Environmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems It is a vast area of law that operates from the local to the global involving a range of different legal & regulatory techniques In theory environmental protection is a no brainer Few people would actively argue for pollution or environmental destruction Ensuring a clean environment is ethically desirable & also sensible from a purely self-interested perspective Yet in practice environmental law is a messy & complex business fraught with conflict Whilst environmental law is often characterized in overly simplistic terms with a law being seen as be a magic wand that solves an environmental problem the reality is that creating & maintaining a body of laws to address & avoid problems is not easy & involves legislators courts regulators & communities This Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the main features of environmental law & discusses how environmental law deals with multiple interests socio-political conflicts & the limits of knowledge about the environment Showing how interdependent societies across the world have developed robust & legitimate bodies of law to address environmental problems Elizabeth Fisher discusses some of the major issues involved in environmental law's nation statehood power the reframing role of law the need to ensure real environmental improvements & environmental justice As Fisher explains environmental law is & will always be necessary but inherently controversial ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

Environmental politics has many faces & operates at multiple scales it preoccupies individuals as well as governments drives local agreements as well as international treaties results in minor business changes as well as wholesale business decisions & fluctuates between a politics of protest & one of accommodation In this Very Short Introduction Andrew Dobson offers a lively & comprehensive commentary on the many facets of environmental politics today Looking towards the future he asks whether environmental politics will be comfortably accommodated by mainstream politics or whether the advent of the Anthropocene
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- will herald a break with the politics of growth that has dominated social life since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable

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Environmental Systems & Societies for the IB Diploma follows the latest syllabus for first examination in 2017 Environmental Systems & Societies for the IB Diploma 2nd edition encourages critical & reflective thinking skills & promotes international-mindedness ESL Speakers are supported throughout with a focus on vocabulary & straightforward explanation of topics appropriate for SL students Real-world case studies bring theory to life & motivate students to delve into current global issues Theory of Knowledge is integrated throughout with added discussion points to spark debate in class Exam-style questions build skills on analysis evaluation & interpretation Additional teacher support offers help with planning lessons differentiated learning & guidance about the Internal Assessment fieldwork exam preparation & Extended Essay ...

Exam Board IBLevel IBSubject Systems & Societies First Teaching September 2014 First Exam Summer 2016 Stretch your students to achieve their best grade with these year round course companions; providing clear & concise explanations of all syllabus requirements & topics & practice questions to support & strengthen learning
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Tracklist A1 Orinoco Flow A2 Aniron (I Desire) A3 Storms In Africa A4 Caribbean Blue A5 Book Of Days B1 The Celts B2 Only Time B3 Wild Child B4 Water Shows The Hidden Heart C1 Anywhere Is C2 Cursum Perficio C3 Amarantine C4 Aldebaran C5 Trains & Winter Rains D1 Watermark D2 Boadicea D3 A Day Without Rain D4 May It Be D5 Oiche Chiuin (Chorale) ...

Tracklist Disc 1 1 Intro Il Est Cinq Heures Paris S&eveille 2 I Only Want You 3 Don&t Speak (I Came to Make a Bang!) 4 So Easy 5 Complexity 6 Whorehoppin& (Shit Goddamn) 7 I Love You All the Time 8 Cherry Cola 9 The Reverend 10 Got a Woman Disc 2 1 I Got a Feelin& (Just Nineteen) 2 Stuck in the Metal 3 Miss Alissa 4 I Like to Move in the Night 5 Secret Plans 6 Wannabe in LA 7 Bag O&miracles 8 Save a Prayer 9 I Want You So Hard (Boy&s Bad News) 10 Speaking in Tongues ...

Ephemeral city explores the rapid rise of cheap print & how it permeated Venetian urban culture in the Renaissance It offers the first view of one of the city's most productive & creative industries from the bottom up & a new & unexpected vision of Renaissance culture characterised by the fluid mobility & dynamic intermingling of texts ideas goods & people Closely intertwined with oral culture & often peddled in the streets cheap printed texts helped to open up new audiences for literature providing information & entertainment to a diverse public & transforming the city into an epicentre of vernacular literature & performance Examining the ways in which the production & dissemination of cheap print infiltrated Venice's urban environment & changed the course of its cultural life the book also traces how local authorities responded by escalating censorship & control over the course of the sixteenth century Ephemeral city will be of interest to scholars & students of early modern European & Italian Renaissance culture & society & the history of the book & communication -- ...

Archaeological Geophysics for Ephemeral Human Occupations Focusing on the Small-Scale combines technological advances in near-surface geophysics with recent archaeological scholarship & underlying archaeological premises to provide a practical manual for guiding archaeo-geophysical research design By proposing the amelioration of communication gaps between traditional & geophysical archaeologists this book will foment dialogue & participate in bringing about new ways of thinking anthropologically about archaeological geophysics especially in relation to prehistoric open-air ephemeral sites Offering a way to begin a dialogue between archaeology & geophysics Archaeological Geophysics for Ephemeral Human Occupations is an important reference for practicing professionals instructors & students in geophysics & anthropologyarchaeology as well as geology ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Description Mary Katherine or MK is a headstrong spirited teenager who has a strained relationship with her father She loses patience with her dad&s tales of unseen people who live in the woods but when she is magically transported to that mythic realm she gains new perspective MK joins a race of beings known as the Leafmen in their battle to protect their queen from their enemies evil Mandrake & his crew of Boggans Language English Number of discs 1 ...