Environmental management Books
University of Toronto Press Water without Borders
Book SynopsisWater without Borders? is designed to help readers develop a balanced understanding of the most pressing shared water issues between Canada and the United States.Trade Review'A nauanced presentation of perspectives from both sides of the border... This book illustrates the fascinating and dynamic nature of the past and present of trans-border water management.' -- Meg Stanley BC Studies vol 185 spring 2015Table of Contents* Introduction PART ONE ISSUES, APPROACHES, AND CHALLENGES * Indigenous Peoples and Water: Governing Across Borders - Merrell-Ann S. Phare (lawyer and the founding Executive Director of the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, a national First Nation charitable environmental organisation)* Rise of the Local? Delegation and Devolution in Transboundary Water Governance - Emma S. Norman (Northwest Indian College, Geography) and Karen Bakker (University of British Columbia, Geography)* The IJC and Transboundary Water Disputes: Past, Present, and Future - Murray Clamen (McGill University, Bisource Engineering)* Continental Bulk Water Transfers: Chimera or Real Possibility? - Frederic Lasserre (Universite du Quebec, Geography)* Key Challenges in Canada-U.S. Water Governance - Ralph Pentland (Chair of Canadian Water Issues Council) PART TWO FLASHPOINTS, CONFLICT, AND COOPERATION * The Columbia River Treaty - John Shurts (General Counsel of Northwest Power and Conservation Council) and Richard Paisley (University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre)* Apportionment of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers - Nigel Bankes (University of Calgary, Natural Resource Law) and Elizabeth Bourget (Enivronmental and Water Resources Institute)* Devils Lake and Red River Basin - Norman Brandson (former Deputy Minister of the department of the Environment, Conservation and Water Stewardship with the government of Manitoba) and Robert Hearne (North Dakota State University, Agribusiness and Applied Economics)* The Transboundary Flathead Basin - Harvey Locke (Vice President for Conservation Strategy with The WILD Foundation and Strategic Adviser for the Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative) and Matthew McKinney (Director of the Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Policy at the University of Montana)* The Great Lakes: A Model of Transboundary Cooperation - Jamie Linton (Queen's University, Geography) and Noah Hall (Wayne State University Law School) LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD * Conclusion - Alice Cohen (Clark University, Geography), Emma S. Norman (Michigan Technological University, Social Sciences, Environmental and Energy Program), and Karen Bakker (University of British Columbia, Geography, Canada Research Chair in Political Ecology, director of the Program on Water Governance)
£28.80
University of Toronto Press Elements of Environmental Management
Book SynopsisAs businesses face an increasing array of environmental challenges, including climate change, air and water pollution, and solid waste management, environmental management has become an increasingly important area of expertise. Elements of Environmental Management is an interdisciplinary textbook for students and business professionals that integrates corporate environmental strategy with environmental economics, environmental law, and environmental engineering.Written by Werner Antweiler, an expert on international trade and environmental economics, Elements of Environmental Management approaches environmental issues from a business perspective: How can businesses respond to public policies and regulatory requirements? How does emission trading work? What technological options are available to prevent or mitigate pollution? Using examples from a wide range of industries, Antweiler presents the essential tools for examining environmental problems from a busiTable of Contents1. Sustainability and the Firm 2. Environmental Issues 3. Environmental Economics 4. Life Cycle Assessment 5. Environmental Law 6. Environmental Impact Assessment 7. Environmental Management Systems 8. Corporate Environmental Strategy 9. Pollution Abatement Technology 10. Energy Systems 11. Resource Management 12. Environmental Management for the next Thousand Centuries Bibliography Index Reference Tables
£36.00
MY - University of Toronto Press Kouchibouguac Removal Resistance and Remembrance
Book SynopsisIn Kouchibouguac, Ronald Rudin tells the story of the park's establishment, the resistance of its residents, and the memory of that experience.Trade Review'This is an important book that tells a story, we think we know, in a new and different way... A significant contribution to the regional and national history of Canada.' -- Tina Loo Acadiensis September 2016 'Historians, civil servants, students, and general public will find it a stimulating and valuable interpretation of the time and events.' -- Sheila Andrew Canadian Historical Review vol 97:04:2016 "Kouchibouguac is an excellent book, not only as a resource, but as enlightening reading for anyone with a social conscience. Ronald Rudin is to be applauded for his intensive and extensive research and his obvious concern for getting the Kouchibouguac story told properly and lucidly." -- James M. Fisher The Miramichi Reader, August 24, 2016Table of ContentsPrologue: On the Road Again Part I: Removal Chapter 1: People Before the Park Chapter 2: Planning Without People Chapter 3: Removal and Rehabilitation Part II: Resistance Chapter 4: Gone Fishing Chapter 5: The Acadian Freedom Fighter Part III: Remembrance Chapter 6: Art for a Cause Chapter 7: Reconciliation Epilogue: Chez Comeau
£49.30
University of Toronto Press Forest Soils
Book Synopsis This is a comprehensive study of forest soils for foresters, wildlife and park managers, ecologists, and others interested in forest soils. It provides a valuable text for introductory and more advanced courses. The first ten chapters deal with basic soil information: texture, structure, and porosity; colour, temperature, and aeration; water; organic content; biological organisms and processes; chemistry; fertility; classification; and surveys. The last six chapters consider the components of the forest soil systems as related processes, discussing roots, fire, and water and nutrient cycles as they exist in natural forests and as they are modified by man. Professor Armson examines the process of forest soil development, and the place of soil as a part of a continuously changing landscape from both the historical and ecological viewpoints. An appendix describes the procedures for soil profile description and sampling. Full bibliographical references are supplied.
£28.80
Springer London Ltd Offshore Risk Assessment Vol 2 Principles
Book SynopsisThis is the first textbook to address quantified risk assessment (QRA) as specifically applied to offshore installations and operations. These minimalistic installations with no helideck and very limited safety systems will require a new approach to risk assessment and emergency planning, especially during manned periods involving W2W vessels.Trade Review“The book, which offers complete and up-to-date information about some environmental aspects and impacts, is useful for academics and students, as well as for professionals in the sector and regulatory authorities.” (Emilia Di Lorenzo, zbMATH 1427.91004, 2020)Table of ContentsPart III.- 14.Methodology for Quantified Risk Assessment.- 15.Analysis Techniques.- 16.Presentation of Risk Results from QRA Studies.- 17.Evaluation of Personnel Risk Levels.- 18.Environmental Risk Analysis.- 19.Approach to Risk Based Design.- 20.Risk based Emergency Response Planning.- Part IV.- 21.Use of Risk Analysis during the Operations Phase.- 22.Use of Risk Indicators for Major Hazard Risk.- 23.Barrier Management for Major Hazard Risk.- Appendix A.Overview of Software.- Appendix B.Overview of Fatalities in Norwegian Sector.- Appendix C.Network Resources.
£75.99
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Disaster Policy Implementation Managing Programs
Book SynopsisFederal disaster policy is an important but overlooked aspect of federal action that has provided a rich arena for pursuing our more general research interests concerning federal program implementation and management.Table of Contents1 Disaster Policy in Perspective.- Disaster Policy Dilemmas.- Shared Governance of Disaster Policy.- The Implementation Perspective.- Federal Management of Shared Governance.- A Quick Look Ahead.- I Implementation Issues and Disaster Policy.- 2 Intergovernmental Implementation.- Shared Governance.- Intergovernmental Program Implemention.- Shared Governance and Program Management.- 3 The Organizational Context.- Recasting the Organizational Structure.- The Birth of FEMA: A New Agency of Old Fiefdoms.- Reassessing Reorganization.- 4 Case Study Design.- Disaster Policy and Shared Governance.- Methodological Notes.- Overview of the Analysis.- II Intergovernmental Implementation of Disaster Policies.- 5 Floodplain Regulation.- The Federal Policy and Organizational Context.- Establishing a State Role.- Analyzing State-Level Variation in Floodplain Management.- Shared Governance and Floodplain Regulation.- 6 Dam Safety Mobilization.- The Federal Policy Context.- Mobilizing State Dam Safety Efforts.- Shared Governance and Dam Safety.- 7 Earthquake Preparedness Collaboration.- The Federal Policy and Organizational Context.- Federal and State Collaboration.- Shared Governance and Collaboration.- 8 Crisis Relocation Planning: Degenerative Collaboration.- The Federal Policy Context.- CRP Collaboration and Degeneration.- Responding to Resistance from Below.- Shared Governance and Degenerative Collaboration.- III Considering Federal Management Issues.- 9 Contrasting Implementation Experiences.- Contrasting Modes of Shared Governance.- Considering Program Specifics.- State Innovations.- Shared Governance and Program Management.- 10 Management Strategies for Disaster Policies.- Considering the Context.- FEMA’s Search for a Strategy.- Considering Management Choices.- Designing Future Management Strategies.- 11 Implementation Research Revisited.- Reassessing Implementation Propositions.- Concluding Observations.- References.- Appendix: List of Interviews.
£80.99
MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Reducing the Vulnerability of Armenias Agricult Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options
£20.66
University of Nebraska Press Asphalt
Book SynopsisAsphalt: A History demonstrates that roads, parking lots, and civilian and military runways constitute the central arteries of our environment. Kenneth O'Reilly argues that although asphalt creates our environment, it eventually threatens it.Trade Review“It turns out that the story of asphalt is closely linked to the story of modernity—the smooth ride of our cars across the pavement ties into everything from the climate crisis to the racism inherent in tearing up our central cities for highways. A fascinating story that will reshape your sense of what binds the world together.”—Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?“Kenneth O’Reilly’s wide-ranging story of seduction and threat is rich in iridescent detail and full of surprising twists.”—Graeme Wynn, past president of the American Society for Environmental History“Full of forceful characters from Nebuchadnezzar to the Koch brothers and ranging from the Dead Sea’s asphalt seeps to Alberta’s oil sands, this carefully researched book tells the story of one of the key substances shaping our world.”—J. R. McNeill, past president of the American Historical Association“Both a blessing and a curse, the progenitor of peace and the facilitator of violence, asphalt must be considered central to our understanding of modern history, and Kenneth O’Reilly convincingly explains why.”—Darren Dochuk, author of Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America“As the best histories do, Asphalt uses the past to change our view of the present and, hopefully, the possibilities for our future. Read this book, step outside, and see our world anew.”—Paul Bogard, author of The Ground Beneath Us“O’Reilly chronicles how asphalt enabled suburbanization and urban decay, segregation, warfare, and environmental degradation. Brimming with a range of colorful characters, Asphalt takes us to the far corners of the world, in the process providing a fresh perspective on some of the central themes of modern global history.”—Sven Beckert, author of Empire of Cotton: A Global HistoryTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Power, Culture, Space Part 1. Before Blacktop 1. Nature: Tar Pits and Asphalt Volcanoes 2. Use: Fired Bricks and Mummy Wars 3. Faith: Asphalt’s Dark Ages Part 2. Coming to America 4. Triumph: The Blacktop Dawn 5. Duty: Conquering Poverty and Mud, Reich and Rising Sun 6. Crusades: Asphalt in the Cold War 7. Angles: Terrorists, Tricksters, Tea Partiers 8. Overburden: The Oil-Sand Century Conclusion: The Other Black Hole Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£22.79
University of Nebraska Press Hydronarratives
Book SynopsisFocusing on creative responses to intensifying water crises in the United States, Hydronarratives explores how narrative and storytelling support environmental justice advocacy in Black, Indigenous, and low-income communities.Trade Review"These studies should enrich the discussion of how to prepare communities to grapple with energy and climate challenges in an equitable way."—E. Gomezdelcampo, Choice"Hydronarratives is, above all, an argument for the urgent need to look for, identify, and produce future-looking stories about a just transition as a key metric to calling this future into being."—Anne Stewart, H-Environment“Original, well researched, and current. Hydronarratives is an important contribution to the field of environmental justice and creates a clear connection between artistic imagination—film, museums, photography, sculpture, and literature—and broad social change. Matthew Henry’s book is broadly and impressively grounded in theoretical, journalistic, and political conversations. He deftly demonstrates the connections between these sources and the vital work of reimagining our future.”—David T. Sumner, professor of English and environmental studies at Linfield University“Hydronarratives is poised to make a valuable contribution to the field—specifically regarding cultural studies—with its inclusion of contemporary politics and hopeful futures. The discussion of racial capitalism in particular is thoroughly detailed as it pertains to water issues in key U.S. cities and regions. Complicated and controversial works are analyzed with elegance and care throughout.”—Kathryn Cornell Dolan, author of Cattle Country: Livestock in the Cultural ImaginationTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Storying Water and Justice 1. Decolonizing Drought: Indigenous Collective Continuance in the Lower Colorado River Basin 2. Freedom Dreams for Flint: Imagining a Just Transition beyond Racial Capitalism 3. Extractive Fictions and Post-Extraction Futurisms: Energy, Water, and Environmental Justice in Appalachia 4. On the Wrong Side of the Levee: Sea Level Rise Narratives in the Decade of the Green New Deal Conclusion: Imagining a Community-Driven Just Transition in Wyoming Notes Bibliography Index
£69.70
University of Nebraska Press Losing Eden
Book SynopsisAmerican Scientist Recommended Read Historical narratives often concentrate on wars and politics while omitting the central role and influence of the physical stage on which history is carried out. In Losing Eden award-winning historian Sara Dant debunks the myth of the American West as “Eden” and instead embraces a more realistic and complex understanding of a region that has been inhabited and altered by people for tens of thousands of years. In this lively narrative Dant discusses the key events and topics in the environmental history of the American West, from the Beringia migration, Columbian Exchange, and federal territorial acquisition to post–World War II expansion, resource exploitation, and current climate change issues. Losing Eden is structured around three important themes: balancing economic success and ecological destruction, creating and protecting public lands, and achieving sustainability. This reviseTrade Review"This updated and revised edition of the book brings more multicultural history, incorporates current events, and has a new chapter on climate change, along with new maps and illustrations."—Jaime Herndon, American Scientist"This is a penetrating take on the complicated ways that humans impact their environs."—Publishers Weekly"Compelling and accessible to a broad audience. . . . [Demonstrates] why understanding the environmental history of the US West is as pressing now as ever."—Jacey Anderson, H-Environment"An updated version of the original 2017 publication, Losing Eden is a classic in the environmental history of the American West."—Harlan Hague, Roundup Magazine"In writing such an accessible book for general readers and scholars alike, Dant successfully manages to create a space for everyone to feel a sense of responsibility for the future of the West."—Georgianna Karahalis, Annals of Wyoming"[Dant] is especially skilled at presenting complex, sometimes controversial topics in an engaging and fun-to-learn manner."—Ed Roberson, mountainandprairie.com"A clarion call for sustainability."—Kim Jackson, Nevada Historical Quarterly“Everyone should take a look at Sara Dant’s book Losing Eden. It’s a history of something bigger than us and an essential read for anyone who cares about the past and future American West.”—Ken Burns, filmmaker“Sara Dant has created something seemingly unattainable: a one-volume book—full of incisive analysis, wrapped in unforgettable storytelling—that covers the deep environmental history of the American West from twenty-five thousand years ago to today. She delivers an important cautionary tale about the relationship between people and nature, always asking a simple question: ‘At what cost?’ I learned something on every page.”—Dayton Duncan, author of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea“Sara Dant’s Losing Eden is an environmental masterpiece about the American region she holds near and dear to her heart. Whether Dant tackles the problems of aridity, massive wildfires, or climate change, she hits all the right notes. . . . This is a brilliant book, learned to its core, that will stand the test of time. Environmental history at its absolute finest. Highly recommended!”—Douglas Brinkley, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and professor of history at Rice University
£21.59
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Oil
Book SynopsisOil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move. Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power, and market growth. The legacy of this age of plenty includes declining conventional oil reserves, volatile prices, climate change, and enduring poverty in many oil-rich countries. The politics of oil are now at a turning point, and its future will not be like its past. In this in-depth primer to one of the world’s most significant industries, authors Gavin Bridge and Philippe Le Billon take a fresh look at the contemporary political economy of oil. Going beyond simple assertions of peak oil and an oil curse, they point to an industry reordered by global shifts in demand toward Asia, growing reliance on unconventional reserves, international commitments to reduce carbon emissions, a growing campaign for fossil fuel divestment, and violent political struggles in many producer states. As a new geopolitics of oil emerges, the need for effective global oil governance becomes imperative. Highlighting the growing influence of civil society and attentive to the efforts of firms and states to craft new institutions, this fully updated second edition identifies the challenges and opportunities to curtail price volatility, curb demand and the growth of dirty oil, decarbonize energy systems, and improve governance in oil-producing countries.Trade Review“The new edition of Oil is the best available guide to the new geopolitics of hydrocarbons.”Michael Ross, University of California Los Angeles “This trenchant analysis shows how intimately intertwined oil has become with everyday life and offers compelling reasons why things need to change. Essential reading for anyone wishing to learn more about one of society’s favorite fossil fuels.”Benjamin Sovacool, University of SussexTable of ContentsList of Figures, Tables, and Boxes Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Nature of a Political Resource 2. Capturing Oil 3. Marketing Oil 4. Living With Oil 5. Securing Oil 6. Developing Through Oil7. Governing Oil 8. Better and Beyond: The Future of Oil Notes Selected Readings Index
£54.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Who Should Own Natural Resources?
