Environmental Futures
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Environmental Futures
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Author : J. Alcamo
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2008-10-10
Environmental Futures written by J. Alcamo and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-10 with Science categories.
As scientists and policymakers try to come to grips with problems such as climate change and risks to biodiversity, they turn more and more frequently to the method of scenario analysis to better understand the future of these problems. Over the last few years scenario analysis has become one of the key tools for bridging environmental science and policy. This is the first book to sum up the current practice of environmental scenario analysis and to propose directions for improving its quality and effectiveness. Chapters are written by an international group of distinguished scenario experts and provide an excellent starting basis for first-time scenario practitioners, as well as a collection of new ideas on improving scenario practice for experienced scenario analysts. * Comprehensive coverage and overview on environmental scenario analysis from a team of international experts * First book to address key contemporary issues involved with environmental scenario analysis * Gives guidelines for best practices Benefits: * Excellent starting base for first-time scenario practitioners * Helps the reader to interpret scenarios and to place them into the correct context
Environmental Futures
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Author : Ben Fairweather
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1999-04-12
Environmental Futures written by Ben Fairweather and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04-12 with Social Science categories.
The book comprises thirteen papers on environmental issues, with particular reference to future developments (for example, new technologies, paths in social and political theory, methodologies). It is divided into three sections, moving from social constructions of 'the environment' in the first section to questions of green political theory and practice in the second, and concluding with issues of environmental risk and future technologies. The work is interdisciplinary, with contributors ranging from philosophers to human geographers.
Sab Report Future Methods And Issues
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Author : United States. Environmental Futures Committee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Sab Report Future Methods And Issues written by United States. Environmental Futures Committee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Environmental protection categories.
Precedented Environmental Futures
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Author : Colin Porteous
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-04-17
Precedented Environmental Futures written by Colin Porteous and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-17 with Architecture categories.
This book addresses the built environment through the lens of environmental architecture, and in a holistic manner. It moves gradually from psychophysiology and thinking-doing-feeling modalities, through environmental criteria to environmental modulation, concluding with a debate around mitigation and adaptation. Much use is made of re-interpreting past quotations seen as relevant for environmental architecture. No definitive conclusions are reached, but rather broad discursive messages are offered. The text will have lasting luminance for new generations involved with the built environment.
Beyond The Horizon
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Author : United States. Environmental Futures Committee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Beyond The Horizon written by United States. Environmental Futures Committee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Environmental protection categories.
The Nature Of Tomorrow
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Author : Michael Rawson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2021-11-16
The Nature Of Tomorrow written by Michael Rawson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-16 with Nature categories.
An examination of how Western visions of endless future growth have contributed to the global environmental crisis For centuries, the West has produced stories about the future in which humans use advanced science and technology to transform the earth. Michael Rawson uses a wide range of works that include Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis, the science fiction novels of Jules Verne, and even the speculations of think tanks like the RAND Corporation to reveal the environmental paradox at the heart of these narratives: the single-minded expectation of unlimited growth on a finite planet. Rawson shows how these stories, which have long pervaded Western dreams about the future, have helped to enable an unprecedentedly abundant and technology-driven lifestyle for some while bringing the threat of environmental disaster to all. Adapting to ecological realities, he argues, hinges on the ability to create new visions of tomorrow that decouple growth from the idea of progress.
Blue Architecture
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Author : Brook Muller
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2022-05-10
Blue Architecture written by Brook Muller and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-10 with Architecture categories.
2023 Finalist, PROSE Award in Architecture and Urban Planning A guide to water-focused and climate-resilient architectural and urban design. Le Corbusier famously said, “A house is a machine for living in.” We now confront the litany of environmental challenges associated with the legacy of the architectural machine: a changing climate, massive species die-off, diminished air and water quality, and resource scarcities. Brook Muller offers an alternative: water-centric urban design that fosters sustainability, equity, and architectural creativity. Inspired by the vernacular, such as the levadas of Madeira Island and both the arid and drenched places of the American West, Muller articulates a “hydro-logical” philosophy in which architects and planners begin by conceptualizing interactions between existing waterways and the spaces they intend to develop. From these interactions—and the new technologies and approaches enabling them—aesthetic, spatial, and experiential opportunities follow. Not content merely to work around sensitive ecology, Muller argues for genuinely climate-adapted urban landscapes in which buildings act as ecological infrastructure that actually improve watersheds while delivering functionality and beauty for diverse communities. Rich in images and practical examples, Blue Architecture will change the way we think about our designed world.
Safe Drinking Water
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Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Drinking Water Committee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Safe Drinking Water written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Drinking Water Committee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Drinking water categories.
Hydrohumanities
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language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2021-12-21
Hydrohumanities written by and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-21 with Technology & Engineering categories.
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Discourse about water and power in the modern era have largely focused on human power over water: who gets to own and control a limited resource that has incredible economic potential. As a result, discussion of water, even in the humanities, has traditionally focused on fresh water for human use. Today, climate extremes from drought to flooding are forcing humanities scholars to reimagine water discourse. This volume exemplifies how interdisciplinary cultural approaches can transform water conversations. The manuscript is organized into three emergent themes in water studies: agency of water, fluid identities, and cultural currencies. The first section deals with the properties of water and the ways in which water challenges human plans for control. The second section explores how water (or lack of it) shapes human collective and individual identities. The third engages notions of value and circulation to think about how water has been managed and employed for local, national, and international gains. Contributions come from preeminent as well as emerging voices across humanities fields including history, art history, philosophy, and science and technology studies. Part of a bigger goal for shaping the environmental humanities, the book broadens the concept of water to include not just water in oceans and rivers but also in pipes, ice floes, marshes, bottles, dams, and more. Each piece shows how humanities scholarship has world-changing potential to achieve more just water futures.
Environmental Changes
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Author : Céline Granjou
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2016-02-20
Environmental Changes written by Céline Granjou and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-20 with Science categories.
This book addresses environmental changes and how they reconfigure society’s relationship to the future. It argues that Man does not build “his future alone: instead, environmental changes are also proof of the future-making capacity of non-human beings. The author elaborates on the notion of the futures of Nature by drawing on theoretical contributions by recent ground-breaking literature in the field of environmental humanities. The book also builds on a sociological investigation into the practices implemented by environmental scientists, experts and managers confronted with environmental changes. Thinking of nature in terms of its futures requires us to overcome the rooted philosophical tradition that associates nature with permanence and society with creative change. This is a daunting task which can only be successful if we look beyond the long-lasting influence of the human-centered categories of innovation, development and civilization that social sciences have themselves contributed to coining. We need to consider the active capacities of change and transformation of living beings and matter itself. This book is of academic interest, but is also for managers in different fields and areas affected by environmental changes. Featuring a focus on the notion of future and the aim to locate an approach for the future in sociology Elaborates on the notion of “more than human futures (drawing on S. Whatmore’s words) Offers grounded and detailed insights into three case-study examples