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  • Linking Ecology and Ethics for a Changing World

    Values, Philosophy, and Action

    Edited by Ricardo Rozzi, S.T.A. Pickett, Clare Palmer, Juan J. Armesto, J. Baird Callicott ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    To comprehensively address the complexities of current socio-ecological problems involved in global environmental change, it is indispiseble to achieve an integration of ecological understanding and ethical values. Contemporary science proposes an inclusive ecosystem concept that recognizes humans as components. Contemporary environmental ethics includes eco-social justice and the realization that ... Read more

    $242.09 USD

  • Earth Stewardship

    Linking Ecology and Ethics in Theory and Practice

    Edited by Ricardo Rozzi, F. Stuart Chapin III, J. Baird Callicott, S.T.A. Pickett, Mary E. Power, Juan J. Armesto, Roy H. May Jr. ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book advances Earth Stewardship toward a planetary scale, presenting a range of ecological worldviews, practices, and institutions in different parts of the world and to use them as the basis for considering what we could learn from one another, and what we could do together. Today, inter-hemispheric, intercultural, and transdisciplinary collaborations for Earth Stewardship are an imperative. ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Resilience in Ecology and Urban Design

    Linking Theory and Practice for Sustainable Cities

    Edited by S.T.A. Pickett, M.L. Cadenasso, Brian McGrath ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The contributors to this volume propose strategies of urgent and vital importance that aim to make today’s urban environments more resilient. Resilience, the ability of complex systems to adapt to changing conditions, is a key frontier in ecological research and is especially relevant in creative urban design, as urban areas exemplify complex systems. With something approaching half of the world’s ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

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  • Are Trams Socialist?

    Why Britain Has No Transport Policy

    by Christian Wolmar ...
    Transport is key to our daily lives. The transport system is essential to ensure the movement of people and goods, and most of us will use the roads or public transport every day. Vast sums are tied up in it and are spent on trying to resolve the problems of congestion and delays. And yet it is a most neglected field of politics. Britain has never had a coherent transport policy. Transport ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Windfall

    The Booming Business of Global Warming

    by Mckenzie Funk ...
    A fascinating investigation into how people around the globe are cashing in on a warming worldMcKenzie Funk has spent the last six years reporting around the world on how we are preparing for a warmer planet. Funk shows us that the best way to understand the catastrophe of global warming is to see it through the eyes of those who see it most clearly—as a market opportunity.Global warming’s ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Choosing the Sex of Your Baby

    Made Simple, Made Certain

    by Paul Gouda ...
    For the past fifteen years I have run into many couples, friends of the author - some of whom specifically wanted a girl, and a few others who specifically wanted a boy most of whom are now close friends of mine. Each and every one of them under the guidance of Dr. Paul Gouda, has succeeded in securing the desired gender of their baby.Last year, in a casual conversation, I mentioned that I wanted ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Green Roof Ecosystems

    Edited by Richard K. Sutton ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an up-to-date coverage of green (vegetated) roof research, design, and management from an ecosystem perspective. It reviews, explains, and poses questions about monitoring, substrate, living components and the abiotic, biotic and cultural aspects connecting green roofs to the fields of community, landscape and urban ecology. The work contains examples of green roof venues that ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Inheritors of the Earth

    How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction

    by Chris D. Thomas ...
    Human activity has irreversibly changed the natural environment. But the news isn't all bad.It's accepted wisdom today that human beings have permanently damaged the natural world, causing extinction, deforestation, pollution, and of course climate change. But in Inheritors of the Earth, biologist Chris Thomas shows that this obscures a more hopeful truth -- we're also helping nature grow and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Charter of the New Urbanism, 2nd Edition

    by Congress for the New Urbanism, Emily Talen ...
    THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE PRINCIPLES OF NEW URBANISM--FULLY REVISEDThe Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) is the leading organization promoting walkable, mixed-use neighborhood development, sustainable communities, and healthier living conditions. Thoroughly updated to cover the latest environmental, economic, and social implications of urban design, Charter of the New Urbanism, Second Edition ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Kids Recipes:70 Of The Best Ever Big Book Of Recipes That All Kids Love....Revealed!

    by Samantha Michaels ...
    Getting kids to eat healthy foods has been extremely difficult for parents, even with the whole range of kids recipes, available for reference. Kids often win over their parents when it comes to eating their favorite foods like Macaroni and cheese, Pizza and Peanut butter. Parents have been desperately looking for a kids recipe book that would help them to make their kids healthy food. This need ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Coastal Towns in Transition

    Local Perceptions of Landscape Change

    by Raymond James Green ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Many coastal areas around the world are experiencing dramatic landscape changes as a result of increased tourism development and the "sea change phenomenon" – the migration of affluent urbanites to small coastal towns seeking beautiful, natural surroundings. In response to these changes local residents in these places often complain that the distinctive character of their towns and/or individual ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • Ten Technologies to Save the Planet

    Energy Options for a Low-Carbon Future

    by Chris Goodall ...
    Respected, authoritative, award-winning author Chris Goodall tackles global warming reversal in this engaging and balanced book. Ten Technologies to Save the Planet - popular science writing at its most crucial - is arguably the most readable and comprehensive overview of large-scale solutions to climate change available. Goodall profiles ten technologies with the potential to slash global ... Read more

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