Ecology category: 3266 books

With climate change and increasing globalisation of trade and travel, the risks presented by invasive pests and pathogens to natural environments, agriculture and economies have never been greater, and are only increasing with time. Governments world-wide are responding to these increased threats...

La copertina del numero di luglio/agosto di Altreconomia è dedicata alla Turchia. Ad “Un giorno di ordinaria Turchia”, il nostro viaggio nel Paese che nel giro di pochi anni è passato dal sogno di entrare in Europa all’incubo del regime autoritario.  Il “primo tempo” della rivista è...

Since publication of the groundbreaking Encyclopedia of Housing in 1998, many issues have assumed special prominence within this field and, indeed, within the global economy. For instance, the global economic meltdown was spurred in large part by the worst subprime mortgage crisis we’ve seen in...

The Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide states, references, or supplements wildland fire incident management and operational standards established by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG). The Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide is a revision of what used to be called...

This Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) independent training course manual from the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) introduces you to the Hazardous Materials (HazMat) planning process. At the end of this course, students should be able to: Determine who should be involved...

This book provides a snapshot of representative modeling analyses of coastal hypoxia and its effects. Hypoxia refers to conditions in the water column where dissolved oxygen falls below levels that can support most metazoan marine life (i.e., 2 mg O2 l-1). The number of hypoxic zones has been increasing...

Encouraging students to engage in the challenges and complexity of sustainability, this text considers not only the theories underlying sustainability, but more importantly how theories are translated into practice and the difficulties of achieving this in the world in which we live. This pragmatic...

Much is written in the popular literature about the current pace of technological change. But do we have enough scientific knowledge about the sources and management of innovation to properly inform policymaking in technology dependent domains such as energy and the environment? While it is agreed...

Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) offer an approach to regulatory policy that lies somewhere between free-market and traditional command-and-control methods. Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of private firms have adopted or are considering adopting these internally managed systems for improving...

Easy to be Green is a concise, informative, and cost effective guide to help transform the smallest business into an environmentally proactive powerhouse. Veteran small business owners and operators, Jan Triplett and Chris Pasch, have created this collection of easy to follow tips and explanations...

Over the past few years, and certainly since the publication of the "Stern Report", there has been increasing recognition that climate change is not only an environmental crisis, but one with important social and economic dimensions. There is now a growing need for multi-disciplinary research...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. What if our economics were based on laws of nature rather than fabricated laws of supply and demand? Andrew Kimbrell turns to Alaskan salmon...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. Greg Watson relates the story of an urban community that came together to reshape its destiny. Starting with shovels and garbage bags to clean...

Around the world, people feel disillusioned, disconnected, frustrated and disenfranchised. Many people claim that fate rules. Many claim that we can have no positive impact on the future. The two angels that appeared to Dr. Goodheart offered you the reader a different, more hope filled, positive...