Book SynopsisThe natural resources of the earth – from oil and water to minerals and land – are crucial to our basic economic and social existence. But who is entitled to control, use and benefit from them? Should anyone ‘own’ the natural bounty of our planet? In this book, distinguished political theorist Margaret Moore tackles these questions and examines the different positions in the debate. States claim the right to control the natural resources within their territory. Liberals argue for a system of private ownership rights, including over natural resources, while egalitarians dispute such claims and argue for equal rights to natural resources. Moore shows why these standard approaches to resource justice are wanting, and offers an original approach that examines the different ways in which people interact with resources in order to determine what good is at stake in any particular case. In the context of serious environmental crisis and looming resource conflicts, this innovative and timely book will be essential reading for all students and scholars interested in the environment, property, distributive justice, and future generations.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Theories of Resource Justice 3. Resources and People: A Pluralist Relational Approach 4. Resource-Conflict 5. Future Generations and Resource Justice 6. Concluding Remarks Notes
£33.25
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Perspectivas urbanas – Temas críticos en
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£31.50
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Planning for States and Nation–States in the U.S.
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£35.70
University of South Carolina Press Ramblings of a Lowcountry Game Warden: A Memoir
Book SynopsisThis title features the career-spanning tales of a coastal crimefighter, ranging from the dangerous to the hilarious.Moise served with distinction as a South Carolina game warden for nearly a quarter century, patrolling the coastal woods and waters of the Palmetto State. In this colorful memoir, the cigar-chomping, ticket-writing scourge of lowcountry fish and game law violators chronicles grueling stakeouts, complex trials, hair-raising adventures, and daily interactions with a host of outrageous personalities. Along the way he paints a vivid and fluid portrait of evolving attitudes and changing regulations governing coastal conservation.In briskly paced accounts of episodes ranging from dangerous to humorous, he introduces a lively cast of watermen, lawyers, country judges, hunters, and poachers who animate the coastal environs and whose quirky personalities and foibles are the game warden's daily stock in trade. Moise's narrative highlights the working lives of commercial crabbers and shrimpers, the antics of overly enthusiastic fishermen, and the great lengths to which hunters will go in their quests for doves, ducks, and marsh hens. Moise also describes encounters with displaced ""urban wildlife,"" the coastal marijuana smuggling business, and his fellow game wardens.The memoir also features a foreword by Lloyd Newberry, celebrated hunter and senior editor of ""Sporting Classics Magazine"".
£35.83
Texas A & M University Press Wildlife Stewardship and Recreation on Private Lands
Book SynopsisIn the United States, two-thirds of lands are private, and 85 percent of all wildlife is found on these private lands. Who is responsible for wildlife found on private lands - the government, who has the authority to manage wildlife on behalf of all citizens, or the landowners? How can governments carry out their management mission without encroaching on the property rights of landowners? How can landowners be encouraged to manage and preserve wildlife? The authors attempt to answer these questions, examining ways that public and private sectors can work together considering ways governments and landowners can be good stewards of the public's wildlife using recreation, tax advantages, and cost shares as incentives.Trade Review... a thought-provoking book about a topic that is increasingly important. It will be very useful for conservationists, landowners, hunters, wildlife watchers, biologists, land managers, and policy-makers who must face the thorny issues of individual versus collective rights. - The Quarterly Review of Biology
£17.95
Island Press Climate Savvy: Adapting Conservation and Resource
Book SynopsisIn this title, climate change experts Lara Hansen and Jennifer Hoffman consider the implications of climate change for key resource management issues of our time - invasive species, corridors and connectivity, ecological restoration, pollution, and many others. How will strategies need to change to facilitate adaptation to a new climate regime? What steps can we take to promote resilience? "Conservation in a Changing Climate" offers a wide-ranging exploration of how scientists, managers, and policymakers can use the challenge of climate change as an opportunity to build a more holistic and effective philosophy. Based on collaboration with a wide range of scientists, conservation leaders, and practitioners, the authors present general ideas as well as practical steps and strategies that can help cope with this new reality. Creating an Innovative Community of Practice on Climate Change Adaptation is a Project by Island Press and EcoAdapt. Island Press and its partner, EcoAdapt, are working to create a knowledgeable environment for those working on climate change adaptation. The Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Environment (CAKE) will allow practitioners to connect with one another, share knowledge and strategies, and build a community via an interactive online platform. CAKE is intended to attract and support individuals and organizations who are interested in developing the discipline of adaptation. It will be useful for those working on the ground on conservation projects and those developing policy. CAKE will facilitate the identification of important information and facilitate its distribution and accessibility.
£29.45
University Press of New England Buying Time
Book SynopsisThe failure of complex systems, and the future of energy
£21.85
Texas A & M University Press The Dama Gazelles: Last Members of a Critically
Book SynopsisDama gazelles, the largest of the gazelles, were once a common sight in Northern Africa, with a habitat ranging from the Atlantic Ocean east almost to the Nile River. Today, these animals are critically endangered as their populations have dropped precipitously due to the effects of expanding agrarian practices, overhunting, violent human conflict, and climate change on their native habitats.Though they are perilously close to extinction in the wild, Texas ranches maintain over a thousand dama gazelles—more than the number currently in zoos and in the wild combined. The habitat on some of these ranches resembles their natural range along the Sahara Desert of Northern Africa, making them suitable living spaces for damas.In The Dama Gazelles, Elizabeth Cary Mungall brings together experts from around the world and offers a comprehensive reference book on these animals, including information on natural history and taxonomy; physical and behavioral traits; dama gazelles held in zoos and collections, parks and preserves, and on Texas ranches; and efforts to reintroduce populations into the wild. There is also a rare, firsthand account from Frans M. van den Brink, an animal dealer from the Netherlands, who in the 1960s successfully captured 35 dama gazelles in Northern Africa and transported them to zoos in the United States and Europe, losing only two animals in the harrowing process. Those 33 dama gazelles were the “founders” of all the dama gazelles in captivity today.Detailed appendixes and a glossary round out the volume with additional information to help researchers, zookeepers, and landowners better understand and conserve dama gazelles.
£37.46
Texas A & M University Press Boggy Slough: A Forest, a Family, and a
Book SynopsisBoggy Slough Conservation Area is a 19,000-acre unbroken tract of pine and bottomland hardwood forest situated in East Texas’ Trinity and Houston counties. More than twenty miles of the Neches River, one of the last free-flowing rivers in the state, serves as the eastern boundary, and for more than a century the land has been one of the state’s leading game and industrial forest management areas.A unique blend of natural, cultural, and business history, Boggy Slough presents a highly illustrated narrative of the land, people, and evolving purpose, from time of European contact to the present. Gerland traces the many phases of land use in this forest as it transitioned from hunting, gathering, fishing, and subsistence farming to an experimental mix of stock raising and large-scale commercial forestry, eventually becoming important conservation land along the Neches River Corridor. Gerland explores the natural features and adaptive land use practices of the region as well as the environmental history of railroads and logging camps, barbed wire fences and company cattle ranches, and exclusive hunting clubs.The underlying story is the evolution and environmental impact of Southern Pine Lumber Company, founded in 1893 by T. L. L. Temple. Now owned and maintained by the fifth generation of the Temple family, the Boggy Slough lands are the last remnants of what was once a 1.2 million–acre forest empire. Gerland examines the family’s and the lumber company’s struggles to grow and manage a second-, third-, and fourth-generation forest, ultimately achieving sustainability while managing changing environmental concerns and attitudes.
£35.96
University of South Carolina Press Lowcountry at High Tide: A History of Flooding,
Book SynopsisThe signs are there: our coastal cities are increasingly susceptible to flooding as the climate changes. Charleston, South Carolina, is no exception, and is one of the American cities most vulnerable to rising sea levels. Lowcountry at High Tide is the first book to deal with the topographic evolution of Charleston, its history of flooding from the seventeenth century to the present, and the efforts made to keep its populace high and dry, as well as safe and healthy.For centuries residents have made many attempts, both public and private, to manipulate the landscape of the low-lying peninsula on which Charleston sits, surrounded by wetlands, to maximize drainage, and thus buildable land and to facilitate sanitation. Christina Butler uses three hundred years of archival records to show not only the alterations to the landscape past and present, but also the impact those efforts have had on the residents at various socio-economic levels throughout its history.Wide-ranging and thorough, Lowcountry at High Tide goes beyond the documentation of reclamation and filling and offers a look into the life and the history of Charleston and how its people have been affected by its unique environment, as well as examining the responses of the city over time to the needs of the populace. Butler considers interdisciplinary topics from engineering to public health, infrastructure to class struggle, and urban planning to civic responsibility in a study that is not only invaluable to the people of Charleston, but for any coastal city grappling with environmental change.Illustrated with historical maps, plats, and photographs and organized chronologically and thematically within chapters, Lowcountry at High Tide offers a unique look at how Charleston has kept—and may continue to keep—the ocean at bay.
£23.36
Texas Tech Press,U.S. The Falls of Wichita Falls: An Environmental
Book SynopsisIn Texas, Wichita Falls lies at the nexus of many strains of American environmental history. Covering Progressive Era land ethics, water management, boom and bust oil towns, colorful municipal boosters, and many other topics. The Falls of Wichita Falls analyzes a local history with dramatically national implications.Beginning with Teddy Roosevelt's famous wolf hunt in Frederick, Oklahoma and covering the long twentieth century up through the emergence of Indian Casinos, Jahue Anderson's incisive book challenges the myth of rugged individualism as the central feature of the Red Rolling Plains cultural landscape.Crucially, Anderson examines how local indigenous environmental knowledge was washed out by moonshot plans to irrigate a valley, a project that ultimately failed to improve living conditions. The dreams of an "irrigated valley" gave way to a cultural landscape of oil derricks, military installations, suburbs, and a complex system of reservoirs and pumping stations built on the Little Wichita River to bring water to people living in the Big Wichita River Valley.The Falls of Wichita Falls sketches an environmental blueprint that encapsulates a thirsty city and its people, the commodification of natural resources, and the endemic ideological postures shaping how Americans attempt to subdue the land of the American west.
