Environment category: 6530 books
by Neil S Forkey
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
This authoritative dictionary provides over 9,000 entries on scientific and social aspects of the environment-its key thinkers, treaties, movements, organizations, concepts, and theories. It covers subjects such as sustainable development, biodiversity, and environmental ethics, it is at the cutting...
Environment and Society
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Environment and Society connects the core themes of environmental studies to the urgent issues and debates of the twenty-first century.
In an era marked by climate change, rapid urbanization, and resource scarcity, environmental studies has emerged as a crucial arena of study.
Assembling...
by Rob Fleming, Saglinda H Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2019
Sustainable Design for the Built Environment marks the transition of sustainable design from a specialty service to the mainstream approach for creating a healthy and resilient built environment. This groundbreaking and transformative approach introduces sustainable design in a clear, concise, easy-to-read...
Race for Sustainability
Energy, Economy, Environment and Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
“Even with the latest and best vehicles, machinery, technology and buildings, if we continue to use resources irresponsibly — if we continue to waste food, water and energy — we are not even in the race.”
This book looks at the sustainable issues and the accompanying opportunities,...
The Polluters: The Making of Our Chemically Altered Environment
The Making of Our Chemically Altered Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
The chemical pollution that irrevocably damages today's environment is, although many would like us to believe otherwise, the legacy of conscious choices made long ago. During the years before and just after World War II, discoveries like leaded gasoline and DDT came to market, creating new hazards...
by Alison Bodkin, Jason Del Gandio, Julia Handschuh
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Human degradation of the environment has been documented by scholars across a range of disciplines: the global temperature of the planet continues to rise, abandoned industrial sites stain once vibrant communities, and questions about the purity of our water and foods linger. In the shadow of these...
Nature, Environment and Poetry
Ecocriticism and the poetics of Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
The environmental challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century are not only acute and grave, they are also unprecedented in kind, complexity and scope. Nonetheless, or therefore, the political response to problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss and widespread pollution continues...
The Global Casino
An Introduction to Environmental Issues
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2018
The Global Casino is an introduction to environmental issues which deals both with the workings of the physical environment and with the political, economic and social frameworks in which the issues occur. Using examples from all over the world, the book highlights the underlying causes behind environmental...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
While many books have examined the broader topic of military conflict, most neglect to focus on damage military violence inflicts on regional—and global—ecosystems. The War and Environment Reader provides a critical analysis of the devastating consequences of "war on the environment"...
Disability and the Environment in American Literature
Toward an Ecosomatic Paradigm
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
This book includes a collection of essays that explore the relationship between Disability Studies and literary ecocriticism, particularly as this relationship plays out in American literature and culture. The contributors to this collection operate from the premise that there is much to be gained...
The Archaeology of Human-Environment Interactions
Strategies for Investigating Anthropogenic Landscapes, Dynamic Environments, and Climate Change in the Human Past
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
The impacts of climate change on human societies, and the roles those societies themselves play in altering their environments, appear in headlines more and more as concern over modern global climate change intensifies. Increasingly, archaeologists and paleoenvironmental scientists are looking to...
by G.L. Baughman
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 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 about the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary discipline, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental...
Ports and the Environment
Maritime Policy and Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Ports are a vital part of the global economy, connecting the world through maritime transport networks, promoting international trade, and supporting global economic growth. However, port communities are increasingly concerned about the local environmental problems associated with air pollution from...