Environments Books

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11. The Atlas of Coasts and Oceans

    Mapping Ecosystems, Threatened Resources and Marine Conservation

    By Don Hinrichsen

    Series: The Earthscan Atlas

    This unique assessment of the world's coasts and oceans details the ecological, environmental and economic importance of each and the global challenges we face to manage common waters and the resources they contain before development threatens to destroy the ultimate source of all life on the 'blue...

    Published May 12th 2011 by Routledge
12. Physical Geography: The Basics

    By Joseph Holden

    Series: The Basics

    Physical Geography: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to the interactions, systems and processes that have shaped, and continue to shape, the physical world around us. This book introduces five key aspects of the study of physical geography: atmosphere, weather and climate systems...

    Published April 28th 2011 by Routledge
13. Confronting Climate Change

    By Constance Lever-Tracy

    Series: Shortcuts

    What are the manifest and likely future consequences of climate change? How will the world respond to the challenges of climate change in the twenty-first century? How should people think about confronting the politics of climate change? In this highly accessible introduction to the predicted...

    Published March 29th 2011 by Routledge
14. Practical Handbook for Wetland Identification and Delineation, Second Edition

    By John G. Lyon, Lynn Krise Lyon

    Series: Mapping Science

    Wetland identification, although theoretically straightforward, is not cut and dry as a practice. Despite the time and expense, it is an economic and environmental necessity. The Definitive Guide to the Practice of Wetland Identification The second edition of the bestselling Practical Handbook...

    Published March 20th 2011 by CRC Press
15. Physical Geography: The Key Concepts

    By Richard John Huggett

    Series: Routledge Key Guides

    Physical Geography: The Key Concepts is a thought-provoking and up-to-date introduction to the central ideas and debates within the field. It provides extended definitions of terms that are fundamental to physical geography and its many branches, covering topics such as: biogeography ecology...

    Published June 25th 2009 by Routledge
16. The Atlas of Endangered Species

    3rd Edition

    By Richard MacKay

    Series: The Earthscan Atlas

    Up to 20 percent of species may be extinct by 2030. Vividly presented through full-colour maps and graphics, this fully revised and updated atlas profiles species lost, threatened and surviving today. It examines different ecosystems, the major threats to their inhabitants and steps being taken...

    Published October 20th 2008 by Routledge
17. Environmental Values

    By John O'Neill, Alan Holland, Andrew Light

    Series: Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts

    We live in a world confronted by mounting environmental problems; increasing global deforestation and desertification, loss of species diversity, pollution and global warming. In everyday life people mourn the loss of valued landscapes and urban spaces. Underlying these problems are...

    Published July 12th 2007 by Routledge
18. Reclaiming the Desert: Towards a Sustainable Environment in Arid Lands

    Proceedings of the Third Joint UAE-Japan Symposium on Sustainable GCC Environment and Water Resources (EWR2006), 30 January - 1 February 2006, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

    Edited by A.M.O. Mohamed

    A comprehensive collection of contributions from the Middle East and Japan, dealing with pressing problems concerning sustainability in arid zones, this time with the accent on environmental science and engineering. The symposium brought together researchers and field engineers who discussed issues...

    Published July 26th 2006 by Taylor & Francis
19. Understanding Wetlands

    Fen, Bog and Marsh

    By S. M. Haslam

    Wetlands are an important, and sadly diminishing, habitat in many parts of the world. They contribute significantly to the planet's biodiversity, housing thousands of species of plants and animals. Increasingly, human management is required to sustain, and even create these fragile ecosystems,...

    Published August 14th 2003 by CRC Press
20. Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management

    Edited by Felix Muller

    Series: Environmental & Ecological (Math) Modeling

    As part of the Environmental and Ecological Modeling Handbooks series, the Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management provides a comprehensive overview of ecosystem theory and the tools - ecological engineering, ecological modeling, ecotoxicology and ecological economics -to manage these...

    Published February 9th 2000 by CRC Press