Island Press: 819 books
Farming with Nature
The Science and Practice of Ecoagriculture
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2007
A growing body of evidence shows that agricultural landscapes can be managed not only to produce crops but also to support biodiversity and promote ecosystem health. Innovative farmers and scientists, as well as indigenous land managers, are developing diverse types of “ecoagriculture” landscapes...
by Scott D. Izzo
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
The Guide to Graduate Environmental Programs provides over 160 profiles of graduate programs across the country that offer curricula related to the environment. Following is a description of how the book was researched and the profiles compiled:
The research process began with a list, drawn...
Conservation for a New Generation
Redefining Natural Resources Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
In hundreds of watersheds and communities across the United States, conservation is being reinvented and invigorated by collaborative efforts between federal, state, and local governments working with nongovernmental organizations and private landowners, and fueled by economic incentives, to promote...
by Thomas S. Barrett, Putnam Livermore, Phil Hoose
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1983
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1983
The conservation easemis an effective and flexible technique for land preservation. The Conservation Easemin California, written by California attorneys expert in conservation law for The Trust for Public Land, is an authoritative legal handbook for the use of conservation easements in California....
Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration
Integrating Science, Nature, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
When it comes to implementing successful ecological restoration projects, the social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions are often as important as-and sometimes more important than-technical or biophysical knowledge.
Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration takes an interdisciplinary...
by Mark Jerome Walters
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
West Nile Virus -- Mad Cow Disease -- HIV/AIDS -- Hantavirus -- Lyme Disease ... and a new strain of Salmonella. Such modern epidemics have emerged over the past few decades as mysterious, yet significant risks to human health. These "plagues" are forcing us to modify our lifestyles in ways that minimize...
Twenty Years of Life
Why the Poor Die Earlier and How to Challenge Inequity
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
In Twenty Years of Life, Suzanne Bohan exposes the disturbing flip side of the American dream: your health is largelydetermined by your zip code. The strain of living in a poor neighborhood, with sub-par schools, lack of parks, fear ofviolence, few to no healthy food options, and the stress of unpaid...
Diagnosis: Mercury
Money, Politics, and Poison
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In Diagnosis: Mercury, Dr. Hightower retraces her initial investigation into the modern prevalence of mercury poisoning, revealing how political calculations, dubious studies, and industry lobbyists endanger our health. Her tenacious inquiry sheds light on a system in which, too often, money trumps...
Industrialized Nature
Brute Force Technology and the Transformation of the Natural World
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
The construction of the Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River. The transformation of the Amazon into a site for huge cattle ranches and aluminum smelters. The developmof Nevada's Yucca Mountain into a repository for nuclear waste. The extensive irrigation networks of the Grand Coulee and Kuibyshev...
Communicating Global Change Science to Society
An Assessmand Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2007
National governments and research scientists may be equally concerned with issues of global environmental change, but their interests-and their timelines-are not the same. Governments are often focused on short-term effects and local impacts of global phenomena. Scientists, on the other hand, are...
Biodiversity Change and Human Health
From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Biodiversity Change and Human Health brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health. The book...
A Critique of Silviculture
Managing for Complexity
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
The discipline of silviculture is at a crossroads. Silviculturists are under increasing pressure to develop practices that sustain the full function and dynamics of forested ecosystems and maintain ecosystem diversity and resilience while still providing needed wood products. A Critique of Silviculture...
Creating Vibrant Public Spaces
Streetscape Design in Commercial and Historic Districts
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Public space and street design in commercial districts can dictate the success or failure of walkable community centers. Instead of focusing our efforts on designing new “compact town centers,” many of which are located in the suburbs, we should instead be revitalizing existing authentic town...
Rocky Mountain Futures
An Ecological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
The Rocky Mountain West is largely arid and steep, with ecological scars from human use visible for hundreds of years. Just how damaging were the past 150 years of activity? How do currrates of disturbance compare with past mining, grazing, and water diversion activities? In the face of constant change,...