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Spatial Information and the Environment
CRC Press 2001; US$ 139.95There is considerable interest in the interface between geographical information systems (GIS) and the environment. This new monograph explores the process from start to finish. more...
Atmosphere, Weather and Climate
Routledge 2003; US$ 81.95A comprehensive introduction to weather processes and climatic conditions around the world, observed changes and projected future trends: an updated edition, invaluable to all students of the earth's atmosphere and world climate. more...
Regime Consequences
Springer 2004; US$ 125.00Why are some international regimes more effective or more successful than others? What theoretical models and empirical methods are most useful in answering this question? This book provides a systematic assessment of the state of the art in studies of regime effectiveness as well as a sophisticated analysis of the range of techniques available for... more...
The Precautionary Principle
Cato Institute 2001; US$ 10.00Goklany here expands his chapter in Julian Morris' Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle (Butterworth Heinemann, 2000). Drawing on his environmental work with government and industry, he explores how the precautionary principle could be used to solve various public health and environmental more...
Towards Environmental Innovation Systems
Springer 2005; US$ 119.99The book brings together research communities from different disciplines and countries, and offers an exchange about theoretical frameworks and practical experiences to guide research and policy "towards environmental innovation systems". The contributions selected explore new directions of research at the borderline between two established research... more...
Environmental Management in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 20.00The countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) are at an environmental cross-road. While they are still immersed in a process of economic and political transition that has brought distinctive environmental impacts, new opportunities for improving environmental conditions are emerging. more...
Diversity, Globalization, and the Ways of Nature
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...
Risk Assessment with Time to Event Models
CRC Press 2001; US$ 149.95How can environmental regulators use information on 48-hour toxicity tests to predict the effects of a few minutes of pollution? Or, at the other extreme, what is the relevance of 96-hour toxicity data for organisms that may have been exposed to a pollutant for six months or more? Time to event methods are the key to answering these types of questions.... more...
Environmental Security and Environmental Management
Springer 2007; US$ 79.99The concept of "Environmental security" has emerged as one basis for understanding international conflicts. This book is based on the discussions and papers prepared for the NATO Advanced Research Workshop that took place in Eilat, Israel, in April 2004. It applies a risk analytical approach to a variety of environmental problems. more...
Latin America & the Caribbean
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 65.00This volume is an overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbean - from the tip of South America to the Windward Islands. It provides a chronology of important dates in the environmental history of Central and South America. more...









