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Each chapter explains the specific skills and concepts needed for today''s successful environmental manager, and provides skill development exercises that allow students to relate theory to practice in the profession. Readers will obtain an understanding not only of the field, but also of how professional accountability, evolving science, social equity, and politics affect their work. This foundational textbook provides the scaffolds to allow students to understand the environmental regulatory infrastructure, and how to create partnerships to solve environmental problems ethically and implement successful environmental programs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As a natural resource manager and professional, the book, while environmental management focused, is still relevant, as many of the trends and discussions occur in my world the same as they appear in the environmental management sphere. It's a great book for being able to begin to understand the ever changing and evolving world of environmental management, and I'm glad Professor Lame and Dr. Marcantonio wrote this book to keep the material relevant.' Ben Weise, Contra Costa Resources Conservation District\u003cbr\u003e'Environmental Management offers sage advice, grounded in practical realities, for ethical and effective management of pollution and natural resource problems. Lame and Marcantonio have written a fantastic textbook, filled with real-world examples and concrete lessons, that instructors will find valuable for training future environmental leaders.' David Konisky, Indiana University\u003cbr\u003e'Bill Gates believes that environmental issues - climate disruption, in particular - are the most important issues facing companies, and thus the managers running them. Environmental Management: Concepts and Practical Skills is an extremely timely book addressing the challenges that executives will face in the decades to come. It is useful to college professors, students, and practitioners in their careers.' Jeff Anstine, North Central College\u003cbr\u003e'In an era when environmental management is often clouded by partisan politics and rhetoric, this book is a breath of fresh air teaching the next generation how to manage for the environment.' Rosemary O'Leary, University of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e'The textbook is full of insightful details, from emphasizing that environmental management is managing both people and nature, to highlighting the importance of understanding the scale, effect, and history of an issue at hand, and using past knowledge to inform decisions while anticipating future conditions. It challenges prospective and seasoned environmental managers with tough but necessary questions, evaluating your effectiveness and inclusion of equitable practices.' Brian Watts, Flood-Prepared Communities initiative, The Pew Charitable Trusts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFigures; Real-world examples, author's notes, and interviews from the field; Preface; 1. Introduction to environmental management; 2. Roles of the environmental manager in a tri-sectoral world; 3. Issues and legal trends that impact your environmental management; 4. Environmental regulation; 5. Navigating the environmental regulatory infrastructure; 6. Ethical environmental management and communication; 7. It begins with a plan. Strategic planning and diffusion of innovations; 8. Managing for compliance \u0026amp; performance. 'Driving between the ditches'; 9. Managing the experts; 10. Managing others to do your job. Contracting; 11. Understanding and influencing policy for better environmental management; 12. Looking forward; Case study. The case of implementing a pollution prevention program to reduce the risks of pests and pesticides in children; References; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738004599127,"sku":"9781009112062","price":47.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"introduction-to-environmental-data-science-9781107065550","title":"Introduction to Environmental Data Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStatistical and machine learning methods have many applications in the environmental sciences, including prediction and data analysis in meteorology, hydrology and oceanography, pattern recognition for satellite images from remote sensing, management of agriculture and forests, assessment of climate change, and much more. With rapid advances in machine learning in the last decade, this book provides an urgently needed, comprehensive guide to machine learning and statistics for students and researchers interested in environmental data science. It includes intuitive explanations covering the relevant background mathematics, with examples drawn from the environmental sciences. A broad range of topics are covered, including correlation, regression, classification, clustering, neural networks, random forests, boosting, kernel methods, evolutionary algorithms, and deep learning, as well as the recent merging of machine learning and physics. End-of-chapter exercises allow readers to develop t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As a new wave of machine learning becomes part of our toolbox for environmental science, this book is both a guide to the latest developments and a comprehensive textbook on statistics and data science. Almost everything is covered, from hypothesis testing to convolutional neural networks. The book is enjoyable to read, well explained and economically written, so it will probably become the first place I'll go to read up on any of these topics.' Alan Geer, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)\u003cbr\u003e'William Hsieh has been one of the 'founding fathers' of an exciting new field of using machine learning (ML) in the environmental sciences. His new book provides readers with a solid introduction to the statistical foundation of ML and various ML techniques, as well as with the fundamentals of data science. The unique combination of solid mathematical and statistical backgrounds with modern applications of ML tools in the environmental sciences … is an important distinguishing feature of this book. The broad range of topics covered in this book makes it an invaluable reference and guide for researchers and graduate students working in this and related fields.' 