Environmental management Books

Book SynopsisThis is a detailed overview of the law-and-economics methodology developed and employed by environmental lawyers and policymakers. It will appeal to students and scholars in a range of disciplines interested in environmental policy and will be useful to practicing lawyers and policymakers assembling and testing their arguments and policy options.Trade Review'Here, Faure (Erasmus Univ. Rotterdam) and Partain (Univ. of Aberdeen) offer a detailed discussion of the important issues in environmental law, policy, and economics, drawing on both theoretical predictions and empirical studies.' R. M. Ramazani, ChoiceTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Environmental harm and efficiency; 3. Property rights approach to environmental law; 4. Environmental standard setting; 5. Principles of environmental law and environmental economics; 6. Pricing environmental harm; 7. Market-based instruments; 8. Liability rules; 9. Environmental regulation; 10. Environmental crime; 11. Insurance for environmental damage; 12. Compensation for environmental damage; 13. Environmental federalism; 14. The role of environmental law in developing countries; 15. Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisOurs is the Age of Food. Food is a central obsession in all cultures, nations, the media, and society. Our future supply of food is filled with risk, and history tells us that lack of food leads to war. But it also presents us with spectacular opportunities for fresh human creativity and technological prowess. Julian Cribb describes a new food system capable of meeting our global needs on this hot and overcrowded planet. This book is for anyone concerned about the health, safety, affordability, diversity, and sustainability of their food - and the peace of our planet. It is not just timely - its message is of the greatest urgency. Audiences include consumers, ''foodies'', policymakers, researchers, cooks, chefs and farmers. Indeed, anyone who cares about their food, where it comes from and what it means for them, their children and grandchildren.Trade Review'… today's unsustainable food systems and the impossible job of feeding the estimated 10 billion people inhabiting the planet by 2050 encapsulates the multiheaded crisis humanity faces today. If you haven't heard all this then Food Or War is a good primer, vivid and punchy.' The Observer'Perchance, ecosystems cease to function, the human jawbone would plop open, and remain plopped open, gaping and, over time, morph into a zombie-like end game of people preying upon people. … All of which serves as a prelude to Julian Cribb's brilliance as an established and celebrated science writer, recipient of 32 journalism awards, and author of ten books, with a new 'first-rate' book, now available via pre-order: Food or War. … Food or War is not only a page-turner with Cribb's clear, precise prose, but as an added bonus, it's jam-packed, like a textbook, with significant facts and statistics about the biosphere. It belongs in the hands of people who deeply care about the deteriorating condition of our poisoned planet. Incidentally, based upon very compelling evidence, yes, it is poisoned.' Robert Hunziker, CounterPunch'Food or War offers us the context we need to consider the food we eat, the approach we use to raise food, and the manner we treat others' resources across the globe in new, revealing, and common sense ways.' Carolyn Fortuna, CleanTechnica (www.cleantechnica.com)'Wars rage on in Syria, Yemen and elsewhere, in part driven by food shortages. What to do? … We can turn this imbalance around. Cribb points the way in this must-read book.' Tim Fischer, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, and Chair of the Global Crop Trust with Seed Vault in Svalbard and HQ in Bonn, Germany'Julian Cribb's comprehensive and thoughtful plan to deal with an impending global food security disaster deserves coordinated and urgent consideration by the UN FAO and all national governments.' Michael Jeffery, former Governor General of Australia'Access to this book will enrich deliberations on critical issues of global food supply, dealing with refugees and poverty, and the food/land/water nexus. The evidence-based approach, integration across issues, and presentation of opportunities for the future make this text stand out from the crowd. It is highly recommended.' Kath Bowmer, former Deputy Chief of CSIRO Land and Water and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Charles Sturt University, Queensland'Throughout history, food has been both a tool and a consequence of conflict and migration, which continues today exacerbated by arable land lost to cities, unreliable climate and excess consumption in rich nations while millions remain malnourished elsewhere. Cribb's analysis is urgently apposite, as is his practical call for a sustainable, nourishing and resilient global food system.' Lindsay Falvey, University of Melbourne'[A] splendid exemplar of the new food consciousness.' Tim Lang, The Times Literary Supplement'Drawing on his extensive