£24.71
University of Calgary Press Climate Justice and Participatory Research:
Book SynopsisClimate catastrophe throws into stark relief the extreme, life-threatening inequalities that affect millions of lives worldwide. The poorest and most marginalized, who are least responsible for the consumption and emissions that create climate change, are the first and hardest impacted, and the least able to protect themselves. Climate justice is simultaneously a movement, an academic field, an organizing principle, and a political demand. Building climate justice is a matter of life and death.Climate Justice and Participatory Research offers ideas and inspiration for climate justice through the creation of research, knowledge, and livelihood commons and community-based climate resilience. It brings together articulations of the what, why, and how of climate justice through the voices of energetic and motivated scholar-activists who are building alliances across Latin America, Africa, and Canada. Exemplifying socio-ecological transformation through equitable public engagement, these scholars, climate activists, community educators, and teachers come together to share their stories of participatory research and collective action.Grounded in experience and processes that are currently underway, Climate Justice and Participatory Research explores the value of common assets, collective action, environmental protection, and equitable partnerships between local community experts and academic allies. It demonstrates the negative effects of climate-related actions that run roughshod over local communities' interests and wellbeing, and acknowledges the myriad challenges of participatory research. This is a work committed to the practical work of transforming socio-economies from situations of vulnerability to collective wellbeing.Table of Contents Introduction Participatory Research, Knowledge, and Livelihoods: Commons Build Community-Based Climate ResiliencePatricia E. Perkins Part I: Knowledge Commons Putting Ethos into Practice: Climate Justice Research in the Global Knowledge Commons Kathryn Wells Integrating Citizen Science Observations in Climate Mapping: Lessons from Coastal Zone Geovisualization in Chilean Patagonia and the Brazilian Southeast Allan Yu Iwama, Francisco Brañas, David Núñez, Daniela Collao, Ramin Soleymani-Fard, Carla Lanyon, Adrien Tofighi-Niaki, Lara da Silva, Petra Benyei, Francisco Ther, and Sarita Albagli Part II: Food, Land, and Agricultural Commons Enhancing Local Sensitives to Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Capacities of Smallholder Farmers: Community-Based Participatory Research Ayansina Ayanlade, Abinmola Oluwaranti, Adewale M. Olayiwola, Oluwatoyin S. Ayanlade, Margaret O. Jegede, Lemlem F. Weldemariam, Moses O. Olawole, and Adefunke F.O. Ayinde The Oil-Palm Sector in the Climate Crisis: Resilience and Social Justice in the Municipality of Ngwéi (Littoral-Cameroon) Guy Donald Abassombe, Mesmin Tchindjang, and Vadel Eneckdem Tsopgni Common-Pool Resources and the Governance of Community Gardens: Experimenting with Participatory Research in São Paulo, BrazilKátia Carolino and Marcos Sorrentino Linking Soil and Social-Ecological Resilience with the Climate Agenda: Perspectives from Quilombola communities in the Atlantic Forest, BrazilMarcondes Coelho, Eduardo C. da Silva Neto, Emerson Ramos, Ronaldo dos Santos, Ana P. D. Turetta, Marcos Gervasio Pereira, and Eliane M.R. da Silva Commons Governance and Climate Resilience: Intergovernmental Relationships in the Guapiruvu Community, Brazil Aico Nogueira Part III: Water and Fisheries Commons Mining and Water Insecurity in Brazil: Geo-Participatory Dam Mapping (MapGB) and Community Empowerment Daniela Campolina and Lussandra Gianasi Investigating Citizen Participation in Plans for Lamu Port, Kenya Solomon Njenga Hydroelecticity, Water Rights, Community Mapping, and Indigenous Toponyms in the Queuco River Basin Camila Bañales-Seguel Sentinels of Carelmapu: Participatory Community Monitoring to Protect Indigenous Marinescapes in Southern Chile Francisco Araos, Florencia Diestre, Jaime Cursach, Joaquin Almonacid, Gonzalo Zamorano, Wladimir Riquelme, Francisco Brañas, José Molin-Hueichán, Darlys Vargas, Manuel Lemus, Daniella Ruiz, and Claudio Oyarzún Inequality in Water Access for South Africa's Small-Scale Farmers amid a Climate Crisis: Past and Present Injustices in a Legal Context Patience Mukuyu and Mary Galvin Activist Citizen Science: Building Water Justice in South Africa Ferrial Adam Part IV: Collective Resilience for Climate Justice Conflicting Perspectives in the Global South Just Transition Movement: A Case Study of Mpumalanga Coal Region in South Africa Andries Motau Saving Our "Common Home:" A critical Analysis of the "For Our Common Home" Campaign in AlbertaChrislain Eric Kenfack Action Research for Climate Justice: Challenging the Carbon Market and False Climate Solutions in Mozambique Natacha Bruna and Boaventura Monjane Youth Climate Activism: Mobilizing for a Common Future Patricia Figueiredo Walker Index
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University of Calgary Press Imperial Standard: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880
Book SynopsisFor over 130 years, Imperial Oil dominated Canada's oil industry. Their 1947 discovery of crude oil in Leduc, Alberta transformed the industry and the country. But from 1899 onwards, two-thirds of the company was owned by an American giant, making Imperial Oil one of the largest foreign-controlled multinationals in Canada. Imperial Standard is the first full-scale history of Imperial Oil. It illuminates Imperial's longstanding connections to Standard Oil of New Jersey, also known as Exxon Mobil. Although this relationship was often beneficial to Imperial, allowing them access to technology and capital, it also came at a cost, causing Imperial to be assailed as the embodiment of foreign control of Canada's natural resources. Graham D. Taylor draws on an extensive collection of primary sources to explore the complex relationship between the two companies. This groundbreaking history provides unprecedented insight into one of Canada's most influential oil companies as it has grown and evolved with the industry itself.Table of Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Prologue Part One: Foundations 1860-19171. Origins 2. Where Empires Collide 3. Resurrection Part Two: Before Leduc 1917-19474. Adventures in the Tropis 5. Cogs in the Wheel 6. The Winning of the West Part Three: After Leduc 1974-1980 7. Golden Age 8. Diversification 9. A More Complex World 10. Northern Visions Epilogue: Since 1980 11. The Rollder Coaster 12. Exxon and Imperial: Ties that Bind 13. A Change in the Climage Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibilography Index
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University of Calgary Press Climate Justice and Participatory Research:
Book SynopsisClimate catastrophe throws into stark relief the extreme, life-threatening inequalities that affect millions of lives worldwide. The poorest and most marginalized, who are least responsible for the consumption and emissions that create climate change, are the first and hardest impacted, and the least able to protect themselves. Climate justice is simultaneously a movement, an academic field, an organizing principle, and a political demand. Building climate justice is a matter of life and death.Climate Justice and Participatory Research offers ideas and inspiration for climate justice through the creation of research, knowledge, and livelihood commons and community-based climate resilience. It brings together articulations of the what, why, and how of climate justice through the voices of energetic and motivated scholar-activists who are building alliances across Latin America, Africa, and Canada. Exemplifying socio-ecological transformation through equitable public engagement, these scholars, climate activists, community educators, and teachers come together to share their stories of participatory research and collective action.Grounded in experience and processes that are currently underway, Climate Justice and Participatory Research explores the value of common assets, collective action, environmental protection, and equitable partnerships between local community experts and academic allies. It demonstrates the negative effects of climate-related actions that run roughshod over local communities’ interests and wellbeing, and acknowledges the myriad challenges of participatory research. This is a work committed to the practical work of transforming socio-economies from situations of vulnerability to collective wellbeing.Table of Contents Introduction Participatory Research, Knowledge, and Livelihoods: Commons Build Community-Based Climate ResiliencePatricia E. Perkins Part I: Knowledge Commons Putting Ethos into Practice: Climate Justice Research in the Global Knowledge Commons Kathryn Wells Integrating Citizen Science Observations in Climate Mapping: Lessons from Coastal Zone Geovisualization in Chilean Patagonia and the Brazilian Southeast Allan Yu Iwama, Francisco Brañas, David Núñez, Daniela Collao, Ramin Soleymani-Fard, Carla Lanyon, Adrien Tofighi-Niaki, Lara da Silva, Petra Benyei, Francisco Ther, and Sarita Albagli Part II: Food, Land, and Agricultural Commons Enhancing Local Sensitives to Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Capacities of Smallholder Farmers: Community-Based Participatory Research Ayansina Ayanlade, Abinmola Oluwaranti, Adewale M. Olayiwola, Oluwatoyin S. Ayanlade, Margaret O. Jegede, Lemlem F. Weldemariam, Moses O. Olawole, and Adefunke F.O. Ayinde The Oil-Palm Sector in the Climate Crisis: Resilience and Social Justice in the Municipality of Ngwéi (Littoral-Cameroon) Guy Donald Abassombe, Mesmin Tchindjang, and Vadel Eneckdem Tsopgni Common-Pool Resources and the Governance of Community Gardens: Experimenting with Participatory Research in São Paulo, BrazilKátia Carolino and Marcos Sorrentino Linking Soil and Social-Ecological Resilience with the Climate Agenda: Perspectives from Quilombola communities in the Atlantic Forest, BrazilMarcondes Coelho, Eduardo C. da Silva Neto, Emerson Ramos, Ronaldo dos Santos, Ana P. D. Turetta, Marcos Gervasio Pereira, and Eliane M.R. da Silva Commons Governance and Climate Resilience: Intergovernmental Relationships in the Guapiruvu Community, Brazil Aico Nogueira Part III: Water and Fisheries Commons Mining and Water Insecurity in Brazil: Geo-Participatory Dam Mapping (MapGB) and Community Empowerment Daniela Campolina and Lussandra Gianasi Investigating Citizen Participation in Plans for Lamu Port, Kenya Solomon Njenga Hydroelecticity, Water Rights, Community Mapping, and Indigenous Toponyms in the Queuco River Basin Camila Bañales-Seguel Sentinels of Carelmapu: Participatory Community Monitoring to Protect Indigenous Marinescapes in Southern Chile Francisco Araos, Florencia Diestre, Jaime Cursach, Joaquin Almonacid, Gonzalo Zamorano, Wladimir Riquelme, Francisco Brañas, José Molin-Hueichán, Darlys Vargas, Manuel Lemus, Daniella Ruiz, and Claudio Oyarzún Inequality in Water Access for South Africa's Small-Scale Farmers amid a Climate Crisis: Past and Present Injustices in a Legal Context Patience Mukuyu and Mary Galvin Activist Citizen Science: Building Water Justice in South Africa Ferrial Adam Part IV: Collective Resilience for Climate Justice Conflicting Perspectives in the Global South Just Transition Movement: A Case Study of Mpumalanga Coal Region in South Africa Andries Motau Saving Our "Common Home:" A critical Analysis of the "For Our Common Home" Campaign in AlbertaChrislain Eric Kenfack Action Research for Climate Justice: Challenging the Carbon Market and False Climate Solutions in Mozambique Natacha Bruna and Boaventura Monjane Youth Climate Activism: Mobilizing for a Common Future Patricia Figueiredo Walker Index
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Arcler Education Inc A Guide to Environmental Monitoring
Book SynopsisEnvironmental monitoring can be described as the measured sampling of soil, air, water and biota to observe and review the environment, and to acquire data from this process. Monitoring can be performed for various purposes, including to form environmental "baselines, patterns, and overall impacts", to test ecological systems, to assess environmental modelling strategies, to test strategy plan and navigation, to guarantee consistence with natural guidelines, to review the impacts of anthropogenic impacts, or to perform natural resource inventories. A list of purposes for monitoring is introduced in this volume, and the list assists with highlighting the significance of observation and how its outcomes are ever-present in our regular lives. Environmental monitoring projects can vary altogether in the size of their spatial and temporal limits. For instance, a threatened fish in a small river and the suitability of its transient fate will need monitoring on short and regional temporal and spatial scales, whereas the management of natural systems that scale a country will require monitoring systems that are a lot more extensive in scale. Monitoring systems can vary fundamentally in scope, varying from communal monitoring on a neighborhood scale, to enormous collaborative universal monitoring projects, for example, those focused on environmental change. An outline of spatial and temporal scale applicable to environmental monitoring is discussed in the volume.
£139.20
Arcler Education Inc Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and
Book SynopsisBiological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters are critical areas of study that encompass a wide range of threats to both the natural world and human populations. This multidisciplinary field explores the interactions between living organisms and the environment, as well as the potential consequences of these interactions. Biological And Environmental Hazards, Risks, And Disasters: Key Areas for Study is a comprehensive book that gives information about Environmental Hazards, Biological Hazards, and Its effect on Environment. This book also highlights Loss of biodiversity, its chronic effect on health. Additionally, the book also describes desertification and ecological impact of climate change. Moreover, this book will be equally useful to readers from a variety of backgrounds, including researchers, teachers, students, and biological scientists.Table of Contents Chapter 1 A Brief Introduction To Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters Chapter 2 A Brief Introduction To Biological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters Chapter 3 Decline of Bees and Other Pollinators Chapter 4 Animal Hazards in the Environment Chapter 5 Loss of Biodiversity: Concerns and Threats Chapter 6 Burdens, Causes, and Response of Chronic Environmental Disease Chapter 7 Land Degradation and Environmental Change Chapter 8 Causes, Effects, and Solutions to Desertification Chapter 9 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change Chapter 10 Principles of Hazard Management
£139.20
Arcler Education Inc Water Management in a Changing World
Book SynopsisWater Management in a Changing World is a comprehensive guide that delves into the crucial subject of water management in today's ever-evolving world. With an overview of the subject, this book aims to provide readers with a deep understanding of the challenges and complexities surrounding water resources. It explores innovative strategies for sustainable water use and conservation, addressing pressing issues such as climate change, population growth, and urbanization. Through engaging narratives, insightful analysis, and practical solutions, this book seeks to empower individuals, communities, and policymakers to make informed decisions and take proactive measures in managing water resources effectively. By fostering awareness and promoting responsible water management practices, this book ultimately strives to create a more sustainable and resilient future for generations to come.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Geomorphological Processes and Their Effect on the Water Cycles Chapter 3 Ecosystems, Biodiversity, and Water Management Chapter 4 Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) Chapter 5 How to Implement IWRM? Chapter 6 Water Allocations Chapter 7 Water Management and Society Chapter 8 Water Governance
£139.20
CABI Publishing Rethinking Park Protection: Treading the Uncommon
Book SynopsisIn today's society, hidden beliefs can subtly guide the management of parks, such as treating them as natural resources rather than national assets. Resulting management practices often lead to deferred maintenance on park infrastructure, causing inadequate protection from vandalism, poaching, and theft of artefacts. A sad demise, often due to an out-dated belief that parks are non-essential leisure services rather than necessities for a vibrant modern life. This book challenges the reader to examine the core beliefs that created our public parklands, comparing them with the beliefs that guide contemporary park stewardship in an effort to improve the management of parks and reassess their purpose in modern life.Table of ContentsA: Foreword Part I: Growing Parks in the Fields of Belief 1: The Ecology of Belief - It's all in the Connections 2: The Power and Theory of Belief - The Real Limits of Preservation 3: The Ecology, Energy, and Dynamics of Belief 4: Norms, Ethics, and Beliefs in Our Parks 5: Organizational Beliefs - From Visionary to Functionary 6: Beliefs, as Values, Possessions, and Lenses Part II: Ploughing the Fertile Fields of Belief 7: Credibility, Authenticity, Believability, and Park Maintenance 8: Patterns of Thinking - Structures of Believing 9: The Nesting Habits of Beliefs - and the Belief Tree 10: The Symbolism of Beliefs: Signs, Symbols, Icons, and Omens 11: This I Believe - Discovering Your Belief System 12: Belief Bites - Truisms, Metaphors, Aphorisms, and the Wisdom of the Ages 13: Beliefs as Environmental Super Highways and Roadblocks Part III: Exploring the Far-Flung Fields of Belief 14: Belief-Based Science and Research Methods 15: From Beliefs to Science and Back Again 16: The Politics of Belief - Park Wildlife as a Case Study 17: Environmental Beliefs as Spiritual, Sacred, and Religious 18: Toward Environmental Sanity through the Ecology of Belief 19: Parks as Belief - Making Peace with Paradox 20: Afterword: The Human Need Maslow Rejected - The Need to Believe B: Appendix: A Kit of Belief-Based Tools for Interpreting Environmental Issues
