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Reveals the short-sightedness behind conceiving of floods, fires, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes as natural disasters. This book argues that such thinking has led to policies that have done the environment more harm than good. It points out ways in which we can better address the environmental problems that humanity faces.

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A collection of essays from a wide range of disciplines, "The Social Ecology of Border Landscapes" addresses social ecologies in the marginal spaces, liminal landscapes and territorial interfaces of border zones.

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A collection of essays from a wide range of disciplines, "The Social Ecology of Border Landscapes" addresses social ecologies in the marginal spaces, liminal landscapes and territorial interfaces of border zones.

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A detailed case study of the government policymaking process, this volume takes one key issue--the strategic minerals problem--and examines each stage of decision-making from the acquisition of raw data through the promulgation of foreign policy.

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In the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley tells the fascinating history of global climate changes as revealed by reading the annual rings of ice from cores drilled in Greenland. He explains that

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The true story of how John Fenton transformed his family's run-down sheep farm into a lush oasis by the simple act of planting trees - lots and lots of trees.

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The Water Crisis in Yemen draws on both new field research and a very wide set of official and unofficial information sources, much of it being made available for the first time.

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The United States faces a water crisis as critical as the energy crisis that dominated headlines until recently. Like the energy crisis, a solution can be found. Pat Mulroy, for many years the head of the Colorado River water commission and now a Brookings fellow, has gathered together a number of practitioners and scholars to show us why we face a crisis and what we can do to help alleviate it.

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A fascinating analysis of the world's scavengers as performing an important economic role in the production and consumption of food.

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They Call the Wind Maria is the true story of one family's love and survival in a brutal hurricane season. In the chaos of Hurricane Maria's arrival in Puerto Rico Allie and her family leaped into a last-minute survival plan. They would embark on a 9-foot dinghy, through the open sea, with a GPS that could scarcely catch a signal, and without any opportunity to say goodbye to those they love.

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Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene makes connections between the Anthropocene discourse and human-animal studies, thus facilitating further interdisciplinary work on the topic of animals in the Anthropocene.

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In weaving together the life stories of five extraordinary contemporary Tibetans involved in environmental protection, this book shows Tibetans as both products of an admirable culture and as complex individuals negotiating religious ideals, economic change, and sociopolitical constraints. In short, it opens up a whole new way of understanding Tibet.

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Bestselling author and master tracker Tom Brown Jr. shares his secrets for nurturing and saving our planet.

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Post-truth politics have threatened science itself. Drawing on case studies from around the world, Toxic Truths examines enduring issues and new challenges for tackling environmental injustice in a post-truth age. -- .

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This fascinating reference offers a unique take on recycling and trash, tracing the role of waste in public health, climate change, and sustainability around the world.

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Introduces readers to the important concepts for understanding the environmental challenges and consequences of deforestation. Contributions from scientists and academics in the social sciences and humanities provide readers with an initial tool kit for understanding the concepts central to their disciplinary perspective.

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Challenges current "misconceptions" about global ecology, denounces popular environmental activists, and argues that such issues as overpopulation, deforestation, and global warming are nonthreatening.

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Her introduction offers an excellent summation of how she determined which groups were to be included and describes how she organized the groups.

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"...[offers] a hopeful, clear-eyed, and somehow also hilarious guide to effecting real change, starting in our own lives. Saving ourselves from climate apocalypse will require radical shifts within each of us, to effect real change in our society and culture."--

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Understanding Biodiversity argues that there are many ways in which biodiversity has an intrinsic value - for humans, and for the living world as a whole - and that biodiversity should be better understood and appreciated by everyone, not just those in the scientific community.

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Entries clearly describe each disaster by defining the cause, the consequences, and the clean-up efforts.

Readers will learn who the responsible parties were, the effect on the environment and people living in the immediate area, and the economic impact of each disaster.