Natural Resources category: 648 books
Legal Mechanisms for Water Resources in the Third Millennium
Select papers from the IWRA XIV and XV World Water Congresses
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018
Legal mechanisms for the management, development and protection of water resources have evolved over the years and have reached unprecedented levels of complexity and sophistication. This phenomenon is largely in response to the global community’s sustainable development agenda, to the challenges...
by Raymond L. Gold
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
In Ranching, Mining, and the Human Impact of Natural Resource Development, Raymond L. Gold observes and reports on people whose lives have been significantly affected by the industrialization of rural communities in the American West. Such community change research is rarely done, so this classic...
by Old Natural Ways, Evelyn Scott
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
The Best Guide For Preparing And Surviving A Disaster There are many kinds of disasters. Some are natural and some are results of human activities. Humans are always at risk whether they believe it or not. Coastal states fear tsunamis. Countries within the Ring of Fire fear the effects of volcanic...
Prepper Discover The Top 10 Things You Must Implement To Prepare And To Survive A Disaster Situation
Prepper Discover The Top 10 Things You Must Implement To Prepare And To Survive A Disaster Situation
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
This book will allow you to prepare for any natural disasters that could plague your area. This book will give you the top ten tips in order to prepare for a natural disaster effectively and without wasting so much time. It’s simple to do, and it’s an effective way to make sure that you’re ready...
The New Politics of Strategic Resources
Energy and Food Security Challenges in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Since 2008, energy and food markets-those most fundamental to human existence-have remained in turmoil. Resource scarcity has had a much bigger global impact in recent years than has been predicted, with ongoing volatility a sign that the world is only part-way through navigating a treacherous transition...
Let There Be Water
Israel's Solution for a Water-Starved World
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller!
As every day brings urgent reports of growing water shortages around the world, there is no time to lose in the search for solutions.
The U.S. government predicts that forty of our fifty states-and 60 percent of the earth's land surface-will...
Sustainability Unpacked
Food, Energy and Water for Resilient Environments and Societies
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Food, water and energy form some of the basic elements of sustainability considerations. This ground-breaking book examines and decodes these elements, exploring how a range of countries make decisions regarding their energy and bio-resource consumption and procurement. The authors consider how these...
Liquefied Natural Gas
The Law and Business of LNG, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
From its regional beginnings, the business of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been transformed into a broad industry that now spans the globe. The production and liquefaction of natural gas and its shipping, regasification and use bring together diverse producer and consumer jurisdictions as well...
Nature's Fortune
How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
What is nature worth? The answer to this question-which traditionally has been framed in environmental terms-is revolutionizing the way we do business.
In Nature's Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and former investment banker, and science writer Jonathan Adams argue that...
Beyond Growth
The Economics of Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
"Daly is turning economics inside out by putting the earth and its diminishing natural resources at the center of the field . . . a kind of reverse Copernican revolution in economics."
--Utne Reader
"Considered by most to be the dean of ecological economics, Herman E. Daly...
Mirage
Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2009
"In the days before the Internet, books like Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas' River of Grass were groundbreaking calls to action that made citizens and politicians take notice. Mirage is such a book."
—St. Petersburg Times
“Never before has the...
by C. Alexis Lane
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Across North America and around the world, a significant shift from conventional to unconventional energy extraction is occurring like never before. As traditional energy sources dwindle and the insatiable demand for fossil fuels continues to increase, civilization seems to be taking greater and greater...
by Stephen R. Kellert
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Human health and well-being are inextricably linked to nature; our connection to the natural world is part of our biological inheritance. In this engaging book, a pioneer in the field of biophilia—the study of human beings' inherent affinity for nature—sets forth the first full account of nature's...
Extreme Simplicity
A Guide to Urban Homesteading
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
This perfect guide to self-sufficient city dwelling was written by a pair of gentle survivalists who brought nature to their Los Angeles home. Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges are prepared for everything from power failures and terrorist attacks to droughts and earthquakes. They'll show you the...