Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Books
Oxford University Press Weighing the World
Book SynopsisAt the start of the 18th century there were no maps, anywhere in the world. No one knew, with any certainty, the shape of the earth or what lay beneath its surface. Was it hollow or solid? Were the Andes the highest mountains on the Earth or was it the peak of Tenerife? Was the Earth a perfect sphere or slightly squashed as Sir Isaac Newton prophesized? In Weighing the World, master-surveyor and bestselling author Edwin Danson presents the stories of the scientists and scholars who cut their way through jungles, crossed the artic tundra, and braved the world''s highest mountains to discover the truth about our Earth. Danson also recounts the extraordinary experiment, conducted on a desolate Scottish peak by Astromer Royal Neville Maskelyne, to understand the so-called attraction of mountains, the curious capability mountians have to bend gravity, without which it would be impossible to accurately map Earth''s surface. A spell-binding scientific adventure story, Weighing the World will Trade ReviewThis is history writ large, with a long list of characters, and a background of wars, where good maps could be the key to victory. * The New Scientist *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. I Cannot Be Wrong ; 2. The Titan King ; 3. A Calm And Gentle Character ; 4. The Galileo Of France ; 5. Extreme Science ; 6. Robberies And Depredations ; 7. A Magnificent Military Sketch ; 8. Persons Well Versed ; 9. Very Expert In His Business ; 10. A Passage With My Horse ; 11. Frankenstein And Other Experiments ; 12. A Remarkable Hill ; 13. Important Observations ; 14. So Great A Noise ; 15. The Attraction of Mountains ; 16. The Best Of The Position ; 17. Distinguished Merit ; 18. Late A Whole Year ; 19. Geodetic Experiments ; 20. I Know It Will Answer ; 21. Offering Violence To Nature ; 22. A Meritorious Foreigner ; 23. Men Worthy Of Confidence ; 24. Irregularities We Have Discovered ; Explanations and Definitions
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Oxford University Press St. Francis of Assisi and Nature
Book SynopsisOne of the best-loved saints of all time, Francis of Assisi is often depicted today as a kind of proto-hippie or early environmentalist. This book, the most comprehensive study in English of Francis''s view of nature in the context of medieval tradition, debunks modern anachronistic interpretations, arguing convincingly that Francis''s ideas can only be understood in their 13th-century context. Through close analysis of Francis''s writings, particularly the Canticle of the Sun , Sorrell shows that many of Francis''s beliefs concerning the proper relation of humanity to the natural world have their antecedents in scripture and the medieval monastic orders, while other ideas and practices-his nature mysticism, his concept of familial relationships with created things, and his extension of chivalric conceptions to interactions with creatures-are entirely his own. Sorrell insists, however, that only by seeing Francis in terms of the Western traditions from which he arose can we appreciate Trade Review"The author is well qualified for this study. Moreover, the book's scope is wide-ranging, and the style is very readable. Contains an exhaustive bibliography and an excellent index. Recommended for readers at all levels." * Choice *"In view of the many treatments of this topic already available, one might well ask whether it is possible to say anything new or significant. In this study. R. Sorrell has done precisely that in a very convincing way." * Journal of Religion *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: THE MYTH OF THE MEDIEVAL VIEW OF NATURE; APPENDIX I: FRANCIS AND CATHARISM; APPENDIX II: ANALYSIS OF THE EARLY FRANCISCAN SOURCES; APPENDIX III: THE SERMON TO THE BIRDS IN THE EARLY SOURCES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Oxford University Press Postcolonial Ecologies
Book SynopsisThis is the first edited collection to bring ecocritical studies into a necessary dialogue with postcolonial studies. By examining African, Caribbean, Pacific Island and South Asian literatures and how they depict the relationship between humans and nature, this book makes a compelling argument for a more global approach to thinking through our current environmental crisis. Turning to the contemporary production of postcolonial novelists and poets, this collection poses the literary imagination as a crucial to imagining what Eduoard Glissant calls the aesthetics of the earth. The collection is organized around thematic concerns such as the relationship between culture and cultivation, arboriculture and deforestation, the lives of animals, and the relationship between the military and the tourist industry. The scholars collected here are at the forefront of the emergent field of postcolonial ecocriticism and this book will make a remarkable contribution to rethinking the environment andTrade Reviewa vital contribution to postcolonial ecocriticism. * Sharae Deckard, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: TOWARDS AN AESTHETICS OF THE EARTH; ELIZABETH DELOUGHREY & GEORGE HANDLEY; I.CULTIVATING PLACE; JILL DIDUR; LEGRACE BENSON; ELAINE SAVORY; II. FOREST FICTIONS; LIZABETH PARAVISINI GEBERT; ALEJO CARPENTIER'S THE LOST STEPS; GEORGE B. HANDLEY; READING THE POLITICS OF SURVIVAL IN MAHASWETA DEVI'S "DHOWLI"; JENNIFER WENZEL; III. THE LIVES OF (NONHUMAN) ANIMALS; ROB NIXON; JONATHAN STEINWAND; ALLISON CARRUTH; PABLO MUKHERJEE; IV. MILITOURISM; ELIZABETH DELOUGHREY; KANAKA MAOLI AND MA'OHI WRITINGS FOR KAHO'OLAWE AND MORUROA; DINA EL DESSOUKY; DISASTER, ECOLOGY, AND POST-TSUNAMI TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN SRI LANKA; ANTHONY CARRIGAN; BYRON CAMINERO-SANTANGELO
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Oxford University Press Climate Ethics Essential Readings Essential Readings Essential Readings
Book SynopsisThis collection gathers a set of seminal papers from the emerging area of ethics and climate change. Topics covered include human rights, international justice, intergenerational ethics, individual responsibility, climate economics, and the ethics of geoengineering. Climate Ethics is intended to serve as a source book for general reference, and for university courses that include a focus on the human dimensions of climate change. It should be of broad interest to all those concerned with global justice, environmental science and policy, and the future of humanity.Table of ContentsNOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; A. OVERVIEW; B. THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM; C: GLOBAL JUSTICE AND FUTURE GENERATIONS; D: POLICY RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE; E. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY; REFERENCES; INDEX
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Springer The Offshore Petroleum Resources of SouthEast Asia Potential Conflict Situations and Related Economic Considerations Natural Resources of SouthEast Asia
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British Academy The Speciation of Modern Homo Sapiens 106 Proceedings of the British Academy
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Oxford University Press Rivers of the Sultan
Book SynopsisThe Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through the heart of the Middle East and merge in the area of Mesopotamia known as the cradle of civilization. In their long and volatile political history, the sixteenth century ushered in a rare era of stability and integration. A series of military campaigns between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf brought the entirety of their flow under the institutional control of the Ottoman Empire, then at the peak of its power and wealth. Rivers of the Sultan tells the history of the Tigris and Euphrates during the early modern period. Under the leadership of Sultan Süleyman I, the rivers became Ottoman from mountain to ocean, managed by a political elite that pledged allegiance to a single household, professed a common religion, spoke a lingua franca, and received orders from a central administration based in Istanbul. Faisal Husain details how Ottoman unification institutionalized cooperation among the rivers'' dominant users and improved the expTrade ReviewIn this superb study, Husain attributes the Ottoman success in capturing and controlling this vast region in part to the empire's ability to harness the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates and manage the ecology of the area.... To write on such a complex topic with authority and clarity, Husain performed extensive research...[and is] well versed in the intricacies of environmental science, including hydrology, botany, and the study of germs and diseases. He demonstrates that a proper understanding of how environmental conditions influenced historical change requires studying the interaction between humans, rivers, climate, and disease. The utility of his interdisciplinary approach is in full display....Husain is able to tackle long-term and large-scale questions even though he starts from a well-focused time and place. His excellent work opens paths and provides a model for other scholars. * Reşat Kasaba, Journal of Interdisciplinary History *An empirically rich and methodologically sophisticated study that makes high-stakes contributions to various historiographies...In certain cases, the strength of some of Husain's arguments come from his ability to situate Ottoman practices of environmental management within larger contexts that non- specialists can appreciate....Husain deserves much credit for being able to weave such a remarkably complex (and fascinating) story for a region of the Ottoman Empire whose history is notoriously difficult to examine on account of a dearth of archival sources, particularly in Iraq—one of the many unfortunate results of wars in recent decades....Written in lucid and accessible prose, Rivers of the Sultan also serves as a model for how to write the environmental history of rivers. * Isacar Bolaños, Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies *Faisal Husain redresses the silence on the first two centuries of Ottoman rule, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with this impressive study....Husain relates this fascinating tale of environmental control and ecological disaster in a clear and compelling style. His marshalling of diverse sources is impressive and convincing. Although this is ostensibly on the Ottoman administration of Iraq, its value transcends that region in providing key insights into how the empire managed its diverse and far-flung territories. It is also a cautionary tale for the present, arguing that the ecological future of climatically challenged regions requires, if not an overarching imperial control, then multinational cooperation. * Bruce Masters, American Historical Review *Husain is able to tackle long-term and large-scale questions even though he starts from a well-focused time and place. His excellent work opens paths and provides a model for other scholars. * Reşat Kasaba, Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Rivers of the Sultan... offers a fascinating glimpse into the political, social and economic histories of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. * Usman Butt, Middle East Monitor *Faisal Husain sets himself a truly formidable goal: to write an integrated history of the Ottoman Empire in the Tigris-Euphrates watershed. To succeed requires a polymath's grasp of hydrology, botany, irrigation, grazing, shipping, climate, fiscal affairs, and political structures. Against the odds, he triumphs and with a verve and elegance of exposition that makes this a model of interdisciplinary, environmental history. * James C. Scott, Yale University *Original and deeply researched, Rivers of the Sultan is both an important new history of Ottoman Iraq and a major contribution to Middle East environmental history. Combining ecological, social, and political perspectives, it offers vital insights into the nature and transformation of Ottoman rule. * Sam White, author of The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire *In this exemplary study, Faisal H. Husain analyzes the Ottoman Empire's management of the Tigris and Euphrates. Rivers of the Sultan reconstructs insightfully the ecological relations between the imperial center and its Eastern periphery and brings to life a lively history of various historical actors, from Ottoman governors, to cultivators of crops, to tribal confederations, who benefited from the rivers and their management. The book reminds us how the maintenance of law and order, the control of wealth, the politics of infrastructure, and the movements of grains and arms were deeply intertwined into the history of water itself. A fascinating exploration of irrigation, wetland exploitation as well as of natural disaster, famine and floods, this book changes the ways in which we evaluate Iraq's past and present. * Orit Bashkin, University of Chicago *Rivers of the Sultan is a significant contribution to defining intra-imperial relations by grounding the analysis in environmental studies. * Annie Greene, University of Chicago, USA, International Journal of Maritime History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Amphibious State Chapter 1: Fortresses Chapter 2: Shipyards Part II: The Water Wide Web Chapter 3: Arable Lands Chapter 4: Grasslands Chapter 5: Wetlands Part III: The Rumblings of Nature Chapter 6: Havoc Chapter 7: After the Flood Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index
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Clarendon Press The Politics of Environmental Discourse
