Island Press: 819 books
Justice and Natural Resources
Concepts, Strategies, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Just over two decades ago, research findings that environmentally hazardous facilities were more likely to be sited near poor and minority communities gave rise to the environmental justice movement. Yet inequitable distribution of the burdens of industrial facilities and pollution is only half of...
The Rising Tide
Global Warming And World Sea Levels
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
The Rising Tide is the first analysis of global warming and world sea level rise. It outlines state, national, and international actions to respond to the effects of global warming on coastal communities and ecosystems.
by Steven I. Apfelbaum, Alan W. Haney
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land was the first practical guidebook to give restorationists and would-be restorationists with little or no scientific background the "how to" information and knowledge they need to plan and implemecological restoration activities. The book sets forth a step-by-step...
Strategic Green Infrastructure Planning
A Multi-Scale Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
From New York City's urban forest and farmland in Virginia to the vast Sonoran Desert of Arizona and riverside parks in Vancouver, Washington, green infrastructure is becoming a priority for cities, counties, and states across America. Recognition of the need to manage our natural assets—trees,...
The Ecology of Place
Planning for Environment, Economy, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
The Ecology of Place is a timely resource for planners, economic developmspecialists, students, and citizen activists working toward establishing healthier and more sustainable patterns of growth and development.
State of the Wild 2008-2009
A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
State of the Wild is a biennial series that brings together international conservation experts and writers to discuss emerging issues in the conservation of wildlife and wild places.
Each volume in the series combines evocative writings with a fascinating tour of conservation news highlights...
Paving Over the Past
A History And Guide To Civil War Battlefield Preservation
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
In this exhaustively researched book, Georgie Boge and Margie Boge analyze the issues and controversies surrounding the preservation of Civil War battlefield sites, and offer a pragmatic developmprogram designed to accommodate the needs of both historic preservation and economic growth. Not only do...
by National Association of City Transportation Officials
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
The Transit Street Design Guide is a well-illustrated, detailed introduction to designing streets for high-quality transit, from local buses to BRT, from streetcars to light rail. Drawing on the expertise of a peer network and case studies from across North America, the guide provides a much-needed...
Protecting Pollinators
How to Save the Creatures that Feed Our World
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2019
We should thank a pollinator at every meal. These diminutive creatures fertilize a third of the crops we eat. Yet half of the 200,000 species of pollinators are threatened. Birds, bats, insects, and many other pollinators are disappearing, putting our entire food supply in jeopardy. In North America...
The New Economy of Nature
The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Why shouldn't people who deplete our natural assets have to pay, and those who protect them reap profits? Conservation-minded entrepreneurs and others around the world are beginning to ask just that question, as the increasing scarcity of natural resources becomes a threat to our own lives and our...
The Climate Solutions Consensus
What We Know and What To Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize (with former Vice PresidAl Gore) for its reporting on the human causes of climate change. In 2008, the National Council for Science and the Environmreported that the acceleration of climate change is already faster...
Straight Up
America's Fiercest Climate Blogger Takes on the Status Quo Media, Politicians, and Clean Energy Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
In 2009, Rolling Stone named Joe Romm to its list of “100 People Who Are Changing America.” Romm is a climate expert, physicist, energy consultant, and former official in the Departmof Energy. But it’s his influential blog, one of the “Top Fifteen Green Websites” according to Time magazine,...
Oceans and Marine Resources in a Changing Climate
A Technical Input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessmand a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage, Oceans and Marine Resources in a Changing Climate is the result of a collaboration among numerous local, state, federal, and nongovernmental agencies to develop a comprehensive, state...
Design for an Empathic World
Reconnecting People, Nature, and Self
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Despite an uncertain economy, the market for green building is exploding. The US green building market has expanded dramatically since 2008 and is projected to double in size by 2015 (from $42 billion in construction starts to $135 billion). But green-building pioneer Sim Van der Ryn says, “greening”...