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  • Gone to the Swamp

    Raw Materials for the Good Life in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta

    by Robert Leslie Smith ...
    Series series Alabama Fire Ant
    Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4To make a living here, one had to be capable, confident, clever and inventive, know a lot about survival, be able to fashion and repair tools, navigate a boat, fell a tree, treat a snakebite, make a meal from whatever was handy without asking too many questions about it, and get along with folks.This ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • The Infinite Resource

    The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet

    by Ramez Naam ...
    Climate change. Finite fossil fuels. Fresh water depletion. Rising commodity prices. Ocean acidification. Overpopulation. Deforestation. Feeding the world’s billions. We’re beset by an array of natural resource and environmental challenges. They pose a tremendous risk to human prosperity, to world peace, and to the planet itself. Yet, if we act, these problems are addressable. Throughout history ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Australian Planting Design

    by Paul Thompson ...
    Australian Planting Design identifies and explores all aspects of developing better planting designs on any scale, raising awareness of the essential elements and encouraging readers to look with fresh eyes, to create anew. This new edition guides the reader through all the stages of designing a new garden and helps to visualise the garden through an understanding of space, light, earth form, ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Flammable Australia

    Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World

    Edited by Richard J Williams, A Malcolm Gill, Ross A Bradstock ...
    In Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World, leading researchers in fire ecology and management discuss how fire regimes have shaped and will continue to shape the distribution and abundance of Australia’s highly diverse plants and animals. Central to this is the exploration of the concept of the fire regime – the cumulative pattern of fires and their ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Mobilities and Neighbourhood Belonging in Cities and Suburbs

    Edited by P. Watt, P. Smets ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Contemporary city and suburban dwellers are constantly on the move. Does this mean they lack a sense of belonging to their neighbourhoods, or does enhanced mobility co-exist with feelings of community and belonging? This collection examines these questions through a unique series of neighbourhood-based global case studies. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Ecology and Man in Mexico’s Central Volcanoes Area

    Edited by Roland Bobbink, Nuri Trigo Boix, G.W. Heil ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The main activities of the economically active population around The Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl volcanoes region lie in the primary sector (65- 90%). Of the people working in this sector, those dependent on agricultural or pastoral activities generally have an income significantly lower than the minimum wage in Mexico. Of the activities in the area, these agricultural, pastoral, and forestry ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Weather Matters for Energy

    Edited by Alberto Troccoli, Laurent Dubus, Sue Ellen Haupt ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    It is the purpose of this book to provide the meteorological knowledge and tools to improve the risk management of energy industry decisions, ranging from the long term finance and engineering planning assessments to the short term operational measures for scheduling and maintenance. Most of the chapters in this book are based on presentations given at the inaugural International Conference Energy ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Jellyfish Blooms

    Edited by Kylie A. Pitt, Cathy H. Lucas ...
    Jellyfish are one of the most conspicuous animals in our oceans and are renowned for their propensity to form spectacular blooms. The unique features of the biology and ecology of jellyfish that enable them to bloom also make them successful invasive species and, in a few places around the world, jellyfish have become problematic. As man increasingly populates the world’s coastlines, interactions ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • The Holy Earth

    The Birth of a New Land Ethic

    by Liberty Hyde Bailey ...
    The agrarian tradition runs as an undercurrent through the entire history of literature, carrying the age–old wisdom that the necessary access of independent farmers to their own land both requires the responsibility of good stewardship and provides the foundation for a thriving civilization. At the turn of the last century, when farming first began to face the most rapid and extensive series of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Restoration of Degraded Rivers: Challenges, Issues and Experiences

    Edited by D.P. Loucks ...
    Series Book 39 - NATO Science Partnership Subseries
    In the continued quest for increased economic benefits from our water resources, numerous structures and operating policies for controlling the river flow have been built and implemented. These structures and associated operating policies can facilitate navigation; they can provide greater quantities of reliable water supplies to meet agricultural, industrial and municipal water demands; they can ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Hazards in a Fickle Environment: Bangladesh

    by C.E. Haque ...
    Series Book 10 - Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
    This book evolved from a collaborative research project between the University of Manitoba, Canada and Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, which commenced in 1984 to study the problems of river channel migration, rural population displacement and land relocation in Bangladesh. The study was sponsored by the International Development Research Center (IDRC), based in Ottawa, Canada. It was through ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

    Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks

    Edited by Klaus Kümmerer ...
    When the first green wave appeared in the mid and late 1960s, it was considered a fea sible task to solve pollution problems. The visible problems were mostly limited to point sources, and a comprehensive "end of the pipe technology" (= environmental technology) was available. It was even seriously discussed in the US that what was called "zero dis charge" could be attained by 1985. It became ... Read more

    $80.99 USD