Environmental management Books

Book SynopsisThis succinct, technical reference of coastal-zone resource management is aimed both at students taking courses in coastal management or marine conservation and practitioners in these fields. In response to a worldwide demand, Coastal Seas deals mostly with methodology and provides practitioners, scholars and students with the ideas, tools, materials and strategies needed to manage coastal resources and shoreline development. Although tropical developing nations have the greatest need for this book, the principles are universal and will be of interest and relevance to all. Provides a direction for conservation of coastal resources and marine biodiversity into the 21st century. Suggests solutions to major conservation problems including pollution, storm damage and beach erosion, depletion of sea fisheries, excessive shoreline development, and destruction of essential habitats such as coral reefs and mangrove Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Viewpoint; Coastal Resources Status. Impacts. Programme Design. Programme Development. Methods and Tools. Coastal Connections. Acts of Stewardship. The Coastal Professional. References. Glossary. Unit Conversion Table. Index

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Book SynopsisBased on research by leading scientists, this work offers an accessible account of fishing activities and their impacts on marine habitats, biodiversity and species of conservation concern. It covers fishing methods that range from trawling in the Antarctic to fishing with dynamite in the tropics.Trade Review"This book provides an excellent introduction to some of the crucial issues in regard to the impact of commercial fishing on the marine environment." Sali Jayne Bache, Marine Turtle Newsletter, 2002 'A remarkably reasonable and constructive book.' Ausmarine Magazine, October 2007Table of ContentsKey Points. 1. Introduction. 2. Fishing Gears And Their Operation; Gear Selectivity; Pelagic Drifting Gears; Bottom Set Gears; Pelagic Mobile Gears; Bottom Mobile Gears; SCUBA Diving, Explosives, Poisons. 3. Effects Of Litter From Fishing Gear Ghost Fishing; Ingestion Of Fragments By Marine Mammals,Turtles And Seabirds. 4. Vulnerability Of Different Marine Habitats; Mud; Sand; Gravel And Mixed Grounds; Maerl; Coral, Coralligene And Rocky Reef Habitats; Seagrass Meadows; Kelp Forests; Sea Mounts; Relative Vunerability. 5. Effects On Non-Target Organisms; Sea Birds; Sea Mammals; Sea Turtles; Sea Snakes; Benthic Scavengers. 6. Community And Ecosystem Responses; Community Diversity; Habitat Structure; Benthopelagic Coupling; Species Interactions; Assessing Fisheries Effects. 7. Conservation Aspects And The Way Forward; Marine Reserves; Practical Conservation Measures. 8. Further Reading. 9. Glossary. 10. Acronyms. 11. Addresses Of Contributors

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Book SynopsisHelps the reader quantify and interpret patterns of ecological diversity, focusing on the measurement and estimation of species richness and abundance. This book explores the concept of ecological diversity, bringing fresh perspectives to a field beset by contradictory views and advice.Trade Review"It is a blessing that the book has been rewritten, as it saves us from scouring second-hand bookshops; it was a text that was borrowed from libraries and disappeared...Anne Magurran, while providing an invaluable practical handbook, also explains difficulties in a very readable style...But this book is not just recommended to working ecologists - it is essential." Tony Andrew, University of Ulster, Times Higher Education Supplement, March 2004 "To ecologists and conservation biologists who work with biodiversity, for more than a decade the name 'Magurran' has meant an essential little book on measuring biodiversity Ecological Diversity and Its Measurement, 1988. Now Anne Magurran has written a thorough update Measuring Biological Diversity, considerably expanded to cover important new developments in the field, including richness estimation, new relative abundance models, and new ways to compare assemblage composition. Throughout, examples from the primary literature are used to illustrate concepts and methods and key methods are presented as worked examples in an appendix. And as before, the new book shines with a blessedly welcome readability, excellent scholarship and plain good sense. Magurran does not shrink from making tough judgments and recommendations that go against 'tradition' in this field. I expect the 'new Magurran' to become an essential reference on researchers' bookshelves and required reading for advanced students in biodiversity studies. " Professor Robert Colwell, University of Connecticut. "The book provides a useful and in-depth review of statistical and measurement issues related to biological diversity...It will be a useful reference book and educational tool for years to come for those interested in the measurement of biological diversity." Ecology, December 2004 "This is obviously a finely-crafted book...It will be an indispensable guide for any researcher engaged in measuring species diversity or in comparing the richness of different species assemblages. It is, above all, a practical book, clearly laid out, with concise descriptions and worked examples." African Journal of Aquatic Science, June 2005Table of ContentsPreface vii Chapter 1. Introduction: measurement of (biological) diversity 1 Chapter 2. The commonness, and rarity, of species 18 Chapter 3. How many species? 72 Chapter 4. An index of diversity 100 Chapter 5. Comparative studies of diversity 131 Chapter 6. Diversity in space (and time) 162 Chapter 7. No prospect of an end 185 References 194 Worked Examples 216 Index 248

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Book SynopsisResearch on the large array of tropical estuarine fishes has increased markedly in recent years and hence scientific knowledge about most aspects of these important fishes'' biology and ecology is now catching up with that of their temperate equivalents. This landmark book draws together a vast wealth of information on tropical estuarine fishes and provides a vital reference point for all aspects of their study. The book''s comprehensive contents include thorough coverage of the types and distribution of these fishes, their diversity and the environmental conditions and communities in which they live. Full details of their biology and ecology are an integral part of this book, as are details of these fishes'' dependence on estuaries, man''s interaction with the estuarine fish community and the conservation of estuarine species and the often threatened habitats upon which they depend. The author, Stephen Blaber, has a vast wealth of experience in the subject areas covered by tTrade Review"...any student or scientist working on tropical estuarine (or coastal) fishes must have this book." Fish and Fisheries "My reading indicates that this book will be a valuable reference for those interested in the current status of tropical estuarine systems and our knowledge of them. The book will also serve as a benchmark against which to measure future negative impacts and conservation efforts." CopeiaTable of ContentsSeries Foreword. Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Scope and Definitions. 2. The Diversity of tropical Estuaries. 3. Fish Faunas and Communities. 4. Trophic Ecology. 5. Reproductive Strategies. 6. Effects of Structure and Hydrology. 7. Mangroves and Estuarine Dependence. 8. Estuarine Fisheries. 9. Effects of Fishing. 10. Effects of Industry and Agriculture. 11. Conservation, Rehabilitation and Climate Change. References. Taxonomic Index. Geographic Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book identifies, defines and explains in detail property-related environmental issues. It is written in an easy-to-follow style and presented in a lively format. Issues are explained with reference to relevant background information, practical issues and problems posed. The book is supported by current case studies, and there is learning material - with model answers - for students and lecturers to use for group work. Each topic - e.g. law, economics, property development - is structured in the same way: headline - the big issues and important questions; background - historical, legislative, technical; practical problems and solutions; discussion points; case studies; sources of information/further study.Table of Contents1. THE LOCATION OF PROPERTY: GREENFIELD AND BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT. Suggested learning outcomes. Headlines: big issues and important questions. Background. Practical problems and solutions, current approaches, techniques and models. Part 1: Locations and site-finding for developments. Market information and market research. Investigating sites for different uses. Investigation site-specific characteristics of potential development sites. Part 2: Government policy regarding location of development. PPG1: general principles of the planning system. PPG3: housing. PPG6: retailing and town centres. PPG13: transport. PPG23: planning and pollution control. The Urban Task Force. Urban White Paper: Our Towns and Cities: The Future – Delivering an Urban Renaissance. Part 3: Recent trends in development within city/town centres (as elements of urban regeneration). Urban regeneration: an introduction. Mixed use development. Land assembly and partnerships between developers and local authorities. Financial aid for necessary redevelopment. Regional Development Agencies. Sources of public finance for regeneration. Planning obligations. Possible future directions. Learning materials: problems to solve/issues to discuss in lectures and seminars. Some questions and issues for discussion. Examples of media coverage of the issue of regeneration. References and sources for further study. Further resources: websites. 2. CONTAMINATION: DEALING WITH POLLUTED LAND. Suggested learning outcomes. Headlines: big issues and important questions. Background. Historical causes of contamination. Government action to address contaminated land. Defining contaminated land today. The ‘suitable for use’ standard. Who is liable for contamination?. Amount of land that is contaminated. Controlled waters. Practical problems and solutions, current approaches, techniques and models. Why does it matter whether a site is contaminated?. Registration of contaminated land. Using a team of advisers. Inspection methods. Remediation. Possible future directions. Learning materials. Some questions and issues for discussion. Discussion points using examples of media coverage of the issue of contaminated land. References. Further resources and websites. 3. GREEN PROPERTY: THE DESIGN OF LOWER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BUILDINGS. Suggested learning outcomes. Headlines: big issues and important questions. Defining green buildings. Some important questions that need to be addressed when considering green buildings. Background. BREEAM: an environmental building design and management tool. One Million Sustainable Homes. Practical problems and solutions, current approaches, techniques and models. Whole system solutions. Location and site issues. Energy systems. Water use. Construction materials. Green specifications. LCAs. The benefits of green buildings. Possible future directions. Learning materials. Some questions and issues for discussion. Discussion point using examples of media coverage of the issue of green property. Further resources and websites. 4. PROCUREMENT: SUSTAINABILITY AND THE UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. Suggested learning outcomes. Headlines: big issues and important questions. Defining procurement. Background. Key stages in the procurement process. Recent industry reports. Practical problems and solutions, current approaches, techniques and models. Green taxes. Key Performance Indicators. Minimising the use of resources. Reducing pollution. Reducing and managing waste. Improving workforce management. Common types of contractual arrangement. The Project Manager. Design and Build. Management Contracting. Accelerating Change. Technical guidance. Possible future directions. Learning materials. Some questions and issues for discussion. Discussion points using examples of media coverage of issues relating to the UK construction industry. Further resources and websites

