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  • Chemodiversity and the Ecological Crisis

    by Adi Wolfson ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book covers the origins, transformations, and interactions of matter—from atoms and molecules to complex biological and composite materials—across abiotic, biotic, and anthropogenic systems. It offers a unique chronological narrative, tracing the evolution of chemodiversity from the Big Bang to the present, and explores how these material changes underpin the ecological crises of our time.The ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Sustainability and the City

    The Service Approach

    by Adi Wolfson ...
    Cities are without a doubt one of the miracles of human creation and the embodiment of the human environment. Insofar as they are large and densely populated human settlements with defined legal and political boundaries that comprise clusters of buildings, open spaces, public facilities and infrastructure, cities are mainly spaces of services that are exchanged between a wide variety of ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Sustainable Service

    by Adi Wolfson ...
    Every one of us produce and/or use services on a daily basis. Each of these services provision requires both physical and nonphysical resources, and have potentially short and long-term effects on both the local and the global scales. Thus, in order to perpetuate the services for long periods of time without negatively influencing the natural or social environment, we should produce and deliver ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Sustainability through Service

    Perspectives, Concepts and Examples

    by Adi Wolfson, Shlomo Mark, Patrick M. Martin, Dorith Tavor ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book discusses the mutual relationship between service and sustainability. It covers methodologies and approaches and describes measurements and tools that can promote sustainability on the service market. Lastly, it presents the different applications of sustainability, together with examples of sustainable services.Environmental concerns have become integral to any decision-making process ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • The Fourth Industrial Revolution

    by Klaus Schwab ...
    World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work.Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Earth and Life

    A Four Billion Year Conversation

    by Andrew H. Knoll ...
    From the world-renowned geobiologist and bestselling author of A Brief History of Earth, the epic story of a planetary conversation four billion years in the makingHow did the world as we know it—from the soil beneath our feet to the air we breathe and the life that surrounds us—come to be? Geologists have proposed one set of answers while biologists have proposed another. Earth and Life is the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • The Necessary Revolution

    How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World

    by Peter M. Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz, Joe Laur, Sara Schley ...
    Imagine a world in which the excess energy from one business would be used to heat another. Where buildings need less and less energy around the world, and where “regenerative” commercial buildings – ones that create more energy than they use – are being designed. A world in which environmentally sound products and processes would be more cost-effective than wasteful ones. A world in which ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Principles and Practice of Soil Science

    The Soil as a Natural Resource

    by Robert E. White ...
    Principles and Practice of Soil Science, Fourth Editionprovides a current and comprehensive introduction to soil science for students in the fields of environmental and agricultural science, ecology, soil and land management, natural resource management and environmental engineering.Covers all aspects of soil science including soil habitat, processes in the soil environment and soil management ... Read more

    $91.00 USD

  • Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science

    Edited by Kathleen C. Weathers, David L. Strayer, Gene E. Likens ...
    Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science provides a compact and comprehensive introduction to modern ecosystem science. This book covers major concepts of ecosystem science, biogeochemistry, and energetics. It addresses, contrasts, and compares both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. It combines general lessons, concepts, frameworks, and challenges in highly accessible synthesis chapters. It presents ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Standing on the Sun

    How the Explosion of Capitalism Abroad Will Change Business Everywhere

    by Christopher Meyer ...
    For half a century the US has sat at the center of the global economic system, and Western-style capitalism has dominated. Now, it's no secret that the center of gravity is shifting. The advanced economies that in 2000 consumed 75% of the world's output will, by 2050, consume just 32%. Meanwhile, the emerging economies of the world--Brazil, India, China, and others--will surge forward.As these ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Revolutions that Made the Earth

    by Tim Lenton, Andrew Watson ...
    The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable, near-catastrophic revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. The revolutions have certain features in common, such as an increase in complexity, energy utilization, and information processing by life. This book describes these revolutions, showing the fundamental interdependence ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Climate and Ecosystems

    by David Schimel ...
    Series series Princeton Primers in Climate
    How does life on our planet respond to--and shape--climate? This question has never been more urgent than it is today, when humans are faced with the daunting task of guiding adaptation to an inexorably changing climate. This concise, accessible, and authoritative book provides an unmatched introduction to the most reliable current knowledge about the complex relationship between living things and ... Read more

    $28.09 USD