Natural Resources category: 648 books
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Researchers and agencies collect reams of objective data and authors publish volumes of subjective prose in attempts to explain what is meant by environmental quality. Still, we have no universally recognized methods for combining our quantitative measures with our qualitative concepts of environ...
Decline and Recovery of the Island Fox
A Case Study for Population Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Native only to the California Channel Islands, the island fox is the smallest canid in North America. Populations on four of the islands were threatened to extinction in the 1990s due to human-mediated predation and disease. This is the first account of the natural history and ecology of the island...
The New Art of Living Green
How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint and Live a Happier, More Eco-Friendly Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
In today’s busy world it’s easy to understand the desire for shortcuts. With our time eaten up by work, family, and errands, we almost unconsciously look for quick fixes that aren’t always the healthiest for our home or family. With The New Art of Living Green, authors Erica Palmcrantz Aziz...
Water for the Americas
Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
The chapters in this volume are peer reviewed editions of the papers presented at the 7th meeting of the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 15-17, 2010. The theme for Forum VII was Water for the Americas: Challenges and Opportunities.
This...
by Saska Petrova
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
The role of local people in contemporary nature conservation practices is often poorly understood or neglected. This book, therefore, examines questions of local participation at the nature-society nexus within national parks in the transitional context of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The post-1990...
Beyond Drought
People, Policy and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2003
The unpredictability of Australia’s climate poses real challenges for practices that were developed based on the relative predictability of a European climate. More recently, policy has been moving towards accepting drought as a reality, rejecting the notion that it is a natural disaster in favour...
by Edward Hull
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
It has not been my object to present in the following pages even an approximately complete description of the volcanic and seismic phenomena of the globe; such an undertaking would involve an amount of labour which few would be bold enough to attempt; nor would it be compatible with the aims of the...
The Science of Victorian Brown Coal
Structure, Properties and Consequences for Utilization
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
The Science of Victorian Brown Coal provides extensive information on Victorian brown coal, which is a major fossil fuel resource by any standard and constitutes about 97% of Victoria's recoverable energy reserves.
Energy from brown coal has been the mainstay of the Victorian economy, providing low-cost...
New Deal Planning
The National Resources Planning Board
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
This is a practical book with clear descriptions of the most commonly used nonmarket methods. The first chapters of the book provide the context and theoretical foundation of nonmarket valuation along with a discussion of data collection procedures. The middle chapters describe the major stated- and...
by Rajib Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Ecosystems are often examined from a ecological perspective because of the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ecosystems of different types and scales are under increasing pressure due to natural and human induced changes. Climate change and the disasters it causes, are a major driver...
Livestock in a Changing Landscape, Volume 1
Drivers, Consequences, and Responses
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
The rapidly changing nature of animal production systems, especially increasing intensification and globalization, is playing out in complex ways around the world. Over the last century, livestock keeping evolved from a means of harnessing marginal resources to produce items for local consumption to...
A Sustainable Future for the Mediterranean
The Blue Plan's Environment and Development Outlook
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
'Here's a work arriving just at the right moment and contributingnew insights at precisely the time when public opinion remains sceptical of the not very promising future we are preparing for our children, when governments balk at explaining to their electorates the vital but unpopular decisions that...
Mountain States Medicinal Plants
Identify, Harvest, and Use 100 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2018
“A practical guide to using medicinal herbs as well as a powerful reminder of our reciprocal relationship with the natural world.” —Rosalee de la Forêt, author of Alchemy of Herbs
In Mountain States Medicinal Plants, Briana Wiles is your trusted guide to finding, identifying, harvesting,...