Island Press imprint: 745 books
No Way Home
The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Animal migration is a magnificsight: a mile-long blanket of cranes rising from a Nebraska river and filling the sky; hundreds of thousands of wildebeests marching across the Serengeti; a blaze of orange as millions of monarch butterflies spread their wings to take flight. Nature’s great migrations...
Managing Growth in America's Communities
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
In this thoroughly revised edition of Managing Growth in America’s Communities, readers will learn the principles that guide intelligplanning for communities of any size, grasp the major issues in successfully managing growth, and discover what has actually worked in practice (and where and why)....
The Global Farms Race
Land Grabs, Agricultural Investment, and the Scramble for Food Security
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
As we struggle to feed a global population speeding toward 9 billion, we have entered a new phase of the food crisis. Wealthy countries that import much of their food, along with private investors, are racing to buy or lease huge swaths of farmland abroad. The Global Farms Race is the first book to examine...
Vital Signs 2012
The Trends that are Shaping Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Just as people schedule regular check-ups with physicians, our planet needs regular check-ups to catch issues as early as possible, before they become more serious and harder to heal. That is the much-needed service provided on a global scale by the Worldwatch Institute in this new book, Vital Signs...
by John Peet
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability examines the roots of the presenvironmental crisis in the neoclassical economics upon which modern industrial society is based. The author explains that only when we view ourselves in the larger context of the global ecosystem and accept the physical limits to what is possible can sustainability be achieved.
Toward Sustainable Development
Concepts, Methods, and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
Toward Sustainable Developmis a comprehensive and wide ranging exploration of the theoretical and practical aspects of the concept of sustainable development. Internationally known scholars presan in depth critique of traditional economic methods and ideas, and a new framework for analysis of issues...
Future Arctic
Field Notes from a World on the Edge
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
In one hundred years, or even fifty, the Arctic will look dramatically differthan it does today. As polar ice retreats and animals and plants migrate northward, the arctic landscape is morphing into something new and very differfrom what it once was. While these changes may seem remote, they will...
Cities in the Wilderness
A New Vision of Land Use in America
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2007
In this brilliant, gracefully written, and important new book, former Se
Planning for Coastal Resilience
Best Practices for Calamitous Times
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency and magnitude of coastal storms around the globe, and the anticipated rise of sea levels will have enormous impact on fragile and vulnerable coastal regions. In the U.S., more than 50% of the population inhabits coastal areas. In Planning for Coastal...
Rivers for Life
Managing Water For People And Nature
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
The conventional approach to river protection has focused on water quality and maintaining some "minimum" flow that was thought necessary to ensure the viability of a river. In recyears, however, scientific research has underscored the idea that the ecological health of a river system depends not...
How to Save a River
A Handbook For Citizen Action
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
How to Save a River presents in a concise and readable format the wisdom gained from years of river protection campaigns across the United States. The book begins by defining general principles of action, including getting organized, planning a campaign, building public support, and putting a plan...
Big, Wild, and Connected
Part 3: From the Adirondack Mountains to the Gaspé Peninsula
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
This E-ssential is a three-part series that covers John Davis's epic journey from Florida to Maine. In 2011, with support from the Wildlands Network, Davis traveled 7,600 miles in 10 months from Florida to Maine by foot, bicycle, skis, and canoe/kayak. His extensive traveles were motivated by wanting...
In a Perfect Ocean
The State Of Fisheries And Ecosystems In The North Atlantic Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Recdecades have been marked by the decline or collapse of one fishery after another around the world, from swordfish in the North Atlantic to orange roughy in the South Pacific. While the effects of a collapse on local economies and fishing-dependcommunities have generated much discussion, little...
Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems
A Troubled Sense of Immensity
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Over the past century, humans have molded the Colorado River to serve their own needs, resulting in significant impacts to the river and its ecosystems. Today, many scientists, public officials, and citizens hope to restore some of the lresources in portions of the river and its surrounding lands....