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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “benjamin mclellan”
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  • Sustainable Future for Human Security

    Society, Cities and Governance

    Edited by Benjamin McLellan ...
    This book focuses on the human and societal aspects of sustainable development. Three major perspectives are considered: governance and its influence on sustainable development; urban environments and their broader human and environmental impacts; and disaster management. Each of these elements is critical in considering the current and prospective development of societies towards a sustainable ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Sustainable Future for Human Security

    Environment and Resources

    Edited by Benjamin McLellan ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses on the environmental components of sustainability, including aspects of resourcing and the environmental impacts of human societies. Marine and tropical forest ecosystems, food security and other natural resources, as well as technologies for the environmental control of societal impacts are examined. This volume is multi-disciplinary, but with a consistent focus on the natural ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

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  • Norwegian Wood

    Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way

    by Lars Mytting ...
    "A surprise best-seller which, apparently, has the power to turn even the most feeble of us into axe-wielding lumberjacks." — IndependentThe latest Scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a Stieg Larsson-like thriller; it's a book about chopping, stacking, and burning wood that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Norway and Sweden and has been a fixture on the bestseller lists there for more ... Read more

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  • Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice

    Pattern and Process

    by Monica G. Turner, Robert H. Gardner ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This work provides in-depth analysis of the origins of landscape ecology and its close alignment with the understanding of scale, the causes of landscape pattern, and the interactions of spatial pattern with a variety of ecological processes. The text covers the quantitative approaches that are applied widely in landscape studies, with emphasis on their appropriate use and interpretation.The field ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Soil Carbon Dynamics

    An Integrated Methodology

    Edited by Werner L. Kutsch, Michael Bahn, Andreas Heinemeyer ...
    Carbon stored in soils represents the largest terrestrial carbon pool and factors affecting this will be vital in the understanding of future atmospheric CO2 concentrations. This book provides an integrated view on measuring and modeling soil carbon dynamics. Based on a broad range of in-depth contributions by leading scientists it gives an overview of current research concepts, developments and ... Read more

    $141.89 USD

  • Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Geographic Information Science

    by Jacek Malczewski, Claus Rinner ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is intended for the GIS Science and Decision Science communities. It is primarily targeted at postgraduate students and practitioners in GIS and urban, regional and environmental planning as well as applied decision analysis. It is also suitable for those studying and working with spatial decision support systems. The main objectives of this book are to effectivley integrate ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

  • The Science and Practice of Landscape Stewardship

    Edited by Claudia Bieling, Tobias Plieninger ...
    Improving the dynamic relationship between nature and human well-being is a pressing issue of our time. Landscapes embody this tight interconnectedness and serve as unique sustainability learning hubs, showcased by the global rise of place-based and holistic landscape stewardship initiatives. Incorporating these exciting developments, this book explores the principles of landscape stewardship and ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • Climate Change and Social Ecology

    A New Perspective on the Climate Challenge

    by Stephen M. Wheeler ...
    Although strategies to prevent global warming – such as by conserving energy, relying on solar and wind power, and reducing motor vehicle use – are well-known, societies have proved unable to implement these measures with the necessary speed. They have also been unwilling to confront underlying issues such as overconsumption, overpopulation, inequity, and dysfunctional political systems. Political ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Listen to the Trees

    by Don MacCaskill ...
    In his introduction, Don MacCaskill wrote modestly, 'I think I became a naturalist'. He was, in fact, one of Scotland's foremost naturalists and a remarkable wildlife photographer as well. In a flashback to his early years in Kilmartin, a village in Argyllshire, we learn of his awakening interest in man's relationship with the wildlife all around him - why was it necessary to kill it? And when ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Urban Transport without the hot air

    Volume 1: Sustainable solutions for UK cities

    by Steve Melia ...
    Series series without the hot air
    The UK population will reach 70 million by 2027. How will all these people get around? Is building more, wider roads really the solution?If you've ever studied, worked in or used transport, there's a good chance you'll have stopped one day and asked yourself 'why?'. With population numbers rising and more than three-quarters of the British population living in urban areas, cities are becoming ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Italian Historical Rural Landscapes

    Cultural Values for the Environment and Rural Development

    Edited by Mauro Agnoletti ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Sustainable development and rural policies have pursued strategies where farming has been often regarded as a factor deteriorating the ecosystem. But the current economic, social and environmental problems of the Earth probably call for examples of a positive integration between human society and nature. This research work presents more than a hundred case studies where the historical ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • World Forests from Deforestation to Transition?

    Edited by Matti Palo, Heidi Vanhanen ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

    $89.99 USD