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China's disappearing countryside : towards sustainable land governance for the poor
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ISBN: 9781409428220 1409428222 9781409428213 1409428214 1317167260 9781317167266 1317167252 9781317167259 9781315571690 9781317167242 9781138277236 1315571692 Year: 2013 Publisher: Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate,

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This book examines the linkages between land tenure, development and governance in the context of China's development transformation. Drawing on empirical studies, it advocates the exploration of innovative land tenure systems that address the wider determinants: institutions, power, politics and social development. The book takes a paradigm shift away from those focusing on the narrow meaning of land rights and tenure security strengthening, as these approaches can paradoxically contribute to weaker land and resource governance. The lessons learnt from China also shed light on its global engagement....


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The politics of the earth : environmental discourses
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ISBN: 9780199696000 0199696004 Year: 2013 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

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"The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses, Third Edition, provides an accessible introduction to environmental politics by examining the ways in which people use language to discuss environmental issues. Leading scholar John S. Dryzek analyzes the various approaches that have dominated the field over the last three decades--approaches that are also likely to be influential in the future--including survivalism, environmental problem-solving, sustainability, and green radicalism. Dryzek examines and assesses the history, interplay, and impact of these perspectives, concluding with a plea for ecological democracy. An engaging writing style and helpful boxed material make this complex subject more understandable to students"--Publisher's website.


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Flourishing
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ISBN: 0804784140 0804784159 0804786674 9780804786676 9781906093938 1906093938 9780804784146 9780804784153 9781351277242 1351277243 9781351277235 1351277235 9781351277211 1351277219 Year: 2013 Publisher: Stanford, California

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Flourishing: A Frank Conversation about Sustainability invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all other books about sustainability, this one goes beyond the typical stories that we tell ourselves about repairing the environmental damages of human progress. Through their dialogue and essays that open each section, the authors uncover two core facets of our culture that drive the unsustainable, unsatisfying, and unfair social and economic machines that dominate our lives. First, our collective model of the way the world works cannot cope with the inherent complexity of today's highly connected, high-speed reality. Second, our understanding of human behavior is rooted in this outdated model. Driven by the old guard, sustainability has become little more than a fashionable idea. As a result, both business and government are following the wrong path—at best applying temporary, less unsustainable solutions that will fail to leave future generations in better shape. To shift the pendulum, this book tells a new story, driven by being and caring, as opposed to having and needing, rooted in the beauty of complexity and arguing for the transformative cultural shift that we can make based on our collective wisdom and lived experiences. Then, the authors sketch out the road to a flourishing future, a change in our consumption and a new approach to understanding and acting. There is no middle ground; without a sea change at the most basic level, we will continue to head down a faulty path. Indeed, this book is a clarion call to action. Candid and insightful, it leaves readers with cautious hope.


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Duurzame ontwikkeling : een multidisciplinaire visie
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ISBN: 9789033491719 9033491710 Year: 2013 Publisher: Leuven Acco

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Duurzaamheid is een thema van algemeen belang. Vanuit een maatschappelijke onderstroom via een politiek niveau beïnvloedt de duurzaamheidsproblematiek in toenemende mate onze dagelijkse activiteiten. De invulling van het begrip 'duurzaamheid' is evenwel zeker niet eenduidig: verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines benadrukken andere dimensies. Aandacht voor duurzaamheid is in een universitaire omgeving dan ook niet gebundeld in één enkele onderzoeksgroep, maar kan worden gesitueerd in een uitgebreide lijst van departementen en onderzoekscentra, verdeeld over de verschillende faculteiten van een generische universiteit.In dit boek worden de sociale, economische en ecologische dimensies van duurzaamheid belicht vanuit verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines. Naast een situering van het begrip duurzaamheid en een sociologische en juridische visie op het onderwerp, wordt daarbij aandacht besteed aan de impact en opportuniteiten verbonden aan belangrijke activiteiten in onze dagelijkse realiteit zoals bouwen en wonen, voedselproductie, transport, productontwikkeling, energieproductie en industriële processen. Gezien de wereldwijde aandacht voor de mogelijke gevolgen van een klimaatswijziging en de voortdurende polemiek rond een wetenschappelijke bewijsvoering, wordt aan dit thema een afzonderlijke verhandeling gewijd.Vanuit het LEUVENS ONDERZOEKSNETWERK DUURZAME ONTWIKKELING (LONDO) willen de auteurs een holistisch, genuanceerd beeld schetsen van de duurzaamheidproblematiek. Ze willen een inzicht bieden in manier waarop de verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines kunnen bijdragen tot een duurzame samenleving