scientific and historical knowledge, Cribb takes us on a grim and tightly argued odyssey to the edge of the Earth. He holds our hand while we stare into the abyss. Frightening. Having outlined the reality of our tenuous hold on the supports of life, he offers creative and imaginative solutions. A must-read for anyone who cares about the future of humanity.' Bruce Haigh, former Australian diplomat and refugee advocate'In a time when we are absorbed in populist, political nonsense, Julian Cribb brings us to heel with the existential threat we face, in simple language; he joins all the dots.' The Honourable John Kerin, former Australian Minister for Primary Industry'Unputdownable. Dealing with the multiple threats to humanity's most basic need - food - it unceremoniously pulls your head from the sand - but empowers you with the knowledge to do something. An absolutely essential read. This masterful work articulates clearly humanity's future and may just be warning enough for globally connected communities to avert the avalanche of existential threats bearing down.' Brad Collis, Editorial Director, Coretext and author of Fields of Discovery'Human nature meets human need when the red and black horsemen ride in the ultimate existential food fight. At once perceptive and persuasive, Julian Cribb delivers another science-based study of the human condition at its most basic. Food or War is exceptional.' David Hulme, Publisher, Vision.org'A compelling case for turning swords into ploughshares and building a sustainable global food supply in this century of existential climate risks.' David Spratt, American University Washington College of Law, and author of Climate Code Red'Food, like air, water, soil and biodiversity, is one of humankind's most fundamental needs, a source of joy and creator of community. The eco-crises of climate change and loss of biodiversity reveal the total unsustainability of the current global food system. This book is an urgent call for recognition that the inescapable need for change also brings enormous opportunities.' David Suzuki, Award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster'Food or War targets an issue that touches every human life, every day: food. And that, without it, people fight. It shows that our 'jawprint' is the heaviest of all our impacts on our finite planet - and that, for civilisation to survive, how we produce food must change … Anyone with an interest in either the human future or food should read this clear, authoritative, scary book. So should all first-year college classes.' Paul R. Ehrlich, co-author of Jaws: The Story of a Hidden EpidemicTable of Contents1. Food and conflict; 2. War and hunger; 3. The strategic importance of food, land and water; 4. Is 'agriculture' sustainable?; 5. Hotspots for food conflict in the twenty-first century; 6. Food as an existential risk; 7. Food for peace; 8. Urban dreams and nightmares; 9. The future of food; 10. Conclusion: key recommendations of this book.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents both general and comprehensive observations of unsuccessful and successful experiences in water pollution trading programs within the U.S. These experiences help in understanding the major environmental, economic and regulatory barriers that prevent the application of pollution trading in water media to become successful.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND; 1.1 Definition of Water Quality and Water Pollution; 1.2 Water Quality Regulation and Policy Reviews; 1.3 Introduction to Water Quality Trading; CHAPTER 2 CONCEPT, FRAMEWORK AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR WATER QUALITY; 2.1. Concept about Tradable Permit Systems; 2.2 Framework for Establishing WQT Systems; 2.3 Considerations in Establishing Tradable Permit Schemes; CHAPTER 3 OVERVIEW OF OBSERVATIONS IN WATER QUALITY TRADING; 3.1 Overview of Water Trading Programs in the U.S.; 3.2 Observations Derived from Trading Programs; CHAPTER 4 THE ROLE OF TRADING; 4.1 A Specific Role of Trading in WQT programs; 4.2 Important Barriers Hindering the Role of Trading; 4.3 Generic Roles of Water Quality Trading; CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION; 5.1 What distinguishes the success of one WQT program vs. another; 5.2 How well do the WQT programs within the U.S. perform?; 5.3 Why did WQT programs fail to have active trading; 5.4 What should the roles of trading be in water quality management? ; 5.5 What is the suggested guidance for designing WQT programs; 5.6 What are the recommended approaches for promoting a WQT implementation; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; Appendix Summary Details of Water Quality Trading Programs; Appendix A- 1: Part I Regarding Activity, Type of Participants, Pollutants and Market Structure; Appendix A-2: Part II Regarding Size of Watershed, Number of PS, Trading Ratio, Number of Trade, and Characteristics of Participants; Appendix A-3: Part III Regarding TMDL in the Program and Cost-Saving; Appendix A-4: Summary of Analysis Results from Appendix A-1, A-2, A-3; References.