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This comprehensive text covers basic to advanced material ranging from timeless statistical techniques to some of the latest machine learning approaches. His refreshingly engaging style is written to be understood and complemented by a plethora of expressive visuals. Hsieh's treatment of nonlinearity is cutting-edge and the final chapter examines ways to combine machine learning with physics. This text is destined to become a modern classic.' Sue Ellen Haupt, National Center for Atmospheric Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction; 2. Basics; 3. Probability distributions; 4. Statistical inference; 5. Linear regression; 6. Neural networks; 7. Nonlinear optimization; 8. Learning and generalization; 9. Principal components and canonical correlation; 10. Unsupervised learning; 11. Time series; 12. Classification; 13. Kernel methods; 14. Decision trees, random forests and boosting; 15. Deep learning; 16. Forecast verification and post-processing; 17. Merging of machine learning and physics; Appendices; References; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738247082327,"sku":"9781107065550","price":56.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781107065550.jpg?v=1723811856"},{"product_id":"extinctions-9781108843539","title":"Extinctions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAre we now entering a mass extinction event? What can mass extinctions in Earth''s history tell us about the Anthropocene? What do mass extinction events look like and how does life on Earth recover from them? The fossil record reveals periods when biodiversity exploded, and short intervals when much of life was wiped out in mass extinction events. In comparison with these ancient events, today''s biotic crisis hasn''t (yet) reached the level of extinction to be called a mass extinction. But we are certainly in crisis, and current parallels with ancient mass extinction events are profound and deeply worrying. Humanity''s actions are applying the same sorts of pressures - on similar scales - that in the past pushed the Earth system out of equilibrium and triggered mass extinction events. Analysis of the fossil record suggests that we still have some time to avert this disaster: but we must act now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'… a useful and succinct summary of the research into the reality and timing of mass extinctions from the early concepts to recent research - it brought me up-to-date with current thinking on mass extinctions. I admire his 'sceptical' stance: attempting to discriminate what a mass extinction actually is - outside the biggest three - is not as easy as has been assumed. The mass extinctions of the past clearly have relevance to the current approaching catastrophe in the Anthropocene, and the careful appraisal of exactly where we are in comparison with previous extinctions will be of great concern to those interested in the 'long view'. I particularly appreciated the focus on the notion of the interconnectedness of Earth systems.' Richard  Fortey, author of Life: An Unauthorised Biography History and Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution\u003cbr\u003e'Despite its somber title and topic, Extinctions is an exuberant road trip through the history of life on Earth, led by a friendly and knowledgeable guide who knows all the locals along the way. Visiting so many ancestral Earthlings and vanished ecosystems is heady - and deeply humbling.' 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But as Hannah also shows, there is something dreadfully menacing about the massive species loss and climate change the world is currently experiencing, making his book a balanced yet deeply unsettling account of what humans are unwittingly doing to the world.' Ian Tattersall, American Museum of Natural History, co-author of The Accidental Homo sapiens\u003cbr\u003e'An accessible and authoritative guide to the past, present, and future of extinctions. Michael Hannah dives into the fossil record and surveys the great mass extinctions of Earth history, from the death of the dinosaurs to the demise of the woolly mammoth, and explains how they are relevant to understanding the predicament we are in today, and to plotting a better future.' Steve Brusatte, University of Edinburgh and New York Times\/Sunday Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003cbr\u003e'Michael Hannah's book expertly examines the geological record of mass extinction events. It asks us to consider whether we wish to join asteroid strikes and massive volcanic eruptions as causes of mass extinction. Or whether we can change our relationships with the wonderful diversity of life around us to avoid such an ignominious outcome.' Mark Williams, University of Leicester\u003cbr\u003e'… measured, thought-provoking analysis.' Andrew Robinson, Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface; Acknowledgements; Further reading; Introduction; 1. The Anthropocene and the Earth system; 2. A short detour: the fossil record and the geological time scale; 3. The origin of animals and the emergence of the Earth system; 4. Documenting ancient biodiversity; 5. Mass extinctions – the basics; 6. Causes of the End-Permian and End-Cretaceous extinction events; 7. Time heals all – recovering from a mass extinction; 8. The late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions; 9. Surviving the Anthropocene; Further reading; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738348400983,"sku":"9781108843539","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-psychology-of-climate-change-9781138484528","title":"The Psychology of Climate Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat explains our attitudes towards the environment? Why do so many climate change initiatives fail? How can we do more to prevent humans damaging the environment?