Category Archives: Environment

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Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters to Actions / edited by Susan A. Crate and Mark Nuttall. Left Coast Press, 2009. The first book to comprehensively assess anthropology’s engagement with climate change, this pioneering volume both maps out exciting trajectories … Continue reading

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Sustainability Economics: An Introduction / Peter Bartelmus. Routledge, 2013. The book is a concise introduction to an emerging field within economics. Drawing on numerous disciplines, including environmental science, environmental and ecological economics and optimal growth theory, sustainability remains a hazy … Continue reading

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Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene: Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis /edited by Marion Glaser … [et al.]. Routledge, 2012. This book deals with the potentials of social-ecological systems analysis for resolving sustainability problems. Contributors relate inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives to … Continue reading

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When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line / Geoffrey Heal. Columbia University Press, 2008. Stories of predatory lending practices and the reckless destruction of the environment by greedy corporations dominate the news, suggesting that, in business, ethics … Continue reading

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The Business Case for Sustainable Finance / edited by Iveta Cherneva. Routledge, 2012. This edited volume brings together finance industry perspectives from top global institutions, which focus on the bottom line for integrating ESG factors into the operations of the … Continue reading

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The Journal Updater

The Journal Updater Linked tables of contents for journals received during the week ending 29-1-2013, from IISD’s Research Library. Bioscience Volume 63 Issue 1, January 2013 The Economist Current Issue 2013 European Journal of International Law Volume 23 Issue 3, August 2012 The … Continue reading

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