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Book SynopsisToxic Heritage addresses the heritage value of contamination and toxic sites and provides the first in-depth examination of toxic heritage as a global issue.Bringing together case studies, visual essays, and substantive chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume provides a critical framing of the globally expanding field of toxic heritage. Authors from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and methodologies examine toxic heritage as both a material phenomenon and a concept. Organized into five thematic sections, the book explores the meaning and significance of toxic heritage, politics, narratives, affected communities, and activist approaches and interventions. It identifies critical issues and highlights areas of emerging research on the intersections of environmental harm with formal and informal memory practices, while also highlighting the resilience, advocacy, and creativity of communities, scholars, and heritage professionals in reTable of ContentsForeword; Introduction: Toxic Heritage: An Introduction. Section 1: Introduction - Section 1 "Framing Toxicity": Chapter 1: Toxic legacies of slickens in California: a mobile heritage of hydraulic mining debris; Visual Essay 1: Visual Essay: Extraction old and new: toxic legacies of mining the desert in southwestern Africa; Chapter 2: Of blaes and bings: the (non)toxic heritage of the West Lothian oil shale industry; Chapter 3: When Toxic Heritage is Forever: Confronting PFAS Contamination and Toxicity as Lived Experience; Chapter 4: Plasticity and Time: Using the Stress-Strain Curve as a Framework for Investigating the Wicked Problems of Marine Pollution and Climate Change. Section 2: Introduction - Section 2 "The Politics of Toxic Heritage": Chapter 5: Heritage-led Regeneration and the Sanitisation of Memory in the Lower Swansea Valley; Case Study 1: Ghost Wrecks of the Anthropocene: An Enduring Toxic Legacy of the Pacific War; Chapter 6: Military Legacies and Indigenous Heritage in Canada’s Newest National Park Reserve; Case Study 2: Trash Fires as Toxic Heritage in Palestine; Chapter 7: Politics of Mining: Toxic Heritage in the Atacama Desert; Case Study 3: Sticky, Stinky, Squalid: The toxic leachate of households’ waste in an area of urban decay in Tehran (Iran); Chapter 8: Toxic Landmarking and Technoprecarious Heritage in Ghana. Section 3: Section 3 Affected Communities, Activism, and Agency – Introduction: Chapter 9: Reluctant Returns: Repatriating a Poisoned Past; Case Study 4: Public Memory of Toxic Displacement: Heavy Metal Contamination and Superfund Remediation in Federally Assisted Housing Communities; Visual Essay 2: Translating and Transforming Toxicity: Moving Between Ethnography and Graphic Art; Chapter 10: Preservation by demolition: Toxic heritage in contemporary China; Chapter 11: Unwanted Legacy and Memory of the Milieu: Toxic Materials, Remediation, Habituation (Estarreja, Portugal); Chapter 12: Environmental and Embodied Agro-toxic heritage in Rural Uruguay: From Recognition to Transition to Sustainability among Dairy Farmers. Section 4 Introduction - Section 4 "Narratives of Toxic Heritage": Chapter 13: Dirty Laundry: the Toxic Heritage of Dry Cleaning in Indianapolis, Indiana; Case Study 5: When Cleaning up the Battlefields from Time of War has Polluted Soils in Time of Peace: A Silent but Visible Toxic Legacy from the Great War; Chapter 14: Toxic City: Industrial Residues, the Body and Community Activism as Heritage Practice in Glasgow; Case Study 6: Rubber as (toxic) heritage: the Amazonian rubber case; Case Study 7: Three memory frameworks on Chernobyl; Chapter 15: The Toxic Anthracite: Toxic Heritage. Section 5: Introduction - Section 5 "Approaches and Interventions": Chapter 16: Environmental Justice Tours: Transformative Narratives of Struggle, Solidarity and Activism; Visual Essay 3: Getting the Lead Out, One Community at a Time; Case Study 8: Climate Museum UK: Practices in Response to the Traumasphere; Chapter 17: Toxic Heritage and Reparations: Activating Memory for Climate Justice; Case Study 9: Case Study: From Leftovers To Takeover: Latent Insurgency Amidst the System’s Remnants; Visual Essay 4: Taking care of nuclear waste; Chapter 18: Toxic and Wasted: Artists Thinking About How to Engage With Material Futures; Conclusion: Why Toxic Heritage Matters.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a cross-urban account on murals, street art, and public art in cities around the globe. It reviews the rules, policies, and regulations that frame how murals and street art are managed across a range of cities and contexts. Murals and street art serve as dynamic stages for communities and individuals with multiple and sometimes opposing identities, with the potential to cause disturbance and conflict. The book investigates the challenges they present to cities and city administrations, and the policies and practices that are crafted to address them. The global landscape of today''s mural policies is discussed comparatively across a range of cities, and the impact of written rules, unofficial practices, and institutional arrangements on city spaces, walls, and surfaces is examined. An important contribution to this growing field, the book will appeal to students, practitioners, and scholars with an interest in public art, municipal governance, public space manageme

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Book SynopsisMuseum Configurations demonstrates how museum space functions cognitively and communicatively and questions whether it can be designed to provide a rich embodied experience, situating displays and their public in felicitous dialogue.Including contributions from authors working in the disciplines of architecture, psychology, museum studies, history and the visual arts, this volume addresses an interdisciplinary audience. The analysis of a wealth of examples shows how the voices of architects, curators and exhibition designers enter into dialogue and invite visitors to make their own connections between physical, cognitive and affective space. Considering how the layout of museums facilitates movement and orientation so that visitors may devote their attention to displays, the book questions what kinds of visual attention characterizes museum experiences and how the design of museum space can support them. In the context of an often dematerialized, atomized, and dissipatTable of Contents1. Museums as spatial configurations; 2. The dialectic of the enlightenment museum: Edifice, edification, and dissolution; 3. Movement, visibility, and the states of museum experience; 4. Intelligibility and the structures of freedom; 5. A stimulating museum space: ‘Glancing away’ and engaging working memory in-between exhibits; 6. Narrative, dramaturgy and spatial choreography: movement and subjectivity in museum configurations; 7. Spacing collections. Space syntax and a museum yet to come; 8. Navigating museum space: Mapping, syntax, and metaphor; 9. Designing the syntax of museum space in the studio; 10. Postscript: What more can museum architecture do?.

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Book SynopsisThe underlying theme of Twenty-Five+ Buildings Every Architect Should Understand is the relationship of architecture to the human being, how it frames our lives and orchestrates our experience; how it can help us make sense of the world and contribute to our sense of identity and place. Exploring these dimensions through a wide range of case studies that illustrate the rich diversity of twentieth- and twenty-first-century architecture, this book is essential reading for every architect. With the addition of numerous shorter analyses, this new edition covers an even greater range of architectural ideas, providing students and architects with further inspiration for exploration in their own design work.Architects live by ideas. But where do they come from? And how do they shape buildings? There is no one right way to do architecture. This book illustrates many. Its aim is to explore the rich diversity of architectural creativity by analysing a wide range of examplTrade ReviewEndorsements for Twenty-Five Buildings… (2nd edition)‘Simon Unwin’s new case studies stretch his original analytical agenda beyond its more conventionalarchitectural history and theory parameters: it broadens the topic to open up themes and concerns veryimmediate to current architectural debate. A must-have for all teachers of architecture and their students.’Claude Saint-Arroman, Goldsmiths University (Research), School of Architecture, University of East London, UK‘Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand illuminates a different perspective on understanding and decoding the theories and philosophies of architects through their works across the globe, signifying the regional context in the design process. This book is an exemplary contribution from Simon Unwin to the academic and practical interest of architecture.’T.L. Shaji, Professor, Department of Architecture, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Kerala, India‘Unwin’s writings and drawings harmonize so well, and treat their manifold subject with such surgical precision and care, that they enable the reader who has not visited (in most cases never will visit) these exemplary projects, to feel as though we have entered into them, and felt with our own bodies their widely diverse and often intimate choreographies.’Ted Landrum, Archi-Poet, University of Manitoba, Canada‘In Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand, which expands on the first edition TwentyBuildings, Simon Unwin continues a ‘go slow’ approach to architectural analysis. Eschewing flashy photographs, Unwin uses the classic architectural tools of exquisitely drawn two-dimensional plans, sections, and elevations to analyze systematically each of the twenty-five buildings. A valuable work not only for students of architecture, but for anyone wanting to understand the process of creating spaces forhuman habitation and enjoyment.’Marie-Alice L’Heureux, Architect, Associate Professor, University of Kansas, USATable of ContentsCasa de Chá da Boa Nova (Siza) Mongyo-Te (Kansetsu Hashimoto) CASA DEL OJO DE AGUA (Dewes and Puente) NEUENDORF HOUSE (Pawson and Silvestrin) BARCELONA PAVILION (Mies) TRUSS WALL HOUSE (Ushida Findlay) ENDLESS HOUSE (Kiesler) FARNSWORTH HOUSE (Mies) Glass House (Johnson) Robie House 1 (Wright) LA CONGIUNTA (Märkli) CABANON (Le Corbusier) Hōjōki (Kami no Chomei) ESHERICK HOUSE (Kahn) inc. Vanna Venturi House (Venturi) House VI (Eisenman) The Box (Moss) Temple of the Four Winds (Vanbrugh) MAISON À BORDEAUX (Koolhaas) DANTEUM (Terragni) Louisiana Art Museum (Bo and Wohlert) FALLINGWATER (Wright) VILLA SAVOYE (Le Corbusier) House of the Silver Wedding, Pompeii KEMPSEY GUEST STUDIO (Murcutt) Australian aborigine place-making Place-making on the beach SEA RANCH (MLTW) Place-making in the home VILLA E.1027 (Gray) inc. Tempe à Pailla (Gray) Apollo Pavilion (Pasmore) SANKT PETRI KYRKA (Lewerentz) Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut (Le Corbusier) Royal Villa, Knossos VILLA BUSK (Fehn) VILLA MAIREA (Aalto) Fathy House (Fathy) THERMAL BATHS (Zumthor) Changeability RAMESH HOUSE (R.S. Liza) Mud House, Kerala BARDI HOUSE (Bardi) Robie House 2 (Wright) Fun Palace (Price) VITRA FIRE STATION (Zaha Hadid) MOHRMANN HOUSE (Scharoun) Moll House (Scharoun) Schminke House (Scharoun) BIOSCLEAVE HOUSE (Gins and Arakawa) Turn End (Aldington)

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Book SynopsisBuild to Rent (BTR) is a form of residential tenure which first emerged in the United States, where it is known as Multifamily Housing. While it has been a mature asset in the United States for over a decade, it is relatively new to the UK and Ireland. The Rise of Build to Rent in the UK examines how this type of housing can play a key role in streamlining design and construction activity in a forward-facing manner which embraces climate change resilience and digital methods for delivery and management within the circular economy. The book examines the background of traditional UK home-owning and renting from which this new sector emerged, and charts BTRâs momentum swing in 2016 and on-going expansion to the present day, describing the potential of the BTR model in terms of both economic and climate sustainability and evaluating the key ingredients to success. The Rise of Build to Rent in the UK concludes with five highly illustrated UK case studies which evaluate the

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Book SynopsisThroughout the twentieth century architectural models served as the miniature playgrounds in which the future of Britainâs built environment was imagined, and in drawing from the evidence provided by those models today, this book considers how architects, planners, and civil engineers thought about that future by presenting a history of yesterdayâs dreams of tomorrow, told through architectural models.Focused not on the making of architectural models but rather the optimistic and utopian visions they were made to communicate, this book examines the possible futures put forward by 120 models made by Thorp, the oldest and most prolific firm of architectural modelmakers in Britain, in order to reveal a century of evolving ideas about how we might live, work, relax, and move. From depictions of unbuilt city masterplans to those of seemingly ordinary shopping centres and motorways, the models featured trace a progression of the architectural, social, political, technological, and

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Book SynopsisNumerous laws including the Green New Deal have been proposed or passed in cities, states, and countries to transition from fossil fuels to 100% clean, renewable energy in order to address climate change, air pollution, and energy insecurity. This textbook lays out the science, technology, economics, policy, and social aspects of such transitions. It discusses the renewable electricity and heat generating technologies needed; the electricity, heat, cold, and hydrogen storage technologies required; how to keep the electric power grid stable; and how to address non-energy sources of emissions. It discusses the history of the 100% Movement, which evolved from a collaboration among scientists, cultural leaders, business people, and community leaders. Finally, it discusses current progress in transitioning to 100% renewables, and the new policies needed to complete the transition. Online course supplements include lecture slides, answers to the end-of-chapter student exercises, and a list of extra resources.Trade Review'A great book! Finally a textbook is available that clearly explains all aspects of a full supply of renewable energy. It shows why problems of air pollution and global warming can be solved by using renewable energies. It explains very clearly all aspects of a secure and climate-friendly full supply of renewable energies using comprehensive scientific facts and clear practical examples. It should be used as a standard textbook in all worldwide energy economics lectures worldwide! It is highly relevant not only for students but for all those interested in energy economics in times of unsolved challenges caused by climate change and pollution. A book that everyone should have read!' Professor Claudia Kemfert, German Institute for Economic Research'Engineering professors of the world: are you teaching a course on climate change, or planning one? If you are, this is the textbook you should be adopting. Civil, mechanical, electrical, materials, chemical engineering aspects of the energy transition are exhaustively addressed. And this book has soul: today's engineering student feels the need to do something about climate change, and this book empowers them.' Anthony R. Ingraffea, Cornell University, New York'Mark Jacobson's new book, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything, provides the most authoritative look yet at the future of energy beyond fossil fuels. The text is clearly written, authoritative, and thoroughly referenced. This will make a great text book for courses on energy and climate change, but is also a must read for all of us interested in the transition to a renewable future.' Robert W. Howarth, Cornell University, New York'The world's major crises need radical and comprehensive solutions, with 100% clean renewable energy systems at the core of any health, climate, peace or prosperity plan. Marc Z. Jacobsen shows in a brilliant and scientifically profound way why such a worldwide transformation is necessary and how it can be realized. A powerful work that leaves no more excuses for political inaction.' Hans-Josef Fell, Former German Parliamentarian and founder of German solar tariffs'Professor Jacobson's work on the possibilities for renewable energy have opened eyes around the globe. Where people once saw barriers, increasingly they see possibilities and openings, and this book consolidates that new understanding.' Bill McKibben, Middlebury College, Vermont'Mark Jacobson shines a bright light illuminating the path forward, painstakingly detailing - with numbers and facts - how we can decarbonize our energy infrastructure, take action on climate, create a cleaner environment and sustain a healthy, green economy. At a time when there is far too much doom and gloom over our prospects for averting climate catastrophe, read this book, take action and be part of the battle to preserve a healthy, livable planet.' Michael E. Mann, Penn State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface; 1. What problems are we trying to solve?; 2. Wind-water-solar (WWS) and storage solution; 3. Technologies not needed or not helpful; 4. Electricity basics; 5. Photovoltaics and solar radiation; 6. Onshore and offshore wind energy; 7. Steps in developing 100 percent all-sector WWS and storage roadmaps; 8. Matching electricity, heat, cold, and hydrogen demand continuously with 100 percent WWS supply, storage, and demand response; 9. Evolution of the 100 percent movement and policies needed for a WWS solution; Glossary of acronyms; Acknowledgments; Appendix; References.

