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Professor Whyte's A Dictionary of Environmental History provides in a single volume a comprehensive reference work covering the past 12,000 years of the Earth's environmental history.

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"Ecosystem" is an intuitively appealing concept to ecologists, but, in spite of its widespread use, the term remains diffuse and ambiguous. This book helps to counteract the separation of subdisciplines in ecology and to bring functional and population/community ecologists closer to a common approach.

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With empirical and ethnographic case studies from around the world the three volumes together represent one of the most complete and up to date accounts of the central role of water in the history and development of humanity.

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With the world population set to reach 9 billion by the year 2050, and food demand expected to increase by 60 per cent during the same period, one of the key issues facing the world is food security.

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Provides a fresh look at the history of environmentalism in the United States, challenging thinking and presenting an innovative perspective. This book offers a fresh and innovative account of the history of environmentalism in the United States, challenging the dominant narrative in the field.

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Exploring the term New West, this book describes prototypical land use patterns found throughout the West, and examines the spatial circumstances of rural and small town growth patterns. It is intended for students taking courses in land use planning, for environmental management professionals and for those who care about western environments.

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This book navigates the numerous American and Canadian cartographic resources available in print, and online, offering information on how to locate and access the large variety of resources. Cartographic materials are highlighted and summarized, along with lists of map libraries and geospatial centers, and related professional associations.

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Since 1983, when the West German public elected several of their party members to representative seats in the Bundestag, the Greens (Die Grunen) have been a political force.

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Wilderness and the river that runs through open his heart: his mountain burns, friends die, and he falls in love.

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The description for this book, A View of the Sea: A Discussion between a Chief Engineer and an Oceanographer about the Machinery of the Ocean Circulation, will be forthcoming.

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Energy policy is on everyone's mind these days. The U.S. presidential campaign focused on energy independence and exploration (""Drill, baby, drill!""), climate change, alternative fuels, even nuclear energy.

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Explores the political, economic and social ramifications of the motorisation of the US economy. This book traces the origins of America's addiction throughout the twentieth century and explains how America's relations with the Middle East were developed through its quest for energy security.

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A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing the continent of Africa and the Middle East.

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African Independence is a dynamic discussion of how Africa shapes world events today. Tukufu Zuberi weaves interview excerpts and stories from many Africans he has metfrom refugees to heads of statewith key events in African history to show the importance of understanding Africa today.

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"A provocative account of EU border externalisation in Mauritania that identifies new, fundamental continuities between colonially inherited socio-economic disparities, the operations of international capitalism in the Global South, and the contemporary EU border regime"--

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Tells the story of the modern discovery of biodiversity. This work argues that the work begun by Linnaeus culminated around 1900, when collecting and inventory were organized on a grand scale in natural history surveys.