Conservation of the environment
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Conservation of the environment
Paperback. What we make and buy is a major indicator of society's collective priorities. Vital Signs Volume 22 explores significant global patterns in production and consumption. The book examines developments in six main areas: energy, environment and climate, transportation, food and agriculture, global economy and resources, and population and society. Num Pages: 152 pages, 7 photographs and 91 illustrations. BIC Classification: KCN; RNA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 300 x 9. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- None
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610916721
- ISBN
- 9781610916721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.74
€ 38.74
Hardback. Many people investigating the operation of large-scale environmentalist organizations see signs of power, knowledge and governance in their policies and projects. This collection indicates that such an analysis appears to be justified from one perspective, but not from another. Editor(s): Carrier, James G.; West, Paige. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456191
- ISBN
- 9781845456191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.66
€ 154.66
Paperback. Traces the complex relationship between Americans, technology, and their environment as it has unfolded over the past several centuries. Virtual America identifies the connections (or lack thereof) between our individual selves, an American identity, and the geography oout there.o Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 photographs, 5 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBA; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803232785
- ISBN
- 9780803232785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.78
€ 34.78
paperback. Theorizes the political agency of things and natural phenomena-such as trash, food, weather, and electricity-to examine how non-human elements exert force on human politics and social relations. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 176 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: JPA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282. A Political Ecology of Things. 200 pages, illustrations. Argues that political theory needs to do a better job of recognizing the active participation of nonhuman forces in events. The author also explores how political analyses of public events might change were we to acknowledge that agency always emerges as the effect of ad hoc configurations of human and nonhuman forces. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JPA; RNK. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight: 274.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346333
- ISBN
- 9780822346333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.16
€ 30.99
€ 25.16
Hardback. Miles Powell explores how early conservationists became convinced that the vitality of America's white races depended on preserving the wilderness. Some conservationists embraced scientific racism, eugenics, and restrictive immigration laws, but these activists also laid the groundwork for the many successes of the modern environmental movement. Num Pages: 262 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971561
- ISBN
- 9780674971561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.83
€ 49.99
€ 41.83
Hardcover. Forces us to consider how profoundly tourism changed Colorado and America and to grapple with both the potential and the problems of our familiar ways of relating to environment, nature, and place Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 37 illus. BIC Classification: JHBS; KNSG; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992730
- ISBN
- 9780295992730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.05
€ 57.05
Hardcover. This comprehensive manual provides guidance to the legal mechanisms used to protect wildlife and to conserve nature in the UK. For each section (e.g. trees, hedgerows, SSIs, protected species) there is an introduction covering the scale of the problem, the level of decline of the species and why there is a need to protect. Num Pages: 440 pages, 57 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; KNJC; LNKJ; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 177 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632057436
- ISBN
- 9780632057436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.99
€ 169.99
Paperback. An overview of our current understanding of how people influence, and are influenced by, the 'green' component of urban environments. Editor(s): Gaston, Kevin J. Series: Ecological Reviews. Num Pages: 332 pages, 55 b/w illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: JFSG; RNC; RNK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 666. Series: Ecological Reviews. 330 pages, 55 b/w illus. 12 tables. Editor(s): Gaston, Kevin J. Overview of our current understanding of how people influence, and are influenced by, the 'green' component of urban environments. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFSG; RNC; RNK. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 18. Weight: 666.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 327
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521743495
- ISBN
- 9780521743495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.12
€ 75.12
Hardback. Worldwide, the oceans are suffering. Corals are dying off at an alarming rate, victims of ocean warming and acidification. Simultaneously an ode to the diversity, resilience, and importance of the oceans, and an account of how conservation really can succeed against the toughest obstacles, this book is suitable for any ocean lover. Editor(s): Stone, Gregory S.; Obura, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, 91 color plates, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 212 x 18. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775609
- ISBN
- 9780226775609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.27
€ 54.27
Paperback. A lively, engaging ethnography that demonstrates how a volatile politics of race, class, and nation animates the infamously violent struggles over forests in the U.S. Southwest. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 408 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; JHMP; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822338475
- ISBN
- 9780822338475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.95
€ 32.99
€ 29.95
Hardback. Understanding Conflicts About Wildlife unites academics and practitioners to consider the political and social dimensions of 'human-wildlife conflicts'. Editor(s): Hill, Catherine M; Webber, Amanda D; Priston, Nancy E. Series: Studies of the BioSocial Society. Num Pages: 250 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334627
- ISBN
- 9781785334627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.40
€ 135.40
Paperback. A controversial, timely reassessment of the environmentalist agenda by outstanding historians, scientists, and critics. Editor(s): Cronon, William. Num Pages: 560 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: JFCX; RNK; RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393315110
- ISBN
- 9780393315110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.59
€ 26.99
€ 23.59
Paperback. Takes us to California's spectacular High Sierra to discover a vision for our national parks as they approach their 100th anniversary. Asking how we can make these magnificent parks relevant for the next generation, this title shows why we must do just that. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: RNF; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271388
- ISBN
- 9780520271388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.26
€ 36.26
Hardcover. Editor(s): Savarese, Lucas A. Num Pages: 156 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNK; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612099279
- ISBN
- 9781612099279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 220.21€ 149.45
€ 220.21
€ 149.45
Paperback. Taking readers from Rampart Cave in the Grand Canyon, to other important fossil sites in Arizona and Chile, this book covers the rich evolutionary legacy and shows why the author has come to believe that the earliest Americans literally hunted these animals to death. Series: Organisms and Environments. Num Pages: 270 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 20 line illustrations, 16 color plates in insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RBX; RNKH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252431
- ISBN
- 9780520252431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.56
€ 42.56
Hardback. One of the most critical environmental challenges facing both Californians and Australians in the 1860s involved the aftermath of the gold rushes. This book demonstrates how Californians and Australians shared plants, insects, technology, and dreams, creating a system of environmental exchange that transcended national and natural boundaries. Num Pages: 327 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBF; 3JH; 3JJ; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213463
- ISBN
- 9780520213463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.57
€ 94.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; RNF; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816653256
- ISBN
- 9780816653256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.58
€ 38.58
Hardcover. Historically, the conservation of forests and wildlife has focused on the creation of national parks and reserves. However, only 9% of protected areas are larger than 14,000 hectares, likely making them too small to conserve ecosystem services and prevent loss of wide-ranging keystone species such as elephant and leopard. Editor(s): Clark, Dr. Connie J.; Poulsen, Dr. John R. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QMT; PSAF; RNK; RNPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673737
- ISBN
- 9780470673737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.11
€ 135.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Nagy, Kelsi; Johnson, Phillip David. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; RNK; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816680559
- ISBN
- 9780816680559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.57
€ 26.99
€ 23.57
hardcover. Talks about the emergence of transfrontier conservation in Africa against international experiences in bioregional planning. This book analyses the roles of the state and local populations, as well as the ecological, socio-economic and political implications. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JPS; KCM; KCP; RNKH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781845932213
- ISBN
- 9781845932213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.77
€ 216.77