Book SynopsisThis path-breaking study open the way for a better understanding of the environmental conflict, showing how language can be seen to shape our view of what environmental politics is really about and how those perceptions can differ between countries. The book identifies the emergence and increasing political importance of ''ecological modernization'' as a new concept in the language of environmental politics. This concept, which has come to replace the antagonistic debates of the 1970s, stresses the opportunities of environmental policy for modernizing the economy and stimulating the technological innovation. Combining abstract social theory with detailed empirical analysis, the author illustrates the social and political dynamics of ecological modernization in a detailed analysis of the acid rain controversies in Great Britain and the Netherlands. The book concludes by reflecting on the institutional challenge of the environmental politics in the years to come.Trade ReviewHajer establishes once and for all the importance of attending to the discourse dimension of public policy, and in this respect his is a truly pathbreaking work. * Policy Sciences *This superb book is one of the few successful attempts to apply contemporary sociological thinking to a detailed empirical case-study in the environmental sphere in a way which is genuinely enlightening for policy-makers as well as for academic social science disciplines ... Such challenging questions are a fitting conclusion to an excellent book. * Global Environmental Change *Maarten Hajer has delivered a book that is remarkable for its comprehensiveness and its incisiveness ... this volume establishes a firm foundation for the study of ecological modernisation and serious scholars of environmental policy will derive immense benefit from the author's astute insights. * Environmental Values *this is an important book which will interest many political scientists apart from those focusing on the environment ... There are excellent summary tables and a model of an index. For environment specialists, there are fresh insights on issues such as risk; the role of scientists and scientific data; and the emergence - with its institutional repercussions - of ecological modernization as the dominent way of conceptualizing environmental problems. The way he draws from German and Dutch primary and secondary sources is especially valuable. * Stephen C. Young, University of Manchester, Political Studies *
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Clarendon Press The Politics of Environmental Discourse
Book SynopsisDr Hajer''s path-breaking study opens the way for a better understanding of the environmental conflict, showing how language can be seen to shape our view of what environmental politics is really about and how those perceptions can differ between countries. The author identifies the emergence and increasing political importance of ''ecological modernization'' as a new concept in the language of environmental politics. This concept, which has come to replace the antagonistic debates of the 1970s, stresses the opportunities of environmental policy for modernizing the economy and stimulating the technological innovation. Combining abstract social theory with detailed empirical analysis, Martin Hajer illustrates the social and political dynamics of ecological modernization in a detailed analysis of the acid rain controversies in Great Britain and the Netherlands. He concludes by reflecting on the institutional challenge of the environmental politics in the years to come.Trade Reviewthis is an important book which will interest many political scientists apart from those focusing on the environment ... There are excellent summary tables and a model of an index. For environment specialists, there are fresh insights on issues such as risk; the role of scientists and scientific data; and the emergence - with its institutional repercussions - of ecological modernization as the dominent way of conceptualizing environmental problems. The way he draws from German and Dutch primary and secondary sources is especially valuable. * Stephen C. Young, University of Manchester, Political Studies *This superb book is one of the few successful attempts to apply contemporary sociological thinking to a detailed empirical case-study in the environmental sphere in a way which is genuinely enlightening for policy makers as well as for academic scoial science disciplines ... an excellent book * Simon Shackley, Global Environmental Change, vol.7 no.2 1997 *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The New Environmental Conflict ; 2. Discourse Analysis ; 3. The Historical Roots of Ecological Modernization ; 4. Accumulating Knowledge, Accumulating Pollution? Ecological Modernization in the United Kingdom ; 5. The Micro-Powers of Apocalypse: Ecological Modernization in the Netherlands ; 6. Ecological Modernization: Discourse and Institutional Change
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Oxford University Press, USA Fairness and Futurity Essays on Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice
Book SynopsisThe book brings together leading international figures in political theory and sociology, as well as representatives from the political community, to consider the normative issues at stake in the relationship between environmental sustainability and social justice.Trade ReviewA fruitful collaboration ... the volume exhibits a high degree of coherence of purpose. Its purpose, moreover, is not purely academic, but includes a concern to offer guidance for policy-makers ... cutting-edge contributions to this important new area of inquiry. * Environemental Values *A welcome contribution to the debate, especially to the complex relationship between sustainability and social justice ... this book is an important reading for all those who are genuinely interested in sustainability, sustainable development and social justice and their often problematic relationship. * Environmental Politics *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; PART ONE ; 1. Sustainable Development as a Contested Concept ; 2. Sustainability: Should We Start from Here? ; PART TWO ; 3. Sustainable Development and Our Obligations to Future ; 4. Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice ; 5. Ecology and Opportunity: Intergenerational Equity and Sustainable Options ; 6. Social Justice and Environmental Goods ; 7. An Extension of the Rawlsian Savings Principle to Liberal Theories of Justice in General ; 8. Sustainable Development and Accumulation of Capital: Reconciling the Irreconcilable ; PART THREE ; 9. Must the Poor pay More? Sustainable Development, Social Justice, and Environmental Taxation ; 10. Ecological Degradation: A Cause for Conflict, a Concern for Survival ; Index
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Oxford University Press The Biology of Alpine Habitats
Book SynopsisThis book is unique in providing a global overview of alpine (high mountain) habitats that occur above the natural (cold-limited) tree line, describing the factors that have shaped them over both ecological and evolutionary timescales. The broad geographic coverage helps synthesise common features whilst revealing differences in the world''s major alpine systems from the Arctic to the Tropics. The words barren and wasteland have often been applied to describe landscapes beyond the treeline. However, a closer look reveals a large diversity of habitats, assemblages and individual taxa, largely connected to topographic diversity within individual alpine regions. The book considers habitat-forming factors (landforms, energy and climate, hydrology, soils, and vegetation) individually, as well as their composite impacts on habitat characteristics. Evolution and population processes are examined in the context of the responsiveness / resilience of alpine habitats to global change. Finally, a Trade Review[A] Unique global overview of alpine habitats. * Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research *[A] comprehensive introduction into the biology of alpine habitats. * Basic and Applied Ecology2009 *Table of Contents1. Introduction: what is alpine? ; 2. High mountains in latitude life zones - a worldwide perspective ; 3. Elevation gradients ; 4. The alpine environment - energy and climate ; 5. Habitat creating factors: landforms, hydrology, and soils ; 6. Alpine terrestrial habitats and community types / assemblages ; 7. Biogeography, adaptation and evolution of alpine organisms ; 8. Temporal and spatial dynamics ; 9. Global change impacts on alpine habitats: climate and nitrogen deposition ; 10. Land use and conservation of alpine landscapes, ecosystems, and species ; 11. Concluding remarks ; References ; Index
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Oxford University Press The Biology of Lakes and Ponds
Book SynopsisA concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of standing waters (lakes and ponds). As with other books in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis in this book is on the organisms that dominate freshwater environments. Management and conservation aspects are also considered. The first edition of the book published in 1998 with a second, revised edition in 2005. There has been significant development in the field since the last revision appeared, particularly in the ecology of lakes and ponds in subtropical and tropical areas, and a new revision of this now classic text is timely.Trade ReviewLike the first 2 editions (1998, 2005), this one offers an excellent integration of information on limnology, ecology, evolution, and environmental science and a focus on adaptation of organisms to aquatic environments. In this edition, the authors incorporate new concepts, findings of current research, and discussion of new threats to aquatic biodiversity. * Conservation Biology *It does an excellent job at introducing a remarkably wide array of limnological concepts for such a small book. It is very readable and its style will inspire many undergraduate students. * Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin *Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: The abiotic frame and adaptations to cope with abiotic constraints 3: The organisms: the actors within the abiotic frame 4: Biotics: competition, herbivory, predation, parasitism, and symbiosis 5: Food web interactions in freshwater ecosystems 6: Biodiversity and environmental threats
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Oxford University Press The Biology of Mangroves and Seagrasses
Book SynopsisMangroves and seagrasses form extensive and highly productive ecosystems that are both biologically diverse and economically valuable. This book, now in its third edition and fully updated throughout, continues to provide a current and comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the biology and ecology of mangroves and seagrasses. Using a global range of examples and case studies, it describes the unique adaptations of these plants to their exacting environments; the rich and diverse communities of organisms that depend on mangrove forests and seagrass meadows (including tree-climbing shrimps, synchronously flashing fireflies, and ''gardening'' seacows); the links between mangrove, seagrass, and other habitats; and the evolution, biodiversity, and biogeography of mangroves and seagrasses. The economic value of mangroves and seagrasses is also discussed, including approaches to rational management of these vital resources and techniques for the restoration of degraded habitats. A finalTrade ReviewThis book would seem most appropriate for upper-level undergraduate orgraduate courses. For graduate students or faculty working with mangrove or seagrasses, this is a perfect one-stop source on the "big picture" regarding these systems. * Craig Layman, Quarterly Review of Biology *Review from previous edition The book is a well-written, introductory text covering a wide range of topics ... and is the first book that can be realistically used as an undergraduate textbook on the subject. * Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology *Hogarth has produced an impressive book on the mangrove ecosystem...I strongly recommend it as an introductory text for naturalists, students, and professional biologists embarking on studies in mangrove environments. * Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin *Table of Contents1. Mangroves and seagrasses ; 2. Mangroves and their environment ; 3. Seagrasses and their environment ; 4. Community structure and dynamics ; 5. The mangrove community: terrestrial components ; 6. The mangrove community: marine components ; 7. Seagrass communities ; 8. Measuring and modelling ; 9. Comparisons and connections ; 10. Biodiversity and biogeography ; 11. Impacts ; 12. Global climate change
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Oxford University Press, USA Stressors in the Marine Environment Physiological and ecological responses societal implications
Book SynopsisA multitude of direct and indirect human influences have significantly altered the environmental conditions, composition, and diversity of marine communities. However, understanding and predicting the combined impacts of single and multiple stressors is particularly challenging because observed ecological feedbacks are underpinned by a number of physiological and behavioural responses that reflect stressor type, severity, and timing. Furthermore, integration between the traditional domains of physiology and ecology tends to be fragmented and focused towards the effects of a specific stressor or set of circumstances. This novel volume summarises the latest research in the physiological and ecological responses of marine species to a comprehensive range of marine stressors, including chemical and noise pollution, ocean acidification, hypoxia, UV radiation, thermal and salinity stress before providing a perspective on future outcomes for some of the most pressing environmental issues facing society today. Stressors in the Marine Environment synthesises the combined expertise of a range of international researchers, providing a truly interdisciplinary and accessible summary of the field. It is essential reading for graduate students as well as professional researchers in environmental physiology, ecology, marine biology, conservation biology, and marine resource management. It will also be of particular relevance and use to the regulatory agencies and authorities tasked with managing the marine environment, including social scientists and environmental economists.Trade ReviewThis book is a good example of how to review multiple, complex topics and to make such material comprehensible ... The chapter narratives are written clearly. The tables and figures are organized well and illustrative. Although written for researchers and managers, with some additional reading, the contents of this book are accessible to a much broader audience. * S.R. Fegley, CHOICE *Table of Contents1. Effects of salinity as a stressor to aquatic invertebrates ; 2. Respiratory responses of marine animals to environmental hypoxia ; 3. Physiological effects of ocean acidification on animal calcifiers ; 4. Physiological responses of marine invertebrates to thermal stress ; 5. Physiological impacts of chemical pollutants in marine animals ; 6. Nitrogen stress in the marine environment: from scarcity to surfeit ; 7. The cellular responses of marine algae and invertebrates to ultraviolet radiation alone, and in combination with other common abiotic stressors ; 8. TBC ; 9. Effects of changing salinity on the ecology of the marine environment ; 10. The ecological consequences of marine hypoxia: from behavioural to ecosystem responses ; 11. Ecological effects of ocean acidification ; 12. Effects of temperature stress on ecological processes ; 13. Chemical pollutants in the marine environment: Causes, effects, and challenges ; 14. Importance of species interactions in moderating altered levels of reactive nitrogen ; 15. Ecological impacts of ultraviolet-B radiation on marine ecosystems ; 16. Ecological impacts of anthropogenic underwater noise ; 17. Managing complex systems to enhance sustainability ; 18. Using the Ecosystem Approach to manage multiple stressors in marine environments ; 19. Quantifying the economic consequences of multiple stressors on the marine environment