£27.88
CABI Publishing CABI Encyclopedia of Forest Trees, The
Book SynopsisThe CABI Encyclopedia of Forest Trees provides an extensive overview of 300 of the world's most important forest trees. Tropical, subtropical, temperate and boreal trees of major economic importance are included, covering tree species used in agroforestry practices around the world. Many of the species covered are considered to be ‘multipurpose’ trees with uses extending beyond timber alone; the land uses such as watershed protection or provision of windbreaks, and non-wood uses such as the production of medicines, resins, food and forage, are also listed. Comprehensive information is presented on each tree's importance, with a summary of the main characteristics of the species, its potential for agroforestry use and any disadvantages it possesses. The tree’s botanical features such as habit, stem form, foliage, inflorescence, flower and fruit characters and phenology are covered in detail with over 70 colour plate pictures to aid identification. Also included are specific sections devoted to pests and diseases, distribution and silvicultural characteristics and practices, including seed sowing, nursery care, planting, thinning, and harvesting. In addition to the wealth of information detailed, based on datasheets from CABI’s Forestry Compendium, selected references for further reading are provided for each entry, making this book an essential reference work for forestry students, researchers and practitioners.Table of Contents1: Alphabetical Entries 2: Index of Species
£168.93
CABI Publishing Climate Change Challenges and Adaptations at
Book SynopsisThis book emphasis the role of farm level adaptation as a key in developmental pathways that are challenged by climate risks in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. It throws light on key issues that arise in farm level impacts, adaptation and vulnerability to climate change and discusses Q2 methodological approaches undertaken in study domains of Asia and Africa. The book systematically describes the perceptions, aspirations as elicited/voiced by the farmers and identifies determinants of adaptation decisions. Chapters identify constraints and opportunities that are translated into indicative intervention recommendations towards climate resilient farm households in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. Furthermore, it discusses with evidences that contributes to the development of livelihood strategy for poor farmers in Asia (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and China) and Africa (Burkina Faso, Niger, Kenya and Ghana).Table of ContentsSection I: Framework for addressing climate change 1: Climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategies with rural farm level perspective: A retrospection 2: Analytical framework and methodologies for analyzing farm-level vulnerability Section II: – Evaluating impacts and adaptation to climate change 3: What’s in store for Asia: Making sense of changes in climate trends? 4: Changing Climate - Responding to the inevitable 5: Climate change and food security in Asia and Africa: Agricultural Futures 6: Evaluating adaption options at crop level to climate change in the tropics of Asia and West Africa 7: Scoping climate change adaptation strategies for small holder farmers in Kenya – A multi-dimensional impact assessment 8. Sustainable land and water management approaches in Sub-Saharan Africa: Farm-level analysis of climate change mitigation and adaptation from Niger 9: Sociological significance: Enhancing resilience to climate change among communities 10: Policy Options Towards Climate Resilience: Agent-based Assessment of Farm Households in West Africa Section III: Looking beyond and planning for the future 11: Moving along adaptation pathways toward grass-root resilience: A synthesis 12: Way forward – Towards climate resilience
£52.15
CABI Publishing Global Forest Fragmentation
Book SynopsisForest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies. This book provides a cutting edge review of the multi-disciplinary sciences related to studies of global forest fragmentation. It specifically addresses cross-cutting themes from both an ecological and a social sciences perspective. The ultimate goal of Global Forest Fragmentation is to provide a detailed scientific base to support future forest landscape management and planning to meet global environmental and societal needs.Table of Contentsa: Acknowledgements b: Preface Chapter 1: Global Forest Fragmentation: Introduction Chapter 2: The history of deforestation and forest fragmentation: a global perspective Chapter 3: Contemporary drivers of habitat fragmentation Chapter 4: Forest fragmentation and biodiversity conservation in human-dominated landscapes Chapter 5: Forest Fragmentation Genetics: What can genetics tell us about forest fragmentation? Chapter 6: Forest Fragmentation and Climate Change Chapter 7: Forest islands in an agricultural sea Chapter 8: Forest fragmentation and ecosystem function Chapter 9: Beyond the mirror: Tropical forest fragmentation and its impact on rural livelihoods. Chapter 10: Governance Failures and the Fragmentation of Tropical Forests Chapter 11: Future Forests, Fantasy or Façade
£38.71
CABI Publishing Indigenous Knowledge: Enhancing its Contribution
Book SynopsisIndigenous Knowledge (IK) reviews cutting-edge research and links theory with practice to further our understanding of this important approach's contribution to natural resource management. It addresses IK's potential in solving issues such as coping with change, ensuring global food supply for a growing population, reversing environmental degradation and promoting sustainable practices. It is increasingly recognised that IK, which has featured centrally in resource management for millennia, should play a significant part in today's programmes that seek to increase land productivity and food security while ensuring environmental conservation. By drawing together strands of biocultural diversity research into natural resources management, this book: - Provides an overview of conceptual issues around IK and its contributions to sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation; - Addresses key themes via case studies from bioculturally diverse regions of the world; - Displays a wide range of methodologies and outlines a possible agenda to guide future work. An invaluable resource for researchers and postgraduate students in environmental science and natural resources management, this book is also an informative read for development practitioners and undergraduates in agriculture, forestry, geography, anthropology and environmental studies.Table of Contents1: Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Resources Management: An Introduction Featuring Wildlife PART I: CHANGE AND DYNAMISM 2: The Dynamic Nature of Indigenous Agricultural Knowledge. An Analysis of Change Among the Baka (Congo Basin) and the Tsimane’ (Amazon) 3: Contingency and Adaptation over Five Decades in Nuaulu Forest-Based Plant Knowledge 4: ‘Keeping Our Milpa’: Maize Production and Management of Trees by Nahuas of the Sierra de Zongolica, Mexico 5: The Contested Space that Local Knowledge Occupies: Understanding the Veterinary Knowledges and Practices of Livestock Farmers in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa PART II: DIFFUSION AND EXTENSION 6: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge for Technology Adoption in Agriculture 7: Seeds of the Devil Weed: Local Knowledge and Learning from Videos in Mali 8: ‘I Will Continue to Fight Them’: Local Knowledge, Everyday Resistance and Adaptation to Climate Change in Semi-Arid Tanzania PART III: CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY 9: Indigenous Soil Enrichment for Food Security and Climate Change in Africa and Asia: a Review 10: Will the Real Raised-Field Agriculture Please Rise? Indigenous Knowledge and the Resolution of Competing Visions of One Way to Farm Wetlands 11: Andean Cultural Affirmation and Cultural Integration in Context: Reflections on Indigenous Knowledge for the In Situ Conservation of Agrobiodiversity 12: The Indigenous Knowledge of Crop Diversity and Evolution PART IV: COMPLEXITY AND VARIABILITY 13: Investigating Farmers’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Crop Seeds: Beware Your Assumptions! 14: Traditional Domestic Knowledge and Skills in Post-Harvest Processes: a Focus on Food Crop Storage 15: The Local Wisdom of Balinese Subaks 16: Indigenous Agriculture and the Politics of
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Water Policy Reform: Lessons in Sustainability
Book SynopsisAgriculture in the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia represents a controversial 'policy experiment' comprising large capital investments, innovation and enterprise across a hundred-year period. This book, which contains contributions from some of Australia's foremost economic, social science and public policy researchers and writers, examines the evolution of public policy frameworks that transformed water management from initial exploitation for irrigation as a dominant single use to a dynamic multiple use resource system. Water Policy Reform provides both analytical insights and examples of successes and failures in developing water policy in a complex and politically-contested environment. As such, this work attempts to develop a comprehensive management plan for the Basin and provides novel and invaluable lessons for an increasingly global problem. This well-researched study will interest both economists and those with public policy interest in academia and the public sector, including development agencies concerned with sustainable water resource management. Contributors: D. Adamson, O. Banerjee, J. Bennett, S. Chambers, J. Connor, L. Crase, T. Cummins, S. Driml, T. Goesch, P. Gooday, D. Hatton MacDonald, T. Mallawaarachchi, A. McClintock, M. Morrison, N. Nguyen, D. Pannell, J. Quiggin, H. Ross, A. Ryan, P. Schrobback, S. Tapsuwan, A. Watson, M. Young, Z. ZarezadehTrade ReviewManaging the water of the Murray Darling Basin has emerged as one of the greatest challenges for Australia's scientists, social scientists and policy makers. This book brings together some of Australia's leading economists and social scientists to discuss ideas and solutions for a national problem that is both intriguing and exasperating. Readers will enjoy the candid discussion of both the distant and recent history of this issue, plus the innovative solutions. From a philosophical perspective the reader may wish to muse on the relative merits of different degrees of free market and private property approaches vs top-down control as they pertain to the past, present and future of Australia's largest river basin. --Hugh Possingham, University of Queensland, AustraliaThis book is a must read for anyone interested in how to ensure sustainability while effectively addressing social and economic issues. The contributors are all well recognised in their areas of expertise and their chapters are highly informative. The book's focus is on policy reform in the Murray Darling Basin. It offers a ''window to the future'' and important insights for other parts of the world that also face the dilemma of the overextraction of water and what to do about it. I highly recommend it. --Quentin Grafton, The Australian National University[T]he book is a major addition to the literature on water policy and river basin management, and should be widely circulated, read and discussed. --Sailen Routray, Current ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction PART I: POLICY 1. A Hundred-Year Policy Experiment: The Murray–Darling Basin in Australia Tim Cummins and Alistair Watson 2. Water Markets, Property Rights and Managing Environmental Water Reserves Lin Crase 3. Why the Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Failed, and What Can Be Done to Fix It John Quiggin PART II: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION 4. Assessing the Regional Impacts of the Basin Plan and the Water for the Future Program in the Murray–Darling Basin Nga Nguyen, Tim Goesch and Peter Gooday 5. Variability and Uncertainty: Implications for Water Policy Impact Analysis Thilak Mallawaarachchi, David Adamson, Sarah Chambers, Peggy Schrobback and John Quiggin 6. Investment as an Adaptation Response to Water Scarcity Thilak Mallawaarachchi, Anthea McClintock, David Adamson and John Quiggin PART III: ENVIRONMENT 7. Chewing on the CEWH: Options for Improving Management of Environmental Water in the Murray–Darling Basin Mike Young 8. Maximising Benefits from Murray–Darling Basin Water Resource Management Jeff Connor, Onil Banerjee, Darla Hatton MacDonald, Sorada Tapsuwan, Mark Morrison and Anthony Ryan PART IV: COMMUNITY 9. Informing Tough Trade-offs in the Murray–Darling Basin Jeff Bennett 10. Water Allocation, Social Change and Resilience Helen Ross, Sally Driml and Zohreh Zarezadeh Conclusion Appendices Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Governing International Rivers: Polycentric
Book Synopsis'This superb analysis of water governance in the Rhine and Mekong river basins should be read by everyone interested in the challenges of international water management.'- Thomas Bernauer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland 'This is a must read for scholars and water governance practitioners as it addresses the underexploited role of non-state actors and local citizens in the field of international water governance. The book fills in this knowledge gap by offering an inspiring refinement of the theory of polycentricity. Evidence is found by well-written and attractive in-depth case studies dealing with the international clean up of the Rhine and the construction of the Pak Mun Dam in the Mekong basin.' - Carel Dieperink, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 'Employing a sophisticated understanding of the interplay between states and nonstate actors, Tun Myint develops a convincing account of the evolution of governance systems for the Rhine and Mekong river basins. In the process, he not only adds to our knowledge of water management at the international level but also deepens our appreciation of the various roles that nonstate actors play in international environmental governance.' - Oran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara, US 'Comparative studies of great river systems and the politics of their regulation are rare. Far rarer still, are comparisons of this historical depth, analytical sophistication, attention to local detail and to the contingencies that make breakthroughs possible. Tun Myint's study of the Rhine and Mekong will inspire and inform future studies of both river and environmental politics.' - James C. Scott, Yale University, US This important book employs the theory of polycentricity, a system with several centers as an analytical concept to explain the multilayered international environmental governance of river basins. It introduces a new methodological framework to deconstruct and investigate the dynamics of citizens, states and non-state actors in world politics via the context of river basin governance. The methodology is tested through in-depth field-based case studies, illustrating how local citizens and industries in the Mekong and Rhine river basins participate in transnational environmental governance at both local and international levels. Tun Myint expertly presents both a methodology and theory to conceive polycentricity of world politics as a major intellectual milestone in theorizing world politics. Providing nuanced details of cases showing the challenges and feasibilities of incorporating multiple actors into a governance framework, the book provides careful analysis into the power of non-state actors.Contents: 1. Governance and International Rivers 2. Polycentricity of World Politics 3. Institutional Evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine 4. Multilayer Environmental Governance in the Rhine 5. Influence of Non-state Actors in Governance of the Rhine 6. Issues, Interests and Actors in the Pak Mun Dam Project 7. Influence of Non-state Actors on Pak Mun Dam 8. Polycentric Environmental Governance References IndexTrade ReviewIn this engaging book, Myint seeks to answer the question of how and why non-state actors and local communities are shaping transnational environmental regimes. . . Governing International Rivers is a book of value to both practitioners and scholars interested in the politics of water management. Myint's focus on the Rhine and Mekong makes the book especially relevant, since there are few basins in the world that have been more contentious for longer periods of time that these. For those who study these two basins in particular, Myint's book will continue to a better understanding of the effect that political disputes have on policy-making processes and thus will retain its scholarly value for years to come. --Ramiro Berardo, International RelationsThis most detailed and comprehensive study is most important. --Sally Ramage, The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: 1. Governance and International Rivers 2. Polycentricity of World Politics 3. Institutional Evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine 4. Multilayer Environmental Governance in the Rhine 5. Influence of Non-state Actors in Governance of the Rhine 6. Issues, Interests and Actors in the Pak Mun Dam Project 7. Influence of Non-state Actors on Pak Mun Dam 8. Polycentric Environmental Governance References Index
£100.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Governing International Rivers: Polycentric
