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Greening Berlin
The Co-Production of Science, Politics, and Urban Nature
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
How plant and animal species conservation became part of urban planning in Berlin, and how the science of ecology contributed to this change.
Although nature conservation has traditionally focused on the countryside, issues of biodiversity protection also appear on the political agendas of...
The Invention of Nature
Alexander von Humboldt's New World
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism.
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Patterns in Nature
Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Though at first glance the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it, from the hexagons of a honeycomb to the spirals of a seashell and the branching veins of a leaf. Revealing the order at the foundation of the seemingly chaotic...
Reinventing Nature?
Responses To Postmodern Deconstruction
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
How much of science is culturally constructed? How much depends on language and metaphor? How do our ideas about nature connect with reality? Can nature be "reinvented" through theme parks and malls, or through restoration?Reinventing Nature? is an interdisciplinary investigation of how perceptions...
Living Shorelines
The Science and Management of Nature-Based Coastal Protection
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
Living Shorelines: The Science and Management of Nature-based Coastal Protection compiles, synthesizes and interprets the current state of the knowledge on the science and practice of nature-based shoreline protection. This book will serve as a valuable reference to guide scientists, students, managers,...
by Thomas J. Strang
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
The word nature is derived from the Latin word natura, or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth". Natura was a Latin translation of the Greek word physis (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics that...
Human Nature
A Blueprint for Managing the Earth--by People, for People
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
A radical approach to the environment which argues that by harnessing the power of science for human benefit, we can have a healthier planet
As a prizewinning theoretical physicist and an outspoken advocate for scientific literacy, James Trefil has long been the public's guide to a better understanding...
by John Terborgh
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
For ecologist John Terborgh, Manu National Park in the rainforest of Peru is a second home; he has sphalf of each of the past twenty-five years there conducting research. Like all parks, Manu is assumed to provide inviolate protection to nature. Yet even there, in one of the mremote corners of the...
Nature Across Cultures
Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures consists of about 25 essays dealing with the environmental knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
**The SAGE Handbook of Nature **offers an ambitious retrospective and prospective overview of the field that aims to position Nature, the environment and natural processes, at the heart of interdisciplinary social sciences.
The three volumes are divided into the following parts:
INTRODUCTION...
Geographies of Nature
Societies, Environments, Ecologies
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
"An exemplary introduction to cutting edge work on the geographies of nature. Intellectually demanding, clearly written and empirically rich, this is a book that deserves a wide readership within and beyond the geographical discipline."
- Sarah J. Whatmore, Oxford University Centre for the...
Returning Carbon to Nature
Coal, Carbon Capture, and Storage
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013
Carbon capture and storage is one of the main carbon emissions policy issues globally, yet you may know little about it if you’re outside the academic community. As the global push to address the impact that carbon emissions has on global warming continues, awareness and knowledge of viable solutions...
by E. Asamoah-Yaw
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
The book is about the authenticity of the conventional wisdom of nature and nurture. It engages the readers attention on moments of drawing a line between nature and the environment when establishing which of the two practically manages human beings. The popular belief that environmental forces count...
Instituting Nature
Authority, Expertise, and Power in Mexican Forests
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
A study of how encounters between forestry bureaucrats and indigenous forest managers in Mexico produced official knowledge about forests and the state.
Greater knowledge and transparency are often promoted as the keys to solving a wide array of governance problems. In Instituting Nature, Andrew...