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Oxford University Press A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations
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Oxford University Press Foundations of Migration Economics IZA Prize in Labor Economics
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Oxford University Press Tectonic Plates Are Moving
Book SynopsisPlate tectonics is a revolutionary theory on a par with modern genetics. Yet, apart from the frequent use of clichés such as ''tectonic shift'' by economists, journalists, and politicians, the science itself is rarely mentioned and poorly understood. This book explains modern plate tectonics in a non-technical manner, showing not only how it accounts for phenomena such as great earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, but also how it controls conditions at the Earth''s surface, including global geography and climate. The book presents the advances that have been made since the establishment of plate tectonics in the 1960s, highlighting, on the 50th anniversary of the theory, the contributions of a small number of scientists who have never been widely recognized for their discoveries.Beginning with the publication of a short article in Nature by Vine and Matthews, the book traces the development of plate tectonics through two generations of the theory. First generation plate tectonics covers the exciting scientific revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, its heroes and its villains. The second generation includes the rapid expansions in sonar, satellite, and seismic technologies during the 1980s and 1990s that provided a truly global view of the plates and their motions, and an appreciation of the role of the plates within the Earth ''system''. The final chapter bring us to the cutting edge of the science, and the latest results from studies using technologies such as seismic tomography and high-pressure mineral physics to probe the deep interior. Ultimately, the book leads to the startling conclusion that, without plate tectonics, the Earth would be as lifeless as Venus.Trade ReviewThis book is full of delightful surprises...I highly recommend this book as one for you if you want to be properly informed and royally entertained. * Pete Loader, Teaching Earth Science *...a super read; I thoroughly enjoyed it! If you have the slightest interest in the history of plate tectonics, do read this bookyou will not be disappointed! * Michael Brown, International Geology Review *The Tectonic Plates are Moving! is a rock-solid read... the pacing of the book is great, the irreverent jokes and anecdotes genuinely amusing, the overview of different schools of thought balanced, and the explanations lucid. * The Inquisitive Biologist *This book explains modern plate tectonics in a non-technical manner, showing not only how it accounts for phenomena such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, but also how it controls conditions at the Earths surface, including global geography and climate. * Ian Angus, Green Left Weekly *This is a great read for anyone interested in this fascinating subject. * Chris Darmon, Down to Earth *[A] packed account, richly contextualized. * Barbara Kiser, Nature *Roy Livermores book provides a comprehensive and authoritative account of the development of plate tectonics theory, from the earliest days of sea-floor spreading to current ideas on mantle plumes and the tectonics of Mars. It clearly describes the critical interactions of science, technology, human personalities and historical accidents. This is a thoroughly enjoyable book, written from the point of view of a knowledgeable insider. * Roger C. Searle, Durham University, UK *Far from being a dense, jargon-laden history book, Livermore brings an accessible writing style and brilliant humour to the story, which certainly had me chuckling. If you know anyone (including yourself!) who is keen to find out more about our planet, give them this book. * Jonathan Scafidi, The Geological Society *Table of ContentsPart I: First Generation 1: Probably the best theory on Earth 2: The Paving Stone Theory of World Tectonics 3: Poles Apart 4: Plate Tectonics by Jerks 5: Plate Tectonics by Creeps Part II: Second Generation 6: Scum of the Earth 7: Continents and Supercontinents 8: All at Sea 9: Chilling Out 10: Ups and Downs 11: The Final Frontier
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Oxford University Press, USA Law and Geography Current Legal Issues 2002 Volume 5
Book SynopsisThis book explores the relationship between law and geography, particularly in relation to globalisation - of law, commerce, environmental change and society - which renders relations between the local and the global more significant. The book is structured according to conceptual frames - boundaries, land, property, nature, identity (persons, peoples and places), culture and time, and knowledge.Trade ReviewThe two editors - one a lawyer, the other a geographer - are to be congratulated on their collaborative venture and anyone interested in novel contexts surrounding either discipline will do well to examine the contents of this fascinating volume. * International Journal of Law in Context *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ; 1. Connecting Law and Geography ; 2. From 'What' to 'So What': Law and Geography in Retrospect ; 3. The Spatial Dimension of Private Law ; BOUNDARIES ; 4. Beyond the Word: Law as a Thing of this World ; 5. The Queen's Peace: Reflections on the Spatial Politics of Sexuality in Law ; 6. Geography: The Problem of Scale, and Process or Allocation: The US National Organ Transplant Act of 1986, amended 1990 ; LAND ; 7. Freewheeling Uphill: Pedalling Downhill: Growing Pains in Developing a Land Market in China ; 8. Camels, Chameleons and Coyotes: Problematising the 'Histories' of Land Law Reform ; 9. Idolatry of Land ; PROPERTY ; 10. De/Re Territorialising Possession: the Shifting Spaces of Property Rights ; 11. Property Restitution, Property Law and the Post Communist Transition in Germany's New Bundeslander ; 12. Agenda 2000, Land Use and the Environment: Towards a Theory of 'Environmental' Property Rights ; 13. Property Rights, Urban Policy and the Law: Negotiating Neighbourhood Disputes in a Brazilian Shantytown ; 14. Informal Law in Informal Settlements ; NATURE ; 15. Governance and Resource Management in Mexico's Community Forestry Sector ; 16. Spaces of Diversity in Diverse Spaces ; 17. Conceptions of Environment in Law and Geography ; 18. Environmental gains? Collaborative planning, planning obligations and issues of closure in local land-use planning in the UK ; IDENTITY: PEOPLE, PERSONS AND PLACES ; 19. Only Connect ; 20. Family Geographies: Gobal Care Chains, Transnational Parenthood and New Legal Challenges in an Era of Labour Globalisation ; 21. On the Legal Geography of Ethnocratic Settler States: Notes Towards a Research Agenda ; CULTURE AND TIME ; 22. Green Metaphors: Language, Land and Law in Takings Debates ; 23. Space and Time: the Genius Loci of Ancient Places ; 24. From Local to Global - The Role of Geographical Isolation in Shaping Competition Law ; KNOWLEDGE ; 25. Putting Environmental Law on the Map: A Spatial Approach to Environmental Law Using GIS ; 26. Earth Observation and Principles on Data ; 27. Disciplinary Interactions: Ontological Commitments and Environmental Standard Setting
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Oxford University Press The New Imperialism
Book SynopsisPeople around the world are confused and concerned. Is it a sign of strength or of weakness that the US has suddenly shifted from a politics of consensus to one of coercion on the world stage? What was really at stake in the war on Iraq? Was it all about oil and, if not, what else was involved? What role has a sagging economy played in pushing the US into foreign adventurism and what difference does it make that neo-conservatives rather than neo-liberals are now in power? What exactly is the relationship between US militarism abroad and domestic politics?These are the questions taken up in this compelling and original book. Closely argued but clearly written, ''The New Imperialism'' builds a conceptual framework to expose the underlying forces at work behind these momentous shifts in US policies and politics. The compulsions behind the projection of US power on the world as a ''new imperialism'' are here, for the first time, laid bare for all to see.This new paperback edition contains Trade ReviewReview from previous edition 'The New Imperialism' merits the widest possible public. David Harvey is a social theorist known for a cool, analytical style born of interdisciplinary inquiry, coupled with a keen feeling for political significance. This book showcases his talent.' * The Boston Phoenix *'Harvey makes an important theoretical contribution to understanding contemporary empire's vicissitudes.' * The Times Higher Education Supplement *'This book is beautifully crafted, its prose accessible, its narrative one of mounting intensity and urgency. 'The New Imperialism' mounts a stunning indictment of our present institutions of power, while offering hopeful insights about how these institutions could be changed.' * Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics *'Navigating effortlessly between history, economics, geography and politics, with persuasive argument and lucid prose, David Harvey places today's headlines in context and makes sense of the early twenty-first century maelstrom we're all caught up in. His concept of accumulation by dispossession will go far. 'The New Imperialism' is a truly useful book.' * Susan George, Associate Director, The Transnational Institute, Amsterdam *Table of Contents1. All about Oil ; 2. How America's Power Grew ; 3. Capital Bondage ; 4. Accumulation by Dispossession ; 5. Consent to Coercion ; AFTERWORD ; Further Reading ; Bibliography ; Notes ; Index
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Oxford University Press Thinking Like a Planet
Book SynopsisBringing together ecology, evolutionary moral psychology, and environmental ethics, J. Baird Callicott counters the narrative of blame and despair that prevails in contemporary discussions of climate ethics and offers a fresh, more optimistic approach. Whereas other environmental ethicists limit themselves to what Callicott calls Rational Individualism in discussing the problem of climate change only to conclude that, essentially, there is little hope that anything will be done in the face of its perfect moral storm (in Stephen Gardiner''s words), Callicott refuses to accept this view. Instead, he encourages us to look to the Earth itself, and consider the crisis on grander spatial and temporal scales, as we have failed to in the past. Callicott supports this theory by exploring and enhancing Aldo Leopold''s faint sketch of an Earth ethic in Some Fundamentals of Conservation in the Southwest, a seldom-studied text from the early days of environmental ethics that was written in 1923 butTrade ReviewBaird Callicott's magisterial book brings together science and philosophy in a fascinating search for an ethic that truly responds to the global-scale reality of today's most pressing environmental concerns. Highly recommended. * James Gustave Speth, author of America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy, and former dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies *Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic was one of the great philosophical (and practical) developments of the 20th century, and Now J. Baird Callicott manages to extend its scale dramatically. Trenchant and fascinating. * Bill McKibben, author of Oil and Honey: The Making of an Unlikely Activist *An innovative, pioneering, and powerful synthesis of Aldo Leopold's ethics. Callicott broadens Leopold's well-known land ethic by identifying within his writings a comprehensive Earth ethic that is global in scope. Together the two ethics entail sentient community insights and planetary visions. Anyone who seeks a moral grounding for current conservation, resource, and environmental actions will want to read this book. * Carolyn Merchant, Professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics at University of California Berkeley and author of The Death of Nature; Ecological Revolutions; and Reinventing Eden *Over the last four decades no one has done more to construct the intellectual framework of modern environmental ethics than J. Baird Callicott. Now, in this sweeping synthesis, Callicott draws upon an extraordinary breadth of insights from Western and non-Western philosophy, political theory, ecocriticism, religious studies, environmental history, the history of science, evolutionary biology, ecology, and earth science to provide the fullest development of his ideas. If we are to find our way forward in the 'Age of Consequences,' humanity will need to think anew about our history and our values, our prospects and our place in time. Callicott is an indispensable and challenging guide as we continue in this necessary task. * Curt Meine, Senior Fellow, The Aldo Leopold Foundation and author of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work *abundantly stimulating and vital contribution to Leopold scholarship, climate ethics and environmental philosophy... * Piers H.G Stephens, Environmental Values *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; PART 1: THE LAND ETHIC ; 1. A Sand County Almanac ; 1.1 The Author ; 1.2 The Provenance of the Book ; 1.3 The Unity of A Sand County Almanac-An Evolutionary-Ecological Worldview ; 1.4 The Argument of the Foreword-Toward Worldview Remediation ; 1.5 The Argument in Part I-The Inter-subjective Biotic Community-Introduced ; 1.6 The