Natural Resources category: 648 books
Pastoralism and Common Pool Resources
Rangeland co-management, property rights and access in Mongolia
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
The grazing of animals on common land and associated property rights were the original basis of the concept of "the tragedy of the commons". Drawing on the classic work of Elinor Ostrom and the readings of political ecology, this book questions the application of exclusive property rights...
Unlikely Alliances
Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
Often when Native nations assert their treaty rights and sovereignty, they are confronted with a backlash from their neighbors, who are fearful of losing control of the natural resources. Yet, when both groups are faced with an outside threat to their common environment�such as mines, dams, or an...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Source-sink theories provide a simple yet powerful framework for understanding how the patterns, processes and dynamics of ecological systems vary and interact over space and time. Integrating multiple research fields, including population biology and landscape ecology, this book presents the latest...
Water Policy in the Netherlands
Integrated Management in a Densely Populated Delta
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
As a low-lying delta region with a high population density, the Netherlands has long focused on the prevention of flooding catastrophes and the reclamation of valuable land. The evolution of Dutch water governance, beginning with the creation of local 'water boards' in the Middle Ages and growing...
Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems
The Role of Learning and Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Resilience thinking challenges us to reconsider the meaning of sustainability in a world that must constantly adapt in the face of gradual and at times catastrophic change. This volume further asks environmental education and resource management scholars to consider the relationship of environmental...
by Charles E. Gilliland
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Whether the prospective buyer is a farmer or rancher looking to expand operations, a sportsman seeking to preserve habitat for wildlife, or a nature enthusiast trying to conserve native flora and fauna, acquiring rural land can be a rollercoaster of exciting and stressful experiences. In Buying Rural...
Drying Up
The Fresh Water Crisis in Florida
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
America’s wettest state is running out of water. Florida—with its swamps, lakes, extensive coastlines, and legions of life-giving springs—faces a drinking water crisis. Drying Up is a wake-up call and a hard look at what the future holds for those who call Florida home. Journalist and educator...
Too Much Luck
The Mining Boom and Australia’s Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
We think we are the lucky country, but what we really have is dumb luck – too much luck, more than we know what to do with. In Too Much Luck, Paul Cleary shows how the resource boom, which seems a blessing, could well become a curse. We have never seen a boom quite like this one. Under-taxed and...
Integrated Water Resources Management
Global Theory, Emerging Practice and Local Needs
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2006
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has become the international label for the ‘new approach’ to water resources management. This volume, and in fact the entire series, investigates how this global concept resonates with regional, national and local concerns in South Asia.
This...
Fracking the Neighborhood
Reluctant Activists and Natural Gas Drilling
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
What happens when natural gas drilling moves into an urban area: how communities in North Texas responded to the environmental and health threats of fracking.
When natural gas drilling moves into an urban or a suburban neighborhood, a two-hundred-foot-high drill appears on the other side of...
Gender and Natural Resource Management
Livelihoods, Mobility and Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
This book is about the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia. It explores the uneasy negotiations between theory, policy and practice that are often evident within the realm of gender, environment and natural resource management, especially where gender...
Saving the Seed
Genetic diversity and European agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Genetic diversity is essential to the security of agriculture. Without the availability of a wide range of plant varieties and the genetic resources they contain, crops cannot adapt to combat the ever-changing threats of pests, diseases and climatic change. Yet, with the increasing industrialisation...
by Old Natural Ways
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
In this day and age, dystopian fiction is all the rage. Many people are considering the catastrophic events that climate change and a shaky economy may cause, and wanting to ensure their safety and survival should a natural disaster occur.
International Energy Law
Rules Governing Future Exploration, Exploitation and Use of Renewable Resources
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
The international legal rules affecting renewable alternative energy resources are amongst the most important legal and environmental concerns of the near future. As traditional energy sources are depleted, new technologies are being developed to harness the potentials of wave, current and tidal energy,...