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Book SynopsisThe world-renowned dioramas in Harvard's Fisher Museum have introduced New England's landscape to countless visitors and have appeared in many ecology, forestry, and natural history texts. This first book based on the dioramas conveys the phenomenal history of the land, the beauty of the models, and new insights into nature.Trade ReviewEighty years ago, before virtual reality, before cinematic fantasies, Richard T. Fisher, then director of the Harvard Forest, and Ernest Stillman, a philanthropist, created a state-of-the-art display to try to explain the changes that occurred in New England over time. This book is both a historical document, giving a sense of how the science of forestry some 75 years ago understood the extent of man's impact on the environment, and a scientific synopsis of our current understanding of the ecological effects of agriculture and urbanization. * Chicago Botanic Garden, Current Books *In the museum at the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts, are 23 large dioramas showing how that land looked at various periods during the past 300 years. This book displays all the dioramas in color for the first time, and the accompanying text interprets the environmental drama they exquisitely depict. Today, one sees, the region is in many ways more natural than at any time since the Revolution. * Harvard Magazine *The authors do a good job weaving the text with photographs and details from the dioramas to interpret the dynamic landscapes and the consequences of wholesale land-clearing, farm abandonment, and unchecked logging on the hillsides of central New England. -- Yuri Bihun * Northern Woodlands *Using photographs and details from the dioramas, the authors describe the region's natural history, and interpret its consequences in terms of modern conservation issues. Anyone who sees the book will surely develop a longing to visit or revisit the museum and its dioramas in the near future. * Natural New England *Over the past 300 years, New England landscape has shifted from forest to field and back again. This book presents this natural and human history through photos of the remarkable dioramas at Harvard's Fisher Museum woven together with a lively, informed narrative. -- David Johns * Wild Earth *

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Book SynopsisShows how everything from the rising price of groceries to the subprime mortgage crisis has been exacerbated by the shrinking supply - and growing price - of oil.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2002 Honorable Mention for the 2001 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Geography and Earth Science, Association of American Publishers Praise for the previous edition: "Deffeyes has reached a conclusion with far-reaching consequences for the entire industrialized world... The 100-year reign of King Oil will be over."--Fred Guterl, Newsweek Praise for the previous edition: "Deffeyes makes a persuasive case... This is an oilman and geologist's assessment of the future, grounded in cold mathematics. And it's frightening."--Paul Raeburn, Scientific American Praise for the previous edition: "Deffeyes writes with the taut reasoning of a scientist and the passion of someone raised in the industry. His background is ideal for this subject, and the book is a gem... Read Hubbert's Peak--it's better to know what lies ahead than to be surprised too late to respond."--Brian J. Skinner, American Scientist Praise for the previous edition: "A persuasive prophecy. Hubbert's story is important and needs to be told. I suspect that historians in years to come will recognise Hubbert's Peak as a historical turning point."--Tim Burnhill, New Scientist Praise for the previous edition: "A most readable handbook... If [Deffeyes] is right we have, at most, two or three years in which to prepare for yet another price shock, and to accelerate our move away from oil as fuel. The strength of the book lies in its solid background and well-explained basis for that single prediction."--Stuart Young, Nature Praise for the previous edition: "An important new book."--Robert Kuttner, Boston Globe Praise for the previous edition: "[Some] experts ... worry that the global peak in production will come in the next decade... A heavyweight has now joined this gloomy chorus. Kenneth Deffeyes argues in a lively new book that global oil production could peak as soon as 2004."--The Economist Praise for the previous edition: "Deffeyes, using Hubbert's methodology, shows that the trajectory of world reserves is closely following the pattern of U.S. discovery and depletion, with just a few decades' lag. Drilling deeper, in more remote locations, and with more elaborate technologies won't tap reserves that don't exist... America's energy policy needs to tilt away from oil and in favor of conservation, new technology, and domestic renewables. The time to act is now, before the next wave of gas lines and rationing is upon us."--Robert Kuttner, Business Week Praise for the previous edition: "There are few things as important nowadays as the energy system, and few books on the subject as thought provoking as this one."--J.R. McNeill, Wilson Quarterly Praise for the previous edition: "We have long been told that fossil fuels wouldn't last forever, but Deffeyes hypothesis is still startling: Sometime during the next decade, the supply of oil won't keep up with the demand. Because of its broad impact Hubbert's Peak is a must-read for almost everyone--scientists, policy-makers, environmentalists, people who buy cars."--Ann Wagner, NationalJournal.com Praise for the previous edition: "An ideal freshman reading assignment in any geology course concerned with energy, geological resources, public policy, general science applications in our modern world, or similar topics. All teachers, from high school through graduate level, in all natural sciences, political science, government, business, and engineering courses should read this book and encourage their students to consider its ramifications in their fields."--C. John Mann, Journal of Geoscience Praise for the previous edition: "[A] small and delightfully readable book."--Choice Praise for the previous edition: "Deffeyes's unsettling message is that, although society has been slow to respond to the Hubbert's Peak forecast of world oil decline, a permanent drop in oil production will nevertheless begin within the next decade. Humanity has a brief period in which to wean itself from crude oil, increase energy conservation, and design alternative energy sources."--Dan Johnson, The Futurist Praise for the previous edition: "I commend this book ... to anyone concerned about the future development of planet Earth."--John Parker, Geoscientist Praise for the previous edition: "This book sends a message loud and clear: World petroleum production is going to peak within this decade, maybe as early as 2005, but no later than 2009 and there is hardly any way of escaping from this truth... The book is accessible, easy to read and informative."--Subhes C. Bhattacharyya, Natural Resources Forum Praise for the previous edition: "In the politics of oil, the left is passionately, sentimentally, tree-huggingly pro-environment, while the right shrugs as it climbs into its official mascot, the biggest sport utility vehicle available... In the slide down Hubbert's Peak, political differences will matter less. If those who planned the Sept. 11 attacks know as much about economics as they do about aeronautics, their next target may be the Saudi Arabian oil fields, on which America, Asia, and Europe are overly dependent."--Martin Nolan, The Boston Globe Praise for the previous edition: "An intelligent, briskly written and refreshingly nontechnical book."--John R. Alden, Baltimore Sun Praise for the previous edition: "This book ... should be read ... by all politicians, by all students, no matter what their discipline, and indeed by anyone concerned about their grandchildren's welfare. Reading Hubbert's Peak is the intellectual equivalent of bungee jumping, being simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying."--R. C. Selley, Geological MagazineTable of ContentsPreface to the 2008 Edition ix Acknowledgments xv CHAPTER 1: Overview 1 CHAPTER 2: The Origin of Oil 14 CHAPTER 3: Oil Reservoirs and Oil Traps 40 CHAPTER 4: Finding It 70 CHAPTER 5: Drilling Methods 88 CHAPTER 6: Size and Discoverability of Oil Fields 113 CHAPTER 7: Hubbert Revisited 133 CHAPTER 8: Rate Plots 150 CHAPTER 9: The Future of Fossil Fuels 159 CHAPTER 10: Alternative Energy Sources 176 CHAPTER 11: A New Outlook 186 Notes 191 Index 205

