Hantering av markresurser & naturresurser

Berättelsen om den stora gröna omställningen är vacker, men den scen där pjäsen spelas är bräckligare än på mycket länge. För det är vad vi bör se en större berättelse om världen som utspelas i ett koncentrerat format i norra Sverige. Det är en be...

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Sverige är ett av världens mest vattenrika länder med drygt 100 000 sjöar. Nästan tio procent av landets yta täcks av vattendrag och sjöar. I hundratals år har vi människor kämpat för att bli av med vatten. Längden på anlagda diken är mycket längr...

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Professor Pollack takes us on a fantastic voyage through water, showing us a hidden universe teeming with physical activity that provides answers so simple that any curious person can understand. In conversational prose, Pollack lays a simple foun...

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En bok om hopp och lösningar Under sin utveckling har människan gått från att leva av vad naturen ger, till att ta mer av naturen än vad den tål. Resultatet är underpresterande ekosystem och att mänskligheten står inför stora och farliga utmaninga...

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"Barndomens somrar var soliga, fyllda av bad och naturupplevelser. Jag tittade på fåglar och hade mitt eget lilla zoo i trädgården. Men under ytan hände det saker. Sjöarna grodde igen, havet höll på att övergödas och ute i landskapet tystnade...

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»En såväl djärv som insiktsfull bok« Axess »Karlsson rör sig som en fisk i vattnet oberoende om det handlar om fem tusen år gamla civilisationer eller dagens klimatdebatt och de möjligheter och utmaningar som världens folk står inför i fråga om fö...

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This concise, accessible, market-leading textbook brings together the wide-ranging fundamentals students need to understand rocks and minerals, and shows them how they relate to the broader Earth, materials and environmental sciences. Designed spe...

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With one famous equation, E=mc2, Einstein proved all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere and it is everything. In this newly updated and engaging introduction, renowned scientist Vaclav Smil explores energy in all its facets - from...

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Our planet, the Earth, is under threat, with potentially catastrophic consequences for ourselves and the other lifeforms it sustains. Yet Nature itself can still rescue us - with plants playing a pivotal role, in the countryside - and everywhere. ...

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" Brytningstid är en lättläst, hederlig och mångfacetterad odyssé genom metallernas ödesmättade betydelse för vår historia, vår vardag och inte minst vår framtid." Aftonbladet "Sällan har en reportagebok drabbat mig med sådan kraft....

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Increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes to provide the goods and services that sustain our planet's well-being. The response from most quarters has been for "more of the same" th...

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This book provides both perspective and detail on the relative merits and state of progress of technologies for utilizing the various 'renewables'. The analysis considers emissions, sustainability, cost implications and energy security, as politic...

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This comprehensive handbook provides a unique resource covering all aspects of forest ecology from a global perspective. It covers both natural and managed forests, from boreal, temperate, sub-tropical and tropical regions of the world. The book i...

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Ett viktigt miljömål är att bevara den biologiska mångfalden.Skogslandskapet har under senare tid genomgått stora förändringaroch vissa skogsmiljöer återstår bara som mindre restbiotoper med högaskyddsvärden. För att kunna göra kvalificerade...

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What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which have transformed the way we live. Now a fifth transition i...

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We need to actfive times fasterto avoid dangerous climate change.As Greenland melts, Australia burns, and greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, we think we know who the villains are: oil companies, consumerism, weak political leaders. But wha...

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Oil is the lifeblood of the modern world. Without it, there would be no planes, no plastic, no exotic produce, and a global political landscape few would recognise. Humanity's dependence upon oil looks set to continue for decades to come, but what...

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The world is undergoing unprecedented changes in many of the factors that determine its fundamental properties and their in- ence on society. These changes include climate; the chemical c- position of the atmosphere; the demands of a growing human...

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A new edition of a book that takes a comprehensive look at the ways economic processes affect global environmental outcomes. This comprehensive and accessible book fills the need for a political economy view of global environmental politics, focus...

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This book provides a systematic review of nature-based solutions and their potential to address current environmental challenges. In the 21st century, society is faced by rapid urbanisation and population growth, degradation and loss of natural ca...

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This textbook presents key theoretical approaches to understanding issues of sustainability and environmental management, perfectly bridging the gap between engineering and environmental science. It begins with the fundamentals of environmental mo...

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Wind energys bestselling textbook- fully revised. This must-have second edition includes up-to-date data, diagrams, illustrations and thorough new material on: the fundamentals of wind turbine aerodynamics; wind turbine testing and modelling; wind...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 'Compelling, fascinating, sometimes unexpectedly moving, this vitally important book is, above all, a springboard for hope and transformation.' -Isabella Tree, author of Wilding 'Do your imagination, your ...

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In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigatin...

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»Karlsson rör sig som en fisk i vattnet oberoende om det handlar om fem tusen år gamla civilisationer eller dagens klimatdebatt och de möjligheter och utmaningar som världens folk står inför i fråga om för lite respektive för mycket vatten. Han ka...

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An impassioned manifesto from chef and food activist Alice Waters, calling for a radical rethinking of how and what we choose to eat When Alice Waters first opened Chez Panisse in 1971, she did so with the intention of feeding people good food, an...

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Principles of Environmental Economics and Sustainability was the first textbook to make a serious attempt to systematically integrate ecological and economic principles. It successfully introduced ecological perspectives to the study of environmen...

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Invasive species have become a major environmental issue in ecosystems across the world. Julie Lockwood considers how plant and animal species are introduced to new environments; the ecological, social, and economic impacts they can have; and appr...

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What does it mean to live in a material world, and how do materials of the past and present hold the keys to our future? This book tackles these questions by focusing on various issues that human beings face and by discussing potential materials-r...

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Environmental issues are of fundamental importance, and a broad approach to understanding the relationship between the human economy and the natural world is essential. In a rapidly changing policy and scientific context, this new edition of Envir...

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