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Psychology of Climate Change\u003c\/em\u003e explores the evidence for our changing environment, and suggests that there are significant cognitive biases in how we think about, and act on climate change. 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The author suggests that it may be of interest to research and industrial chemists, engineers, and managers wishing to learn more about green chemistry—again, a very modest statement when virtually every aspect of chemistry can utilise most of the principles outlined.    The whole is based on the concepts, as described in 12 principles, first outlined in “Green Chemistry Theory and Practice”, and published in 1998. Most importantly, the modern business term TBL (Triple Bottom Line) has also been incorporated, where the three strands of social, environmental, and financial accountability are interlinked to provide a long term means of sustainability, so much so that major companies now include the concept and its meaning into their annual reports. However, as with most good intentions, once Public Relations departments get to work, the approach can become somewhat mangled and the real significance diluted. 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Recent UK acts aimed at reducing environmental pollution [Industrial Emissions Directive, Air and Water Acts, and Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH), and others] are dwarfed by the four laws on CO2 emissions passed into law from 2010 onwards in the UK. These badly thought-out laws have massively impacted, and massively distorted, the UK’s energy market to such an extent that both industrial and domestic user’s costs are substantial higher than those found in competitive countries, compounded by being largely hidden from users by a raft of hard-to-locate subsidies.    The author was indeed being modest in his claims. 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Geothermal Energy\u003cbr\u003e8-1 Introduction\u003cbr\u003e8-2 Geothermal Applications\u003cbr\u003e8-3 Geothermal Heating\u003cbr\u003e8-4 Geothermal Cooling\u003cbr\u003e8-5 Geothermal Heat Pump Systems\u003cbr\u003e8-6 Geothermal Power Production\u003cbr\u003e8-7 Geothermal Cogeneration\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Biomass Energy\u003cbr\u003e9-1 Biomass Resources\u003cbr\u003e9-2 Conversion of Biomass to Biofuel\u003cbr\u003e9-3 Anaerobic Digestion\u003cbr\u003e9-4 Thermal Gasification\u003cbr\u003e9-5 Ethanol\u003cbr\u003e9-6 Biodiesel\u003cbr\u003e9-7 Liquid Fuels from Syngas, Pyrolysis Oil, and Biocrude\u003cbr\u003e9-8 Electricity and Heat Production by Biomass\u003cbr\u003e9-9 Municipal Solid Waste\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10. 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Energy and the Environment\u003cbr\u003e13-1 Introduction\u003cbr\u003e13-2 Air Pollutants\u003cbr\u003e13-3 Emissions from Automobiles\u003cbr\u003e13-4 The Greenhouse Effect\u003cbr\u003e13-5 Stratospheric Ozone Depletion\u003cbr\u003e13-6 Nuclear Waste\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 1. Property Tables (SI Units)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 2. 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As Chao notes, it is no secret that the palm oil sector has destructive environmental impacts: it greatly contributes to tropical deforestation and is a major driver of global warming. Situating the plant and the transformations it has brought within the context of West Papua’s volatile history of colonization, ethnic domination, and capitalist incursion, Chao traces how Marind attribute environmental destruction not just to humans, technologies, and capitalism but also to the volition and actions of the oil palm plant itself. By approaching cash crops as both drivers of destruction and subjects of human exploitation, Chao rethinks capitalist violence as a multispecies act. In the process, Chao centers ho\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of the Palms\u003c\/i\u003e] is a beautiful read, a brilliantly executed thesis. . . . [Chao’s] explanations of the Marind life-worlds are grounded thoroughly in lived-experience shared through cohabitation, active-listening, and situated entangled interaction.”\u003c\/p\u003e -- Robert Wolfgramm * Pacific Circle Newsletter *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of the Palms\u003c\/i\u003e is a brave, compelling piece of ethnographic work, cleverly structured and delightful in its elegant yet accessible prose, offering a new, powerful take on the longstanding issue of agribusiness expansion in Indonesia.\" -- Silvia Pergetti * ANUAC - Rivista della Società Italiana di Antropologia Culturale *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a brilliant book—beautifully written—based on rigorous and sensitive ethnography and sharp theoretical analysis that seamlessly blends ethnography with theory. Chao’s respect and admiration for her interlocutors shines through the text and brings to life Marinds kinship with sago and more-than-human becomings—and how this is under threat by the oil palm as an actor of multispecies violence. \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of the Palms\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to environmental anthropology and will be of interest to those interested in extractive agriculture, posthumanism, indigenous studies and settler colonialism, decolonising anthropology, political ecology and development studies—both within and beyond Southeast Asia and Papuan Oceania.