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Book SynopsisIn The Hydrogen Economy, best--selling author Jeremy Rifkin takes us on an eye--opening journey into the next great commercial era in history.Trade Review"Rifkin, who is an influential writer and lecturer at a major American business school, has produced a very readable book with an important message. It deserves to be studied in governments, in the boardrooms of business and, more important, by the citizens of the world - for it is up to them to plan their destiny within realistic options. In short, it speaks of nothing less than the survival of the species." Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsChapter 1: Between Realities; Chapter 2: Sliding Down Hubbert’s Bell Curve; Chapter 3: Energy and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations; Chapter 4: The Fossil-Fuel Era; Chapter 5: The Islamist Wildcard; Chapter 6: A Global Meltdown; Chapter 7: Vulnerabilities Along the Seams; Chapter 8: The Dawn of the Hydrogen Economy; Chapter 9: Reglobalization from the Bottom Up

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Book SynopsisSince 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership.Trade Review"A well-informed and thorough account of how [developing] nations are managing their climate change policies—edited by David Held, Charles Roger, and Eva-Maria Nag ... offers a helpful look at how these important countries actually behave." Perspectives on Politics "Of great value to both the scholarly world and the policy world. The quality of the research is consistently high across all the chapters, and the editors have ensured an excellent degree of analytical cohesion."LSE Review of Books "An excellent reference for anyone concerned with the direction of climate policy in rising economies around the world."Reference and Research Book News "This valuable book once and for all dispels the myth that developing countries are unwilling to take action to confront climate change. By disentangling the complex motivations and incentives facing policy-makers, and the obstacles they face, this is important reading for all who want to understand how all countries can be encouraged to become part of the solution to climate change."Andrew Steer, World Resources Institute "This is a book of considerable value not only to governments and other stakeholders in the developing world, but to others across the globe as well. The principle of 'common but differentiated responsibility' really needs considerable analysis and interpretation for application in different parts of the world. This book very ably reviews global developments and developing country initiatives to highlight the choices, opportunities and challenges facing the developing world in the field of climate governance. Given the very readable material presented in these pages, I would recommend this piece of literature to anyone interested in climate issues across the globe."Rajendra K. Pachauri, Yale University "The large developing countries are essential to the global effort on climate change. This book by people with deep expertise in each country tells us with authority what they are doing and how. High quality work on an important subject."Ross Garnaut, University of Melbourne "This volume is a thoroughly readable and utterly fascinating practical attempt to map climate governance in a set of important developing countries. It takes a significant step towards filling a sizeable, even cavernous, research gap."Environmental PoliticsTable of ContentsContributors vii Preface xi Abbreviations xiii 1. Editors’ Introduction: Climate Governance in the Developing World 1 David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag Part I Asia 2. A Green Revolution: China’s Governance of Energy and Climate Change 29 David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag 3. The Evolution of Climate Policy in India: Poverty and Global Ambition in Tension 53 Aaron Atteridge 4. The Dynamics of Climate Change Governance in Indonesia 72 Budy P. Resosudarmo, Fitrian Ardiansyah and Lucentezza Napitupulu 5. Low Carbon Green Growth and Climate Change Governance in South Korea 91 Jae-Seung Lee Part II Americas 6. Discounting the Future: The Politics of Climate Change in Argentina 113 Matías Franchini and Eduardo Viola 7. Controlling the Amazon: Brazil’s Evolving Response to Climate Change 134 David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag 8. Making ‘Peace with Nature’: Costa Rica’s Campaign for Climate Neutrality 155 Robert Fletcher 9. A Climate Leader? The Politics and Practice of Climate Governance in Mexico 174 Simone Pulver Part III Africa 10. Resources and Revenues: The Political Economy of Climate Initiatives in Egypt 199 Jeannie Sowers 11. Ethiopia’s Path to a Climate-Resilient Green Economy 218 David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag 12. Reducing Climate Change Vulnerability in Mozambique: From Policy to Practice 238 Angus Hervey and Jessica Blythe 13. Reaching the Crossroads: The Development of Climate Governance in South Africa 258 Lesley Masters Index 277

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Book SynopsisPlanning and construction of the James Bay Hydroelectric project began in the early 1970s, when the effect of such projects on the physical and social environment was seldom considered. As the project matured, however, its unique and diverse environmental impacts came under intense scrutiny on both sides of the border.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive account of the rise of the wilderness movement in British Columbia examines the forest industry's political strategies, and analyzes the inner workings of the policy process.Trade ReviewA comprehensive and readable history of the rise of the wilderness movement in BC, the counterattacks by industry and response by government. Anyone who has been involved over the last three decades in any forestry issues from the Stein to Clayoquot will find this book of value as it throws some light on the back room deals and minds of the policy makers and politicians ... The text should be required reading for all senior politicians to catch up on the rhetoric their predecessors were spouting 20 and 30 years ago ... This is a great read and will catch you up on the last 30 years if you weren’t there for all of it. * The Log *[Wilson] has written an impressive study of the development of forest policy in British Columbia ... While the book will be of most immediate interest to students of Canadian politics, its rich analysis of the interplay of industry, environmentalists, and government makes a significant contribution to the environmental policy literature. * Choice *Wilson's book is epic in covering the events, strategies, and personalities that formed the basis of wilderness politics ... This historical account allows us all to see where we fought in the battle, what armour we put on, and how we acted out our parts ... This is a compelling read for anyone who was there. For anyone who missed it but wants to enter the debate, it is the definitive history. -- Briony Penn * BC Studies *Table of ContentsTables and Maps Preface Introduction 1. Perspectives on the Policy Process: Puzzling,‘Powering,’ and the Constraining Importance of the PolicyLegacy 2. The BC Forest Industry 3. The BC Wilderness Movement 4. Government Institutions and the Policy System 5. ‘You Have to Break a Few Eggs’: EnvironmentalismChallenges the Resource Development Juggernaut of the 1960s 6. The Ragamuffins and the Crown Jewels: Bob Williams Confronts theForest Policy Orthodoxy 7. The Delegitimation of Social Credit Forest Policy, 1976-91 8. Containing the Wilderness Movement, 1976-85 9. ‘Have a Good Day, and Try Not To Damage the Grass’:Wars in the Woods, 1986-91 10. The Shifting Discourse of Wilderness Politics, 1986-91 11. The Rise of the Cappuccino Suckers 12. Sausage Making in the 1990s: Forest Practices and Allowable Cutsunder the NDP Conclusion Appendices Notes Glossary of Acronyms Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAims to establish a Canadian presence in the sustainable production debate by analyzing the opportunities and constraints facing both the public and private sectors as Canada strives to move public policy and industrial practice forward. This work is useful for those in business, public policy and engineering.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. New Century Ideas and Sustainable Production / Glen Toner andDavid V.J. Bell Part 1: Sustainable Production and Its Context 2. From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness: Private SectorPractices for Sustainable Production / Bob Masterson 3. Policy Instruments and Sustainable Production: Toward Foresightwithout Foreclosure / Robert Paehlke Part 2: The Knowledge-Based Economy, Social Capital, andProduct Design 4. Developing Sustainability in the Knowledge-Based Economy:Prospects and Potential / Keith Newton and John Besley 5. Sustainability, Social Capital, and the Canadian ICT Sector /David Wheeler, Kelly Thomson, and Michael A. Perkin 6. Innovation, Architecture, and the Changing Role of DesignProfessionals: Assessing the Ford Model U / Carey Frey Part 3: External and Internal Drivers of SustainableProduction 7. Collaborative Public Policy for Sustainable Production: A BroadAgenda and a Modest Proposal / John Moffet, Stephanie Meyer, and JuliePezzack 8. Mobilizing Producers toward Environmental Sustainability: TheProspects for Market-Oriented Regulations / Mark Jaccard 9. Sustainable Production and the Financial Markers: Opportunitiesto Pursue and Barriers to Overcome / Blair W. Feltmate, Brian A.Schofield, and Ron Yachnin 10. Engaging Senior Management on Sustainability / KevinBrady Conclusion 11. Whither Sustainable Production? Sustainable Enterprise and theRole of Government / David V.J. Bell and Glen Toner Index

