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Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene
Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
This book deals with the potentials of social-ecological systems analysis for resolving sustainability problems. Contributors relate inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives to systemic dynamics, human behavior and the different dimensions and scales. With a problem-focused, sustainability-oriented...
The Earth Only Endures
On Reconnecting with Nature and Our Place in It
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
For most of human history, we have lived our daily lives in a close relationship with the land. Yet now, for the first time, more people are living in urban rather than rural areas, bringing about an estrangement. This book, by acclaimed author Jules Pretty, is fundamentally about our relationship...
Conservation and Development in India
Reimagining Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Despite decades of efforts to integrate conservation and development, India is torn between two very different worldviews of peoples’ place in the country’s natural environment. This book takes a critical look at nature conservation and poverty alleviation in India. It opens up discussion of the...
Nature, Economy and Society
Understanding the Linkages
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
This book presents an enquiry into the interface between nature, economy and society, which is still in its early stages, notwithstanding the commendable progress and advances made in the field of environmental and natural resource economics within the ever-expanding boundaries of economics as a discipline....
Our Molecular Nature
The Body’s Motors, Machines and Messages
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Molecular Nature is a richly illustrated guide to the extraordinary diversity of molecules that are responsible for life. David Goodsell, author of the highly-praised book, The Machinery of Life, has synthesized a vast amount of data in a manner that is accessible to the general reader. Molecular...
Capitalizing on Nature
Ecosystems as Natural Assets
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
The basic unit of nature – the ecosystem – is a special form of wealth, which we can think of as a stock of natural capital. However, perhaps because this capital is free, we have tended to view it as limitless, abundant and always available for our use, exploitation and conversion. Capitalizing...
Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions
Southeastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2011
The mountain regions in Southeastern Europe are unique natural regions of great beauty and ecological value, and home of the head waters of major rivers. They constitute a major ecological, economic, cultural, recreational and living environment in Europe, shared by numerous cultures and countries....
by Mansoor Niaz
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
This book explores the evolving nature of objectivity in the history of science and its implications for science education. It is generally considered that objectivity, certainty, truth, universality, the scientific method and the accumulation of experimental data characterize both science and science...
Frog Pond Philosophy
Essays on the Relationship Between Humans and Nature
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The philanthropist and philosopher Strachan Donnelley (1942--2008) devoted his life to studying the complex relationship between humans and nature. Founder and first president of the Center for Humans and Nature, Donnelley was a pioneer in the exploration and promotion of the idea that human beings...
Applying Nature's Design
Corridors as a Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2006
The fragmenting of habitats is endangering animal populations and degrading or destroying many plant populations throughout the world. To address this problem, conservationists have increasingly turned to biological corridors, areas of land set aside to facilitate the movement of species and ecological...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The twenty-first century presents an increasing number of environmental problems, including toxic pollution, global warming, destruction of tropical forests, extinction of biological diversity, and depletion of natural resources. These environmental problems are generally due to human behavior, namely...
The Social Life of Climate Change Models
Anticipating Nature
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Drawing on a combination of perspectives from diverse fields, this volume offers an anthropological study of climate change and the ways in which people attempt to predict its local implications, showing how the processes of knowledge making among lay people and experts are not only comparable but...
by James Fairhead, Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Across the world, ecosystems are for sale. ‘Green grabbing’ – the appropriation of land and resources for environmental ends – is an emerging process of deep and growing significance. A vigorous debate on ‘land grabbing’ already highlights instances where ‘green’ credentials are called...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
The book is the first comprehensive analysis of the macroecology and geobotany of endemic vascular plants with case-studies and analyses from different regions in the world. Endemism is a pre-extinction phenomenon. Endemics are threatened with extinction. Due to international nature conservation policies...