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Book SynopsisGlobal Environmental Careers Global Environmental Careers The Worldwide Green Jobs Resource This book is the ideal guide to equipping you with the tools and know-how to develop an environmental career. It is filled with practical advice, case studies, personal profiles and top tips across the global environment sector. An essential resource for anyone, from school students to those who are already in work but dreaming of a more meaningful career. This new book comes at exactly the right moment. There has never been a more critical time for effective, international action on our common ecological crisis, and success in that work requires a new generation of 21st Century environmental professionals.'Kevin Doyle, Executive Director, Office of Career and Professional Development, Yale School of the Environment As an experienced green career coach, the top questions I hear from green job seekers are, What are the green jobs out there, which ones would be a good match, how do I get my foot in the door, and where do I find these jobs? Taberham's book answers all of these in a refreshingly approachable way.'Lisa Yee-Litzenberg, President, Green Career Advisor LLC One of the biggest challenges environmental career seekers face is understanding and muddling through the opportunities available to them based on their experience, education, and interest. Taberham's book is a great resource to help people navigate their options and grab some tips for the career journey.'Laura Thorne, The Environmental Career Coach A fantastic book for those who are interested in pursuing a role in sustainability. Jam-packed with helpful resources, career insights, and real-life case studies this is a go-to resource for professionals who are launching their careers.'Sharmila Singh, New Lens Consulting Justin Taberham provides an impressive global overview of a multifaceted, ever-changing sector that continues to evolve rapidly due to advances in technology and knowledge, changes in funding and incentives, and shifts in priorities and laws.'Carol L. McClelland, PhD, Author of Green Careers for DummiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements ix 1 Introduction 1 2 Environmental Consultancy 51 3 Integrated Water Resources Management 80 4 Environmental Law 100 5 Environmental Policy, Legislation and Regulation 121 6 Conservation and Ecology 129 7 Greening Companies, Corporate Sustainability 154 8 Air Quality 176 9 Fisheries Management 189 10 Marine Science and Conservation 207 11 Protected Area Planning and Management 219 12 Waste and Resource Management and Contaminated Land 232 13 Renewables and Energy 246 14 Journalism and Writing/Blogging 264 15 Emerging and Other Sectors 276 16 Contributors 282 Index 000

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Book SynopsisA brand new edition of the definitive textbook on humankind's impact on the Earth's environmentnow in full color This classic text explores the multitude of impacts that humans have had over time upon vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms, and the atmosphere. It considers the ways in which climate changes and modifications in land cover may change the environment in coming decades. Thoroughly revised to cover the remarkable transformation in interest that humans are having in the environment, this book examines previously uncovered topics, such as rewilding, ecosystem services, techniques for study, novel and no analogue ecosystems, and more. It also presents the latest views on big themes such as human origins, the anthropocene, domestication, extinctions, and ecological invasions. Extensively re-written, Human Impact on the Natural Environment, Eighth Edition contains many new and updated statistical tables, figures, and references. It offers enlTable of ContentsPreface to the Eighth Edition xi About the Companion Website xiii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The Development of Ideas 1 1.2 The Anthropocene 5 1.3 The Development of Human Population and Stages of Cultural Development 6 1.4 Hunting and Gathering 10 1.5 Humans as Cultivators and Keepers 12 1.6 Mining and Metals 18 1.7 Modern Industrial and Urban Civilizations 19 1.8 The Great Acceleration 21 1.9 Methods of Study 24 Guide to Reading 25 2 The Human Impact on Vegetation 27 2.1 Human Impacts on Nature 27 2.2 Vegetation Change: Introduction 28 2.3 The Use of Fire 32 2.4 Fires: Natural and Anthropogenic 34 2.5 Some Consequences of Fire Suppression 34 2.6 Some Effects of Fire on Vegetation 35 2.7 The Role of Grazing 37 2.8 Deforestation 39 2.9 Tropical Forests 40 2.10 The Forest Transition 45 2.11 Secondary Rain Forest 48 2.12 The Human Role in the Creation and Maintenance of Savanna 49 2.13 The Spread of Desert Vegetation on Desert Margins 52 2.14 The Maquis of the Mediterranean Lands 56 2.15 The Prairies and Other Mid‐latitude and High‐altitude Grasslands 56 2.16 Post‐glacial Vegetational Change in Britain and Europe 59 2.17 Lowland Heaths 60 2.18 Introduction, Invasion, and Explosion 61 2.19 Air Pollution and Its Effects on Plants 65 2.20 Forest Decline 67 2.21 Miscellaneous Causes of Plant Decline 70 2.22 The Change in Genetic and Species Diversity 71 2.23 Conclusion: Threats to Plant Life 72 Guide to Reading 72 3 The Human Impact on Animals 75 3.1 Domestication of Animals 75 3.2 Dispersal and Invasions of Animals 76 3.3 Human Influence on the Expansion of Animal Populations 82 3.4 Causes of Animal Contractions and Decline: Pollution 86 3.5 Habitat Change and Animal Decline 89 3.6 Other Causes of Animal Decline 93 3.7 Animal Extinctions in Prehistoric Times 98 3.8 Modern‐day Extinctions 102 Guide to Reading 108 4 The Human Impact on the Soil 111 4.1 Introduction 111 4.2 Salinity: Natural Sources 112 4.3 Human Agency and Increased Salinity 112 4.4 Irrigation Salinity 113 4.5 Dryland Salinity 114 4.6 Urban Salinity 116 4.7 Inter‐basin Water Transfers 116 4.8 Coastal Zone Salinity 116 4.9 Consequences of Salinity 118 4.10 Reclamation of Salt‐affected Lands 118 4.11 Lateritization 120 4.12 Accelerated Podzolization and Acidification 121 4.13 Soil Carbon 122 4.14 Soil Structure Alteration 123 4.15 Soil Drainage and its Impact 125 4.16 Soil Fertilization 126 4.17 Fires and Soil Quality 126 4.18 Some Anthrosols Resulting from Agriculture and Urbanization 127 4.19 Soil Erosion: General Considerations 127 4.20 The Causes of Soil Erosion 128 4.21 Forest Removal 129 4.22 Soil Erosion Associated with Grazing 132 4.23 Irrigation and Erosion 132 4.24 Replacement of Grassland by Shrubland in Drylands 133 4.25 Soil Erosion Produced by Fire 133 4.26 Soil Erosion Associated with Construction and Urbanization 134 4.27 Long‐term Studies of Rates of Erosion 134 4.28 Peat Bog Erosion 137 4.29 Accelerated Wind Erosion 138 4.30 Soil Conservation 140 4.31 Soils, Microbiology, and the Earth System 143 Guide to Reading 144 5 The Human Impact on the Waters 145 5.1 Introduction 145 5.2 Deliberate Modification of River Systems Connectivity 146 5.3 Changes in River Flow 154 5.3.1 The Effects of Dams 154 5.3.2 Vegetation Modification and its Effect on River Flow 154 5.3.3 The Role of Invasive Plants 158 5.3.4 Land Drainage 158 5.3.5 Groundwater Exploitation 160 5.3.6 Urbanization and its Effects on River Flow 160 5.4 The Human Impact on Lake Levels 162 5.5 Changes in Groundwater Conditions 168 5.6 Water Pollution 171 5.7 Eutrophication 177 5.8 Pollution by Acid Rain 178 5.9 Deforestation and its Effects on Water Quality 180 5.10 Thermal Pollution 181 5.11 Pollution with Suspended Sediments 182 5.12 Marine Pollution 182 Guide to Reading 185 6 Human Agency in Geomorphology 187 6.1 Introduction 187 6.2 Landforms Produced by Excavation 188 6.3 Landforms Produced by Construction and Dumping 192 6.4 Ground Subsidence 192 6.5 The Human Impact on Seismicity and Volcanoes 198 6.6 Accelerated Sedimentation 200 6.7 Sediment Transport by Rivers 203 6.8 Deliberate Modification of Channels 205 6.9 Non‐deliberate River Channel Changes 208 6.10 Arroyo Trenching and Gullies 213 6.11 Accelerated Mass Movements 216 6.12 Accelerated Weathering and the Tufa Decline 219 6.13 Reactivation and Stabilization of Sand Dunes 220 6.14 Accelerated Coastal Erosion 223 6.15 Changing Rates of Salt Marsh Accretion 229 Guide to Reading 231 7 The Human Impact on Climate and the Atmosphere 233 7.1 World Climates 233 7.2 The Greenhouse Gases – Carbon Dioxide 235 7.3 Other Gases 236 7.4 Ozone Depletion and Climate Change 239 7.5 Aerosols 239 7.6 Global Dimming and Global Brightening 241 7.7 Vegetation and Albedo Change 242 7.8 Forests, Irrigation, and Climate 244 7.9 The Possible Effects of Water Diversion Schemes 244 7.10 Lakes and Climate 245 7.11 Urban Climates 245 7.12 Deliberate Climatic Modification 250 7.13 Geoengineering 252 7.14 Urban Air Pollution 252 7.15 Air Pollution: Some Further Effects 256 7.16 Stratospheric Ozone Depletion 263 7.17 Conclusions 265 Guide to Reading 266 8 The Future: Introduction 267 8.1 Introduction 267 8.2 Changes in the Biosphere 271 8.3 Climate and Geomorphology 278 Guide to Reading 282 9 The Future: Coastal Environments 283 9.1 Introduction 283 9.2 The Steric Effect 284 9.3 Anthropogenic Contributions to Sea‐Level Change 284 9.3.1 Reduction in Lake‐Water Volumes 284 9.3.2 Water Impoundment in Reservoirs 285 9.3.3 Groundwater Mining 285 9.3.4 Urbanization and Runoff 285 9.3.5 Deforestation and Runoff 285 9.3.6 Wetland Losses 285 9.3.7 Irrigation 286 9.3.8 Synthesis 286 9.4 Permafrost Degradation, Melting of Glaciers, and Sea‐Level Rise 286 9.5 Ice Sheets and Sea‐Level Rise 286 9.6 How Fast are Sea Levels Rising? 287 9.7 The Amount of Sea‐Level Rise By 2100 287 9.8 Land Subsidence 287 9.9 Coral Reefs 289 9.10 Salt Marshes and Mangrove Swamps 292 9.11 River Deltas 296 9.12 Estuaries 297 9.13 Cliffed Coasts 298 9.14 Sandy Beaches 298 9.15 Conclusions 300 Guide to Reading 300 10 The Future: Hydrological and Geomorphological Impacts 301 10.1 Introduction 301 10.2 Rainfall Intensity 302 10.3 Changes in Tropical Cyclones 302 10.4 Runoff Response 304 10.5 Cold Regions 305 10.6 Changes in Runoff in the UK 307 10.7 Europe 307 10.8 Geomorphological Consequences of Hydrological and Other Changes 309 10.9 Weathering 310 Guide to Reading 311 11 The Future: The Cryosphere 313 11.1 The Nature of the Cryosphere 313 11.2 The Polar Ice Sheets and Ice Caps 313 11.3 Valley Glaciers and Small Ice Caps 316 11.4 Predicted Rates of Glacier Retreat and Some Environmental Consequences 320 11.5 Sea Ice in the Arctic and Antarctic 322 11.6 Permafrost Regions 323 Guide to Reading 328 12 The Future: Drylands 329 12.1 Introduction 329 12.2 Climate Changes in the Past 330 12.3 Future Changes in Climate in Drylands 331 12.4 Wind Erosivity and Erodibility 332 12.5 Future Dust Storm Activity 333 12.6 Sand Dunes 334 12.7 Rainfall and Runoff 337 12.8 Lake Levels 338 12.9 Sea‐level Rise and Arid‐zone Coastlines 338 12.10 Salt Weathering and Salinization 339 Guide to Reading 340 13 Conclusion 341 13.1 The Power of Non‐industrial and Pre‐industrial Civilizations 341 13.2 The Proliferation of Impacts 342 13.3 The Inter‐relationships of Changes in the Earth System 346 13.4 Human Impacts on the Environment in China 348 13.5 Are Changes Reversible? 349 13.6 The Susceptibility to Change 354 13.7 Human Influence or Nature? 356 13.8 Global Warming and Other Pressures 357 13.9 Into the Unknown 358 Guide to Reading 359 References 361 Index 451

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Figures x List of Tables xv List of Boxes xvi Acknowledgments xvii About the Companion Website xviii 1 Introduction: The View from a Human-Made Wild 1 What is This Book? 6 The Authors’ Points of View 9 Part I Approaches and Perspectives 13 2 Population and Scarcity 15 A Booming China or a Busting One? 16 The Problem of Exponential Growth 17 Population, Development, and Environment Impact 19 The Other Side of the Coin: Population and Innovation 23 Limits to Population: An Effect Rather than a Cause? 24 Thinking with Population 29 3 Markets and Commodities 33 The Bet 34 Managing Environmental Bads: The Coase Theorem 37 Market Failure 39 Market-Based Solutions to Environmental Problems 40 Beyond Market Failure: Gaps between Nature and Economy 45 Thinking with Markets 48 4 Institutions and “The Commons” 51 Controlling Carbon? 52 The Prisoner’s Dilemma 52 The Tragedy of the Commons 54 The Evidence and Logic of Collective Action 56 Crafting Sustainable Environmental Institutions 58 Are All Commoners Equal? Does Scale Matter? 62 Thinking with Institutions 64 5 Environmental Ethics 67 The Price of Cheap Meat 68 Improving Nature: From Biblical Tradition to John Locke 70 Gifford Pinchot vs. John Muir in Yosemite, California 72 Aldo Leopold and “The Land Ethic” 74 Liberation for Animals! 76 CAFOs and Climate Change: Now that You Know, What Should You Do? 78 Holism and Other Pitfalls 78 Thinking with Ethics 80 6 Risks and Technology 83 The Bt Cotton Revolution 84 Environments as Hazard 85 The Problem of Risk Perception 87 Risk as Culture 90 Beyond Risk: The Political Economy of Hazards 92 Thinking with Risk and Technology 95 7 Political Economy 99 The Contradictions of COVID-19 100 Labor, Accumulation, and Crisis 101 Production of Nature 108 Global Capitalism and the Ecology of Uneven Development 110 Social Reproduction and Nature 112 Environments and Economism 114 Thinking with Political Economy 114 8 Social Construction of Nature 118 The Blank Spot on the Map 119 So You Say It’s “Natural?” 120 Environmental Discourse 124 The Limits of Constructivism: Science, Relativism, and the Very Material World 129 Thinking with Construction 132 9 Feminism and the Environment 136 Gender and Environment 138 From Earth as Woman to Ecofeminism 140 Feminist Approaches to Economies and Nature 142 Feminist Approaches to Knowledge and the Environment 146 Thinking with Feminism and the Environment 152 10 Racialized Environments 156 Structural Environmental Racism 158 Environmental Justice 159 Settler Colonialism 163 Whiteness and Nature 169 Thinking with Racialized Environments 170 Part II Objects of Concern 175 11 Carbon Dioxide 177 Stuck in Pittsburgh Traffic 178 A Short History of CO2 178 Institutions: Climate Free-Riders and Carbon Cooperation 184 Markets: Trading More Gases, Buying Less Carbon 190 Political Economy: Who Killed the Atmosphere? 193 The Carbon Puzzle 196 12 Trees 200 Chained to a Tree in Berkeley, California 201 A Short History of Trees 201 Population and Markets: The Forest Transition Theory 209 Political Economy: Accumulation and Deforestation 212 Gender, Trees, and Power: Feminist Insights into Forests 214 Ethics, Justice, and Equity: Should Trees Have Standing? 216 The Tree Puzzle 218 13 Wolves 222 Wolves, Be Wary Where You Tread 223 A Short History of Wolves 224 Ethics: Rewilding and Wolves 229 Institutions: Stakeholder Management 232 Feminism: Of Wolves and Masculinity 235 The Wolf Puzzle 238 14 Uranium 242 Promise and Peril in Post-Nuclear Worlds 243 A Short History of Uranium 244 Risk and Hazards: Debating the Fate of High-Level Radioactive Waste 250 Race: Environmental Justice and the Navajo Nation 253 Social Construction: Discourses at Work in Australia 256 The Uranium Puzzle 260 15 Tuna 264 Big Trouble for Big Tuna 265 A Short History of Tuna 265 Markets and Commodities: Eco-Labels to the Rescue? 270 Political Economy: Re-regulating Fishery Economies 273 Ethics: Saving Animals, Conserving Species 276 The Tuna Puzzle 279 16 Lawns 283 How Much Do People Love Lawns? 284 A Short History of Lawns 284 Risk and Chemical Decision-Making 288 Social Construction: Good Lawns Mean Good People 291 Political Economy: The Chemical Tail Wags the Turfgrass Dog 292 The Lawn Puzzle 295 17 Bottled Water 298 A Tale of Two Bottles 299 A Short History of Bottled Water 300 Population: Bottling for Scarcity? 305 Risk and Technology: Health and Safety in a Bottle? 307 Political Economy: Manufacturing Demand on an Enclosed Commons 309 Racialized Environments: The Burden of Bottled Water in the United States 312 The Bottled Water Puzzle 314 18 French Fries 318 Getting Your French Fry Fix 319 A Short History of the Fry 319 Feminist Approaches: The Body Politics of French Fries 325 Political Economy and Racialized Environments: Have it Your Way? 328 Ethics: Protecting or Engineering Potato Heritage? 333 The French Fry Puzzle 337 19 E-Waste 341 Digital Divides 342 A Short History of E-Waste 343 E-Waste and Markets: From Externality to Commodity 348 The Political Economy of E-Waste 351 E-Waste and Racialized Environments 355 The E-Waste Puzzle 359 Glossary 362 Index 372