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Trade Review"A tightly written, thoroughly researched, almost encyclopedic book.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer“[Prud’homme] patiently lays out the staggering extent of the world’s water problems.”—The New Yorker “A reader only has to look at the latest headlines to judge the timeliness of Alex Prud'homme's The Ripple Effect."—The Denver Post“The Ripple Effect is true to its title, following the myriad reverberations from our use and abuse of this most abundant, ubiquitous resource. The book plunges in and rarely comes up for air.”—Washington Post

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- I. Understanding Design.- 2. What is Design? Why Do We Need It?.- 3. The Products and Processes of Design.- 4. The Design Landscape.- II. Adding Value to Systems Design and How Systems Design Adds Value to Society.- 5. Design as a Multidimensional Inquiry.- 6. Getting Ready for Design.- 7. Evaluation and Value Adding.- 8. The Journey Continues.- References.Table of ContentsUnderstanding Design. What is Design? Why Do We Need It. The Products and Processes of Design. The Design Landscape. Adding Value to Systems Design and How Systems Design Adds Value to the Society. Design as Multi-Dimensional Inquiry. Getting Ready for Design. Evaluation and Value Adding. The Journey Continues. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe world is undergoing unprecedented changes in many of the factors that determine its fundamental properties and their in- ence on society. These changes include climate; the chemical c- position of the atmosphere; the demands of a growing human population for food and ?ber; and the mobility of organisms, ind- trial products, cultural perspectives, and information ?ows. The magnitude and widespread nature of these changes pose serious challenges in managing the ecosystem services on which society depends. Moreover, many of these changes are strongly in?uenced by human activities, so future patterns of change will continue to be in?uenced by society''s choices and governance. The purpose of this book is to provide a new framework for n- ural resource management-a framework based on stewardship of ecosystems for human well-being in a world dominated by unc- tainty and change. The goal of ecosystem stewardship is to respond to and shape change in social-ecological systems in order to s-Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: “Throughout the work, chapter contributors link recent advances in the theory of resilience, sustainability, and vulnerability with practical issues related to the management of social-ecological systems. … This book introduces an intriguing new approach to the philosophy of resource management emphasizing proactive policies that shape change for sustainability, in contrast to current reactions to observed changes. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections.” (R. L. Smith, Choice, Vol. 47 (3), November, 2009)Table of Contents1. A Framework for Understanding Change 2. MAnaging Ecosystems Sustainably 3.Human vulnerability, adaptation, and resilience 4. Dynamics of integrated social-ecological systems 5. Conservation and livelihoods: Sustaining and restoring the cultural connections to land 7. Landscape stewardship: Discovering the missing connections to sustain vulnerable systems. 8. Forest systems: Living with long-term change. 9.Drylands: Coping with uncertainty, thresholds, and changes in state 10. Lakes and rivers: Managing connections across temporal and spatial scales 11. Oceans and estuaries: Managing the commons 12. Food production systems: integrating technology sustainably 13. Urban and suburban landscapes: Manging the built environment 14. Planet Earth: Sustaining the life support systems of the planet 15. Strategies for managing uncertainty and change 16. Summary and Synthesis

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Book SynopsisIn the face of rapid industrialisation in the last few decades, the tourism economy has blossomed into a major industry with positive impacts such as economic growth, infrastructure development, employment, and income generation. However, tourism brings negative environmental effects such as degradation of landscapes and habitats, increased vulnerability of avifauna and wildlife, and pollution leading to the decline of species. Environmental Impacts of Tourism in Developing Nations is a pivotal reference source that explores some of the critical challenges faced in the tourism economy particularly with regard to the impacts on the environment in developing nations. It also explores the impact tourism plays in the biophysical environment such as the issue of climate change. While highlighting topics such as environmental justice, ecosystems, and ecotourism, this book is ideally designed for academicians, policymakers, environmentalists, tourism professionals, and graduate-level students seeking current research on the environmental and economic impacts of tourism.

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Book Synopsis“An incredibly thorough guide for identifying, harvesting, and utilizing medicinal plants.” —Dr. Deborah Frances RN, ND Naturopathic physician, herbalist, author, and lecturer In Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants, Scott Kloos is your trusted guide to finding, identifying, harvesting, and using 120 of the region’s most powerful wild plants. You’ll learn how to safely and ethically forage, and how to use wild plants in herbal medicines including teas, tinctures, and salves. Plant profiles include clear, color photographs, identification tips, medicinal uses and herbal preparations, and harvesting suggestions. Lists of what to forage for each season makes the guide useful year-round. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers, naturalists, and herbalists in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and northern California.

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Book SynopsisNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, THE BROOKLYN RAIL, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, POP MATTERS, COMICS BEAT, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLYFrom the ?heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman? (Economist), a masterful work of comics journalism about indigenous North America, resource extraction, and our debt to the natural worldThe Dene have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time immemorial, by their account. To the Dene, the land owns them, not the other way around, and it is central to their livelihood and very way of being. But the subarctic Canadian Northwest Territories are home to valuable resources, including oil, gas, and diamonds. With mining came jobs and investment, but also road-building, pipelines, and toxic waste, which scarred the landscape, and alcohol, drugs, and debt, which deformed a way of life.In Paying the Land, Joe Sacco travels the frozen North to reveal a people in conflict over the costs and benefits of development. The mining boom is only the latest assault on indigenous culture: Sacco recounts the shattering impact of a residential school system that aimed to ?remove the Indian from the child?; the destructive process that drove the Dene from the bush into settlements and turned them into wage laborers; the government land claims stacked against the Dene Nation; and their uphill efforts to revive a wounded culture.Against a vast and gorgeous landscape that dwarfs all human scale, Paying the Land lends an ear to trappers and chiefs, activists and priests, to tell a sweeping story about money, dependency, loss, and culture?recounted in stunning visual detail by one of the greatest cartoonists alive.