\" -- Camelia Dewan * Anthropology Book Forum *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of the Palms\u003c\/i\u003e offers a haunting and novel perspective on themes of dispossession and alienation wrought by the expansion of oil palm agribusiness in Indonesia. . . . \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of the Palms \u003c\/i\u003estands out for its courageous attempt to apprehend and translate the internal experience of the Marind community. Meticulous descriptions of interactions with various animal and plant species evidence a profound intersubjectivity of human and environment in the Marind world.\" -- Carter Beale * Forest and Society *\u003cbr\u003e\"This was a story that needed to be told. A counter-narrative to the development agenda that promises a rosy future, without elaborating on the destruction and loss that it entails. . . . Chao's deeply thought-provoking and riveting tome is both theoretical and real, development economics and the anthropology of slow violence. It is a homage to an indigenous community with their own means of resistance—until they too finally fall prey to oil palm.\" -- Serina Rahman * Journal of Southeast Asian Economies *\u003cbr\u003e\"In sum, this book is beautifully written, deeply researched, and deserves to be read widely. Not only by students and scholars of Indonesia, but for all those interested in Southeast Asia and environmental politics. I\u003ci\u003en the Shadow of the Palms\u003c\/i\u003e may well become a classic in both anthropological studies and studies of Southeast Asia. No mean feat for a first book.\" -- Tomas Cole * Asian Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of the Palms\u003c\/i\u003e] is ethnographically rich, analytically incisive, and politically engaged. . . . Chao brings people, plants, and animals into a muddled assemblage to explore relationships, interdependencies, oppression, and generation with great effect. . . . This book will appeal greatly to scholars of more-than-human worlds and global capitalism.”\u003c\/p\u003e -- Sebastian Antoine * Journal of Anthropological Society of Oxford *\u003cbr\u003e“As a reader, I laud Chao’s caring analysis and description; her eye for trouble—\u003ci\u003eabu-abu\u003c\/i\u003e—and her unrelenting commitment to thinking \u003ci\u003ewith \u003c\/i\u003erather than \u003ci\u003efor \u003c\/i\u003ethe Marind. This accessible yet in-depth account of Marind ontologies, their fracturing, and their tentative remaking in the face of the oil palm is an important volume for diverse scholars and students in different fields, for instance those engaged with plantation ecologies, multispecies thought, and indigenous ontologies.” -- Irene van Oorschot * Etnofoor *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of the Palms\u003c\/i\u003e represents, above all, a deeply ethical project—in the sense of giving voice to otherwise marginalised and silenced people; and ethical in its broader existential ambitions. This is a book we all need to read: it speaks to the current predicaments facing all of us.” -- Warwick Anderson * The Australian Journal of Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of the Palms\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful book that will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and activists. This includes those whose work is specifically focused on the necrobiopolitics of the Plantationocene, as well as anyone who might be having trouble finding possibilities for hope in this moment of planetary undoing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Kevin Burke * American Ethnologist *\u003cbr\u003e\"Chao has a superpower — her writing. ... You’d have to search long and hard for a book that better captures the ineluctable violence of our times, that makes the damage feel so poignant, so inexorable, so real.\" -- Danilyn Rutherford * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Pressure Points  33\u003cbr\u003e 2. Living Maps  51\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: Lost in the Plantation—The Dream of Yustinus Mahuze  75\u003cbr\u003e 3. Skin and Wetness  77\u003cbr\u003e 4. 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Eaten by Oil Palm  183\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: Black Waters of the Bian—The Dream of Elena Basik-Basik  201\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions  203\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Endings—The Author's Dream  219\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  221\u003cbr\u003e Notes  227\u003cbr\u003e References  269\u003cbr\u003e Index  311","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867287531863,"sku":"9781478018247","price":20.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478018247.jpg?v=1722282607"},{"product_id":"the-promise-of-multispecies-justice-9781478018896","title":"The Promise of Multispecies Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComing from the worlds of cultural anthropology, geography, philosophy, science fiction, poetry, and fine art, the contributors to this volume consider the possibility for multispecies justice and speculate on the forms it would take.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] vibrant edited volume. . . . 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Each volume expands Western continental philosophy and political theory related to rights and capabilities, ever resistant to human mastery and institutional capture.\" -- Kellen Copeland * American Ethnologist *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Promise of Multispecies Justice \u003c\/i\u003eprovides novel and thought-provoking perspectives concerning the experience of injustice and justice. It is a compulsory read for scholars in many fields, from the diverse fields of human, social, and life sciences. It is relevant and valuable for anyone interested in how to transit towards a fairer society.\" -- Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen * Anthropology Book Forum *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Who Benefits from Multispecies Justice? \/ Eben Kirksey and Sophie Chao  1\u003cbr\u003e Glossary. Species of Justice \/ Sophie Chao and Eben Kirksey  23\u003cbr\u003e Blessing. 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