Earthscan

Earthscan

Earthscan is an English language independent publisher of books and journals on climate change, sustainable development and other environmental technology.

Earthscan was originally founded by the International Institute for Environment and Development in 1987 with the aim to publish original, reliable and significant work to foster the conditions for sustainability by providing an analysis and understanding of these issues.

Authors include Walt Patterson, Al Gore, the IPCC, Tim Jackson, Jonathon Porritt, Felix Dodds, and Sakiko Fukuda-Parr.

elected recent publications

* (2006)
* (2006)
*An Introduction to Sustainable Development (2007)
*Environmental Principles and Policies (2007)
* (2007)
* (2008)
* (2008)
* (forthcoming)
*Resolving Messy Policy Problems (forthcoming)

External links

* [http://www.earthscan.co.uk Earthscan website]


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