Book Synopsis'This superb analysis of water governance in the Rhine and Mekong river basins should be read by everyone interested in the challenges of international water management.'- Thomas Bernauer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland 'This is a must read for scholars and water governance practitioners as it addresses the underexploited role of non-state actors and local citizens in the field of international water governance. The book fills in this knowledge gap by offering an inspiring refinement of the theory of polycentricity. Evidence is found by well-written and attractive in-depth case studies dealing with the international clean up of the Rhine and the construction of the Pak Mun Dam in the Mekong basin.' - Carel Dieperink, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 'Employing a sophisticated understanding of the interplay between states and nonstate actors, Tun Myint develops a convincing account of the evolution of governance systems for the Rhine and Mekong river basins. In the process, he not only adds to our knowledge of water management at the international level but also deepens our appreciation of the various roles that nonstate actors play in international environmental governance.' - Oran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara, US 'Comparative studies of great river systems and the politics of their regulation are rare. Far rarer still, are comparisons of this historical depth, analytical sophistication, attention to local detail and to the contingencies that make breakthroughs possible. Tun Myint's study of the Rhine and Mekong will inspire and inform future studies of both river and environmental politics.' - James C. Scott, Yale University, US This important book employs the theory of polycentricity, a system with several centers as an analytical concept to explain the multilayered international environmental governance of river basins. It introduces a new methodological framework to deconstruct and investigate the dynamics of citizens, states and non-state actors in world politics via the context of river basin governance. The methodology is tested through in-depth field-based case studies, illustrating how local citizens and industries in the Mekong and Rhine river basins participate in transnational environmental governance at both local and international levels. Tun Myint expertly presents both a methodology and theory to conceive polycentricity of world politics as a major intellectual milestone in theorizing world politics. Providing nuanced details of cases showing the challenges and feasibilities of incorporating multiple actors into a governance framework, the book provides careful analysis into the power of non-state actors.Contents: 1. Governance and International Rivers 2. Polycentricity of World Politics 3. Institutional Evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine 4. Multilayer Environmental Governance in the Rhine 5. Influence of Non-state Actors in Governance of the Rhine 6. Issues, Interests and Actors in the Pak Mun Dam Project 7. Influence of Non-state Actors on Pak Mun Dam 8. Polycentric Environmental Governance References IndexTrade ReviewIn this engaging book, Myint seeks to answer the question of how and why non-state actors and local communities are shaping transnational environmental regimes. . . Governing International Rivers is a book of value to both practitioners and scholars interested in the politics of water management. Myint's focus on the Rhine and Mekong makes the book especially relevant, since there are few basins in the world that have been more contentious for longer periods of time that these. For those who study these two basins in particular, Myint's book will continue to a better understanding of the effect that political disputes have on policy-making processes and thus will retain its scholarly value for years to come. --Ramiro Berardo, International RelationsThis most detailed and comprehensive study is most important. --Sally Ramage, The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: 1. Governance and International Rivers 2. Polycentricity of World Politics 3. Institutional Evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine 4. Multilayer Environmental Governance in the Rhine 5. Influence of Non-state Actors in Governance of the Rhine 6. Issues, Interests and Actors in the Pak Mun Dam Project 7. Influence of Non-state Actors on Pak Mun Dam 8. Polycentric Environmental Governance References Index
£29.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on the Economics of Ecosystem Services
Book SynopsisIn recent years, there has been a marked proliferation in the literature on economic approaches to ecosystem management, which has created a subsequent need for real understanding of the scope and the limits of the economic approaches to ecosystems and biodiversity. Within this Handbook, carefully commissioned original contributions from acknowledged experts in the field address the new concepts and their applications, identify knowledge gaps and provide authoritative recommendations.The Handbook offers a wealth of case studies and further:- identifies the conceptual underpinnings of the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity- demonstrates new research methodologies and their applications- provides authoritative assessment of the recent results and findings in ecosystems services and biodiversity valuation and accounting- provides the reader with the state of the art of the research on the economics of ecosystem services and biodiversity- provides spatial explicit tools for mapping ecosystem services values for land-use planning, including in the context of business and industry.This authoritative assessment will appeal to researchers and academics at both the advanced undergraduate and post-graduate levels of environmental economics and ecological economics. Policy-makers in government, business and conservation sectors will find much to engage them as the work will prove essential for implementing effective response policies for the management of ecosystems and biodiversity.Contributors: P. Ala-aho, I. Anastasiou, J.Angulo-Valdés, V. Babalos, T. Badura, K.J. Bagstad, H.E. Balbach, E.B. Barbier, A.A. Batabyal, A. Bien, L.M. Brander, A. Catzim-Sanchez, H. Chen, W.W.L. Cheung, J.C. Cooper, J. Coria, G. Cucuzza, A.T. de Blaeij, T. Dedeurwaerdere, M. De Salvo, S. Di Falco, S.T.M. Dissanayake, A.K. Duraiappah, W.H Durham, R. Eskelinen, T. Figueredo Martín, P. Fong, M. Gemma, J.M. Gowdy, M. Honey, G.W. Johnson, T. Karjalainen, M. Kettunen, B. Klöve, E. Kougea, P. Koundouri, P. Kumar, V.W.Y. Lam, G.-M. Lange, V. Linderhof, A. Markandya, J. Maté, L. Mazza, C. Mena, Y. Mitani, E. Naikal, D. Narita, S. Navrud, P. Nijkamp, P.A.L.D. Nunes, H. Önal, R.R. Palatnik, C. Palmer, S. Parks, M. Pascual, M. Pérez-Soba, F.Pina-Amargós, N.B.P. Polman, L. Pratt, M. Pulido-Velazquez, M.J. Punt, D. Quiroga, K. Rehdanz, S. Reinhard, K. Reinikainen, E. Robinson, P.M. Rossi, G. Samonte, A. Seidl, D. Semmens, M. Shechter, B. Shitovitz, G. Signorello, R.D. Simpson, G. Slean, H.G. Smith, R.B.W. Smith, T. Sterner, M. Stithou, U.R. Sumaila, D. Suman, R.T. Tawfik, P. ten Brink, R.S.J. Tol, R.K. Turner, M. van der Heide, E.C. van Ierland, P. Verweij, F. Villa, S. Waage, X. Wang, H.-P. Weikard, J.D. Westervelt, M. Winograd, S. Withana, S. Zemah-ShamirTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Pushpam Kumar and Tom Dedeurwaerdere PART I: SETTING THE SCENE: THE NEED FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUATION 1. Comprehensive Wealth Accounting: Measuring Sustainable Development Glenn-Marie Lange and Esther Naikal 2. The Protective Value of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems Edward B. Barbier 3. Cruising for a Bruising: Challenges in Sustainable Capture of Ecosystem Service Values from Cruise Ship Tourism in Belize Andrew Seidl, Lawrence Pratt, Martha Honey, William H. Durham, Geraldine Slean and Amos Bien 4. Climate Change Effects on the Economics and Management of Marine Fisheries U. Rashid Sumaila, William W.L. Cheung and Vicky W. Y. Lam 5. The Economic Impacts of Ocean Acidification Luke M. Brander, Daiju Narita, Katrin Rehdanz and Richard S.J. Tol 6. Estimating the Welfare Loss of Climate Change Impact on Corals Pushpam Kumar and Hongyan Chen PART II: EMERGING ECONOMIC VALUATION METHODS, INCLUDING THE USE OF DELIBERATIVE, MACRO AND SPATIALLY EXPLICIT ECONOMIC VALUATION 7. The Behavioral Argument for an Expanded Valuation Framework for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services John M. Gowdy and Sarah Parks 8. Valuing Ecosystem Services in Macroeconomic Setting Rodney B.W. Smith and Masahiko Gemma 9. Exploring the Use of a Macro-micro-based Approach to Value Biodiversity Productivity Impacts on the Agricultural Sector Ruslana Rachel Palatnik and Paulo A.L.D. Nunes 10. Quantifying and Valuing Ecosystem Services: An Application of ARIES to the San Pedro River Basin, USA Kenneth J. Bagstad, Darius Semmens, Ferdinando Villa and Gary W. Johnson 11. Optimal Selection of Clustered Conservation Lands Using Integer Programming: The Case of Fort Stewart in Georgia, USA Sahan T.M. Dissanayake, Hayri Önal, James D. Westervelt and Harold E. Balbach 12. QUICKScan: A Pragmatic Approach for Decision Support in Ecosystem Services Assessment and Management Manuel Winograd, Marta Pérez-Soba, Peter Verweij PART III: ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND CONSERVATION POLICY 13. Ecosystem Service Valuation and the Allocation of Land R. David Simpson 14. Biodiversity Prospecting Over Time and Under Uncertainty: A Theory of Sorts Amitrajeet A. Batabyal and Peter Nijkamp 15. Game Theory and Marine Protected Areas: the Effects of Conservation Autarky in a Multiple Use Environment Maarten J. Punt, Hans-Peter Weikard and Ekko C. van Ierland 16. The Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Their Role in Decision-making: Constraints and Ways Forward Anil Markandya and Marta Pascual 17. Optimal Species Preservation Policy in a Symbiotic Relationship between Species Shiri Zemah-Shamir, Benyamin Shitovitz and Mordechai Shechter 18. Biodiversity, Poverty and Development Charles Palmer and Salvatore Di Falco 19. Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services Provision: A Tale of Confused Objectives, Multiple Market Failures and Policy Challenges Jessica Coria, Elizabeth Robinson, Henrik G. Smith and Thomas Sterner PART IV: SHEDDING LIGHT ON NON-MARKET VALUES OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES 20. A Choice Experiment to Value the Recreational Benefits of Coral Reefs: A Case Study of Ras Mohammed National Park, Egypt Rady T. Tawfik and R. Kerry Turner 21. Using Ecological Information in Choice Experiments to Value Ecosystem Services Restoration Programs in East Asia Yohei Mitani and Ståle Navrud 22. A One and One Half Bound Contingent Valuation Survey to Estimate the Benefits of Restoring a Degraded Coastal Wetland Ecosystem: The Case Study of Capo Feto Giovanni Signorello, Joseph C. Cooper, Giuseppe Cucuzza and Maria De Salvo 23. A Micro-Econometric Approach to Deriving Use and Non-Use Values of in situ Groundwater: The Vosvozis Case Study, Greece Phoebe Koundouri, Vassilis Babalos, Mavra Stithou and Ioannis Anastasiou 24. The Economic Feasibility of the Creation of the Jardines de la Reina National Park Tamara Figueredo Martín, Fabián Pina Amargós and Jorge Angulo Valdés 25. Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by Man-made Wetlands Nico B.P. Polman, Arianne T. de Blaeij, Martijn van der Heide, Vincent Linderhof and Stijn Reinhard 26. The Contribution of Non-Use Values to Inform the Management of Groundwater Systems: The Rokua Esker, Northern Finland Phoebe Koundouri, Mavra Stithou, Eva Kougea, Pertti Ala-aho, Riko Eskelinen, Timo Karjalainen, Bjorn Klove, Manuel Pulido-Velazquez, Kalle Reinikainen and Pekka M. Rossi PART V: THE ROLE OF GOVERNANCE AND SCIENCE-POLICY-BUSINESS INTERFACE IN BRINGING VISIBLE ECOSYSTEM VALUES 27. Governance is Critical to Managing Coastal and Marine Resources: Effects of Marine Management Areas Giselle Samonte, Daniel Suman, Juan Maté, Diego Quiroga, Carlos Mena, Adele Catzim-Sanchez, Patrick Fong and Xuanwen Wang 28. Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface: Lessons from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Anantha Kumar Duraiappah 29. Governance of the Transition to a Green Economy – Responding to the Values of Nature Patrick ten Brink, Leonardo Mazza, Tomáš Badura, Marianne Kettunen and Sirini Withana 30. New Business Decision-Making Aids in an Era of Complexity, Scrutiny, and Uncertainty: Tools for Identifying, Assessing, and Valuing Ecosystem Services Sissel Waage Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Comparative Ocean Governance: Place-Based
Book SynopsisComparative Ocean Governance examines the world's attempts to improve ocean governance through place-based management - marine protected areas, ocean zoning, marine spatial planning - and evaluates this growing trend in light of the advent of climate change and its impacts on the seas. This monograph opens with an explanation of the economics of the oceans and their value to the global environment and the earth's population, the long-term stressors that have impacted oceans, and the new threats to ocean sustainability that climate change poses. It then examines the international framework for ocean management and coastal nations' increasing adoption of place-based governance regimes. The final section explores how these place-based management regimes intersect with climate change adaptation efforts, either accidentally or intentionally. It then offers suggestions for making place-based marine management even more flexible and responsive for the future. Environmental law scholars, legislators and policy makers, marine scientists, and all those concerned for the welfare of the world's oceans will find this book of great value.Trade Review'Craig, an environmental law scholar, reviews the history of managing and governing coastal and oceanic systems after providing an extended abstract on historical and current stresses to these areas. She concludes with an extended section detailing emerging management philosophy and practices. The author's writing style is clear and remarkably lively. . . the book is a good introduction to an emerging topic - managing natural systems as the climate changes.' --S.R. Fegley, Choice'This short book provides a fascinating window into a vast subject.' --Sally Ramage, The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: The Ocean and the Threats to it 1. The Value of the Oceans 2. Non-Climate Threats to Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity 3. Climate Change and the Oceans Part II: Ocean Governance, International Law, and Place-based Protections for Marine Ecosystems 4. The International Legal Framework of Ocean Governance 5. Place-based Marine Governance: An Overview Part III: Adapting Place-based Marine Governance to Climate Change 6. ‘Accidental’ Adaptation: Climate Change and Existing Place-based Marine Management 7. Purposeful Climate Change Adaptation in Place-based Governance Systems 8. Making Marine Spatial Planning Climate Change Dynamic Conclusion Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Federal Rivers: Managing Water in Multi-Layered
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book provides a comparative perspective on water management and federalism across multiple countries. Through a collection of case studies, this book explores the water management experiences and lessons learned in nine federal countries and China. The territorial division of power in federations, plus the interconnected politics at the national and regional levels, present a classic governance test for waters shared across multiple political jurisdictions. This is increasingly important as democratic transitions have introduced or invigorated federalism across diverse contexts affecting more than 300 major river basins.Federal Rivers examines both the successes and failures of federal regimes in resolving water conflicts and achieving sustainable water management, particularly within river basins. Case studies across the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia highlight the extent and diversity of federal rivers, identifying alternative pathways to sharerisks and make tradeoffs across political jurisdictions.This book will appeal not only to scholars of resource management and of federalism, but also to practitioners in government, the private sector and international networks with interests in water policy and federalism.Trade Review‘Federal Rivers is an important addition to worldwide water policy discussions. It offers realistic windows into a central focus of water policy –governance. The book describes how river management which crosses jurisdictional and sovereign boundaries is both influenced by and influences political systems and that IWRM in river basins is not simply a technical challenge. Its truly interdisciplinary examples will spur creative ideas for both international and transboundary water policy governance and institution building.’ -- Jerome Delli Priscoli, Editor in Chief, Water Policy and Governor of the World Water Council‘Federal Rivers addresses the most pressing water-policy challenges of our times: legal, institutional, management, and scientific coordination over river systems that span multiple jurisdictions and geographies. This collection of authors advances prescient understanding of the dynamic interlinkages among water, climate, energy, and food security. The volume is a must-read for researchers and policy-makers alike.’ -- Christopher Scott, Associate Professor and Distinguished Scholar, University of Arizona.‘Federal Rivers brings together comparative insights and topical case studies spanning federal river systems globally. The volume guides the reader to a greater understanding of how federalism in its various forms interacts with pressing issues of water security and integrated water resource management. The book is rounded out by chapters that provide detailed examination of these issues in each continent. This edited volume is set to become a must-read for water resource academics, practitioners and decision-makers.’ -- Rosalind Bark, CSIRO Ecosystem SciencesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Federal Rivers: A Critical Overview of Water Governance Challenges in Federal Systems Dustin Garrick, George Anderson, Daniel Connell and Jamie Pittock 2. Climate Adaptation in River Management in a Post-stationary World Jamie Pittock PART 1: AMERICAS 3. Federalism and US Water Policy Andrea K. Gerlak 4. Water Scarcity, Conflict Resolution, and Adaptive Governance in Federal Transboundary River Basins Edella Schlager and Tanya Heikkila 5. Managing Water in a Federal State: The Canadian Experience J. Owen Saunders 6. Resilience of River Basin Governance Institutions in the Saskatchewan River Basin of Western Canada Ted Horbulyk 7. Water Management and Ecosystems: A New Framework in Mexico Eugenio Barrios 8. Main Challenges and Responses to Federalism and Water Security in Brazil Ana Carolina Coelho, Benedito Braga, Rodrigo Flecha, Nelson Freitas and Osman F. da Silva PART II: EUROPE – THE SPANISH EXPERIENCE 9. River Basin Governance and Water Policies in Spain José Albiac, Elena Calvo and Encarna Esteban 10. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Re-defining Water Security under Decentralisation in Spain Elena Lopez-Gunn and Lucia De Stefano PART IV SOUTHERN AFRICA 11. Allocating Powers and Functions in a Federal Design: The Experience of South Africa Mike Muller 12. Meeting the Challenges of Equity and Sustainability in Complex and Uncertain Worlds: The Emergence of Integrated Water Resources Management in the Eastern Rivers of South Africa Sharon Pollard and Derick du Toit PART V: SOUTH ASIA 13. Managing Water in India’s Federal Framework Rakesh Hooja 14. The Hydro-institutional Challenge of Managing Water Economies of Federal Rivers: A Case Study of Narmada River Basin, India M. Dinesh Kumar 15. Inter-jurisdictional Water Management in Pakistan’s Indus Basin Shahid Ahmad, Khalid Aziz and Mujib Khan PART VI: CHINA 16. China’s Political System, Economic Reform and the Governance of Water Quality in the Pearl River Basin Andre Silveira 17. Watershed Management in Tai Lake Basin in China Ke Jian 18. China’s Federal River Management: An Example of Han River Lan Fang PART VII AUSTRALIA 19. The Murray–Darling Basin Daniel Connell PART VIII: CONCLUSIONS 20. Water Security in Cross-Border Regions: What Relevance for Federal Human Security Regimes? Carmen Maganda and Harlan Koff 21. Water Resources Management in Federal Systems George Anderson
