Environmental management Books
McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US Groundwater for the 21st Century: A Primer for
Book SynopsisFresh water is one of the essential natural resources on Earth, and groundwater constitutes 98% of the liquid fresh water on the planet. Yet, throughout the world, groundwater resources are being depleted, allocated, squandered, contaminated -- but rarely is their fundamental value to humankind thought about or understood! Groundwater for the 21st Century is an effort to increase the groundwater literacy -- from local to global scales, among laymen, students, and professionals -- of citizens of planet Earth. Groundwater for the 21st Century provides two very important perspectives on the resource -- (a) a thorough yet accessible introduction to basic groundwater science and (b) a current, concise but comprehensive overview of groundwater resources and their importance, uses, status, management, and prospects in today''s world. The book is well organised, substantive, clearly written in accessible language, and richly endowed with numerous illustrations and tables. An overview of the book is provided at www.mwpubco.com/titles/groundwater.htm -- and we especially invite readers to review the Author''s (a) Detailed Table of Contents and (b) Expanded Description, both of which are available at the link provided. Why is this Book Important? Groundwater for the 21st Century is the most comprehensive overview available combining groundwater science and groundwater use by humans, and it has been organised and written specifically for use by a wide range of readers of all ages, places, interests, and nationalities who might wish or need to be informed and literate about freshwater issues. The health, food, financial security, and habitability of homes and communities -- the lives -- of billions of human beings depends upon the availability of sufficient amounts of fresh water. This book provides much material with which to inform readers about the nature of water, its distribution, and its uses and abuses by humans. From this, readers will be better prepared to evaluate their own actions and those of their neighbours, communities, and the hierarchy of decision makers that lead, guide, influence, and otherwise shape the present and future world. Who is this book intended for? Groundwater for the 21st Century is intended for the working bookshelves of a very broad audience of readers. After all, groundwater is of often unrecognised but unquestionably absolute value to all of humankind. That broad audience includes (a) individual readers of diverse ages and backgrounds who will seek out this volume on their own to pro-actively inform themselves of freshwater resources and their importance; (b) those who teach, lead, and direct others with respect to informed natural resource management; and (c) those with more advanced knowledge of the subject who might wish to acquaint themselves with some of the broader aspects or relationships of their speciality.
£49.59
McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US Outdoor Women inside the Forest Service 1971-2018
Book SynopsisThe US Forest Service was established in 1905 and for the following 60-70 years was staffed primarily by men engaged in the production and harvest of timber. Social and economic changes that emerged from the civil rights and environmental movements of the 1960s and 1970s, however, changed the scope and priorities of the service and created opportunities for women to find employment within the agency. Here, career Forest Service employee Lauren Turner offers a brief history of the agency and then profiles the careers of 42 women who have spent most or all of their working lives in that agency. A final chapter provides a frank review of the collective challenges, rewards, and accomplishments of women who have been employed by the Forest Service since the early 1970s. This review is the first of its kind involving women in the Forest Service and, as such, it adds a rich layer to the history of both the agency and that of modern women. In addition, it serves as a beacon to attract and inform young women of today who might themselves be interested in the outdoor, environmentally important work that is undertaken by the Forest Service.
£26.34
Caitlin Press Elemental
Book SynopsisUsually, we take for granted or plain ignore the Earth we walk on, the Sky above, the Water we drink and bathe in or that falls as rain, the Fire we assume for heat, and the Wood that makes up our landscape and building materials. But over fifteen years as a construction carpenter, Kate Braid began to pay more attention to the materials she worked with and depended upon. Out of these she has crafted an intimate picture of what it is like to be wholly engaged with the elemental materials of earth, sky, water, fire and wood that we depend upon every day. Elemental is a poignant, intelligent collection that asks us to look more closely at ourselves and the details that construct our rich and delicate world.
£11.39
Transcript Verlag To the Last Drop - Affective Economies of
Book SynopsisThe romance of extraction underlies and partly defines Western modernity and our cultural imaginaries. Combining affect studies and environmental humanities, this volume analyzes societies' devotion to extraction and fossil resources. This devotion is shaped by a nostalgic view on settler colonialism as well as by contemporary ?affective economies?. The contributors examine the links between forms of extractivism and gendered discourses of sentimentality and the ways in which cultural narratives and practices deploy the sentimental mode (in plots of attachment, sacrifice, and suffering) to promote or challenge extractivism.