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Book SynopsisEstablishes a Canadian presence in the sustainable production debate by analyzing the opportunities and constraints facing both the public and private sectors as Canada strives to move public policy and industrial practice forward. This work focuses on the systems by which industrial economies produce goods and services.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. New Century Ideas and Sustainable Production / Glen Toner andDavid V.J. Bell Part 1: Sustainable Production and Its Context 2. From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness: Private SectorPractices for Sustainable Production / Bob Masterson 3. Policy Instruments and Sustainable Production: Toward Foresightwithout Foreclosure / Robert Paehlke Part 2: The Knowledge-Based Economy, Social Capital, andProduct Design 4. Developing Sustainability in the Knowledge-Based Economy:Prospects and Potential / Keith Newton and John Besley 5. Sustainability, Social Capital, and the Canadian ICT Sector /David Wheeler, Kelly Thomson, and Michael A. Perkin 6. Innovation, Architecture, and the Changing Role of DesignProfessionals: Assessing the Ford Model U / Carey Frey Part 3: External and Internal Drivers of SustainableProduction 7. Collaborative Public Policy for Sustainable Production: A BroadAgenda and a Modest Proposal / John Moffet, Stephanie Meyer, and JuliePezzack 8. Mobilizing Producers toward Environmental Sustainability: TheProspects for Market-Oriented Regulations / Mark Jaccard 9. Sustainable Production and the Financial Markers: Opportunitiesto Pursue and Barriers to Overcome / Blair W. Feltmate, Brian A.Schofield, and Ron Yachnin 10. Engaging Senior Management on Sustainability / KevinBrady Conclusion 11. Whither Sustainable Production? Sustainable Enterprise and theRole of Government / David V.J. Bell and Glen Toner Index

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Book SynopsisThe country’s top water experts discusses our most pressing water issues.Trade ReviewThe volume skillfully brings together the perspective form 28 of Canada’s top water experts who debate Canada’ most critical water issues and resolutions … The public at large, the academic community, water supply managers, environmental and water policy analysts, government officials, community groups and politicians from across Canada will find this book a high-quality read … The resulting product gives the interested by non-technical reader a straightforward tool for use in understanding the insidious and complex problems plaguing water governance in Canada. -- Connie Delisle, Strategic Advisor, Policy Research Initiative, Government of Canada * Horizons, vol. 9, no. 1 *Table of ContentsForeword / David SchindlerPreface / Karen BakkerAcknowledgments Abbreviations1 Introduction / Karen BakkerPART 1 Muddy Waters: How Well Are We Governing Canada’s Waters?2 Great Wet North? Canada’s Myth of Water Abundance / John B. Sprague3 On Guard for Thee? Water (Ab)uses and Management in Canada / Dan Shrubsole and Dianne Draper4 Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Taking Canada’s Groundwater for Granted / Linda Nowlan5 Challenging the Status Quo: The Evolution of Water Governance in Canada / Rob de Loë and Reid KreutzwiserIs Canada’s Water Safe? A Photo EssayPART 2 Whose Water? Jurisdictional Fragmentation and Transboundary Management6 Whose Water? Canadian Water Management and the Challenges of Jurisdictional Fragmentation / J. Owen Saunders and Michael M. Wenig7 Drawers of Water: Water Diversions in Canada and Beyond / Frédéric Lasserre8 Thirsty Neighbours: A Century of Canada-US Transboundary Water Governance / Ralph Pentland and Adèle HurleyPART 3 Blue Gold: Privatization, Water Rights, and Water Markets9 Commons or Commodity? The Debate over Private Sector Involvement in Water Supply / Karen Bakker10 Liquid Gold: Water Markets in Canada / Ted Horbulyk11 Trading our Common Heritage? The Debate over Water Rights Transfers in Canada / Randy Christensen and Anastasia LintnerPART 4 Waterwise: Pathways to Better Water Management12 A Tangled Web: Reworking Canada’s Water Laws / Paul Muldoon and Theresa McClenaghan13 Are the Prices Right? Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Sustainability in Water Pricing / Steven Renzetti14 Moving Water Conservation to Centre Stage / Oliver Brandes, David Brooks, and Michael M’GoniglePART 5 Water Worldviews: Politics, Culture, and Ethics15 The Land Is Dry: Indigenous Peoples, Water, and Environmental Justice / Ardith Walkem16 Half-Empty or Half-Full? Water Politics and the Canadian National Imaginary / Andrew Biro17 Rising Waves, Old Charts, Nervous Passengers: Navigating toward a New Water Ethic / Cushla Matthews, Robert B. Gibson, and Bruce Mitchell18 Conclusion: Governing Canada’s Waters Wisely / Karen BakkerAppendices1 A Survey of Water Governance Legislation and Policies in the Provinces and Territories2 Additional Resources and Reading3 The Waterkeeper Alliance Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe country’s top water experts discusses our most pressing water issues.Trade ReviewThe volume skillfully brings together the perspective form 28 of Canada’s top water experts who debate Canada’ most critical water issues and resolutions … The public at large, the academic community, water supply managers, environmental and water policy analysts, government officials, community groups and politicians from across Canada will find this book a high-quality read … The resulting product gives the interested by non-technical reader a straightforward tool for use in understanding the insidious and complex problems plaguing water governance in Canada. -- Connie Delisle, Strategic Advisor, Policy Research Initiative, Government of Canada * Horizons, vol. 9, no. 1 *Table of ContentsForeword / David SchindlerPreface / Karen BakkerAcknowledgments Abbreviations1 Introduction / Karen BakkerPART 1 Muddy Waters: How Well Are We Governing Canada’s Waters?2 Great Wet North? Canada’s Myth of Water Abundance / John B. Sprague3 On Guard for Thee? Water (Ab)uses and Management in Canada / Dan Shrubsole and Dianne Draper4 Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Taking Canada’s Groundwater for Granted / Linda Nowlan5 Challenging the Status Quo: The Evolution of Water Governance in Canada / Rob de Loë and Reid KreutzwiserIs Canada’s Water Safe? A Photo EssayPART 2 Whose Water? Jurisdictional Fragmentation and Transboundary Management6 Whose Water? Canadian Water Management and the Challenges of Jurisdictional Fragmentation / J. Owen Saunders and Michael M. Wenig7 Drawers of Water: Water Diversions in Canada and Beyond / Frédéric Lasserre8 Thirsty Neighbours: A Century of Canada-US Transboundary Water Governance / Ralph Pentland and Adèle HurleyPART 3 Blue Gold: Privatization, Water Rights, and Water Markets9 Commons or Commodity? The Debate over Private Sector Involvement in Water Supply / Karen Bakker10 Liquid Gold: Water Markets in Canada / Ted Horbulyk11 Trading our Common Heritage? The Debate over Water Rights Transfers in Canada / Randy Christensen and Anastasia LintnerPART 4 Waterwise: Pathways to Better Water Management12 A Tangled Web: Reworking Canada’s Water Laws / Paul Muldoon and Theresa McClenaghan13 Are the Prices Right? Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Sustainability in Water Pricing / Steven Renzetti14 Moving Water Conservation to Centre Stage / Oliver Brandes, David Brooks, and Michael M’GoniglePART 5 Water Worldviews: Politics, Culture, and Ethics15 The Land Is Dry: Indigenous Peoples, Water, and Environmental Justice / Ardith Walkem16 Half-Empty or Half-Full? Water Politics and the Canadian National Imaginary / Andrew Biro17 Rising Waves, Old Charts, Nervous Passengers: Navigating toward a New Water Ethic / Cushla Matthews, Robert B. Gibson, and Bruce Mitchell18 Conclusion: Governing Canada’s Waters Wisely / Karen BakkerAppendices1 A Survey of Water Governance Legislation and Policies in the Provinces and Territories2 Additional Resources and Reading3 The Waterkeeper Alliance Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a clear theoretical lens and practical guidance on the prospects and limits of leveraging private corporate social responsibility standards, such as forest certification, alongside government regulatory efforts to achieve more effective and adaptive sustainability solutions.Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Co-Regulating Corporate Social Responsibility 3 Government's Role in Forest Certification 4 Canada: Government Authority in Forest Certification 5 The United States: Enhanced Governance of Certified StateForests 6 Sweden: Public/Private Forest Policy Interplay and Innovation 7 Conclusion Appendices: Research Interviews; The Leading Global ForestCertification Programs; Summary of US State Forest Agency Interviews;US State Forest Certification Audit Outcomes Notes, References, Index

