Outdoors & Nature

This update to Blue Revolution provides further evidence of the need to integrate land management decisionmaking into the process of integrated water resources management. It presents the key issues involved in finding the balance between the competing demands for land and water: for food and other ... More

* Examines the social, political and environmental issues at stake and the acute conflicts over the siting of industrial facilities and infrastructure* Essential reading for all involved in land use planning and facility siting at all levels and in all situations* New in the Risk, Society and Policy... More

* This is a revised edition of Colin Mason's "The 2030 Spike," that received the following acclaim: * "A bold, thought-provoking and ultimately rewarding read], well-researched, full of ideas and thus a good, all-round primer on the stateof the planet." -- BBC Wildlife* "An impressive tour of our c... More

Traditional transport planning has generated transport systems that propagate an unfair distribution of accessibility and have environmental and safety issues. This book highlights the importance of social and political aspects of transport policy and provides a methodology to support this approach.... More

Now in its third edition, this superb and highly-acclaimed dictionary includes over 4000 in-depth entries on scientific and technical terminology associated with environmental protection and resource management. In addition, it contains numerous illustrations, more international case studies than pr... More

The swift decline and present plight of India's wildlife make regular headlines. This book asks how we came to this point. It introduces us to the long history of India's wildlife, culminating in the present crisis. Drawing on memoirs, archives and official records, Mahesh Rangarajan brings new insi... More

Ecological economics is a hot topic today as an alternative to 'neo-classical' environmental economics. It seeks to 'socially construct' a political economics that will deal with environmental problems and make the individual more visible in economic analysis. A leading authority in the field descri... More

*The first practical reference devoted to the emerging field of environmental impact assessment (EIA) follow-up--destined to be the classic text on follow-up * Written and edited by an authoritative team of internationally known experts in EIA * The "must-have" tool for impact assessment professiona... More

Environmental hazards do not respect international boundaries. In this volume, distinguished international researchers make a significant contribution to the understanding and management of the transboundary risks involved.Numerous case studies of transboundary environmental risks are analyzed, incl... More

True survivors tell their stories of survival, including the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York; plane crashes; suicide bombers; tsunami, captured in Iraq, ski lodge collapse. The stories are written by various people from around the world and compiled by Peter Murray. It is a truly compelling ... More

This is a courageous and an in-depth study of the working of the power sector in India. The book traces the history of the Enron project and places it in the larger context of power policy in India since liberalisation.... More

This book is a comprehensive treatise on environmental economics with special focus on environmental policy and management. A balanced blend of theory and practice, the book outlines the basic concepts, theories, tools, and techniques of environmental economics, which not only enables readers to dia... More

Analyzes the environmental effects the timber trade is having on forests - boreal, temperate and tropical - and considers the policies necessary to limit the damage. The authors discuss the changing nature of the trade and its effects on people working and living in the forests; the intensification ... More

How should responsibility for adapting to climate change be distributed? Who should bear the costs of mitigating its imports? How, indeed, should these costs be measured? This volume is the first to examine equity concerns in climate change, an aspect all-too-often neglected in the technicalities of... More

-A comprehensive, new view of the Western healthcare model--describes a new culture in which human health is conceived as a dynamic balance with one's environment-Essential and refreshing reading for students and health practitioners alike-Written in an accessible and engaging styleThe vast proporti... More