Conservation of the environment
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Conservation of the environment
Paperback. Examines the impacts of electronics manufacturing on workers and local environments around the world. This book provides multidimensional perspectives on the science and the politics of environmental and social justice, documenting the efforts of community and labour activists, government agencies, and others. Editor(s): Smith, Ted; Sonnenfeld, David; Pellow, David N. Num Pages: 376 pages, 37 b&w illustrations, 27 tables, 3 maps, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JHBL; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592133307
- ISBN
- 9781592133307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.08
€ 34.99
€ 32.08
Paperback. Collects essays that offer important reflections on the image and rhetoric of the rain forest. Attentive to such complexities, this title focuses on specific portrayals of rain forests and the consequences of these representations for both forest inhabitants and outsiders. Editor(s): Slater, Candace. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 b&w photos, 8 maps. BIC Classification: RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4623 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822332183
- ISBN
- 9780822332183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. Editor(s): Abram, Simone; Lund, Katrin Anna. Num Pages: 121 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1MTN; KNSG; RGC; RNA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137587350
- ISBN
- 9781137587350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.13
€ 72.13
Hardcover. Editor(s): Maillet, Simon A.; Valcourt, Laurent C. Num Pages: 159 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629481852
- ISBN
- 9781629481852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.50€ 156.56
€ 227.50
€ 156.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett Learning
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780763742195
- ISBN
- 9780763742195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 237.33
€ 237.33
Hardcover. Compelling essays on Alaskan bears by a writer whose work "Publishers Weekly" calls "captivating, lyrical, and bewitching." In this beautifully written natural history, she describes black, brown, and polar bears and their behavior across a wide range of interactions with each other, their environment, and especially human society. Num Pages: 440 pages, , black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; HBJK; RNK; WNCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 146 x 38. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619351
- ISBN
- 9780700619351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 40.09
€ 43.99
€ 40.09
Hardcover. This volume provides the first kaleidoscopic work on the great biodiversity of Rajasthan. The three major biomes covered include deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and sub-tropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and sub-tropical moist broadleaf forests. Editor(s): Sharma, B. K.; Kulshreshtha, Seema; Rahmani, Asad R. Num Pages: 645 pages, 134 black & white illustrations, 485 colour illustrations, 109 black & white tables, biog. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PSVS; PSVT; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1126.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461407997
- ISBN
- 9781461407997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.28
€ 255.28
hardcover. In recent years, the field of study variously called local, indigenous or traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) has experienced a crisis brought about by the questioning of some of its basic assumptions. This has included reassessing notions that scientific methods can accurately elicit and describe TEK.. Editor(s): Heckler, Serena. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 289 pages, 21 ills. BIC Classification: JFSL9; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845455491
- ISBN
- 9781845455491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.36
€ 164.36
hardcover. Winous Point: 150 Years of Waterfowling and Conservation tells the story of the birth and growth not only of the oldest continuously operating duck hunting club in America, but of the modern wetland conservation movement. Deluxe clamshell edition also available. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; RNKH; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 241 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564162137
- ISBN
- 9781564162137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.69€ 117.30
€ 120.69
€ 117.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Munoz, Sebastian A .; Gotz, Christopher Markus; Roca, Elizabeth Ramos. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; PSVW7; RNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634839297
- ISBN
- 9781634839297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 155.16€ 118.25
€ 155.16
€ 118.25
Hardback. Editor(s): Willis, Sean. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: PSVS; PSVW7; RNKH; THX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 169
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634836166
- ISBN
- 9781634836166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.50€ 171.00
€ 227.50
€ 171.00
Hardcover. Ryan examines outdoor recreation through the lens of ecological theory, providing a unique, alternative framework to the dilemmas of user impacts on nature, and the paradoxes inherent within this. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; RNK; RNT; WSZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385079
- ISBN
- 9781137385079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardback. Sean Cubitt offers a large scale rethinking of theories of mediation by describing the ecological footprint of media. He investigates the energy, material, and space needed to create, operate, and dispose of electronic devices, and shows how changing how we use media is the only solution to planetary devastation. Series: A Cultural Politics Book. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR; RNK; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362814
- ISBN
- 9780822362814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.40
€ 148.40
Paperback. Sean Cubitt offers a large scale rethinking of theories of mediation by describing the ecological footprint of media. He investigates the energy, material, and space needed to create, operate, and dispose of electronic devices, and shows how changing how we use media is the only solution to planetary devastation. Series: A Cultural Politics Book. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR; RNK; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 230 x 2. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362920
- ISBN
- 9780822362920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. Offers information on ecology, conservation and management for Scottish native woodlands. This book helps the reader understand and value these irreplaceable natural resources, at a time when they are being called upon to produce an ever wider range of services to Scotland's people, while facing threats from climate change, pests and disease. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 b&w illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, 8 b&w tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; RNF; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 174 x 244 x 18. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748692859
- ISBN
- 9780748692859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.00€ 39.30
€ 42.00
€ 39.30
paperback. Practical, ecological, and philosophical grounds for a conservation ethic Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220806
- ISBN
- 9780253220806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.07
€ 25.99
€ 24.07
Paperback. Discusses the biology and plight of right whales, including their reproduction, feeding, genetics, and endocrinology, as well as fatal run-ins with ships and fishing gear. Employing individual identifications, acoustics, and population models, this title presents history of this animal. Editor(s): Kraus, Scott D.; Rolland, Rosalind M. Num Pages: 576 pages, 34 color illustrations, 116 halftones, 48 line illustrations, 21 tables. BIC Classification: RNK; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034754
- ISBN
- 9780674034754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.70
€ 34.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Fishing in Contested Waters demonstrates the deep roots of contemporary conflicts over rights, sovereignty, conservation, and identity. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4, 3 maps. BIC Classification: RGC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442610965
- ISBN
- 9781442610965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Hardcover. * Focuses primarily on the issues surrounding environmental sustainability of shellfish aquaculture. * Provides key background on the parameters needed for new sitings and expansion of existing aquaculture operations, habitat management, and potential restoration. Editor(s): Shumway, Sandra E. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNK; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 193 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813814131
- ISBN
- 9780813814131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.87
€ 259.87
Hardback. After 1945, those responsible for conservation in Germany resumed their work with a relatively high degree of continuity as far as laws and personnel were concerned. Yet conservationists soon found they had little choice but to modernize their views and practices in the challenging postwar context. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; RNK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454302
- ISBN
- 9781845454302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.71
€ 164.71