Tous les ebooks de la collection "Resources" - Polity

19 Livre(s)


Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Gold Michael John Bloomfield , Roy Maconachie Gold remains a highly prized and impactful resource within the global economy. From the insatiable demand for gold in the electronics that permeate our day-to-day lives to the environmental desolation driven by gold mining in the Amazon, the gold trade continues to... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2021-02-04 Collection : Resources ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Natural Gas Tim Boersma , Michael J. Bradshaw Is natural gas the ‘bridge’ to our low-carbon future? In power generation, industrial processes, parts of the transportation sector, and for domestic use, natural gas still has the potential to play a greater role in various energy transition pathways around the... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2020-04-23 Collection : Resources ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Food Jennifer Clapp We all need food to survive, and forty percent of the world’s population relies on agriculture for their livelihood. Yet control over food is concentrated in relatively few hands. Turmoil in the world food economy in recent decades has highlighted a number of... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2020-04-20 Collection : Resources ePub 21,52 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Coal Mark C. Thurber By making available the almost unlimited energy stored in prehistoric plant matter, coal enabled the industrial age – and it still does. Coal today generates more electricity worldwide than any other energy source, helping to drive economic growth in major emerging... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2019-05-07 Collection : Resources ePub 17,65 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Carbon Kate Ervine Carbon is the political challenge of our time. While critical to supporting life on Earth, too much carbon threatens to destroy life as we know it, with rising sea levels, crippling droughts, and catastrophic floods sounding the alarm on a future now upon us. How did we... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-15 Collection : Resources ePub 17,90 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Cocoa Kristy Leissle Chocolate has long been a favorite indulgence. But behind every chocolate bar we unwrap, there is a world of power struggles and political maneuvering over its most important ingredient: cocoa. In this incisive book, Kristy Leissle reveals how cocoa, which brings... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-02-12 Collection : Resources ePub 18,61 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Bioinformation Beth Greenhough , Bronwyn Parry From DNA sequences stored on computer databases to archived forensic samples and biomedical records, bioinformation comes in many forms. Its unique provenance – the fact that it is 'mined' from the very fabric of the human body – makes it a mercurial resource; one that... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2017-11-10 Collection : Resources ePub 18,08 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Uranium Anthony Burke Uranium, the most atomically unstable natural element on earth, has a unique place in the global geopolitics of resources. It provides energy to millions of people and its isotopes are used to power spacecraft and in nuclear medicine. But it is also at the heart of many... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2017-07-03 Collection : Resources ePub 21,50 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Oil Gavin Bridge , Philippe Le Billon Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move.Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power, and market growth. The legacy of this age of plenty includes declining... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2017-06-05 Collection : Resources ePub 20,26 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Grains Bill Winders Grains - particularly maize, rice, and wheat - are the central component of most people’s diets, but we rarely stop to think about the wider role they play in national and international policy-making, as well as global issues like food security, biotechnology, and even... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2016-11-01 Collection : Resources ePub 20,50 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Cotton Adam Sneyd Whether we are out on the streets or between the sheets, cotton is our constant companion. But behind this ubiquitous fibre prized for its softness lies a darker story of exploitation and hardship. In this penetrating analysis, Adam Sneyd explores the power politics... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2016-09-22 Collection : Resources ePub 21,92 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Sugar Ben Richardson There is more sugar in the world's diet than ever before, but life is far from sweet for the exploited producers making nature's 'white gold' and the unhealthy consumers eating it. Why has the billion-dollar sugar trade created such inequities? In this insightful... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-10-26 Collection : Resources ePub 21,81 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Coffee Gavin Fridell In a world of high finance, unprecedented technological change, and cyber billionaires, it is easy to forget that a major source of global wealth is, literally, right under our noses. Coffee is one of the most valuable Southern exports, generating billions of dollars in... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2014-10-10 Collection : Resources ePub 18,57 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Diamonds Ian Smillie Diamonds are a multi-billion dollar business involving some of the world’s largest mining companies, a million and a half artisanal diggers, more than a million cutters and polishers and a huge retail jewellery sector. But behind the sparkle of the diamond lies a... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2014-04-10 Collection : Resources PDF, ePub 18,57 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Coltan Michael Nest A decade ago no one except geologists had heard of tantalum or 'coltan' - an obscure mineral that is an essential ingredient in mobile phones and laptops. Then, in 2000, reports began to leak out of Congo: of mines deep in the jungle where coltan was extracted in brutal... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2013-05-31 Collection : Resources PDF, ePub 23,74 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Timber Peter Dauvergne , Jane Lister Timber is a vital resource that is all around us. It is the house that shelters us, the furniture we relax in, the books we read, the paper we print, the disposable diapers for our babies, and the boxes that contain our cereal, detergent, and new appliances. The way we... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2013-05-08 Collection : Resources ePub 24,26 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Fish J. Samuel Barkin , Elizabeth R. Desombre Fishing has played a vital role in human history and culture. But today this key resource faces a serious crisis as most species are being overfished or fished to their very limit. Governments have tried to tackle the problem with limited success. Many of their actions... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2013-04-26 Collection : Resources ePub 24,26 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Water David L. Feldman Water is our planet’s most precious resource. It is required by every living thing, yet a huge proportion of the world’s population struggles to access clean water daily. Agriculture, aquaculture, industry, and energy all depend on it - yet its provision and safety... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2013-04-26 Collection : Resources ePub 20,26 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Land Derek Hall Land is one of the world's most emotionally resonant resources, and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity. From the local level to the global, we are often in conflict over the ground beneath our feet. But because human relationships to land are so... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2013-04-03 Collection : Resources ePub 21,52 €

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