£126.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Sustainability Assessment
Book SynopsisFollowing on from their 2013 book, Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress, the authors are rapidly establishing themselves as lead authorities on this subject. Their new Handbook of Sustainability Assessment has many strengths. It brings together the latest research from leading experts from many parts of the world. It provides a valuable mix of conceptual work, practical applications and relevant techniques, and reflects on effectiveness in practice. In particular, as summarized by one of the many learned contributors, this Handbook marks a watershed between the end of the early life of applications and research initiatives in sustainability assessment and the beginning of many new possibilities. All these strengths make this book essential reading for both researchers and practitioners.'- John Glasson, Oxford Brookes University, UK'In a single volume the authors have succeeded in capturing the essential background, and cutting-edge thinking around the theory and practice of sustainability assessment. This is a timely and much needed contribution to an emerging field that has seen a proliferation of definitions and frameworks. It provides an indispensable resource for policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and students who are grappling with understanding the broad and complex terrain that this form of assessment covers. It should make an important contribution to directing decision-making towards sustainability.'- Theo Hacking, University of Cambridge, UKSustainability assessment refers to any process that directs decision-making towards sustainability. This groundbreaking Handbook presents state of the art thinking and research on the theory and practice of this broad and rapidly evolving field. Emphasizing how traditional impact assessment practices can be improved to contribute to sustainable outcomes, the overall aim is to enhance the effectiveness of sustainability assessment practice.Based on original contributions from world-leading researchers and practitioners, the book examines sustainability assessment in five sections: the first explores the conceptual foundations of sustainability assessment from different perspectives; the second section introduces some of the different scales and decision-contexts to which sustainability assessment can be applied; third, sectoral approaches to sustainability assessment are investigated, focusing in particular on energy as a key area of future focus; the fourth section introduces several tools used within sustainability assessment, including ecosystem services, multi-criteria analysis, systems analysis, and objectives-driven approaches; finally, key aspects of sustainability assessment governance are considered, including managing decision complexity and community engagement.This essential and comprehensive exploration of sustainability, including strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, will be invaluable to students, academics and practitioners.Contributors: C. Adelle, M. Audouin, A. Bond, M. Burns, R. du Toit, A. Diduck, C.G. Duarte, V. Ferretti, T. Fischer, A.L.C.F. Gallardo, K. Gaudreau, D. Geneletti, R. Gibson, W. Grace, J. Gunn, N. Hanley, J. Hartz-Karp, S. Hayes, A. Jordan, L. Lamorgese, D. le Maitre, T.F. Malheiros, A. Morrison-Saunders, J. Nel, B. Noble, P. O'Farrell, M. Partidario, P. Pereira, S. Petrova, J. Pope, F. Retief, D. Russel, L.E. Sánchez, W. Sheate, J. Sinclair, J. Turnpenny, M. Vespa, A. Weaver, S. WeilandTrade Review‘Following on from their 2013 book, Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress, the authors are rapidly establishing themselves as lead authorities on this subject. Their new Handbook of Sustainability Assessment has many strengths. It brings together the latest research from leading experts from many parts of the world. It provides a valuable mix of conceptual work, practical applications and relevant techniques, and reflects on effectiveness in practice. In particular, as summarized by one of the many learned contributors, this Handbook marks a watershed between the end of the early life of applications and research initiatives in sustainability assessment and the beginning of many new possibilities. All these strengths make this book essential reading for both researchers and practitioners.’ -- John Glasson, Oxford Brookes University, UK‘In a single volume the authors have succeeded in capturing the essential background, and cutting-edge thinking around the theory and practice of sustainability assessment. This is a timely and much needed contribution to an emerging field that has seen a proliferation of definitions and frameworks. It provides an indispensable resource for policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and students who are grappling with understanding the broad and complex terrain that this form of assessment covers. It should make an important contribution to directing decision-making towards sustainability.’ -- Theo Hacking, University of Cambridge, UKThe variety of approaches to sustainability assessment as well as the contextually adapted approaches offered by modulating scale, decision-making level and discourse are a testimony to the diversity of sustainability assessment practice. Arguably, this book is both an introduction to sustainability assessment, a source of inspiration and a compilation of the state-of-the art. But to many scholars and practitioners, it will also be a goldmine of information regarding future research tracks, enduring challenges and new, innovative research questions regarding sustainability assessment.’ -- Jean Hugé, Impact Assessment and Project AppraisalTable of ContentsContents: PART I CONCEPTUALISATIONS 1. Introducing the Roots, Evolution and Effectiveness of Sustainability Assessment Alan Bond, Jenny Pope and Angus Morrison-Saunders 2. A Conceptual Framework for Sustainability Assessment Jenny Pope, Alan Bond and Angus Morrison-Saunders 3. The Economics of Sustainable Development Nick Hanley 4. Equity in Sustainability Assessment: A Conceptual Framework Lydia Lamorgese and Davide Geneletti PART II SCALES OF ASSESSMENT 5. Sustainability Considerations in Regional Environmental Assessment Jill Gunn and Bram Noble 6. Sustainability Assessment at the Policy Level Camilla Adelle and Sabine Weiland PART III SECTORS OF ASSESSMENT 7. Sustainability Assessment and Energy Future: Opportunities for Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol Planning Carla Grigoletto Duarte, Tadeu Fabricio Malheiros, Amarilis Lucia Castelli Figueiredo Gallardo and Luis Enrique Sánchez 8. A Sustainability Assessment Framework for Energy Systems – Building an Appropriate Relationship with Energy Kryke Gaudreau and Robert Gibson 9. Cities and Sustainability Assessment - Resilience and Sustainability Thinking about the Future of Cities Maria Partidario and Pedro Pereira PART IV APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT 10. Ecosystem Services and Sustainability Assessment: Theory and Practice Davide Geneletti, Alan Bond, Duncan Russel, John Turnpenny, William Sheate and Andy Jordan 11. Multicriteria Analysis for Sustainability Assessment: Concepts and Case Studies Davide Geneletti and Valentina Ferretti 12. Setting and Measuring Objectives in Sustainability Assessment Samuel Hayes and Thomas Fischer 13. A Systems Approach to Sustainability Assessment William Grace and Jenny Pope 14. An Introduction to Sustainability Science and its Links to Sustainability Assessment Michelle Audouin, Mike Burns, Alex Weaver, David le Maitre, Patrick O’Farrell, Rudolph du Toit and Jeanne Nel PART V GOVERNANCE AND ENGAGEMENT 15. Public Participation in Sustainability Assessment: Essential Elements, Practical Challenges and Emerging Directions John Sinclair, Alan Diduck and Morgan Vespa 16. Deliberative Collaborative Governance Approaches to Sustainability Assessment Janette Hartz-Karp, Jenny Pope and Svetla Petrova 17. Key Learning from Psychology for Sustainability Assessment Francois Retief, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Jenny Pope and Alan Bond PART VI CONCLUSIONS AND EPILOGUE 18. Conclusion: Reflections on the State of the Art of Sustainability Assessment Jenny Pope, Alan Bond and Angus Morrison-Saunders Epilogue Robert Gibson Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Costs and Benefits of Environmental
Book SynopsisHere finally is a book that educates us deeply about the economic costs and gains of cleaning up the environment and of finally coming to terms with the costs of human induced climate at the micro- and macro-economic level. Replete with case studies from China, Australia and the USA, demonstrating deep erudition and extensive use of empirical data, it remains accessible to the general reader, as well as the economist. It should be mandated as required reading for all public policy analysts and politicians.'- Greg Bailey, La Trobe University, AustraliaThe Costs and Benefits of Environmental Regulation presents a thorough investigation into environmental regulation, its economic and financial effects and the associated costs and benefits. A variety of issues, pertaining to regulation in general and environmental regulation in particular, are examined. These issues include the theories of regulation and how it is viewed in terms of the free market doctrine, forms of regulation, command-and-control regulation as opposed to market-based regulation and the cost-benefit analysis of environmental regulation.The authors present an extensive survey of the empirical evidence on the determinants of environmental performance as well as the effects of environmental regulation on the costs of production, plant location, firm-level productivity, stock prices and returns, profitability, market value, financial risk, employment, competitiveness, international trade, aggregate output and aggregate productivity. The authors conclude that it is essential to allocate appropriate funds to combat the environmental damage we are inflicting on the planet.Presenting a comprehensive survey of the costs, benefits and effects of environmental regulation and written mostly in simple language that is accessible to the non-specialist, the book will prove an essential resource for academics, research students and policy makers in the fields of environmental regulation and economics.Contents: Preface 1. Regulation: Definition and Classification 2. Regulation and the Free Market Doctrine 3. Theories of Regulation 4. Environmental Regulation: Some Basic Issues 5. Cost-Benefit Analysis: Identification of Costs and Benefits 6. The Cost-Benefit Analysis Debate 7. The Microeconomic Effects of Environmental Regulation 8. The Financial Effects of Environmental Regulation 9. The Macroeconomic Effects of Environmental Regulation: Employment, Trade and Competitiveness 10. The Macroeconomic Effects of Environmental Regulation: Aggregate Output and Productivity 11. Environmental Regulation in Australia: The Failure of 'Wax and Wane' Policies 12. Environmental Regulation in China: A Life-Saving Mechanism in a Pollution Haven 13. Summary and Concluding Remarks Appendix to Chapter 13 References IndexTrade Review‘Here finally is a book that educates us deeply about the economic costs and gains of cleaning up the environment and of finally coming to terms with the costs of human induced climate at the micro- and macro-economic level. Replete with case studies from China, Australia and the USA, demonstrating deep erudition and extensive use of empirical data, it remains accessible to the general reader, as well as the economist. It should be mandated as required reading for all public policy analysts and politicians.’ -- Greg Bailey, La Trobe University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Regulation: Definition and Classification 2. Regulation and the Free Market Doctrine 3. Theories of Regulation 4. Environmental Regulation: Some Basic Issues 5. Cost-Benefit Analysis: Identification of Costs and Benefits 6. The Cost-Benefit Analysis Debate 7. The Microeconomic Effects of Environmental Regulation 8. The Financial Effects of Environmental Regulation 9. The Macroeconomic Effects of Environmental Regulation: Employment, Trade and Competitiveness 10. The Macroeconomic Effects of Environmental Regulation: Aggregate Output and Productivity 11. Environmental Regulation in Australia: The Failure of ‘Wax and Wane’ Policies 12. Environmental Regulation in China: A Life-Saving Mechanism in a Pollution Haven 13. Summary and Concluding Remarks Appendix to Chapter 13 References Index
£40.80
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Cities and the Environment
Book SynopsisWith an ever-growing majority of the world's human population living in city-spaces, the relationship between cities and nature will be one of the key environmental issues of the 21st Century. This timely book investigates how the rapidly growing number of city dwellers across the globe relate to their natural environments and what this means for the future of these environments. Offering an interdisciplinary approach to the impacts of urban spaces on the future of the environment, the book is a full-scale attempt to radically rethink the relationship between cities and nature. The editors bring together a diverse set of well-known authors and new voices to explore the various aspects of this relationship both theoretically and empirically. Rather than considering cities as wholly separate from nature, a running theme throughout the book is that cities, and city dwellers, should be characterized as intrinsic in the creation of specifically urban-generated 'socio-natures'.An essential resource for those working at the intersection of cities and the environment, it will be of great value to urbanists, geographers, planners, sociologists, economists, anthropologists, policy makers, public administrators and environmental scientists.Contributors include: K. Archer, L. Benton-Short, J.M. Berry, G. Bettini, K. Bezdecny, J. Bratt, V.C. Broto, K. Davidson, R.M. Friend, N. Gabriel, B. Gleeson, L. Guibrunet, D. Houston, R. Jones, M. Kaika, L. Karaliotas, M. Keeley, J. Kitson, T.W. Luke, R. Pizarro, K.E. Portney, J. Ravetz, J. Rennie Short, J. Rowland, T.G. Smith, E. Swyngedouw, P. Thinphanga, R.H. WilsonTrade Review'How are cities both at the root of our environmental problems yet central to solving them? The essays assembled here offer rich responses, through a blend of theoretical reflection and empirical analysis. It will be an excellent resource for urbanists across the disciplines.' --Noel Castree, University of Wollongong, Australia'If urban environments continue to be a new frontier for understanding the interconnected dynamics of socio-natural progress and uneven development, and I believe they are, then this book is important reading for sharpening and deepening our collective understandings about how the production of urban nature(s) necessitates robust theoretical consideration backed by decisive action.' --Nik Heynen, University of GeorgiaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Kris Bezdecny and Kevin Archer PART I THEORIZING THE PRODUCTION OF CITY ENVIRONMENTS 2. Urban Imaginaries of City and Nature John Rennie Short 3. Re-Naturing Cities: Great Promises, Deadlock … and New Beginnings? Erik Swyngedouw and Maria Kaika 4. Urban Resilience, the Local and the Politics of the Anthropocene: Reflections on the Future of the Urban Environment Lazaros Karaliotas and Giovanni Bettini PART II DESIGNS FOR THE CITY ENVIRONMENT 5. North American and European Sustainable Urbanism: Toward a Theoretical Model for Sustainable Urban Design Rafael E. Pizarro 6. Sustainable Urban Futures: Contested Transitions and Creative Pathways Joe Ravetz 7. Towards an Urban Metabolic Analysis of the Informal City Louise Guibrunet and Vanesa Castán Broto PART III CLIMATE CHANGE AND CITY ENVIRONMENTS 8. Urbanization, Climate Change, and Regional Integration in the Mekong Richard M. Friend and Pakamas Thinphanga 9. Urban Resilience to Climate Change Challenges in Africa Robert H. Wilson and Todd G. Smith 10. Urban Flooding, Vulnerability and Justice Donald Houston PART IV URBAN SUSTAINABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES 11. The Group and Ideological Bases of Local Sustainability Policies and Programs Kent E. Portney and Jeffrey M. Berry 12. Green Space in Urban Sustainability Plans: Trends and Best Practices Lisa Benton-Short, Melissa Keeley and Jennifer Rowland 13. Mending Fences: Constituting Urban Subjects Through Environmental Stewardship Nate Gabriel 14. “Restoring” Seattle’s River: Competing Conceptions of the Duwamish Socio-nature Kevin Archer and Kris Bezdecny PART V OTHER EXPERIENCES OF THE CITY ENVIRONMENT 15. City Sensing and Urban Aesthetics Jennifer Kitson and Jonathan Bratt 16. Making Moorhen Ryan Jones PART VI THE PROSPECT FOR CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT 17. The New Urban Assertions: No Prospect There Kathryn Davidson and Brendan Gleeson 18. Sustainability and the City Timothy W. Luke Index
