Natural Resources category: 648 books
Ogallala
Water for a Dry Land
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
The Ogallala aquifer, a vast underground water reserve extending from South Dakota through Texas, is the product of eons of accumulated glacial melts, ancient Rocky Mountain snowmelts, and rainfall, all percolating slowly through gravel beds hundreds of feet thick.
Ogallala: Water for a Dry...
National Environmental Accounting
Bridging the Gap between Ecology and Economy
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
This book presents national environmental, or 'green' accounting as it has developed in Europe and other parts of the world. It introduces the most recent methods developed through the United Nations Statistical Department and other international organizations, but bridges the gap between the superficial...
by Robert Sterndale
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
FEATURES:
• Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations • A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book • Active Table...
Water in Texas
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
No natural resource issue has greater significance for the future of Texas than water. The state's demand for water for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and recreational uses continues to grow exponentially, while the supply from rivers, lakes, aquifers, and reservoirs is limited. To help Texans...
by Scott Schang, Leila B. Azari, Nicholas Bianco
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Few if any people think the Clean Air Act is the optimal legislative solution to climate change; but it is a powerful tool that is being used sometimes despite the prevailing political will. To address this reality, this volume calls on the best writing from the most often-cited environmental law journal...
Arbitration of International Mining Disputes
Law and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
International mining disputes represent a significant and growing area of disputes over natural resources, yet the unique risks inherent in the mining industry set them apart, both in the nature of the disputes and the approach taken to resolve them. International arbitration has emerged as the mechanism...
The Southwest Under Stress
National Resource Development Issues in a Regional Setting
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Southwest Under Stress examines the development-environment conflict in the four contiguous states of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. It emphasizes three issues with implications that extend far beyond the Southwest: water---its quantity, quality, and allocation; environment---how and to...
Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota
Volume 4, Ecosystem-Based Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated...
Landscape Logic
Integrating Science for Landscape Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
In 2005, researchers from four Australian universities and CSIRO joined forces with environmental managers from three state agencies and six regional catchment management authorities to answer the question: 'Can we detect the influence of public environmental programs on the condition of our natural...
The Equitable Forest
Diversity, Community, and Resource Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
While there continues to be refinement in defining and assessing sustainable management, there remains the urgent need for policies that create the conditions that support sustainability and can halt or slow destructive practices already underway. Carol Colfer and her contributors maintain that standardized...
Asking the Earth
Farms, Forestry and Survival in India
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The need to produce food without the destructive chemical horrors of much modern farming, for an intelligent use of dwindling natural resources and for humane forms of production is universal, the practice is limited.
This book is an account of one, large, instance of success in practice. Twenty-five...
Perspectives On Conservation
Essays on America's Natural Resources
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
A collection of papers based on those prepared by authorities who participated in the 1958 RFF forum, including contributions by Samuel Hays and John Kenneth Galbraith. Originally published in 1958
by David P. Paine, James D. Kiser
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
The new, completely updated edition of the aerial photography classic
Extensively revised to address today's technological advances, Aerial Photography and Image Interpretation, Third Edition offers a thorough survey of the technology, techniques, processes, and methods used to create and interpret...
Human Health and Forests
A Global Overview of Issues, Practice and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Hundreds of millions of people live and work in forests across the world. One vital aspect of their lives, yet largely unexamined, is the challenge of protecting and enhancing the unique relationship between the health of forests and the health of people. This book, written for a broad audience, is...