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Book SynopsisAEROSOL TECHNOLOGY An in-depth and accessible treatment of aerosol theory and its applications The Third Edition of Aerosol Technology: Properties, Behavior, and Measurement of Airborne Particles delivers a thorough and authoritative exploration of modern aerosol theory and its applications. The book offers readers a working knowledge of the topic that reflects the numerous advances that have been made across a broad spectrum of aerosol-related application areas. New updates to the popular text include treatments of nanoparticles, the health effects of atmospheric aerosols, remote sensing, bioaerosols, and low-cost sensors. Additionally, readers will benefit from insightful new discussions of modern instruments. The authors maintain a strong focus on the fundamentals of the discipline, while providing a robust overview of real-world applications of aerosol theory. New exercise problems and examples populate the book, which also includes:Table of ContentsPreface to the First Edition xi Preface to the Second Edition xiii Preface to the Third Edition xv List of Principal Symbols xvii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Definitions 2 1.2 Particle Size, Shape, and Density 5 1.3 Aerosol Concentration 8 Problems 11 References 12 2 Properties of Gases 15 2.1 Kinetic Theory of Gases 15 2.2 Molecular Velocity 18 2.3 Mean Free Path 20 2.4 Other Properties 21 2.5 Reynolds Number 24 2.6 Measurement of Velocity, Flow Rate, and Pressure 27 Problems 35 References 36 3 Uniform Particle Motion 37 3.1 Newton’s Resistance Law 37 3.2 Stokes’s Law 39 3.3 Settling Velocity and Mechanical Mobility 40 3.4 Slip Correction Factor 42 3.5 Nonspherical Particles 44 3.6 Aerodynamic Diameter 46 3.7 Settling at High Reynolds Numbers 47 3.8 Stirred Settling 54 3.9 Instruments that Rely on Settling Velocity 56 3.10 Appendix: Derivation of Stokes’s Law 58 Problems 60 References 63 4 Particle Size Statistics 65 4.1 Properties of Size Distributions 65 4.2 Moment Averages 71 4.3 Moment Distributions 72 4.4 The Lognormal Distribution 77 4.5 Log-Probability Graphs 80 4.6 The Hatch-Choate Conversion Equations 84 4.7 Statistical Accuracy 88 4.8 Appendix 1: Distributions Applied to Particle Size 89 4.9 Appendix 2: Theoretical Basis for Aerosol Particle Size Distributions 90 4.10 Appendix 3: Derivation of the Hatch-Choate Equations 90 Problems 92 References 94 5 Straight-Line Acceleration and Curvilinear Particle Motion 97 5.1 Relaxation Time 97 5.2 Straight-Line Particle Acceleration 98 5.3 Stopping Distance 101 5.4 Curvilinear Motion and Stokes Number 104 5.5 Inertial Impaction 105 5.6 Cascade Impactors 110 5.7 Virtual Impactors 115 5.8 Time-of-Flight Instruments 117 Problems 119 References 120 6 Adhesion of Particles 121 6.1 Adhesive Forces 121 6.2 Detachment of Particles 123 6.3 Resuspension 124 6.4 Particle Bounce 126 Problems 127 References 127 7 Brownian Motion and Diffusion 129 7.1 Diffusion Coefficient 129 7.2 Particle Mean Free Path 132 7.3 Brownian Displacement 134 7.4 Deposition by Diffusion 137 7.5 Diffusion Batteries 141 Problems 144 References 145 8 Thermal and Radiometric Forces 147 8.1 Thermophoresis 147 8.2 Thermal Precipitators 151 8.3 Radiometric and Concentration Gradient Forces 153 Problems 155 References 155 9 Filtration 157 9.1 Macroscopic Properties of Filters 157 9.2 Single-Fiber Efficiency 163 9.3 Deposition Mechanisms 165 9.4 Filter Efficiency 169 9.5 Pressure Drop 174 9.6 Membrane Filters 174 Problems 176 References 176 10 Sampling and Measurement of Concentration 179 10.1 Isokinetic Sampling 179 10.2 Sampling from Still Air 185 10.3 Transport Losses 188 10.4 Measurement of Mass Concentration 189 10.5 Direct-Reading Instruments 192 10.6 Measurement of Number Concentration 195 10.7 Sampling Pumps 197 Problems 199 References 200 11 Respiratory Deposition 203 11.1 The Respiratory System 203 11.2 Deposition 206 11.3 Deposition Models 210 11.4 Inhalability of Particles 213 11.5 Respirable and Other Size-Selective Sampling 215 Problems 223 References 224 12 Coagulation 227 12.1 Simple Monodisperse Coagulation 227 12.2 Polydisperse Coagulation 233 12.3 Kinematic Coagulation 238 Problems 240 References 241 13 Condensation and Evaporation 243 13.1 Definitions 243 13.2 Kelvin Effect 246 13.3 Homogeneous Nucleation 247 13.4 Growth by Condensation 248 13.5 Nucleated Condensation 251 13.6 Condensation Particle Counters 255 13.7 Evaporation 257 Problems 261 References 263 14 Atmospheric Aerosols 265 14.1 Natural Background Aerosol 265 14.2 Urban Aerosol 269 14.3 Global Effects 274 Problems 275 References 275 15 Electrical Properties 277 15.1 Units 277 15.2 Electric Fields 278 15.3 Electrical Mobility 280 15.4 Charging Mechanisms 283 15.5 Corona Discharge 289 15.6 Charge Limits 291 15.7 Equilibrium Charge Distribution 292 15.8 Electrostatic Precipitators 294 15.9 Electrical Measurement of Aerosols 297 Problems 301 References 302 16 Optical Properties 305 16.1 Definitions 306 16.2 Extinction 307 16.3 Scattering 313 16.4 Visibility 317 16.5 Optical Measurement of Aerosols 322 Problems 329 References 330 17 Bulk Motion of Aerosols 333 Problems 338 References 338 18 Dust Explosions 339 Problems 344 References 344 19 Bioaerosols 345 19.1 Characteristics 345 19.2 Sampling 347 Problems 350 References 351 20 Microscopic Measurement of Particle Size 353 20.1 Equivalent Sizes of Irregular Particles 353 20.2 Fractal Dimension of Particles 358 20.3 Optical Microscopy 362 20.4 Electron Microscopy 365 20.5 Asbestos Counting 369 20.6 Automatic Sizing Methods 371 Problems 371 References 372 21 Production of Test Aerosols 375 21.1 Atomization of Liquids 375 21.2 Atomization of Monodisperse Particles in Liquid Suspensions 380 21.3 Dispersion of Powders 382 21.4 Condensation Methods 387 Problems 388 References 389 Appendices 391 Appendix A1. Useful Constants and Conversion Factors 391 Appendix A2. Some Basic Physical Laws 393 Appendix A3. Relative Density of Common Aerosol Materials (Multiply Values by 1000 for Density in kg/m 3 and by 1.0 for Density in g/cm 3) 394 Appendix A4. Standard Sieve Sizes 394 Appendix A5. Properties of Gases and Vapors at 293 K [20 ∘ C] and 101 kPa [1 atm] 395 Appendix A6. Viscosity and Density of Air versus Temperature 395 Appendix A7. Pressure (a), Temperature (b), Density (c), and Mean Free Path (d) of air versus altitude 396 Appendix A8. Properties of Water Vapor 397 Appendix A9. Properties of Water 398 Appendix A10. Particle Size Range of Aerosol Properties and Measurement Instruments: (a) Application Range for Aerosol Size Measuring Instruments and (b) Size Range of Aerosol Properties (See Also Fig. 1.6) 398 Appendix A11. (a) Properties of Airborne Particles at Standard Conditions (SI Units) 400 Appendix A12. Slip Correction Factor for Standard and Nonstandard Conditions: (a) Slip Correction Factor Minus One versus Particle Diameter and Standard Conditions; (b) Slip Correction Factor versus Particle Diameter Times Pressure (per atm) for Temperatures from 233 to 893K [–40 to 600 ∘ C] 402 Appendix A13. Properties of Selected Low-Vapor-Pressure Liquids 403 Appendix A14. Reference Values for Atmospheric Properties at Sea Level and 293.15 Ki20 ∘ C] 404 Appendix A15. Greek Symbols Used in This Book 405 Appendix A16. SI Prefixes 405 References 405 Index 407