£182.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to
Book Synopsis'I joined this amazing journey about 30 years ago. I benefited from all the theories, principles, and approaches offered in this book to explore the natural resource and environmental issues on the other side of the world. It makes me an enthusiastic and pragmatic teacher and researcher. In addition to rearranging and rewriting certain chapters, the fourth edition comprises new chapters on climate change which reflect our future challenges. Such knowledge deserves continuously passing to our future generations and equipping more students as an effective doer in resolving complex natural resources issues.'- Pei-Ing Wu, National Taiwan University, TaiwanResource Economics engages students and practitioners in natural resource and environmental issues from both local and global standpoints. The Fourth edition of this approachable but rigorous text provides a new focus on risk and uncertainty as well as new applications that address the effect of new energy technologies on scarcity and climate change mitigation and adaptation, while preserving and systematically updating the approach and key features that drew many thousands of readers to the first three editions.More comprehensive than its competitors, this new edition frames issues and policies from resource scarcity and basic ecology to welfare criteria, property rights, and environmental ethics. Necessary economic, policy, and management concepts and tools are provided, along with applications to a variety of real-world problems. Also included are substantial treatments of new energy technologies, including fracking for oil and natural gas, solar and wind energy, and chapter length analyses of air quality, land markets and use, water resources, climate change, and sustainability.Primarily a textbook, this teaching tool is perfect for undergraduate and graduate students alike who are studying natural resource and environmental economics, as well as sustainability. Additionally, natural resource, environmental policy, and management decision-makers in the private and public sectors will find the content of this book useful for guiding real-world management and policy decisions. Academic, government, and NGO researchers will also find this to be a valuable resource.Trade Review'Bergstrom and Randall have produced another outstanding text covering the full range of issues in environmental and resource economics. Each revision of the book has successfully maintained the strengths of the previous (solid founding in economic theory, clear explanations of core concepts, and a focus on interesting policy) while updating the content to reflect changes and advances in the field. This text will be highly valuable in educating the next generation of students in fundamentals of resource economics.' --Catherine Kling, Professor, Iowa State University'Resource Economics by Bergstrom and Randall is no ordinary read. It has all the standard features of textbooks such as plenty of graphs and a style of writing that is easy to follow and highly comprehensible. But it stands out by its comprehensive and in-depth coverage of a wide variety of topics and its firm grounding of their treatment in a general economic analytical approach. Both features make this an outstanding introduction to both resource and environmental economics broadly conceived.' --Eric Neumayer, London School of Economics & Political Science, UK'The book is engagingly written with a broad worldview of the many environmental challenges facing the world and economic solutions for dealing with them. Besides being a comprehensive text about natural resource and environmental economics, a distinguishing feature of the book is how to actually perform policy relevant analyses to address natural resource and environmental problems.' --John Loomis, Colorado State UniversityTable of ContentsContents: PART I NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND NATURAL RESOURCE SUPPLY AND SCARCITY 1. Economic Growth, Resource Scarcity, and Environmental Degradation: Where Have We Been and Where are We Going? 2. Ecosystem Goods and Services: How Does a Healthy Environment Support Economic Production, Consumption, and Quality of Life? 3. Resource Supply and Scarcity: How Do We Define, Measure, and Monitor Natural Resource Supply and Scarcity? 4. Natural Resources, The Environment, and Policy: What is the Public Policy Context for Natural Resource and Environmental Economics? PART II MICROECONOMIC THEORY FOUNDATIONS FOR EFFICIENCY, WELL BEING, AND THE PROBLEM OF RISK 5. Economic Efficiency: How Does a Healthy Economy Allocate Natural Resources to Economic Production and Consumption? 6. Intertemporal Efficiency: How Do We Efficiently Allocate Natural Resources Over Time? 7. Risk and Uncertainty: How Do We Assess Risk and Make Risky Decisions Involving Natural Resources and the Environment? PART III ECONOMIC THEORY AND INSTITUTIONS FOR PUBLIC POLICY 8. Criteria for Economic Policy: How Do We Tell a Good Natural Resource and Environmental Policy From a Bad One? 9. Rules of the Game: How do they Influence Efficiency and Equity and How Can We Get Them Right? 10. Market Failure and Inefficiency: What Could Cause an Undesirable Market Allocation of Resources? 11. Institutional Framework: What is the Social and Legal Context for Natural Resource and Environmental Decisions and Policy? PART IVMEASURING AND COMPARING BENEFITS AND COSTS OF NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND PROJECTS 12. Benefit–Cost Analysis: How Do We Determine If the Benefits of a Resource Policy Outweigh the Costs? 13. Measuring Economic Values: How Do We Account For All Relevant Benefits and Costs In Natural Resource And Environmental Decisions? PART V OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT OF NON-RENEWABLE AND RENEWABLE RESOURCES 14. Exhaustible Non-Renewable Resources: What Is The Optimal Use and Management of Non-Renewable Resources Over Time? 15. Renewable Resources: What Is The Optimal Use and Management of Renewable Resources Over Time? PART VI THE ECONOMICS OF AIR, LAND, AND WATER RESOURCE USE AND POLICY 16. The Control of Polluting Emissions: How Can We Protect the Environment and People From Air Pollution? 17. The Economics of Land: How Do Land Markets Work and How Do We Manage Land Use? 18. The Economics of Water: How Is Water Valued and Allocated? PART VII ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS, CLIMATE CHANGE, SUSTAINABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FUTURE 19. Understanding Sustainability: What Can Economics Tell Us About Using and Managing Resources in a Sustainable Manner? 20. Climate Change: The Earth’s Climate Is Changing - Can Economics Help Us Figure Out What, If Anything, To Do About It? 21. Economics and Environmental Ethics: What Are the Ethical Implications of the Economic Approach to Conservation and Preservation and What Can We Learn From Other Ethical Approaches? 22. Economic Science, Economic Policy, and Doing the Best We Can: How Do We Find Our Way Forward? Index
£142.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to
Book Synopsis'I joined this amazing journey about 30 years ago. I benefited from all the theories, principles, and approaches offered in this book to explore the natural resource and environmental issues on the other side of the world. It makes me an enthusiastic and pragmatic teacher and researcher. In addition to rearranging and rewriting certain chapters, the fourth edition comprises new chapters on climate change which reflect our future challenges. Such knowledge deserves continuously passing to our future generations and equipping more students as an effective doer in resolving complex natural resources issues.'- Pei-Ing Wu, National Taiwan University, TaiwanResource Economics engages students and practitioners in natural resource and environmental issues from both local and global standpoints. The Fourth edition of this approachable but rigorous text provides a new focus on risk and uncertainty as well as new applications that address the effect of new energy technologies on scarcity and climate change mitigation and adaptation, while preserving and systematically updating the approach and key features that drew many thousands of readers to the first three editions.More comprehensive than its competitors, this new edition frames issues and policies from resource scarcity and basic ecology to welfare criteria, property rights, and environmental ethics. Necessary economic, policy, and management concepts and tools are provided, along with applications to a variety of real-world problems. Also included are substantial treatments of new energy technologies, including fracking for oil and natural gas, solar and wind energy, and chapter length analyses of air quality, land markets and use, water resources, climate change, and sustainability.Primarily a textbook, this teaching tool is perfect for undergraduate and graduate students alike who are studying natural resource and environmental economics, as well as sustainability. Additionally, natural resource, environmental policy, and management decision-makers in the private and public sectors will find the content of this book useful for guiding real-world management and policy decisions. Academic, government, and NGO researchers will also find this to be a valuable resource.Trade Review'Bergstrom and Randall have produced another outstanding text covering the full range of issues in environmental and resource economics. Each revision of the book has successfully maintained the strengths of the previous (solid founding in economic theory, clear explanations of core concepts, and a focus on interesting policy) while updating the content to reflect changes and advances in the field. This text will be highly valuable in educating the next generation of students in fundamentals of resource economics.' --Catherine Kling, Professor, Iowa State University'Resource Economics by Bergstrom and Randall is no ordinary read. It has all the standard features of textbooks such as plenty of graphs and a style of writing that is easy to follow and highly comprehensible. But it stands out by its comprehensive and in-depth coverage of a wide variety of topics and its firm grounding of their treatment in a general economic analytical approach. Both features make this an outstanding introduction to both resource and environmental economics broadly conceived.' --Eric Neumayer, London School of Economics & Political Science, UK'The book is engagingly written with a broad worldview of the many environmental challenges facing the world and economic solutions for dealing with them. Besides being a comprehensive text about natural resource and environmental economics, a distinguishing feature of the book is how to actually perform policy relevant analyses to address natural resource and environmental problems.' --John Loomis, Colorado State UniversityTable of ContentsContents: PART I NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND NATURAL RESOURCE SUPPLY AND SCARCITY 1. Economic Growth, Resource Scarcity, and Environmental Degradation: Where Have We Been and Where are We Going? 2. Ecosystem Goods and Services: How Does a Healthy Environment Support Economic Production, Consumption, and Quality of Life? 3. Resource Supply and Scarcity: How Do We Define, Measure, and Monitor Natural Resource Supply and Scarcity? 4. Natural Resources, The Environment, and Policy: What is the Public Policy Context for Natural Resource and Environmental Economics? PART II MICROECONOMIC THEORY FOUNDATIONS FOR EFFICIENCY, WELL BEING, AND THE PROBLEM OF RISK 5. Economic Efficiency: How Does a Healthy Economy Allocate Natural Resources to Economic Production and Consumption? 6. Intertemporal Efficiency: How Do We Efficiently Allocate Natural Resources Over Time? 7. Risk and Uncertainty: How Do We Assess Risk and Make Risky Decisions Involving Natural Resources and the Environment? PART III ECONOMIC THEORY AND INSTITUTIONS FOR PUBLIC POLICY 8. Criteria for Economic Policy: How Do We Tell a Good Natural Resource and Environmental Policy From a Bad One? 9. Rules of the Game: How do they Influence Efficiency and Equity and How Can We Get Them Right? 10. Market Failure and Inefficiency: What Could Cause an Undesirable Market Allocation of Resources? 11. Institutional Framework: What is the Social and Legal Context for Natural Resource and Environmental Decisions and Policy? PART IVMEASURING AND COMPARING BENEFITS AND COSTS OF NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND PROJECTS 12. Benefit–Cost Analysis: How Do We Determine If the Benefits of a Resource Policy Outweigh the Costs? 13. Measuring Economic Values: How Do We Account For All Relevant Benefits and Costs In Natural Resource And Environmental Decisions? PART V OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT OF NON-RENEWABLE AND RENEWABLE RESOURCES 14. Exhaustible Non-Renewable Resources: What Is The Optimal Use and Management of Non-Renewable Resources Over Time? 15. Renewable Resources: What Is The Optimal Use and Management of Renewable Resources Over Time? PART VI THE ECONOMICS OF AIR, LAND, AND WATER RESOURCE USE AND POLICY 16. The Control of Polluting Emissions: How Can We Protect the Environment and People From Air Pollution? 17. The Economics of Land: How Do Land Markets Work and How Do We Manage Land Use? 18. The Economics of Water: How Is Water Valued and Allocated? PART VII ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS, CLIMATE CHANGE, SUSTAINABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FUTURE 19. Understanding Sustainability: What Can Economics Tell Us About Using and Managing Resources in a Sustainable Manner? 20. Climate Change: The Earth’s Climate Is Changing - Can Economics Help Us Figure Out What, If Anything, To Do About It? 21. Economics and Environmental Ethics: What Are the Ethical Implications of the Economic Approach to Conservation and Preservation and What Can We Learn From Other Ethical Approaches? 22. Economic Science, Economic Policy, and Doing the Best We Can: How Do We Find Our Way Forward? Index
£46.50
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Water Resource Management and the Law
Book SynopsisScarcity of water, floods and erosion caused by climate change have made the management of water resources a challenge to national and international actors worldwide. States have also initiated water projects to improve social welfare, often with significant impacts on the environment. This book combines close analysis of the legal structures of water rights with consideration of the modes of water management projects to illustrate current water-related problems in terms of practical solutions in a global context.The book begins by surveying the current categories of water-related rights to clarify the role of public and private law in water allocation. Many important watercourses cross state borders, so the book pays close attention to transboundary water management including the legal and economic approaches of the European Union. Human rights and participation are also shown to play an increasingly important role in terms of both law and financing of water projects. Case studies illustrate the development of practical strategies for environmentally friendly and socially acceptable solutions, notably through the concept of adaptive water management.This book will appeal to academics in environmental law, as well as researchers and project groups in organisations dealing with water management and human rights.Contributors include: N. Bankes, A. Belinskij, H. Coetzee, E. Couzens, M. Couzens, D. Curran, L. Dai, D. Fisher, E.J. Hollo, I. Kornfeld, L. Kotzé, T. Kuokkanen, S. Mascher, E.N. Nyanchaga, M. Onestini, T. Paloniitty, M. Reese, B. Schmidt, M. van Rijswick, P. VihervuoriTrade Review‘The book is to be considered as a scholarly work on water management law which will be useful for anyone interested in the conservation of water as well as proper management and allocation of water.’ -- Amrithnath SB, LEAD: Law, Environment and Development JournalTable of ContentsContents: INTRODUCTION The Concept and Traditions of Water Management Law Erkki J. Hollo PART I The role of public and private law in the context of water allocation 1. Common law and public domain approaches to water governance: an Australian perspective Douglas Fisher 2. A comparison of constitutional provisions on water-related rights in Southern African states Ed Couzens and Meda Couzens 3. Private and public ownership of water areas - structures and implications of the Finnish model Pekka Vihervuori 4. Human right to water: Argentine cases, Human rights – are they enforceable? Maria Onestini 5. Struggle for Water Rights between the Natives and the European Settlers: A Case Study of Njoro Kubwa Springs (1947-56) Ezekiel Nyangeri Nyanchaga PART II Models of water allocation 6. Towards a sustainable, balanced and equitable allocation of water use rights Liping Dai, Marleen van Rijswick and Bram Schmidt 7. The role of private property rights in Australia’s and Canada’s modern water allocation regimes Sharon Mascher and Deborah Curran 8. Recovery of costs for water uses at the different levels of water law Antti Belinskij PART III Transboundary water management 9. Tensions and relationships in international water law Tuomas Kuokkanen 10. The Columbia River Treaty between Canada and the United States of America – time for change? Nigel Bankes 11. Kansas v. Colorado: state sovereignty and the equitable allocation of water Itzchak E. Kornfeld PART IV Water allocation under the threat of environmental destruction 12. Climate change adaptation in water management - Regulatory challenges and approaches Moritz Reese 13. Regulatory Framework of China’s Water Quality Management Liping Dai 14. Does It Take Three to Tango? The Practitioner’s Viewpoint to Three EU Governance Instruments Addressing the Agricultural Runoff Dilemma Tiina Paloniitty 15. Shale gas development and water in South Africa: regulatory aspects Hennie Coetzee and Louis J. Kotzé Index
