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Argues that growth management in the United States is an institutionalized form of growth accommodation incongruous with sustainable behavior and that the growth accommodation imperative should be replaced by an imperative of ecological sustainability.

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Argues that growth management in the United States is an institutionalized form of growth accommodation incongruous with sustainable behaviour and that the growth accommodation imperative should be replaced by an imperative of ecological sustainability.

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A unique guide to little-known protected sites across America.

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This comprehensive overview of the first quarter-century of American environmental sociology introduces readers to the research and theoretical perspectives in this new field of study.

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Coverage includes the development of ocean law, the evolving uses of oceans, data on living and non-living ocean resources, the environmental impact of pollution, and competing national claims over ocean exploration.

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Examining the role of science in toxic chemical regulation at the US Environmental Protection Agency, this book postulates that scientific knowledge and advice from experts outside of government is critical to the competence and credibility of regulations designed to protect public health.

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Describes a natural site or historic building in each state and four Canadian provinces that has become the focus for tales of apparitions, spooky presences, and other signs of haunting.

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This scientifically rigorous and philosophically sophisticated defense of environmentalism is meant to excite, educate, and alarm the reader. There is a widespread scientific and public recognition that the world is facing an environmental crisis of vast proportions.

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The No Logo of climate change a book that shows how global warming is not a theory we should still debate, but something that has already happened on a global scale.

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In "Home from Nowhere", the author of the landmark book "Geography of Nowhere" not only shows that the original American dream--the desire for peaceful, pleasant places in which to work and live--still has a strong hold on our imaginations, but offers innovative, eminently practical ways to make that dream a reality. Photos & line drawings.

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A guide to the connections between animal social behavior and steroid and peptide hormones. It emphasizes concepts and principles, hypothesis testing, and critical thinking. It also features studies of a variety of wild and domestic vertebrates along with some of the important invertebrate discoveries.

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and start dreaming of a green Christmas!
Funny, heart-warming and charged with infectious enthusiasm, How Green Are My Wellies demonstrates unequivocally that you can be green with style.

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Vivid, surprising, and utterly timely, How to Disappear explores nature as a more joyful and peaceful way of living in today's increasingly surveilled and publicity-obsessed world.

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When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn Why did law courts forbid witnesses to kiss the Bible What made Victorian cartoonists mock commuters who hid behind the newspaper, ladies who matched their books' binding to their dress, and servants who reduced newspapers to fish 'n' chips wrap This title deals with these questions.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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."

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