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Land Use and the Causes of Global Warming
ISBN: 9780471948858 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Global watming through the enhanced greehouse effect is one of the major and most uncertain forces of global environmental change presently facing the earth. This book is a guide to the scientific and policy debate concerning the roles of agriculture, forestry and other activities leading to global warming. The influence of land use on the greehouse effect is important, not only in terms of net emissions of greenhouse gases, but also in the potential to reduce emissions through changing land use policies.
Land Use and the Causes of Global Warming reviews the global emissions of... Global watming through the enhanced greehouse effect is one of the major and most uncertain forces of global environmental change presently facing the...
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2083,62 zł |
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Land Degradation in Mediterranean Environments of the World: Nature and Entent, Causes and Solutions
ISBN: 9780471963172 / Angielski / Twarda / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by specialist and regional contributors, this invaluable book provides an integrated, up-to-date, geographical assessment of land degradation in the world's Mediterranean regions.
Land degradation is the alteration of the natural (or biophysical) environment by human actions, causing detrimental effects to the vegetation, soils, landforms, water and ecosystems. Part One of this book comprises a brief geography of the Mediterranean climate regions - the Mediterranean basin, California, central Chile, the Southwest Cape and Southern Australia, providing a context for Parts... Written by specialist and regional contributors, this invaluable book provides an integrated, up-to-date, geographical assessment of land degradation ...
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1919,24 zł |
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People and Tourism in Fragile Environments
ISBN: 9780471965848 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mountains, deserts, savannahs and the polar regions are fragile both in their ecologies and the cultures of their inhabitants. While tourism can provide new sources of revenue and help stem depopulation, it can also destabilise communities.
Mountains, deserts, savannahs and the polar regions are fragile both in their ecologies and the cultures of their inhabitants. While tourism can provi...
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540,86 zł |
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Global Warming, River Flows and Water Resources
ISBN: 9780471965992 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by a leading expert in the field, this volume provides an outstanding review of the potential effects of global warming on river flows and water resources.
It covers methodologies for climate change impact assessments, techniques for defining credible climate change scenarios, and models for hydrological analysis, before reviewing in some detail, the many published studies into possible changes in hydrological regimes. The bulk of the book is built around a case study of the potential effects of climate change for river flows in Britain. The case study is used to... Written by a leading expert in the field, this volume provides an outstanding review of the potential effects of global warming on river flows and wat...
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694,37 zł |
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Modelling Change in Integrated Economic and Environmental Systems
ISBN: 9780471985440 / Angielski / Twarda / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This accessible volume fills a much-needed gap and addresses core issues on how economic and environmental systems are interconnected looking at how economic frameworks and features of environmental systems can be integrated within formal models to address changes and associated resource management issues at appropriate levels: micro level and national or global level.
The more the relationship between economic and environmental systems is studied analytically and empirically, the more aware we become of the gap in our existing knowledge of environmental data and process... This accessible volume fills a much-needed gap and addresses core issues on how economic and environmental systems are interconnected looking at how e...
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1570,91 zł |
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Environmental Economics: A Critical Overview
ISBN: 9780471985594 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive, jargon-free introductory text on the issues, ideas, theories and problems of environmental economics, ideal for both students of economics and those without economic training.
Environmental Eeconomics is a fundamental area of environmental studies covering the exploitation, evaluation and conservation of natural resources, and the impact of this on local, regional, national and international economics. This book stresses the links between economic concepts and real world issues and deals with population, natural resources, valuation, environmental regulation, economic... A comprehensive, jargon-free introductory text on the issues, ideas, theories and problems of environmental economics, ideal for both students of econ...