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CABI Publishing Air Pollution: Sources, Impacts and Controls
Book SynopsisAir pollution has become a major global issue due to rapid industrialization, human population growth and increasing urbanization. The various sources of atmospheric pollutants, both those created by human activity and those from natural physical and biological processes, have become the focus of much scientific research and analysis. An understanding of how these many pollutants are affecting air quality is essential in order to design strategies to mitigate them. Written by a team of international experts, this book aims to provide a broad overview of the issues surrounding air pollution and how to control and monitor pollution levels. Beginning with a brief background on the subject, the book moves on to discuss global emissions, with an emphasis on megacities and their effects. Possible pollution control measures and methods of air pollution measurement and modelling are also explored. The book ends with descriptions of the various indices used for assessing air quality with a focus on human health impacts, and a discussion on policy making to control air pollution. The book will be useful to students of environmental science and atmospheric science, as well as environmental consultants and researchers interested in air quality . Key Features: Comprehensive introduction to the primary causes of air pollution today with an emphasis on growing urban populations and megacities Discusses both anthropogenic and biogenic emissions and their effects on human health and the environment Gives an overview of indices used today for assessing air quality and describes current methods for air pollution monitoring and modelling Discusses new technologies for mitigating the effects of air pollution and policy making for implementation of controlsTable of Contents1: Anthropogenic Sources of Air Pollution 2: Biogenic Sources of Air Pollution 3: Transport of Air Pollutants 4: Methods for the Measurement of Air Pollutants 5: Air-Pollution Modelling Aspects: An Overview 6: Indices Used for Assessment of Air Quality 7: Impact of Air Pollution on the Environment and Economy 8: Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health 9: Megacities of Developing Countries 10: Cost-Effective Technologies Used to Curb Air Pollution 11: Atmospheric Contaminants: Sources, Chemical Characterization and Hazards 12: Air Pollution Control: Policies and Legislations
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on the Economics and Management of
Book SynopsisAs governments around the world work towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, the trans-disciplinary topic of oceans management is fast being recognized as one of the most important challenges of the twenty-first century. This timely Handbook takes stock of the state of knowledge on ecosystem services derived from coastal and marine areas and offers innovative proposals for the future of this important topic. The Handbook on the Economics and Management of Sustainable Oceans brings together a carefully chosen collection of world-class contributions from ecology, economics and other development sciences. It provides policy-relevant scientific information on key topics such as ecosystem services from marine and coastal ecosystems and the nuances of economic valuation. Detailed chapters also consider relevant legal and sociological response policies for effective management of marine areas for enhanced human well-being. This comprehensive Handbook will be essential reading for advanced students and academics in economics, environment studies and resource management. The contributors also focus on the nexus of science-society and science-policy with the objective of educating decision-makers in governmental agencies, industry and civil society.Contributors include: M. Bailey, Y. Beaudoin, D. Belhabib, R. Billé, F. Bosello, J.H. Brito, V. Burgener, S. Bush, N. Carlson, S. Cataudella, L. Chabason, W. Chen, W. Cheung, G. da Fonseca, O.G. Dávila, E. Delpiazzo, S.T.M. Dissanayake, P. Drankier, I. Drysdale, S. Dupont, F. Eboli, G. Fauville, N. Ferri, D. Fezzardi, M.R. Flores, Y. Fujita, B. Galil, M. Garmendia, A. Ghermandi, E. Giacomello, A. Giannouli, G. Gitti, J. Gowdy, R.A. Groeneveld, M. Hamid, S. Hansen, L. Hansson, L. Karrer, M. Kettunen, E. Kotoroni, P. Koundouri, V. Lam, H. Lindhjem, M. Loureiro, K. Magnussen, E. Mailli, A. Markandya, F. Marques, J. Marsden, F. Massa, J. Matos de Sousa, M. McField, G. Menezes, M. Metian, D. Miller, B. Milligan, K. Mintenbeck, E.Y. Mohammed, E.J. Molenaar, R. Mongruel, K. Mutafoglu, S. Navrud, P.A.L.D. Nunes, D.O. Obura, E. Ojea, N. Okubo, L. Onofri, A. Onuma, M. Omori, D. Osborn, A. Pacheco Capella, A. Padilla, C. Papagianni, M. Pascual, D. Pauly, A.G. Petersen, R. Pott, H. Ralison, A. Ressurreição, J. Ribeiro, J. Richardson, J. Rochette, D. Russi, M. Samoilys, C. Santos, L.V. Santuario, P. Scheren, J.-P. Schweitzer, M. Seneque, C. Severin, P. Shah, I. Souliotis, A. Srour, P. Steele, D. Steinbach, R.M. Sultan, R. Sumaila, L.E. Svensson, V. Sweeney, J. Tanzer, P. ten Brink, L. The, F. Thevenon, J. van den Bergh, D. Waruinge, E. Watkins, S. Withana, P. ZiveriTrade Review'This important new book reveals the complex issues facing the planet's oceans, a vital global commons. The detailed description of practical policy tools and innovative solutions should be recommended reading for anyone working on the health and sustainable management of the marine environment.' --(Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility)'This comprehensive Handbook highlights, using both a scientific and a social lens, the importance of ocean governance, conservation and sustainable management. Healthy oceans play fundamental roles in improving human health and well-being, contributing to food security and mitigating impacts of climate change. The complexity of the issues relating to oceans requires multidimensional solutions that integrate all aspects of the socio-ecological system. This Handbook highlights solutions derived from a blue economy and an increased role of the private sector, leading to a more sustainable use of ocean resources within the framework of the 2030 Agenda.' --(Mette Wilkie, United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya)'This Handbook is a valuable instrument for science-based decision-making - either by corporate, public or third sector organizations - on a growingly strategic field: sustainable management and conservation of oceans. We should be grateful to all 101 contributors to this important book and make use of its lessons to successfully implement the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.' --(Teresa Patricio Gouveia, Trustee, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation)Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Achim Steiner Introduction Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Lisa Emelia Svensson, Anil Markandya PART I: Emerging Multi-disciplinary Methods for Valuation of Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services 1. A Socio-Economic Framework for Integrating Multi-Use Offshore Platforms in Sustainable Blue Growth Management: Theory and Applications Phoebe Koundouri, Wenting Chen, Osiel González Dávila, Amerissa Giannouli, José Hernández Brito, Erasmia Kotoroni, Evdokia Mailli, Katja Mintenbeck, Chrysoula Papagianni and Ioannis Souliotis 2. The Northern Mozambique Channel – A Capitals Approach to a Blue Economy Future David O. Obura, Valerie Burgener, Harifidy O. Ralison, Peter Scheren, Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Melita Samoilys, Dixon Waruinge and John Tanzer 3. Nature’s ‘Blue’ Value: Innovating Approaches to Valuing our Ocean and Coasts Yannick Beaudoin, Alberto Pacheco Capella, Julie Richardson, Remi Mongruel, Megan Seneque, Jim Marsden and John Gowdy 4. Aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea: a Blue Growth Perspective Fabio Massa, Laura Onofri and Davide Fezzardi 5. Valuing Marine Ecosystem Services Loss from Oil Spills for Use in Cost-Benefit Analysis of Preventive Measures Ståle Navrud, Henrik Lindhjem and Kristin Magnussen 6. Assessing the Annual Revenue of Marine Industries Operating at Condor Seamount, Azores Adriana Ressurreição, Gui Menezes and Eva Giacomello 7. Economic Value of Marine Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Ocean Management – the Case of Mauritius Riad Sultan 8. Preferences for Marine Protection in Okinawa: A Comparison of Management Options and Two Groups of Beneficiaries Payal Shah, Sahan T. M. Dissanayake, Nils Carlson, Yoko Fujita and Paulo A.L.D. Nunes Part II The Testimony of Economic Valuation in Ocean Management 9. Collaborative, Adaptive Management of the Mesoamerican Reef Melanie McField, Ian Drysdale, Marisol Rueda Flores, Roberto Pott and Ana Giró Petersen 10. Operationalizing the Ecosystem Approach to Resolve Mismatches in Ocean Governance Maialen Garmendia, Anil Markandya, Elena Ojea and Marta Pascual 11. Impact of High Seas Closure on Food Security in Low Income Fish Dependent Countries Louise Teh, Vicky Lam, William Cheung, Dana Miller, Lydia Teh and U. Rashid Sumaila 12. Jellyfish Outbreaks and Recreation in the Mediterranean Sea: Welfare Impacts and Impacted Recreationist Types in Tel Aviv and Barcelona Coastlines Maria Loureiro, Andrea Ghermandi, Bella Galil, John Gowdy and Paulo A.L.D. Nunes 13. A Story of the Successful Application of a Co-management Fishing Regime in Suruga Bay, Japan Makoto Omori, Ayumi Onuma and Nami Okubo 14. The Socio-economic Impacts of Marine Litter, Including the Costs of Policy Inaction and Action Emma Watkins, Patrick ten Brink, Sirini Withana, Marianne Kettunen, Daniela Russi, Konar Mutafoglu, Jean-Pierre Schweitzer and Giulia Gitti 15. Fiscal Reforms for Sustainable Marine Fisheries Governance: Institutional Frameworks and Design Essentials Essam Yassin Mohammed, Dave Steinbach, Paul Steele and Ben Milligan 16. Adaptation Policies and Strategies as a Response to Ocean Acidification and Warming in the Mediterranean Sea Patrizia Ziveri, Elisa Delpiazzo, Francesco Bosello, Fabio Eboli and Jeroen van den Bergh 17. Tackling Marine Plastic Pollution: Monitoring, Policies, and Sustainable Development Solutions Florian Thevenon and João Matos de Sousa Part III The Role of Science to Policy interface in Ocean Governance 18. The UN Architecture for Ocean Science Knowledge and Governance Luis Valdés 19. Ocean Acidification: Impacts and Governance David Osborn, Sam Dupont, Lina Hansson and Marc Metian 20. Private Governance of Ocean Resources Rolf A. Groeneveld, Simon R. Bush and Megan Bailey 21. The GEF Perspective: Strengthening Ocean Health and Ecosystem Services Through Transboundary Partnerships Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca, Leah Karrer, Christian Severin, Mish Hamid and Steffen Hansen 22. Post-Rio+20 Effective Management for Sustainability: The Case of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Stefano Cataudella, Abdellah Srour and Nicola Ferri 23. On Governance in Fisheries in Senegal: from Top-down Control to Co-management Dyhia Belhabib, Allan Padilla, U. Rashid Sumaila and Daniel Pauly 24. Portuguese National Ocean Strategy 2013–2020 João Ribeiro, Conceição Santos and Fernando Marques 25. Regional Oceans Governance: Making Regional Seas Programmes, Regional Fishery Bodies and Large Marine Ecosystem Mechanisms Work Better Together Raphaël Billé, Lucien Chabason, Petra Drankier, Erik J.Molenaar and Julien Rochette 26. Ocean Literacy as a Key Toward Sustainable Development and Ocean Governance Sam Dupont and Géraldine Fauville 27. Consolidating 20 years of GPA and its Activities in Improving Sustainable Use of Oceans Vincent Sweeney Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Research Agenda for Environmental Management
Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.We face many important global environmental problems today, including climate change, biodiversity destruction, and environmental health issues. Key among the tools we have to understand and solve these problems is research. This Research Agenda argues for a transdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental management to provide better understanding and outcomes leading to practical solutions.By describing the key strategies needed to overcome common global environmental challenges and to undertake successful interdisciplinary environmental research, this Research Agenda demonstrates the possibilities for successful transdisciplinary environmental research. A series of case studies shows how this transdisciplinary approach to research has improved understandings of environmental problems and their potential solutions. Discussing the types of participation required and the difficulties of incorporating diverse groups into research projects, this Research Agenda provides lessons in how to successfully undertake transdisciplinary research in order to meet these challenges. A Research Agenda for Environmental Management provides invaluable insights for interdisciplinary researchers in all fields affected by environmental management as well as students and scholars engaged in environmental research looking for ways to successfully integrate transdisciplinary approaches into their work.Contributors include: J. Abrams, D.B. Agusdinata, G. Alonso-Yanez, B. Barnett, N. Basiliko, K. Calvert, D. Córdoba, T. de Souza, M. del Carmen Fragoso Medina, J.L. Dunn, A. Eastmond, D.J. Flaspohler, K. Floress, V.S. Gagnon, A. Giang, H.S. Gorman, R.B. Guerrero, K.E. Halvorsen, R.M. Handler, M.A. Hanif, R.J. Heffron, J. Heyman, L. House-Peters, A. Kantamneni, J.L. Knowlton, R.A. LaFave, J. Licata, H.K. Lukosch, E.E. Mata-Zayas, R. Medeiros, M.A. Mesa-Jurado, D. Minakata, A. Mirchi, C. Moseley, T. Moya Mose, T.H. Mwampamba, C.J.V. Navarrete, E.A. Nielsen, M. Ohira, E. Ortega, J.A. Perlinger, E.C. Pischke, E.W. Prehoda, V.D.P. Risso, J.C. Sacramento-Rivero, M. Samimi, D. Sanchez, C. Schelly, T.L. Selfa, R. Shwom, R.V. Sidortsov, B. Tarekegne, G. Tchobanoglous, N.R. Urban, L.P. Volkow, S. Walker, D. Watkins, R.L. WinklerTrade Review'In the new edited volume: A Research Agenda for Environmental Management, edited by Kathlen Halvorsen, Chelsea Schelley, Robert Handler, Erin C. Pischke, and Jessie Knowlton, we have a much needed accessible and useable handbook on how to do transdisciplinary and collaborative research in the era of climate change, which presents never-before faced challenges in environmental management. Authors do a splendid job of providing case studies on how to further expand our understanding and implementation of TD research to address the wicked problems of our time. This edited volume is accessible and useful for those looking to expand their use and understanding of TD methods and approaches.' --Gabrielle Roesch McNally, Climate Hubs, US Department of AgricultureTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction to transdisciplinarity in environmental management research 1. Introduction: a research agenda for environmental management through transdisciplinary, social science-rich environmental governance research Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Jessie L. Knowlton, Chelsea Schelly, Robert M. Handler and Erin C. Pischke 2. Governing sustainability and environmental management: what, why, and how? Erin C. Pischke, Robert M. Handler and Jessie L. Knowlton 3. Power within and beyond the state: understanding how power relations shape environmental management Jesse Abrams, Diana Córdoba, Roman V. Sidortsov, Chelsea Schelly and Hugh S. Gorman Part II Integrating diverse sectors and disciplines into transdisciplinary environmental management research 4. Integrating across sectors and disciplines: transdisciplinary teamwork challenges and strategies Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Jessie L. Knowlton, Robert M. Handler, Chelsea Schelly and Erin C. Pischke 5. Transdisciplinary research teams: broadening the scope of who participates in research Erin C. Pischke, Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Tuyeni Heita Mwampamba, Lily House-Peters, Amarella Eastmond, Lucía Pérez Volkow, Mayra del Carmen Fragoso Medina and Marcella Ohira 6. Administrative roles in environmental governance research: scientists incorporating policymakers Robert A. LaFave and Jennifer L. Dunn 7. Incorporating community: opportunities and challenges in community-engaged research Abhilash Kantamneni, Richelle L. Winkler and Kirby Calvert 8. Crossing boundaries: cross-national, transdisciplinary research and teamwork Erin C. Pischke, Amarella Eastmond and Gabriela Alonso-Yanez Part III Case studies of transdisciplinary, social science-rich environmental management research 9. Policy, science, and transdisciplinary research: when will it be safe to eat as much fish as desired? Hugh S. Gorman, Valoree S. Gagnon, Amanda Giang, Judith A. Perlinger and Noel R. Urban 10. Lessons from the transdisciplinary, international BIOPIRE project Jennifer L. Dunn, Jessie L. Knowlton, Robert M. Handler, Erin C. Pischke, Kathleen E. Halvorsen, M. Azahara Mesa-Jurado, Theresa L. Selfa, David J. Flaspohler, Julian Licata, Ena E. Mata-Zayas, Rodrigo Medeiros, Cassandra Moseley, Erik A. Nielsen, Valentin D Picasso Risso, Julio C. Sacramento-Rivero, Tatiana de Souza, Cesar J. VazquezNavarrete and Nathan Basiliko 11. Applying transdisciplinary research to enhance low-to-moderate income households’ access to community solar Brad Barnett, Emily W. Prehoda, Abhilash Kantamneni, Richelle Winkler and Chelsea Schelly 12. In search for common ground: energy justice perspectives in global fossil fuel extraction Roman V. Sidortsov, Raphael J. Heffron, Tedd Moya Mose, Chelsea Schelly and Bethel Tarekegne 13. Understanding household conservation, climate change, and the food-energy-water nexus from a transdisciplinary perspective David Watkins, Rachael Shwom, Chelsea Schelly, Datu B. Agusdinata, Kristin Floress and Kathleen E. Halvorsen 14. A role-playing game development for supporting interventions to reduce household greenhouse gas emissions: transdisciplinary pathways and challenges Datu B. Agusdinata, Muhammad A. Hanif, Heide K. Lukosch, and Excel Ortega 15. Community implementation of potable reuse of treated wastewater Ali Mirchi, Josiah Heyman, George Tchobanoglous, Daisuke Minakata, Shane Walker, Maryam Samimi, R. Brian Guerrero, Diego Sanchez, Robert Handler Index
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