£35.19
Anmol Publications Pvt Ltd Asset Structure and Saving Behaviour of
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Rawat Poverty, Social Capital and Natural Resources
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Managing Water Scarcity: Experiences and
Book SynopsisCollection of essays on water scarcity and conflicts in India, Europe, and the USA, discussing handling mechanisms and effectiveness. Contributors are experts from various disciplines. Emphasizes the importance of transdisciplinary dialogue and multi-pronged action to address water issues.
£45.00
Indus Publishing Company Land Utilization in the Central Himalaya:
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Anmol Publications Pvt Ltd Biodiversity Depletion
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Deep & Deep Publications Trees and Protection of Environment
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APH Publishing Corporation Water of India: Quality and Quantity
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Bookwell Publications Environmental Problems of Coastal Areas in India
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£20.99
Indus Publishing Company Biodiversity and Its Conservation in India
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Unisun Publications World Clean Energy: Buyer's Guide and Directory
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Bookwell Publications International Water Security Domestic Threats and
Book SynopsisWater is crucial for life. Managing shared water basins is challenging due to sovereignty issues. Democratization and globalization impact decision-making. Case studies explore domestic and international water security dynamics.
£999.99
Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Energy and Natural Resources: Sustainability and
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Regal Publications Environment Management
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ListLab Dross City: Urban Metabolism
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£28.50
Bookwell Publications Participatory Forest Management in Odisha:
Book SynopsisStudy on participatory forest management in Orissa highlights governance issues, gender inequality, stakeholder conflicts. Benefits include better forests, but limited livelihood gains due to lack of value addition, market access, and reliance on informal loans. PFM holds promise for poverty alleviation.
£999.99
KIT Publishers Natural Resource Management in West Africa:
Book SynopsisSustainable use of natural resources is a key element in the livelihoods of rural people. Especially the poor are often disproportionately affected by environmental degradation: it loosens their production base, makes them vulnerable to health risks, and can result in natural or man-made disasters. Sharing and accumulation of knowledge are important to help rural people make better decisions. This bulletin presents four examples on how projects and organisations in Western Africa deal with the knowledge aspects and capacity development in land resource management. With the ongoing processes of democratic decentralisation and privatisation, more and more actors are expected to play their role in sustainable resource management. The fragmented landscape of actors has huge consequences for the ways knowledge can be developed and shared. The bulletin analyses the examples and draws lessons with respect to the opportunities for knowledge sharing and capacity development. What are key ingredients for a knowledge management strategy? Strategic questions are identified that need attention in policy development both for donor agencies and governments in the region. We conclude that knowledge management is not easy to implement in the current multi-stakeholder context.
£23.79
Oxford University Press Gender and Green Governance
Book SynopsisEconomists studying environmental collective action and green governance have paid little attention to gender. Research on gender and green governance in other disciplines has focused mainly on women''s near absence from forestry institutions. This interdisciplinary book turns that focus on its head to ask: what if women were present in these institutions? What difference would that make? Would women''s inclusion in forest governance - undeniably important for equity - also affect decisions on forest use and outcomes for conservation and subsistence? Are women''s interests in forests different from men''s? Would women''s presence lead to better forests and more equitable access? Does it matter which class of women governs? And how large a presence of women would make an impact? Answers to these questions can prove foundational for effective environmental governance. Yet they have hardly been empirically investigated. In an analysis that is conceptually sophisticated and statistically rTrade ReviewGender and Green Governance is a magisterial work of astounding erudition. While resplendent with field interviews and statistical tables, its ultimate significance is as a thought-provoking examination of political institutionswhat makes them legitimate, efficient, inclusive, representative and stable over time. * Studies in Indian Politics *Gender and Green Governance will rightly be acknowledged as a classic not just in environmental studies, but in studies of development, governance, public action and public service delivery more broadly ... It is a rigorous, engaged and deeply serious exploration of the conditions under which the greater involvement of women in forest management committees improves the quality of environmental (or green) governance ... it is a landmark text. * Stuart Corbridge, The