Integrated Natural Resources Management (Handbook of Environmental Engineering, #20)
This edited book has been designed to serve as a natural resources engineering reference book as well as a supplemental textbook. This volume is part of the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series, an incredible collection of methodologies that study the effects of resources and wastes in their three basic forms: gas, solid, and liquid. It complements two other books in the series including "Natural Resources and Control Processes" and "Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering". To...
Atlas of the Environment (Studies in German Language and)
by Geoffrey Lean
Natural Gas Information
Desertification Control in the Arid Ecosystems of India for Sustainable Development
Contributed articles.
In the early 1990s anthropologist John Sherry lived with Leroy Jackson and Adella Begaye, leaders of Dine CARE, a Navajo organisation dedicated to protecting the environment and its links to Navajo culture. This is his account of the founding, activities, and evolution of Dine CARE, whose original mission was to protect the Navajo forest from the ravages of industrial logging. Sherry's intimate account of the daily lives of this group of activists reminds us of the threats facing local communiti...
Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment, Volume 3: Public Action and Government Accountability
The World's Savannas
In this book, natural and social scientists examine savanna land use within a policy perspective. The text assesses the ecological, social, and economic constraints to savanna development and identifies the nature of policy changes necessary to enhance prospects for economic growth and development throughout the savanna regions. The book emphasizes development of policy recommendations at a national and international level.
Every day every one of us contributes to the waste problem but, despite being a part of our lives, waste is poorly understood, even by those who should know better. We live in a throw-away society and yet what is discarded is a vital raw material and ingredient being traded as a valuable commodity around the world. Recycling our Future provides insight into the challenges facing the industry and individuals as the world contemplates expanding waste mountains. Finite resources are being eroded a...
Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey (Statistical Bulletin Environment S.)
Strategien Zur Bewältigung Globaler Umweltrisiken (Welt Im Wandel, #1998)
Dieses Gutachten leistet einen konstruktiven Beitrag zu einem sachlichen Umgang mit Risiken des Globalen Wandels, indem - global relevante Risiken typisiert und besonders gravierende Risikotypen herausgestellt werden, - diesen Typen sowohl bewahrte als auch innovative Strategien zur Risikobewertung sowie entsprechende Instrumente fur das Risikomanagement zugeordnet werden, so dass daraus Managementprioritaten festgelegt werden konnen. Ein Ziel dieses Gutachtens ist die Versachlichung der intern...
Ogallala (Our Sustainable Future)
by John Opie, Char Miller, and Kenna Lang Archer
2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The Ogallala aquifer, a vast underground water reserve extending from South Dakota through Texas, is the product of eons of accumulated glacial melts, ancient Rocky Mountain snowmelts, and rainfall, all percolating slowly through gravel beds hundreds of feet thick. Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land is an environmental history and historical geography that tells the story of human defiance and human commitment within the Ogallala region. It describes the Gre...
Agua, Medio Ambiente y Sociedad-D (X/041-D, X/041-D)
by Julia Carabias
36til recently, natural gas has not been in the limelight, but that situation is changing fast. Complex issues of energy use and safety are being brought down to in my backyard context for millions of Americans. This book provides balanced information about LNG so people can make informed decisions about whether they want to be neighbors of an LNG facility.
Non-wood Forest Products in Asia
Non-wood forest products (NWFPs) have been vitally important to forest-dwellers and rural communities for centuries. This publication is a product of the Food and Agriculture Organization's attention to this long-neglected area of forestry. It contains reports describing the status, management and importance of NWFPs in 11 Asian countries. This evaluation should be useful in supporting the efforts of foresters, conservationists and rural development workers in helping local communities increase...