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Megaregions
Planning for Global Competitiveness
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
The concept of “the city” —as well as “the state” and “the nation state” —is passé, agree contributors to this insightful book. The new scale for considering economic strength and growth opportunities is “the megaregion,” a network of metropolitan centers and their surrounding...
Act III in Patagonia
People and Wildlife
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
From tracking elephant seals in the Atlantic to following flamingos in the Andes, Act III in Patagonia takes readers to the sites where real-life field science is taking place. It further illuminates the ecology of the region through a history that reaches from the time of the Tehuelche Indians known by Magellan, Drake, and Darwin to the present.
Timber, Tourists, and Temples
Conservation And DevelopmIn The Maya Forest Of Belize Guatemala And Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Stretching across southern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and Belize, the Maya Forest, or Selva Maya, constitutes one of the last large blocks of tropical forest remaining in North and Central America. Home to Mayan-speaking people for more than 5,000 years, the region is also uncommonly rich in cultural...
Vaquita
Science, Politics, and Crime in the Sea of Cortez
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
In 2006, vaquita, a diminutive porpoise making its home in the Upper Gulf of California, inheritedthe dubious title of world's most endangered marine mammal.Nicknamed "panda of the sea” for their small size and beguiling facial markings, vaquitas have been in decline for decades, dying by the...
No One Eats Alone
Food as a Social Enterprise
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
In today's fast-paced, fast food world, everyone seems to be eating alone, all the time—whether it's at their desks or in the car. Michael Carolan argues that needs to change if we want healthy, equitable, and sustainable food. We can no longer afford to ignore human connections as we struggle with...
Aldo Leopold's Odyssey
Rediscovering the Author of A Sand County Almanac
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
A household icon of the environmental movement, Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) may be the mquoted conservationist in history. A Sand County Almanac has sold millions of copies and Leopold's writings are venerated for their perceptions about land and how people might live in concert with the whole community...
by Char Miller
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism, the first new biography in more than three decades, offers a fresh interpretation of the life and work of the famed conservationist and Progressive politician. In addition to considering Gifford Pinchot's role in the environmental movement,...
International Wildlife Trade
A Cites Sourcebook
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
For more than two decades, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, known as CITES, has been one of the largest and meffective conservation agreements in the world. By regulating international commerce in certain species -- from African elephants and exotic...
Mitigation Banking
Theory And Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Under the Clean Water Act, developmthat results in the permandestruction of wetlands must, in mcases, be mitigated by the creation of a new wetland or the restoration of a degraded one. In recyears, the concept of "mitigation banking" has emerged. Rather than require developers to create and maintain...
by Jonathan Barnett, Larry Beasley
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
As world population grows, and more people move to cities and suburbs, they place greater stress on the operating system of our whole planet. But urbanization and increasing densities also present our best opportunity for improving sustainability, by transforming urban development into desirable, lower-carbon,...
State of the World 2007
Our Urban Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
In 2008, half of the Earth’s population will live in urban areas, marking the first time in history that humans are an urban species. State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future examines changes in the ways cities are managed, built, and lived in that could tip the balance towards a healthier and more peaceful urban future.
by Abhijeet Chavan
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Planetizen's Contemporary Debates in Urban Planning is a fascinating review of major topics and issues discussed in the field of urban planning, assembled by editors at Planetizen, the leading source of news and information for the planning and developmcommunity on the web. The book brings together...
The World's Water Volume 7
The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Produced biennially, The World's Water is the mcomprehensive and up-to-to date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources. Each new volume examines critical global trends and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water.
Volume 7 features chapters...
Structural Economics
Measuring Change in Technology, Lifestyles, and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
In all societies, the main causes of environmental degradation are resource extraction and the generation of waste by households and industries. Realistic strategies for mitigating these impacts require an understanding of both the technologies by which resources are transformed into products, and...