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Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, as well as their interface with Engineering Seismology, Geophysics and Seismology, have all made remarkable progress over the past 15 years, mainly due to the development of instrumented large scale experimental facilities, to the increase in...
by Anamika Srivastava
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Waste Water Treatment and Water Management is an extension of the efforts to compile the treatment and management process of water along with its existing policies into one book. The author believes that the policymakers must rethink on ‘Polluter pays principle’ and if possible, need to redesign...
Mobility and Migration in Indigenous Amazonia
Contemporary Ethnoecological Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Contrary to ingrained academic and public assumptions, wherein indigenous lowland South American societies are viewed as the product of historical emplacement and spatial stasis, there is widespread evidence to suggest that migration and displacement have been the norm, and not the exception. This...
by Steven Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2001
The most significant shift in environmental governance over the last thirty years has been the convergence of environmental and liberal economic norms toward "liberal environmentalism"—which predicates environmental protection on the promotion and maintenance of a liberal economic order....
Poisoned for Pennies
The Economics of Toxics and Precaution
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
“Cost-benefit analysis” is a term that is used so frequently we rarely stop to think about it. But relying on it can lead to some dubious conclusions, as Frank Ackerman points out in this eye-opening book. For example, some economists have argued that states should encourage—and even subsidize—cigarette...
Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological Integrity
Science, Ethics, Economics and Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
'The ecological challenge demands a paradigm shift in our thinking about the human-environment relation. Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological Integrity provides a ‘state of the art account of work on ecological integrity - and offers a compelling vision for the future. Derek Bell, Senior...
Salt Water Tears
An Eyewitness Account of the Dolphin Drive Hunt Slaughters of Taiji, Japan
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
In 2009, a documentary movie called The Cove focused the spotlight of world attention on the tiny coastal village of Taiji, Japan. Lauded as the birthplace of Japanese whaling, present day Taiji hosts a secretive industry of marine mammal exploitation. This diminutive town is a prinicpal provider...
Ecological Systems Integrity
Governance, law and human rights
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Environmental law and governance are the cornerstones of global efforts to conserve the environment, protect resources and ensure fair and equitable outcomes for all of the planet's inhabitants. This book presents a series of thought-provoking chapters which consider the place of governance and...
Days to Remember
Adventures and reflections of a mountain guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Days to Remember is a collection of tales from well-known mountain guide Rob Collister – tales of long days on the hill, travelling fast and light, often alone, and always steering well clear of the honeypots. From day trips around his local hills in Wales, to worldwide expeditions including the...
The Commons in History
Culture, Conflict, and Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
An argument that the commons is neither tragedy nor paradise but can be a way to understand environmental sustainability.
The history of the commons—jointly owned land or other resources such as fisheries or forests set aside for public use—provides a useful context for current debates...
Plant Reintroduction in a Changing Climate
Promises and Perils
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Considered an essential conservation tool, plant reintroductions have been conducted for many of the world's rarest plant species. The expertise and knowledge gained through these efforts constitute an essential storehouse of information for conservationists faced with a rapidly changing global climate....
Farmland Conservation
Evidence for the effects of interventions in northern and western Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
This synopsis covers evidence for the effects of conservation interventions for native farmland wildlife. It is restricted to evidence captured on the website www.conservationevidence.com. It includes papers published in the journal Conservation Evidence, evidence summarized on our database and systematic...
Pore Scale Phenomena
Frontiers in Energy and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
The field of pore scale phenomena is now emerging as one of the frontiers of science and many engineering disciplines. Transport phenomena in the subsurface of the earth play key roles in the energy and environmental domains. For example, the shale gas and oil boom is revolutionizing the world's energy...
Downstream Toward Home
A Book of Rivers
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
American rivers are among the most diverse and challenging in the world, and for many the excitement and escape they offer develops into a lifelong pursuit. In Downstream Toward Home, Oliver A. Houck recounts his six decades exploring America's waterways,from unnamed creeks and Louisiana swamps to...