ilość książek w kategorii: 11793
Bat Conservation: Global Evidence for the Effects of Interventions
ISBN: 9781907807909 / Angielski / Twarda / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of bats. The authors worked with an international group of bat experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit bats. For each intervention, the book summarises studies captured by the Conservation Evidence project, where that intervention has been tested and its effects on bats quantified. The result is a thorough guide to what is known, or not known, about the effectiveness of bat conservation actions throughout the world. Bat Conservation is the fifth...
This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of bats. The authors worked with an international ...
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266,65 zł |
Planet Without Apes
ISBN: 9780674416840 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Planet Without Apes" demands that we consider whether we can live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth. Leading primatologist Craig Stanford warns that extinction of the great apes chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans threatens to become a reality within just a few human generations. We are on the verge of losing the last links to our evolutionary past, and to all the biological knowledge about ourselves that would die along with them. The crisis we face is tantamount to standing aside while our last extended family members vanish from... "Planet Without Apes" demands that we consider whether we can live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth.... |
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137,42 zł |
A Beginner's Handbook for Rural Texas Landowners: How to Live in the Country Without Spoiling It
ISBN: 9781478730040 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. WHAT RURAL TEXAS LANDOWNERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR LAND... Living in the country in Texas can be the most enjoyable experience of your life, but managing rural property is not the same as taking care of a half-acre suburban lot. Living in the country and taking care of the land involves issues many new landowners have not experienced before. This book discusses why it is so important that rural land in Texas be well-managed and the native flora and fauna be protected. We are making more Texans every day, but we aren't making any more land or water, so every bit is precious. This point is...
WHAT RURAL TEXAS LANDOWNERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR LAND... Living in the country in Texas can be the most enjoyable experience of your life, but man...
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86,34 zł |
The Land/Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone of West and Central Africa
ISBN: 9783319063874 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although the main focus of this book is on the estuaries, its scope goes well beyond this particular coastal feature. Indeed, the estuary can only be considered as part of the life cycle of the entire river and the marine area it feeds into: an area particularly subject to human and natural pressures. The main estuaries and deltas of West and Central Africa region provide a variety of goods and services to its coastal population. The most important of them are related to critical fish habitat, wood and charcoal from mangroves, as well as space for agriculture, aquaculture, urban... Although the main focus of this book is on the estuaries, its scope goes well beyond this particular coastal feature. Indeed, the estuary can only ... |
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585,00 zł |
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Southern Illinois, 1933-1942
ISBN: 9780809333653 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on more than thirty years of meticulous research, Kay Rippelmeyer details the Depression-era history of the simultaneous creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. Through the stories of the men who worked in CCC camps devoted to soil and forest conservation projects, she offers a fascinating look into an era of utmost significance to the identity, citizens, wildlife, and natural landscape of the region.Rippelmeyer outlines the geologic and geographic history of southern Illinois, from Native American uses of the land to...
Drawing on more than thirty years of meticulous research, Kay Rippelmeyer details the Depression-era history of the simultaneous creation of the Civil...