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Book Synopsis 10,000 copies sold: of the previous edition (titled: How Bad Are Bananas?), originally published in 2011 Revised and updated throughout: including the carbon footprint of things that didn’t exist a decade ago, including a Zoom call, a smartphone, and cryptocurrencies. At least 30% new and revised content Filled with surprising facts: Including that paper bags have a higher carbon footprint than plastic bags (though plastic bags are bad for many other reasons!), and that a mile long ride on a regular bicycle requires more carbon than an eclectic bike (think about the carbon required to energize the rider!). Sustainably produced: All materials in the printing of this book are FSC certified, and the interior is printed on 100% recycled paper

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Book SynopsisThe interface between land use management and transportation planning represents probably the most important spatial impact in sustainable land use, mobility and transportation development. Prior to this book, only limited attempts have been made to integrate these topics as to enhance smart growth and sustainable development principles within spatial systems.The approach followed differs internationally and specifically between different planning and transportation authorities. The spatial impacts of land use and transportation serve as the main catalyst in urban form, development and its associated problems. These impacts represent severe consequences from a built and environmental development perspective. All of these are covered in the book and its supporting chapters.The focus of the book is the application of best practice principles in managing the interface between land use management and transportation planning. Internationally the practice is the promotion of more sustainable urban and rural forms supported by improved levels of accessibility through the application of smart growth and sustainability principles.The focus however remains to successfully optimise land use and transportation integration. The structuring used within each of the chapters provide the reader with the basic and applicable theory and practical knowledge to attain system wide integration and sustainability within the dynamics of spatial and transportation systems. The inclusion of specific theme related case studies endorses the relevancy of this book's topic.Table of ContentsContentsCHAPTER 1Artificial Green Corridors Crossing Large Infrastructure inMetropolitan AreasIntroduction; Complexity Theory; Methodology and Craailo Bridge; Growth Management in Developing Countries; The Craailo case; Findings with regard to the Craailo case; Redescription of the Craailo Green Bridge Planning Process in Terms of Complexity; Discussion; ReferencesCHAPTER 2Rethinking Urban Growth Boundaries: Following the TransportationCorridorsIntroduction; Urban Form; Growth Management and Smart Growth; Urban growth boundaries; Smart growth; Comparison of growth management and smart growth approaches; Growth Management in Developing Countries; Transporta-tion and Its Impact on UGBs; The GCR Case Study; Transportation impact on urban form; Proposed Approach to Urban Land-Use Planning; Conclusions; ReferencesCHAPTER 3Housing Land-Use Effect on Spatial Dynamics Introduction; Land Properties and Perspectives; Intensity of Housing Land Use; Transport Response to Housing Land Use; Housing and Supportive Land Uses; Housing, Sustainability and Spatial Policy Interface; Conclusions; ReferencesCHAPTER 4Land-Use Management in Rural AreasIntroduction; Traditional African Community; Collaborative leadership; Community-based systems; Importance of land (environment); Economy of affection; Agriculture; Summary; ReferencesCHAPTER 5Managing Traffic Congestion - The Case of Land-Use Managementand Transport Planning IntegrationIntroduction; LUM and Transportation Interaction; Institutional Context and Re-lationship between LUM and Transportation; Why Is Policy Integration Impor-tant?; The meaning and purpose of integrated strategies; Ideologies supporting integration; Recent developments in policy integration; Integration in practice; Non-integration; Partial integration; Full integration; What is Traffic Conges-tion?; The speed-flow relationship; What is it that congestion prevents us from accomplishing - why is it 'bad' for our cities?; The economic logic of managing traffic congestion - the case for road pricing; Planning for Sustainability in Land Use and Transport towards Integrated Strategies; Problem identification; Specify-ing objectives; Selecting criteria; Selecting indicators; Transposing sustainability dimensions into components relevant to planning; Menu of Measures; Land-use measures; Transportation supply measures; Demand management measures; Which measures are more appropriate for congestionmanagement?; An Incremental Approach to Addressing Congestion; Promoting public acceptability through transparency, consultation and democratic choice; Circumstances that warrant the introduction of TDM measures; Provision of pub-lic transport; Apply a fuel levy to fund transport CAPEX and OPEX; A pilot study; Introduce a traffic congestion management plan; Conclusions; ReferencesCHAPTER 6Inland Intermodal Terminals and Freight Logistics HubsIntroduction; Setting the scene; Definitions; Inland intermodal terminal concept; Extended gate concept; Aerotropolis concept; Planning Framework; Background; Strategic planning level; Structural planning level; Functional planning; Opera-tional planning; Operational Aspects of Inland Intermodal Terminals; Stake-holders; Role and function of dry port as intermodal node; Conceptual design and layout of dry port; South African Perspective; Freight logistics costs; National freight logistics strategy; National development plan; International experience in Europe; Status and use of intermodalism in Europe; Zaragoza logistics cluster; International Experience in North America; Status and use of intermodalism in North America; Memphis logistics cluster; International Experience in Asia; Status and use of intermodalism in Asia; Singapore logistics cluster; Characteris-tics of Successful Logistics Clusters; South African Case Study; Conclusions; ReferencesCHAPTER 7Spatial Planning as Basis for Guiding Sustainable LandUse ManagementIntroduction; Point of Departure; Definition of Terms and Background; Spatial Planning Perspectives and Land Use Models; Case Study and Background; Ra-tionale and objectives of Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act of 2012 (or else Wise Land Use Act 2012); The structure of Wise Land Use Act 2012; Analysis of Wise Land Use Act 2012; Proposals and Recommendations; ReferencesCHAPTER 8Evaluating the Presence of Smart Growth and SustainabilityPrinciples in Integrated Transport Plans: A Case Study of theTlokwe Local MunicipalityIntroduction; Smart Growth and Sustainability Principles for Settlement Planning; Sectoral Plans for Sustainable and Smart Growth Development; The Goal Achievement Matrix Approach to Evaluate ITPs and SDPs; Conclusions; Refer-encesCHAPTER 9The Urban and Regional Economy Directing Land Use andTransportation Planning and DevelopmentIntroduction; Definition of key concepts and terms; The urban and regional econ-omy; Transportation planning or transport planning; Integrated land use and transportation planning and management; Sustainable urban and regional eco-nomic development planning; Land use planning; Reading and Interpretation of the Urban and Regional Economy: Hearing and Seeking to Understand the Voices and Record of Theory and Practice; Why focus on the urban and re-gional economy: theoretical and practical demands; How land use and trans-portation development planning can support and promote higher urban and re-gional economy performance: theoretical and practical demands; What has been the missing link: reflections on 1 and 2 above and inherent shortcomings or gaps identified and discussed; The effects of land use on transport demand; The effects of transport on land use; The resulting interaction between trans-port and land use; The resulting interaction between transport and land use; Building Common Platforms for Urban and Regional EconomyDevelopment through Employing Land Use and TransportationInterventions; Towards a Conceptual framework for directing the urban andregional economy through land use and transportation levers; Unfolding and Unravelling the Story of Urban and Regional Economies: The Land Use and Transportation Dimensions; Case studies in the urban and regional economy demonstrating how land use and transportation can be used to galvanize andfocus development better; An Emerging urban - regional economic diamond' development framework of analysis; Conclusions; References