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Book SynopsisBorn with a Copper Spoon tells the fascinating and far-reaching story of one of the world's most important metals.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Worlds of Copper? / Robrecht Declercq, Hans Otto Frøland, and Duncan MoneyPart 1: Connections, Technologies, People: Creating the Global Fabric of Copper1 The Gains of Going Global: The Return on Investment in International Copper Mining during the Second Industrial Revolution / Klas Rönnbäck, Oskar Broberg, and Dimitrios Theodoridis2 Futures Markets as Trustbusters: The Secrétan Copper Cartel and the London Metal Exchange, 1887–89 / Nathan Delaney3 American Mining Engineers and the Global Copper Industry, 1880–1945 / Duncan Money4 The Path to Dominance: American Copper Mining, 1880–1916 / Jeremy Mouat5 Comparing Copper Nationalism in Zambia and Papua New Guinea, 1964–74 / Ingeborg Guldal and Frida Brende JenssenPart 2: Grounding Copper: Communities and Socio-Ecological Transformations6 Copper Mining in Cuba at the Beginning of Mining Internationalization, 1829–70 / Ángel Pascual Martínez-Soto, Miguel Á. Pérez de Perceval, and Susana Martínez-Rodríguez7 Copper Communities on the Central African Copperbelt, 1950–2000 / Iva Peša8 Confronting Kennecott: The Lost City of Bingham Canyon and the History of Mining-Induced Resettlement / Brian James Leech9 Global and Local Interactions: The Great War, Global Trade, and Community Impacts in the Australian Copper Mining Industry, 1900–20 / Erik EklundPart 3: Haves and Have-Nots: Copper in the Age of National Control10 The Copper Industry as National Enterprise in Modern Japan / Patricia Sippel11 Katanga and the American World of Copper: Mechanization, Vertical Integration, and the Territorialization of Colonial Capitalism, 1900–30 / Robrecht Declercq12 The Establishment of Iran’s Copper Mining Industry: The Downfall of Anaconda and Selection Trust in the 1960s–70s / Abdolreza Alamdar and Ali A. Saeidi13 Copper in Chile: From the New Deal to Full Concessions, 1955–81 / Ángel Soto and Alejandro San Francisco14 Producer Cartel, International Commodity Agreement, and the Role of the US Government Copper Stockpile / Hans Otto FrølandIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book describes and analyses the provincial government's role in municipal and regional planning. The conversion of farmland to urban and other uses is discussed, as are the issues raised by the reports of the Ontario Planning Act Review Committee and the Federal/Provincial Task Force on the Supply and Price of Serviced Residential Land and the province's Green Paper on Planning for Agriculture.The authors criticize the government's failure to conduct cost-benefit studies before setting up planning programs and show that there is little factual basis for recent alarm over the disappearance of farmland. Data gathered here for the first time show that the conversion of agricultural land to built-up urban use and non-farm rural residential use in Ontario has been taking place quite slowly in view of the rate of productivity increase in agriculture, the stock of agricultural land, and the decline in the acreage of census farms.Economists will find in this book a useful

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Book SynopsisA Globally Integrated Climate Policy for Canada builds on the premise that Canada is in need of an approach that effectively integrates domestic priorities and global policy imperatives.

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Book SynopsisProvides an environmental history and historical geography that tells the story of human defiance and human commitment within the Ogallala region. It describes the Great Plains' natural resources, the history of settlement and dryland farming, and the remarkable irrigation technologies that have industrialized farming in the region.Trade Review“Thorough, balanced, thoughtful, and certainly thought-provoking. . . . A ‘must read.’”—Journal of Sustainable Agriculture “Opie’s answers, marvelously multi-faceted and unbiased . . . could serve elsewhere as a sane, scholarly model for addressing local enviro-crises.”—Booklist"This book should be read by every Plains political aspirant, policy maker, educator, landowner, farmer and rancher, and indeed every citizen."—Michael J. Smith, Nebraska History"When John Opie first published Ogallala in 1993, it was a major contribution to the fields of environmental, agricultural, and economic histories besides that of the American West. This current revision, ably assisted by Char Miller and Kenna Lang Archer, both exceptionally accomplished environmental historians, is no less a contribution."—James E. Sherow, Environmental HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface to the Third Edition A Note on Editorial Method Introduction: Learning to Think about the Ogallala 1. The First Half-Billion Years 2. Finding the Water: Boom and Bust, 1870–1940 3. From Dryland to Dustbowl: Not a Good Place to Farm 4. Windmills, Center Pivots, Feedlots, and Porkers 5. A Tale of Seven Water Conservation Districts 6. Making Irrigation Work for a Family Farm: Phil and Linda Tooms on the Moscow Road 7. The Future of Plains Irrigation: A New Gospel of Efficiency 8. Thinking the Unthinkable: Climate Change Hits the Vulnerable Plains 9. A Final Look Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIn the American West, pressures to reallocate water to meet urban demands are rising as cities grow, environmental awareness increases, and climate change threatens existing water supplies. The legacy of Owens Valley, however, raises concerns about reallocation. This work considers alternative approaches to the Owens Valley transfer.Trade Review". . . Libecap constructs a convincing revisionist history of the Owens Valley land and water purchases by the City of Los Angeles in the early 20th century." -- Ellen Hanak * Public Policy Institute of California *"In his latest book Owen's Valley Revisited, Libecap takes on one of the most enduring myths in western water history—the famous transfer of water from Owen's Valley to Los Angeles that occurred in the early part of the twentieth century The result is impressive: using extensive archival data, Libecap manages to convincingly demonstrate that the popular 'rap and pillage' myth surrounding Owen's Valley is in actuality much more complicated than generally perceived." -- H-Net"Owen's Valley Revisited fills an important need for anyone who wants a balanced picture of the water history of Los Angeles in the Owen's Valley and Mono Basins. It is concise and yet, thorough. For any fair commentary on the LADWP Owen's Valley history, no writer should begin without first reading Libecap's Owen's Valley Revisited." -- Water & Power Associates, Inc. Newsletter"Scholars of the Los Angeles-Owens Valley controversy will be most interested in the revisionist approach of Gary D. Libecap's Owens Valley Revisited . . . The book does provide a chronology and a solid bibliography as well as several maps, graphs, and tables that students of this story will find useful." -- Randal Beeman * Southern California Quarterly *"Gary Libecap has produced a new economic analysis of the century-long, acrimonious relations between the Los Angeles's Department of Water and Power (LADWP), and Owen's Valley, a region of California that supplies water to Los Angeles His book belongs on the shelf of any water resources economist, as well as on the shelves of historians seeking multiple perspectives of the American West." -- Haddad"Libecap provides a stimulating new view of the infamous Owens Valley Water Purchase. Using scientific tools and objectively weighing the evidence, the book gives the reader an accurate understanding of this controversial and fascinating history." -- Mary Shirley * The Ronald Coase Institute *"This book is an important contribution to the recent literature on institutions, property rights, and transaction costs. Libecap's careful correction of the historical record is a welcome addition to the ongoing debate about water transfer policy." -- P. J. Hill * Wheaton College *Table of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgments xxx @toc2:Chapter 1 Owens Valley and Western Water 1 Chapter 2 The Owens Valley Syndrome 00 Chapter 3 The History of the Owens Valley-to-Los Angeles Water and Land Exchange 00 Chapter 4 The Bargaining Costs of Land and Water Rights Exchanges in Owens Valley 00 Chapter 5 An Assessment of the Owens Valley Transfer: The Distribution of the Gains of Exchange and the Origin of the Notion of "Theft" 00 Chapter 6 Water Rights and Water Re-allocation: Los Angeles and the Owens Valley, 19352006 00 Chapter 7 Water Rights and Water Re-allocation: Los Angeles and the Mono Basin, 19352006 00 Chapter 8 The Costs of Judicial Re-allocation of Water Rights and the Public Trust Doctrine 00 Chapter 9 Concluding Thoughts: Owens Valley and Western Water @toc4:Notes 00 References 00 Index 00

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Book SynopsisTracing the building and erasing of past landscapes to make some of them more visible in the present, Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis reveals how colonial legacies became embedded in national parks - and points to the possibility that such legacies might be undone and those lost landscapes remade.Trade Review“Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis gets to the heart of one of the great debates in the history of conservation: whether there are any true ‘wildernesses’—pristine natural areas untouched by human hands—and, when we set aside protected areas like national parks, whether we should remove evidence of human occupation. The author does a marvelous job weaving O’odham oral traditions and histories into this historical account of Quitobaquito.”—Thomas E. Sheridan, author of Arizona: A History“With engaging prose, Jared Orsi excavates the layers of Indigenous history that underlie this seemingly ‘untouched’ nature reserve, details the environmental and cultural devastation of an increasingly hardened border, challenges the National Park Service—and us—to reckon with its colonial past, and points the way toward reconciliation with the O’odham peoples. The result is a fascinating study of a little-known place in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.”—Marsha Weisiger, author of Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country“Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis provides a trenchant analysis of how cultural heritage, modern management policies challenging that heritage, and local to international forces combined to shape a small, contested desert oasis. Quitobaquito is a tiny and unfamiliar space with lessons for the world.”—Lary M. Dilsaver, author of Preserving the Desert: A History of Joshua Tree National Park

