Regional EIA & Risk Assessment in a Fast Developing Country
by Tasneem Abbasi, E. V. Ramasamy, F. I. Khan, and S. A. Abbasi
This book presents in graphic detail what is arguably the first-ever regional environmental impact assessment and risk assessment done in India, perhaps the first-ever of its kind in the third world. More importantly the book is archetypal; its utility value and message goes well beyond its immediate context because the story of the Manali Industrial Complex that it narrates can very easily be a story of any other industrial cluster in the third world.
A handbook on finding, processing, and selling gold with historical information on gold mining.
Avian Genetics
This study begins with the historical evolution of work in avian genetics, proceeding from a discussion of Mendelian (ie. classical) genes to explanations of the following: Quantitative genetics Chromosomal genetics Biochemical genetics Extensive treatment of population genetics Some examples of long-term studies
To say you are writing about rarity is to invite two kinds of response. Either one provokes a discussion of what rarity is, or some comment on the complex ity of the subject. The objective of this book is to explore the nature of rarity, its complexity if you like, from one particular perspective on what rarity is. Primarily, it is an opportunity to review, to synthesize, and to question. The book is an attempt to draw together a vast body of literature, to extract from it some general principl...
Camas Davis was at an unhappy crossroads. A longtime magazine writer and editor in the food world, she'd returned to her home state of Oregon with her boyfriend from New York City to take an appealing job at a Portland lifestyle magazine. But neither job nor boyfriend delivered on her dreams, and in the span of a year, Davis was unemployed, on her own, with nothing to fall back on. Disillusioned by the years shed spent mediating the lives of others for a living, she had no idea what to do next....
In 2006, the award-winning Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand was published to widespread acclaim and quickly became a modern classic for New Zealand botanists, gardeners and art-lovers. By popular demand, this accessible, affordable new edition presents a beautiful selection of 163 full-colour, full-page reproductions of Audrey Eagle's botanical paintings for new readers to discover and existing fans to savour. Every plant is depicted in full colour, including Eagle's many detaile...
A History of Life in 100 Fossils showcases 100 key fossils that together illustrate the evolution of life on earth. Iconic specimens have been selected from the renowned collections of the two premier natural history museums in the world, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, and the Natural History Museum, London. The fossils have been chosen not only for their importance in the history of life, but also because of the visual story they tell. This stunning book is perfect for all readers bec...
Manual Of Conchology; Structural And Systematic. With Illustrations Of The Species. Vol XIII
by George Washington Tryon
Urban Nature (Routledge Studies in Urban Ecology)
This book showcases the diversity of ways in which urban residents from varying cultural contexts view, interact, engage with and give meaning to urban nature, aiming to counterbalance the dominance of Western depictions and values of urban nature and design. Urban nature has up to now largely been defined, planned and managed in a way that is heavily dominated by Western understandings, values and appreciations, which has spread through colonialism and globalisation. As cities increasingly re...
Dance Forever for God Journal (Celebrate Life Forever in and with God's Love, Soli Deo Gloria Forever)
by Laurel Sobol
My First Book About the Birds of North America - Amazing Animal Books - Children's Picture Books
by John Davidson and Molly Davidson