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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “mahendra sethi”
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  • Climate Change and Urban Settlements

    A Spatial Perspective of Carbon Footprint and Beyond

    by Mahendra Sethi ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change
    Climate change and urbanization are two of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century, and their effects are converging in dangerous ways. Cities contribute significantly to global warming, and as the world further takes a rural-urban population tilt, the next few decades pose a great challenge in addressing global disparities in the access and allocation of carbon.This book ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Divided City, The: Ideological And Policy Contestations In Contemporary Urban India

    by Binti Singh, Mahendra Sethi ...
    The Divided City contributes to the growing body of scholarly work on cities of the global South. Cities in developing countries, particularly emerging economies, are undergoing rapid urbanization and social transition. Empirically grounded to the contemporary urban situation in India, The Divided City is set in an opportune moment to assess how cities fare up to the challenge of inclusive ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Mainstreaming Climate Co-Benefits in Indian Cities

    Post-Habitat III Innovations and Reforms

    Edited by Mahendra Sethi, Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume presents a novel framework to understand urban climate co-benefits in India, that is, tackling climate change and achieving sustainable development goals in cities. It utilizes methods and tools from several assessment frameworks to scientifically evaluate sector co-benefits for informed decision making. The co-benefits approach can lead to significant improvements in the way societies ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • The Chemistry of Heterocycles

    Chemistry of Six to Eight Membered N,O, S, P and Se Heterocycles

    by Vishnu Ji Ram, Arun Sethi, Mahendra Nath, Ramendra Pratap ...
    The Chemistry of Heterocycles: Chemistry of Six to Eight Membered N,O, S, P and Se Heterocycles details the chemistry, behavior and potential of these important structures. The book presents a practical guide to international nomenclature, including discussions of fused ring systems, heteroatoms with abnormal valences, and bridged, spiro and polycyclic heterocycles. Three membered heterocycles are ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

  • The Chemistry of Heterocycles

    Nomenclature and Chemistry of Three to Five Membered Heterocycles

    by Vishnu Ji Ram, Arun Sethi, Mahendra Nath, Ramendra Pratap ...
    Heterocycles are ubiquitously present in nature and occupy a unique place in organic chemistry as they are part of the DNA and haemoglobin that make life possible. The Chemistry of Heterocycles covers an introduction to the topic, followed by a chapter on the nomenclature of all classes of isolated, fused and polycyclic heterocycles. The third chapter delineates the highly strained three membered ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

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    by Jeffrey Simpson, Mark Jaccard, Nic Rivers ...
    Here’s a clear, believable book for Canadians concerned about our situation — and it offers a solution.It’s a brilliant mix. To “Canada’s best mind on the environment,” Mark Jaccard, who won the 2006 Donner Prize for an academic book in this area, you add Nic Rivers, a researcher who works with him at Simon Fraser University. Then you add Jeffrey Simpson, the highly respected Globe and Mail ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Climate Fix

    What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming

    by Roger Pielke Jr. ...
    Why has the world been unable to address global warming? Science policy expert Roger Pielke, Jr., says it's not the fault of those who reject the Kyoto Protocol, but those who support it, and the magical thinking that the agreement represents. In The Climate Fix, Pielke offers a way to repair climate policy, shifting the debate away from meaningless targets and toward a revolution in how the world ... Read more

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  • The Climate Casino

    Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World

    by William D. Nordhaus ...
    Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. But there is still time to turn around and walk back out of the casino, and in this essential book the author explains how. Bringing together all the important issues ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • Smart Solutions to Climate Change

    Comparing Costs and Benefits

    Edited by Bjørn Lomborg ...
    The failure of the Copenhagen climate conference in December 2009 revealed major flaws in the way the world's policymakers have attempted to prevent dangerous levels of increases in global temperatures. The expert authors in this specially commissioned collection focus on the likely costs and benefits of a very wide range of policy options, including geo-engineering, mitigation of CO2, methane and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Climate Change: A Wicked Problem

    Complexity and Uncertainty at the Intersection of Science, Economics, Politics, and Human Behavior

    by Frank P. Incropera ...
    Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramifications, cultural and behavioural issues, the influence of special interests and public policy, geopolitics and ethical dimensions. The underlying science is treated in depth, but in an approachable and ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Climate Matters

    Ethics in a Warming World

    by John Broome ...
    Series series Norton Global Ethics Series
    A vital new moral perspective on the climate change debate.Esteemed philosopher John Broome avoids the familiar ideological stances on climate change policy and examines the issue through an invigorating new lens. As he considers the moral dimensions of climate change, he reasons clearly through what universal standards of goodness and justice require of us, both as citizens and as governments. ... Read more

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  • Climate Change Justice

    by Eric A. Posner, David Weisbach ...
    Climate change and justice are so closely associated that many people take it for granted that a global climate treaty should--indeed, must--directly address both issues together. But, in fact, this would be a serious mistake, one that, by dooming effective international limits on greenhouse gases, would actually make the world's poor and developing nations far worse off. This is the provocative ... Read more

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