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Exploring Environmental Issuesby David D. Kemp
Routledge 2004; US$ 71.95This book provides a key to understanding our potential environmental crisis : the concise, introductory text presents a review of current issues using a geographical approach that stresses the interrelationships between environment and societies. more...
Diversity, Globalization, and the Ways of Natureby Danilo J. Anton
International Development Research Centre 1995; US$ 25.00The conquest of the Americas was the first step on the path to globalization. Today, 500 years later, we are rapidly approaching the prophecied global village and, consequently, natural and cultural uniformity.Amidst all the literature and discussion supporting globalization, author and geographer, Danilo J. more...
Environment at a Glanceby OECD Publishing
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 49.00This book includes key environmental indicators endorsed by OECD Environment Ministers and major environmental indicators from the OECD Core Set. These indicators reflect environmental progress made since the early 1990s and thus contribute to measuring environmental performance. Organised by issues such as climate change, air pollution, biodiversity, waste or water resources, they provide essential information for all those interested in the environment and in sustainable development. Further reading:. OECD Environmental Data: 2004 Compendium / Données OCDE sur l'environnement: Compendium 2004. more...
Climate and Land Degradationby Mannava V.K. Sivakumar; Ndegwa Ndiang'Ui
Springer 2007; US$ 269.00In many parts of the world, climatic variations are recognized as one of the major factors contributing to land degradation impacting on agricultural systems performance and management. To accurately assess sustainable land management practices, the climate resources and the risk of climate-related or induced natural disasters in a region must be known. Only when climate resources are paired with management or development practices can the land degradation potential be assessed and appropriate mitigation technologies be developed. This book is based on an International Workshop held in Arusha, Tanzania and should be of interest to all organizations and agencies interested in sustainable land management to arrest land degradation. more...
Environmental Crisesby Hans von Storch; Richard Tol; Gotz Floser
Springer 2007; US$ 109.00Studies the science of analyzing, assessing and anticipating environmental change. This book considers issues such as: observational evidence, statistical analysis and dynamic modeling as well as visioning of not-implausible changes in the environment, the changing public perception of the environment, functions of the environment and its use. more...
Humans and the Natural Environmentby Dana Desonie
Infobase Publishing 2008; US$ 35.00Presents eye-opening facts in a manner accessible to young readers, using full-color photographs and illustrations, readable text, and helpful sidebars. more...
Sustainability Indicatorsby Simon Bell; Stephen Morse
Earthscan 2008; US$ 38.95Praise for the first edition: 'This book should be of interest to anyone interested in sustainable development and especially sustainability indicators. Bell and Morse easily succeed in exposing the fundamental paradoxes of these concepts and more importantly they offer us a way forward. Readers ... will find their practical recommendations for those attempting to do sustainability analysis in the field most welcome which is also the book's greatest strength.' Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 'This book makes a valuable contribution to the theory and practice of using indicators for sustainability. It introduces systems ideas and a range of tools and techniques that have the potential... more...
Ecological Indicators for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Assessmentby J. C. Marques; F. Salas; J. Patricio; H. Teixeira
WIT Press 2009; US$ 158.00Ecological indicators address ecosystems structure and/or function and are commonly used to provide synoptic information about their state. Through quantitative representations of either the forces that steer ecosystems, responses to forcing functions, or of previous, current, or future states of an ecosystem, indicators are expected to reveal conditions and trends that will help in development planning and decision making processes. Ecological indicators combine numerous environmental factors in a single value, which may be useful in terms of management and in the development of ecological concepts, compliant with the general publics understanding. Nevertheless, their application is not exempt of criticisms, the first of which is that... more...
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, 1by Willis Jenkins; Whitney Bauman; Ray Anderson
Berkshire Publishing 2010; US$ 162.00The Spirit of Sustainability maps out the ?values? territory, helping readers understand the moral worlds, axial concepts, social practices, and major topics related to sustainability. Coverage ranges widely, from the promise and problems of global and indigenous religions to major theories in philosophy and environmental ethics, and then to professional practices and social movements. As a whole, the volume describes the various goals of sustainability?ecological integrity, economic health, human dignity, fairness to the future, social justice?as well as interpretive frameworks for reasoning through their combined challenge. more...
Towards Sustainable Development 2001by OECD Publishing
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2002; US$ 50.00This publication includes key environmental indicators endorsed by OECD Environment Ministers and the broader OECD Core Set of environmental indicators. It contributes to measuring environmental performance and progress towards sustainable development. Organised by issues such as climate change, air pollution, biodiversity, waste or water resources, this book provides essential information for all those interested in the environment and in sustainable development. more...