Argument of Part I-The Inter-subjective Biotic Community-Driven Home ; 1.7 The Argument in Part II-The Evolutionary Aspect: Time and Telos ; 1.8 The Argument in Part II-The Evolutionary Aspect: Beauty, Kinship, and Spirituality ; 1.9 The Argument of Part II-The Ecological Aspect ; 1.10 The Argument of Part II-The Pivotal Trope: "Thinking Like a Mountain" ; 1.11 Norton's Narrow Interpretation of Leopold's Worldview-remediation Project ; 1.12 The Argument of Part III-To "See" with the Ecologist's "Mental Eye" ; 1.13 The Argument of Part III-Axiological Implications of the Evolutionary-Ecological Worldview ; 1.14 The Argument of Part III-The Normative Implications of the Evolutionary-Ecological Worldview ; 1.15 The Persuasive Power of Leopold's Style of Writing ; 1.16 The New Shifting Paradigm in Ecology and the Evolutionary-Ecological Worldview ; 1.17 The Challenge Before Us ; 2. The Land Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Philosophical and Evolutionary Foundations ; 2.1 The Odysseus Vignette ; 2.2 Expansion of the Scope of Ethics Over Time (?) ; 2.3 Ethical Criteria/Norms/Ideals versus (un)Ethical Behavior/Practice ; 2.4 Ethics Ecologically (Biologically) Speaking ; 2.5 Darwin's Account of the Origin of Ethics by Natural Selection ; 2.6 Darwin's Account of the Extension of Ethics ; 2.7 The Community Concept in Ecology ; 2.8 The Humean Foundations of Darwin's Evolutionary Account of the Moral Sense ; 2.9 Universalism and Relativism: Hume and Darwin ; 2.10 How Hume Anticipates Darwin's Account of the Origin and Expansion of Ethics ; 2.11 Shades of the Social-Contract Theory of Ethics in "The Land Ethic" ; 2.12 Individualism in (Benthamic) Utilitarianism and (Kantian) Deontology ; 2.13 Holism in Hume's Moral Philosophy ; 2.14 Holism in "The Land Ethic" ; 2.15 The Land Ethic and the Problem of Ecofascism Resolved ; 2.16 Prioritizing Cross-community Duties and Obligations ; 2.17 Is The Land Ethic Anthropocentric or Non-anthropocentric? ; 3. The Land Ethic (an Ought): A Critical Account of Its Ecological Foundations (an Is) ; 3.1 Moore's Naturalistic Fallacy ; 3.2 Hume's Is/Ought Dichotomy and the Land Ethic ; 3.3 How Hume Bridges the Lacuna Between Is-statements and Ought-statements ; 3.4 How Kant Infers Ought-statements from Is-statements in Hypothetical Imperatives ; 3.5 The Specter of Hume's Is/Ought Dichotomy Finally Exorcised ; 3.6 The Roles of Reason and Feeling in Hume's Ethical Theory Generally and Leopold's Land Ethic Particularly ; 3.7 How the General Theory of Evolution Informs the Land Ethic ; 3.8 How Ecosystem Ecology Informs the Land Ethic-Beyond the Biota ; 3.9 How Ecosystem Ecology Informs the Land Ethic-A Fountain of Energy ; 3.10 How Organismic Ecology Informs the Land Ethic ; 3.11 How Mechanistic Ecology Informs the Land Ethic ; 3.12 How the Ecosystem Paradigm Returns Ecology to Its Organismic Roots ; 3.13 How Leopold Anticipates Hierarchy Theory in "The Land Ethic" ; 3.14 Ecological Ontology and the Community Paradigm in Ecology ; 3.15 Ecological Ontology and the Ecosystem Paradigm in Ecology ; 3.16 The "Flux of Nature" Paradigm Shift in Contemporary Ecology and "The Land Ethic" ; 3.17 A Revised Summary Moral Maxim for the Land Ethic ; 4. The Land Ethic and the Science of Ethics: From the Seventeenth through the Twentieth Centuries ; 4.1 Hobbes's Science of Ethics ; 4.2 Locke's Science of Ethics ; 4.3 Hume's Science of Ethics ; 4.4 Kant's Science of Ethics ; 4.5 The Utilitarian Science of Ethics ; 4.6 How Logical Positivism Cleaved Apart Science and Ethics ; 4.7 Ayer's Migration of a Science of Ethics from Philosophy to the Social Sciences ; 4.8 Kohlberg's Social Science of Ethics ; 4.9 Gilligan's Social Science of Ethics ; 4.10 Group Selection in Darwin's Science of Ethics ; 4.11 Group Selection in Wynne-Edwards's Evolutionary Biology ; 4.12 Williams's Attack on Group Selection ; 4.13 Huxley's and Williams's Anti-natural (and Anti-logical) View of Ethics ; 4.14 Sociobiology: Wilson's Neo-Darwinian Account of the Origin of Ethics ; 4.15 The Fallacies of Division and Composition in the Sociobiological Science of Ethics ; 4.16 Sociobiology and Biological Determinism ; 4.17 The Evolutionary Foundations of the Land Ethic in Light of the Modern and the New Syntheses in Evolutionary Biology ; 5. The Land Ethic and the Science of Ethics: In the Light of Evolutionary Moral Psychology ; 5.1 Singer's Response to the Evolutionary Account of Ethics ; 5.2 Rachels' Response to the Evolutionary Account of Ethics ; 5.3 Darwin's Alternative to Animal Ethics a la Singer and Rachels ; 5.4 Midgley's Alternative to Animal Ethics a la Singer and Rachels ; 5.5 A Community-based Analysis of Ethical Partiality ; 5.6 A Community-based Analysis of Ethical Impartiality ; 5.7 Dennett, Singer, Arnhart, and Haidt on the Philosophical Implications of Darwinism ; 5.8 Group Selection Revisited ; 5.9 The Analogy between Language and Ethics ; 5.10 Hume on Nature and Nurture in Ethics ; 5.11 Post-Positivist Ethical Absolutism ; 5.12 Wherefore Post-Positivist Ethical Rationalism and Exclusionism ; 5.13 Moral Norms in Humean Ethics Analogous to Medical Norms ; 5.14 Critically Appraising Moral Norms in Terms of Intra-social Functionality and Inter-social Harmony ; 5.15 A Humean-Darwinian Science of Ethics and Constrained Cultural Relativism ; 5.16 The Philosophical Foundations of the Land Ethic Vindicated by the Contemporary Science of Ethics, but Limited to Ecological Spatial and Temporal Scales ; PART II: THE EARTH ETHIC ; 6. The Earth Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Philosophical Foundations ; 6.1 Leopold and Biblical Tropes ; 6.2 Ezekiel and Virtue Ethics-Both Individualistc and Holistic ; 6.3 Ezekiel and Responsibility to Future Generations ; 6.4 Ezekiel and Deontological Respect for the Earth as a Living Thing ; 6.5 Leopold Dimly Envisions Hierarchy Theory in "Some Fundamentals" ; 6.6 How Leopold Interprets P. D. Ouspensky and His Book, Tertium Organum ; 6.7 The Earth's Soul or Consciousness ; 6.8 A Scalar Resolution of a "Dead" Earth versus the Earth as a "Living Being" ; 6.9 Respect for Life as Such ; 6.10 Leopold's Charge that Both Religion and Science are Anthropocentric ; 6.11 How Leopold Ridicules Metaphysical Anthropocentrism ; 6.12 Leopold's Use of Irony as an Instrument of Ridicule ; 6.13 Norton's Reading of Leopold as an Anthropocentric Pragmatist ; 6.14 Ouspensky, Leopold, and "Linguistic Pluralism"-according to Norton ; 6.15 Leopold's Return to Virtue Ethics ; 6.16 Leopold's Non-anthropocentric Anthropocentrism ; 6.17 The Leopold Earth Ethic: A Summary and a Preview ; 7. The Earth Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Scientific Metaphysical Foundations ; 7.1 Ouspensky's Metaphysics and the Four-dimensional Space-time Continuum ; 7.2 Vernadsky's Metaphysics and the Four-dimensional Space-time Continuum: Space ; 7.3 Vernadsky's Metaphysics and the Four-dimensional Space-time Continuum: Time ; 7.4 Vernadsky's Doctrine of the Abiogenesis of Life on Earth ; 7.5 Venadsky's Anti-vitalism ; 7.6 Vernadsky's Lasting Contribution to Biogeochemistry and Gaian Science ; 7.7 Teilhard's Concept of the Noosphere ; 7.8 Vernadsky's Concept of the Noosphere ; 7.9 Scientific Knowledge as a Planetary Phenomenon ; 7.10 The Biosphere Crosses the Atlantic ; 7.11 The Advent of the Gaia Hypothesis ; 7.12 The Biosphere and Gaia Ecologized ; 7.13 Vernadsky's Biosphere and Lovelock's Gaia: Similarities and Differences ; 7.14 Leopold's Living Thing, Vernadsky's Biosphere, and Lovelock's Gaia ; 7.15 Is the Gaia Hypothesis Necessarily Teleological and Anthropomorphic? ; 7.16 Varieties of the Earth's Soul or Consciousness ; 7.17 Personal Speculations on the Earth's Soul or Consciousness ; 8. The Earth Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Biocentric Deontological Foundations ; 8.1 Leopold's Biocentric Earth Ethic and the Living Earth ; 8.2 Gaian Ontology ; 8.3 Gaian Norms ; 8.4 Schweitzer's Reverence-for-Life Ethic ; 8.5 Schweitzer's Reverence-for-Life Ethic Rooted in the Metaphysics of Schopenhauer ; 8.6 Feinberg's Conativism ; 8.7 Feinberg's Conativism as a Foundation for a Biocentric Earth Ethic? ; 8.8 Goodpaster's Biocentrism ; 8.9 Goodpaster's Holistic Biocentrism as a Foundation for a Biocentric Earth Ethic? ; 8.10 Feinberg the Tie that Binds Schweitzer and Goodpaster ; 8.11 Taylor's Individualistic Biocentrism and Regan's Case for Animal Rights ; 8.12 Taylor's Deontology and Teleological Centers of Life ; 8.13 Taylor's Biocentrism as a Foundation for a Leopold Earth Ethic? ; 8.14 Rolston's Biocentrism as a Foundation for a Leopold Earth Ethic? ; 8.15 Goodpaster's Biocentrism Provides the Best Theoretical Support for a Non-anthropocentric Earth Ethic ; 9. The Earth Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Anthropocentric Foundations: The Natural Contract and Environmental Virtue Ethics ; 9.1 No Need to Patronize Gaia with Biocentric Moral Considerability ; 9.2 The Concept of Anthropocentrism Revisited ; 9.3 War and Peace ; 9.4 The Social Contract: The Ancient and Modern Theories ; 9.5 Du Contrat Social au Contrat Naturel ; 9.6 War or Peace? ; 9.7 The French Connection: Larrere ; 9.8 The French Connection: Latour ; 9.9 The French-Canadian Connection: Dussault ; 9.10 Virtue Ethics ; 9.11 Aristotelian Virtue Ethics ; 9.12 Environmental Virtue Ethics ; 9.13 Holistic Virtue Ethics: Self-respecting Crafts ; 9.14 Holistic Virtue Ethics: The Polis as a Social Whole ; 9.15 Holistic Virtue Ethics: Nomos versus Phusis ; 9.16 Holistic Virtue Ethics: Self-respecting Societies ; 9.17 The Dialectic of Social-Contract Theory and Virtue Ethics ; 10. The Earth Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Anthropocentric Foundations-The limits of Rational Individualism ; 10.1 The Year was 1988 and Serres and Jamieson were the First Philosophical Responders ; 10.2 Jamieson Frames the Theoretical Problem: The Legacy of Smith-and-Jones Ethical Theory ; 10.3 Jamieson Suggests an Alternative Moral Philosophy-Virtue Ethics ; 10.4 The Moral Ontology and Logic of Smith-and-Jones Ethical Thinking ; 10.5 The Essence-and-Accident Moral Ontology of Rational Individualism ; 10.6 Homo Economicus and Homo Ethicus-Two Sides of the Same Rational Coin ; 10.7 Saving Rational Individualism: Moral Mathematics ; 10.8 Saving Rational Individualism: Proximate Ethical Holism ; 10.9 The Failure of Rational Individualism: Protracted Spatial Scale ; 10.10 The Failure of Rational Individualism: Protracted Temporal Scale ; 10.11 The Role of "Theoretical Ineptitude" in Gardiner's Perfect Moral Storm ; 11. The Earth Ethic: A Critical Account of Its Anthropocentric Foundations-Responsibility to Future Generations and for Global Human Civilization ; 11.1 Moral Ontology: Relationally Defined and Constituted Moral Beings ; 11.2 Moral Ontology: Ethical Holism ; 11.3 Moral Psychology: The Moral Sentiments ; 11.4 Responsibility to Immediate Posterity ; 11.5 Responsibility to the Unknown Future Equals Responsibility for Global Human Civilization ; 11.6 Summary and Conclusion ; Appendix ; "Some Fundamentals of Conservation in the Southwest"-by Aldo Leopold ; Notes ; Index
£56.05
OUP India Complexity and the Economy
£38.34
Oxford University Press Reason in a Dark Time
Book SynopsisFrom the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change. Yet greenhouse gas emissions increased, atmospheric concentrations grew, and global warming became an observable fact of life. In this book, philosopher Dale Jamieson explains what climate change is, why we have failed to stop it, and why it still matters what we do. Centered in philosophy, the volume also treats the historical, economic, and political dimensions of climate change. Our failure to prevent or even to respond significantly to climate change, Jamieson argues, reflects the impoverishment of our systems of practical reason, the paralysis of our politics, and the limits of our cognitive and affective capacities. The climate change that is underway is remaking the world in such a way that familiar comforts, places, and ways of life will disappear in years or decades rather than centuries. Climate change also threatens our sense of meaning,Trade Review[I]t's the first book to be fully honest about climate change, it's the one book on the subject that stands a chance of not depressing you. It may even change your life. * Jonathan Franzen, The Guardian *Jamieson's book is a compelling, sophisticated, and highly learned contribution to climate scholarship written for an interdisciplinary and more general audience. In style, it is characteristically clear, well organized, and incisive yet suffused with a warm, humane sensibility and good humor. It is not afraid to make suggestive comments and signal broad programmatic change. In content, the book contains magisterial overviews of the history of the climate problem, climate economics, and obstacles to action. * Ethics *A book that does justice to the full tragedy and weird comedy of climate change is Reason in a Dark Time, by the philosopher Dale Jamieson. Ordinarily, I avoid books on the subject, but a friend recommended it to me last summer, and I was intrigued by its subtitle, "Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed-And What It Means for Our Future"; by the word "failed" in particular, the past tense of it. I started reading and couldn't stop...I'd expected to be depressed by Reason in a Dark Time but I wasn't. Part of what's mesmerizing about climate change is its vastness across both space and time. Jamieson, by elucidating our past failures and casting doubt on whether we'll ever do any better, situates it within a humanely scaled context. * Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker *He has a gift for translating complexities into simple, often arresting terms, and is able to make even familiar material seem fresh ...The result is a book that is uncommonly accessible to nonspecialists, and will resonate even among those working in the trenches of climate policy, for whom works of pure philosophy often seem somewhat beside the point ... This is sound advice not only for economists but for anyone writing about climate change. Reason in a Dark Time succeeds so well because Jamieson, with very few exceptions, practices what he preaches. * Ethics and International Affairs *An invaluable contribution to the dialogue about how to minimize the inevitable social and environmental devastation that looms large in our future. * Booklist *Jamieson's ethical approach deserves serious consideration, especially since it manages to take our relationship with nature seriously while avoiding the debate about whether the value in nature is intrinsic or instrumental ... wide-ranging and