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This book critically examines the dominant food regime, by asking whether we can afford cheap food and by exploring what exactly cheap food affords us. Detailing the numerous ways that food has become reduced to a state, such as a price per ounce, combination of nutrients, yield per acre, or calories, the book argues for a more contextual understanding of food when debating its affordability.

As water scarcities increase, nations throughout the world are in search of better institutions to manage water resources. India has been making substantial efforts to develop its water management systems since independence and significant increases in irrigated agriculture have taken place through both public and private initiatives. However, scarcities are increasing and major problems presently confront the management of water resources and...

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* Collection of the most innovative and incisive writing on the environmental policies of the EU

* Clear, accessible and illuminating introduction to the fundamental concepts and issues of sustainable development

Investment in environmental technologies is a thorny issue, as risk and return are highly dependent on a range of technical, regulatory, political and other factors. However, there is no denying that this investment will be key in achieving a genuinely low-carbon economy. This book is an indispensable introduction and guide to the challenges and opportunities faced by those looking to invest, or secure investment in, environmental technology. ...

This handbook, produced by world renowned experts from the World Conservation Union (IUCN), spans the full terrain of protected area management and is the international benchmark for the field. The book employs dozens of detailed international cases studies, hundreds of concise topical snapshots, maps, tables, illustrations and a colour plate section, as well as evaluation tools, checklists and numerous appendices to cover all aspects of park ...

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The ICON-CC Metals Working Group held a conference in Figanieres-Draguignan, France in May 1998 - this volume presents 60 papers from the conference which report on the range of techniques and materials used in metal conservation, different objects and assamblages of artefacts. Taken together, they form a comprehensive survey of recent developments in conservation science.

Two volumes of preprints representing working groups on preventative conservation, training in conservation and restoration, theory and history of conservation-restoration, scientific methods of examination of works of art, documentation, conservation and restoration of paintings, scientific study of paintings, sculpture and polychromy, mural paintings, mosaics and rock art, graphic documents, photographics records, ethnographic collections, w...

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This is the third in a series of English Heritage volumes detailing architectural conservation by using case studies. This volume focuses on The conservation and repair of Bowhill, Exeter', an example of a cob building of about 1500 AD. This volume is dedicated to the study of earth construction and conservation.

Six papers covering research on cast iron, underside lead corrosion and lightning protection, along with case studies on cathodic protection, lead conservation and cleaning wrought iron. As the first volume in a new series of Research Transactions, this should appeal to conservators and those involved in the general maintenance and protection of buildings.

Twenty-four papers taken from an international conference on conservation issues concerning public sculpture and monuments held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1998. The papers are divided by subject into those that deal with approaches to art-historical, conservation and inventory issues, others which discuss technical approaches, case studies and discussions of the future and commissioning of new public sculpture. The authors derive fro...

A series of technical and scientific papers taken from the Woodcare conference held in London in 1998 on structural oak timber decay in historic buildings and the deathwatch beetle. These 12 papers address the detection, management and control, treatment and monitoring of fungi, the deathwatch beetle and timber decay. A number of the papers form reports from the European Commission's Woodcare Project.

Seven papers from 'A joint conference of English Heritage and the Cathedral Architects Association, 25-26 March 1994'. Includes scientific and technical investigations on building decay, with reference to particular case studies and experimental works. Detailed papers which are of much wider significance for historic buildings study in general.

This volume talks about a subject of great importance with far-reaching consequences for the management of artifacts and sites, linking legal rights, ethics, people and places. It has been written by a global mix of expert authors, combining archaeologists and anthropologists with researchers and representatives of indigenous cultures. Representing one of the most dynamic aspects of public archaeology, with major ramifications on the identific...