Agriculture & Environmental Sciences Books

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61. Trade Unions in the Green Economy

    Working for the Environment

    Edited by Nora Räthzel, David Uzzell

    Combating climate change will increasingly impact on production industries and the workers they employ as production changes and consumption is targeted. Yet research has largely ignored labour and its responses. This book brings together sociologists, psychologists, political scientists,...

    Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge
62. The Politics of Land and Food Scarcity

    Edited by Paolo De Castro, Felice Adinolfi, Fabian Capitanio, Salvatore Di Falco, Angelo Di Mambro

    Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

    In recent years the issue of food security has become centre stage in the global agenda. Since the 2007/8 food price crisis, a number of works have been published on the topic, addressed from various perspectives: economic, social and cultural, environmental, agronomic and...

    Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
63. Biosequestration and Ecological Diversity

    Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Environmental Degradation

    By Wayne A. White

    Series: Social Environmental Sustainability

    Increased throughput of carbon-based fossil energy, the destruction of Earth’s forests, and other land use changes have resulted in ever higher levels of waste in the form of greenhouse gases—as well as a diminished capacity of the planet to absorb and store those wastes. This means that to avoid...

    Published October 17th 2012 by CRC Press
64. Handbook of Inland Aquatic Ecosystem Management

    By Sven Jorgensen, Jose Galizia Tundisi, Takako Matsumura Tundisi

    Series: Applied Ecology and Environmental Management

    Combining background knowledge and practical tools, Handbook of Inland Aquatic Ecosystem Management gives you an overview of how to manage inland waters in a holistic manner. It examines the problems that threaten aquatic inland water ecosystems and presents a set of toolboxes for solving them. The...

    Published October 16th 2012 by CRC Press
65. Water, Agriculture and the Environment in Spain: can we square the circle?

    Edited by Lucia De Stefano, M. Ramon Llamas

    "The world water problems are a due to bad governance, not to physical water scarcity."This book is inspired by this statement and explores whether it holds in a specific country, Spain, where climatic conditions – Spain is one of the most arid countries of the European Union - would fully justify...

    Published October 16th 2012 by CRC Press
66. Water Loss Management: Tools and Methods for Developing Countries

    UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

    By Harrison E. Mutikanga

    Water losses occur in all water distribution systems worldwide and high levels are indicative of poor governance and poor physical condition of the system. Water losses vary from 3% of system input volume in the developed countries to 70% in the developing countries. This high contrast suggests...

    Published October 10th 2012 by CRC Press
67. Introduction to Natural Resource Planning

    By Charles Yoe

    This is an exciting time for natural resources planning. There are amazing technologies available to planners and a wide and growing array of resources, problems, and opportunities that need attention. Private and public interests are taking up these issues all over the world and at all levels of...

    Published October 4th 2012 by CRC Press
68. Water Management, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Economies

    Edited by M. Dinesh Kumar, M.V.K. Sivamohan, Nitin Bassi

    Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

    This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies. The book focuses primarily on India, a fast developing economy, whose natural resource base comprising land and water supporting agricultural production is not only under enormous stress, but also...

    Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge
69. Hydroponics Photo Album

    By Howard M. Resh

    This CD offers readers beautiful photographs of produce that were grown hydroponically without getting into the technical aspects of the science. A companion to Hydroponic Food Production, it covers the outcome of hydroponic growing techniques, without focusing on the science. The principle covered...

    Published September 17th 2012 by CRC Press
70. Ornamental Geophytes

    From Basic Science to Sustainable Production

    Edited by Rina Kamenetsky, Hiroshi Okubo

    Although a great deal of research on ornamental geophytes has been conducted since the beginning of the 1990s, current information has not been comprehensively presented to researchers and horticulturalists. Covering the latest advances in geophytes science, Ornamental Geophytes: From Basic Science...

    Published September 16th 2012 by CRC Press