Journal of Development Studies *[A] tour de force ... rigorous, insightful and broad-ranging ... The book is innovative at more levels than one can list. * Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Indian Express *An impressive study of women and community forestry in India and Nepal. * Nancy Folbre, The New York Times *Path-breaking...an immense contribution not only to ecological economics but also to political science, rural sociology, and energy studies...a landmark contribution with depth and insight. * Joan Martinez-Alier, Economic and Political Weekly *An immense, novel contribution to the literature and a milestone in the ongoing debate on forest governance, gender, rural energy and political economy...exceptional. * Kanchana Wickramasinghe, South Asia Economic Journal *A timely reminder of the need for broad-based "Green Governance" which is inclusive of women. While focused on the forestry sector, the book very convincingly establishes the principle of community participation in management, conservation and sustainable use of dwindling natural resources. * Khawar Mumtaz, The Friday Times *Bina Agarwal has crafted a book of central importance in today's world. Both women and their connections with forests have been under-represented in the field, in academic research, and in policy. With analytical rigour and originality, Agarwal bridges these major gaps in our understanding of the difference women can make, when they are actively involved in forest governance. * Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2009 *Beautifully written and soundly argued, this book makes an outstanding contribution to the fields of both environmental economics and governance. Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork in India and Nepal, and eschewing easy generalizations, Bina Agarwal offers a richly layered and insightful treatment of the effects of women's presence in local bodies governing village forests. * Jean-Philippe Platteau, University of Namur and co-author of Halting Degradation of Natural Resources *A nuanced analysis that demonstrates the value of mixed-methods approaches ... an important book. * Ruth Meinzein-Dick, Feminist Economics *Cutting across areas of economics, environmental studies, political economy, gender studies, local green governance and public policy, this book needs to be read by all...this is a book for the people. * Manju Chellani, Indian Journal of Gender Studies *Table of ContentsPART 1: THE POTENTIAL OF PRESENCE; PART 2: THE IMPACT OF PRESENCE; PART 3: BEYOND PRESENCE
£53.20
Penguin Random House LLC Winning Together The Natural Resource Negotiation Playbook The MIT Press
£38.78
MIT Press Ltd Metabolism of the Anthroposphere second edition
£47.53
Pennsylvania State University Press Fragments from the History of Loss The Nature
Book SynopsisExamines the theoretical framing of “nature” in South Africa and beyond. Analyzes myths and fantasies that have brought the world to a point of climate catastrophe and continue to shape the narratives through which it is understood.Trade Review“Louise Green has compiled an important collection of analyses, focusing on the problem of nature in the age of climate change, and relating this to cultural circumstances in colonial and postcolonial Africa. These fascinating, well-researched, and surprisingly original studies show how nature is produced as a cultural relic in late capitalist society. Her book is an important contribution to the fields of Anthropocene studies, African studies, and cultural studies.”—John Noyes,author of Herder: Aesthetics Against Imperialism“What if the Anthropocene means the end of Third World futures, a shift from freedom to responsibility? In Fragments from the History of Loss, Louise Green shows how nature is produced as concept, commodity, and alibi for exploitation. With bracing nuance and salutary attention to inequality and immiseration, this scintillating book sifts through slices of time and fragments of nature in order to assemble shards of wisdom for living—lightly, with less—in the Anthropocene. An indispensable rejoinder to depoliticizing, universalist accounts of environmental crisis.”—Jennifer Wenzel,author of The Disposition of Nature: Environmental Crisis and World Literature“This brief but thought-provoking study challenges readers to view nature through a broad "constellation" . . . of historical and contemporary elements that illustrate the ways humans created a nature industry to reflect their interests rather than as something objectively natural.”—A. S. MacKinnon Choice“This book is an extraordinary curation of the relationship between the global nature industry and the postcolony. It embroiders seemingly unrelated moments and places them into a compelling whole, from the extinction of the mammoth and the ironies of a shopping bag promoting the plight of Africa’s wild dogs, to personal observations of queuing for water at Cape Town’s public fountain and the history of the Land Rover in South Africa.”—Jasmin Kirkbride Green Letters: Studies in EcocriticismTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. The Nature Industry2. Nature in Fragments3. Living in the Subjunctive4. The Primitive Accumulation of Nature5. The Cult of the Wild6. Privatizing Nature7. Living at the End of NatureNotesReferencesIndex
£999.99
Yale University Press Four Neotropical Rainforests
Book SynopsisThe disappearance of tropical forests is a problem for the world environment. In this book, experts on four rainforest sights in Central and South America - Manaus, Brazil; Manu Park, Peru; Barro Colorado Island, Panama; and La Selva, Costa Rica - compare the characteristics of these systems.
