Environmental management

The Sierra Club's Fourteenth Biennial Wilderness Conference was cosponsored by the National Audubon Society, with over 100 organizations participating.

The aim of the present volume is to review the effects of human activity on physical environment processes, and this is justified not only as a complement to the approach taken by G.

In this book, the authors integrate various perspectives on the evaluation of natural resources in arid and semiarid zones, analyze development options, and discuss systems analysis tools that could be important for the management of technology.

Much of the improvement in material living standards in the Third World is attributable to the exploitation of nonrenewable resources such as fossil fuels and metallic ores, and to the exploitation of renewable resource systems at rates that cannot be sustained.

Georges Bank, off the coast of New England, has for years been known as one of the most productive of the world's fisheries.

This book describes the nature and magnitude of food insecurity in less-developed countries, stressing the various practical problems at the country level.

Rapid population growth, demand for increased food resources and other political,economic and social stresses have all contributed to building up pressure fordevelopment of marginal regions in both developed and developing countries.

The rapid changes in the former Soviet Union have rendered most pre-1992 works on its environment obsolete.

Although there is in the United States a clear national consensus supporting the protection of the environment, advocates often profoundly disagree about the policies best designed to achieve this end.

Among the problems of the modern fisheries industry is the persistent trend toward the severe depletion of fish stocks, resulting in low catch rates and poor economic returns, along with unnecessary accumulations of capital investments.

This book examines the process of policymaking in situations in which the interests, values, and rights of the various actors conflict with one another and suggest contradictory courses of action.

This book is an outcome of the Visual Values Workshop in 1982.

Based on the proceedings of the First National Wilderness Management Workshop, this book is designed to serve as a guide to understanding and implementing the 1964 Wilderness Act.

An examination of culture, conflict and communication in a rural/urban setting.

This is a reference book on the classification, distribution, ecology and control of poisonous and aggressively invasive plant species on rangeland.

This book examines the rationale for emphasizing productivity as the dominant goal of agricultural research and challenges in the form of alternative goals that scientists might seek in performing agricultural research.

This book shows in detail that environmental consequences of very large increases in biomass utilization could be serious, if they were carried out without proper management.

The 1987-89 drought was a signal event in the evolving interrelationshipsamong climate, natural resources management, technology,and society in the United States.

Volume 111 of AAAS selected symposium, American Association of the Advancement of Science.

Originally published in 1989.

This book of selected research papers, originally presented at the "e;Symposium of Fragile Lands of Latin America-The Search for Sustainable Uses,"e; presents some fresh evidence of the viability of a few "e;non-conventional"e; strategies for natural resource development and management.

This study of rural development in six North African nations addresses the issues surrounding poverty and landlessness.

This volume is a collection of seventeen essays, offering in-depth and comparative studies of areas faced with environmental crisis.

Successful natural resource administration demands the well-exercised ability to deal with the interests of many actors--including the public and wildlife--in a balanced, constructive way.

Addressing the problem of the high cost of agricultural development in tropical regions, this book summarizes the environmental concerns associated with tropical agriculture.

This book provides descriptive information on fisheries and nutrition, and outlines actions that could be taken to enhance the contribution of fisheries to the alleviation of malnutrition.

This book presents case studies highlighting social, economic, political, and biological dimensions of environmental degradation in the Third World.

This book examines the U.

This book reports on a study that assessed the effectiveness of irrigation technologies and management practices in the Third World.

First published in 1988.

The 1968-1974 drought in the Sahel was an unprecedented catastrophe for the region, causing extensive crop failures, loss of human and animal populations, political instability, and the destruction of social and cultural structures.

In this book, the authors provides an up-to-date assessment of research on human interactions with natural resource systems.

Written by and for scholars, planners, and policymakers, Natural Resource Management: The Human Dimension focuses on issues such as the publics role in the decision-making processes of ecosystem management that affect how we use (or abuse) resources.

The major grain producing nations are moving toward the reduction of domestic and export subsidies to agriculture.

A comprehensive overview and discussion of all major aspects of environmental planning and management, Professor Baldwin's textbook highlights the causes and interrelationships of environmental problems, emphasizing the important economic and ecological functions of the land as the stage for all human activities and the "e;source"e; and "e;sink"e; for all

This book emphasizes how we already have the technologies available, including renewable energy and the ability to recycle most materials, to make ecological living possible and that perceived barriers to energy transitions can be overcome.

This book emphasizes how we already have the technologies available, including renewable energy and the ability to recycle most materials, to make ecological living possible and that perceived barriers to energy transitions can be overcome.

This book provides a critical understanding of the challenges that exist in protecting the local and global environment through compliance efforts using existing environmental regulations.

This book provides a critical understanding of the challenges that exist in protecting the local and global environment through compliance efforts using existing environmental regulations.

Common Sense in Environmental Management examines common sense not in theory, but in practice.

Common Sense in Environmental Management examines common sense not in theory, but in practice.

Stewarding the Sound uses different perspectives to build awareness of the wealth and fragility of this ecosystem by balancing economic and social needs with conservation.

First published in 1974.

First published in 1974.

In one volume, this book brings together a diversity of approaches, theory and frameworks that can be used to analyse the governance of renewable natural resources.

In one volume, this book brings together a diversity of approaches, theory and frameworks that can be used to analyse the governance of renewable natural resources.

Sandy beaches are the most abundant coastal environments worldwide, which have an undeniable and unique ecological value.

Sandy beaches are the most abundant coastal environments worldwide, which have an undeniable and unique ecological value.

The book presents a review of research and pilot-scale efforts undertaken by scientists all over the world towards utilization of solar energy for environmental remediation.

Sustainability of Business in the Context of Environmental Management studies the newly emerged concept of 'sustainable business' in view of the growing Indian economy.