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Sustainability, Second Edition,reviews all the major themes in the cutting-edge field of sustainability. The book is suitable for introductory interdisciplinary courses on sustainability, as well as those in the fields of geography, geology, sociology, planning, political science, and anthropology. Allowing students to see the world in new ways while also encouraging them to become part of the change needed to ensure the long-term sustainability of the planet, this book is an invaluable introduction to this multifaceted and ever-changing subject. Now fully revised and updated, this second edition includes new material on the most recent developments in the field of sustainability; environmental sustainability issues like water, food, and energy; social sustainability themes like environmental justice and transportation; and economic sustainability topics like green businesses and economic development. The book concludes with a chapter on sustainability issues in college and universities. Brinkmann intersperses many fascinating case studies and text boxes that encourage students to deeply explore the material. This is a book that not only organizes the complex field of sustainability, but also encourages students to take action to make the world a better place.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xv About the Author xvii About the Companion Website xix 1 Roots of the Modern Sustainability Movement 1 Meaning of Sustainability 1 Nineteenth Century Environmentalism 3 Pinchot, Roosevelt, and Muir 5 Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic 6 Better Living Through Chemistry, The Great Smog of 1952, and Rachel Carson 8 Environmental Activism of the 1960s and 1970s and the Development of Environmental Policy 10 The Growth of Environmental Laws in the 1960s and 1970s 13 The First Earth Day 14 International Concerns 14 Ozone and the World Comes Together 15 Globalization and the Brundtland Report 16 Deep Ecology 18 Environmental Justice 19 Measuring Sustainability 21 The Climate Change Challenge 23 The Road Ahead 24 Organization 26 2 Understanding Natural Systems 29 The Earth, its Layers, and the Rock Cycle 29 The Rock Cycle 32 Biogeochemical Cycles 33 Water and the Water Cycle 34 The Carbon Cycle and Global Climate Change 37 Global Climate Change and the Carbon Cycle 38 The Sulfur Cycle 40 The Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycles 42 Nitrate Pollution of groundwater 45 Organisms and Ecosystems 46 Urban Ecosystems 49 Understanding the Anthropocene 53 3 Measuring Sustainability 57 The United Nations Millennium Goals 58 The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 59 National sustainability planning 60 Canada 64 Bhutan 67 Regional sustainability planning 69 Local sustainability measurement 73 Green local governments in Florida 75 Specific community plans 79 PlaNYC 79 London and sustainability 81 Small towns and sustainability 84 Business sustainability 85 4 Energy 89 World Energy Production and Consumption 89 Traditional or “Dirty” Energy Resources 91 Oil 91 Oil shale and tar sands 93 Natural gas 95 Coal 97 Coal mining 98 Pollution from coal 99 Green energy 100 Biomass 100 Biomass: wood, manure, peat, and other organic sources 100 Burning of garbage: waste-to-energy 101 Conversion of biomass to liquid or gas fuel 102 Wind energy 103 Solar energy 105 Passive solar energy 105 Active solar energy 106 Concentrated solar power 107 Critiques of solar power 107 Nuclear energy 107 Other innovations 110 Energy efficiency 110 Living off the grid 112 5 Global Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Management 113 The end of nature? 113 The science of global climate change: The greenhouse effect 114 Water vapor 116 Carbon dioxide 116 Methane 118 Sinks of carbon 120 Forests 120 Reefs 120 The IPCC and evidence for climate change, and the future of our planet 121 Ocean acidification 122 Phenological changes 123 Conducting greenhouse gas inventories 124 Step 1 Setting boundaries 125 Step 2 Defining scope 125 Step 3 Choosing a quantitative approach 126 Step 4 Setting a baseline year 126 Step 5 Engaging stakeholders 126 Step 6 Procuring certification 127 Greenhouse gas equivalents used in greenhouse gas accounting 127 Greenhouse gas emission scopes 128 De minimis emissions 129 Computing greenhouse gas credits 129 Climate action plans 129 Religion and climate change 135 Evangelical Environmental Network 136 Young Evangelicals for Climate Action 136 Catholic Climate Covenant 136 Jewish Climate Change Campaign 137 The International Muslim Conference on Climate Change 138 Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change 138 Hindu Declaration on Climate Change 138 Art, culture, and climate change 139 Swoon 139 Raul Cardenas Osuna and Toro Labs 139 Isaac Cordal 140 6 Water 143 Sources of water 143 Consumption trends 148 Sources of water pollution 150 Agricultural pollution 150 Industrial pollution 150 Storm water pollution 151 Sewage 152 Leaking underground tanks 153 Landfills 153 Water management and conservation 155 National and regional water conservation and management 155 Water as a tool for regional development 156 Water supply management 157 Hard path water management 157 Soft path water management 158 Water management and innovation 159 Water quality 161 Understanding drainage basins 168 Drainage basins out of synch 169 Drainage basin pollution 169 Stream profile and base level 169 Lakes 169 Seas 171 Oceans 171 7 Food and Agriculture 173 Development of modern agriculture 173 Meat production 177 Piggeries 178 Feed lots 179 Chicken houses 179 World agricultural statistics 181 Food deserts and obesity 182 Sustainable alternatives to the industrial food movement 185 Vegetarianism and veganism 185 Organic farming 186 Small farm movement 186 Locavores 188 Farm to table 189 Community sponsored agriculture 191 Community gardens 193 Farmers’ markets 193 Beekeeping 195 The urban chicken movement 196 Guerilla gardening, freegans, and other radical approaches to food 196 8 Green Building 201 LEED rating systems 201 Site selection 204 Brownfield development 204 Other aspects of sustainable building siting 207 Water use 207 Energy and atmospheric health 208 Materials and resources 210 Material re-use 211 Recycled content of construction material 211 Locally derived materials 211 Renewable materials and certified sustainable wood 212 Waste management 212 Summary 213 Indoor environmental quality 213 Ventilation and air delivery monitoring 213 Construction indoor air quality management 214 Use of low-emitting materials 214 Indoor chemical and pollution source control 215 Controllability and design of lighting and temperature systems 215 Access to daylight 215 Summary 215 Innovation 215 Regional priorities 216 Expansion of green building technology 216 Other green building rating systems 216 BREEAM 217 PassivHaus 219 Green building policy 220 Critiques of green building 221 The greenest building and historic preservation 222 Small house movement 226 Further reading 229 9 Transportation 231 Transportation options 232 Vehicles 232 Cars 234 Trucks 234 Vehicles and fuels 235 Electric cars 237 Automated Vehicles 238 Rail 238 Ship transport 239 Bulk carriers 239 Container ships 239 Tankers 240 Refrigerated ships 240 Roll-on/roll-off ships 240 Environmental issues associated with ship transport 240 Air transport 241 Space travel 243 Roads 245 Environmental issues with roads 246 Storm water pollution management 246 Street sweeping 250 Ground stability 250 Mass transit 252 Forms of mass transit 252 Railways 252 Light rail 253 Buses 253 Bus rapid transit 254 Ferries 254 Transit hubs and transit-oriented development 254 The future 255 10 Pollution and Waste 259 Pollution 259 Chemical pollution 259 Metals 259 Organic compounds 260 Nutrients 261 Radioactive Pollutants 262 Pharmaceutical pollutants 263 Heat pollution 263 Light pollution 264 Noise pollution 265 Visual pollution 265 Littering 266 Understanding pollution distribution 266 The US approach to pollution 268 Clean Air Act 268 Clean Water Act 270 National Environmental Policy Act 271 Superfund 272 Sewage treatment 274 Sewage and sustainability 277 Garbage and recycling 277 Garbage composition 278 Managing garbage 278 Landfills 279 Reducing waste 280 Composting 281 Recycling 281 11 Environmental Justice 287 Social justice 287 Civil rights and the modern environmental movement in the United States 290 Lead pollution and the growth of the urban environmental justice movement 291 Environmental racism in the United States 293 Brownfields, community re-development, and environmental justice 295 US EPA and environmental justice 297 Indigenous people and environmental justice 299 Exporting environmental problems 300 Environmental justice around the world 301 Environmental justice in Europe 302 Environmental justice in Asia and the Pacific 302 The Three Gorges Dam 302 Bhopal and environmental justice in India 303 Tuvalu and global climate change 304 Environmental justice in Africa 305 Environmental justice in Latin America and the Caribbean: oil pollution in Ecuador 306 Environmental justice in a Globalized World 308 12 Sustainability Planning and Governance 313 Local governments and their structure 313 The role of citizens and stakeholders in local government 314 Community stakeholders 315 Boundaries and types of local governments 316 Leadership 319 Efforts to aid local governments on sustainability issues 319 Scale and local governments 321 Green regional development 322 Sustainable development 326 Globalization 327 Development of globalization 328 Drivers of globalization 329 Internet and communications 329 Transportation 330 Economic development 331 Transnational organizations 332 War and sustainability 339 Further reading 342 13 Sustainability, Economics, and the Global Commons 343 The global commons 343 Economic processes that put the Earth out of balance 345 Social and economic theories 346 Neoclassical economics 346 Environmental critiques of neoliberalism 347 Environmental economics 349 Cost-benefit analysis and its application in environmental economics 349 Environmental impact assessment 351 Environmental ethics 352 Green economics 352 Non-capitalistic economies 353 Deep ecology 353 Ecofeminism 356 Destruction regardless of theory 356 Environmental economics: externalities 357 Measuring the economy 358 Green jobs 362 14 Corporate and Organizational Sustainability Management 371 Cognitive dissonance 371 Why are businesses concerned with sustainability? 372 Profit 372 Public relations 372 Altruism 372 Concern over the long-term sustainability of the industry 373 Professional standards and norms 373 Total quality management and sustainability 373 People, planet, and profits 374 Ray Anderson, the father of the green corporation and the growth of green corporate environmentalism 379 Anderson’s legacy 380 Greenwashing in the corporate world 380 Green consumers 380 Global Reporting Initiative 382 Sustainability reporting in the S & P 500 382 Dow Jones Sustainability Index 385 Sustainability reporting 388 International Organization for Standardization (ISO): ISO 14000 and ISO 26000 388 ISO 14000 388 ISO 26000 388 Case studies of sustainability at the corporate level 389 Walmart 391 Unilever 393 Lessons from Walmart and Unilever 395 Can businesses with unsustainable products be sustainable? 396 15 Sustainability at Universities, Colleges, and Schools 401 Curriculum at colleges and universities 401 Sustainability curriculum at K-12 schools 403 External benchmarking 405 American Association for Sustainability in Higher Education 405 Presidents’ Climate Leadership Commitments 406 Other external benchmarking organizations 408 Internal initiatives 409 Sustainability officers 410 Sustainability committees 411 Food service 411 Student and faculty activism 414 Building your own case study 417 Sustainability at Oxford: a campus commitment 418 Making school lunches healthier in the United States 419 The cow powered carbon neutral campus 421 Whitman College builds wind turbines on campus farm 421 Stanford University: dumping the car for bikes 422 Green fleets: The University of South Florida’s biodiesel Bullrunner 422 Community engagement at Portland State University 423 Green buildings on college campuses: University of Florida goes for gold 424 Native and sustainable landscaping at one of the largest schools in the nation: Valencia College 425 Campus archaeology at Michigan State University 425 Index 427

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Book SynopsisGet clear about why climate change is so complicated and discover how you can help reverse it More and more frequent extreme weather events occur each year, and planet Earth is in danger of developing more climates where life whether animal, vegetable, or human is unsustainable. Climate Change For Dummies explains how rising temperatures, shrinking lakes, rising oceans, and shifting weather patterns affect your life on a daily basis. And of course the book goes a step further and offers suggestions about how you can take steps to limit your impact on the environment and help to reverse climate change. This straightforward guide demystifies the impact of climate's No. 1 enemy carbon dioxide and breaks down the many sources of this damaging but inescapable gas. From there, the book reveals how rising CO2 levels affect the weather, water levels, plant and animal species around the world, the food you eat, and your health. But the situation isn't hopeless! Climate Change For Dummies outlines actions governments, industries, and you can take to fight global warming and turn the tide to live in a cooler world. Discover details about * Short- and long-term effects of climate change * How some actions contribute to climate change and others reduce it * The many options for renewable energy and the pros and cons of nuclear energy * Actions nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are taking to draw attention to the climate crisis * The debate around whether climate change even needs to be addressed Climate change won't be easy to overcome, but when you're armed with the facts, you can do your best to make a difference. Let Climate Change For Dummies point you in the right direction.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond This Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Understanding Climate Change 5 Chapter 1: Covering the Basics of Climate Change 7 Getting a Basic Overview — Global Warming 101 8 Heating things up with GHGs 8 Investigating other causes of global warming 9 Tapping into The Roots of Global Warming 12 Fueling global warming 12 Heating up over deforestation 13 Examining the Effects of Global Warming around the World 13 The United States and Canada 14 Latin America 16 Europe 17 Africa 18 Asia 18 Australia and New Zealand 19 Small islands 20 Polar regions 20 Positive Politics: Governments and Global Warming 22 Making a difference from city hall to the nation’s capital 22 Working with a global government 23 Helping developing countries 23 Solving the Problem 24 Changing to alternative energies 24 Getting down to business 25 Making it personal 26 Chapter 2: Looking Closely at Greenhouse Earth 27 Examining Greenhouse Effect 101 28 Focusing On Carbon Dioxide: Leader of the Pack 30 Looking at the carbon cycle 31 Investigating humanity’s impact on the carbon cycle 36 Checking Out the Other GHGs 39 Methane (CH4) 40 Nitrous oxide (N2O) 42 Hexafluoro-what? 42 Other players on the GHG bench 43 Chapter 3: Recognizing the Big Deal about Carbon 47 Considering Other Causes of Global Warming 48 Solar cycles — Irradiance and Milankovitch 49 Cloud cover 49 Long-term climate trends 50 Making the Case for Carbon 51 Geologic and prehistoric evidence 52 Modeling and forecasting 53 A few degrees is a lot 55 Going, going, gone The tipping point 56 Eyeballing the Consequences of Continued Carbon Dioxide Increases 57 What happens when the mercury rises 58 Cutting back on carbon 58 Part 2: Tracking Down the Causes 61 Chapter 4: Living in the Dark Ages of Fossil Fuels 63 From Fossils to Fuel — How Fossil Fuels Came to Be 64 Examining the Different Types of Fossil Fuels 66 Coal 67 Oil 68 Natural gas 71 Fueling Civilization’s Growth: Adding to the Greenhouse Effect 73 A growing world population’s impact 73 Growing economies also play a role 74 Chapter 5: Getting Right to the Source: The Big Emitters 77 Power to the People: Energy Use 77 Producing electricity 78 Using up energy in buildings 79 Powering industry 81 The Road to Ruin: Transportation and GHGs 84 Cheap goods at a high price to the climate 85 Keep on truckin’ 85 Draining the Carbon Sinks: Land Use 87 Timber! Deforestation 87 Down on the farm: Agriculture and livestock 88 Chapter 6: Taking It Personally: Individual Sources of Emissions 91 Driving Up Emissions: Transportation and GHGs 92 Driving 93 Flying 94 Using Energy around the House 95 Controlling the climate in your home 96 Operating electric appliances 98 You Are What You Eat: Food and Carbon 99 Wasting Away 99 Part 3: Examining the Effects of Climate Change 101 Chapter 7: Focusing on Not-So-Natural Disasters 103 H2 Oh No: Watery Disasters 104 Rising sea levels 104 Melting mountain glaciers 106 Putting a brake on the Gulf Stream 109 Rainfall (or lack thereof) 111 Flooding 111 Freshwater contamination 113 Stormy Weather: More Intense Storms and Hurricanes 113 Forest Fires and Wildfires: Trees and Grasses as Fuel 114 Considering the costs 115 Recognizing how they start and how to prevent them 115 Turning Up the Heat 116 Examining the Negative Side Effects of Positive Feedback Loops 117 Chapter 8: Risking Flora and Fauna: Impacts on Plants and Animals 121 Understanding the Stresses on Ecosystems 122 Ecosystems can adapt to some climate change 122 Some species have limitations for adapting 123 Warming the World’s Waters: Threats to the Underwater World 124 Under the sea 125 Lakes, rivers, wetlands, and bogs 129 Risking Earth’s Forests 130 Tropical 131 Boreal 131 Preparing for Mass Extinctions 133 Life’s no beach: Endangered tropical species 134 Thin ice: Polar bears and other polar animals 135 Chapter 9: Hitting Home: Global Warming’s Direct Effect on People 137 Focusing on the Health Scare — Outbreaks and Diseases 138 Dengue fever 139 Lyme disease 140 Other diseases and problems worsened by global warming 140 Putting Pressure on the Fields 143 Affecting farmers 143 Hurting the global food supply 144 Paying the Price for Global Warming 145 Highways, waterworks, and the other stuff humans build 146 An unfair split: Costs to the industrialized and developing nations 147 Feeling the Heat First: Unequal Effects 149 Northern Hemisphere communities 150 People in poverty 152 Women (and children) 152 Part 4: Political Progress: Fighting Global Warming Nationally and Internationally 155 Chapter 10: Voting for Your Future: What Governments Can Do 157 If They Had a Million Dollars (Wait — They Do! —Funding Measures 159 Creating incentives 160 Planning for emissions trading 161 Putting Programs into Place 164 Research 164 Education and awareness 165 Adaptation 166 Cleaning Up Transportation 171 Bringing back the bike 171 Investing in public transportation 172 Greening cars 172 Dealing with personal vehicles 173 Redefining Long-Term Investments 174 Considering the lack of progress 175 Focusing on the good news 175 Recognizing the countries leading the way 176 Laying Down the Law 178 Improving building regulations 178 Regulating energy use 179 Taxing the polluters 180 Identifying Some Success Stories 182 Cities and towns 182 States, provinces, and territories 183 Countries 185 Chapter 11: Beyond Borders: Progress on a Global Level 187 Understanding Why Global Agreements Are Important 188 Examining the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change 189 Recognizing what the Convention does 190 Establishing a game plan 191 Dividing up the parties 192 Looking At the Paris Agreement 193 Setting targets 193 Adding flexibility 196 Ratifying climate pacts 197 Introducing the World’s Authority on Global Warming: The IPCC 198 Getting to know the IPCC 199 Reading the reports 199 Chapter 12: Developing in the Face of Climate Change 201 Identifying Challenges Faced by Developed and Developing Nations 202 Promising Developments: Looking at Progress in China, Brazil, and India 204 China 205 Brazil 208 India 211 Choosing Sustainable Development 213 Understanding what sustainable development is 213 Expressing what developing countries can do 214 How industrialized countries can help 216 Part 5: Solving the Problem 221 Chapter 13: Powering the World — Renewable Green Energy 223 Addressing Energy Demand 224 Being more efficient 224 Combining heat and power 226 Changing How to Handle Fossil Fuel’s Emissions 227 Capturing and storing carbon dioxide 228 Considering carbon capture cons 230 Reducing Energy Demand 231 Investigating Renewable Energy Options 232 Blowin’ in the wind 233 Here comes the sun 235 Heat from the ground up 238 Hydropower 239 Ocean power 240 From plants to energy 241 Nothing wasted 242 Exploring Another Nonrenewable Energy Source: Nuclear Power 245 Understanding nuclear power 245 Looking at the positives 246 Weighing the negatives 246 Chapter 14: Show Me the Money: Business and Industrial Solutions 249 Processing and Manufacturing Efficiently 250 Taking steps to conserve energy 251 Using energy efficiently 252 Considering individual industries 253 Trading Carbon between Manufacturers — The Carbon Market 254 Constructing Greener Buildings 256 Cutting back on heating and cooling 256 Exploring energy alternatives 257 Certifying new buildings 257 Identifying Corporate Success Stories 258 Recognizing Corporate Nonsuccess Stories 259 Focusing on Support from the Professional Service Sector 261 Banking on the environment 261 Stranding assets and liabilities 262 Insuring against climate change 263 Making it legal 264 Looking At Farming and Forestry 264 Supplying biofuels 265 Improving land management 265 Reducing rice farms’ emissions 268 Chapter 15: Activists without Borders: Nongovernmental Organizations 271 Understanding What NGOs Do 272 Educating people 272 Keeping watch 273 Getting the word out 274 Working with industry and government 275 Meeting This Generation 278 The importance of youth 279 Groups that speak up 279 Getting Involved 280 Seeking out groups 280 Helping out 281 Chapter 16: Lights, Camera, Action: The Media and Climate Change 285 Growing News Coverage 285 Bias and balance: Distorting the story 286 Consider the source: Being an informed media consumer 286 Focusing on Science on the Red Carpet 288 Movies: Facts and (science) fiction 288 For the kids (and adults, too) 291 Following the stars 292 Worldwide Warming: Climate Change Blogs 293 Bestselling Books: Reading between the Lines 294 True stories 294 Fiction and fairytales 296 Chapter 17: Figuring Out How to Change before Global Warming Is Unstoppable 297 Asking Tough Questions 297 Making the Changes in Limited Time 298 Staying within the carbon budget: Is it possible? 299 Getting to net zero — Is it possible? 300 Staying below “1.5 to stay alive” — Is it possible? 300 Addressing What Needs to be Done 301 Forecasting a path to 1.5 degrees 301 Understanding Disruption 303 Predicting what disruption of fossil fuels looks like 303 Recognizing the cost of disruption 304 Considering other benefits to disruption 306 Ending the Dominance of Fossil Fuels as Humanity’s Main Source of Energy 308 Changing the ways humans use energy and power to get things done 308 Changing what political leaders see the best interests of humanity 309 Understanding How Disruption Can Be Accelerated 311 Getting There from Here: A Conversation among Citizens 312 Part 6: The Part of Tens 315 Chapter 18: Ten (Plus One) Things You Can Do to Fight Climate Change 317 Greening Your Car 318 Upgrading Major Appliances 319 Buttoning Up Your House 319 Making Your Daily Living More Energy Efficient 319 At home 320 On the road 320 At work 321 Going Vegetarian or Vegan (Sort of) 322 Reducing Food Waste 322 Supporting Clean, Renewable Energy 323 Being a Smart Investor and Encouraging Smart Disinvestment 324 Getting (or Making) a Green Collar Job 324 Helping To Make Change Where You Live 326 Spreading the Word 327 Chapter 19: Ten (Plus Three) Inspiring Leaders in the Fight 329 Arnold Schwarzenegger 330 Angela Merkel 330 Mia Amor Mottley 331 Bill McKibben 331 George Monbiot 331 Sheila Watt-Cloutier 332 Elizabeth Wathuti 332 Greta Thunberg 333 Michael Mann 333 Katharine Hayhoe 334 James Hansen 334 Bill Gates 335 Nandita Bakhshi 335 Chapter 20: Top Ten Myths about Climate Change Debunked 337 Knowing That a Debate Doesn’t Exist among Scientists 338 Recognizing That Human Activity Has Caused Current Global Warming 339 Looking into the Danger of Increased Carbon Dioxide Concentrations 340 Discovering the Truth about Sunspots 340 Understanding That Scientists Don’t Exaggerate to Get More Funding 341 Grasping the Misconceptions about the Science of Global Warming 341 Thinking It’s All Your Fault 342 Considering You Can’t Do Anything about It 343 Pinning the Blame on Developing Countries Isn’t Realistic 343 Living with Climate Change — and Doing Something about It 344 Chapter 21: Ten (Plus One) Online Climate Change Resources 345 National Geographic 346 Three Other Kid-Friendly Sites 346 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 347 Climate Analysis Indicators Tool 347 Canada’s Environment and Climate Change 347 The U.K.’s Climate Challenge 348 Environmental Protection Agency 348 The International Energy Agency 349 Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change 350 Index 351