ambitious ... * Ewan Kingston, Journal of Applied Philosophy *This book is a must read by all who wish to bring reason to the challenges [of climate change] we are going to face very soon, whether we want to or not... * Green Energy Times *Jamieson provides a wide-ranging account, looking at the lack of political incentives to act and at the influence of organised climate denial ... Jamieson concludes with some observations about things we can definitely do for the better right away (abandon coal), and with shrewd reflections on living with the knowledge that we flunked the climate test. * Times Higher Education *Part requiem for our failed hopes and part vision for our uncertain future, this remarkably far-ranging work by the philosopher who has thought longest and hardest about climate change could inspire fruitfully radical reassessment of our attitudes toward the most far-reaching challenge of our lifetimes. The climate is changing -- can we? * Henry Shue, Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford *A highly informative, wise, and thought-provoking discussion of some of the greatest problems that humanity faces, and of some possible solutions. * Derek Parfit, All Souls College, Oxford *Dale Jamieson is a philosopher and a realist. He was been working on climate change for a quarter of a century, alongside both scientists and policy makers. He argues that we are heading down a dangerous road and will likely have to face a much more difficult world. But he also argues that there is so much we can do individually and collectively to make a difference, and warns that the best must not be the enemy of the good. This is a very thoughtful and valuable book and should be read by all those who would wish to bring reason to a defining challenge of our century. * Professor Lord Nicholas Stern *No one but Dale Jamieson could write an eminently readable book about climate change that ranges over the full sweep of the problem from the historical to the ethical, the scientific to the political. By placing this vexing issue into the broader context of the human condition, Jamieson guides the reader's mood from pessimism to optimism, and finally realism about our prospects. * Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Princeton University *Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Nature of the Problem ; 2.1 The Development of Climate Science ; 2.2 Climate Change as a Public Issue ; 2.3 The Age of Climate Diplomacy ; 2.4 Concluding Remarks ; 3. Obstacles to Action ; 3.1 Scientific Ignorance ; 3.2 Politicizing Science ; 3.3 Facts and Values ; 3.4 The Science/Policy Interface ; 3.5 Organized Denial ; 3.6 Partisanship ; 3.7 Political Institutions ; 3.8 The Hardest Problem ; 3.9 Concluding Remarks ; 4. The Limits of Economics ; 4.1 Economics and Climate Change ; 4.2 The Stern Review and Its Critics ; 4.3 Discounting ; 4.4 Further Problems ; 4.5 State of the Discussion ; 4.6 Concluding Remarks ; 5. The Frontiers of Ethics ; 5.1 The Domain of Concern ; 5.2 Responsibility and Harm ; 5.3 Fault Liability ; 5.4 Human Rights and Domination ; 5.5 Differences That Matter ; 5.6 Revising Morality ; 5.7 Concluding Remarks ; 6. Living With Climate Change ; 6.1 Life in the Anthropocene ; 6.2 It Doesn't Matter What I Do ; 6.3 It's Not the Meat It's the Motion ; 6.4 Ethics for the Anthropocene ; 6.5 Respect For Nature ; 6.6 Global Justice ; 6.7 Concluding Remarks ; 7. Politics, Policy, and the Road Ahead ; 7.1 The Rectification of Names ; 7.2 Adaptation: The Neglected Option? ; 7.3 Why Abatement and Mitigation Still Matter ; 7.4 The Category Formerly Known as Geoengineering ; 7.5 The Way Forward ; 7.6 Concluding Remarks ; Index
£55.10
Oxford University Press Eating Earth
Book SynopsisExploring the environmental effects of animal agriculture, fishing, and hunting, Eating Earth exposes critical common ground between earth and animal advocacy. The first chapter (animal agriculture) examines greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, manure and dead zones, freshwater depletion, deforestation, predator control, land and useincluding the ranching industries public lands subsidies. Chapter two first examines whether or not the consumption of fish is healthy and outlines morally relevant aspects of fish physiology, then scrutinizes the fishing industry, documenting the silent collapse of ocean ecosystems and calling attention to the indiscriminate nature of hooks and nets, including the problem of bycatch and what this means for endangered species and fragile seascapes. Chapter three outlines the historic link between the U. S. Government, wildlife management, and hunters, then systematically unravels common beliefs about sport hunting, such as the belief that hunters arTrade ReviewLisa Kemmerer's passionate examination of the environmental impact of eating "flesh" (both meat and fish) culminates in a call for a global shift to a plant-based diet. * Tristan Quinn, The Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsTable of Contents ; 1. Farming Facts ; 2. A Fishy Business ; 3. Hunting Hype
£39.89
Oxford University Press, USA Competition Competitive Advantage and Clusters
Book SynopsisHarvard professor, Michael Porter has been one of the most influential figures in strategic management research over the last three decades. He infused a rigorous theoretical framework of industrial organization economics with the then still embryonic field of strategic management and elevated it to its current status as an academic discipline. Porter''s outstanding career is also characterized by its cross-disciplinary nature. Following his most important work on strategic management, he then made a leap to the policy side and dealt with a completely different set of analytical units. More recently he has made a foray into inner city development, environmental regulations, and health care services. Throughout these explorations Porter has maintained his integrative approach, seeking a road that links management case studies and the general model building of mainstream economics.With expert contributors from a range of disciplines including strategic management, economic development, eTable of Contents1. Introduction ; PART I ; 2. Establishing Strategic Management as an Academic Discipline ; 3. Why Competitive Strategy succeeds - and with whom ; 4. Eclecticism and the Evolution of Strategy Research ; 5. Antecedents and Precedents to Porter's Competitive Strategy ; 6. The Strategic Management Framework: a Methodological and Epistemological Examination ; PART II ; 7. National Economic Development and the Competitive Advantage of Nations ; 8. Domestic Demand, Learning, and the Competitive Advantage of Nations: an Empirical Analysis ; 9. The Growth and Competitiveness of Nations: the Contribution of Michael Porter ; PART III ; 10. Clusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution ; 11. On Diamonds, Clusters, and Regional Development ; 12. Clusters, Evolutionary Economics, and Policymaking ; 13. Conclusion
£128.25
Oxford University Press Competition Competitive Advantage and Clusters
Book SynopsisHarvard professor, Michael Porter has been one of the most influential figures in strategic management research over the last three decades. He infused a rigorous theoretical framework of industrial organization economics with the then still embryonic field of strategic management and elevated it to its current status as an academic discipline. Porter''s outstanding career is also characterized by its cross-disciplinary nature. Following his most important work on strategic management, he then made a leap to the policy side and dealt with a completely different set of analytical units. More recently he has made a foray into inner city development, environmental regulations, and health care services. Throughout these explorations Porter has maintained his integrative approach, seeking a road that links management case studies and the general model building of mainstream economics. With expert contributors from a range of disciplines including strategic management, economic development, Table of Contents1. Introduction ; PART I ; 2. Establishing Strategic Management as an Academic Discipline ; 3. Why Competitive Strategy succeeds - and with whom ; 4. Eclecticism and the Evolution of Strategy Research ; 5. Antecedents and Precedents to Porter's Competitive Strategy ; 6. The Strategic Management Framework: a Methodological and Epistemological Examination ; PART II ; 7. National Economic Development and the Competitive Advantage of Nations ; 8. Domestic Demand, Learning, and the Competitive Advantage of Nations: an Empirical Analysis ; 9. The Growth and Competitiveness of Nations: the Contribution of Michael Porter ; PART III ; 10. Clusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution ; 11. On Diamonds, Clusters, and Regional Development ; 12. Clusters, Evolutionary Economics, and Policymaking ; 13. Conclusion
£55.10
Oxford University Press Gender and Green Governance
Book SynopsisEconomists studying environmental collective action and green governance have paid little attention to gender. Research on gender and green governance in other disciplines has focused mainly on women''s near absence from forestry institutions. This interdisciplinary book turns that focus on its head to ask: what if women were present in these institutions? What difference would that make? Would women''s inclusion in forest governance - undeniably important for equity - also affect decisions on forest use and outcomes for conservation and subsistence? Are women''s interests in forests different from men''s? Would women''s presence lead to better forests and more equitable access? Does it matter which class of women governs? And how large a presence of women would make an impact? Answers to these questions can prove foundational for effective environmental governance. Yet they have hardly been empirically investigated. In an analysis that is conceptually sophisticated and statistically rTrade ReviewGender and Green Governance is a magisterial work of astounding erudition. While resplendent with field interviews and statistical tables, its ultimate significance is as a thought-provoking examination of political institutionswhat makes them legitimate, efficient, inclusive, representative and stable over time. * Studies in Indian Politics *Gender and Green Governance will rightly be acknowledged as a classic not just in environmental studies, but in studies of development, governance, public action and public service delivery more broadly ... It is a rigorous, engaged and deeply serious exploration of the conditions under which the greater involvement of women in forest management committees improves the quality of environmental (or green) governance ... it is a landmark text. * Stuart Corbridge, The Journal of Development Studies *[A] tour de force ... rigorous, insightful and broad-ranging ... The book is innovative at more levels than one can list. * Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Indian Express *An impressive study of women and community forestry in India and Nepal. * Nancy Folbre, The New York Times *Path-breaking...an immense contribution not only to ecological economics but also to political science, rural sociology, and energy studies...a landmark contribution with depth and insight. * Joan Martinez-Alier, Economic and Political Weekly *An immense, novel contribution to the literature and a milestone in the ongoing debate on forest governance, gender, rural energy and political economy...exceptional. * Kanchana Wickramasinghe, South Asia Economic Journal *A timely reminder of the need for broad-based "Green Governance" which is inclusive of women. While focused on the forestry sector, the book very convincingly establishes the principle of community participation in management, conservation and sustainable use of dwindling natural resources. * Khawar Mumtaz, The Friday Times *Bina Agarwal has crafted a book of central importance in today's world. Both women and their connections with forests have been under-represented in the field, in academic research, and in policy. With analytical rigour and originality, Agarwal bridges these major gaps in our understanding of the difference women can make, when they are actively involved in forest governance. * Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2009 *Beautifully written and soundly argued, this book makes an outstanding contribution to the fields of both environmental economics and governance. Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork in India and Nepal, and eschewing easy generalizations, Bina Agarwal offers a richly layered and insightful treatment of the effects of women's presence in local bodies governing village forests. * Jean-Philippe Platteau, University of Namur and co-author of Halting Degradation of Natural Resources *A nuanced analysis that demonstrates the value of mixed-methods approaches ... an important book. * Ruth Meinzein-Dick, Feminist Economics *Cutting across areas of economics, environmental studies, political economy, gender studies, local green governance and public policy, this book needs to be read by all...this is a book for the people. * Manju Chellani, Indian Journal of Gender Studies *Table of ContentsPART 1: THE POTENTIAL OF PRESENCE; PART 2: THE IMPACT OF PRESENCE; PART 3: BEYOND PRESENCE
£53.20
Oxford University Press Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society
Book SynopsisClimate change presents perhaps the most profound challenge ever confronted by human society. This volume is a definitive analysis drawing on the best thinking on questions of how climate change affects human systems, and how societies can, do, and should respond. Key topics covered include the history of the issues, social and political reception of climate science, the denial of that science by individuals and organized interests, the nature of the social disruptions caused by climate change, the economics of those disruptions and possible responses to them, questions of human security and social justice, obligations to future generations, policy instruments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and governance at local, regional, national, international, and global levels.Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: THE CHALLENGE AND ITS HISTORY; PART III: SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND PUBLIC OPINION; PART IV: SOCIAL IMPACTS; PART V: SECURITY; PART VI: JUSTICE; PART VII: PUBLICS AND MOVEMENTS; PART VIII: GOVERNMENT RESPONSES; PART IX: POLICY INSTRUMENTS; PART X: PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS; PART XI: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE; PART XII: RECONSTRUCTION
