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The Oceans and Environmental Security
Shared U.S. And Russian Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
The concept of environmental security, drawing on the widely understood notion of international strategic interdependence (in facing, for example, threats of nuclear war or economic collapse) is gaining currency as a way of thinking about international environmental management.In 1989, the Institute...
Transportation and Sustainable Campus Communities
Issues, Examples, Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Colleges and universities across North America are facing difficult questions about automobile use and transportation. Lack of land for new parking lots and the desire to preserve air quality are but a few of the factors leading institutions toward a new vision based upon expanded transit access,...
Livestock in a Changing Landscape, Volume 2
Experiences and Regional Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
The rapidly changing nature of animal production systems, especially increasing intensification and globalization, is playing out in complex ways around the world. Over the last century, livestock keeping evolved from a means of harnessing marginal resources to produce items for local consumption...
Making Sense of Intractable Environmental Conflicts
Concepts And Cases
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Despite a vast amount of effort and expertise devoted to them, many environmental conflicts have remained mired in controversy, stubbornly defying resolution. Why can some environmental problems be resolved in one locale but remain contentious in another, often carrying on for decades? What is it...
by Margaret A. Palmer, Joy B. Zedler, Donald A. Falk
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The practice of ecological restoration, firmly grounded in the science of restoration ecology, provides governments, organizations, and landowners a means to halt degradation and restore function and resilience to ecosystems stressed by climate change and other pressures on the natural world. Foundational...
Trails for the Twenty-First Century
Planning, Design, and ManagemManual for Multi-Use Trails
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
Communities across the country are working to convert unused railway and canal corridors into trails for pedestrians, cyclists, horseback riders, and others, serving the needs of both recreationists and commuters alike. These multi-use trails can play a key role in improving livability, as they offer...
by National Association of City Transportation Officials
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
The NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide*, Second Edition*, is based on the experience of the best cycling cities in the world. Completely re-designed with an accessible, four-color layout, this second edition continues to build upon the fast-changing state of the practice at the local level. The designs...
Restauração Ecológica
Princípios, Valores e Estrutura de uma Profissão Emergente
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Publicado originalmente em 2007, RestauraçãoEcológica se tornou um livro seminal em seucampo. Esta edição completamente revisadae reorganizada apresenta desenvolvimentos etendências atuais no campo por dois dos líderes mundiais em restauração ecológica. Disponível empor tuguês pela primeira...
Leadville
The Struggle To Revive An American Town
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Leadville explores the clash between a small mining town high up in Colorado's Rocky Mountains and the federal government, determined to clean up the toxic mess left from a hundred years of mining.
Set amidst the historic streets and buildings reflecting the town's past glory as one of the...
The Wisdom of the Spotted Owl
Policy Lessons For A New Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
The controversy over the managemof national forests in the Pacific Northwest vividly demonstrates the shortcomings of existing manageminstitutions and natural resource policies. The Wisdom of the Spotted Owl explores the American policymaking process through the case of the spotted owl -- a case that...
by David E. Naugle
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Energy Developmand Wildlife Conservation in Western North America offers a road map for securing our energy future while safeguarding our wildlife heritage.Contributors show how science can help craft solutions to conflicts between wildlife and energy developmby delineating core areas, identifying...
Urbanism Without Effort
Reconnecting with First Principles of the City
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
How do you create inviting and authentic urban environments where people feel at home? Countless community engagement workshops, studies by consulting firms, and downtown revitalization campaigns have attempted to answer this age-old question. In Urbanism Without Effort, Chuck Wolfe argues that "unplanned”...
The Living Landscape, Second Edition
An Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
The Living Landscape is a manifesto, resource, and textbook for architects, landscape architects, environmental planners, students, and others involved in creating human communities. Since its first edition, published in 1990, it has taught its readers how to develop new built environments while conserving...
Ecological Restoration
Principles, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
The field of ecological restoration is a rapidly growing discipline that encompasses a wide range of activities and brings together practitioners and theoreticians from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, ranging from volunteer backyard restorationists to highly trained academic scientists...