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488,99 zł |
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Life's Matrix: A Biography of Water
ISBN: 9780520230088 / Angielski / Miękka / 433 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the four elements of classical antiquity, water is central to the environment of our planet. In Life's Matrix, Philip Ball writes of water's origins, history, and unique physical character. As a geological agent, water shapes mountains, canyons, and coastlines, and when unleashed in hurricanes and floods its destructive power is awesome. Ball's provocative exploration of water on other planets highlights the possibilities of life beyond Earth. Life's Matrix also examines the grim realities of depletion of natural resources and its effects on the availability of... One of the four elements of classical antiquity, water is central to the environment of our planet. In Life's Matrix, Philip Ball writes o... |
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188,29 zł |
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The River Stops Here: Saving Round Valley a Pivotal Chapter in California's Water Wars
ISBN: 9780520230569 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A vivid chapter in the saga of the California water wars, The River Stops Here documents state and federal plans to flood the largest, most fertile valley in Mendocino County to send water south to Los Angeles. The eventual success of Richard Wilson, a rancher in Round Valley, to stop the project is the heart of this compelling story.
A vivid chapter in the saga of the California water wars, The River Stops Here documents state and federal plans to flood the largest, most fer...
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194,17 zł |
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Planting Nature: Trees and the Manipulation of Environmental Stewardship in America
ISBN: 9780520237704 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trees hold a powerful place in American constructions of what is good in nature and the environment. As we attempt to cope with environmental crises, trees are increasingly enlisted with great fervor as agents of our stewardship over nature. In this innovative and impassioned book, Shaul E. Cohen exposes the way that environmental stewardship is undermined through the manipulation of trees and the people who plant them by a partnership of big business, the government, and tree-planting groups. He reveals how positive associations and symbols that have been invested in trees are exploited by...
Trees hold a powerful place in American constructions of what is good in nature and the environment. As we attempt to cope with environmental crises, ...
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506,10 zł |
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Dynamics of Regulatory Change: How Globalization Affects National Regulatory Policies
ISBN: 9780520245358 / Angielski / Miękka / 385 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Critics of globalization claim that economic liberalization leads to a lowering of regulatory standards. As capital and corporations move more freely across national boundaries, a race to the bottom results as governments are forced to weaken labor and environmental standards to retain current contracts or attract new business. The essays in this volume argue that, on the contrary, under certain circumstances global economic integration can actually lead to the strengthening of consumer and environmental standards. This volume extends the argument of David Vogel's book Trading Up,...
Critics of globalization claim that economic liberalization leads to a lowering of regulatory standards. As capital and corporations move more freely ...
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211,81 zł |
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Economy and Environment: A Theoretical Essay on the Interdependence of Economic and Environmental Systems
ISBN: 9780521020763 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Studying the interaction of the economy with its environment, this essay shows the 'market solution' to environmental problems generates increasing uncertainty.
Studying the interaction of the economy with its environment, this essay shows the 'market solution' to environmental problems generates increasing un...
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209,86 zł |
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The Evolving Science of Grassland Improvement
ISBN: 9780521038737 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Grasslands around the world provide most of the world's milk and wool and much of the meat. The growing world population and global warming have put increased pressure on the world's grasslands. Ross Humphreys has played a leading role in the development of grassland science and in this authoritative review discusses how it has evolved over the past sixty years. Using the proceedings of the International Grassland Congress since 1937, Humphreys identifies the shifting emphasis of the science, assesses the current situation and provides perspectives for its future direction.
Grasslands around the world provide most of the world's milk and wool and much of the meat. The growing world population and global warming have put i...
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229,86 zł |
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Natural Resource Economics: Conservation and Exploitation
ISBN: 9780521311748 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The events of our time reveal a world where people are more able than ever before to exploit their environment. There are questions about when and how to use resources and about the ability of current institutions to make the appropriate decisions concerning their allocation. Natural Resource Economics explores the positive contribution that economics can make to resolving issues of all kinds: the atmosphere, the land and water, and wild animals and plants. This book establishes a concert framework for thinking about resource allocation that borrows from the familiar microeconomic theory of...
The events of our time reveal a world where people are more able than ever before to exploit their environment. There are questions about when and how...
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182,83 zł |
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Natural Resource Economics: Notes and Problems
ISBN: 9780521331883 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book reviews techniques of dynamic optimization and shows how they can be applied to the management of various resource systems. In addition, it highlights the theory, models, and methods employed in the discipline of resource economics. Professors Conrad and Clark have written this text under the premise that the theory and concepts in this field are more quickly learned and made operational through numerical examples. By working through the problems at the end of each chapter, readers will learn the techniques that may be used in empirical studies of natural resources systems....
This book reviews techniques of dynamic optimization and shows how they can be applied to the management of various resource systems. In addition, it ...
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507,39 zł |
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Between Two Worlds: Science, the Environmental Movement and Policy Choice
ISBN: 9780521337434 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Will humans adapt their ways of life to conserve the natural systems upon which their future and the living world depend? There is no simple answer to the question of whether we as humans can adapt our lifestyles in the pursuit of an environmentally sound world. Inadequate information is a limiting factor, and unforeseen events make uncertainty inevitable. Even so, choices made today can narrow or expand future options. A critical task for society today is to reverse trends that narrow these options, a task in which science plays a vital role. In his thought-provoking book, Dr. Caldwell...
Will humans adapt their ways of life to conserve the natural systems upon which their future and the living world depend? There is no simple answer to...
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240,09 zł |
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Natural Resource Economics: Notes and Problems
ISBN: 9780521337694 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book reviews techniques of dynamic optimization and shows how they can be applied to the management of various resource systems. In addition, it highlights the theory, models, and methods employed in the discipline of resource economics. Professors Conrad and Clark have written this text under the premise that the theory and concepts in this field are more quickly learned and made operational through numerical examples. By working through the problems at the end of each chapter, readers will learn the techniques that may be used in empirical studies of natural resources systems....
This book reviews techniques of dynamic optimization and shows how they can be applied to the management of various resource systems. In addition, it ...
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221,00 zł |
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Natural Woodland
ISBN: 9780521367929 / Angielski / Miękka / 540 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An appreciation of the natural processes of woodlands is essential for the development of a rationale and practices for woodland nature conservation and management. In this book, Dr. Peterken describes how woodlands grow, die, and regenerate in the absence of human influence, and the structures and range of habitats found in natural woods. He describes examples of virgin and old-growth forests in Europe and North America, and outlines the dynamics and structure of natural temperate woodlands. This knowledge is then applied to nature conservation issues in British woods and forests,...
An appreciation of the natural processes of woodlands is essential for the development of a rationale and practices for woodland nature conservation a...
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459,62 zł |
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From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain: A History of Environmental Change in Temperate North America from 1500 to the Present
ISBN: 9780521394529 / Angielski / Twarda / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain is an account of the making of the American landscape following European settlement. It starts with "virgin" forests and grasslands of the central and northeastern United States, and successively documents the clearance and fragmentation of the region's woodlands, the harvest of the forest and its game, the plowing of prairies and the draining of wetlands. The Native American, the trapper, the farmer and the lumberman all benefited from the land and its resources; the degree to which their activities altered the soil, the climate, the natural plant and...
From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain is an account of the making of the American landscape following European settlement. It starts with "virgin" ...
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674,42 zł |
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Environmental Impact Assessment: Cutting Edge for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780521429672 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The process of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) aims to ensure that development projects have no disastrous environmental and social consequences. This book examines the crucial role of EIA in government decision-making in Europe, North America and Asia. It explains what EIA is and why it is important; outlines the best procedures for assessing projects; shows how to write an environmental impact statement and suggests ways to minimize areas of dispute for government, investors and the community. It is up to date and written from an international perspective for students, practitioners...
The process of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) aims to ensure that development projects have no disastrous environmental and social consequences...
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135,10 zł |
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Sustainability and Policy: Limits to Economics
ISBN: 9780521436052 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sustainability and Policy addresses the sustainability problem from the discipline of economics. How can poverty be addressed without destroying the environment? This study is a balanced, constructive, and original contribution in the rapidly emerging field of environmental economics and policy.
Sustainability and Policy addresses the sustainability problem from the discipline of economics. How can poverty be addressed without destroying the e...
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211,46 zł |
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