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  • Responding to Environmental Conflicts: Implications for Theory and Practice

    Edited by Eileen Petzold-Bradley, Alexander Carius, Arpád Vincze ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    A comprehensive tour d'horizon of the debate on the environment and security, focusing on the various policy options for building peace and preventing environmental conflict. Experts from the areas survey the key environmental challenges in Eastern and Central European states and those of the former Soviet Union, extending the debate to such regions as the Balkans, the Black Sea and Central Europe ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

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  • The End of Plenty

    The Race to Feed a Crowded World

    by Joel K. Bourne Jr ...
    “An urgent and at times terrifying dispatch from a distinguished reporter who has given heart and soul to his subject.”—Hampton SidesIn The End of Plenty, award-winning environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr. puts our fight against devastating world hunger in dramatic perspective. He travels the globe to introduce a new generation of farmers and scientists on the front lines of the next green ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Secret of Water

    by Masaru Emoto ...
    Series series Masaru Emoto Legacy Library
    Dr. Masaru Emoto's stunning water-crystal photographs have enchanted millions of people in his many books. His groundbreaking work has shown that thoughts and words have a direct effect on water- crystal formation, and since our bodies are mostly water, our thoughts and words certainly affect not only ourselves but the world around us. In The Secret of Water, Dr. Emoto brings water's message of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Global Food Economy

    The Battle for the Future of Farming

    by Tony Weis ...
    The Global Food Economy examines the human and ecological cost of what we eat.The current food economy is characterized by immense contradictions. Surplus 'food mountains', bountiful supermarkets, and rising levels of obesity stand in stark contrast to widespread hunger and malnutrition. Transnational companies dominate the market in food and benefit from subsidies, whilst farmers in developing ... Read more

    $37.09 CAD

  • The Global Disgovernance of Sustainability

    by José Eli da Veiga ...
    Sustainability as a new value is a process that, in many aspects, is only beginning. It is based, however, on a path of more than four decades. This book aims to present the exact course of this story, its advances and retreats, as well as the traps that have prevented the building of a global governance of sustainable development. José Eli da Veiga, professor at the University of São Paulo ... Read more

    $8.52 CAD

  • Ecology and Conservation of Estuarine Ecosystems

    Lake St Lucia as a Global Model

    Edited by Renzo Perissinotto, Derek D. Stretch, Ricky H. Taylor ...
    St Lucia is the world's oldest protected estuary and Africa's largest estuarine system. It is also the centerpiece of South Africa's first UNESCO World Heritage Site, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, and has been a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance since 1986. Knowledge of its biodiversity, geological origins, hydrology, hydrodynamics and the long history of management is unique in the ... Read more

    $173.99 CAD

  • Soil Ecology in Northern Forests

    A Belowground View of a Changing World

    by Martin Lukac, Douglas L. Godbold ...
    Forest soils form the foundation that underpins the existence of all forests. This book encapsulates soil ecology and functioning in northern forests, focusing on the effects of human activity and climate change. The authors introduce the fundamental principles necessary for studying forest soils, and explain the functioning and mutual influence of all parts of a forest soil ecosystem. A chapter ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Biodiversity Observation Network in the Asia-Pacific Region

    Toward Further Development of Monitoring

    Edited by Shin-ichi Nakano, Tetsukazu Yahara, Tohru Nakashizuka ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Biological diversity is important for ecosystem function and services, which in turn is essential for human well-being. Under the Convention on Biological Diversity, international efforts have been made to achieve a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss. The loss continues, however. The Asia-Pacific region includes both developing countries with high biodiversity and ... Read more

    $128.09 CAD

  • The Aral Sea

    The Devastation and Partial Rehabilitation of a Great Lake

    Edited by Philip Micklin, Igor Plotnikov, N.V. Aladin ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book is structured into six core parts. The first part sets the scene and explains how the use of Aral basin water resources, primarily used for irrigation, have destroyed the Aral Sea. The team explains how spheres and events interact and the related problems. Part 2 examines the social consequences of the ecological catastrophe and the affect of the Aral Sea desiccation on cultural and ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Arsenic and Old Mustard: Chemical Problems in the Destruction of Old Arsenical and `Mustard' Munitions

    Edited by J.F. Bunnett, Marian Mikolajczyk ...
    Series Book 19 - NATO Science Partnership Subseries
    More than ten million `poison gas' shells, mortar bombs, etc., lie hidden in Europe, many of them relics from World War I. Some were fired and failed to detonate, others were abandoned in old ammunition dumps. Most retain their load of chemical warfare (CW) agents. They are turned up daily in the course of farming and construction. Many European nations have permanent departments concerned with ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Land Use and Climate Change Interactions in Central Vietnam

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    Edited by Alexandra Nauditt, Lars Ribbe ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book summarizes the key findings of a five-year interdisciplinary research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF). It serves as a typical case study for a rapidly growing and developing urban center – Da Nang City, which is surrounded by remote areas characterized by increasing migration and limited development. A number of German and Vietnamese ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Disaster Management: Enabling Resilience

    Edited by Anthony Masys ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The present work will discuss relevant theoretical frameworks and applications pertaining to enabling resilience within the risk, crisis and disaster management domain. The contributions to this book focus on resilience thinking along 4 broad themes: Urban Domain; Cyber Domain; Organizational/Social domain; and Socio-ecological domain. This book would serve as a valuable reference for courses on ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD