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  • Uranium

    de Anthony Burke ...
    Series series Resources
    Uranium, the most atomically unstable natural element on earth, has a unique place in the global geopolitics of resources. It provides energy to millions of people and its isotopes are used to power spacecraft and in nuclear medicine. But it is also at the heart of many of the planet's most deadly threats, including nuclear devastation and radioactive waste. Its mining has caused bitter conflict ... Leer más

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  • When Soldiers Fall

    How Americans Have Confronted Combat Losses from World War I to Afghanistan

    de Steven Casey ...
    Call it the Vietnam Syndrome or Black Hawk Down blowback. It's the standard assumption that Americans won't tolerate combat casualties, that a rising body count lowers support for war. But that's not true, argues historian Steven Casey; even worse, this assumption damages democracy. Fearing a backlash, the military has routinely distorted its casualty reports in order to hide the true cost of war. ... Leer más

    Antes $48,052 CLP Ahora $42,967 CLP

  • The Politics of Precaution

    Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States

    de David Vogel ...
    The Politics of Precaution examines the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in the United States and Europe over the last five decades, explaining why America and Europe have often regulated a wide range of similar risks differently. It finds that between 1960 and 1990, American health, safety, and environmental regulations were more stringent, risk averse, comprehensive, and ... Leer más

    Antes $25,361 CLP Ahora $22,677 CLP

  • Bicycle Justice and Urban Transformation

    Biking for all?

    Edición de Aaron Golub, Melody Hoffmann, Adonia Lugo, Gerardo Sandoval ...
    Series series Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City series
    As bicycle commuting grows in the United States, the profile of the white, middle-class cyclist has emerged. This stereotype evolves just as investments in cycling play an increasingly important role in neighborhood transformations. However, despite stereotypes, the cycling public is actually quite diverse, with the greatest share falling into the lowest income categories.Bicycle Justice and Urban ... Leer más

    Antes $77,254 CLP Ahora $69,077 CLP

  • Managing Geographic Information Systems

    de Nancy J. Obermeyer, Phd, Jeffrey K. Pinto, PhD ...
    Now in a fully revised and expanded second edition, this widely adopted text and practical reference addresses all aspects of developing and using geographic information systems (GIS) within an organization. Coverage includes the role of the GIS professional, how geographic information fits into broader management information systems, the use of GIS in strategic planning, and ways to navigate the ... Leer más

    Antes $83,855 CLP Ahora $74,981 CLP

  • Governing Animals

    Animal Welfare and the Liberal State

    de Kimberly K. Smith ...
    What is the role of government in protecting animal welfare? What principles should policy makers draw on as they try to balance animal welfare against human liberty? Much has been written in recent years on our moral duties towards animals, but scholars and activists alike have neglected the important question of how far the state may go to enforce those duties. Kimberly K. Smith fills that gap ... Leer más

    Antes $60,323 CLP Ahora $53,940 CLP

  • Car Country

    An Environmental History

    de Christopher W. Wells ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    For most people in the United States, going almost anywhere begins with reaching for the car keys. This is true, Christopher Wells argues, because the United States is Car Country—a nation dominated by landscapes that are difficult, inconvenient, and often unsafe to navigate by those who are not sitting behind the wheel of a car.The prevalence of car-dependent landscapes seems perfectly natural to ... Leer más

    Antes $26,932 CLP Ahora $24,082 CLP

  • Because the Future Matters: Let's Stop Letting Modern Economics and Our Energy Addiction Ruin Almost Everything!

    de John M. Braden ...
    Because the Future Matters: Let's Stop Letting Modern Economics and Our Energy Addiction Ruin Almost Everything! takes as its starting point the importance of the fundamental role that energy in one form or another has always played—and will always play—in the economic life of human beings.Very quickly, however, in Chapters 2 and 3, the author jumps right in with a set of energy-related proposals ... Leer más

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  • Essentials of Environmental Public Health Science

    A Handbook for Field Professionals

    Edición de Naima Bradley, Henrietta Harrison, Greg Hodgson, Andrew Kibble, Virginia Murray, Robie Kamanyire ...
    Environmental public health is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the direct and indirect impact of exposure to environmental hazards on the public's health and wellbeing. Assessing and addressing the risks of chemical, ionising and non-ionising radiation, and noise hazards requires a sound knowledge of toxicology, environmental epidemiology, environmental science, health risk ... Leer más

    $62,169 CLP

  • Sustainable Urban Energy Policy

    Heat and the city

    de David Hawkey, Janette Webb, Heather Lovell, David McCrone, Margaret Tingey, Mark Winskel ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Energy Policy
    Minimising the most severe risks of climate change means ending societal dependence on fossil fuels, and radically improving the efficiency with which we use all energy sources. Such deliberate transformative change is, however, without precedent.Sustainable Urban Energy Policy debates the major public issue of developing a sustainable, clean and affordable energy system by adopting a distinctive ... Leer más

    Antes $80,662 CLP Ahora $72,126 CLP

  • A Political Economy of Attention, Mindfulness and Consumerism

    Reclaiming the Mindful Commons

    de Peter Doran ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainability
    The power of capital is the power to target our attention, mould market-ready identities, and reduce the public realm to an endless series of choices. This has far-reaching implications for our psychological, physical and spiritual well-being, and ultimately for our global ecology. In this consumer age, the underlying teachings of Buddhist mindfulness offer more than individual well-being and ... Leer más

    $67,046 CLP

  • New Challenges in Energy Security

    The UK in a Multipolar World

    Edición de C. Mitchell, J. Watson, J. Whiting ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Researchers and practitioners explore the effect of evolving global economic and political powers on energy security within the UK and puts forward practical options for moving towards a more energy secure system over both the short and long terms. ... Leer más

    $54,314 CLP