Robert William Sandford: 13 books
by Robert William Sandford
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Robert William Sandford’s latest RMB manifesto invites the reader to separate the hype from the hope with respect to the outcomes of the 2015 Paris climate conference and in relation to humanity’s dangerous new era — the Anthropocene.
In responding to the urgency – and the opportunity...
Cold Matters: The State and Fate of Canada's Fresh Water
The State and Fate of Canada's Fresh Water
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Cold Matters is a vital and approachable work that distills the scientific complexities of snow, ice, water and climate and presents the global implications of research put forth and funded by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences. This timely book gives the concerned reader...
by Robert William Sandford
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Growing populations, increasing industrial use and heavy agricultural demand are beginning to tax water supplies in many regions of Canada.
Since many rivers are already fully allocated to numerous uses, future economic and social development will depend upon how much we know about our surface...
Flood Forecast
Climate Risk and Resiliency in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.
Hydro-climatic change is no longer an abstract or theoretical concept if you have been directly affected by the increase in the duration and intensity of...
by Robert William Sandford
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.
In February of 2013, as reported by major media from all around the world, Lake Winnipeg was recognized by the Global Nature Fund as the world’s “Threatened...
Quenching the Dragon
The Canada-China Water Crisis - An RMB Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
In this latest RMB Manifesto, Canadian freshwater expert Robert Sandford takes readers to China and shares what it is like to deal with some of the most intractable freshwater problems in the world.
It all started out innocently enough: an airliner over the Pacific and a flight attendant passing...
The Climate Nexus
Water, Food, Energy and Biodiversity in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Secure supplies of water, food and energy are essential to human dignity and well-being around the globe. In turn, the vitality of these three depends on a thriving biodiversity supported by healthy ecosystems. The complex interdependence among these four factors is known as the Nexus.
Global...
Ethical Water
Learning to Value What Matters Most
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.
Fresh water is essential to both the ever-expanding human population and the ever-threatened natural landscapes that surround us. And yet, society seems...
The Hard Work of Hope
Climate Change in the Age of Trump
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
The Climate Nexus (RMB, 2015) analyzed and explored the economic and social realities facing water, food, energy and biodiversity. The Hard Work of Hope continues this narrative and seeks to develop effective solutions to the growing urgency for global action on climate change.
The Hard Work...
The Columbia River Treaty
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.
The Columbia River Treaty ratification in 1964 created the largest hydropower project in North America, with additional emphasis on flood protection for...
Storm Warning
Water and Climate Security in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
Human beings and industrial-based society are changing the composition of our planet’s atmosphere and causing it to warm at an unnatural and oftentimes astonishingly rapid rate. Much of that warmth is being absorbed by water, which as a result is moving through the global hydrological cycle faster...
Restoring the Flow
Confronting the World's Water Woes
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Try as we might, parts of North America may not escape the impacts of the global water crisis. The same kinds of water supply and quality issues that have appeared around our crowded planet are already beginning to present themselves here. Unfortunately, this is occurring at a time when, as a direct...
The Weekender Effect
Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.
As cities continue to grow at unprecedented rates, more and more people are looking for peaceful, weekend retreats in mountain or rural communities. More...