Island Press imprint: 745 books
Water, Culture, and Power
Local Struggles In A Global Context
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Water, Culture, and Power presents a series of case studies from around the world that examine the complex culture and power dimensions of water resources and water resource management.
Disasters and Democracy
The Politics Of Extreme Natural Events
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1999
In recyears, the number of presidential declarations of “major disasters” has skyrocketed. Such declarations make stricken areas eligible for federal emergency relief funds that greatly reduce their costs. But is federalizing the costs of disasters helping to lighten the overall burden of disasters...
Smart Power Anniversary Edition
Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Few industries in the U.S. are as stuck in the past as our utilities are. In the face of growing challenges from climate change and the need for energy security, a system and a business model that each took more than a century to evolve must now be extensively retooled in the span of a few decades....
Beyond Mobility
Planning Cities for People and Places
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Beyond Mobility is about prioritizing the needs and aspirations of people and the creation of great places. This is asimportant, if not more important, than expediting movement. A stronger focus on accessibility and place creates bettercommunities, environments, and economies.
There are many...
Roads Were Not Built for Cars
How cyclists were the first to push for good roads & became the pioneers of motoring
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal—and largely unrecognized—role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements,...
Two Californias
The Myths And Realities Of A State Divided Against Itself
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Two Californias explores for the first time the pervasive folk myth that Northern and Southern California should really be separate states. You hear it all the time in the media and on the street - but is it true?Michael DiLeo and Eleanor Smith look closely and discover that there are profound truths...
These American Lands
Parks, Wilderness, and the Public Lands: Revised and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1994
Over 634 million acres of the United States -- nearly a million square miles -- are federally owned. These American Lands is both a history and a celebration of that inheritance. First published in 1986, the book was hailed by Wallace Stegner as "the only indispensable narrative history of the public...
State of the World 2011
Innovations that Nourish the Planet
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
A compelling look at the global food crisis, with particular emphasis on global innovations that can help solve a worldwide problem. State of the World 2011 not only introduces us to the latest agro-ecological innovations and their global applicability but also gives broader insights into issues including poverty, international politics, and even gender equity.
Within Walking Distance
Creating Livable Communities for All
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
In*Within Walking Distance*, journalist and urban critic Philip Langdon looks at why and how Americans are shifting toward a more human-scale way of building and living. He shows how people are creating, improving, and caring for walkable communities. To draw the mimportant lessons, Langdon sptime...
Flames in Our Forest
Disaster Or Renewal?
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
Shaped by fire for thousands of years, the forests of the western United States are as adapted to periodic fires as they are to the region's soils and climate. Our widespread practice of ignoring the vital role of fire is costly in both ecological and economic terms, with consequences including the...
Reconstructing Earth
Technology and Environmin the Age of Humans
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
The Earth's biological, chemical, and physical systems are increasingly shaped by the activities of one species-ours. In our decisions about everything from manufacturing technologies to restaurant menus, the health of the planet has become a product of human choice. Environmentalism, however, has...
by Alexander Garvin
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
What makes a great city? City planner and architect Alexander Garvin set out to answer this question by observing cities, largely in North America and Europe, with special attention to Paris, London, New York, and Vienna.
For Garvin, greatness is about what people who shape cities candotomakea...
by C. Timothy Lindstrom
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Voluntary land conservation, resulting from increasingly alluring tax benefits, has significantly changed the face of land use in the United States and promises to have an even more significant influence in the future. There are more than 1,500 land trusts in the U.S. today, involving millions of...
Ritual House
Drawing on Nature's Rhythms for Architecture and Urban Design
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Celebrated architect Ralph Knowles, Distinguished Emeritus at USC’s School of Architecture, has carefully crafted a book for architects, designers, planners—anyone who yearns to reconnect to the natural world through the built environment. He shows us how to re-examine a shadow, a wall, a window,...