£61.59
Springer RiskBenefit Analysis in Water Resources Planning and Management
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Springer History and Precedent in Environmental Design
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Springer Risk Assessment Methods
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Springer Environmental Simulation Research and Policy Issues
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Springer Global Energy Demand in Transition The New Role of Electricity 350
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Springer Technology for Global Economic and Environmental Survival and Prosperity Proceedings of an International Conference Held in Miami Beach Florida November 810 1996 363
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Springer Probabilistic Techniques in Exposure Assessment A Handbook for Dealing with Variability and Uncertainty in Models and Inputs
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Springer Immunotoxicology and Risk Assessment
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Springer Reproductive Toxicology In Vitro Germ Cell Developmental Toxicology from Science to Social and Industrial Demand 444 Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 444
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Springer Theoretical Perspectives in EnvironmentBehavior Research Underlying Assumptions Research Problems and Methodologies
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Springer Preparing the Ground for Renewal of Nuclear Power
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Springer The Challenges to Nuclear Power in the TwentyFirst Century
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Springer Residential Exposure Assessment A Sourcebook
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Springer The LermaChapala Watershed Evaluation and Management
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Springer Decision Support Systems for Riskbased Management of Contaminated Sites 763 Lecture Notes in Mathematics SpringerVerlag 763
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Springer PostAgricultural Succession in the Neotropics
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Springer acidintheenvironment
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Springer Temporal Dimensions of Landscape Ecology
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Springer Temporal Dimensions of Landscape Ecology
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Springer Reclaiming the Land Rethinking Superfund Institutions Methods and Practices
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Biology and Ecology of Earthworms
Book SynopsisCh. 1. Earthworm Morphology.- Ch. 2. Earthworm Physiology.- Ch. 3. Earthworm Diversity, Dispersal, and Geographical Distribution.- Ch. 4. Earthworm Life Histories and Biology.- Ch. 5. Earthworm Ecology: Populations.- Ch. 6. Earthworm Ecology: Communities.- Ch. 7. The Influence of Environmental Factors on Earthworms.- Ch. 8. The Role of Earthworms in Organic Material and Nutrient Cycles.- Ch. 9.- Interactions Between Earthworms, Microorganisms, and Other Invertebrates.- Ch. 10. Role of Earthworms in Soil Structure, Fertility and Productivity.- Ch.11. Adverse and Beneficial Aspects of Earthworms.- Ch. 12. Earthworms in Environmental Management.- Ch.13. Earthworms in Organic Waste Management.- Ch.14. Effects of Agricultural Practices and Chemicals on Earthworms. Table of Contents CH. 1. Earthworm Morphology.- CH. 2. Earthworm Physiology.- CH. 3. Earthworm Diversity, Dispersal, and Geographical Distribution.- CH. 4. Earthworm Life Histories and Biology.-CH. 5. Earthworm Ecology: Populations.-CH. 6. Earthworm Ecology: Communities.- CH. 7. The Influence of Environmental Factors on Earthworms.- CH. 8. The Role of Earthworms in Organic Material and Nutrient Cycles.- CH. 9.- Interactions Between Earthworms, Microorganisms, and Other Invertebrates.- CH. 10. Role of Earthworms in Soil Structure, Fertility and Productivity.- CH.11. Adverse and Beneficial Aspects of Earthworms.- CH. 12. Earthworms in Environmental Management.- CH.13. Earthworms in Organic Waste Management.- CH.14. Effects of Agricultural Practices and Chemicals on Earthworms.
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Springer The Water Environment of Cities
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Springer The History Use Disposition and Environmental Fate of Agent Orange
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