Island Press: 819 books
Crossing the Next Meridian
Land, Water, and the Future of the West
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
In Crossing the Next Meridian, Charles F. Wilkinson, an expert on federal public lands, Native American issues, and the West's arcane water laws explains some of the core problems facing the American West now and in the years to come. He examines the outmoded ideas that pervade land use and resource...
The New Consumers
The Influence Of Affluence On The Environment
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
While overconsumption by the developed world's roughly one billion inhabitants is an abiding problem, another one billion increasingly afflu"new consumers" in developing countries will place additional strains on the earth's resources, argue authors Norman Myers and Jennifer Kin this important new...
The Portland Edge
Challenges And Successes In Growing Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2004
Portland, Oregon, is often cited as one of the mlivable cities in the United States and a model for "smart growth." At the same time, critics deride it as a victim of heavy-handed planning and point to its skyrocketing housing costs as a clear sign of good intentions gone awry. Which side is right?...
by Robert A. Long
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
The status of many carnivore populations is of growing concern to scientists and conservationists, making the need for data pertaining to carnivore distribution, abundance, and habitat use ever more pressing. Recdevelopments in “noninvasive” research techniques—those that minimize disturbance...
by Arthur C. Nelson, John Randolph, James M. McElfish
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Many communities across the nation still lack affordable housing. And many officials continue to claim that “affordable housing” is an oxymoron. Building inexpensively is impossible, they say, because there are too many regulations. Required environmental impact statements and habitat protection...
A Region at Risk
The Third Regional Plan For The New York-New Jersey-Connecticut Metropolitan Area
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Regional Plan Association, the nation's oldest regional planning organization, has worked since 1929 to improve the quality of life in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan area. The Association has crafted two long-term plans and successfully promoted their implementation through advocacy...
Marine Reserves
A Guide to Science, Design, and Use
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
Marine Reserves represents an invaluable guide for fishery managers and marine protected area managers in creating and implementing effective marine reserves, and an accessible reference for environmentalists and others concerned with the conservation of marine resources. It will also be useful in...
Shifting Baselines
The Past and the Future of Ocean Fisheries
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Shifting Baselines explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans of the future. In 1995, acclaimed marine biologist Daniel Pauly coined the term "shifting baselines" to describe a phenomenon of lowered expectations, in...
Marine Conservation Biology
The Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2005
Marine Conservation Biology brings together for the first time in a single volume leading experts from around the world to apply the lessons and thinking of conservation biology to marine issues.
by Edward T. McMahon, Mike McQueen, The Conservation Fund
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Written by two of the nation's leading experts on land conservation, Land Conservation Financing provides a comprehensive overview of successful land conservation programs -- how they were created, how they are funded, and what they've accomplished -- along with detailed case studies from across the...
The World's Water 2008-2009
The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Produced biennially, The World’s Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the msignificant trends worldwide, and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water. The 2008-2009...
Bronx Ecology
Blueprint for a New Environmentalism
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
In Bronx Ecology, Hershkowitz tells the story of the Bronx Community Paper Company from its earliest inception to its final demise nearly ten years later.
World Agriculture and the Environment
A Commodity-By-Commodity Guide To Impacts And Practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
World Agriculture and the Environmpresents a unique assessmof agricultural commodity production and the environmental problems it causes, along with prescriptions for increasing efficiency and reducing damage to natural systems. Drawing on his extensive travel and research in agricultural regions...
The National Wildlife Refuges
Coordinating A Conservation System Through Law
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
The National Wildlife Refuges provides a comprehensive examination of the laws and policies governing the managemof national wildlife refuges, offering for the first time a practical description and analysis of the managemregime outlined in the 1997 National Wildlife Refuge System ImprovemAct, the...