Environmental Science category: 9368 books
Recovering a Lost River
Removing Dams, Rewilding Salmon, Revitalizing Communities
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
A powerful argument for why dam removal makes good scientific, economic, and environmental sense—and requires our urgent attention
The Snake River, flowing through the Northwest, was once one of the world's greatest salmon rivers. As recently as a hundred years ago, it retained some of its...
by Adrian Parr
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
How the sustainability movement has been co-opted: from ecobranding by Wal-Mart to the “greening” of the American military.
The idea of “sustainability” has gone mainstream. Thanks to Prius-driving movie stars, it's even hip. What began as a grassroots movement to promote responsible...
Good News For a Change
How Everyday People are Helping the Planet
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2003
The litany of environmental bad news -- rapid extinction of species, pollution, depleted food sources -- can be overwhelming, but there's hope too. In this thoughtful look at whatís happening behind the grim headlines, authors David Suzuki and Holly Dressel show that thousands of individuals, groups,...
Wisdom for a Livable Planet
The Visionary Work of Terri Swearingen, Dave Foreman, Wes Jackson, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Werner Forn
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
The author profiles the work of eight visionaries who have dedicated their lives to various environmental issues. Each story provides a portrait of an individual's valiant and inspiring campaign to improve the conditions for life on our planet. Taken together, the work of these people points the way...
Snake Oil
How Fracking's False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
The rapid spread of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") has temporarily boosted US natural gas and oil production... and sparked a massive environmental backlash in communities across the country. The fossil fuel industry is trying to sell fracking as the biggest energy development of the...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Not until the recent attacks on transport systems has transport security become a focus of public concern and academic research. Various aspects of transport security have already been analysed under different agendas. Some research was focused on the potential risk to the environment resulting from...
The Future of National Infrastructure
A System-of-Systems Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Infrastructure forms the economic backbone of modern society. It is a key determinant of economic competitiveness, social well-being and environmental sustainability. Yet infrastructure systems (energy, transport, water, waste and ICT) in advanced economies globally face serious challenges. For the...
Sustainability
A History
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
The word is nearly ubiquitous: at the grocery store we shop for "sustainable foods" that were produced from "sustainable agriculture"; groups ranging from small advocacy organizations to city and state governments to the United Nations tout "sustainable development" as...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
The book focuses on efficiency analysis in enterprises and describes a broader supply-chain context to support improved sustainability. The research and its outcomes presented here provide theoretical and empirical studies on efficiency analysis in the supply chain, including operational, economic,...
Rewilding the World
Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
A gripping account of the environmental crusade to save the world's most endangered species and landscapes—the last best hope for preserving our natural home
Scientists worldwide are warning of the looming extinction of thousands of species, from tigers and polar bears to rare flowers, birds,...
Fateful Harvest
The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
I see soil in a new light, and I wonder about my own lawn and garden. What have I sprinkled on my backyard? Is somebody using my home, my food, to recycle toxic waste? It seems unbelievable, outlandish -- but what if it's true?
A riveting expose, Fateful Harvest tells the story of Patty Martin...
The Hype About Hydrogen
Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
"Vital, very readable guidance for investors, environmentalists, and interested bystanders looking toward a future without fossil fuels." -BOOKLIST"It's hard to argue with the relentless logic...." -E/THE ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE"Readers looking to separate facts from hype about cars running on hydrogen...
by Wolfram Kägi
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Climate change is one of the major global environmental problems, one that has the potential to confront us with great costs during the decades to come. Climate change is caused by emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO). As z deforestation leads to CO emissions and growing...
Building Global Resilience in the Aftermath of Sustainable Development
Planet, People and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
This book explains why the concept of sustainable development needs to be consigned to history. Using examples from around the world, Richard Pagett illustrates how so-called sustainable development has simply been a cul-de-sac, condemning millions to continuing extreme poverty.
Building Global...