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Book SynopsisForest Ecology Forest Ecology An Evidence-Based Approach Forest ecology is the science that deals with everything in forests, including plants and animals (and their interactions), the features of the environment that affect plants and animals, and the interactions of humans and forests. All of these components of forests interact across scales of space and time. Some interactions are constrained, deterministic, and predictable; but most are indeterminant, contingent, and only broadly predictable. Forest Ecology: An Evidence-Based Approach examines the features common to all forests, and those unique cases that illustrate the importance of site-specific factors in determining the structure, function, and future of a forest. The author emphasizes the role of evidence in forest ecology, because appealing, simple stories often lead to misunderstandings about how forests work. A reliance on evidence is central to distinguishing between appealing stories and stories that actually fit real forests. The evidence-based approach emphasizes the importance of real-world, observable science in forests. Classical approaches to ecology in the twentieth century often over-emphasized appealing concepts that were not sufficiently based on real forests. The vast amount of information now available on forests allows a more complete coverage of forest ecology that relies on a strong, empirical foundation. Forest Ecology: An Evidence-Based Approach is the ideal companion text for the teaching of upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in forest ecology.Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1: The nature of forest Chapter 2: Forest environments Chapter 3: Evolution and adaptation in forests Chapter 4: Physiology and life history of trees Chapter 5: Ecology of wildlife in forests Chapter 6: Forest soils, nutrient cycling, and hydrology Chapter 7: Ecology of growth of trees and forests Chapter 8: Forests across space Chapter 9: Forests through time Chapter 10: Events in forests: winds, insects and diseases Chapter 11: Events in forests: fire Chapter 12: Events in forests: management Chapter 13: Conservation, sustainability and restoration of forests Chapter 14: Forests of the future References Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart I Planet Earth Chapter 1 Humans and the EnvironmentChapter 2 Environmental JusticeChapter 3 Architecture of the Earth and Atmosphere Chapter 4 Climate Change Chapter 5 Natural Pollution Chapter 6 Environmental Perspective on Rocks and MineralsChapter 7 Natural Hazards and Pollution Part II Pollution of the Earth Chapter 8 Pollution of GroundwaterChapter 9 Pollution of Rivers and Surface Waters Chapter 10 Pollution of SoilChapter 11 Ecosystem PollutionChapter 12 Ocean PollutionChapter 13 Air Pollution and Weather Part III Development and Resource Usage Chapter 14 Mining and Earth ResourcesChapter 15 Military and PollutionChapter 16 Agricultural Pollution Chapter 17 Nuclear Energy and Dangers Part IV Remediation of the Environment Chapter 18 Waste Disposal Chapter 19 Environmental Industry and Clean upChapter 20 Is It Too Late?

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Book SynopsisThis book is essential reading for anyone studying towards Domestic Installer status with an approval body such as NICEIC, NAPIT or ELECSA, in line with Part P of the Building Regulations, and also serves as a handy pocket guide to best practice for electricians. Although not intended as a DIY manual, non-qualified persons will also find it useful reading. The how-to guide for home wiring to professional standards Now with more on LED lighting Essential reading for serious DIY, electrical installation, basic plumbing, heating systems, TV and security alarm installation Up to date with the 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations Trade Review"This is a book that boils the complex IEE regs down to the salient points for a straightforward domestic installation." AMAZON.CO.UK READER REVIEW (review of the previous edition)Table of ContentsThe UK Generation, Transmission and Distribution System. Domestic Electrical Installations. The Importance of Earthing and Bonding. Bathrooms. Protection. Circuit Designs. Inspection and Testing. Security Alarm and Telephone Systems.

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The first book to provide a full history of the development of architectural conservation, A History of Architectural Conservation is considered a landmark publication by architectural conservation students and professionals the world over. Twenty years after its first publication, this new edition of Jukka Jokilehto's groundbreaking book continues the story to bring the history of architectural conservation right up to the modern day. Jokilehto draws on his distinguished career of over 40 years at ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, founded by UNESCO) to provide studies from Europe, the Middle East, the USA, Japan, India, China, Australia and South America. This accessible and well-written introduction to the history and theory of architectural conservation is richly illustrated in full colour and will be an essential go-to guide for students and practitioners worldwide.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Demystifying Science and the Environment 5 Chapter 1: Investigating the Environment 7 Chapter 2: Thinking Scientifically: The Scientific Method and Other Ways of Knowing 17 Chapter 3: What’s the Matter? Living and Nonliving Material 31 Chapter 4: Making Things Happen: Energy 49 Chapter 5: Studying the Environment and Your Place in It 59 Part 2: Living on Earth’s Surface: Ecosystems, Biomes, and Climate 71 Chapter 6: Exploring Ecosystems 73 Chapter 7: Biogeography: How Earth’s Climate Shapes Global Ecosystem Patterns 91 Chapter 8: Playing Well with Others: Population Biology 109 Chapter 9: Heating Things Up: Living in a Changing Climate 133 Part 3: Getting Your Needs Met: Earth’s Natural Resources 157 Chapter 10: Water, Water Everywhere: Freshwater Resources 159 Chapter 11: This Land Belongs to You and Me: Land as a Resource 171 Chapter 12: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Biodiversity 181 Chapter 13: Dishing It Up: Food Resources 197 Chapter 14: Hitting the Hard Stuff: Geologic Resources and Hazards 219 Chapter 15: Shifting Gears: Alternative Energy 237 Part 4: Giving a Hoot: Pollution and Environmental Quality 253 Chapter 16: Breathing Room: Addressing Man-Made Air Pollution 255 Chapter 17: Spilling Over: Water Pollution 269 Chapter 18: What’s Your Poison? Toxins and Infectious Disease 281 Chapter 19: Wading Through the Waste Stream: Solid and Hazardous Waste 297 Part 5: Expanding the Definition of Sustainability 311 Chapter 20: Reevaluating the Value of the Environment 313 Chapter 21: Decolonizing Environmental Science 327 Part 6: The Part of Tens 343 Chapter 22: Ten International Agreements on Planetary Stewardship 345 Chapter 23: Ten Real-Life Examples of the Tragedy of the Commons 351 Index 357

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Book SynopsisField Hydrogeology Pocket-sized field workbook for students studying hydrogeology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels The fully revised Fifth Edition of Field Hydrogeology serves as a comprehensive guide to conducting a hydrogeological study, beautifully presented with full colour photos and diagrams throughout, in a practical pocket size for easy use in the field. This new edition includes recent developments in the environmental regulations, with particular focus on the use of innovative technology. New topics in the Fifth Edition include the monitoring of boreholes using piezometers, how to identify the origin of water in the basement of a building, and an expanded section on geothermal energy. The text also includes case studies and text boxes to aid in reader comprehension, with a particular emphasis on practical application throughout. The Fifth Edition of Field Hydrogeology addresses key topics such as: Horizontal wells and shTable of ContentsPreface to the Fifth Edition viii Preface to the Fourth Edition ix Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Groundwater Systems 1 1.2 Conceptual Model 4 1.3 Groundwater Computer Modelling 8 1.4 Hydrogeological Report Writing 9 1.5 Expert Witness 9 2 Desk Study 13 2.1 Defining the Area 13 2.2 Identifying the Aquifers 14 2.3 Groundwater Levels 15 2.4 Surface Water 17 2.5 Recharge 17 2.6 Groundwater Use 18 2.7 Groundwater Chemistry 18 2.8 Aerial Photographs and Satellite Imagery 19 2.9 Planning a Fieldwork Programme 20 3 Field Evaluation of Aquifers 23 3.1 Grain Size Analysis 23 3.2 Hydraulic Properties of Aquifers 25 3.3 Hydraulic Properties and Rock Types 27 3.4 Assessing Hydraulic Properties 33 3.5 Using Hydraulic Property Information 34 3.6 Recharge through the Vadose Zone 38 4 Groundwater Levels 45 4.1 Water Level Dippers 45 4.2 Continuous Water Level Recorders 48 4.3 Measuring Ground Levels and Locations 53 4.4 Tool-Box 56 4.5 Well Catalogue 57 4.6 Field Surveys for Wells, Boreholes and Springs 57 4.7 Interpretation of Abstraction Borehole Water Levels 62 Case History 1 – Interpretation of Groundwater Strikes 66 4.8 Groundwater-Level Monitoring Networks 70 Case History 2 – Groundwater-Level Interpretation 70 4.9 Groundwater-Level Fluctuations 71 4.10 Managing Groundwater-Level Data 78 4.11 Constructing Groundwater Contour Maps and Flow Nets 79 4.12 Interpretation of Contour Maps and Flow Nets 82 4.13 Using Other Groundwater Information 83 5 Rainfall, Springs and Streams 85 5.1 Precipitation 85 5.2 Evaporation 89 5.3 Springs 91 Case History 3 – Measuring Flows with Low Heads 92 5.4 Stream-Flow Measurement 98 5.5 Stage–Discharge Relationships 107 5.6 Choosing the Best Method 109 5.7 Processing Flow Data 109 6 Pumping Tests 111 6.1 What Is a Pumping Test? 111 6.2 Planning a Pumping Test 112 6.3 Pumps and Pumping 113 6.4 On-Site Measurements 116 6.5 Pre-Test Monitoring 121 6.6 Test Set-up 121 6.7 Step Tests 123 6.8 Constant Rate Tests 123 6.9 Recovery Tests 125 6.10 Pumping Test Analysis 125 6.11 Tests on Single Boreholes 134 6.12 Packer Tests 137 7 Groundwater Chemistry 141 7.1 Analytical Suites and Determinands 141 7.2 Sampling Equipment 142 7.3 Sampling Protocols 153 7.4 Monitoring Networks 160 7.5 Using Chemical Data 161 8 Recharge Estimation 165 8.1 Water Balance 165 8.2 Rainfall Recharge 167 8.3 Induced Recharge 168 8.4 Other Sources of Recharge 170 9 Specialist Techniques 171 9.1 Borehole and Piezometer Installation 171 9.2 Down-Hole Geophysics 177 Case History 4 – The Use of Borehole Geophysics 178 9.3 Using Artificial Tracers 181 Case History 5 – The Use of Groundwater Tracers 182 10 Practical Applications 189 10.1 Borehole Prognoses 189 10.2 Groundwater Supplies 190 10.3 Wells in Shallow Aquifers 195 10.4 Contaminated Land Investigations 197 10.5 Landfills and Leachate 198 10.6 Geothermal Energy 201 10.7 Groundwater Lowering by Excavation 202 10.8 Rising Water Tables 206 10.9 Soakaways 208 10.10 Investigating Wetland Hydrology 208 Appendix A Good Working Practice 211 A. 1 Safety Codes 211 A1. 2 Safety Clothing and Equipment 211 A1. 3 Distress Signals 212 A1. 4 Exposure or Hypothermia 212 A1. 5 Heat Exhaustion 213 A1. 6 Working near Wells, Boreholes and Monitoring Piezometers 213 A1. 7 Hygiene Precautions for Water Supplies 213 A1. 8 Trial Pits 214 A1. 9 Electrical Equipment 214 A1.10 Filling Fuel Tanks 214 A1.11 Waste Disposal Sites 214 A1.12 Stream Flow Measurement 214 Appendix B Conversion Factors 217 References 219 Index 225

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Book SynopsisUpcycle & reuse with imagination & creativity.