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Oxford University Press Geostatistical Reservoir Modeling
Book SynopsisPublished in 2002, the first edition of Geostatistical Reservoir Modeling brought the practice of petroleum geostatistics into a coherent framework, focusing on tools, techniques, examples, and guidance. It emphasized the interaction between geophysicists, geologists, and engineers, and was received well by professionals, academics, and both graduate and undergraduate students.In this revised second edition, Deutsch collaborates with co-author Michael Pyrcz to provide a full update on the latest tools, methods, practice, and research in the field of petroleum Geostatistics. Key geostatistical concepts such as integration of production data, scale-up, and cosimulation receive greater attention, and new topics like model checking, multiple point simulation, and production data integration are included in detail. Geostatistical methods are extensively illustrated through enhanced schematics, work flows and examples. A greater number of examples also are included, such as the integration oTable of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Modeling Principles ; 3. Modeling Prerequisites ; 4. Modeling Methods ; 5. Model Applications ; 6. Special Topics ; Glossary and Notation ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press Energy and the Environment Scientific and Technological Principles Revised MITPappalardo Series in Mechanical Engineering
Book SynopsisNow thoroughly updated in its second edition, Energy and the Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles addresses a central problem of urban-industrial society--the interconnectedness of energy usage and environmental degradation--by examining how the rapidly growing use of energy threatens the natural environment at local, regional, and global scales.Authors James A. Fay and Dan S. Golomb describe fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy technologies and explain their efficiencies for transforming source energy to useful mechanical or electrical power. In particular, they emphasize electric power and the use of transportation vehicles, whose technological improvements increase energy efficiency and reduce air pollutant emissions. Fay and Golomb also analyze the source of toxic emissions to air, water, and land that arise from energy uses and their effects on environmental quality. They pay special attention to global climate change, the contribution made to it by energy uses, and the salient technologies that are being developed to mitigate this effect.Ideal for upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate students, as well as professionals in the fields of energy and environmental sciences and technology, Energy and the Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles, Second Edition, equips readers with the basic factual knowledge needed to develop solutions to these environmental problems.New to this Edition* Updated data reflecting the profound changes in energy supply and demand and in technologies* A completely rewritten chapter on renewable energies including major technological advances of recent years* A new chapter on Thermochemistry, Fossil Fuel Combustion, Synfuels, and Hydrogen Economy* Expanded coverage of global warming and possible measures for mitigating this environmental threatTrade Review"In its particular niche this is the best book of which I am aware. I would like to compliment the authors for their concise and sure-handed discussion of a host of difficult topics."--Russ Houldin, University of Toronto "The strength of this book may lie in the fact that it presents concise and accurate information with very well-organized chapters covering almost all aspects of energy and the environment. The chapters on topics such as fossil-fueled power plants and nuclear-fueled power plants as well as transportation, are well-written."--Chunbao (Charles) Xu, Lakehead UniversityTable of ContentsContents 1 Energy and the Environment 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 An Overview of this Text 1.2 Energy 1.2.1 Electric Power 1.2.2 Transportation Energy 1.2.3 Energy as a Commodity 1.3 The Environment 1.3.1 Managing Industrial Pollution Bibliography 2 Global Energy Use and Supply 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Global Energy Consumption 2.3 Global Carbon Emissions 2.4 Global Energy Sources 2.5 Global Electricity Consumption 2.6 End-Use Energy Consumption in the United States 2.6.1 Industrial Sector 2.6.2 Residential Sector 2.6.3 Commercial Sector 2.6.4 Transportation Sector 2.7 Global Energy Supply 2.7.1 Coal Reserves 2.7.2 Petroleum Reserves 2.7.3 Unconventional Petroleum Resources 2.7.4 Natural Gas Reserves 2.7.5 Unconventional Gas Resources 2.7.6 Summary of Fossil Reserves 2.8 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 3 Thermodynamic Principles of Energy Conversion 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Forms of Energy 3.2.1 The Mechanical Energy of Macroscopic Bodies 3.2.2 The Energy of Atoms and Molecules 3.2.3 Chemical and Nuclear Energy 3.2.4 Electric and Magnetic Energy 3.2.5 Total Energy 3.3 Work and Heat Interactions 3.3.1 Work Interaction 3.3.2 Heat Interaction 3.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics 3.5 The Second Law of Thermodynamics 3.6 Thermodynamic Properties 3.7 Steady Flow 3.8 Heat Transfer and Heat Exchange 3.9 Ideal Heat Engine Cycles 3.9.1 The Carnot Cycle 3.9.2 The Rankine Cycle 3.9.3 The Otto Cycle 3.9.4 The Brayton Cycle 3.9.5 Combined Brayton and Rankine Cycles 3.10 The Vapor Compression Cycle: Refrigeration and Heat Pumps 3.11 Energy Processing: First and Second Law Constraints 3.11.1 Fuel Heating Value 3.11.2 Free Energy Change 3.11.3 Separating Gases 3.12 Fuel (Thermal) Efficiency 3.13 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 4 Thermodynamics of Fossil, Biomass, and Synthetic Fuels 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Fossil Fuels 4.3 Combustion of Fossil Fuel 4.3.1 Fuel Heating Value 4.4 Biomass Fuels 4.5 Synthetic Fuels 4.5.1 Examples of Fossil Fuel Synthesis 4.5.1.1 Coal to Gas 4.5.2 Examples of Biochemical Synthesis 4.6 Biochemical Production of Ethanol from Biomass 4.7 Electrochemical Reactions 4.7.1 Fuel Cells 4.7.2 Practical Fuel Cell Systems 4.8 The Hydrogen Economy 4.8.1 Hydrogen Fuel for Vehicle Propulsion 4.8.2 Synthetic Hydrogen from Fossil Fuels with Carbon Capture and Storage 4.8.3 Hydrogen as Energy Storage for Intermittent Electric Power Plants 4.8.4 Hydrogen as a Substitute for Pipeline Natural Gas 4.9 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 5 Electrical Energy Generation, Transmission, and Storage 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Electromechanical Power Transformation 5.3 Electric Power Transmission 5.3.1 AC/DC Conversion 5.4 Energy Storage 5.4.1 Electrostatic Energy Storage 5.4.2 Magnetic Energy Storage 5.4.3 Electrochemical Energy Storage 5.4.3.1 Lead-Acid Storage Battery 5.4.3.2 Lithium-Ion Storage Battery 5.4.3.3 Other Storage Batteries 5.4.4 Mechanical Energy Storage 5.4.4.1 Pumped Hydropower 5.4.4.2 Flywheel Energy Storage 5.4.5 Properties of Energy Storage Systems 5.5 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 6 Fossil-Fueled Power Plants 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Fossil-Fueled Power Plant Components 6.2.1 Fuel Storage and Preparation 6.2.2 Burner 6.2.3 Boiler 6.2.4 Steam Turbine 6.2.4.1 Impulse Turbine 6.2.4.2 Reaction Turbine 6.2.5 Gas Turbine 6.2.6 Condenser 6.2.7 Cooling Tower 6.2.7.1 Wet Cooling Tower 6.2.7.2 Dry Cooling Tower 6.2.8 Generator 6.2.9 Combustion Stoichiometry 6.2.10 Emission Control 6.2.10.1 Control of Products of Incomplete Combustion and Carbon Monoxide 6.2.10.2 Control of Particles 6.2.10.3 Sulfur Control 6.2.10.4 Nitrogen Oxide Control 6.2.10.5 Mercury Control 6.2.10.6 Toxic Metals 6.2.11 Waste Disposal 6.3 Advanced Cycles 6.3.1 Combined Cycle 6.3.2 Coal Gasification Combined Cycle 6.3.3 Cogeneration 6.3.4 Fuel Cell 6.4 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 7 Nuclear-Fueled Power Plants 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Nuclear Energy 7.2.1 Nuclear Energy from Fission 7.3 Radioactivity 7.3.1 Decay Rates and Half-Lives 7.3.2 Units and Dosage 7.3.2.1 Health Effects of Radiation 7.3.2.2 Radiation Protection Standards 7.4 Nuclear Reactors 7.4.1 Boiling Water Reactor 7.4.2 Pressurized Water Reactor 7.4.3 Gas Cooled Reactor 7.4.4 Breeder Reactor 7.5 Nuclear Fuel Cycle 7.5.1 Mining and Refining 7.5.2 Gasification and Enrichment 7.5.3 Spent Fuel Reprocessing 7.5.4 Temporary Waste Storage 7.5.5 Permanent Waste Storage 7.6 Fusion 7.6.1 Magnetic Confinement 7.6.2 Laser Fusion 7.7 Energy Evolvement in Nuclear Fission and Fusion Reactions 7.8 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 8 Renewable Energy 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Hydropower 8.2.1 Environmental Effects 8.3 Biomass Energy 8.3.1 Photosynthesis 8.3.2 Biofuels 8.3.2.1 Bioethanol 8.3.2.2 Biodiesel 8.3.3 Wood as Biofuel 8.3.4 Environmental Effects 8.4 Geothermal Energy 8.4.1 Environmental Effects 8.5 Solar Energy 8.5.1 Flat Plate Collector 8.5.2 Focusing Collectors 8.5.2.1 Solar Thermal Farms 8.5.3 Photovoltaic Cells 8.5.3.1 Photovoltaic Farms 8.5.4 Environmental Effects 8.6 Wind Power 8.6.1 Aerodynamics of Wind Turbine Operation 8.6.2 Mechanical and Electrical Components 8.6.3 Wind Resources 8.6.3.1 Capacity Factor 8.6.3.2 Effectiveness 8.6.3.3 Wind Variability and Predictability 8.6.4 Economical Turbine Designs 8.6.5 Wind Farms 8.6.6 Integrating Wind Farms into the Electric Power Network 8.6.6.1 Averaging An Array of Wind Farms 8.6.7 Environmental Effects 8.7 Tidal Power 8.7.1 Tidal Current Power 8.7.2 Environmental Effects 8.8 Ocean Wave Power 8.8.1 Ocean Wave Energy and Power 8.8.2 Ocean Wave Power Systems 8.8.3 Wave Power Farms 8.8.4 Environmental Impacts 8.9 Ocean Thermal Power 8.10 Capital Cost of Renewable Electric Power 8.11 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 9 Automotive Transportation 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Internal Combustion Engines for Highway Vehicles 9.2.1 Combustion in SI and CI engines 9.3 Engine Power and Performance 9.3.1 Engine Efficiency 9.4 Vehicle Power and Performance 9.4.1 Connecting the Engine to the Wheels 9.5 Vehicle Fuel Efficiency 9.5.1 U.S. Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Regulations and Test Cycles 9.5.2 Improving Vehicle Fuel Economy 9.5.2.1 Improving Vehicle Performance 9.5.2.2 Improving Engine Performance 9.6 Electric Drive Vehicles 9.6.1 Vehicles Powered by Storage Batteries 9.6.2 Hybrid Vehicles 9.6.3 Fuel Cell Vehicles 9.7 Vehicle Emissions 9.7.1 U.S. Vehicle Emission Standards 9.7.2 Reducing Vehicle Emissions 9.7.2.1 Reducing Engine-Out Emissions 9.7.2.2 Catalytic Converters for Exhaust Gas Treatment 9.7.2.3 Evaporative Emissions 9.7.2.4 Reducing CI Engine Emissions 9.7.2.5 Fuel Quality and its Regulation 9.8 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 10 Environmental Effects of Fossil Fuel Use 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Air Pollution 10.2.1 U.S. Emission Standards 10.2.2 U.S. Ambient Standards 10.2.3 Health and Environmental Effects of Fossil-Fuel-Related Air Pollutants 10.2.4 Air Pollution Meteorology 10.2.5 Air Quality Modeling 10.2.5.1 Modeling of Steady-State Point Source 10.2.5.2 Plume Rise 10.2.5.3 Steady State Line Source 10.2.5.4 Steady State Area Source 10.2.6 Photo-oxidants 10.2.6.1 Photo-oxidant Modeling 10.2.7 Acid Deposition 10.2.7.1 Acid Deposition Modeling 10.2.8 Regional Haze and Visibility Impairment 10.3 Water Pollution 10.3.1 Acid Mine Drainage and Coal Washing 10.3.3 Water Use and Thermal Pollution from Power Plants 10.3.4 Atmospheric Deposition of Toxic Pollutants onto Surface Waters 10.3.4.1 Toxic Metals 10.3.4.2 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 10.4 Land Pollution 10.5 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 11 GlobalWarming and Climate Change 11.1 Introduction 11.2 What is the Greenhouse Effect? 11.2.1 Solar and Terrestrial Radiation 11.2.2 Sun-Earth-Space Radiative Equilibrium 11.2.3 Modeling Global Warming 11.2.4 Global Warming Potential 11.2.5 Radiative Forcing 11.2.6 Results of Global Warming Modeling 11.2.7 Observed Trend of Global Warming 11.3 Associated Effects of Global Warming 11.3.1 Sea Level Rise. 11.3.2 Water Vapor and Precipitation Changes 11.3.3 Hurricanes and Typhoons 11.3.4 Climate Changes 11.4 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 11.4.1 Carbon Dioxide Emissions and the Carbon Cycle 11.4.2 Methane 11.4.3 Nitrous Oxide . 11.4.4 Chlorofluorocarbons 11.4.5 Ozone 11.5 Conclusion. Bibliography Problems 12 Mitigating GlobalWarming 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Controlling Halocarbon Emissions 12.3 Controlling Nitrous Oxide Emissions 12.4 Controlling Methane Emissions 12.4.1 Controlling Methane Generated by Coal Mining 12.4.2 Controlling Methane from Petroleum and Natural Gas Operations 12.4.3 Controlling Landfill Methane 12.5 Controlling Carbon Dioxide Emissions 12.5.1 Controlling CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fueled Electric Power Plants 12.5.1.1 Shift from Coal or Oil to Natural Gas Fuel 12.5.1.2 Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Plants 12.5.1.3 Capturing CO2 from the Flue Gas by Chemical Absorption 12.5.1.4 Oxyfuel Combustion with CO2 Capture 12.5.1.5 Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle Plants with CO2 Capture 12.5.1.6 Capturing CO2 after Gasification by Physical Absorption 12.5.1.7 Capturing CO2 after Gasification by Membrane Separation 12.6 Thermal Efficiency and Cost of Controlling CO2 Emissions from Power Plants 12.7 CO2 Sequestration 12.7.1 Sequestration in Oil and Gas Reservoirs 12.7.2 Sequestration in Coal Seams 12.7.3 Sequestration in Deep Sedimentary Basins 12.7.4 Sequestration in the Deep Ocean 12.7.5 CO2 Removal from the Atmosphere 12.7.5.1 Afforestation 12.7.5.2 Ocean Fertilization 12.7.5.3 Mineral Sequestration 12.7.5.4 CO2 Utilization 12.8 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 13 Concluding Remarks 13.1 Energy Resources 13.2 Regulating the Environmental Effects of Energy Use 13.3 Global Climate Change 13.3.1 Coping with Climate Change 13.4 Conclusion
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OUP USA Marine Biology Function Biodiversity Ecology
Book SynopsisWidely regarded as the most captivating, accessible and comprehensive text for undergraduate marine biology courses, Marine Biology examines the subject from a unique global and evolutionary perspective.