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Book SynopsisAfter humble beginnings as faltering British colonies, the United States acquired astonishing wealth and power as the result of what we now refer to as modernization. Originating in England and Western Europe, transplanted to the Americas, then copied around the world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this process locked together science and technology, political democracy, economic freedom, and competitive capitalism. This has produced for some populations unimagined wealth and material comfort, yet it has also now brought the global environment to a tipping point beyond which life as we know it may not be sustainable. How did we come to endanger the very future of life on earth in our heedless pursuit of wealth and happiness?In Laid Waste!, John Lauritz Larson answers that question with a 350-year review of the roots of an American culture of exploitation that has left us free, rich, and without an honest sense of how this crisis came to be. Larson undertakesTrade Review"Laid Waste! is an easily digestible read...Larson is an exemplary writer who conveys history with clarity, whether discussing wilderness, indigeneity, race, class, labor, profit, and/or Manifest Destiny...[The] stellar epilogue highlights the goals of the edition: to try to challenge the fatalism that is entrenched in the current narratives of climate change, the application of history in overcoming that fatalism to work the problem of global warming, and the creation of a more sustainable society that can overcome false consciousness created through centuries-long and naturalizing narratives of 'improvement' that involved aspects of profitable 'exploitation.'" * Journal of American Culture *"John Lauritz Larson's Laid Waste! is extraordinary for its erudition, literary power, moral passion, and, most of all, its sweeping historical analysis of America's 'culture of exploitation' and its disposition to treat the natural world as nothing more than a source of wealth to be stripped for private gain. It is an outstanding example of the unique value of good history in diagnosing the root causes of a contemporary problem and sketching the outlines of what must change to address it." * Harry Watson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill *"Laid Waste! is a brilliant capstone to a remarkable series of publications by John Lauritz Larson that share a common thread: a close analysis of the conditions and ramifications of economic development in American history in the nineteenth century. Here Larson exposes a 'culture of exploitation' beneath modernization that has ravaged the environment in the name of liberty and progress and now threatens the very existence of life on earth. This is an important book, and we ignore its passionate call for change at our peril." * James Farr, Purdue University *

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Book SynopsisExplores the sociopolitical contexts of heritage landscapes and the many issues that emerge when different interest groups attempt to gain control over them. Based on career-spanning case studies undertaken by the author, this book looks at sites with deep indigenous histories.

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Book SynopsisRising fossil fuel prices and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions are fostering a nuclear power renaissance and a revitalized uranium mining industry across the American West. Environmental sociologist Stephanie Malin offers an on-the-ground portrait of several uranium communities caught between the harmful legacy of previous mining booms and the potential promise of new economic development.Trade Review"A vanguard contribution to examining the pitfalls of alt-energy zeal. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"This book is written to be accessible to broad audiences with an interest in the intersection of energy and society, as well as academic audiences interested in rural sociology, environmental sociology, or other related fields." * Rural Sociology *"Malin provides a compassionate and intriguing ethnography of communities harmed by uranium mining and milling, of government duplicity in covering up hazards, and of the inspiring citizen science with which opponents have mapped cancer clusters and conducted health surveys. This book helps us understand how uranium production, along with other harmful energy production can beget structural violence, disease, and perpetuate inequalities." -- Phil Brown * University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences Northeastern University *"An enjoyable and accessible book, The Price of Nuclear Power provides great insight into the central problem facing natural resource communities across the globe, and is rich in ethnographic details that focus on environmental inequalities." -- Brian Mayer * professor of environmental sociology, University of Arizona *"Before the US approves new uranium mining, consider its toxic legacy" by Stephanie Malin * The Conversation *"Trump’s nuclear posture destabilizes, while disrespecting legacies of environmental injustice" by Stephanie A. Malin * The Defense Post *"The Price of Nuclear Power powerfully documents how isolation and poverty drive residents to support uranium milling despite its health risks. The voices of all sides of the complex debate ring out from Malin’s surveys and interviews." * Technology and Culture *Table of ContentsContents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements1 Introduction: The Paradox of Uranium Production in a Neoliberal Era2 Booms, Busts, and Bombs: Uranium’s Economic and Environmental Justice History in the US3 Lethal Legacies in Uranium Communities: Left in the Dust in Monticello, Utah4 The Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill: A Transnational Corporation Comes Home5 ‘Just Hangin’ on by a Thread’: Isolation, Poverty, and Social Dislocation6 ‘Better Regs’ in an Era of Deregulation: Neoliberalized Narratives of Regulatory Compliance7 Conclusions and Solutions: Social Sustainability and Localized Energy JusticeAppendix: Research Methods and Data CollectionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA sociological study of changing farming methods, Conservation Tillage and Cropping Innovation investigates those techniques that have gradually continued to replace the plow culture. With thorough documentation of the conservation tillage and cropping revolution, this book features chapters on: The Social Construction of Innovative Networks; Planning Conservation Cropping: Implications for Research, Development, and Extension; The New Agriculture of Conservation Cropping: Present and Future.Table of ContentsForeword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Conceptualizing System Innovation: Social Construction of Conservation Tillage and Cropping; Plow Culture in the United States and Australia; Farming in the 1950s: The Driving Forces; The Social Construction of Innovative Networks; Social Construction of New Tillage and Cropping Systems in the united States; The Construction of New Tillage Systems in Australia; The Spread of Conservation Tillage in Kentucky and Queensland; Reconstructing the Farm Landscape: The Spread of Conservation Tillage in the United States; Planning Conservation Cropping: Implications for Research, Development, and Extension; The New Agriculture of Conservation Cropping: Present and Future; Bibliography; Acronyms; Index.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on multidisciplinary research, the authors of this text provide an overview of the theories and data that explain the process of evaporation from free water and soils which are bare, tilled or residue-covered. They discuss the benefits of various methods of reducing evaporation.Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. The Process of Evaporation. Measurement and Modeling of Soil Evaporation. Evaporation Reduction by Tillage. Evaporation Reduction by Straw Mulching. Evaporation Reduction by Combing Mulching. Index.

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Book SynopsisUtilizes basic concepts of economics and finance to explain the relationship of the economy to the ecosystem, seeing the ecosystem as imposing biophysical constraints on economic growth. Means of sustainable economic development and sustainable resource use are stressed.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. 1. Importance of Narural Resources and Environment. 2. Economic and Financial Concepts in Resource Management. 3. Historical Views of Natural and Environmental Resource. 4. Economy and Environment. 5. Property Rights and Externalities. 6. natural Resource decisions. 7. Exhaustible Resource Use. 8. Renewable Resource Management. 9. Economics of Environmental Pollution. 10. Natural and Environmental Resource Accounting. 11. Benefit-Cost Analysis of Resource Investments. 12. Nonmarket Valuation of Natural and Environmental Resources. Summary. Questions for Discussion. Further Readings. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisArgues African ways of seeing and interpreting their environments and past are not only critical to how historians write environmental history, they also have important lessons for policymakers and conservationists. It focuses on the Mpiemu people of the Central Arfrican Republic.Trade ReviewThis is an important, substantial, and innovative study of the intellectual and environmental history of the Mpiemu people. It has the potential to be a landmark study, one that will be widely cited in the future by African historians and likely by environmental, cultural, and developmental scholars as well. - Phyllis Martin, Ruth N. Halls Professor of History, Indiana University ""Cutting the Vines of the Past makes a substantial contribution to African environmental history, conservation history, and the history of environmental interventions in Africa. Giles-Vernick's scholarship is outstanding, the documentation of her sources is meticulous, and her command of the relevant literature is impressive."" - Roderick Neumann, Florida International University, author of Imposing Wilderness: Struggles over Livelihood and Nature Preservation in Africa

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Book SynopsisPlaces contemporary agrarian thinking into a conciliatory and productive dialogue with academic criticism. It argues that the lack of participation in academic discussions means a loss to both agrarians and academics, since agrarian thought can enrich other ongoing discussions on topics such as ecocriticism, postmodernism, feminism, work studies, and politics.