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261,10 zł |
Living with Oil: Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico's Gulf Coast
ISBN: 9780292762022 / Angielski / Miękka / 325 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For decades, Mexico has been one of the world's top non-OPEC oil exporters, but since the 2004 peak and subsequent decline of the massive offshore oilfield--Cantarell--the prospects for the country have worsened. Living with Oil takes a unique look at the cultural and economic dilemmas in this locale, focusing on residents in the fishing community of Isla Aguada, Campeche, who experienced the long-term repercussions of a 1979 oil spill that at its height poured out 30,000 barrels a day, a blowout eerily similar to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Tracing the... For decades, Mexico has been one of the world's top non-OPEC oil exporters, but since the 2004 peak and subsequent decline of the massive offshore ... |
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141,83 zł |
The Vandana Shiva Reader
ISBN: 9780813145600 / Angielski / Twarda / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity." -- Wendell Berry, from the foreword Motivated by agricultural devastation in her home country of India, Vandana Shiva became one of the world's most influential and highly acclaimed environmental and antiglobalization activists. Her groundbreaking research has exposed the destructive effects of monocultures and commercial agriculture and... "Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture p... |
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273,63 zł |
The Vandana Shiva Reader
ISBN: 9780813153292 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity." -- Wendell Berry, from the foreword Motivated by agricultural devastation in her home country of India, Vandana Shiva became one of the world's most influential and highly acclaimed environmental and antiglobalization activists. Her groundbreaking research has exposed the destructive effects of monocultures and commercial agriculture and... "Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture p... |
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136,82 zł |
The Blue, the Gray, and the Green: Toward an Environmental History of the Civil War
ISBN: 9780820347141 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Blue, the Gray, and the Green" is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores how nature--disease, climate, flora and fauna, and other factors--affected the war and also how the war shaped Americans' perceptions, understanding, and use of nature. The contributors use a wide range of approaches that serve as a valuable template for future environmental histories of the conflict.
In his introduction, Brian Allen Drake describes the sparse body of environmental history literature related to the Civil War and lays out a... "The Blue, the Gray, and the Green" is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores ...
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733,49 zł |
The Blue, the Gray, and the Green: Toward an Environmental History of the Civil War
ISBN: 9780820347158 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Blue, the Gray, and the Green is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores how nature--disease, climate, flora and fauna, and other factors--affected the war and also how the war shaped Americans' perceptions, understanding, and use of nature. The contributors use a wide range of approaches that serve as a valuable template for future environmental histories of the conflict. In his introduction, Brian Allen Drake describes the sparse body of environmental history literature related to the Civil War and... The Blue, the Gray, and the Green is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book e... |
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154,42 zł |
Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Innovative Methods
ISBN: 9783642429262 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This compilation of techniques, methodologies and scientific data arises from a four-year Italian research project, which took place at university research stations in Turin, Piacenza, Naples and Potenza. Soil Organic Matter (SOM) represents an active and essential pool of the total organic carbon on the planet. Consequently, even small changes in this SOM carbon pool may have a significant impact on the concentration of atmospheric CO2. Recent new understanding of the chemical nature of SOM indicates that innovative and sustainable technologies may be applied to... This compilation of techniques, methodologies and scientific data arises from a four-year Italian research project, which took place at university ... |
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389,98 zł |
Gesellschaft, Technik Und Risikopolitik
ISBN: 9783642687440 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die aus der Anwendung der Teehnik erwaehsenden Risiken sind aueh einer breiteren Offentliehkeit bewuBt geworden. Ais von Mensehen verursaehte Ge fahren werden sie heute offenbar nieht mehr so sehieksalhaft hingenommen wie in friiheren Phasen des industriellen Zeitalters. Angesiehts dieser verstarkten Wahr nehmung aueh der Naehteile und Nebenwirkungen des teehnisehen Fortsehritts miissen wir uns mit den teehnisehen Risiken der Industriegesellsehaft intensiver als bisher auseinandersetzen. Wir verfligen iiber eine hoehentwiekelte Sieherheitsteehnik, die in zaher Klein arbeit in einem mehr als...
Die aus der Anwendung der Teehnik erwaehsenden Risiken sind aueh einer breiteren Offentliehkeit bewuBt geworden. Ais von Mensehen verursaehte Ge fahre...
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164,00 zł |
Water Pollution
ISBN: 9783662161081 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry provides the compilation of today's knowledge of processes in the natural environment and the behavior and impact of pollutants. It provides a valuable source for environmental managers, decision-makers, and scientists. Volume 5A is dedicated to water pollution.
The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry provides the compilation of today's knowledge of processes in the natural environment and the behavior and imp...
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194,97 zł |
Schadstoffreduzierung Und Kraftstoffverbrauch Von Pkw-Verbrennungsmotoren
ISBN: 9783709193068 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Das Buch behandelt die Entstehung von Schadstoffemissionen und die Moglichkeiten zu deren Verringerung sowie den Kraftstoffverbrauch bei Otto- und Dieselmotoren einschliesslich Dieselmotoren mit Direkteinspritzung. Neben den motorischen Aspekten der Schadstoffbildung und Schadstoffminderung werden Systeme und Verfahren zur Abgasnachbehandlung dargestellt. Die wichtigsten Einflusse der Kraft- und Schmierstoffe (sowohl konventionelle als auch alternative Kraftstoffe) auf das Schadstoffverhalten werden beschrieben. Neben konventionellen Otto- und Dieselmotoren werden auch Magermotoren und...
Das Buch behandelt die Entstehung von Schadstoffemissionen und die Moglichkeiten zu deren Verringerung sowie den Kraftstoffverbrauch bei Otto- und Die...
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291,59 zł |
Lake Baikal and Its Life
ISBN: 9789401573900 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Baikai is the deepest lake on earth and one of the most ancient. The pronounced endemism and specific wealth of its fauna andflora has attracted the keen interest of biologists and biogeographers all over the world. A start on the Baikai studies was made more than 200 years ago, but they have been carried on with the greatest intensity in the last 30 to 40 years, and more than 1,000 scientific works devoted to it have appeared in this period. Hence there is an urgent need for a summary of the main results of more than 200 years' study of one of the most remarkable lakes of our planet, and...
Baikai is the deepest lake on earth and one of the most ancient. The pronounced endemism and specific wealth of its fauna andflora has attracted the k...
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194,97 zł |
Greening Africana Studies: Linking Environmental Studies with Transforming Black Experiences
ISBN: 9781439908716 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Insufficient attention has been given to the environment in Africana studies within the academy. In "Greening Africana Studies," Rubin Patterson initiates an important conversation explaining why and how the gap between these two disciplines can and should be bridged. His comprehensive book calls for a green African transnationalism and focuses on the mission and major paradigms that identify the respective curriculum, research interests, and practices.
In his original work, Patterson demonstrates the ways in which black communities are harmed by local environmental degradation and... Insufficient attention has been given to the environment in Africana studies within the academy. In "Greening Africana Studies," Rubin Patterson initi...
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432,05 zł |
Food, Farms, and Community: Exploring Food Systems
ISBN: 9781611684216 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout the United States, people are increasingly concerned about where their food comes from, how it is produced, and how its production affects individuals and their communities. The answers to these questions reveal a complex web of interactions. While large, distant farms and multinational companies dominate at national and global levels, innovative programs including farmers' markets, farm-to-school initiatives, and agritourism are forging stronger connections between people and food at local and regional levels. At all levels of the food system, energy use, climate change, food...
Throughout the United States, people are increasingly concerned about where their food comes from, how it is produced, and how its production affects ...
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186,36 zł |
The Lakes of Pontchartrain: Their History and Environments
ISBN: 9781628461688 / Angielski / Miękka / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 and environmental research on the basin, with emphasis on its environmental degradation and the efforts to restore and protect this estuarine system. He also explores the current biological condition of the lakes. Hastings begins with the geological formation of the lakes and the relationship... A vital and volatile part of the New Orleans landscape and lifestyle, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin actually contains three major bodies of water--L... |
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216,73 zł |
Moderne Industrien Im Tropischen Afrika: Eine Wirtschaftsgeographische Studie
ISBN: 9783663152989 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 135 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben."
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen...
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200,43 zł |
Leading into the World
ISBN: 9781566997195 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The call to care for creation is a central part of our discipleship as followers of Jesus Christ. However, language and imagery of the earth is often absent in our worship services. This book helps reconnect our commitment to creation care with our life of discipleship. The process includes helping congregational members name ways that they are involved in caring for creation and encouraging them to see ways that these practices are related to Christian faith, and in doing so, nurturing the life of our communities while fostering our identity as those who care for the earth. Central to the...
The call to care for creation is a central part of our discipleship as followers of Jesus Christ. However, language and imagery of the earth is often ...
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174,65 zł |