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Oxford University Press Climate Change and Migration
Book SynopsisIn the modern era, two types of international migration have consumed our attention: politically induced migration to flee war, genocide, and instability, and migration for economic reasons. Recently, though, another force has generated a new wave of refugees-global warming. Climate change has altered terrains and economies throughout the tropical regions of the world, from sub-Saharan Africa to Central America to South and Southeast Asia. In Climate Change and Migration: Security and Borders in a Warming World, Greg White provides a rich account of the phenomenon. Focusing on climate-induced migration from Africa to Europe, White shows how global warming''s impact on international relations has been significant, enhancing the security regimes in not only the advanced economies of the North Atlantic, but in the states that serve as transit points between the most advanced and most desperate nations. Furthermore, he demonstrates that climate change has altered the way the nations involvTrade ReviewAn important addition to this debate. * W. Neil Adger, International Affairs *Table of ContentsTable of Contents ; Preface ; List of Acronyms ; Introduction ; 1) Climate-Induced Migration: an Essentially Contested Concept ; 2) Scope and Dimensions: Sahelian and sub-Saharan African Migration to Europe ; 3) The "Securitization" of Climate-Induced Migration ; 4) Transit States and the Thickening of Borders ; 5) Pulling Back the Curtain on the Security Oz: Multilateral Governance and Genuine Sustainability in a Warming World ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press, USA Herbaceous Layer in Forests of Eastern North America
Book SynopsisOver the last decade, the field of plant ecology has significantly developed and expanded, especially in research concerning the herb layer and ground vegetation of forests. This revised second edition of The Herbaceous Layer in Forests of Eastern North America accounts for that growth, presenting research that approaches the ecology of the herb layer of forests from a variety of disciplines and perspectives. The book synthesizes the research of top ecologists and biologists on herbaceous layer structure, composition, and dynamics of a variety of forest ecosystem types in eastern North America. The 2003 first edition of The Herbaceous Layer in Forests of Eastern North America was praised for containing the most extensive listing of herb-layer literature in existence. This second edition brings this material up to date, revised to include current research and data. The book incorporates quantitative data to support analyses that was previously unavailable during the publication of the fTrade Review"Overall, the second edition of The Herbaceous Layer is much more than a corrected and lightly updated version of the first edition. The new chapters bring into sharp focus the importance of disturbance, conservation, and protection of forests and forest understories in states ranging from recovering clear-cuts to old-growth stands. The literature reviews and integrated bibliography are incredibly thorough and provide a one-stop shop for students beginning studies of the forest understory, for experienced researchers in need of a refresher, and for all, a reminder of the importance, the value, and the aesthetic beauty of the herbaceous layer." --RHODORATable of ContentsTable of Contents ; Chapter 1: The Herbaceous Layer-The Forest Between the Trees ; Frank S. Gilliam ; Chapter 2: Nutrient Relations of the Herbaceous Layer in Deciduous Forest Ecosystems ; Robert N. Muller ; Chapter 3: Ecophysiology of the Herbaceous Layer in Temperate Deciduous Forests ; Howard S. Neufield ; Donald R. Young ; Chapter 3 Appendix ; Chapter 4: Interactions of nutrient effects with other biotic factors in the herbaceous layer ; Wendy B. Anderson ; Chapter 5: Mating Systems and Floral Biology of the Herb Layer: A Survey of Two Communities and the State of our Knowledge ; Carol Goodwillie ; Claudia L. Jolls ; Chapter 6: Populations and Threats to Rare Plants of the Herb Layer ; Claudia L. Jolls ; Dennis Whigham ; Chapter 6 Appendix 1 ; Chapter 6 Appendix 2 ; Chapter 7: The Herbaceous Layer of Eastern Old-Growth Deciduous Forests ; Brian C. McCarthy ; Chapter 8: Habitat Heterogeneity and Maintenance of Species in Understory Communities ; Susan W. Beatty ; Chapter 9: Interactions Between the Herbaceous Layer and Overstory Canopy of Eastern Forests ; Frank S. Gilliam ; Mark R. Roberts ; Chapter 10: Herbaceous layer species richness of southeastern forests and woodlands ; Robert K. Peet ; Kyle A. Palmquist ; Samantha M. Tessel ; Chapter 11: Temporal Patterns in Herbaceous Layer Communities of the North Carolina Piedmont ; Robert K. Peet ; Norman L. Christensen ; Frank S. Gilliam ; Chapter 12: Composition and Dynamics of the Understory Vegetation in the Boreal Forests of Quebec ; Louis De Grandpre' Yves Bergeron ; Nicole J. Fenton ; Thuy Nguyen ; Catherine Boudreault ; Pierre Grondin ; Chapter 12 Appendix ; Chapter 13: Response of the Herbaceous Layer to Disturbance in Eastern Forests ; Mark R. Roberts ; Frank S. Gilliam ; Chapter 14: The Herbaceous Layer as a Filtering Determining Spatial Pattern in Forest Tree Regeneration ; Lisa O. George ; Fahhri A. Bazzaz ; Chapter 15: Forest Invasions: Perceptions, Impacts and Management Questions ; James O. Luken ; Chapter 16: Effects of Deer on Forest Herb Layers ; Donald M. Waller ; Chapter 17: A Case Study of Chronic Deer Overbrowsing Throughout the Allegheny National Forest Region of Pennsylvania ; Walter P. Carson ; Alejandro A. Royo ; Chris J. Peterson ; Chapter 18: Long-Term Effects on Clearcutting in the Southern Appalachians ; Julie L. Wyatt ; Miles R. Silman ; Chapter 19: Agricultural Legacies in Forest Herb Communities ; Kathryn M. Flinn ; Chapter 20: Effects of Excess Nitrogen Deposition on the Herbaceous Layer of Eastern North American Forests ; Frank S. Gilliam ; Chapter 21: Climate Change and Forest Herbs of Temperate Deciduous Forests ; Jesse Bellamare ; David A. Moeller ; Chapter 21 Appendix ; Chapter 22: The Dynamic Nature of the Herbaceous Layer ; Frank S. Gilliam ; References ; First Edition References
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Oxford University Press Climate Governance at the Crossroads
Book SynopsisThe global response to climate change has reached a critical juncture. Since the 1992 signing of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the nations of the world have attempted to address climate change through large-scale multilateral treaty-making. These efforts have been heroic, but disappointing. As evidence for the quickening pace of climate change mounts, the treaty-making process has sputtered, and many are now skeptical about the prospect of an effective global response. Yet global treaty-making is not the only way that climate change can be addressed or, indeed, is being addressed. In the last decade myriad initiatives have emerged across the globe independently from, or only loosely connected to, the official UN-sponsored negotiations and treaties. In the face of stalemate in the formal negotiations, the world is experimenting with alternate means of responding to climate change. Climate Governance at the Crossroads chronicles these innovations--how cities,Trade ReviewThe perennial quest for a seamless international bargain on climate change has yielded to a far more complex set of climate governance initiatives around the world. Matthew Hoffmann takes a fresh look at this ever-expanding arena of public policy and thoughtfully explores early lessons and possible next steps. This book represents a valuable scholarly contribution and provides an important public service. * Barry G. Rabe, Professor of Public Policy and Professor of the Environment, University of Michigan *Growing concern about the impacts of climate change, coupled with frustration at the lack of progress in intergovernmental climate negotiations, has motivated numerous subnational governments and non-state actors to launch experiments with alternative approaches to climate governance. This important book provides the first systematic assessment of these initiatives. Focusing on the experimental governance system, it not only sheds light on ways forward regarding climate change; it also adds to our understanding of a trend of fundamental importance to the pursuit of governance more generally. * Oran R. Young, Professor of Institutional and International Governance, University of California-Santa Barbara *Matthew Hoffman brings light to the darkening literature of climate change. He shows that, while negotiations at the international level have stalled, there is a multitude of promising governing efforts taking place in the municipal, corporate and nongovernmental sectors. Seen through Hoffman's incisive analytical lens, we can appreciate such 'experiments' as grounds for hope. If you care about and want to respond positively to climate change, read this book! * Paul Wapner, Associate Professor and Director of the Global Environmental Politics Program, American University *This timely, jargon-free book may be transformational by stimulating new perceptions of climate change policy dilemmas. Understanding this universe of climate governance experiments may help activists and scholars move toward climate change solutions rather than an abyss of ineffective responses. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *The perennial quest for a seamless international bargain on climate change has yielded to a far more complex set of climate governance initiatives around the world. Matthew Hoffmann takes a fresh look at this ever-expanding arena of public policy and thoughtfully explores early lessons and possible next steps. This book represents a valuable scholarly contribution and provides an important public service. * Barry G. Rabe, Professor of Public Policy and Professor of the Environment, University of Michigan *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ; Preface and Acknowledgements ; Chapter 1 Into the Void ; Chapter 2 The World of Climate Governance Experimentation ; Chapter 3 Making Sense of Climate Governance Experimentation ; Chapter 4 Experimenting in Practice ; Chapter 5 Experimenting with Cities and Technology ; Chapter 6 Constructing Carbon Markets ; Chapter 7 Lost in the Void or Filling the Void? ; Appendix ; List of Interviews Undertaken ; Works Cited ; Index
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Oxford University Press A Perfect Moral Storm
Book SynopsisClimate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming catastrophe. In The Perfect Moral Storm, philosopher Stephen Gardiner illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an ethical failure. Gardiner clarifies the moral situation, identifying the temptations (or storms) that make us vulnerable to a certain kind of corruption. First, the world''s most affluent nations are tempted to pass on the cost of climate change to the poorer and weaker citizens of the world. Second, the present generation is tempted to pass the problem on to future generations. Third, our poor grasp of science, international justice, and the human relationship to nature helps to facilitate inaction. As a result, we are engaging in willful self-deception when the lives of future generations, the world''s poor, and even the basic fabric of life on the planet is at stake. We should wake upTrade ReviewGardiner has expertly explored some very instinctual and vitally important considerations which cannot realistically be ignored. Required reading. * Robin Whitlock, Green Prophet *Table of ContentsContents ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: A Global Environmental Tragedy ; I. Some Assumptions ; II. Introducing the Perfect Storm Metaphor ; III. Climate Change ; IV. The Wider Relevance of the Model ; V. Outline of the Book ; Part A: Overview ; Chapter 1: A Perfect Moral Storm ; I. Why Ethics? ; II. The Global Storm ; III. The Intergenerational Storm ; IV. The Theoretical Storm ; V. The Problem of Moral Corruption ; Chapter 2: A Consumption Tragedy ; I. What is the Point of Game Theory? ; II. Motivating the Models ; III. A Green Energy Revolution? ; IV. Consumption and Happiness ; Part B: The Global Storm ; Chapter 3: Somebody Else's Problem ; I. Past Climate Policy ; II. Somebody Else's Burden ; III. Against Optimism ; IV. Conclusion ; Chapter 4: In the Shadow of a Common Tragedy ; I. Climate Prisoners? ; II. An Evolving Tragedy ; III. Beyond Pessimism ; IV. Lingering Tragedy ; V. Climate Policy in the Shadows ; VI. Conclusion ; Part C: The Intergenerational Storm ; Chapter 5: The Tyranny of the Contemporary ; I. Problems with 'Generations' ; II. Intergenerational Buck-Passing ; III. Intergenerational Buck-Passing vs. The Prisoners' Dilemma ; IV. The Features of the Pure Intergenerational Problem ; V. Applications and Complications ; VI. Mitigating Factors ; VII. The Non-Identity Problem: A Quick Aside ; VIII. Conclusion ; Chapter 6: An Intergenerational Arms Race? ; I. Abrupt Climate Change ; II. Three Causes of Political Inertia ; III. Against Undermining ; IV. Conclusion ; Part D: The Theoretical Storm ; Chapter 7: A Global Test for Political Institutions and Theories ; I. The Global Test ; II. Scenarios ; III. A Conjecture ; IV. Theoretical Vices ; V. An Illustration: Utilitarianism ; VI. Understanding the Complaint ; VII. Conclusion ; Chapter 8: Cost-Benefit Paralysis ; I. Cost-Benefit Analysis in Normal Contexts ; II. CBA for Climate Change ; III. The Presumption Against Discounting ; IV. The Basic Economics of the Discount Rate ; V. Discounting the Rich? ; VI. Declining Discount Rates ; VII. Two Objections to "Not Discounting" ; VIII. The "Devil's in the Details" Argument ; IX. Conclusions ; Part E: Moral Corruption ; Chapter 9: Jane Austen vs. Climate Economics ; I. Corruption ; II. The Dubious Dashwoods: Initial Parallels ; III. The Opening Assault on the Status of the Moral Claim ; IV. The Assault on Content ; V. Indirect Attacks ; VI. The Moral of the Story ; Chapter 10: Geoengineering in an Atmosphere of Evil ; I. An Idea that is Changing the World ; II. The Problem of Political Inertia Revisited ; III. Two Preliminary Arguments: Cost and "Research First"? ; IV. Arming the Future ; V. Arm the Present? ; VI. Evolving Shadows ; VII. Underestimating 'Evil' ; VIII. An Atmosphere of Evil? ; IX. "But... Should We Do It?" ; Part F: What Now? ; Conclusion: The Immediate Future ; Postscript: Some Initial Ethics of the Transition ; I. Introduction ; II. The Ethics of Skepticism ; III. Past Emissions ; IV. Future Emissions ; V. Responsibility ; VI. Ideal Theory ; VII. Conclusion ; Appendices ; Appendix 1: The Population Tragedy ; I. Hardin's Analysis ; II. Population as a Tragedy of the Commons ; III. Total Environmental Impact ; IV. Conclusion ; Appendix 2: Epistemic Corruption and Scientific Uncertainty in ; Michael Crichton's State of Fear ; I. What the Scientists Know ; II. Certainty, Guesswork and the Missing Middle ; III. Conclusion
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Oxford University Press Ecologies of Grace
Book SynopsisChristianity struggles to show how living on Earth matters for living with God. While people of faith increasingly seek practical ways to respond to the environmental crisis, theology has had difficulty contextualizing the crisis and interpreting the responses. In Ecologies of Grace, Willis Jenkins presents a field-shaping introduction to Christian environmental ethics that offers resources for renewing theology. Observing how religious environmental practices often draw on concepts of grace, Jenkins maps the way Christian environmental strategies draw from traditions of salvation as they engage the problems of environmental ethics. By being particularly sensitive to the ways in which environmental problems are made intelligible to Christian moral experience, Jenkins guides his readers toward a fuller understanding of Christianity and ecology. He not only makes sense of the variety of Christian environmental ethics, but by showing how environmental issues come to the heart of ChristianTable of Contents1. Saving Nature, Saving Grace ; Part I: Ethical Strategies ; 2. Three Practical Strategies in Environmental Ethics ; 3. The Strategy of Ecojustice ; 4. The Strategy of Christian Stewardship ; 5. The Strategy of Ecological Spirituality ; Part II: Theological Investigations ; 6. Sanctifying Biodiversity: Ecojustice in Thomas Aquinas ; 7. Environmental Virtues: Charity, Nature, and Divine Friendship in Thomas ; 8. Stewardship after the End of Nature: Karl Barth's Environment of Jesus Christ ; 9. Nature Redeemed: Barth's Garden of Reconciliation ; 10. After Maximus: Ecological Spirituality and Cosmic Deification ; 11. Thinking like a Transfigured Mountain: Sergei Bulgakov's Wisdom Ecology ; 12. Conclusion: Renovating Grace ; Notes ; Works Cited ; Index
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Springer Oceanic Basalts
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Making Better Places The Planning Project in the TwentyFirst Century Planning Environment Cities
Book SynopsisPATSY HEALEY is Professor Emeritus in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.She is fellow of the British Academy and her many original contributions to the field of planning include Collaborative Planning (2nd edn, 2005) also published by Palgrave Macmillan.
