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Australia's Water Resources
John Pigram
This book explores the recent profound reorientation of attitudes and relationships to water in Australia.
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Avian Influenza
Ian Scoones
Explores how virus genetics, ecology and epidemiology intersect with economic, political and policy processes.
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Beyond Drought
Linda Courtenay Botterill,
Melanie Fisher
Challenges the traditional view of drought as a natural disaster, advocating a policy approach based on risk management.
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Biodiversity and the Law
Charles R. McManis
This authoritative volume, written by leading legal experts aims to address the question: How do we promote global economic development, while simultaneously preserving local biological and cultural diversity?
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Burning Issues
Mark Adams,
Peter Attiwill
The role of fire in Australia's ecosystems, and how to manage fire both for safety and for diversity.
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Cents and Sustainability
Michael H Smith,
Karlson 'Charlie' Hargroves,
Cheryl Desha
Investigates new evidence and research to develop a deeper understanding of how 'forceful sustainable growth' is possible.
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Climate Change and Adaptation
Neil Leary,
James Adejuwon,
Vicente Barros,
Ian Burton,
Jyoti Kulkarni,
Rodel Lasco
An in-depth investigation of what is at stake trying to achieve climate adaptation in developing countries.
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Climate Change and Vulnerability
Neil Leary,
Cecilia Conde,
Jyoti Kulkarni,
Anthony Nyong ,
Juan Pulhin
Provides researchers with new examples of applications of vulnerability assessment methods.
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Climate Change as a Security Risk
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber,
German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
Climate change has the potential to jeopardise national security or to unite the international community.
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Climate Change Science and Policy
Stephen Schneider,
Armin Rosencranz,
Michael Mastrandrea,
Kristin Kuntz-Duriseti
This is the most comprehensive and current reference resource on climate change available today.
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Community Bushfire Safety
John Handmer,
Katharine Haynes
The key social, political and human issues related to Australia’s on-going bushfire scenario.
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The Earthscan Reader on Risk
Ragnar E. Löfstedt,
Åsa Boholm
The essential literature necessary for a full understanding of risk theory and practice on any issue and in any context.
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Ecological Economics
Herman Daly,
Joshua Farley
Humans and ecological systems are inextricably bound together in complex and long-misunderstood ways.
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Epidemics
Melissa Leach,
Sarah Dry
The most vulnerable in society suffer more from epidemics but benefit less from globallly focussed responses.
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Factor Five
Ernst von Weizsäcker,
Karlson Hargroves,
Michael Smith,
Cheryl Desha,
Peter Stasinopoulos
Simply the most important work on the future of innovation, business, economics and policy and is top drawer reading for leaders across all sectors.
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The Future Control of Food
Geoff Tansey,
Tasmin Rajotte
The first wide-ranging guide to the key issues of intellectual property and ownership, genetics, biodiversity and food security.
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Integrating Science and Policy
Roger E Kasperson,
Mimi Berberian
Presents analysis of past studies, interviews conducted with the producers and users of scientific knowledge, and case studies performed by leading scholars.
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An Introduction to Climate Change Economics and Policy
Felix R. FitzRoy,
Elissaios Papyrakis
This highly accessible book assumes no prior knowledge and cuts through the confusion to explain the key economic and policy issues related to climate change in simple language and with only a few statistics.
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Issues of the Day
Ian W H Parry ,
Felicia Day
An easy way to learn about a diverse range of policy issues affecting the environment, energy, transportation and public health.
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Managing Arsenic in the Environment
Ravi Naidu,
Euan Smith,
Gary Owens,
Prosun Bhattacharya,
Peter Nadebaum
An authorative overview of arsenic contamination, its impacts and the latest risk management and remediation strategies.
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Managing Water for Australia
Karen Hussey,
Stephen Dovers
Addresses major challenges in implementing required reforms in Australian water policy and management.
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The Positive Deviant
Sara Parkin
Essential reading for those in or aspiring to sustainability literate leadership.
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Post-Disaster Reconstruction
Matthew Clarke,
Ismet Fanany,
Sue Kenny
The first major book that analyses the different perspectives and experiences of the enormous post-tsunami reconstruction effort.
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Resilience and Transformation
Steven Cork
Explores what factors contribute to Australia's resilience, what trends are apparent, and what actions are required to better prepare us.
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The Rice Crisis
David Dawe
Examines how government policies caused and responded to soaring world prices in the particular case of rice.
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The Skeptical Economist
Jonathan Aldred
Challenges us all to examine the assumptions behind the economics of our current way of life.
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The State of the World Atlas
Dan Smith
Over 50 full-colour world maps and graphics break down hardcore statistics to provide a compelling analysis of all the political, social, economic and ecological nightmares that keep us awake at night.
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Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change
Michael C MacCracken,
Frances Moore ,
John C Topping Jr
Explores the possibility of surprising and nonlinear responses likely to occur as warming exceeds certain thresholds.
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The Tolerability of Risk
Frédéric Bouder,
David Slavin,
Ragnar E. Löfstedt
From nuclear power to environmental pollution, climate change and drug testing, the Tolerability of Risk framework may offer a workable, pragmatic solution for balancing risks against the costs involved in controlling them.
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Uncertainty and Risk
Gabriele Bammer,
Michael Smithson
Uncertainty governs our lives. In this thorough and wide-ranging volume, theoretical perspectives are drawn from art history, complexity science, economics, futures, history, law, philosophy, physics, psychology, statistics and theology.
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Water Ethics
Peter G Brown,
Jeremy J. Schmidt
An indispensable guide to humanity's relationship with water and the world.
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Water Policy in Australia
Lin Crase
Presents a comprehensive account of the country’s critical water issues and provides expert perspectives from behavioral and institutional economists, engineers, hydrologists, sociologists, and water law specialists.
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Water Security
The World Economic Forum Water Initiative
Contains compelling commentary from leading decision-makers, past and present.
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