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  • Environmental and Resource Protection Law

    by Ke Zhou, Luozhi Yi, Xinjian Su, Youhai Sun ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book mainly focuses on environmental and resource law under Chinese law, involving secondary disciplines such as international law, civil law, administrative law and criminal law, as well as issues related to other first-class disciplines such as environmental science and ecology. The contents include general theory of environmental law (basic theory), prevention and control of environmental ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

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  • Grand Transitions

    How the Modern World Was Made

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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  • An Introduction to Human-Environment Geography

    Local Dynamics and Global Processes

    by William G. Moseley, Eric Perramond, Holly M. Hapke, Paul Laris ...
    This introductory level text explores various theoretical approaches to human-environment geography, demonstrating how local dynamics and global processes influence how we interact with our environments.Introduces students to fundamental concepts in environmental geography and scienceExplores the core theoretical traditions within the field, along with major thematic issues such as population, ... Read more

    $46.00 USD

  • Status of the World's Soil Resources. Technical Summary

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This document presents a summary of the first Status of the World's Soil Resources report, the goal of which is to make clear the essential connections between human well-being and the soil. The report provides a benchmark against which our collective progress to conserve this essential resource can be measured. The report synthesizes the work of some 200 soil scientists from 60 countries. It ... Read more

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  • Down the Drain

    How We Are Failing to Protect Our Water Resources

    by Chris Wood, Ralph Pentland ...
    An incisive critique of Canada’s drinking water gatekeepers.Canada is celebrated for its abundance of fresh water, and few Canadians question the safety of the water that comes from our taps. But is this trust justified? One study estimates that contamination of drinking water causes 90,000 cases of illness and ninety deaths every year.In this authoritative review of decades of legislation, ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Land Management: Challenges, Opportunities, And Trade-Offs

    by World Bank ...
    Land is the integrating component of all livelihoods depending on farm, forest, rangeland, or water (rivers, lakes, coastal marine) habitats. Due to varying political, social, and economic factors, the heavy use of natural resources to supply a rapidly growing global population and economy has resulted in the unintended mismanagement and degradation of land and ecosystems. Sustainable Land ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • China's Past, China's Future

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Series series Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship
    China has a population of 1.3 billion people which puts strain on her natural resources. This volume, by one of the leading scholars on the earth's biosphere, is the result of a lifetime of study, and provides the fullest account yet of the environmental challenges that China faces. The author examines China's energy resources, their uses, impacts and prospects, from the 1970s oil crisis to the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development

    An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in "The Bad Earth", a disturbing book. This new volume, drawn on a much broader canvas, updates and expands on the basic arguments and perceptions of "The Bad Earth". This book is not a systematic litany of what went wrong and how much - but rather an inquiry into the fundamental factors, needs, prospects, ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Applied Ethnobotany

    People, Wild Plant Use and Conservation

    Edited by Anthony B. Cunningham ...
    Series series People and Plants International Conservation
    Its wise and sensitive approach to working with local people will be relevant in situations throughout the world.'ECOS'The numerous diagrams, tables of data, information flow charts, fieldwork sketches etc. give a great vibrancy to the work... It deserves a wide readership.'TEG NewsWild or non-cultivated plants are crucial to the lives of a large portion of the world's population, providing low ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • OCR AS/A-level Geography Student Guide 2: Earth's Life Support Systems; Global Connections

    by Peter Stiff, David Barker ...
    Exam Board: OCRLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: Summer 2017Reinforce students' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experi... ... Read more

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  • Environmental Protection

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Pamela Hill ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    Although climate change and pollution make near-daily appearances in the news, humans have not always recognized that the environment needs to be protected. Only after the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962 did environmental protection became a political and social priority. In Environmental Protection: What Everyone Needs to Know®, environmental lawyer Pamela Hill offers clear, ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Sustainability Unpacked

    Food, Energy and Water for Resilient Environments and Societies

    by Kristiina Vogt, Toral Patel-Weynand, Maura Shelton, Daniel J Vogt, Cal Mukumoto, Asep. S. Suntana, Patricia A. Roads, John Gordon ...
    Food, water and energy form some of the basic elements of sustainability considerations. This ground-breaking book examines and decodes these elements, exploring how a range of countries make decisions regarding their energy and bio-resource consumption and procurement. The authors consider how these choices impact not only the societies and environments of those countries, but the world in ... Read more

    $77.99 USD