Island Press: 819 books
Planning as if People Matter
Governing for Social Equity
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
American communities are changing fast: ethnic minority populations are growing, home ownership is falling, the number of people per household is going up, and salaries are going down. According to Marc Brenman and Thomas W. Sanchez, the planning field is largely unprepared for these fundamental shifts....
State of the World 2013
Is Sustainability Still Possible?
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Every day, we are presented with a range of “sustainable” products and activities—from “green” cleaning supplies to carbon offsets—but with so much labeled as “sustainable,” the term has become essentially sustainababble, at best indicating a practice or product slightly less damaging...
A Survey of Sustainable Development
Social And Economic Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Perpetual economic growth is physically impossible on a planet with finite resources. Many concerned with humanity's future have focused on the concept of "sustainable development" as an alternative. Sustainable developmbrings together elements of economics, public policy, sociology, ecology, resource...
Rights to Nature
Ecological, Economic, Cultural, and Political Principles of Institutions for the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
Property rights are a tool humans use in regulating their use of natural resources. Understanding how rights to resources are assigned and how they are controlled is critical to designing and implementing effective strategies for environmental managemand conservation.*Rights to Nature* is a nontechnical,...
Rain Forest in Your Kitchen
The Hidden Connection Between Extinction And Your Supermarket
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
The biodiversity crisis -- the extinction of thousands of species of plants and animals -- is not just a faraway problem for scientists to solve. Instead, the crisis is as close as our backyards, our gardens, and our refrigerator shelves. This engaging, practical guide inspires average Americans to...
Designing Sustainable Communities
Learning From Village Homes
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
The movemtoward creating more sustainable communities has been growing for decades, and in recyears has gained new prominence with the increasing visibility of planning approaches such as the New Urbanism. Yet there are few examples of successful and time-tested sustainable communities.Village Homes...
Environmental Disputes
Community InvolvemIn Conflict Resolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Environmental Disputes helps citizen groups, businesses, and governments understand how Environmental Dispute Settlement--a set of procedures for settling disputes over environmental policies without litigation--can work for them.
by L. Hunter Lovins
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
On October 5, 2011, L. Hunter Lovins participated in The National Climate Seminar, a series of webinars sponsored by Bard College’s Center for Environmental Policy. The online seminars provide a forum for leading scientists, writers, and other experts to talk about critical issues regarding climate...
People Habitat
25 Ways to Think About Greener, Healthier Cities
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
With over 80 percent of Americans now living in cities and suburbs, getting our communities right has never been more important, more complicated, or more fascinating. Longtime sustainability leader Kaid Benfield shares 25 enlightening and entertaining essays about the wondrous ecology of human settlement,...
Quantified
Redefining Conservation for the Next Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Google, Apple, Amazon, Uber: companies like these have come to embody innovation, efficiency, and success. How often is the environmental movement characterized in the same terms? Sadly, conservation is frequently seen as a losing battle, waged by well-meaning, but ultimately ineffective idealists. Joe...
by Sadhu Aufochs Johnston, Julia Parzen, Steven S. Nicholas
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Superstorm Sandy sent a strong message that a new generation of urban development and infrastructure is desperately needed, and it must be designed with resilience in mind. As cities continue to face climate change impacts while growing in population, they find themselves at the center of resilience...
Water Security
The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
The world is on the brink of the greatest crisis it has ever faced: a spiraling lack of fresh water. Groundwater is drying up, even as water demands for food production, for energy, and for manufacturing are surging. Water is already emerging as a headline geopolitical issue—and worsening water security...
Let Them Eat Shrimp
The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
What’s the connection between a platter of jumbo shrimp at your local restaurant and murdered fishermen in Honduras, impoverished women in Ecuador, and disastrous hurricanes along America’s Gulf coast? Mangroves. Many people have never heard of these salt-water forests, but for those who depend...
by Peter Calthorpe, William Fulton
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
MAmericans today do not live in discrete cities and towns, but rather in an aggregation of cities and suburbs that forms one basic economic, multi-cultural, environmental and civic entity. These “regional cities” have the potential to significantly improve the quality of our lives--to provide...