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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning

Paperback. Takes look into the reality of life in an East Los Angeles housing project where gangs have a longstanding presence. This work examines the wide variations in income and social capital that exist among the ostensibly poor, mostly Mexican American residents. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 b&w illus., 2 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JKV; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717312
ISBN
9780292717312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Hardback. Sounding an alarm over the potential extinction of many albatross species, this book encourages individuals, environmental groups, fishery oversight bodies, and governments to create sustainable management practices for whole ocean ecosystems Series: Mildred Wyatt-Wold Series in Ornithology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 color and 15 b&w photos, 4 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: PSVW6; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780292726826
ISBN
9780292726826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.28

Hardback. Editor(s): Howe, Joshua P. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 colour illustrations, 12 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; RNK; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295741383
ISBN
9780295741383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Howe, Joshua P. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 colour illustrations, 12 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; RNK; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295741390
ISBN
9780295741390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. A fascinating historical study of the decline of salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 25 photos, 8 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; KNAF; RNF; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295981147
ISBN
9780295981147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. An indispensable book for architects, urban designers and planners, landscape architects, architectural and urban scholars, government officials, developers, environmentalists, and citizens interested in understanding and shaping the American metropolis. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, 80 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 14. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295982045
ISBN
9780295982045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Presents an edition of the classic history of the US Forest Service. This book presents the Service's administrative and policy controversies and successes. It includes discussions of the spotted owl issue; wilderness and roadless areas; research on habitat, biodiversity, and fire prevention; below-cost timber sales; and workplace diversity. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RGBL; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983738
ISBN
9780295983738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Conservation became the first nationwide political movement in American history to grapple with environmental problems like waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability. This title places conservation in historical context, using the words of participants in and opponents to the movement. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 273 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983752
ISBN
9780295983752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.88

Paperback. Water and land interrelate in surprising and ambiguous ways, and riparian zones, where land and water meet, have effects far outside their boundaries. Using the Malheur Basin as a case study, this book explores the ways people envisioned boundaries between water and land, the ways they have altered these places, and the often unintended results. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: HBJK; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295984995
ISBN
9780295984995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Drawing upon anthropology, political science, environmental history, and political ecology, this study looks at how control over and access to resources have been defined, negotiated, and contested by colonial state agents, the postcolonial Malaysian state, and local people. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JPVH3; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295987620
ISBN
9780295987620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Offers a study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources. This book examines the different trajectories of landscape change and land use among communities who call themselves Akha (known as Hani in China) in contrasting political contexts. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 1FPC; JPSL; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295987637
ISBN
9780295987637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Paperback. Incorporates the history of regional politics and economics as they affected kuhls during the precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods; the role of state involvement in kuhl construction and management; and the benefits of exchanges of labor and water among members of networked kuhls. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295987644
ISBN
9780295987644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Offers an examination of environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand. This book analyzes deforestation, water supply, soil erosion, use of agrochemicals, and biodiversity in order to challenge the notions of environmental crisis. It argues that such crises have been used to support political objectives of state expansion. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JHMC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988221
ISBN
9780295988221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Examines planning and design strategies that support the development of urban community gardens as sustainable places for education and recreation. This book also examines approaches to design process, construction, and stewardship that use volunteer and community participation and create a sense of community. Series: Landscape Architecture Foundation's Case Studies Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 140 illus., 130 in color. BIC Classification: RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295989280
ISBN
9780295989280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Shared concern for nature can be a way of transcending national, ethnic, religious, and cultural boundaries, yet conservation efforts often pit the interests of historically rooted or indigenous people against the state and international environmental organizations. This title examines the cultural politics around nature conservation. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSTA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989990
ISBN
9780295989990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.81

Hardcover. By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape-channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation-have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990675
ISBN
9780295990675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.03

Hardback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont; Swain, Margaret Byrne. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 71 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991177
ISBN
9780295991177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.23

Paperback. Examines the context in which salmon have been harvested in south-east Alaska by Native and Euro-American fishermen Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; KNAF; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295991375
ISBN
9780295991375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Explores the relationship between the causes of colossal toxic pollution and the manner in which pain caused by pollution insults porous human bodies Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 352 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; MMRP; RNP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991382
ISBN
9780295991382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Collection of documents revealing the significance of the years 1968-1972 to the environmental movement Editor(s): Stradling, David. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; RNB; RNK; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991818
ISBN
9780295991818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

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