Applied ecology

In the face of what seems like a concerted effort to destroy the only planet that can sustain us, critique is an important tool.

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

Over the past decade there have been extraordinary advances towards drought risk reduction with the development of new water-conserving technologies, and new tools for planning, vulnerability and impact assessment, mitigation, and policy.

Over the past decade there have been extraordinary advances towards drought risk reduction with the development of new water-conserving technologies, and new tools for planning, vulnerability and impact assessment, mitigation, and policy.

Throughout North America, non-native wild pigs have become an ecologically and economically destructive invasive species.

Throughout North America, non-native wild pigs have become an ecologically and economically destructive invasive species.

The consequences of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species in non-native ecosystems is an area of growing interest for international policymakers and regulators.

The richer countries spend about US$165 billion yearly on overseas aid, mainly to keep human development going.

The richer countries spend about US$165 billion yearly on overseas aid, mainly to keep human development going.

The consequences of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species in non-native ecosystems is an area of growing interest for international policymakers and regulators.

This books presents the first extended study of the relationship between British modernist poetry and the environment.

This books presents the first extended study of the relationship between British modernist poetry and the environment.

Shelving Guide:This book will present new research regarding the interdisciplinary applications of spatial information sciences for identification, assessment, monitoring, and modeling issues related to natural resources and environmental management.

Shelving Guide:This book will present new research regarding the interdisciplinary applications of spatial information sciences for identification, assessment, monitoring, and modeling issues related to natural resources and environmental management.

Nitrogen (N) is potentially one of the most complex elements on the Earth.

Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area and many endangered species.

Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area and many endangered species.

Energy in Agroecosystems: A Tool for Assessing Sustainability is the first book on energy analysis that is up-to-date and specifically dedicated to agriculture.

The Handbook of Australasian Biogeography is the most comprehensive overview of the biogeography of Australasian plants, fungi and animal taxa in a single volume.

This book develops the Sustainable Governance Approach and the principles of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM).

This book develops the Sustainable Governance Approach and the principles of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM).

Urban Political Ecology in the Anthropo-obscene: Interruptions and Possibilities centres on how to organize anew the articulation between emancipatory theory and political activism.

Urban Political Ecology in the Anthropo-obscene: Interruptions and Possibilities centres on how to organize anew the articulation between emancipatory theory and political activism.

Written by an expert of the ins and outs of viticulture in Burgundy and many other areas of the world, this new volume showcases the wine-growing culture of Burgundy.

This volume covers a diverse array of alternative technologies and their development with particular attention to the utilization of bioresources for the achievement of a sustainable environment.

The Lake Governance book will focus on comparative analysis of governance structures by examining policy, legal and institutional structures of current transboundary commissions to develop a common framework for good governance of transboundary lakes.

The Lake Governance book will focus on comparative analysis of governance structures by examining policy, legal and institutional structures of current transboundary commissions to develop a common framework for good governance of transboundary lakes.

This book explores the types of conflicts that occur over marine and coastal resources, the underlying causes, and attempts to prevent them.

This book explores the types of conflicts that occur over marine and coastal resources, the underlying causes, and attempts to prevent them.

Although war is a heterogeneous assemblage of the human and nonhuman, it nevertheless builds the illusion of human autonomy and singularity.

Although war is a heterogeneous assemblage of the human and nonhuman, it nevertheless builds the illusion of human autonomy and singularity.

Uganda has extensive protected areas and iconic wildlife (including mountain gorillas), which exist within a complex social and political environment.

Uganda has extensive protected areas and iconic wildlife (including mountain gorillas), which exist within a complex social and political environment.

Around the globe, unfettered industrialisation has marched forth in unison with massive social inequities.

Around the globe, unfettered industrialisation has marched forth in unison with massive social inequities.

This edited volume centers around the concept of BioCities, which aim to unify nature and urban spaces in order to reverse the effects of global climate change and inequity.

Throughout its history, the discipline of ecology has always been profoundly entangled with the history of space and place.

Throughout its history, the discipline of ecology has always been profoundly entangled with the history of space and place.

Multidisciplinary Studies on the Environment and Civilization draws on research from a diverse range of fields across the humanities, social and natural sciences to discover what is needed to develop an affluent, sustainable and resilient world for the twenty-first century and beyond.

Multidisciplinary Studies on the Environment and Civilization draws on research from a diverse range of fields across the humanities, social and natural sciences to discover what is needed to develop an affluent, sustainable and resilient world for the twenty-first century and beyond.

Artificial or constructed wetlands are an emerging technology particularly for tropical areas with water scarcity.

Artificial or constructed wetlands are an emerging technology particularly for tropical areas with water scarcity.

This book presents an earth science-based overview of the challenges to sustainability.

Out-migration might decrease the pressure of population on the environment, but what happens to the communities that manage the local environment when they are weakened by the absence of their members?

Out-migration might decrease the pressure of population on the environment, but what happens to the communities that manage the local environment when they are weakened by the absence of their members?

Statistical Methods for Field and Laboratory Studies in Behavioral Ecology focuses on how statistical methods may be used to make sense of behavioral ecology and other data.

Statistical Methods for Field and Laboratory Studies in Behavioral Ecology focuses on how statistical methods may be used to make sense of behavioral ecology and other data.

Combining a journalist's view of major trials with a political-legal analysis, this text gives a picture of the politics of justice in Russia.

Combining a journalist's view of major trials with a political-legal analysis, this text gives a picture of the politics of justice in Russia.