Why is the United Nations not more effective on global environmental challenges? The UN Charter mandates the global organization to seek four noble aspirations: international peace and security, rule
Why is the United Nations not more effective on global environmental challenges? The UN Charter mandates the global organization to seek four noble aspirations: international peace and security, rule
Water is a key component of critical ecosystems, a marketable commodity, a foundationof local communities and cultures, and a powerful means of social control. It has become a source ofcontentious pol
A theoretical and case-study exploration of water politics demonstrates the emergence of alternative institutional forms of global environmental governance that go beyond traditional interstate regime
Based on innovative and unique primary sources (e.g. notarial deeds) Cotton Enterprises: Networks and Strategies looks to tell the story of the Lombardy cotton industry in the early 19th century, part
Based on innovative and unique primary sources (e.g. notarial deeds) Cotton Enterprises: Networks and Strategieslooks to tell the story of the Lombardy cotton industry in the early 19th century, parti
Water is a basic human need and a scarce commodity with increasing value to farmers, industries, and cities in an urbanizing world. It is unpredictable in supply and quality, difficult to contain or d
Comforting terms such as "sustainable development" and "green production" frameenvironmental debate by stressing technology (not green enough), economic growth (not enough in theright places), and pop
Revised and updated throughout, this unique anthology examines global environmental politics from a range of perspectives - contemporary and classic, activist and scholarly - and reflects voices of th
Revised and updated throughout, this unique anthology examines global environmental politics from a range of perspectives?contemporary and classic, activist and scholarly?and reflects voices of the po
Revised and updated throughout, this unique anthology examines global environmental politics from a range of perspectives: contemporary and classic, activist and scholarly, and reflecting voices of t
This volume collects contributions by leading experts in the area of commutative algebra related to the INdAM meeting “Homological and Computational Methods in Commutative Algebra” held in Cortona (I
Combinatorics and Algebraic Geometry have enjoyed a fruitful interplay since the nineteenth century. Classical interactions include invariant theory, theta functions and enumerative geometry. The aim