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Book SynopsisI cannot imagine a better guide to the transition between school and undergraduate geography than this short, informative and confidently-argued book. Written without fuss but based on solid learning and clear thinking, it tackles head-on a question many professional academic geographers would rather avoid.- Alisdair Rogers, University of OxfordA beautiful little book that helps to introduce the core concepts of geography and provides an ideal framework for relating other fields of knowledge and academia.- Stefan Zimmermann, University of OsnabruckWhat is Geography? Geography is a fundamental fascination with, and a crucial method for, understanding the way the world works. This text offers readers a short and highly accessible account of the ideas and concepts constituting geography. Drawing out the key themesTrade ReviewI cannot imagine a better guide to the transition between school and undergraduate geography than this short, informative and confidently-argued book. Written without fuss but based on solid learning and clear thinking, it tackles head-on a question many professional academic geographers would rather avoid: what is geography? -- Alisdair RogersTable of ContentsTo Know the World Order and Power To Know the World People and Nature Geographical Obsessions Urbanisation and Mobility Doing Geography Institutionalising Geography

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Book SynopsisThe 2010 Haiti and Chili earthquakes, the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami in Japan are but a few examples of recent catastrophic events that continue to reveal how social structure and roles produce extensive human suffering and differential impacts on individuals and communities. These events bring social vulnerability to the forefront in considering how disasters unfold, clearly revealing that disasters are not created from the physical event alone. Equally important, peopleeven those considered vulnerablerespond in innovative and resilient ways that unveil the strength of human ingenuity and spirit. It is not a foregone conclusion that a hazard event, even a large one, will result in catastrophic loss. This updated second edition of Social Vulnerability to Disasters focuses on the social construction of disasters, demonstrating how the characteristics of an event are not the only reason that tragedies unfTable of ContentsFraming Social Vulnerability. Understanding Social Vulnerability. Theoretical Framing of Worldviews, Values, and Structural Dimensions of Disasters. The Intrinsic Link of Vulnerability to Sustainable Development. Socially Vulnerable Groups & Building Capacity. Class. Race and Ethnicity. Gender. Age. Disability. Health. Language and Literacy. Households and Families. Violence. Religion, Faith, and Faith-Based Organizations. Animals. Community Resilience. The Nature of Human Communities. Measuring and Conveying Social Vulnerability. Social Change and Empowerment. New Ideas for Practitioners.

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Book Synopsis*NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEST TRAVEL BOOKS OF 2020*The curious and vanishing world of ice in Greenland, told through 24 hours in the life of a polar scientist.''Insightful, lyrical, and personal'' - Jon Gertner''Evokes the ice sheet''s magnificence and fragility'' - Elizabeth KolbertOne of the least inhabited and most mysterious parts of the world, Greenland is a singular place on Earth from which to look for the future of our planet and question its history. Polar scientist Marco Tedesco, a world-leading expert on ice and on climate change, takes us along as he and his fellow researchers conduct all-important measurements to understand the dramatic changes afoot on the immense polar ice cap. Following a day in the life of this disappearing world, Tedesco tells us about improbable ''polar camels'', cryoconite holes, gigantic meteorite debris, the epic deeds of great Arctic explorers and the legends of Greenland''Trade ReviewWhen it comes to ice and snow, and to understanding the cold and exotic climates of Greenland and Antarctica, Marco Tedesco is one of the most knowledgeable scientists alive. Ice is a terrific complement to his important academic work - a book that is insightful, lyrical, and personal, and that will help guide readers through the science of a warming world * Jon Gertner, author of The Ice at the End of the World and The Idea Factory *As Marco Tedesco explains, the Greenland ice sheet plays an oversized role in life on earth. Tedesco and Alberto Flores d'Arcais have done a wonderful job evoking the ice sheet's magnificence and fragility * Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction *Tedesco shares scientific and historical insight into Arctic ice, discussing the hardy microorganisms that live in it, the famed explorers behind major discoveries about the ice, and the threat posed by climate change * Publishers Weekly *Imagine a science book that's truly informative but without an intimidating slew of equations, graphs, and references. That book is Ice - a book about ice, climate, Greenland, and the daily life of scientists who study these esoteric topics. It's a beautifully told story that will make you wish you could spend a year alone on the Greenland ice sheet * Henry Pollack, Professor Emeritus at The University of Michigan Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and author of A World Without Ice *In this illuminating narrative, history, science and the deeply personal experiences of living on ice are woven together in a way that offers the reader a unique perspective on the past, present, and future of the Greenland ice sheet. The colors and sounds of migrating ice, the challenges of tent life in one of the planet's harshest settings, the importance of companionship, and the wild world's power to inspire deep reflection and contemplation all make this book a must-read for anyone who is curious about the frozen Arctic landscape or concerned about the impacts of climate change * William E. Glassley, author of A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice *Marco Tedesco tells us a story we need to hear. Most of us will never see Greenland with our own eyes, but we can see it, in all its splendor, through his. Tedesco teaches us that we are not just caretakers of our home planet, although we need to be that and do that, but also that we are intimately connected to the snow and ice of Greenland. As it melts, all of us, everywhere, are changed. * Susan Hand Shetterly, author of Seaweed Chronicles *Greenland is ground zero for the monumental change sweeping over our world during the Anthropocene. Dr. Tedesco makes a valuable and much-needed contribution toward the dire story unfolding in this great and sometimes enigmatic land * James Balog, A.D. White Professor-at-Large *Glaciologist Marco Tedesco, working with Italian journalist Alberto Flores d'Arcais, does a gripping job of evoking Greenland's ice sheet. * National Geographic, Best Travel Books of 2020 *

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Book SynopsisPrepare to dive to the depths of the sea with 100-foot-long giant squid, travel through space after the meteorites shooting into our atmosphere and join a dangerous expedition to Antarctica to find the Emperor Penguin egg. Discover fleas dressed by nuns, a defeated prince hiding from his enemies in an oak tree and the plant whose legendary screams could drive you mad . . .Accompanying Radio 4''s acclaimed six-month series with the Natural History Museum, Natural Histories tells the riveting stories of how our relationships with twenty-five unexpected creatures have permanently changed the way we see the world. Packed full of fascinating science, history and folklore, this beautiful book brings you face to face with nature, in all its wonder, complexity and invention.Fresh from winning the Thomson Reuters prize for Tweet of the Day, Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss have written another imaginative and inspiring book. Each chapter explores a differentTrade ReviewEntertaining and often beguiling . . . The lively writing, enlightening anecdotes and frequent bursts of humour make this the ideal source of conversation topics if you run out of things to say while visiting the relatives * BBC Focus Magazine, Books of the Year *

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Book SynopsisProfit — getting more out of something than you put into it — is the original genius of homo sapiens, who learned how to unleash the energy stored in wood, exploit the land, and refashion ecosystems. As civilization developed, we found more and more ways of extracting surplus value from the earth, often deploying brutally effective methods to discipline people to do the work needed. Historian Mark Stoll explains how capitalism supercharged this process and traces its many environmental consequences. The financial innovations of medieval Italy created trade networks that, with the European discovery of the Americas, made possible vast profits and sweeping cultural changes, to the detriment of millions of slaves and indigenous Americans; the industrial age united the world in trade and led to an energy revolution that changed lives everywhere. But when efficient production left society awash in goods, a new sort of capitalism, predicated on endless individual consumption, took its place. This story of incredible ingenuity and villainy begins in the Doge’s palace in medieval Venice and ends with Jeff Bezos aboard his own spacecraft. Mark Stoll’s revolutionary account places environmental factors at the heart of capitalism’s progress and reveals the long shadow of its terrible consequences.Trade Review"Fascinating."—The Toronto Star "... eye-opening... Sweeping in scope yet grounded in intriguing particulars, this offers fresh perspective on an economic system 'we cannot live with... and cannot live without.'"—Publishers Weekly“Excellent.”—Resilience“With knowledge, skill and stories of inventors, entrepreneurs and conservationists, [Stoll] traces developments in technology, transportation, energy, communication, trade and finance.”—Nature“A concise and interdisciplinary history of capitalism … an excellent read for history enthusiasts.” —World History Encyclopedia“A story of incredible ingenuity and villainy that begins in the Doge’s palace in medieval Venice and ends with Jeff Bezos aboard his own spacecraft. Mark Stoll’s revolutionary account places environmental factors at the heart of capitalism’s successes and reveals the long shadow of its terrible consequences.”—Climate and Capitalism Ecosocialist Bookshelf “A sweeping and yet highly readable overview of human economic history, from foraging to modern industrial society. It surpasses all others in richness of detail and attention to environmental consequences.”Donald Worster, University of Kansas“Our world today is threatened by a resource extractions-driven global economy, the most severe symptom of which is the fossil-fueled warming of our planet. Could tackling the climate crisis be the critical first step in charting a new course that places planet over profit, and sustainability over stuff? Read this book and learn how we got into this mess and how we might just get out.”Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor, University of Pennsylvania and author of The New Climate War“This book offers important messages – but also fascinating asides and illuminating statistics, as it tells what may be the central tale of the human story.”Bill McKibben, author The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at his Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened“Profit is a must-read for anyone who’s ever wondered, ‘where do we go from here?’ The answer begins with understanding how we got here, and that’s the compelling story Profit tells. From the first human miners through the impetuous chaos of the Industrial Revolution to our current impasse between short-term profit and long-term survival, Stoll explains how ‘we have always profited at nature’s expense’ – and how, if we truly understood the magnitude of this price, we’d know that nature offers the key to our survival.”Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University, author of Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World“Incisive and compelling … an enjoyable deep read.” Ramya Swayamprakash, H-EnvironmentTable of Contents1 How It Started 2 Trade and Empire 3 The Wonders of Coal and Machines 4 Age of Steam and Steel 5 Conserving Resources 6 Buy Now – Pay Later 7 Stepping on the Gas 8 Selling Everything 9 The Rise and Globalization of Environmentalism Conclusion: Profit: Capitalism and Environment Notes Index

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Book SynopsisHumans rank with the powerful forces of nature transforming Earth. Since the mid-20th century, population growth, industrialization, and globalization have had such deep and wide-ranging impacts that our planet no longer functions as it did during the previous eleven millennia. So distinctive is this collective human intervention that a new geological interval has been proposed; it is called the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene is intriguing scientifically, fascinating intellectually, and deeply disturbing politically, socially, economically, and ethically. We must learn how to co-exist sustainably with the rest of nature in what is emerging as a new planetary state. To do so, we must first understand what "Anthropocene" means in all its dimensions. This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach, starting with an exploration of the Anthropocene as a geological concept: ranging across the physical changes to the landscape, to the rapidly heating climate, to a biosphere undergoing transformation. And what of the "anthropos" in the Anthropocene? While geoscience does not normally address political and ethical issues of justice and equity, or economics and culture, Anthropocene studies in the humanities and social sciences investigate the complexities of the human activity driving global change. Here the book looks at human history, both in the deep past and more recently, the politics and economics of growth spurring the Anthropocene, and potential ways of mitigating its cruel effects. Our fragile, still beautiful, planet is finite. The new realities of the Anthropocene will need our best efforts, across disciplinary divides, at effective hope and action.Trade Review“An accessible tour de force and an ideal starting point for anyone seeking an understanding of the Anthropocene predicament.”John R. McNeill, Georgetown University “Earth System scientists have proposed the Anthropocene and geologists are confirming its reality. This work explores more important questions: what does the Anthropocene really mean for humanity and what are the many ways we could deal with it?”Will Steffen, Australian National University “The big market for this book in Australia is the "educated general reader" and they will love it. It is not so much an "introductory course book" for them, but rather a review book that empowers them to understand and take action. It is a tour-de-force.”Libby Robin, author of The Environment: A History of the Idea “An indispensable guide… The Anthropocene maps cultural and scientific definitions of its subject in ways that experts will find provocative and students accessible.”Green Letters “This book should be required introductory reading for anyone interested in learning about the Anthropocene, and particularly for those concerned about the broad but intertwined challenges facing humanity, our environments, and the planet.”The Holocene"A well-developed guide for readers seeking to better understand not only the Anthropocene as a period, but as a culture. Readers come away from the book with a sense of urgency that the realities brought about by our current epoch – climate change, resource stress, and extinctions – will require global and multidisciplinary efforts to effect a hopeful future."The GeoscientistTable of ContentsPreface 1. The Multidisciplinary Anthropocene 2. The Geological Context of the Anthropocene 3. The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit and the Great Acceleration 4. The Anthropocene and Climate Change 5. The Anthropocene and the Biosphere's Transformation 6. The "Anthropos" of the Anthropocene 7. Economics and Politics of the Anthropocene 8. Existential Challenges in the Anthropocene

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Book SynopsisThe critical situation in which our planet finds itself is no longer in doubt. Some things are already collapsing while others are beginning to do so, increasing the possibility of a global catastrophe that would mean the end of the world as we know it. As individuals, we are faced with a daily deluge of bad news about the worsening situation, preparing ourselves to live with years of deep uncertainty about the future of the planet and the species that inhabit it, including our own. How can we cope? How can we project ourselves beyond the present, think bigger and find ways not just to survive the collapse but to live it? In this book, the sequel to How Everything Can Collapse, the authors show that a change of course necessarily requires an inner journey and a radical rethinking of our vision of the world. Together these might enable us to remain standing during the coming storm, to develop a new awareness of ourselves and of the world and to imagine new ways of living in it. Perhaps then it will be possible to regenerate life from the ruins, creating new alliances in differing directions – with ourselves and our inner nature, between humans, with other living beings and with the earth on which we dwell.Trade Review"We need to get serious about living on the Earth. This deceptively simple truism is the starting-point for this utterly radical book by the three founders of “collapsology”. Here they address the question of how to live through an eco-driven societal collapse, laying out a path beyond our civilization’s chronic destructiveness into a more mature autonomy that will be found only in the joining together of interdependence and collapse-readiness. If you want to know what lies beyond survivalism, and how collapse might be navigable as something other than mass death and disaster, read this book!"Rupert Read, author of This Civilisation is Finished

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Book SynopsisThis bold and wide-ranging book views the history of humankind through the prism of natural resources – how we acquire them, use them, value them, trade them, exploit them. History needs a cast of characters and in this story the leading actors are peat and hemp, grain and iron, fur and oil, each with its own tale to tell. The uneven spread of available resources was the prime mover for trade, which in turn led to the accumulation of wealth, the growth of inequality and the proliferation of evil. Different sorts of raw material have different political implications and give rise to different social institutions. When a country switches its reliance from one commodity to another, this often leads to wars and revolutions. But none of these crises go to waste – they all lead to dramatic changes in the relations between matter, labour and the state. Our world is the result of a fragile pact between people and nature. As we stand on the verge of climate catastrophe, nature has joined us in our struggle to distinguish between good and evil. And since we have failed to change the world, now is the moment to understand how it works.Trade Review"I recommend anything by Alexander Etkind, who is a cultural historian of Russia. His latest book is called 'Nature's Evil' and... it actually goes a very long way to explaining how Russia works."—Masha Gessen, The New York Times "Provocative, insightful and informative, Etkind explores the cultural, economic and political institutions built on the humble foundations of commodities such as hemp, coal and wheat. The ideas of matter and the matter of ideas leap to life in his pages. Readers will find themselves rethinking their notions of civilisation, its origins and future."—Edward Lucas, formerly senior editor at The Economist and author of The New Cold War "Etkind's book is a treasure trove of ideas about the material, cultural and political lives of natural resources. An utterly original and fascinating blend of intellectual, ecological and moral history. A great read, not to be missed!"—Nancy Fraser, New School for Social Research, author of Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory "In detailed chapters on grain, animal products, sugar, hemp, metals, peat, coal and oil, historian Alexander Etkind explores how nature and its commodification has shaped states and societies, as the pursuit of power and wealth has degraded people and despoiled the planet."—Nature "Provocative"—Times Literary Supplement "eloquent"—H-Soz-Kult "This book is a triumph. . . . A must-read for future generations of environmentalists hoping to understand the context of environmental destruction."—Eurasian Geography and EconomicsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Part 1. History of Matter Chapter 1. Cry Fire Chapter 2. Grain’s Way Chapter 3. The Remains of Foreign Bodies Chapter 4. Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice Chapter 5. Fibres Chapter 6. Metals Part 2. History of Ideas Chapter 7. Resources and Commodities Chapter 8. Resource Projects Chapter 9. The Mercantile Pump Chapter 10. The Resources that Failed Part 3. History of Energy Chapter 11. Peat Chapter 12. Coal Chapter 13. Oil Conclusion. Leviathan or Gaia Literature Notes

