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  • America’s Most Sustainable Cities and Regions

    Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends

    by John W. Day, Eric Roy, Matthew Moerschbaecher, David Pimentel, Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, Charles Hall, Chris D'Elia ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book takes you on a unique journey through American history, taking time to consider the forces that shaped the development of various cities and regions, and arrives at an unexpected conclusion regarding sustainability. From the American Dream to globalization to the digital and information revolutions, we assume that humans have taken control of our collective destinies in spite of potholes ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Technology and Values

    by Danny M. Cohen, Richard DeGeorge, Hubert Dreyfus, Stacey Edgar, Rachelle Hollander, Deborah Mayo, John D. McDermott, Robert McGinn, Emmanuel Mesthene, Carl Mitcham, Thomas Murray, David Parnas, David Pimentel, Louis Pojman, Jesse Tatum, Langdon Winner ...
    Technology and Values provides a highly useful collection of essays organized around issues related to science, technology, public health, economics, the environment, and ethical theory. The editors present effective introductions that provide background information as well as philosophical tools and case studies to facilitate understanding of the variety of issues emanating from the most ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • World Food, Pest Losses, And The Environment

    by David Pimentel ...
    This book focuses on current food shortages and on the impact of pests in reducing world food supplies. At present, total worldwide food losses from pests are estimated to be about 45 percent. Preharvest losses alone, from insects, plant pathogens, and weeds, are estimated at about 30 percent. Additional postharvest losses from microorganisms, insects, and rodents range from about 10 to 20 percent ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Handbook of Energy Utilization In Agriculture

    by David Pimentel ...
    The aim of this volume is to collect and present available data, both published and unpublished, on energy use in agriculture and forestry production. Energy analyses for some sciences such as ecology are not new, but their applications to agriculture started in 1973. These analyses have grown rapidly in number and complexity. This handbook is intended for agriculturalists and others concerned ... Read more

    $375.00 USD

  • Pest Control: Cultural And Environmental Aspects

    by David Pimentel, John H. Perkins ...
    The field of pest control research, of increasing importance in a world short of food, has been plagued for many years by a variety of problems, among them (1) the instability (including pesticide resistance) of many control techniques, (2) the continuing need for improved pest management methods to increase world food supplies, and (3) the environmental and social hazards of currently used ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Pest Management, Volume II

    Edited by Ph.D., David Pimentel ...
    With contributions from more than 200 esteemed international authorities and containing approximately 200 entries, the Encyclopedia of Pest Management, Volume II is a key reference for professionals in academia, industry, and government, as well as students at all levels. Containing completely new entries, this volume is designed to be regularly co ... Read more

    $870.99 USD

  • The Pesticide Question

    Environment, Economics and Ethics

    Edited by David Pimentel, Hugh Lehman ...
    Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns about safety, health, and the environment. Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - `the perfect red apple' - outweigh the costs of environmental pollution, human illness, and the destruction of animals and our habitat. ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Integrated Pest Management

    Pesticide Problems, Vol.3

    Edited by David Pimentel, Rajinder Peshin ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The book deals with the present state and problems of integrated pest management as relating to stakeholder acceptance of IPM and how integrated pest management can become a sustainable practice. The discussions include using less pesticides and the possibility of eliminating pesticides from agricultural practice. ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Food versus Fuel

    An Informed Introduction to Biofuels

    by David Pimentel, Richard Hess, Rocio Diaz-Chavez, R. H. Ravindranath, Luis B. Cortez ...
    Food versus Fuel presents a high-level introduction to the science and economics behind a well-worn debate, that will debunk myths and provide quality facts and figures for academics and practitioners in development studies, environment studies, and agricultural studies.Compiled by an internationally renowned scientist and authority, and to include perspectives from 'pro' and 'anti' biofuels ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • What Are Children Learning “About” Islam and the Middle East in Public Schools?

    Are the Students Also Being Taught to Hate America?

    by David Pimentel ...
    Wasnt school-sponsored prayer banned in 1962? Wasnt the Bible banned from public schools in 1963? Didnt the Supreme Court rule that both forms of religious expression and belief violated the US Constitution? Didnt the ACLU convince everyone that there should be no religion whatsoever promoted or supported by the public school system. Then why are Islamic prayer and Islamic religious exercises ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Global Economic and Environmental Aspects of Biofuels

    Edited by David Pimentel ...
    Biofuels and food are dependent on the same resources for production: land, water, and energy. The conjuncture of food, energy, and climate crises demands a new direction in how to harness agriculture to the joint tasks of energy-saving, emissions reduction, and food security. Global Economic and Environmental Aspects of Biofuels focuses on the all ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Biological Invasions

    Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species, Second Edition

    Edited by David Pimentel PhD ...
    The impact of invasive species is second only to that of human population growth and associated activities as a cause of the loss of biodiversity throughout the world. In the United States, invasions of nonnative plants, animals, or microbes cause major environmental damage. The second edition of Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species ... Read more

    $190.00 USD