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  • Mining Impacts on the Environment in the Central African Copperbelt of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo

    par Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo, Célestin Banza Lubaba Nkulu, Jacob Mwitwa, Florence Kampemba Mujinga, Misery Mulele Nabuyanda ...
    Collections series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book covers various areas of mining and metallurgic industries' pollution of water, food crops, ambient air and farmlands, and their related salient impacts on residents' well-being. Community inhabitants' reactions to environmental damage due to mining activities were determined through a questionnaire at village, district, provincial, and national levels. All respondents recognized that ... En savoir plus

    $217.99 CAD

  • Forest Policy, Economics, and Markets in Zambia

    par Jacob Mwitwa, Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo, Philimon Ng'andwe ...
    This book is the result of over ten years of field research across Zambia. It covers the production and diverse uses of wood and non-wood forest products in different parts of Zambia. Although a short format, it is a multi-contributed work. It starts an overview of the forestry sector, and covers more specific areas like production, markets and trade of wood and non-wood products; the role of non ... En savoir plus

    $44.99 CAD

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  • The Global Economics of Forestry

    par William F. Hyde ...
    This book traces the economic and biological pattern of forest development from initial settlement and harvest activity at the natural forest frontier to modern industrial forest plantations. It builds from diagrams describing three discrete stages of forest development, and then discusses the management and policy implications associated with each, supporting its observations with examples and ... En savoir plus

    $101.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Forest Resource Economics

    Modifié par Shashi Kant, Janaki Alavalapati ...
    Collections series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
    It is increasingly recognized that the economic value of forests is not merely the production of timber. Forests provide other key ecosystem services, such as being sinks for greenhouse gases, hotspots of biodiversity, tourism and recreation. They are also vitally important in preventing soil erosion and controlling water supplies, as well as providing non-timber forest products and supporting the ... En savoir plus

    $130.99 CAD

  • Mediterranean Oak Woodland Working Landscapes

    Dehesas of Spain and Ranchlands of California

    Modifié par Pablo Campos, Lynn Huntsinger, Jose Luis Oviedo, Paul F Starrs, Mario Diaz, Richard B Standiford, Gregorio Montero ...
    Collections series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The oak tree was a boon companion as humans expanded their presence across much of the globe. While oak woodlands (Quercus spp.) come today in stunningly diverse forms, the stately dehesas of Spain and the dramatic oak-dominated ranchlands of California are working landscapes where cultivation and manipulation for a couple of millennia have shaped Mediterranean-type ecosystems into a profoundly ... En savoir plus

    $217.79 CAD

  • Urban Poverty in the Global South

    Scale and Nature

    par Diana Mitlin, David Satterthwaite ...
    One in seven of the world’s population live in poverty in urban areas, and the vast majority of these live in the Global South – mostly in overcrowded informal settlements with inadequate water, sanitation, health care and schools provision. This book explains how and why the scale and depth of urban poverty is so frequently under-estimated by governments and international agencies worldwide. The ... En savoir plus

    $114.04 CAD

  • Globalisation and Change in Forest Ownership and Forest Use

    Natural Resource Management in Transition

    Modifié par E. Carina H. Keskitalo ...
    Collections series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book describes the changing landscape of European forest ownership and explores the impact a new, often urban, generation of forest owners may have on the future of one of our most basic resources – forests. Forests have not played a major role in rural studies thus far, however they constitute an important part of many rural areas. Drawing on Swedish cases and comparison cases from various ... En savoir plus

    $115.99 CAD

  • Wildfire Policy

    Law and Economics Perspectives

    Modifié par Dean Lueck, Karen M. Bradshaw ...
    During the five decades since its origin, law and economics has provided an influential framework for addressing a wide array of areas of law ranging from judicial behaviour to contracts. This book will reflects the first-ever forum for law and economics scholars to apply the analysis and methodologies of their field to the subject of wildfire. The only modern legal work on wildfire, the book ... En savoir plus

    $76.99 CAD

  • The Paradigm of Forests and the Survival of the Fittest

    Modifié par Sergio A. Molina-Murillo, Carlos Rojas Alvarado ...
    This book demonstrates the social, historical, and environmental framework within which humans have developed a relationship with the forest and its resources. Starting from the biological basis that permits the existence of forests to the use of forest resources in a modern human context, this book summarizes the interaction between humans and forest ecosystems. Designed for readers from a broad ... En savoir plus

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  • Non-Timber Forest Products in the Global Context

    Modifié par Sheona Shackleton, Charlie Shackleton, Patricia Shanley ...
    Collections series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive, global synthesis of current knowledge on the potential and challenges associated with the multiple roles, use, management and marketing of non-timber forest products (NTFPs). There has been considerable research and policy effort surrounding NTFPs over the last two and half decades. The book explores the evolution of sentiments regarding the potential of NTFPs ... En savoir plus

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  • Forest Inventory-based Projection Systems for Wood and Biomass Availability

    Modifié par Susana Barreiro, Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Ronald E. McRoberts, Gerald Kändler ...
    Collections series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides detailed descriptions of the forest biomass projection systems used in 22 countries in Europe and North America, as well as four European-wide systems. Separate chapters focus on the concepts of estimation of availability of woody biomass, compare and classify the different projection systems, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for the further development of these ... En savoir plus

    $204.99 CAD

  • Economics of Wildfire Management

    The Development and Application of Suppression Expenditure Models

    par Michael S. Hand, Krista M. Gebert, Jingjing Liang, David E. Calkin, Matthew P. Thompson, Mo Zhou ...
    Collections series Computer Science (R0)
    In this age of climatic and financial uncertainty, it becomes increasingly important to balance the cost, benefits and risk of wildfire management. In the United States, increased wildland fire activity over the last 15 years has resulted in drastic damage and loss of life. An associated rapid increase in fire management costs has consumed higher portions of budgets of public entities involved in ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD