Provides a succinct account of the American system of land use planning from both an historical and contemporary perspective. Written for two distinct readerships, this provides a general overview and also the opportunity for more in-depth study.
While our world is characterized by mobility, global interactions, and increasing knowledge, we are facing serious challenges regarding the knowledge ..
Moving beyond most conventional thinking about energy security in Europe which revolves around stability of supplies and the reliability of suppliers,..
Thus book is the first to bring economic sociology theory to the study of federal land exchanges. By blending public choice theory with engaging case ..
This book underlines the urgency for a low energy, low carbon transformation in the rich countries of the globe in order to reduce the severity of cli..
The Anthropocene is a volatile and potentially catastrophic age demanding new ways of thinking about relations between humans and the nonhuman world. ..
Global Garbage examines the ways in which garbage, in its diverse forms, is being produced, managed, experienced, imagined, circulated, concealed, and..
The local food movement is one of the most active of current civil engagement social movements. This work provides the first descriptive history of lo..
This book examines examples of rural regeneration projects through the public administration lens, analysing how governance arrangements in rural sett..
Drawing together a range of key thinkers in the field, this volume provides one of the first authoritative assessments of global environmental politic..
This book represents a landmark effort to probe and analyze the theory and empirics of designing water disaster management policies. A unique feature ..
This book introduces to the field of disaster studies a fresh methodology and model for examining and measuring impacts and responses to disasters. Ur..
There has been a profound change within the sphere of government and societal regulation in recent years. Traditional hierarchical government has been..