Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice

This comprehensive and accessible new textbook has been designed to cover all aspects of courses on politics and the environment and environmental ethics. Written by experienced teachers of the subject, it introduces students to the key concepts and issues surrounding environmental problems and political solutions. Its starting point is the complex background which informs environmental policies, such as moral beliefs and attitudes towards the environment. It then investigates the people, movements, and organizations that form and implement these policies and explores the impediments to the successful implementation and adoption of environmental policies.Features and benefits of Politics and the Environment include: * Comprehensive coverage:  chapters on environmental philosophy and ideology, environmental movements, collective action, environment and economics, international dimensions, European integration, and national and local responses.* International case studies: each chapter includes useful sections exploring real life examples of pressing environmental problems such as animal rights, anti-road movements, air pollution, global warming, and many more.* Further reading: bibliographies including key texts are provided at the end of each chapter.

Business & Money

Smith, Graham

Connelly, James

Benson, David

Saunders, Clare

Economics

Routledge

This comprehensive new textbook has been designed to cover all aspects of courses on politics and the environment and environmental ethics. Written by experienced teachers of the subject, it introduces students to the key concepts and issues surrounding environmental problems and political solutions. Its starting point is the complex background which inform environmental policies, such as moral beliefs and attitudes towards the environment. It then investigates the people, movements, and organizations that form and implement these policies and explores the impediments to the successful implementation and adoption of environmental policies. Features and benefits of Politics and the Environment: * Comprehensive coverage: chapters on environmental philosophy and ideology, environmental movements, collective action, environment and economics, international dimensions, European integration, and national and local responses. * International case studies: each chapter includes useful sections exploring real life examples of pressing environmental problems such as animal rights, anti-road movements, air pollution, global warming, and many more. * Further reading: bibliographies including key texts are provided at the end of each chapter.

Politics and the Environment has established itself as the most comprehensive textbook in this area. This new edition has been completely revised and updated while retaining the features and theory-to-practice focus which made the first edition so successful. The book is designed to introduce students to the key concepts and issues vital to the understanding of environmental problems and their political solutions. The authors investigate the people, movements and organizations involved in the shaping of environmental policy and the barriers hindering the development and introduction of successful solutions to environmental problems. This new edition has been expanded to include: <ul>
<li>a reorganized structure divided into three thematic sections</li> <li>a wide range of case studies from around the world at the end of each chapter</li> <li>more boxed examples and concepts</li> <li>further detail on ecological modernization</li> <li>an extended further reading list including useful websites.</li>
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Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice (Environmental Politics Series)

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Politics and the Environment

Politics and the Environment has established itself as one of the most comprehensive textbooks in this area. This new edition has been completely revised and updated whilst retaining the features and the theory-to-practice focus which made the first two editions so successful. This text is designed to introduce students to the key concepts and issues which surround environmental problems and their political solutions. The authors investigate the people, movements and organisations that form and implement these policies, and explore the barriers which hinder successful introduction of international environmental politics. The 3rd edition has been expanded to include: <ul>
<li>The shift in focus in environmental politics from sustainable development to climate change governance </li> <li>An extensive discussion on climate change: including institutional, national and global responses in the aftermath of the Kyoto protocol </li> <li>An increased international focus with more case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia and North America </li> <li>More discussion of global environmental social movements: including the US environmental organisations, in particular the Green Party and the environmental justice groups </li> </ul>
This textbook is an invaluable and accessible resource for undergraduates studying environmental politics.

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Creating Outstanding Classrooms

This timely new book outlines a whole-school approach to embedding a sustainable model of teaching and learning that puts the learner at the heart of the system. It provides an entire framework for ensuring all students achieve above their expectations; incorporating school vision, teacher professional development, assessment models, school culture, leadership and management, and core classroom practices.   It takes what the current research suggests does – and does not – work and builds it into a practical approach that has been tried, tested and proven to work. Each section incorporates the research, a model of how this can be embedded across a school and then a training section that allows senior leaders in schools to teach the skill-set to others to ensure it can be embedded and reviewed.  Covering all aspect of teaching and learning including curriculum design, teacher practices, assessment and leadership, the book features:  a clear planning framework that is easy to implement; subject based case studies to exemplify good practice; diagrams to clarify and consolidate information; training activities throughout each chapter, also available to download at www.routledge.com/9780415831178.  Designed to be used as a training tool for both new and established teachers, this book is essential reading for senior leaders that want to equip their teachers with the skills and knowledge to create a school of outstanding classrooms.