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Book SynopsisIn the merciless arena of life, we are all subject to the law of the jungle, to ruthless competition and the survival of the fittest – such is the myth that has given rise to a society that has become toxic for our planet and for our and future generations. But today the lines are shifting. A growing number of new movements and thinkers are challenging this skewed view of the world and reviving words such as ‘altruism’, ‘cooperation’, ‘kindness’ and ‘solidarity’. A close look at the wide spectrum of living beings reveals that, at all times and in all places, animals, plants, microorganisms and human beings have practised different forms of mutual aid. And those which survive difficult conditions best are not necessarily the strongest, but those which help each other the most. Pablo Servigne and Gauthier Chapelle explore a vast, forgotten continent of mutual aid in order to discover the mechanisms of this ‘other law of the jungle’. In so doing, they provide a more rounded view of the world of living things and give us some of the conceptual tools we need to move beyond the vicious circle of competition and self-destruction that is leading our civilization to the verge of collapse.Trade Review‘Cooperation has, over the course of evolution, been much more productive of increasing levels of complexity than competition. There is no doubt that mutual aid is omnipresent in nature. This penetrating study by Pablo Servigne and Gauthier Chapelle, which paints a portrait of this other “law of the jungle”, is more than welcome at a time when we so badly need to foster cooperation, solidarity and benevolence in order to build a better world together.’Matthieu Ricard, author of Altruism: The Science and Psychology of Kindness"Servigne and Chappelle’s narrative is on point"Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social AnalysisTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsForeword by Alain CailléIntroduction. The age of mutual aidThe law of the jungleA potentially fatal paralysisThe emergence of another law of the jungleThe construction site of the new centuryChapter One. The history of a forgettingEverywhere, all the time, and in every colourAmong one’s peersBetween distant cousinsBetween dissimilar organizationsOur most distant ancestors, champions of mutual aid in all categoriesAll the colours of ‘symbiodiversity’We are an inextricable bundle of interdependenciesSetting the record straightWhy society hasn’t seen it - a story of mythsKropotkin, the anarchist prince swimming against the tideOur blinkered societyWhy science didn’t see it – a history of genesBefore the 1970sThe life, death and rebirth of sociobiology, 1970-2000The renaissance of the 2000sChapter Two. Spontaneous mutual aidContrary to popular belief…Where does Homo œconomicus live?What emerges in a crisis situationWhat emerges from stress and the unknownHow are we to explain these automatisms?The end of simplistic modelsA malleable automatismChapter 3. Group mechanismsThe hard core of mutual aid: reciprocityThe obligation to give backThe roots of reciprocityThe transition to the group: extended reciprocityReputation (indirect reciprocity)Rewards and punishments (enhanced reciprocity)Very large groups: invisible reciprocitySocial normsInstitutionsChapter Four. The spirit of the groupA magical moment: when the group becomes oneThe sense of securityThe sense of equalityThe sense of trustThe birth of a superorganismTowards universal principles?The ‘fundamentals’: putting them into practiceThe principles of good governanceMutual aid taken to the extremeThe dissolution of the selfCollective ecstasyGroup closureA tragic moment: when mutual aid collapsesChapter Five. Beyond the groupThe big bad wolf principleCompetition with other groupsA hostile environmentReaching a common goalCan groups provide mutual aid to each other?Overcoming competition between groupsThe same mechanisms as at the lower levelA limit on size?The opportunity of global disastersChapter Six. Since the dawn of timeThe evolution of human mutual aidAssociating to surviveA band of immature primatesThe evolution of mutual aid between peers‘There is strength in unity’: the power of group selection‘Winter is coming’: the power of the hostile environmentOther evolutionary forcesThe evolution of mutual aid between speciesNeeding the other...... sometimes it’s mutual...... and eventually you can’t do without themAgain and again the hostile environmentAn endless source of innovationMutual aid calls for mutual aidTransforming yourself in contact with othersTaking it to the next levelHow mutual aid changed the face of the worldConclusion. The new face of mutual aidMuch more than just a law of the jungleThe main principles of mutual aidTowards a new vision of mutual aidEpilogue. For which world?Are we going to kill each other?Towards another mythologyBeyond humankindAppendix. On the ‘new sociobiology’An earthquake in the land of sociobiologyThe secret had to lie in the genesThe slow betrayal of the founding fatherThe power of one manThe various evolutionary forces behind mutual aidThe origins of sociobiology: kinship selection and reciprocal altruismThe discovery of other paths: indirect reciprocity and spatial selectionTowards a more open and complex sociobiologyNotes

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Book SynopsisArtificial intelligence (AI) is presented as a solution to the greatest challenges of our time, from global pandemics and chronic diseases to cybersecurity threats and the climate crisis. But AI also contributes to the climate crisis by running on technology that depletes scarce resources and by relying on data centres that demand excessive energy use. Is AI Good for the Planet? brings the climate crisis to the centre of debates around AI, exposing its environmental costs and forcing us to reconsider our understanding of the technology. It reveals why we should no longer ignore the environmental problems generated by AI. Embracing a green agenda for AI that puts the climate crisis at centre stage is our urgent priority. Engaging and passionately written, this book is essential reading for scholars and students of AI, environmental studies, politics, and media studies and for anyone interested in the connections between technology and the environment.Trade Review"Benedetta Brevini lays out the risks posed to our planet by a headlong and indiscriminate embrace of AI, and what we can do to manage them. I urge you to read this essential book."—Michael E. Mann, author of The New Climate War "Bold, perceptive, and urgently topical, Is AI Good for the Planet? both informs and inspires."—Frank Pasquale, author of New Laws of Robotics "[T]he book may serve as a spark for public discourse and an urgent call to action for more research, policy action and public advocacy on this subject. Given its brevity and its non-technical, opinionated and engaging writing style, it is well-positioned to achieve this aim."—PrometheusTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Defining AI: beyond the Hype Chapter Two: Controlling AI: understanding data capitalism Chapter Three: Why AI worsens the Climate Crisis Conclusion: AI and the Climate Crisis: what we can do about it Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAs the environmental crisis accelerates, we can easily feel overwhelmed, but our feeling of powerlessness is partly due to a misunderstanding of the natural world. We tend to think of nature as a cathedral on fire, like Notre Dame engulfed in flames. But the living world is not a cathedral on fire – if it were, the battle would already be lost. The living world is itself a fire that reconstitutes itself continuously and creates countless forms of life as soon as we leave it the space and time to do so. So the problem we face today is not to stop the fire – rather, it is how to defend and rekindle the embers of life that are all around us.Drawing lessons from conservationist initiatives aimed at allowing the natural forces of forests to take over again through a process of free evolution, and from agro-ecological farming initiatives which make lands hospitable for wildlife, Baptiste Morizot shows how specific actions can release the prodigality of life, its jungle-like power to regenerate itself. Actions like these are possible because the power of the living world lies in its abundance and creativity: the biosphere is a living fire that covers the earth, and it can always start up again if we know how to defend and kindle its embers.Trade Review“Metaphysics used to be the search for unifying principles carried out by armchair philosophers. What happens when the definition of what the world is made up of is practically disputed by endless numbers of ordinary citizens? That's when you need a field philosopher like Baptiste Morizot, who uses the skills of his trade to mediate between controversies, and who attempts to invent new diplomatic tools. The common world is still very far away, but this is a decisive starting point.”Bruno LatourTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsChapter One: Give us a lever and a fulcrumChapter Two: Anatomy of a lever, a case study: hearths of free evolutionChapter Three: The embers of lifeChapter Four: Realigning alliancesChapter Five: Making maps differently: dealing with disagreementsChapter Six: Conclusion: the living world defends itselfWorks CitedNotes

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Book SynopsisDespite the global movement to tackle plastic pollution, demand for plastics continues to rise. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, plastics are set to be the biggest driver of oil demand. Single-use plastics – deemed essential in the fight against COVID-19 – have been given a new lease of life. In a world beset with crisis fatigue, what can we do to curb the escalating plastics crisis? In this book, Alice Mah reveals how petrochemical and plastics corporations have fought relentlessly to protect and expand plastics markets in the face of existential threats to business. From denying the toxic health effects of plastics to co-opting circular economy solutions to plastic waste and exploiting the opportunities offered up by the global pandemic, industry has deflected attention from the key problem: plastics production. The consequences of unfettered plastics growth are pernicious and highly unequal. We all have a part to play in reducing plastics consumption but we must tackle the problem at its root: the capitalist imperative for limitless growth.Trade Review‘Hard-hitting and insightful, Plastic Unlimited upends the familiar “personal responsibility” narrative, instead tracing the roots of our global plastics crisis to the voracious multinational corporations producing an endless stream of the stuff.’Beth Gardiner, author of Choked: The Age of Air Pollution and the Fight for a Cleaner Future ‘Alice Mah blows the lid off the many myths and deceptive tactics propagated and employed by an industry desperately seeking to extend our continuing addiction to fossil fuels. This book offers illumination and ammunition for citizens striving for a just and better future.’Von Hernandez, Global coordinator of the Break Free From Plastic movement ‘Timely, engaging, comprehensive. Mah delivers the book I’ve been waiting for – a power-and-geopolitics analysis of the multifaceted plastics crisis, past and present.’Rebecca Altman, writer and environmental sociologist ‘Plastic Unlimited uncovers the driving forces behind the global problem of plastic waste that is damaging ecosystems, undermining public health, and widening inequalities. Alice Mah’s incisive analysis shows that the current plastics predicament is not mainly a problem of weak waste management or poor consumer choices, but instead is driven by powerful corporations that dominate plastics production and use.’Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo ‘With breathtaking originality, Alice Mah exposes why plastics are poisoning our planet. Governance is failing. And corporations are out of control. Everyone should rush to read this incisive, fiery analysis. These companies must be held accountable.’Peter Dauvergne, University of British Columbia ‘Tracing plastics back to their petrochemical source, Plastic Unlimited presents an unflinching investigation into corporate responsibility for the plastics crisis. Mah convincingly argues that plastics consumption and climate change are interlinked, and offers strategies for confronting these fossil-fuelled crises through multi-scalar activism.’Jennifer Gabrys, University of Cambridge and author of Citizens of Worlds: Open-Air Toolkits for Environmental Struggle ‘This fantastic book is extremely informative, well written, and a must-read for anyone interested in the deeper roots of the plastics crisis.’Frank Geels, University of Manchester ‘Plastic Unlimited is a vitally important book. It provides a cogent, nuanced, and resounding critique of the fossil fuel industry’s strategy to turn plastics into a saviour of global health, renewable energy technology, but, most of all, the industry’s bottom line. Read this book to understand how the climate emergency and plastics production go hand in hand.’Josh Lepawsky, Memorial University of Newfoundland ‘Plastic Unlimited is an exquisitely useful book and a must-read for anyone interested in plastic pollution. Pulling back the curtain on concepts like lifecycle assessments (LCAs), the circular economy, net zero, and chemical recycling, Alice Mah reveals how each one has specific ingredients that align with the continued growth of plastic production. Academia has lagged behind NGO research and investigative journalism on the plastics industry, but Plastic Unlimited decisively ends that trend. It’s the book I’ve been waiting for!’Max Liboiron, Memorial University of Newfoundland and author of Pollution Is Colonialism ‘Mah’s brilliant analysis reveals how the continuous growth of the petrochemical industry draws upon an imaginary circular economy of plastics that leaves aside “waste colonialism” and environmental injustices.’Joan Martínez-Alier, Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA)“industry has deflected attention from the key problem: plastics production. We must tackle the problem at its root — the capitalist imperative for limitless growth.”Ecosocialist Bookshelf“Lively and sophisticated.” Nature“A fiery analysis”FastCompanyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Plastic Unlimited2 Manufacturing Toxic Wants and Needs3 The Corporate Alliance to (Never) End Plastic Waste4 Hedging Against Climate Risk5 Plastics in the Pandemic6 How Can We Curb the Plastics Crisis?Selected ReadingsNotes

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Book SynopsisThis book is a philosophical essay on the sun. It draws on Georges Bataille’s theories of the solar economy and solar violence and demonstrates their relevance to a world affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. The sun, which, since Antiquity, has played an essential role in our utopian imaginations, is the ultimate source of energy, both productive and destructive. According to Georges Bataille, its infinite generosity can be taken as the model for human societies, which suggests an alternative to the capitalist economy with its infinite expansion, colonization, and disastrous consequences on the cosmic scale. Taking a step from solar economy to solar politics, Timofeeva locates the grounds for it in solidarity with nature, treated neither as a master nor as a slave, but as a comrade. The book will appeal to students, academics, artists, and other readers interested in the philosophy of nature, ecology, social and political theory, postcolonial and decolonial studies, and the humanities generally.Trade Review“What is needed today are books that combine the lesson of poststructuralism (historical character of our knowledge, its dependence on a social and linguistic context) with a robust approach to nature. In short, what is needed are books like Oxana Timofeeva’s Solar Politics, which combines the analysis of sun as a planetary phenomenon, both constructive and destructive, with an inquiry into the complex metaphoric dimension of the signifier ‘sun.’ This book is not just a book…, it is THE book we have been waiting for.”Slavoj Žižek, University of LjubljanaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Two suns and the city 1. Two kinds of violence 2. General economy 3. Restrictive violence of capital Conclusion: Sun is a comrade Notes