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Natures End
Book SynopsisEnvironmental History as a distinct discipline is now over a generation old, with a large and diverse group of practitioners around the globe. This book provides a reflection on the achievements, diversity, and direction of environmental history in its varied national, international and continental contexts.Trade Review'Nature's End is both an adept explanation of the ways in which historians can make the environment a central theme, and a treasure trove packed with gems of essays by leading scholars who show how it is done. This book is a state-of-the-art guide to contemporary questions in global environmental history.' - J. Donald Hughes, University of Denver, USA 'This volume makes a contribution not only to the history of the environment, but also to its historiography and to the history of thought about the environment It contributes to bridge-building between disciplines and also to a dialogue with other kinds of historian, whether they work on politics or culture.' - Peter Burke, University of Cambridge, UK 'Leading scholars of environmental history clarify the discipline's epistemological context and offer compelling case studies. Nature's End is indispensable reading for all who seek to meld the various communities of knowledge of our world.' - Carole Crumley, University of North Carolina, USA 'Nature's End deserves a wide audience. Environmental historians of all sorts will find it useful, as few such collections can boast such a rich and diverse array of contributions, ranging widely in geographical and chronological scope and presenting several methodological and conceptual approaches.' - William Cavert, H-Environment '...thought-provoking...Hopefully, this volume will guide environmental and cultural historians towards fruitful interaction.' - European History QuarterlyTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors Preface Introduction; S.Sörlin & P.Warde PART I: THE RISE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL Imperialism and Environmental Change: Unearthing the Origins and Evolution of Global Environmental History; R.Grove & V.Damodaran Habitat, Possession and Community: Reflections on the History of Conservation Ideas; B.Adams The Field of Action: Agriculture and the Defining of the Environment in Pre-Industrial Europe; P.Warde The Global Warming That Did Not Happen: Historicizing Glaciology and Climate Change; S.Sörlin Genealogies of the Ecological Moment: Planning, Complexity and the Emergence of 'the Environment' as Politics in West Germany, 1949-1982; H.Nehring PART II: HISTORY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES The Environmental History of Mountain Regions; R.Dodgshon Interdisciplinary Conversations: the Collective Model; A.Davies New Science for Sustainability in an Ancient Land; L.Robin PART III: MAKING SPACE: ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR CONTEXTS Fifty-four, Forty, or Fight? Writing within and across Boundaries in North American Environmental History; M.Evenden & G.Wynn Modernity and the Politics of Waste in Britain; T.Cooper Why Intensity? Reflections on Long-Term Changes to Chinese Farming and the Institutional Steering of Modifications to the Environment; M.Elvin 'The pernicious calamities that occasion...hunger': Climate Variability and Social Vulnerability in Colonial Mexico; G.Endfield PART IV: 'THINGS HUMAN' Destiny and Decision: Taking the Lifeworld Seriously in Environmental History; K.Hastrup Afterword; P.Burke Index
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Palgrave Macmillan Natures End History and the Environment
Book SynopsisEnvironmental History as a distinct discipline is now over a generation old, with a large and diverse group of practitioners around the globe. This book provides a reflection on the achievements, diversity, and direction of environmental history in its varied national, international and continental contexts.Trade Review'Nature's End is both an adept explanation of the ways in which historians can make the environment a central theme, and a treasure trove packed with gems of essays by leading scholars who show how it is done. This book is a state-of-the-art guide to contemporary questions in global environmental history.' - J. Donald Hughes, University of Denver, USA 'This volume makes a contribution not only to the history of the environment, but also to its historiography and to the history of thought about the environment It contributes to bridge-building between disciplines and also to a dialogue with other kinds of historian, whether they work on politics or culture.' - Peter Burke, University of Cambridge, UK 'Leading scholars of environmental history clarify the discipline's epistemological context and offer compelling case studies. Nature's End is indispensable reading for all who seek to meld the various communities of knowledge of our world.' - Carole Crumley, University of North Carolina, USA 'Nature's End deserves a wide audience. Environmental historians of all sorts will find it useful, as few such collections can boast such a rich and diverse array of contributions, ranging widely in geographical and chronological scope and presenting several methodological and conceptual approaches.' - William Cavert, H-Environment '...thought-provoking...Hopefully, this volume will guide environmental and cultural historians towards fruitful interaction.' - European History QuarterlyTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors Preface Introduction; S.Sörlin & P.Warde PART I: THE RISE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL Imperialism and Environmental Change: Unearthing the Origins and Evolution of Global Environmental History; R.Grove & V.Damodaran Habitat, Possession and Community: Reflections on the History of Conservation Ideas; B.Adams The Field of Action: Agriculture and the Defining of the Environment in Pre-Industrial Europe; P.Warde The Global Warming That Did Not Happen: Historicizing Glaciology and Climate Change; S.Sörlin Genealogies of the Ecological Moment: Planning, Complexity and the Emergence of 'the Environment' as Politics in West Germany, 1949-1982; H.Nehring PART II: HISTORY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES The Environmental History of Mountain Regions; R.Dodgshon Interdisciplinary Conversations: the Collective Model; A.Davies New Science for Sustainability in an Ancient Land; L.Robin PART III: MAKING SPACE: ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR CONTEXTS Fifty-four, Forty, or Fight? Writing within and across Boundaries in North American Environmental History; M.Evenden & G.Wynn Modernity and the Politics of Waste in Britain; T.Cooper Why Intensity? Reflections on Long-Term Changes to Chinese Farming and the Institutional Steering of Modifications to the Environment; M.Elvin 'The pernicious calamities that occasion...hunger': Climate Variability and Social Vulnerability in Colonial Mexico; G.Endfield PART IV: 'THINGS HUMAN' Destiny and Decision: Taking the Lifeworld Seriously in Environmental History; K.Hastrup Afterword; P.Burke Index
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Learning from Wind Power Governance Societal and Policy Perspectives on Sustainable Energy Energy Climate and the Environment
Book SynopsisBringing together contributions from leading researchers, this volume reflects on the political, institutional and social factors that have shaped the recent expansion of wind energy, and to consider what lessons this experience may provide for the future expansion of other renewable technologies.Trade Review'What the book does well is to identify and disucss several barriers to making wind projects more acceptable for communities and environmental groups...Learning from Wind Power is an accessible and weighty contribution to the field.' - Ralitsa Hiteva, Sustainable Consumption Institute and School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, Environment and PlanningTable of ContentsWind Power: Towards a Sustainable Energy Future?; C.Warren , R.Cowell , G.Ellis , P.A.Strachan & J.Szarka PART I: GOVERNANCE AND POLICY LEARNING Wind Power: Opportunities, Limits and Challenges; D.Elliott Wind Power Policy in Germany and the UK; V.Lauber Wind Power and Spatial Planning in the UK; S.Power & R.Cowell From Laggard to World Leader: the United Kingdom's Adoption of MarineWind Energy; S.Jay Planning with the Missing Masses: Innovative Wind Power Planning in France; A.Nadai PART II: SOCIETAL ENGAGEMENT WITH WIND POWER The Misdirected Opposition to Wind Energy; M.J.Pasqualletti The Social Experience of Noise from Wind Farms; C.Haggett Navigating a Minefield? Wind Power and Local Community BenefitFunds; P.A.Strachan & D.Jones Fostering Public Engagement in Wind Energy Development: the Role of Intermediaries and Community Benefits; P.Devine-Wright Social Acceptance of Wind Energy Projects: Learning from Trans-national Experience; S.Huber , R.Hobarty & G.Ellis Drawing Lessons from Wind Power for Future Sustainable Energy; J.Szarka , G.Ellis , R.Cowell , P.A.Strachan & C.Warren
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Palgrave Macmillan Mapping Cultures Place Practice Performance
Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary collection exploring the practices and cultures of mapping in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It features contributions from scholars in critical cartography, social anthropology, film and cultural studies, literary studies, art and visual culture, marketing, museum studies, architecture, and popular music studies. Trade Review"This collection gives a widely spread voice to the widening acknowledgement of what maps mean and do; how and where they occur. Comprising a series of related but distinctive, lively, well worked and critically engaging chapters, the book will find readers across a range of disciplines and subjects." - David Crouch, University of Derby, UK "Mapping Cultures offers a collection of innovative studies and theoretical essays, each confronting the diffusion of cartographic method and rhetoric throughout humanities and social science research over the past two decades. . . . [the book] is brimming with insight into the emergent mapping practices and vocabularies by which we might better resist authoritarian, anti-democratic practices, which themselves do work through mapping. And it helps clear a path by which researchers in the humanities and social sciences alike might better understand and express that ''it is not so much what people do with maps as it is what maps do with people'' (Wood, p. 300). For this alone, the book is an important bridge between the relatively recent innovations of critical cartography, in particular, and a host of other fields just as recently innovated by the methods and metaphors of cartography in general." - Cartographica 48 (2), 2013. "The book closes with a call for a more explicit critical reorientation towards mapping, and map use a project of the anthropology of cartography (D. Wood). This call seems to be still valid and one can admit that Mapping Cultures is a significant step towards achieving the goal. Readers from different disciplines will find valuable contributions both theoretical and empirical in the collection. For a tourism researcher or student, the book is thought-provoking for several reasons, not only because of the enhancing awareness of cartography in relation to areas such as cinema, music, travel..." - Tourism, Culture and Communication 12, 2013.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Mapping Cultures – a Spatial Anthropology; L.Roberts PART I: PLACE/TEXT/TOPOGRAPHY Critical Literary Cartography: Text, Maps and a Coleridge Notebook; D.Cooper Mapping Rohmer: Cinematic Cartography in Post-war Paris; R.Misek Cinematic Cartography: Projecting Place Through Film; L.Roberts Walking, Witnessing, Mapping: An Interview with Iain Sinclair; D.Cooper & L.Roberts Maps, Memories and Manchester: the Cartographic Imagination of the Hidden Networks of the Hydraulic City; M.Dodge & C.Perkins PART II: PERFORMANCE/MEMORY/LOCATION Urban Musicscapes: Mapping Music-making in Liverpool; S.Cohen Mapping the Soundscapes of Popular Music Heritage; P.Long & J.Collins Walking Through Time: Use of Locative Media to Explore Historical Maps; C.Speed Salford 7/ District Six. The Use of Participatory Mapping and Material Artefacts in Cultural Memory Projects; L.Cassidy PART III: PRACTICE/APPARATUS/CARTOGRAPHICS 'Spatial Stories': Maps and the Marketing of the Urban Experience; G.Warnaby Mapping My Way: Map-making and Analysis in Participant Observation; H.Andrews Mental Maps and Spatial Perceptions: The Fragmentation of Israel-Palestine; E.Ben Ze'ev Peripatetic Box and Personal Mapping: From Studio to Classroom to City; S.Moro The Anthropology of Cartography; D.Wood Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Weight Matters for Young People A Complete Guide to Weight Eating And Fitness
Book SynopsisIain White is Professor of Environmental Planning at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.Table of Contents1. Introducing Environmental Planning 2. The Intellectual Legacies 3. Governance and Power 4. Politics and the Media 5. Framing Concepts 6. The Role of Science 7. Policy and Regulation 8. Decision Support Tools 9. Engaging with Stakeholders 10. The Question of Justice 11. Conclusion.
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Memory Culture and the Contemporary City Building Sites
Book SynopsisThese essays by leading figures from academia, architecture and the arts consider how cultures of memory are constructed for and in contemporary cities. They take Berlin as a key case of a historically burdened metropolis, but also extend to other global cities: Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and New York.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction PART I Monument and Melancholia; V.Burgin Sonnen-Insulaner : On a Berlin Island of Memory; T.Elsaesser Arrivals and Departures: Travelling to the Airports of Berlin; H.Reeh Global Building Sites – Between Past and Future; D.Libeskind PART II Spectral Ground in New Cities: Memorial Cartographies in Cape Town and Berlin; K.E.Till & J.Jonker Designing the Biblical Present in Jerusalem's 'City of David'; W.Pullan& M.Gwiazda Historical Tourism: Reading Berlin's Doubly Dictatorial Past; M.Fulbrook Sacralized Spaces and the Urban Remembrance of War; J.Ward Paradise for Provocation: Plotting Berlin's Political Underground; C.Scribner PART III Architecture as Scenography, the Building Site as Stage; S.Bürkle Buenos Aires 2010: Memory Machines and Cybercities in Two Argentine Science Fiction Films; G.Kantaris Perpetuated Transitions: Forms of Nightlife and the Buildings of Berlin in the Work of Isa Genzken and Wolfgang Tilmans; P.Ekardt On the Road with mnemonic nonstop ; L.Ruprecht with M.Nachbar& J.Roller Notes Index
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Pan Macmillan Going to Extremes
Book SynopsisIn Going to Extremes writer, presenter and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton visits Oymyakon in Siberia, where the average winter temperature is -47 degrees and 40% of the population have lost their fingers to frostbite while changing the car wheel. Next he travels to Arica Chile where there have been fourteen consecutive years without a drop of rain and so fog is people's only source of water. Going from the driest to the wettest, he visits Mawsynram in India which annually competes for the title with its neighbour Cherrapunji. However, Nick discovers even here, that during the dry season, there is water shortage and one entrepreneur has started selling it bottled.Finally his journey takes him to Dalol in Ethiopia known as the 'hell hole of creation' where the temperature remains at 94 degrees year round. Here Nick will join miners who work all day with no shade, limited water and no protective clothing.The book and series consider how a
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