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Book SynopsisIn The Everest Effect Elizabeth Mazzolini traces a series of ideological shifts in the status of Mount Everest in Western culture over the past century to the present day and links these shifts to technologies used in climbs. By highlighting the intersections of technology and cultural ideologies at this site of environmental extremity, she shows both how nature is shapedphysically and symbolicallyby cultural values and how extreme natural phenomena shape culture. Nostalgia, myth, and legend are intrinsic features of the conversations that surround discussions of historic and contemporary climbs of Everest, and those conversations themselves reflect changing relations between nature, technology, and ideology. Each of the book's chapters links a particular value with a particular technology to show how technology is implicated in Mount Everest's cultural standing and commodification: authenticity is linked with supplemental oxygen; utility with portable foodstuffs; individuality with

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Book SynopsisIn Pipe Politics, Contested Waters, Lisa Björkman explores why water is chronically unavailable in Mumbai, India's economic and financial capital. She attributes water shortage to economic reforms that allowed urban development to ignore the water infrastructure, which means that in Mumbai, politics is often about water.Trade Review"Pipe Politics, Contested Waters is a vividly detailed ethnography of Mumbai captured in its policy, institutions, infrastructure, and everyday sociopolitical practices associated with the capture, delivery, and distribution of water. . . . The subject of water is multidisciplinary in approach and is best viewed through the holistic lens of anthropology. This work is a rare addition to the literature." -- Namika Raby * American Anthropologist *"Björkman shows how a slum gets produced through the regulation of its water infrastructure and how this production is central to the city’s redevelopment schemes....Mumbai has long been portrayed and understood as a city of extreme wealth and poverty, epitomized in the visual of a luxury high-rise surrounded by a moat of slums. The politics of water as illustrated in this book cracks open this image by showing just how connected they are." -- Rashmi Sadana * American Ethnologist *“Björkman engages comprehensively with this gulf and covers a vast terrain, unfolding an intriguing plot of urban infrastructure politics. . . . The book is a brilliant piece of work.” -- Srinivas Chokkakula * Journal of South Asian Studies *"This is a very impressive book, one that makes a significant contribution to the literatures on urban infrastructures, water politics and urbanization in the global South. Immersing the reader in the politics of water infrastructures is very effective in showing how the ‘big’ politics of global-city making ultimately and inevitably become bound up in context-specific politics." -- Ross Beveridge * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *"[Pipe Politics, Contested Waters] overflows with novel insights on the significance of knowledge infrastructures within material networks; the workings of local politics; and the unforeseen consequences of economic reforms. It deserves to be widely read by infrastructure scholars, political anthropologists, and students of Indian political economy alike." -- Elizabeth Chatterjee * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"Björkman’s account is remarkably innovative. . . . This book makes a pioneering contribution to the emerging fields of assemblage urbanism, infrastructure studies, and post-colonial urban theory." -- Tanya Matthan * Contemporary South Asia *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Embedded Infrastructures 1 1. We Got Stuck in Between: Unmapping the Distribution Network 21 2. The Slum and Building Industry: Marketizing Urban Development 62 3. You Can't Stop Development: Hydraulic Shambles 82 4. It Was Like That from the Beginning: Becoming a Slum 98 5. No Hydraulics Are Possible: Brokering Water Knowledge 128 6. Good Doesn't Mean You're Honest: Corruption 165 7. If Water Comes It's Because of Politics: Power, Authority, and Hydraulic Spectacle 198 Conclusion: Pipe Politics 227 Appendix: Department of Hydraulic Engineering 235 Notes 237 References 267 Index 277

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Book SynopsisIn Pipe Politics, Contested Waters, Lisa Björkman explores why water is chronically unavailable in Mumbai, India's economic and financial capital. She attributes water shortage to economic reforms that allowed urban development to ignore the water infrastructure, which means that in Mumbai, politics is often about water.Trade Review"Pipe Politics, Contested Waters is a vividly detailed ethnography of Mumbai captured in its policy, institutions, infrastructure, and everyday sociopolitical practices associated with the capture, delivery, and distribution of water. . . . The subject of water is multidisciplinary in approach and is best viewed through the holistic lens of anthropology. This work is a rare addition to the literature." -- Namika Raby * American Anthropologist *"Björkman shows how a slum gets produced through the regulation of its water infrastructure and how this production is central to the city’s redevelopment schemes....Mumbai has long been portrayed and understood as a city of extreme wealth and poverty, epitomized in the visual of a luxury high-rise surrounded by a moat of slums. The politics of water as illustrated in this book cracks open this image by showing just how connected they are." -- Rashmi Sadana * American Ethnologist *“Björkman engages comprehensively with this gulf and covers a vast terrain, unfolding an intriguing plot of urban infrastructure politics. . . . The book is a brilliant piece of work.” -- Srinivas Chokkakula * Journal of South Asian Studies *"This is a very impressive book, one that makes a significant contribution to the literatures on urban infrastructures, water politics and urbanization in the global South. Immersing the reader in the politics of water infrastructures is very effective in showing how the ‘big’ politics of global-city making ultimately and inevitably become bound up in context-specific politics." -- Ross Beveridge * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *"[Pipe Politics, Contested Waters] overflows with novel insights on the significance of knowledge infrastructures within material networks; the workings of local politics; and the unforeseen consequences of economic reforms. It deserves to be widely read by infrastructure scholars, political anthropologists, and students of Indian political economy alike." -- Elizabeth Chatterjee * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"Björkman’s account is remarkably innovative. . . . This book makes a pioneering contribution to the emerging fields of assemblage urbanism, infrastructure studies, and post-colonial urban theory." -- Tanya Matthan * Contemporary South Asia *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Embedded Infrastructures 1 1. We Got Stuck in Between: Unmapping the Distribution Network 21 2. The Slum and Building Industry: Marketizing Urban Development 62 3. You Can't Stop Development: Hydraulic Shambles 82 4. It Was Like That from the Beginning: Becoming a Slum 98 5. No Hydraulics Are Possible: Brokering Water Knowledge 128 6. Good Doesn't Mean You're Honest: Corruption 165 7. If Water Comes It's Because of Politics: Power, Authority, and Hydraulic Spectacle 198 Conclusion: Pipe Politics 227 Appendix: Department of Hydraulic Engineering 235 Notes 237 References 267 Index 277

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Book SynopsisExamines the conflicts that have developed over the preservation of forests in America, and how government agencies and advocacy groups have influenced the management of forests and their resources for more than a century.

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Book SynopsisStephen Brain profiles the Soviet-era efforts to formulate forest policy despite powerful ideological differences.

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Book SynopsisIn January 1969, the blowout on an offshore oil platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, and the resulting oil spill proved to be a transformative event in pollution control and the nascent environmental activism movement.Trade ReviewA history of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill of 1969 and its impact is an important addition to the historiography of American environmentalism. Spezio has done a good job of providing a close history of the spill while effectively contextualizing a number of issues including: offshore oil drilling, pollution technology, and water law. This volume will be of great interest to environmental historians and general readers interested in environmental politics and policy."" - Robert D. Lifset, University of Oklahoma

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Book SynopsisThe field of natural resource management is expanding, attracting individuals and ideas from a wide array of disciplines. For effective communication to take place, it is increasingly important for everyone involved to be familiar with the exact meanings being attached to the terms in use. The Dictionary of Natural Resource Management has been compiled to address this need and provides a single source of definitions about natural resource management terms. With more than 6,000 entries, many of them illustrated and a detailed set of appendices covering the classification of organisms, geological time scales and conversion factors, it is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference work of its kind available. The scope of the dictionary is interdisciplinary. It encompasses terminology from the traditional fields of forestry, silviculture, pest management, mycology, botany, fish and wildlife management, forest fire control, geology, pedology, engineering and resource planning. In additTable of Contents1: Introduction 2: Dictionary Entries 3: Appendix 1: Classification of Organisms 4: Appendix 2: Geological Time Scales 5: Appendix 3: Conversion Tables and Other Measurements

