Island Press imprint: 745 books
by Elliott A. Norse, The Wilderness Society
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
AnciForests of the Pacific Northwest provides a global context for what is happening in the Pacific Northwest, analyzing the remaining anciforest and the threats to it from atmospheric changes and logging. It shows how human tampering affects an ecosystem, and how the Pacific Northwest could become a model for sustainable forestry worldwide.
The Work of Nature
How The Diversity Of Life Sustains Us
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
"We do not question that flesh and bone and leaf litter will decay to dust, that seeds will sprout season after season and find renewed nourishment in the soil, that rivers can flow endlessly without running dry, that we can breathe a lifetime without depleting the air of oxygen.... What humans have...
Immersion
The Science and Mystery of Freshwater Mussels
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Abbie Gascho Landis first fell for freshwater mussels while submerged in an Alabama creek, her pregnant belly squeezed into a wetsuit. After an hour of fruitless scanning, a mussel materialized from the rocks—a little spectaclecase, herself pregnant, filtering the river water through a delicate...
Biting the Hands that Feed Us
How Fewer, Smarter Laws Would Make Our Food System More Sustainable
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Food waste, hunger, inhumane livestock conditions, disappearing fish stocks—these are exactly the kind of issues we expect food regulations to combat. Yet, today in the United States, laws exist at all levels of governmthat actually make these problems worse. Baylen Linnekin argues that, too often,...
by Wenche Dramstad, James D. Olson, Richard T.T. Forman
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
Landscape ecology has emerged in the past decade as an important and useful tool for land-use planners and landscape architects. While professionals and scholars have begun to incorporate aspects of this new field into their work, there remains a need for a summary of key principles and how they might...
The Essential Ian McHarg
Writings on Design and Nature
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2006
The Essential Ian McHarg brings together a series of short essays that reveal the full range of Ian McHarg's thoughts on design and nature. Adapted from the comprehensive book of his work, To Heal the Earth, these carefully selected essays provide an ideal reader for undergraduate and graduate students in planning and landscape architecture.
Conservation Across Borders
Biodiversity in an InterdependWorld
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Conservationists have long been aware that political
boundaries rarely coincide with natural boundaries.
From the establishmof early "peace parks"to the
designation of continental migratory pathways, a
wide range of transborder mechanisms to protect
biodiversity...
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Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
On December 7, 2011, Mark Hertsgaard participated in The National Climate Seminar, a series of webinars sponsored by Bard College’s Center for Environmental Policy. The online seminars provide a forum for leading scientists, writers, and other experts to talk about critical issues regarding climate...
From Botswana to the Bering Sea
My Thirty Years With National Geographic
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
National Geographic has been called a window on the world and a passport to adventure. Each month an estimated forty million people in 190 countries open its pages and are transported to exotic realms that delight the eye and mind. Such widespread renown gives the magazine's writers unmatched access...
by Arthur C. Nelson, Liza K. Bowles, Julian C. Juergensmeyer
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Impact fees are one-time charges that are applied to new residential developments by local governments that are seeking funds to pay for the construction or expansion of public facilities, such as water and sewer systems, schools, libraries, and parks and recreation facilities. In the face of taxpayer...
Foundations of Real Estate DevelopmFinancing
A Guide to Public-Private Partnerships
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
America’s landscape is undergoing a profound transformation as demand grows for a differkind of American Dream--smaller homes on smaller lots, multifamily options, and walkable neighborhoods. This trend presents a tremendous opportunity to reinvour urban and suburban areas. But in a time of fiscal...
Public Opinion Polling
A Handbook For Public Interest And Citizen Advocacy Groups
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
In Public Opinion Polling, Celinda C. Lake and Pat Callbeck Harper draw on years of experience and hands-on work in polling and interpreting public opinion polls for political candidates and public interest organizations. This handbook offers field-tested, easy-to-use, and cost-effective instructions...
Climate Change and Energy Supply and Use
Technical Report for the U.S. Departmof Energy in Support of the National Climate Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Developed to inform the 3rd National Climate Assessment, and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage and conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Departmof Energy, Climate Change and Energy Supply and Use examines the known effects and relationships of climate change variables...
EarthEd (State of the World)
Rethinking Education on a Changing Planet
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Earth education is traditionally confined to specific topics: ecoliteracy, outdoor education, environmental science. But in the coming century, on track to be the warmest in human history, every aspect of human life will be affected by our changing planet. Emerging diseases, food shortages, drought,...