology - Philosophy Environmental protection Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | 0-295-99786-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: the land and the peoples -- Wealth and value in a changing world -- Land-based stories of peoples and home places -- A kincentric approach to nature -- Honouring nature through ceremony and ritual -- The balance between humans and nature -- Looking after the lands and waters -- Everything is one -- Finding meaning in a contemporary context |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797999003321 |
Turner Nancy J. <1947-> | ||
Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 20045 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Earth's Blanket : Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living / / Nancy J. Turner |
Autore | Turner Nancy J. <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 20045 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TurnerNancy J. <1947-> |
Collana | Culture, place, and nature |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy of nature
Ethnoecology Human ecology - Philosophy Environmental protection Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | 0-295-99786-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: the land and the peoples -- Wealth and value in a changing world -- Land-based stories of peoples and home places -- A kincentric approach to nature -- Honouring nature through ceremony and ritual -- The balance between humans and nature -- Looking after the lands and waters -- Everything is one -- Finding meaning in a contemporary context |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816539503321 |
Turner Nancy J. <1947-> | ||
Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 20045 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Earth's Blanket : Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living / / Nancy J. Turner |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 20045 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TurnerNancy J. <1947-> |
Collana | Culture, place, and nature |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy of nature
Ethnoecology Human ecology - Philosophy Environmental protection Conservation of natural resources |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-295-99786-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: the land and the peoples -- Wealth and value in a changing world -- Land-based stories of peoples and home places -- A kincentric approach to nature -- Honouring nature through ceremony and ritual -- The balance between humans and nature -- Looking after the lands and waters -- Everything is one -- Finding meaning in a contemporary context |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460775503321 |
Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 20045 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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THE EARTH'S FRAGILE SYSTEMS [[electronic resource] ] : PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL CHANGE |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | LONDON, : ROUTLEDGE, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 109 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Environmental protection Nature - Effect of human beings on Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN |
1-000-31609-2
1-000-24421-0 0-429-31019-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Editors' Note; 1 Tropical Forests: A Resource in Jeopardy; Comments; 2 Dimensions of a New Vulnerability: The Significance of Large-scale Urbanization in Developing Countries; Comments; 3 The Heating Up of the Climate; Comments; Response to Comments; 4 Greening of the Desert; Comments; Response to Comments; What Happened to the Energy Crisis? A Comment on the Global Commentary Papers; About the IFIAS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793760803321 |
LONDON, : ROUTLEDGE, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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THE EARTH'S FRAGILE SYSTEMS : PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL CHANGE |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | LONDON, : ROUTLEDGE, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 109 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Environmental protection Nature - Effect of human beings on Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN |
1-000-31609-2
1-000-24421-0 0-429-31019-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Editors' Note; 1 Tropical Forests: A Resource in Jeopardy; Comments; 2 Dimensions of a New Vulnerability: The Significance of Large-scale Urbanization in Developing Countries; Comments; 3 The Heating Up of the Climate; Comments; Response to Comments; 4 Greening of the Desert; Comments; Response to Comments; What Happened to the Energy Crisis? A Comment on the Global Commentary Papers; About the IFIAS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825241303321 |
LONDON, : ROUTLEDGE, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Earthkeeper |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guelph, Ont., : Earthkeeper |
Disciplina | 363.7/00971/05 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental protection - Canada
Conservation of natural resources - Canada Environmental protection - Canada - Citizen participation Conservation of natural resources - Canada - Citizen participation Environnement - Protection - Canada Conservation des ressources naturelles - Canada Environnement - Protection - Canada - Participation des citoyens Conservation des ressources naturelles - Canada - Participation des citoyens Conservation of natural resources Conservation of natural resources - Citizen participation Environmental protection Environmental protection - Citizen participation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti |
Earth keeper
Earthkeeper magazine |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996336152103316 |
Guelph, Ont., : Earthkeeper | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Ecodecision |
Edizione | [English ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montréal, : Environment and Policy Society, 1995-[1997] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 333.7/2/05 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - Periodicals
Conservation of natural resources - Periodicals Environmental protection - Periodicals Ecology - Periodicals Conservation of natural resources Ecology Environmental policy Environmental protection |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Classificazione | cci1icc |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996336374203316 |
Montréal, : Environment and Policy Society, 1995-[1997] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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EcoHealth |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2004- |
Descrizione fisica | online resource |
Disciplina | 614.599 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental health
Ecology Biodiversity Conservation of natural resources Biotic communities Environmental Health Conservation of Natural Resources Ecosystem Écologie Biodiversité Hygiène du milieu Conservation des ressources naturelles Écosystèmes |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodical
Periodicals. |
Soggetto non controllato | Environmental Health |
ISSN | 1612-9210 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Eco Health |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910143067603321 |
New York, : Springer, 2004- | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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