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Book SynopsisThe story begins with a dream – the dream of Africa. Virgin forests, majestic mountains surrounded by savannas, vast plains punctuated with the rhythms of animal life where lions, elephants and giraffes reign as lords of nature, far from civilization – all of us carry such images in our heads, imagining Africa as a timeless Eden untouched by the ravages of modernity. But this Africa has never existed. The more we destroy nature here, the more we fantasize about it in Africa. Along with UNESCO, the WWF and other organizations, we convince ourselves that the African national parks are protecting the last vestiges of a world once untouched and wild. In reality, argues Guillaume Blanc, these organizations are responsible for naturalizing large tracts of the African continent, turning territories into parks and forcibly evicting thousands of people from the lands where they have lived for centuries. Making use of archives and oral histories, Blanc investigates this battle for a phantom Africa and the contradictory claims of nations who destroy nature at home while believing that they are protecting the natural world abroad. In so doing, they enact a new type of colonialism: green colonialism.Trade Review‘Blanc has created a masterpiece in contrasts that has much to teach us about nature conservation, “sustainable development”, power and equity on a global scale. This book deserves a spot on the shelves of every major library, a large number of policymakers’ desks and the bedside tables of many ordinary folks interested in Africa, nature conservation, social justice or the sustainable development of our planet.’Diana K. Davis, author of The Arid Lands: History, Power, Knowledge ‘Guillaume Blanc, with passion as well as thorough research, pushes his readers to think anew about the relationship between humans and animals in Africa. This book is both a valuable contribution to environmental history and an argument that needs to be taken seriously about the misconceptions that often shape international interventions in that continent.’Frederick Cooper, author of Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present“Blistering”The Financial Times “Absorbing”The Daily Maverick“[A] book that will challenge much of what the reader understands about conservation.”Sally Hayden, The Irish Times“The book challenges some otherwise comfortably held opinions, and is, at times, a harrowing and often controversial read. Recommended.”Morning Star“a searing critique of wildlife conservation in Africa”The Inquisitive Biologist“Scathing.”Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements History as a Starting Point: Preface to the English Edition Introduction Chapter 1: Deconstructing our Beliefs, (Re)-thinking Nature Chapter 2: Turning Africa into Parkland (1850-1960 Chapter 3: A Special Project for Africa (1960-1965) Chapter 4: The Expert and the Emperor (1965-1970) Chapter 5: Violence Below the Surface of Nature (1970-1978) Chapter 6: The Sustainable Development Trap (1978-1996) Chapter 7: The Fiction of the Community Approach (1996-2009) Chapter 8: The Roots of Injustice (2009-2019) Conclusion Looking Ahead: Afterword Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTwenty metres below water, the oceanographer François Sarano came face to face with a five-and-a-half metre great white shark. Seduced by the gentle elegance of this majestic creature, Sarano experienced a profound sense of affinity with her as they swam side by side, shoulder to shoulder, eye to eye, cutting a single figure through the ocean depths. It was an experience which made him realize the depth of our ignorance of the lives of sharks, leading him to become a passionate advocate for their protection. Drawing on the latest scientific research on the biology and ethology of sharks and their exceptional characteristics, this book aims to break through the barrier of prejudice and to pay homage to their true nature. Representing a last vestige of wildness, their populations are nevertheless under threat – like so many species, they have been hunted and exploited by humans. Sarano argues for a change of mindset in which we lose ourselves in the world of the other, so that each living entity, human and non-human, can take their rightful place in the broader global ecosystem.Trade Review‘In a prior incarnation, François Sarano lived as a shark. Here he shares the experiences of swimming, sensing, feeding and thinking as a shark. The book is a brilliant and beautiful advance towards interspecies communication.’Jesse Ausubel, The Rockefeller University, New York City‘When it comes to our relations with sharks, there’s a lot that needs fixing. Sarano’s passionate, eye-opening book sets the record straight about one of the most misunderstood and unfairly demonized groups of animals on Earth.’Jonathan Balcombe, author of What a Fish Knows and A Boy and a FishTable of ContentsForeword by Sandra Bessudo Introduction: Giving the ‘Voiceless’ a Voice 1. A Matter of Misunderstanding: From Pliny to Disney 2. Shark? What Shark? 3. Giving Life 4. Inside the Shark’s Head 5. On the Road to Personality 6. The Shark, Where it Belongs 7. The Ocean is their Garden 8. Fading Silhouettes 9. The Confrontation 10. Reconciliation Notes List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisThe story of the artistic collaboration between the originators of the ecosex movement, their diverse communities, and the Earth What’s sexy about saving the planet? Funny you should ask. Because that is precisely—or, perhaps, broadly—what Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens have spent many years bringing to light in their live art, exhibitions, and films. In 2008, Sprinkle and Stephens married the Earth, which set them on the path to explore the realms of ecosexuality as they became lovers with the Earth and made their mutual pleasure an embodied expression of passion for the environment. Ever since, they have been not just pushing but obliterating the boundaries circumscribing biology and ecology, creating ecosexual art in their performance of an environmentalism that is feminist, queer, sensual, sexual, posthuman, materialist, exuberant, and steeped in humor.Assuming the Ecosexual Position tells of childhood moments that pointed to a future of ecosexuality—for Annie, in her family swimming pool in Los Angeles; for Beth, savoring forbidden tomatoes from the vine on her grandparents’ Appalachian farm. The book describes how the two came together as lovers and collaborators, how they took a stand against homophobia and xenophobia, and how this union led to the miraculous conception of the Love Art Laboratory, which involved influential performance artists Linda M. Montano, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, and feminist pornographer Madison Young. Stephens and Sprinkle share the process of making interactive performance art, including the Chemo Fashion Show, Cuddle, Sidewalk Sex Clinics, and Ecosex Walking Tours. Over the years, they celebrated many more weddings to various nature entities, from the Appalachian Mountains to the Adriatic Sea. To create these weddings, they collaborated with hundreds of people and invited thousands of guests as they vowed to love, honor, and cherish the many elements of the Earth.As entertaining as it is deeply serious, and arriving at a perilous time of sharp differences and constricting categories, the story of this artistic collaboration between Sprinkle, Stephens, their diverse communities, and the Earth opens gender and sexuality, art and environmentalism, to the infinite possibilities and promise of love.Trade Review"Tuned to the more than human, Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens have married widely and well, mating with the airs, waters, and places of Earth, inviting their companions into profligate kinning for earthly survival. They have taken me on their ecosexual journeys, rolling around with them on their theoretical and performative ground to get sufficiently soiled to be brave enough to join the old whore and the hillbilly in their radical practices of joy, love, and rage. Read this book, revel in its wacky seriousness, risk its call to transformative art and life."—Donna Haraway, author of Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene"This book is a manifesto, a memoir, a call to action, a piece of art, and a love story. As we fight to save our planet, consider Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens’s approach, which is rooted in our bodies and our relationships to one another and nature. Their form of environmental activism smashes binaries, promotes radical inclusivity, and embraces the power of pleasure."—Tristan Taormino, author of Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships"Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens give the ‘eco-curious’ a holistic and multifaceted insight into their practice and pedagogy. Through storytelling, poetic manifestos, and detailed descriptions of projects, the artists trace their relentless commitment to all forms of ecosex devotion and offer readers an open-ended guide on how to embody and enact a daily earth-loving practice."—Guillermo Gómez-Peña, performance artist, writer, and artistic director of La Pocha NostraTable of ContentsContentsForeplayUna Chaudhuri Preface: Hello Earthlings! Welcome to Our Book Introduction: Rolling around on the Theoretical GroundEcosexual Glossary1. Our Ecosex Herstories2. First Comes Art, Then Comes Marriage3. The Miraculous Conception of Love Art Lab4. Nascent Ecosexuals: Hello, Green!5. Happy Trails and the Climax of Love Art Lab 6. Off the Beaten Path7. The E.A.R.T.H. Lab Experiments8. An Old Whore and a Hillbilly Make a Splash at documenta 149. Conclusion: Sincerely YoursAfterwordPaul B. PreciadoPostscriptLinda M. Montano Field Guides: Acknowledgments from Beth and AnnieNotesBetween the Covers: Related Books and MoviesIndex

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Book SynopsisAn urgent, essential, and practical call to action from the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion.

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Book SynopsisIn its first edition, this book helped to define the emerging field of ecological economics. This new edition surveys the field today. It incorporates all of the latest research findings and grounds economic inquiry in a more robust understanding of human needs and behavior. Humans and ecological systems, it argues, are inextricably bound together in complex and long-misunderstood ways. According to ecological economists, conventional economics does not reflect adequately the value of essential factors like clean air and water, species diversity, and social and generational equity. By excluding biophysical and social systems from their analyses, many conventional economists have overlooked problems of the increasing scale of human impacts and the inequitable distribution of resources. This introductory-level textbook is designed specifically to address this significant flaw in economic thought. The book describes a relatively new 'transdiscipline' that incorporates insights from the biological, physical, and social sciences. It provides students with a foundation in traditional neoclassical economic thought, but places that foundation within an interdisciplinary framework that embraces the linkages among economic growth, environmental degradation, and social inequity. In doing so, it presents a revolutionary way of viewing the world. The second edition of "Ecological Economics" provides a clear, readable, and easy-to-understand overview of a field of study that continues to grow in importance. It remains the only stand-alone textbook that offers a complete explanation of theory and practice in the discipline.

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Book SynopsisCome along with David Hinton on a series of walks through the wild beauty of Hunger Mountain, near his home in Vermont?excursions informed by the worldview he?s imbibed from his many years translating the classics of Chinese poetry and philosophy. His broad-ranging discussion offers insight on everything from the mountain landscape to the origins of consciousness and the Cosmos, from geology to Chinese landscape painting, from parenting to pictographic oracle-bone script, to a family chutney recipe. It?s a spiritual ecology that is profoundly ancient and at the same time resoundingly contemporary. Your view of the landscape?and of your place in it?may never be the same.

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Book SynopsisFor America’s rural and suburban areas, new challenges demand new solutions. Author Randall Arendt meets them in an entirely new edition of Rural by Design. When this planning classic first appeared 20 years ago, it showed how creative, practical land-use planning can preserve open space and keep community character intact. The second edition shifts the focus toward infilling neighborhoods, strengthening town centers, and moving development closer to schools, shops, and jobs. New chapters cover form-based codes, visioning, sustainability, low-impact development, green infrastructure, and more, while 70 case studies show how these ideas play out in the real world. Readers —rural or not—will find practical advice about planning for the way we live now.Trade Review"It has been a decade since I read the first edition, and I was struck by how useful the information is to rural and urban alike. In many ways the title of the book is a misnomer, because this book is a great tool for new urbanists, small town enthusiasts and those that want to preserve and enhance the open space we all need."Christopher Parker, Assistant City Manager: Director of Planning and Strategic Initiatives, City of Dover, NH"The second edition of Rural by Design is worth the 20 years necessary for its update. Arendt's latest work is thorough and well researched.. This is a must -have book for every planner's library. The concepts are transferable and clear, and the rationale is directly on point and understandable to all audiences."Rick Bernhardt, FAICP, Executive Director, Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Planning Department"Randall Arendt has managed to take a great book and make it even better. This newest version has been expanded to make it even richer in content, including nearly doubling the number of case studies and graphics. It has also evolved to remain relevant to current planning philosophies." Philip Walker, AICP, Principal, The Walker Collaborative, Nashville, TN "Rural by Design is not just for practitioners in small cities and suburbanizing towns. New Urbanists will also profit from an array of strategies and examples for concentrating development and minimizing impacts. Most of all, it provides professors in planning and landscape architecture a text for their most important task: training students to apply ideals and principles in practice."Bruce Stephenson, Professor of Environmental Studies, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL"As a professor of urban planning, I have found the second edition of Randall Arendt’s Rural by Design an indispensable text for students pursuing sustainable urban planning and design. The book takes townscape planning to the next level with practical approaches that develop vacant land, redevelop existing neighborhoods and integrate the built with the natural environment. Transect planning, form-based codes, green infrastructure and conservation subdivision design are among many contemporary approaches illustrated in this updated edition. The book is easy to grasp, clearly written and illustrated with artful color graphics. The book’s appendix also features 84 case studies that reinforce townscape planning concepts serving as material for class exercises. In the process, Arendt persuasively demonstrates how townscape planning strategies can effectively implement sustainable development principles and practices. Rural by Design remains an essential resource for students and practitioners of urban planning and design."Russell J. Fricano, Ph.D, AICP, Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Studies Institute, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN"The new edition of Rural by Design is an important addition to my undergraduate environmental planning courses and is a valuable follow up to the original classic text that became a driving force in the conservation design movement in the US. It builds on the original concepts while including broader coverage of non-residential development. As with the first, this edition includes a sequential topical format, thoughtful and concise interpretations, applicable case studies and excellent supporting graphics. It's a great achievement and will have a lasting impact on development here and abroad."Eric Sanden, Professor of Conservation and Environmental Planning, University of Wisconsin-River Falls"This updated version of the 20-year-old classic is a how-to guide to creating walkable towns in rural and urbanizing suburban North America, bursting with examples, many not yet built when the original book was written. It also shows how metropolitan residents can have a connection to nature that is so crucial for human settlements no matter the density. We are witnessing the end of sprawl, and this book provides the blueprint for how it is being replaced by environmentally sustainable, socially equitable, and economically successful ways of building the country. The book is truly a masterpiece."Christopher B. Leinberger, Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution and Charles Bendit Distinguished Scholar and Research Professor of Urban Real Estate Chair, Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis, George Washington University School of Business, Washington, DC"Rural by Design represents a lifetime of experience and wisdom. Randall Arendt is a passionate proponent of the value of good design for planning more humane and healthy communities. His grasp of the history of planning new communities — and his deep personal involvement in making numerous plans across the United States — inform Rural by Design. This expanded edition includes considerable new information, notably concerning sustainability. Arendt's clear and informative writing make Rural by Design an invaluable resource for practitioners, educators, and students in planning, landscape architecture, architecture, civil engineering, law, and real estate."Frederick Steiner, Dean and Paley Professor for the University of Pennsylvania School of Design"The new edition of Rural by Design is a definitive text. In 1994 Randall Arendt offered an important template to counter suburban sprawl. Centered on the conservation subdivision, Rural by Design enlightened policy and regulations were recalibrated. In the past two decades, conservation subdivisions have protected 180,000 acres of natural and rural land. At the same time, Arendt was updating his repertoire. His new book is thoughtful and richly illustrated. Mitigating sprawl is still at the forefront, but it also addresses the growing focus on infill development. Analyses of pocket neighborhoods, complete streets, waterway daylighting, and habitat restoration reveal how sustainable human environments can be crafted in an urban setting. Arendt is at his best in a chapter devoted to greenways. Mixing historic principle and innovation, he presents a series of projects that guide development on lines of ecology, health, equity, and profit. Town planning is rooted in landscape architecture, a fact foreign to too many practitioners. Fortunately, Arendt celebrates this history. Like the early stalwarts of the profession—the Olmsted Brothers and John Nolen—he offers a pragmatic vision to protect nature and promote urbanism. Henry David Thoreau's adage "in wildness is the preservation of the world," inspired earlier generations, but Arendt is a visionary who sees livable cities as the key to the preservation of the world. This endeavor will define landscape architecture, and we are lucky to have Rural by Design as a guide. Rural by Design is not just for practitioners in small cities and suburbanizing towns. New Urbanists will also profit from an array of strategies and examples for concentrating development and minimizing impacts. Most of all, Rural by Design provides professors in planning and landscape architecture a text for their most important task: training students to apply ideals and principles in practice."Bruce Stephenson, Professor of Environmental Studies, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida Table of ContentsForeword: Broadly Defining ‘Rural’IntroductionPart One: The Character of Towns1. The Common Qualities of Traditional Towns2. Changes in the Pattern 3. Future Prospects: Choosing Among Alternative Patterns4. The Aesthetics of Form in Community Planning5. Sustainability, Best Practices, and Visionary Planning6. Vision Plans, Downzoning, and Municipal BalkanizationPart Two: Design Approaches7. Form-Based Coding and Standards for Performance and Design8. Blending New Urbanism With Greenway Planning and Conservation DesignPart Three: Implementation Techniques9. Broadening Housing Choices10. Strengthening Town Centers11. Transforming Gateways and Highway CorridorsPart Four: Designing Man-Made Infrastructure12. Designing Better Streets13. Low-Impact Development: A Greener Approach to Stormwater14. Sewage Treatment AlternativesPart Five: Protecting the Natural Infrastructure15. Greenways: A Healthy Community Builder16. Protecting and Restoring the Green Infrastructure Network17. Retaining Farmland and Farmers18. Transfer of Development Rights in Small Communities19. Designing Subdivisions to Save LandPart Six: Case Examples20. In-Town Residential Examples21. Rural Residential Examples22. Large-Scale Mixed Use Examples23. Downtown Commercial and Mixed Use Examples24. Commercial Corridor Mixed Use Examples25. Greenways and Greenway Development ExamplesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisEvery gardener needs clever ideas to make the most of their green space, whether it''s big or small.The 70 smart hacks in this book take you through each season of the gardening year in a friendly way, with clear step-by-step instructions. Hacks include making a spiral frame for tomatoes using an old garden hose, a clever way to repot plants, how to keep seeds moist with old cardboard, and how to make your own seed bombs.Garden Hacks is your go-to guide to clever shortcuts, fresh inspiration and fun in the garden while recycling, saving money and thinking sustainably.

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Book SynopsisA call for the Left and Right to join together; reclaim capitalism, and force profits to align with the planet

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