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Constructing green
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ISBN: 9781461936404 1461936403 9780262315388 0262315386 9780262019415 0262019418 9780262519625 0262519623 1299757073 0262315394 9780262315395 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press

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"Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despite decades of investment in green construction technologies, residential and commercial buildings remain stubbornly energy inefficient. This book looks beyond the technological and material aspects of green construction to examine the cultural, social, and organizational shifts that sustainable building requires, examining the fundamental challenge to centuries-long traditions in design and construction that green building represents. The contributors consider the changes associated with green building through a sociological and organizational lens. They discuss shifts in professional expertise created by new social concerns about green building, including evolving boundaries of professional jurisdictions; changing industry strategies and structures, including the roles of ownership, supply firms, and market niches; new operational, organizational, and cultural arrangements, including the mainstreaming of environmental concerns; narratives and frames that influence the perception of green building; and future directions for the theory and practice of sustainable construction. The essays offer uniquely multidisciplinary insights into the transformative potential of green building and the obstacles that must be overcome to make it the norm."--Provided by publisher.


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100 contemporary green buildings = : 100 Zeitgenössische grüne Bauten = 100 bâtiments verts contemporains
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ISBN: 9783836541916 3836541912 3836541912 3836541912 Year: 2013 Publisher: Köln ; London : Taschen,

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Cet ouvrage en deux volumes rassemble les meilleurs exemples de projets verts tirés de la collection Architecture Now!, ainsi que de nombreux projets inédits. Vous y trouverez les réalisations d'architectes de renom, comme Frank Gehry et Norman Foster, ainsi que celles de valeurs montantes venues d Amérique Latine, des États-Unis, d'Europe et d'Asie. Certaines solutions, généralement considérées comme «passives», sont aussi vieilles que l'histoire de l'architecture, alors que d'autres sont nées de technologies de pointe. Les deux approches, et bien d'autres encore, sont illustrées dans ce recueil des 100 bâtiments récents les plus intéressants parmi les créations respectueuses de l'environnement.


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The greening of architecture
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ISBN: 9781409447399 9781409447405 9781472403896 1409447405 1409447391 1472403894 1315239299 9781315239293 9781351888608 9781138405493 1351888617 Year: 2013 Publisher: Burlington, VT

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This accessible and engaging text is the first to offer a comprehensive critical history and analysis of the greening of architecture through accumulative reduction of negative environmental effects caused by buildings, urban designs and settlements. Describing the progressive development of green architecture from 1960 to 2010, it illustrates how it is ever evolving and ameliorated through alterations in form, technology, materials and use and it examines different places worldwide that represent a diversity of cultural and climatic contexts.


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Innovation Development for Highly Energy-Efficient Housing
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ISBN: 9781614992356 9781614992363 1614992355 Year: 2013 Volume: 45 Publisher: Fairfax IOS Press, Incorporated

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Academic dissertations --- Architecture and energy conservation --- Architecture et économie d'énergie --- Architecture et économies d'énergie --- Architecture passive --- Architectuur en energiebesparing --- BEPAS --- BEPOS --- Bâtiments à énergie passive --- Bâtiments à énergie positive --- Constructions basse consommation --- Constructions passives --- Constructions économes en énergie --- Dissertations [Academic ] --- Dissertations académiques --- Doctorat [Thèses de ] --- Energy conservation and architecture --- Energy efficient buildings --- Maisons passives --- Master [Mémoires de ] --- Maîtrise [Mémoires de ] --- Mémoires de master --- Mémoires de maîtrise --- Mémoires professionnels --- Passiefhuizen --- Passive houses --- Proefschriften [Academische ] --- Programs [Academic ] --- Projets de fin d'études --- Rédaction de travaux de recherche --- Thesis writing --- Thèses académiques --- Thèses d'université --- Thèses de 3e cycle --- Thèses de doctorat --- Travaux d'étudiants --- Travaux de fin d'études --- Travaux de recherche --- Travaux universitaires --- Universities and colleges -- Dissertations --- Économies d'énergie et architecture --- Écrits académiques --- 69.504 --- 728.1 --- 504.062 --- 620.9 --- Building and the environment. Sustainable building --- Woonhuizen. Woningbouw (algemeen) --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Renewable energy --- Theses --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- 728.1 Woonhuizen. Woningbouw (algemeen) --- 69.504 Building and the environment. Sustainable building --- Thèses et écrits académiques --- Dwellings --- Energy conservation

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