Environmental Conservation category: 3266 books
The Greening of Canada
Federal Institutions and Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1994
Environmental matters have become increasingly important in Canadian and world policy agendas. In this study, G. Bruce Doern and Thomas Conway trace the development of Canadian environment policy, giving an in-depth account of twenty years of environmental politics, politicians, institutions, and...
The National Environmental Policy Act
An Agenda for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 1999
The National Environmental Policy Act has grown more, not less, important in the decades since its enactment. No one knows more about NEPA than Lynton Caldwell. And no one has a clearer vision of its relevance to our future. Highly recommended." —David W. Orr, Oberlin College
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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
Measuring the environmental performance of products
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment is an introductory college level textbook on the science of Life Cycle Assessment. It provides materials for a full year of study. Over thirty LCA experts were brought together by the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment, with full redundant editing to provide...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2007
Population growth and industrial development have put the wide-open spaces and natural resources that define the West under immense stress. Vested interests clash and come to terms over embattled resources such as water, minerals, and even open space. The federal government controls 40 to 80 percent...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
The fall of the iron curtain revealed widespread environmental and safety short comings in relation to industrial operations, mining and other human activities. It was the purpose of this Advanced Research Workshop, sponsored by NATO, to bring together a group of eminent experts from East and West...
Environmental Protection Against Radioactive Pollution
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Environmental Protection Against Radioactive Pollution Almati, Kazakhstan 16–19 September 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Environmental Protection Against Radioactive Pollution" was held in Almaty on September 16-19, 2002. Experts from Azerbaijan, Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan and the IAEA have participated...
The Recurring Dark Ages
Ecological Stress, Climate Changes, and System Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2006
In this modern era of global environmental crisis, Sing Chew provides a convincing analysis of the recurring human and environmental crises identified as Dark Ages. In this, his second of a three-volume series concerning world ecological degradation, Chew reviews the past 5,000-year history of structural...
by G.G. Choudhry
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science. Interest in this subject, however, is growing very rapidly and, although no agreement has been reached as yet ab out the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary discipline, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental...
As Long as Grass Grows
The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
The story of Native peoples’ resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community’s rich history of activism
Through the unique lens of “Indigenized environmental justice,” Indigenous researcher and activist...
Everyday Lifestyles and Sustainability
The Environmental Impact Of Doing The Same Things Differently
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
The impact of humanity on the earth overshoots the earth’s bio-capacity to supply humanity’s needs, meaning that people are living off earth’s capital rather than its income. However, not all countries are equal and this book explores why apparently similar patterns of daily living can lead...
The Case for Grassroots Collaboration
Social Capital and Ecosystem Restoration at the Local Level
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
The nation’s approach to managing environmental policy and protecting natural resources has shifted from the national government’s top down, command and control, regulatory approach, used almost exclusively in the 1970s, to collaborative, multi-sector approaches used in recent decades to manage...
Ecoviews
Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
The authors offer a fun-to-read perspective on natural history, ecology as a field of study, and the current environmental issues that face our communities and the world.
This lively and entertaining book provides a fascinating and thought-provoking look at the ecology of animals, plants, and...
by Dingha Ngoh Fobete
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Project Report from the year 2007 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 2, Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus, course: Seminar paper, 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Rapid economic growth is placing increasing pressure on the sustainability of the environment....
The Lakes of Pontchartrain
Their History and Environments
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2009
A vital and volatile part of the New Orleans landscape and lifestyle, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin actually contains three major bodies of water--Lakes Borgne, Pontchartrain, and Maurepas. These make up the Pontchartrain estuary. Robert W. Hastings provides a thorough examination of the historical...