PLANET EARTH@UNOG LIBRARY

CRISTINA GIORDANO, UNOG LIBRARY

A selection of books on earth matters available at the UNOG Library (ask Library Loan Desk, room B.135, ext. 74184, e-mail: library@unog.ch, from Monday through Friday, 8 am – 5:30 pm).

 

ATLASES : THE IMAGE OF THE EARTH (AND BEYOND)
The Times comprehensive atlas of the world.
12th ed.
London, Times Books, 2007.
Library call no. : 912 T581ae

Atlaseco 2007 : atlas économique et politique mondial.
Paris, Sofedis-SODIS, 2007
Library call no. : 330.1 A8813aa

Atlas of global development : (a visual guide to the world’s greatest challenges).
Glasgow, Scotland : Collins ; Washington,
D.C. : World Bank, 2007.
Library call no. : IBRD 912 A881

Green mini atlas.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank ; Brighton,
UK : published for the World Bank by
Myriad
Editions Limited, 2005.
Library call no. : IBRD 614.7 G797
One of the most spectacular, versatile and interactive visions of our planet is offered by Google Earth, that you can easily download at : http ://earth.google.com/
An experience in 3D not to be missed !

 

HANDLE WITH CARE: ONE EARTH FOR ALL OF US
Inequality, cooperation, and environmental sustainability
Edited by Jean-Marie Baland, Pranab Bardhan, and Samuel Bowles.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ;
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2007.
Library call no. : 614.7 I427

Le développement durable
Deuxième édition mise à jour.
Sylvie Brunel, PUF, Paris, 2007.
Library call no. : 330.17 B894

Global issues for global citizens : an introduction to key development challenges
Vinay Bhargava, editor.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2006.
Library call no. : IBRD 330.34 G5615

Ethique et développement durable
Yvan Droz et Jean-Claude Lavigne avec la participation de Liliana Dias... (et al.).
Genève, IUED
Paris, Karthala, 2006.
Library call no. : 614.7 D793

End of the street : sustainable growth within natural limits
David Dobereiner.
Montreal, Canada ; New York : Black Rose
Books, 2006.
Library call no. : 333.32 D633

 

AN EARTH OF SHRINKING RESOURCES
Un monde de ressources rares
Le cercle des économistes et Erik Orsenna.
Paris : Perrin: Descartes, 2007.
Library call no. : 330.17 M741

Escaping the resource curse
Edited by Macartan Humphreys, Jeffrey D.
Sachs, and Joseph E. Stiglitz ; foreword by George Soros.
New York, Columbia University Press, 2007.
Library call no. : 338 E745

Natural resources : neither curse nor destiny
Edited by Daniel Lederman, William F. Maloney.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank ; Palo Alto,
Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
Library call no. : IBRD 338 N2854

Fair future : resource conflicts, security and global justice : a report of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Edited by Wolfgang Sachs and Tilman Santarius; translated by Patrick Camiller.
London ; New York : Zed Books ; Halifax,
Canada: Fernwood Pub., 2007.
Library call no. : 614.7 F1625

Le défi énergétique : de l’épuisement des ressources au développement durable
Jean-Claude Laroche.
Paris, Editions de Paris, 2006.
Library call no. : 621 L326

 

GLOBAL WARMING : YES OR NO ?
Unstoppable global warming : every 1,500 years
S. Fred Singer and Dennis T. Avery.
Updated and expanded ed.
Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, 2008.
Library call no. : 551.5 S617

Les modèles du futur : changement climatique et scénarios économiques, enjeux scientifiques et politiques
Sous la direction de Amy Dahan
Dalmedico.
Paris, Découverte, 2007.
Library call no. : 551.5 M689

Changements climatiques : les enjeux du contrôle international
Sous la direction de Sandrine Maljean-Dubois; préface de Laurence Tubiana.
Paris, Documentation francaise, 2007.
Library call no. : 551.5 C45663

Postmodern climate change
Leigh Glover.
London ; New York, Routledge, 2006.
Library call no. : 551.5 G566

Global change and the earth system : a planet under pressure
W. Steffen... (et al.).
New York, Springer, 2004.
Library call no. : 551.5 G5593

 

ENERGY FOR THE EARTH’S FUTURE
The political economy of sustainable energy
Catherine Mitchell.
Basingstoke, England; New York : Palgrave
Macmillan, 2008.
Library call no. : 621(42) M681

Sustainable energy : opportunities and limitations
Edited by David Elliott.
Basingstoke, England ; New York : Palgrave
Macmillan, 2007.
Library call no. : 621 S9645

Biofuels for transport : global potential and implications for sustainable energy and agriculture
Worldwatch Institute.
London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, 2007.
Library call no. : 621 B615

Le monde et l’énergie : enjeux géopolitiques
/ Samuele Furfari.
Paris, Technip, 2007.
Library call no. : 621 F983

Renewable energy : a global review of technologies, policies and markets
Edited by Dirk Assmann, Ulrich Laumanns
and Dieter Uh.
London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, 2006.
Library call no. : 621 R4104