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Book SynopsisThis book consists of selected and revised papers from a conference held in North Carolina that brought together rural geographers from Canada, UK and USA, plus one representative from New Zealand. The papers included in the book are those that focus on agricultural restructuring and sustainability. This subject is of considerable current interest at a time when rural areas in developed market economies are undergoing considerable change. The chapters in the book examine, at various spatial scales, the broad processes and structural changes that are common to all rural systems in developed countries. Different geographical contexts are used to illustrate the uneven development of these processes and the implications for sustainable agriculture and rural systems. Authors provide both literature reviews and original research. The book is aimed at not only rural geographers but also agricultural economists, rural sociologists and policy-makers concerned with rural studies.Table of ContentsSECTION I: Conceptualizing Agricultural Restructuring and Sustainability 1.1: Sustainable Development: A Critical Review of Rural Land-use Policy in the UK, R Munton 1.2: Sustainability, Spatial Hierarchies and Land-based Production, C Cocklin, G Blunden and W Moran 1.3: Greening and Globalizing: Agriculture in ‘the New Times’, G Robinson SECTION II: Family Farming and Farming Culture 2.1: Sustainable Technologies, Sustainable Farms: Farms, Households and Structural Change, R Roberts and G Hollander 2.2: Environmental Change and Farm Restructuring in Britain: The Impact of the Farm Family Life Cycle, C Potter 2.3: The Construction of Environmental Meanings Within ‘Farming Culture' in the UK: The Implications for Agri- environmental Research, C Morris and C Andrews 2.4: Community-level Worldviews and the Sustainability of Agriculture, J M Curry-Roper SECTION III: Diversification and Alternative Agriculture 3.1: Rural Re-regulation and Institutional Sustainability: A Case Study of Alternative Farming Systems in England, G Clark, I Bowler, A Crockett, B Ilbery and A Shaw 3.2: On and Off-farm Business Diversification by Farm Households in England, B Ilbery, M Healey and J Higginbottom 3.3: Great Plains Agroecologies: The Continuum from Conventional to Alternative Agriculture in Colorado, L A Duram SECTION IV: Agricultural Sustainability and Climate Change 4.1: Agricultural System Response to Environmental Stress, J Smithers and B Smit 4.2: Adaptability of Agriculture Systems to Global Climate Change: A Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada Pilot Study, M Brklacich, D McNabb, C Bryant and J Dumanski 4.3: Agricultural Response to Climate Change: A Preliminary Investigation of Farm-level Adaptation in Southern Alberta, Q Chiotti, T Johnston, B Smit and B Ebel SECTION V: Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Policy 5.1: Policy, Sustainability and Scale: The US Conservation Reserve Programme, D Nellis, L Harrington and J Sheeley 5.2: Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue: The Marriage of Agriculture and Conservation in England, N Evans 5.3: Farmer Reaction to Agrienvironmental Schemes: A Study of Participants in South-West England and the Implications for Research and Policy Development, A W Gilg and M R J Battershill 5.4: Achieving Sustainability in Rural Land Management Through Landowner Involvement in Stewardship Programmes, S Hilts SECTION VI: Sustainability and Restructuring the Agricultural System 6.1: Scale Change, Discontinuity and Polarization in Canadian Farm-based Rural Systems, M Troughton 6.2: Sustainability Issues in the Industrialization of Hog Production in the United States, O J Furuseth 6.3: Sustainable Agriculture and Its Social Geographic Context in Ontario, G Walker 6.4: Restructuring for Rural Sustainability: Overcoming Scale Conflicts and Cultural Biases, D Napton

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Book SynopsisBiodiversity has been identified as a key issue in the general debate about the sustainable use of the world's natural resources. Major international efforts are now underway to assess and maintain biodiversity. However, there is an urgent need to collect, manage and disseminate information related to biodiversity in an efficient and effective way. The purpose of this book is to review the needs and opportunities for information and efficient information flows in support of world priorities in biodiversity. It is based on papers presented at a workshop held in London in July 1996, organized by CAB International with the support of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO), IUCN The World Conservation Union and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Contributors include leading players from organizations concerned with conserving and managing biodiversity, based in Europe and the USA as well as develoTable of Contents1: Keynote Address 2: The importance of biodiversity information Sir Crispin Tickell, Green College, The Radcliffe Observatory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 3: Defining and Meeting Needs for Information 4: Information Needs in Biodiversity Assessments - From Genes to Ecosystems V H Heywood, University of Reading, UK 5: Assessing Information Needs for Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biodiversity Dan H Janzen, University of Pennsylvania, USA and R Gámez, INBio, Santa Domingo de Herdia, Costa Rica 6: Defining and Meeting Needs for Information: Agriculture and Forestry Perspective T J B Boyle, Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia and J M Lenné, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India 7: Collecting and Managing the Information 8: Information Needs of Inventory Programmes D L Hawksworth and R K Mibey, University of Nairobi, Kenya 9: Wider Use and Application of Indigenous Knowledge, Innovations and Practices: Information Systems and Ethical Concerns D D Posey, The Oxford Centre for the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 10: Management of Information to Support Conservation Decision Making J R Busby, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK 11: Overview of the UNEP/GEF Biodiversity Data Management Project (BDM) F Duff, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya 12: Distributing the Information 13: The Role of Information in the Operation of the Convention on Biological Diversity C Juma, UNEP, World Trade Centre, Montreal, Canada 14: Designing Information Systems to Support Biodiversity Conservation B A Stein, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, USA 15: Networks for Distributing Information V P Canhos, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil, G P Manfio, Tropical Culture Collection, Fundação de Pesquisas e Tecnologia, Brasil, D A L Canhos, Tropical Database, Fundacao de Pesquisas e Tecnologia, Brasil 16: Biodiversity: The Role of Information Technology in Distributing Information J R Burley, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, P R Scott, CAB INTERNATIONAL, Wallingford, UK and A W Speedy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 17: Overall Conclusions 18: Final Report Recommendations

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Book SynopsisForest is the natural vegetation of most of Europe. Although the majority has been destroyed by human activity over the centuries, a considerable amount remains and has been managed to varying degrees and for a wide variety of reasons. This has resulted in a large number of natural and semi-natural landscapes and habitat types over the region and a high diversity of plant and animal communities adapted to them. The growing interest in natural history and the environment in recent years has resulted in a greater demand for information on the complex ecological history of European forest. This book is unique in providing wide ranging and detailed case studies on specific aspects, including grazing, management practices and conservation and overviews, from recognised authorities, of the latest research on the ecological history of forests and woodland in Europe. It consists of selected papers given at an international conference of forest historians organised in association with the BritiTable of Contents1: Introduction - Historical Ecology and European Woodland, K Kirby and C Watkins 2: Savanna in Europe, O Rackham 3: Development and Dynamics of Agricultural Parks in West Africa, H J Sturm, J Wolfgang 4: Pollard Meadows: Multiple Use of Human-Made Nature, C-A Hæggström 5: The Production of Fodder Trees in Valdagno, Vicenza, Italy, E Bargioni and S A Zanzi 6: Wood Pasture in Dutch Common Woodlands and the Deforestation of the Dutch Landscape, J Dirkx 7: Persistent Outcomes of Coppice Grazing in Rockingham Forest, Northamptonshire, UK, J A Best 8: The Links Between Forest History and Biodiversity: The Invertebrate Fauna of Ancient Pasture Woodlands in the British Isles and its Conservation, K Alexander 9: Interactions Between Humans and Woodland in Prehistoric and Medieval Drenthe (The Netherlands): An Interdisciplinary Approach, T Spek 10: Forest History of the Dutch Province of Drenthe and its Ancient Woodlands: a survey, J van Laar 11: Ecology and History of a Wooded Landscape in Southern Spain, T Marañon, V Jurado and J F Ojeda 12: Landscape Evolution on a Central Tuscan Estate Between the Eighteenth and Twentieth Centuries, M Agnoletti and M Paci 13: An Insight into Past Climate via a Fossil Tree, M Inan 14: What Were Woods Like in the Seventeenth Century? Examples from the Helmsley Estate, North-east Yorkshire, UK, R Gulliver 15: Manx Woodland History and Vegetation, R Bohan 16: The History of the Coniston Woodlands, Cumbria, UK, S Barker 17: Historical Ecology and Post-medieval Management Practices in Alderwood (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) in the Northern Apennines, Italy, S Bertolotto, R Cevasco, D Moreno, G Poggi 18: Habitat Alterations Caused by Long Term Changes in Forest Use in North Eastern Switzerland, M Bürgi 19: The Investigation of Long-term Successions in Temperate Woodland Using Fine Spatial Resolution Pollen Analysis, F Mitchell 20: Ecological Changes in Bernwood Forest - Woodland Management During the Present Millennium, R Thomas 21: Interpreting Present Vegetation Features by Landscape Historical Data: An Example from a Woodland Grassland Mosaic Landscape (Nagykoros Wood, Kiskunság, Hungary), Z Molnár and M Biró 22: Researching Forest History to Underpin the Classification of Dutch Forest Ecosystems, R Wolf 23: Historical Ecology of Woodlands in Flanders, G Tack 24: Occurrence of Woodland Herbs in an Area Poor in Woodlands: NW-Zealand, Denmark, P M Petersen 25: Distribution of Ancient Woodlands, Afforestations and Clearances in Relation to Quaternary Deposits and Soil Types in North Western Brandenburg (Germany) M Wulf 26: Opportunities to Protect the Biodiversity of Ancient Woodland, S-A Bailey, R Haines-Young and C Watkins 27: The Ancient Woodland Inventory in England and its Uses, K Kirby, C Reid and R Thomas

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