Filter by
Recovering lost species in the modern age :histories of longing and belonging
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262355711
- Collation
- 1 online resource (248 pages) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
To know the world :a new vision for environmental learning
"A practical and poetic manifesto promoting new concepts of environmental learning: why environment, inequity, democracy, and diversity are connected challenges, how to navigate the rapid pace of change in the Anthropocene, how to better understand social and ecological networks, how to think about migration both ecologically and culturally, and how to bring a cosmopolitan perspective to place-…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262361043
- Collation
- 1 online resource.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Rethinking environmentalism :linking justice, sustainability, and diversity
A multidisciplinary examination of alternative framings of environmental problems, with using examples from forest, water, energy, and urban sectors. Does being an environmentalist mean caring about wild nature Or is environmentalism synonymous with concern for future human well-being, or about a fair apportionment of access to the earth's resources and a fair sharing of pollution burdens Envir…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262349925
- Collation
- 1 online resource (302 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Grounding urban natures :histories and futures of urban ecologies
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262353168
- Collation
- 1 online resource (440 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Natura urbana :ecological constellations in urban space
A study of urban nature that draws together different strands of urban ecology as well as insights derived from feminist, posthuman, and postcolonial thought.Postindustrial transitions and changing cultures of nature have produced an unprecedented degree of fascination with urban biodiversity. The other nature that flourishes in marginal urban spaces, at one remove from the controlled contours …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262367467
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xiv, 416 pages) :illustrations, maps
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Natural experiments :ecosystem-based management and the environment
This systematic assessment of seven prominent initiatives - in Texas, California, Florida and Arizona - evaluates the effectiveness of ecosystem-based management at protecting the environment. The author concludes that projects that set goals based on stakeholder collaboration are less likely to result in environmental improvement.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262278010
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xiv, 365 pages) :maps.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Reinventing Los Angeles :nature and community in the global city
Describes how water politics, cars and freeways, and immigration and globalization have shaped Los Angeles, and how innovative social movements are working to make a more livable and sustainable city.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262274128
- Collation
- 1 online resource (viii, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Seeing the forest and the trees :human-environment interactions in forest eco…
'Seeing the Forest and the Trees' examines changes in land cover & land use in forested regions as major contributors to global environmental change.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262280150
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xiii, 442 pages) :illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The working landscape :founding, preservation, and the politics of place
Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, Harvard University, 2000.In America today we see rampant development, unsustainable resource exploitation, and commodification ruin both natural and built landscapes, disconnecting us from our surroundings and threatening our fundamental sense of place. Meanwhile, preservationists often respond with a counterproductive stance that rejects virtually any chang…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262269803
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xvi, 425 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Water Quality Criteria Green Book of China
The book mainly introduces readers to the development and current status of water quality criteria (WQC) in China and other countries or areas, and proposes a minimum toxicity data requirement (MTDR; i.e., six species from three phyla) as the principle metric for deriving WQC in China. Further, ten model species from 4 different phyla are recommended as domestic test species, and the methodolog…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-94-017-7270-9
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography