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Societies and Nature in the Sahelby Claude Raynaut; Philippe Lavigne Delville; Jean Koechlin; Pierre Janin; Emmanuel Gregoire
Routledge 1996; US$ 258.00Examining the conditions for land occupation and natural resource use in the Sahel, this book offers a conceptual and practical approach to social organization and environmental management in the face of rapid environmental change. more...
Green Chinaby Ian G. Cook; Geoffrey Murray
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 195.00An in-depth analysis of the complete range of environmental problems facing China today, including root causes and possible future scenarios. more...
Environmental Issues in the Mediterraneanby John Wainwright; John B. Thornes
Routledge 2003; US$ 308.00The Mediterranean has been subject to changing human settlement and land use patterns for millennia. This book reviews both physical and social aspects of this region, in relation to its environment. more...
China's Past, China's Futureby Vaclav Smil
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 61.95China has a population of 1.3 billion people which puts enormous strain on her natural resources. This volume, by one of the leading scholars on the earth's biosphere, provides the fullest account yet of the environmental challenges that China faces. more...
Creeping Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development in the Aral Sea Basinby Michael Glantz
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 52.00This multidisciplinary book comprehensively describes one of the worst human-made environmental catastrophes of the twentieth century: the slow onset of incremental changes which affected the Aral Sea region and its peoples. It provides an important example of how to approach such disasters for students and researchers of environmental studies, global change, political science and history. more...
Integrating And Articulating Environmentsby F. Goksen; O. Seippel; M. O'Brien
Taylor & Francis 2003; US$ 114.95These collected essays reflect a range of issues central to social science research and environmental change in Europe. It analyses how environmental problems come to the fore, and makes special reference to the situation in Turkey. more...
Environmental Issues in Latin America and the Caribbeanby Aldemaro Romero; Sarah E. West
Springer 2005; US$ 135.00Containing 12 essays, this book analyzes environmental issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is organized into: conservation challenges; national policies, local communities, and rural development; market mechanisms for protecting public goods; public participation and environmental justice; and the effects of development policies. more...
Europeby Laurie Collier Hillstrom
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 65.00When it comes to the environment, Europe is a land of contrasts. This volume, part of the "World Environments" series, tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies surrounding the continent's checkered environmental past, complicated present and uncertain future. more...
Asiaby Kevin Hillstrom
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 65.00Tackles the tough issues, the complex problems and the political controversies surrounding the vast landmass environment of Asia. The book encompasses everything from economics, land use, energy and transportation, to air pollution, rivers and lakes, oceans, and species and habitat protection. more...
Africa & the Middle Eastby Kevin Hillstrom
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 65.00This work provides an overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing the continent of Africa and the Middle East. It explores the impact global pollution and a burgeoning population are having on landscape and wildlife alike. more...









