(Hardback, 2nd edition)

From killer storms to their implications for the insurance premiums of U.S. residents, this much-awaited update explores the ecological, social, and economic consequences of hurricanes and their effects on both coastal and inland areas.

(Paperback)

Theory-based, empirical studies of the ways in which our sense of identity affects and is affected by our relationship with nature, and the implications for more effective environmental policy.

(Hardback)

Confronting the relationship between words and images in the representation of plant life in Western modernity, this interdisciplinary book examines the ways in which plants have been theorised both in contemporary plant humanities and modern thinking about plants more generally.

(Hardback)

This other side of the story is the first to show how waste products contribute positively to the economy, and to place garbage in perspective when considering the total use of America's resources.

(Paperback)

Including a new Epilogue, this is "one helluva read" ("Newsweek") and a chilling first-person account of extreme survival in the Siberian Arctic, rediscovered by Jon Krakauer and David Roberts. "Vivid . . . [a work of] terrifying beauty."--"The Boston Globe."

(Hardback)

This cartobibliography lists more than 4,900 maps, covering some 320 geographic areas, that were published in selected earth science journals between 1981 and 1982 and in selected monographs between 1963 and 1983. Directions for use and a list of geographic subject terms that can be used to access the maps are also included.

(Paperback)

Individual-based models are widely used tool for ecology. This book provides the treatment of individual-based modeling and its use to develop theoretical understanding of how ecological systems work, an approach the authors call "individual-based ecology."

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

An integrated, holistic model for infrastructure planning and design in developing countries.

(Hardback)

In today's culture of insatiable freedom, many believe that to be human is to be an insatiable self-actualizer.

(Paperback)

In today's culture of insatiable freedom, many believe that to be human is to be an insatiable self-actualizer.

(Paperback)

An examination of the process of prioritizing private motorized transportation in Bengaluru, a rapidly growing megacity of the Global South.

(Paperback)

This overview of recent research on how institutions matter in tackling environmental problems reports the findings and policy implications of a decade-long international research project.

(Hardback)

The first major study to apply an intercultural approach to cities and city building outside Europe,

considering the role of social and cultural sustainability in city building.

(Hardback)

Offering a comparative exploration of global parks preservation, this book describes and evaluates national parks and nature reserves in over 25 nations. The contributors examine the agencies responsible for park protection and provide a history of park preservation.

(Hardback)

A very useful handbook for researchers interested in getting a quick summary of the state of environmental regulation in a particular country, but rather specialized. Collectively, they lend cross-cultural perspective to common ground: the historical background, major political problems, and implementation of pollution control.

(Hardback)

An analysis of the complementary relationship between trade and the environment in the North American environmental management system. The author argues that the development of closer trade relations among NAFTA members is beneficial to the environment, especially air quality.

(Paperback, NIPPOD)

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

An innovative edited volume on the intersectionality of climate change in Eastern Africa, which brings together research from and on the region addressing urgent issues including gender, geography, health, displacement, disability, and knowledge production.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

This book is a detailed exploration of the working practices of a community of scientists exposed in public, and of the making of scientific knowledge about climate change in Scotland. -- .

(Paperback)

How can we tell who is right, and how we should respond And why is there no scientific consensus on a matter of such vital importance This work addresses these questions. It describes how the interplay between familiar phenomena, winds and clouds, light and air, maintains climates that permit a diversity of fauna and flora to flourish on Earth.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

From the outset, society in Japan has been shaped by its environmental context.