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Book Synopsis'Marshall has re-grafted economics to the philosophical roots of collaborative environmental management, given stakeholders a pragmatic economics for 'bottom-up' conflict resolution and eliminated the need for 'top-down' economic experts. Beautifully reasoned and wonderfully practical!' RICHARD B. NORGAARD, ENERGY AND RESOURCES PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, US 'If the potential of collaborative management is ever realized, it will owe a debt to this book. It provides a foundational economic theory of learning coming from complex adaptive systems thinking tested with field experience' ALLAN SCHMID, UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, US 'Marshall argues that mainstream economics, captive as it is of the prisoner's dilemma and the dangers of free-riding, is in a blind alley when it comes to contributing to constructive debate on governance of the commons. This is a significant book, which draws on the new institutional economics to indicate a productive way in which economists could contribute to thinking on common property natural resource management' WARREN MUSGRAVE, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND, AUSTRALIA 'Economic thought and emerging collaborative environmental governance are important areas of thought and application, but are mostly found at great distance from each other and very often in conflict. Marshall not only clearly demonstrates why this is so, he goes on to detail an alternative pathway that can strengthen both of these fields in both their theory and practice. This is a most impressive feat, and this is a book thoroughly deserving a very wide readership' STEPHEN DOVERS, SENIOR FELLOW, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 'A valuable contribution to the burgeoning literature on voluntary collective action that demonstrates how processes can be designed to produce trust amongst stakeholders. Marshall anchors theory in the common property resource governance literature that has challenged orthodox economics for the last 25 years and offers the prospect of productive relationships between users, bureaucrats and funders' MARK SPROULE-JONES, V. K. COPPS PROFESSOR, MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, CANADA Mainstream economics has a tight grip on public discourse, yet remains poorly equipped to comprehend the collaborative vision for managing environmental and resource commons. This ground-breaking book diagnoses the weaknesses of mainstream economics in analysing collaborative and other decentralized approaches to environmental management, and presents a unique operational approach to how collaborative environmental governance might be brought to fruition in a variety of contexts, whether in industrialized or developing countries. The result is a powerful, useful and badly needed approach to economics for collaborative environmental management of the commons.Table of ContentsIntroduction * Part I: The Collaborative Vision, Hopes and Frustrations * Progress, Sustainability and Economics * Part II: Theory and Method for an Economics of Collaborative Environmental Management * Collective Action in the Commons: The View from Mainstream Economics * Developments in Collective Action Theory for Commons Management * An Economics for Collaborative Environmental Management * Part III: Lessons from the Field * Challenges and Strategies for Collaborative Environmental Management: Insights from International Experience * From Antagonism to Trust: Collaborative Salinity Management in Australia's Murray Darling Basin * Part IV: Grounding the Collaborative Vision * Rethinking Policy, Practice and Research * Myth, Enlightenment and Economics *

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Book SynopsisWinner of the International Studies Association's Harold and Margaret Sprout Award 2008 for the best book on international environmental problems. This pioneering study examines the impacts of neoliberal global governance on forests and provides an exhaustive overview of international forest politics: Intergovernmental Panel on Forests World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development Intergovernmental Forum on Forests United Nations Forum on Forests Forest Certification New policies to address illegal logging World Bank's forests strategy Convention on Biological Diversity - and other international forest-related processes The book is an essential reference for students of global environmental politics and required reading for forest policy makers. It concludes by arguing for a democratization of global governance and a fundamental restructuring of the regulatory environment so that final decision making authority is restored to the local level. Driven by concern at what forest loss means for communities and future generations, this is a book that stands to make a difference.Trade Review'The most thorough analysis so far on international forest processes. The arguments and information put forward will be of high interest for both policy makers and future researchers' Birger Solberg, Professor of Forest Economics, Norwegian University of Life Sciences and first Director, European Forest Institute (1993 - 1996) 'Provides a broad, historical perspective on international forest politics and policies. David Humphreys is one of the few people who has an overview of all the international processes concerning forests...I found the book full of thought provoking comment and innovative perspectives' Jeffrey Sayer, Senior Associate, WWF International and Founding Director General CIFOR (1993 - 2001) 'An excellent well-researched volume that is Herculean in its breadth and depth. A timely, comprehensive and knowledgeable analysis that carefully details the obstacles facing efforts to develop meaningful global forest governance' Benjamin Cashore, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University. 'This incisive, wide-ranging analysis explains the failure of international efforts to conserve the world's forests. Through detailed scruitny of the very grey literature about forests, and interviews with some of the key actors, David Humphreys exposes the political and economic interests blocking forestry reform. Anyone involved in global policy making about forests ignores this book at their peril' Marcus Colchester, Director, Forest Peoples Programme 'Once again David Humphreys helps us to understand what lies beneath the surface in the world of international forest politics. The insights in this book will fascinate both newcomers to this field and those negotiators and stakeholders who have spent many years in the trenches. All can learn from this study' Carole Saint-Laurent, Senior Forest Policy Advisor, IUCN - The World Conservation Union. 'A well-presented volume' BC Forest ProfessionalTable of ContentsForests as Public Goods * Intergovernmental Panel on Forests * World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development * Intergovernmental Forum on Forests * United Nations Forum on Forests * The Certification Wars * New Policies to Counter Illegal Logging * The World Bank's Forests Strategy * The International Forests Regime * The Crisis of Global Governance * Index

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Book Synopsis�This volume develops the rich conceptual and empirical content of public-private relationships, increasingly acknowledged as the dominant realm of natural resource governance. Ten wonderful studies from around the world illuminate opportunities for advancing the theory, analysis and effective formation of sustainable systems of resource use. The book is excellent for courses in governance and public policy in any resource and environmental field.� JEFF ROMM, PROFESSOR FOR RESOURCE POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, US �The book addresses the theoretically and politically most important division of social organization into public and private. The authors bring an exciting, multidisciplinary perspective to bear on changing and multiple publics and the strength of relationships connecting these two spheres in rural development and natural resource governance. The contributions range from consumer health and food safety, soil science, forestry and water management to sociological and economic aspects of natural resource property and governance.� FRANZ VON BENDA-BECKMANN, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, GERMANY Natural resources have historically been considered as being governed in public or private spheres - that is, by the state on behalf of the people, or by companies or individuals driven by the market. This dichotomy between private and public is now recognized as overly simplistic, and it is clear that �publics� and �privates� operate at a range of levels and with differing degrees of separation or overlap. Bringing together a group of internationally respected researchers, this book provides a new perspective on prominent issues in resource governance, including the state, NGOs, civil society, communities, participation, devolution, privatization and hybrid institutions, highlighting the three-dimensional nature of relations between �public� and �private�. It builds on empirical analyses from six fields of natural resource governance - agri-environment, biodiversity, bioenergy, food quality and safety, forestry and rural water - and employs a comparative approach that goes beyond the specifi cities of individual policy fields, recognizing shared elements and allowing for a greater understanding of the dynamics underlying governance processes. Introductions to the volume and to each section summarize the key debates and highlight linkages between chapters. This is essential reading for academics, students and policy experts in natural resource governance, development and environmental policy.Table of ContentsForeword * Introduction: Public-Private Relations and Key Policy Issues in Natural Resource Governance * Part I: Publics * Introduction to Part I * Locating Social Choice in Forest Comanagement and Local Governance: The Politics of Public Decision Making and Interests * Devolution in Bulgaria‘s Irrigation System: Contesting the Public * Water Service Provision in the Algarve, Portugal: From Local to National Publics * Part II: Public-Private Hybrids * Introduction to Part II * Governing Austrian Landscapes: Shifts Along the Private-Public Divide * Biodiversity Governance: Adjusting Local Costs and Global Benefits * The Media in Forestry: Government, Governance and Social Visibility * Part III: Privates * Introduction to Part III * Bioenergy Clusters in Austria and Germany: From Public Goals to Private Action * Marketing Safe Food by Labelling: The Pros and Cons of State Regulation * Part IV: Visions for a Sustainable Future * Introduction to Part IV * Food Safety Through Risk Analysis: The Role of Private and Public Governance * Connecting Ecosystem Services to Biodiversity: Designing Sustainable Landscapes by Linking the Public and Private Sectors in Common Cause * Outlook: New Publics and Property Rights * Index

