Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry
1st Edition
Edited
By Francesco Ferrini, Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Alessio Fini
August 08, 2019
More than half the world's population now lives in cities. Creating sustainable, healthy and aesthetic urban environments is therefore a major policy goal and research agenda. This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of the state of the art and science of urban forestry. It describes...
Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment
1st Edition
Edited
By Sherilyn MacGregor
May 21, 2019
The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment gathers together state-of-the-art theoretical reflections and empirical research from leading researchers and practitioners working in this transdisciplinary and transnational academic field. Over the course of the book, these contributors provide ...
Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy in China
1st Edition
Edited
By Eva Sternfeld
March 28, 2019
During the last few decades, China has accomplished unprecedented economic growth and has emerged as the second largest economy in the world. This ‘economic miracle’ has led hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, but has also come at a high cost. Environmental degradation and the impact of ...
Routledge Handbook of Water Law and Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Andrew Allan, Sarah Hendry
February 07, 2019
Water plays a key role in addressing the most pressing global challenges of our time, including climate change adaptation, food and energy security, environmental sustainability and the promotion of peace and stability. This comprehensive handbook explores the pivotal place of law and ...
Routledge Handbook of Food and Nutrition Security
1st Edition
Edited
By Bill Pritchard, Rodomiro Ortiz, Meera Shekar
August 14, 2018
The concept of food and nutrition security has evolved and risen to the top of the international policy agenda over the last decade. Yet it is a complex and multi-faceted issue, requiring a broad and inter-disciplinary perspective for full understanding. This Handbook represents the most ...
Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology
1st Edition
Edited
By Willis Jenkins, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim
June 20, 2018
The moral values and interpretive systems of religions are crucially involved in how people imagine the challenges of sustainability and how societies mobilize to enhance ecosystem resilience and human well-being. The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology provides the most comprehensive and ...
Routledge Handbook of Higher Education for Sustainable Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthias Barth, Gerd Michelsen, Marco Rieckmann, Ian Thomas
April 25, 2018
The Routledge International Handbook of Higher Education for Sustainable Development gives a systematic and comprehensive overview of existing and upcoming research approaches for higher education for sustainable development. It provides a unique resource for researchers engaged in the field of ...
Routledge Handbook of Ecosystem Services
1st Edition
Edited
By Marion Potschin, Roy Haines-Young, Robert Fish, R. Kerry Turner
February 19, 2018
The idea that nature provides services to people is one of the most powerful concepts to have emerged over the last two decades. It is shaping our understanding of the role that biodiverse ecosystems play in the environment and their benefits for humankind. As a result, there is a growing ...
Routledge Handbook of Ocean Resources and Management
1st Edition
Edited
By Hance D. Smith, Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Tundi S. Agardy
January 24, 2018
This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of ocean resources and management by focusing on critical issues relating to human development and the marine environment, their interrelationships as expressed through the uses of the sea as a resource, and the regional expression of these ...
Routledge Handbook of Water and Health
1st Edition
Edited
By Jamie Bartram
January 24, 2018
This comprehensive handbook provides an authoritative source of information on global water and health, suitable for interdisciplinary teaching for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. It covers both developing and developed country concerns. It is organized into sections covering: ...
Routledge Handbook of Environmental Anthropology
1st Edition
Edited
By Helen Kopnina, Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet
January 08, 2018
Environmental Anthropology studies historic and present human-environment interactions. This volume illustrates the ways in which today's environmental anthropologists are constructing new paradigms for understanding the multiplicity of players, pressures, and ecologies in every environment, and ...
Routledge Handbook of National and Regional Ocean Policies
1st Edition
Edited
By Biliana Cicin-Sain, David Vanderzwaag, Miriam C. Balgos
December 08, 2017
This comprehensive handbook, prepared by leading ocean policy academics and practitioners from around the world, presents in-depth analyses of the experiences of fifteen developed and developing nations and four key regions of the world that have taken concrete steps toward cross-cutting and ...