Creating Outstanding Classrooms: A whole-school approach

Education & Teaching

Knight, Oliver

Schools & Teaching

"Easy PIC'n" is intended to ease the beginner toward understanding and application of the PIC line of microcontrollers from Microchip Technology, Inc. The approach is hands-on with many examples, all of which may be demonstrated using a very simple demo board (a project) described at the beginning of the book. The reader is shown step-by-step how to write code. Examples of assembly language programs range from a simple one to turn on LED's to more complex ones for timing and for event-counting. Writing programs is covered in-depth and the use of flow charts as an aid to visualizing what a program does is emphasized. The reader's code is used to exercise the demo board giving tangible results. 
"Easy PIC'n" provides a crawl, walk, run approach to learning about PIC microcontrollers.

Easy Pic'N: A Beginners Guide to Using Pic16/17 Microcontrollers from Square 1

Technology

Square One Electronics

"PIC'n Up The Pace" is an intermediate level applications guide covering Microchip Technology's PIC Microcontrollers. Serial communication as a means of transferring data between PIC's and peripheral chips and also between two or more PIC's is described. Use of the 93C46 serial EEPROM is detailed as an example. Since we live in an analog world, A/D and D/A are discussed with several methods illustrated for each. Conditioning signals from sensors with an analog voltage output is described. Interfacing PIC controlled systems with humans requires some math, binary to decimal conversion and vice versa, alphanumeric LCD intefacing and scanning keypads. Single wire serial communication with a PIC-controlled LCD module which can be built by the reader is included. A digital thermometer example projects brings these topics together as an example. Finally, PIC16C84/PIC16F84 data EEPROM memory, program memory paging and locating tables in program memory are discussed. 
"PIC'n Up The Pace" gives the reader the tools to design and build intermediate microcontroller-based instrumentation and systems.

Pick'n up the Pace -- Microcontroller Application Guide (for intermediate users)

Computers & Technology

Hardware & DIY

Square 1 Electronics

PIC'n Techniques is an intermediate level applications guide covering Microchip Technology's PIC microcontrollers. The book describes the unique features of the 8-pin microcontrollers. 
The use of timer 1, timer 2 and the capture/compare/PWM (CCP) module is detailed, followed by timing, counting and pulse width modulation (PWM) experiments. These experiments include producing a single time interval output, free running pulse output, event counting, time measurement, frequency measurement and PWM. Some of these techniques are illustrated further by experiments which show how to design and build simple digital pulse and frequency generators and time interval and frequency measurement instruments. 
The book also explains how to establish serial communication between a PIC chip and a PC via a RS-232 conversion circuit and a terminal program. These techniques are used in a digital voltmeter/data logger experiment for uploading data to a PC for display plus graphing using a spreadsheet program. PIC'n Techniques illustrates techniques used in designing and building intermediate level microcontroller-based instrumentation and systems.

PIC'n Techniques, PIC Microcontroller Applications Guide

Like a hike in the woods with a seasoned naturalist, this book takes you on a journey into the world of North America's woodpeckers. It explains how to tell them apart, how they live, where they live, and the interesting, down-to-earth details about their lives. Packed with photos that capture the beauty and intrigue of woodpeckers, this book will answer your questions about the ones you see in your backyard and will help you find the ones you haven't yet seen. Woodpeckers is a feature-rich handbook to all our North American woodpeckers.

Woodpeckers of North America: A Naturalist's Handbook (BirdNerd Natural History)

Nature & Ecology

Stone Ridge Press

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Books by Benson, David

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Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice

Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice

Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice (Environmental Politics Series)

Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice

Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice

Creating Outstanding Classrooms: A whole-school approach

Easy Pic'N: A Beginners Guide to Using Pic16/17 Microcontrollers from Square 1

Pick'n up the Pace -- Microcontroller Application Guide (for intermediate users)

PIC'n Techniques, PIC Microcontroller Applications Guide

Woodpeckers of North America: A Naturalist's Handbook (BirdNerd Natural History)