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	Oceans Past Management Insights from the History of Marine Animal Populations Edited by David J. Starkey, Poul Holm, Michaela Barnard Based on research for the History of Marine Animal Populations project, Oceans Past is an accessible yet detailed examination of the complex relationship our forebears had with the sea and the animals that inhabit it. In addition to providing essential context to the debate around the impact of human activity on natural resources, the book also highlights the influence that changes in marine ecosystems have upon the politics, welfare and culture of human societies.		Bioclimatic Housing Innovative Designs for Warmer Climates Edited by Richard Hyde A landmark text from the International Energy Agency on sustainable architecture in warmer climates. It uses the approach of bioclimatic housing to explore how sustainable architecture interacts with its environment. It also explores a range of global case studies from the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Australasia, forming an overview of strategies and showing how these can be developed into practice.

	Vaccine Anxieties Global Science, Child Health and Society Melissa Leach, James Fairhead This book is a groundbreaking examination of how parents are reflecting on and engaging with vaccination, a rapidly advancing and universally applied technology. It examines the anxieties emerging as today’s highly globalized vaccine technologies and technocracies encounter the deeply intimate personal and social worlds of parenting and childcare, showing these to be part of transforming science–society relations.		Web of Prevention Biological Weapons, Life Sciences and the Future Governance of Research Edited by Brian Rapper, Caitríona McLeish Since September 11, governments and the public at large in many countries have raised serious concerns about scientific research in the life sciences that might inadvertently facilitate the development of biological or chemical weapons. This state-of-the-art volume examines the full extent of the issues and debates.

	Designers, Visionaries and Other Stories A Collection of Sustainable Design Essays Edited by Jonathan Chapman, Nick Gant This challenging book provides the reader with a rich resource of future visions, critical propositions, creative ideas and design strategies for working towards a sustainable tomorrow, today. Designers, Visionaries and Other Stories boldly presents alternative understandings of sustainable design, to curate a challenging, sometimes uncomfortable and always provocative, collection of essays by some of the world’s leading sustainable design thinkers.		Conservation and Biodiversity Banking A Guide to Setting Up and Running Biodiversity Credit Edited by Ricardo Bayon, Jessica Fox, Nathaniel Carroll This handbook is a comprehensive guide to conservation banking explaining what it is, and how it works. Authored by leading experts in the field of ecosystem markets, the book provides practical guidance, tools, case studies, analysis and insights into conservation banking in the United States, its biodiversity banking namesake in Australia and other similar approaches internationally.

	The Intercultural City Planning for Diversity Advantage Edited by Charles Landry, Phil Wood The Intercultural City analyzes the relationship of urban policy to policies on cultural diversity, principally in the UK but also drawing upon original research in North America, Europe and Australasia.		Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples International and Domestic Legal Perspectives Laura Westra In this incisive book, Laura Westra deftly reveals the lethal effects that damage to ecological integrity can have on communities.