Environmental management

This book comprehensively addresses the economic, social and institutional difficulties in conserving biodiversity and the ecosystem services that it provides.

Since Integrating City Planning and Environmental Improvement was originally published in 1999, the practice of integrating urban physical planning and environmental quality management has been widely adopted by governments worldwide.

Essays by leading intellectuals and public figures explore extreme events, environments, and achievements.

A comprehensive guide to the proactive management of alien plants, synthesising the most current global theory and best management practice.

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week'A subject that could not be more important.

As our great economic machine grinds relentlessly forward into a future of declining fossil fuel supplies, climate change and ecosystem failure, governments are at long last beginning to question the very structure of the global economy.

An insightful guide to understanding conflicts over the conservation of biodiversity and groundbreaking strategies to deal with them.

A comprehensive analysis of the various terrestrial natural landscapes and habitats within Japan, and the efforts to sustain and conserve them and sustain landscape services.

Plantations are playing an increasingly important part in the development and the economies of the South.

This book reports on a public archaeology project carried out at the ancient site of Tilmen Hoyuk in south-eastern Turkey.

A detailed, research-informed synthesis of the current issues facing the Australasian biota and the challenges involved in their conservation.

This book aims to contribute to the transdisciplinary study of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus in cities and to help policy makers adopt a more integrated approach to natural resources management in urban environments to face the challenges and threats of climate change.

In The Green Leap to an Inclusive Economy, two leading thinkers, Stuart L.

South and Southeast Asian countries are experiencing rapid land cover and land use changes (LCLUC) driven by urbanization, agricultural expansion, deforestation, and infrastructure development.

Presents solutions to turn conflict into tolerance and coexistence, with an emphasis on the human dimensions of human-wildlife interactions.

This book argues that to understand wetlands is to understand human development.

Originally published in 1962, Land Economics Research brings together papers presented at a symposium in Nebraska in 1961 which deal with ideas, theories and suggestions in land economics to encourage problem-solving in American land issues.

This book gathers contributions on modern irrigation environments in Egypt from an environmental and agricultural perspective.

A significant step forward in the world of earth observation was made with the development of imaging spectrometry.

Providing an updated summary of the application of different types of sensors for the analysis of food safety and quality, this book discusses the core principles, current research status, challenges and successful examples for each technology.

This title aims to provide introductory and concluding surveys of the subject of farms, trees and farmers.

When thinking about lowering or changing consumption to lower carbon footprints, the obvious offenders come easily to mind: petroleum and petroleum products, paper and plastic, even food, but not clothes.

This book critically explores the political ecology of human marginalization, wildlife conservation and the role of the state in politicizing conservation frameworks, drawing on examples from forests in India.

Energy: The Basics offers a concise and engaging introduction to energy, answering critical questions and providing accessible definitions of essential concepts and developments in the field.

ISO 14001 is the new international standard for environmental management systems.

The demands placed on land, water, energy and other natural resources are exacerbated as the world population continues to increase together with the expectations of economic growth.

Looks at the question: do forests cool or warm the atmosphere and reduce global warming?

Air pollution has become a major global issue due to rapid industrialization, human population growth and increasing urbanization.

We have forgotten how to think about limits.

As defined by the EPA, an environmental management system refers to a set of processes and practices that enable an organization to reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency.

Originally published in 1989.

Aerial photography has revealed the striking, widespread phenomenon of repeating patterns of vegetation in more arid areas of the world.

Discusses the benefits and risks, as well as the economic and socio-political realities, of rewilding as a novel conservation tool.

This book is a remarkable case study of an environmental policy initiative for a national environmental regulatory system in the information age.

This book provides the first contemporary assessment of area-based conservation and its implications for nature and society.

The food system is our last coal-fired power station, our last diesel engine.

This book consists of 10 Chapters in 4 Parts.

This definitive survey reveals the changing nature of our wildlife, why we should be concerned, and what we can do about it.

If water resources are to be distributed efficiently, equitably and cost-effectively in this rapidly changing world, then it is clear that current water management practices are no longer feasible.

Carbon is chemically versatile and is thus the body and soul of biological, geological, ecological and economic systems.

Essays by leading intellectuals and public figures explore extreme events, environments, and achievements.

This report is FAO's latest assessment of the long-term outlook for the world's food supplies, nutrition and agriculture.

Nestled amidst rolling hills, Shillong, the Himalayan capital city of Meghalaya in India's northeast, faces a growing challenge of water scarcity.

The book covers the spread of conservation agriculture (CA) to regions including Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Australia, Europe and emerging CA destinations in Asia and Africa.

ISO 14001 Environmental Systems Handbook Second Edition outlines the scope and purpose of the standard, making it accessible to all.

Providing safe and clean water for all without damaging the environment is one of the biggest challenges of the SDGs.

In the summer of 1969, a federal district court in Denver, Colorado, heard arguments in one of the nation's first explicitly environmental cases, in which the Defenders of Florissant, Inc.

Over the last decade, the oil and gas industry has garnered a lot of support from the United States federal and state governments in the name of energy independence and economic prosperity.

Environmental horticulture - also referred to as landscape horticulture and amenity horticulture - is the umbrella term for the horticulture that we encounter in our daily lives.