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Book SynopsisClimate change vulnerability assessment is a rapidly developing field. However, despite the fact that such major trends as globalization and the changing characteristics of the political and economic governance systems are crucial in shaping a community‘s capacity to adapt to climate change, these trends are seldom included in assessments. This book addresses this shortcoming by developing a framework for qualitative vulnerability assessment inmultiple impact studies (of climate change and globalization) and applying this framework to several cases of renewable natural resource use. The book draws upon case studies of forestry and fishing - two of the largest sectors that rely on renewable natural resources - and reindeer herding in the European North. The study represents a bottom-up view, originating with the stakeholders themselves, of the degree to which stakeholders find adaptation to climate change possible and how they evaluate it in relation to their other concerns, notably economic and political ones. Moreover, the approach and research results include features that could be broadly generalized to other geographic areas or sectors characterized by renewable natural resource use.Trade Review'Recommended.' – Choice '[A]n important contribution to the literature on how socio-ecological systems experience and manage change ... [t]he book should appeal to a wide variety of scholars interested in the human dimensions of climatic and environmental changes.' – Arctic Journal 'A valuable contribution to the literature on the human dimensions of global environmental change. Scholars, graduate students and practitioners will benefit from reading and referencing it.' – Polar Research 'This volume provides a detailed and thorough examination of vulnerability and adaptation in the northern European Arctic, and serves as a useful reference for stakeholder views in the forestry, fishing, and reindeer herding sectors.' – Lilian Alessa and Andrew Kliskey, University of Alaska Anchorage, The Journal of Polar Record'Standing out from other climate change vulnerability assessments that do not also include the effects of multiple governance levels (i.e. political and economic globalization) on adaptive capacity to climate change, the book presents a detailed and complex insight into the vulnerabilities of the studied sectors. Further, Keskitalo’s examination of stakeholder adaptive capacity in the European Arctic brings new insight and perspective to a mostly North American body of Arctic research.' – Rebeka Ryvola and Elena von Sperber, Carbon & Climate Law Review.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Vulnerability Assessment in the Context of Multiple Levels and Impacts * Structuring the Conceptions of Change * A Methodology for Vulnerability Assessment * Perceptions of Change, Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity among Forest Industry Stakeholders in Northern Sweden and Finland * Perceptions of Change, Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity among Reindeer Herding Stakeholders in Northern Norway, Sweden and Finland * Perceptions of Change, Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity among Fishing Stakeholders in Northernmost Norway * Conclusion * Index

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Book SynopsisCities are amongst our greatest creations. Yet, with cities now home to over half the world's population, there is increasing concern over their unchecked expansion and the detrimental effect this is having on the planet. This unfettered growth is affecting every ecosystem on Earth, from the deepest oceans to the highest mountains, as induced climate change and ever increasing demands upon the world's resources take effect. As the pace of urbanisation quickens, how can we make the world's cities more sustainable? Ian Douglas tells the story of cities. He shows why they exist, how they have evolved and the problems they have encountered, revealing how from the very beginning environmental management played a key role in urban life. He addresses specific problems, such as noise and air pollution, water supply and waste management, as well as the vulnerability of cities to hazards such as earthquakes and flooding. And he considers strategies to make cities more sustainable and help them adapt to climate change, such as waste recycling, energy conservation, dual water systems, sustainable housing, as well as initiatives to retrofit existing cities. Written by an acknowledged international authority, this unique volume will be welcomed by students and specialists in environment, planning, geography, ecology and the built environment.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Trading Village to Global Megalopolis: The Origins and Expansion of Cities Chapter 2: Communities Responding to Disasters and Threats: Vulnerable and Resiliant Cities Chapter 3: Foods, Goods, Materials and Ornaments: The Metabolism of Cities Chapter 4: Smoke, Fumes, Dust and Smog: Changing the Atmosphere of Cities Chapter 5: Water from the Hills, the Ground, the Sea and the Roof: Towards Integrated Water Resource Management in Cities Chapter 6: Sanitation, Sewage and Mountains of Trash: Wastewater and Garbage in Cities Chapter 7: Urban Sounds and Smells: The Noisy, Aromatic City Chapter 8: Cities and a Dynamic Earth: Urban Changes to the Land Surface and Responses to Geophysical Hazards Chapter 9: Urban Greenspaces: The Tamed and Wild Nature in Cities Chapter 10: Urban Sustainability: Cities for Future Generations Final Thoughs Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe groundbreaking new concept that reveals the true and hazardous extent of our everyday water consumption. How much water does it take to make a cup of coffee? The answer may shock you: 140 litres! That's the true amount of water used in growing, producing, packaging and shipping the beans you use to make your morning coffee. Your lunchtime hamburger takes 2,400 litres and that favourite pair of blue jeans a whopping 11,000 litres. In fact, all the goods we buy - from food to clothing to computers - have a water cost in the form of virtual water: the powerful new concept that reveals the hidden facts of our real water consumption. At a time when the world's resources are being used up at increasingly alarming rates what can we do to help tackle the threat to our planet's most precious resource? World water expert Tony Allan - creator of the virtual water concept - shows the way. In this stimulating and enjoyable book he exposes the real impact of our modern lifestyle and shows how we as individuals, and governments globally, can make a vital contribution to managing our water use in a more sustainable and planet-friendly way.Trade Review'I heartily recommend the book as essential reading as is not only informative but also fun and easy to read.' - Barbara Frost, CE of WaterAidTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1. Getting wise about water 2. Beneath the surface 3. Well-fed, well-watered and well-paid 4. Big and beautiful 5. Keeping their heads above the water 6. Watertight The virtual-water gallery Index

