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David Suzuki Collection
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 29.95Drawing from David Suzuki?s published and unpublished writings, this collection reveals the passions and philosophies that have informed the work of one of the world?s leading environmentalists for over four decades. more...
Lore
International Development Research Centre 1992; US$ 25.00Can Western science gain from an understanding of traditional knowledge? How should this knowledge be gathered? How can it make a difference in managing our natural resources? Lore breaks new ground in the study of these questions. It is the result of an unusual and important workshop. Researchers from around the globe slept on beds of spruce bows,... more...
Geographies of Globalization
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 67.95This informative text offers a geographical perspective on globalization. It provides a lively exploration of its spatial impacts and the distinctive contribution of human geography to studies and debates in this field. Fully up-to-date and engaging, this work: critically appraises the concept and processes of globalization from a geographical... more...
Northeast and Midwest United States
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 85.00An engaging, personalized look at the interplay between people and nature in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, from prehistory to the present. more...
Human Ecology
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 179.99The human condition is composed of culturally mediated biology, and this dual nature is key to our understanding of human/environment interaction. This book provides a view on the interrelationship between cultural strategies and their biological outcomes. It combines an ecosystems approach with cultural anthropological behavioural concepts. more...
The Spatial Factor in African History
BRILL 2004; US$ 81.00In this collection authors apply spatial analysis to case studies of social, economic, and political dynamics in West, Central, and East Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth century. Also included is a lengthy essay re-interpreting tropical Africa, 1800-1930, using spatial theory. more...
Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Agent-based Modeling Techniques for Understanding Social and Ecological Processes
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 79.99For those addressing ecological and natural resource management problems, this volume presents a set of perspectives on incorporating the spatial representation and analytical power of GIS with agent-based modelling of evolutionary and non-linear processes and phenomena. more...
The Nature of Design
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 19.99Ecological design is an emerging field that aims to recalibrate what humans do in the world according to how the world works as a biophysical system. This work is about starting things: an ecological design revolution that changes how we provide food, shelter and livelihood, and deal with waste. more...
Canada and Arctic North America
ABC-CLIO 2006; US$ 85.00This comprehensive treatment of the environmental history of northern North America offers a compelling account of the complex encounters of people, technology, culture, and ecology that shaped modern-day Canada and Alaska. Climate change, logging, drilling, prospecting, and hunting. more...
Southeast Asia
ABC-CLIO 2006; US$ 85.00An in-depth, historical encyclopedia of Southeast Asia, with coverage from prehistoric times to the end of the 20th century for each country in the region. Colonial playground ... hotbed of communism ... exotic tourist destination ... nexus of terrorism and the drug trade. more...









