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Contours of the world economy, 1-2030 AD essays in macro-economic history / by Maddison, Angus

Table of Contents: “…294 -- Development of macro-measurement as a tool of economic policy since 1950 295 -- Quantifying and interpreting world economic growth from 1820 onwards 301 -- Economic performance in the merchant capitalist epoch: 1500--1820 307 -- The roots of modernity: 'takeoff' or long apprenticeship 315 -- Appendices 316 -- Endnotes 321 -- Bibliography 323 -- The shape of things to come -- 7the world economy in 2030 335 -- Projections of population and changes in demographic characteristics 335 -- Assumptions underlying the projections of per capita GDP 338 -- The relationship between economic growth, energy consumption, carbon emissions, and global warming 347 -- The impact of climate change 360 -- The Kyoto Protocol 362 -- The report of the House of Lords on climate change 362 -- The Stern review of the economics of climate change 363 -- Conclusions on global warming 366.…”
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Governing Water in India : Inequality, Reform, and the State / by Fernandes, Leela

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Manifesto for Living in the Anthropocene /

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Eruptions that shook the world by Oppenheimer, Clive

Table of Contents: “…Eruption styles, hazards and ecosystem impacts; 3. Volcanoes and global climate change; 4. Forensic volcanology; 5. …”
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The new universe and the human future how a shared cosmology could transform the world / by Abrams, Nancy Ellen, 1948-

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Between Species/Between Spaces : Art and Science on the Outer Cape /

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The thinking executive's guide to sustainability / by Kassel, Kerul

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Normalization in World Politics / by Visoka, Gëzim 1986-, Visoka, Gëzim 1986-, Lemay-Hebert, Nicolas 1980-

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Greening our built world costs, benefits, and strategies / by Kats, Gregory

Table of Contents: “…Costs and benefits of green building -- Costs and benefits of green community design -- Communities of faith building green -- Green design, climate change, and the economy : potential impacts in the United States -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Data-collection methodology -- Appendix B: Source list -- Appendix C: Green building data set -- Appendix D: Comparison of data set to LEED--new construction buildings -- Appendix E: Baselines used in cost and benefits estimates -- Appendix F: Issues in researching the cost of green building -- Appendix G: Cost of energy-efficiency and renewable-energy measures -- Appendix H: Energy-use baselines and standards -- Appendix I: Verifying the energy performance of LEED buildings -- Appendix J: Assumptions used for calculations of water savings -- Appendix K: Green building survey instrument -- Appendix L: Global assumptions for Part IV.…”
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Geoenvironmental Disasters

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Development with identity community, culture and sustainability in the Andes /

Table of Contents: “…Rhoades, Maria Claudia Segovia and Franz Zehetner -- Climate change in Cotacachi / Robert E. Rhoades, Xavier Zapata Rios and Jenny Aragundy -- Traversing a landscape of memory / Virginia D. …”
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History of life by Cowen, Richard, 1940-

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Foreclosing the future : the World Bank and the politics of environmental destruction / by Rich, Bruce

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Life Sciences, Society and Policy

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European Journal of Futures Research

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The nuclear renaissance and international security

Table of Contents: “…Stulberg -- Vaunted hopes : climate change and the unlikely nuclear renaissance / Joshua William Busby -- The politics of the nuclear renaissance : a comment / Christopher Way -- Stop helping me : when nuclear assistance impedes nuclear programs / Alexander H. …”
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Intergovernmental management for the twenty-first century

Table of Contents: “…Weissert -- Regionalism and global climate change policy : revisiting multistate collaboration as an intergovernmental management tool / Barry G. …”
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The Power of Systems : How Policy Sciences Opened Up the Cold War World /

The power of systems : how policy sciences opened up the Cold War world /

by Rindzevičiūtė, Eglė

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Transforming Markets : A Development Bank for the 21st Century. A History of the EBRD, Volume 2 / by Kilpatrick, Andrew

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