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Book SynopsisDescribed in "Nature" as 'a delight for the soil aficionado', this multi-authored collection examines the complex interrelations between societies in different parts of the world and the soils they relied on from the perspectives of geomorphology, archaeology, pedology and history. The geographical spread includes Mesoamerica, Africa, Europe, Australia, India and Easter Island. Few things are more important to human survival than the fertility of the soils from which so much of our food comes. Yet few aspects of the relationship between human society and the environment get so little attention. This book explores some of the enormous variety in the ways that people have worked with, thought about, damaged and restored soils. It also shows some of the ways in which soils, their properties and their histories have influenced human affairs. Soils are the substrate of all human society: from the palaeolithic to the present, their history is our history.Trade Review'This collection covers new ground. It is unique in terms of combining geomorphology, archaeology and history as well as in the choice of its study regions. The chapters contribute over a great geographical span to a fuller understanding of the intricate web of relations between soils and humans.' (Prof. Winfried E.H. Blum, President, European Confederation of Soil Science Societies and Former Secretary General, International Union of Soil Sciences)Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Soils, Soil Knowledge, and Environmental History: An Introduction (J.R. McNeill and Verena Winiwarter) 2. An Introduction to Soil Nutrient Flows (Robert S. Shiel) 3. Exploitation and Conservation of Soil in the 3000-Year Agricultural and Forestry History of South Asia (R.J. Wasson) 4. A Soils History of Mesoamerica and the Caribbean Islands (Tim Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Nicholas Dunning) 5. Wetlands as the Intersection of Soils, Water, and Indigenous Human Society in the Americas (Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Tim Beach) 6. A History of African Soil: Perceptions, Use and Abuse (Kate B. Showers) 7. Prolegomena to a History of Soil Knowledge in Europe (Verena Winiwarter) 8. Nutrient Flows in Pre-Modern Agriculture in Europe (Robert S Shiel) 9. Human Interaction with Soil-Sediment Systems in Australia (R.J. Wasson) 10. The Dynamics of Soil, Landscape and Culture on Easter Island (Andreas Mieth and Hans-Rudolf Bork 11. Know Your Soil: Transitions in Farmers' and Scientists' Knowledge in Germany (Frank Uekoetter)

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Book SynopsisGlobal society is once again focusing its attention on the Amazon, but the outlook is bleak. Top-down approaches that depend on macroeconomic policies are not changing the behaviour of the inhabitants of the forest frontier. Efforts to improve law enforcement have failed because frontier societies are profoundly unequal; inequality encourages informality, breeding corruption and illegality. Indigenous people have stepped into the breach and are doing what they can to stave off disaster, but they are vastly outnumbered. Most inhabitants - who are also citizens that vote - pursue conventional production models that are fundamentally non-sustainable. They might choose different pathways, given the opportunity, but these are limited by the frontier economy and the social reality of their communities. We are losing the Amazon. Volume One of Tim Killeen's serial monograph delivers an unvarnished description of the obstacles to conserving the world's largest and most important tropical forest. Chapter One starts with a lucid narrative of the complex and interrelated social and economic forces driving deforestation, with a critical review of policy initiatives designed to change that trajectory towards a more sustainable future. Chapters Two (Infrastructure), Three (Agriculture) and Four (Land) lay bare the history, economics and business models that underpin the conventional economy. Two further volumes will address other key aspects of a sustainable future, including: the extractive sector (Ch. 5); the culture wars that divide the populace (Ch. 6); evolving governance systems (Ch. 7); the potential of the forest economy (Ch. 8); advances in biodiversity science (Ch. 9); the looming impact of climate change (Ch.10); the indigenous awakening (Ch.11); conservation policy (Ch.12); and, finally, the future (Ch.13). Killeen's enormously ambitious effort seeks to understand and explain all the complex and interrelated phenomena driving (and impeding) change across the region. If you are concerned about the fate of the Amazon, you must read this book.Table of ContentsCh. 1 The State of the Amazon Ch. 2 Infrastructure Defines the Future Ch. 3 Agriculture: Profitability Determines Land Use Ch. 4 Land: The Ultimate Commodity

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