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Encyclopedia of Ethics
Classic Encyclopedia of Ethics covers many environmental issues.
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics is based on twelve major categories, including Biomedical Ethics and Environmental Ethics. Religious traditions that embody normative beliefs, as well as classical theories of ethics, are explored.
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability
The Spirit of Sustainability maps out the values territory, helping readers understand the moral worlds, axial concepts, social practices, and major topics related to sustainability.
Encyclopedia of Global Change
Interdisciplinary reference source on the natural and human-made changes in the earth's physical, biological, and chemical systems.
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A Dictionary of Ecology
Covers all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines such as biogeography, genetics, soil science, geomorphology, atmospheric science, and oceanography.
A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation provides over 9,000 A to Z entries on scientific and social aspects of the environment - its key thinkers, treaties, movements, organizations, concepts, and theories.
A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy
An examination of the multifaceted effects of globalisation on environmental governance.
Handbook of Global Environmental Politics
Captured here are the pioneering and lively debates over concerns for the health of the planet and how they might best be addressed.