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Agri-Energy: Growing Power, Growing Food by Rebekah Pierce 9781642833713
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £31.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642833713Author Rebekah PierceFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Island PressPublisher Island... -
Holistic Management: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment Allan Savory 9781610917438
RRP: £36.00Booksplease Price: £26.00Fossil fuels and livestock grazing are often targeted as major culprits behind climate change and desertification. But Allan Savory, cofounder of the Savory Institute, begs to differ. The bigger... -
Livestock in a Changing Landscape, Volume 1: Drivers, Consequences, and Responses by Henning Steinfeld 9781597266710
RRP: £88.00Booksplease Price: £75.45The rapidly changing nature of animal production systems, especially increasing intensification and globalization, is playing out in complex ways around the world. "Livestock in a Changing Landscape"... -
Intelligent Tinkering: Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice by Robert J. Cabin 9781597269636
RRP: £81.00Booksplease Price: £73.38Robert J. Cabin explores the relationship between science and practice in ecological restoration. Despite the often distinct cultures and methodologies of scientists and practitioners, Cabin shows... -
The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival Stephen R Palumbi 9781610911900
RRP: £24.00Booksplease Price: £15.88Monterey began as a natural paradise, but became the poster child for industrial devastation in John Steinbeck's "Cannery Row", and is now one of the most celebrated shorelines in the world. It is a... -
Ecological Design, Tenth Anniversary Edition by Sim Van der Ryn 9781597261418
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £27.69"Ecological Design" is a landmark volume that helped usher in an exciting new era in green design and sustainability planning. Since its initial publication in 1996, the book has been critically... -
The Law and Policy of Ecosystem Services by J. B. Ruhl 9781559630955
RRP: £38.00Booksplease Price: £33.17This is the first comprehensive exploration of the status and future of natural capital and ecosystem services in American law and policy. Included are a series of nine empirical case studies that... -
Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion That Science Underlies Our Transportation System by Wes Marshall 9781642833300
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £25.35In the US we are nearing four million road deaths since we began counting them in 1899. The numbers are getting worse in recent years, yet we continue to accept these deaths as part of doing business... -
Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River: Nature and Power in the People's Republic of China by R. Edward Grumbine 9781597265515
RRP: £34.00Booksplease Price: £29.92China's meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories - every river but one. Running through one... -
Understanding Environmental Administration and Law, 3rd Edition by Susan J. Buck 9781597260367
RRP: £33.00Booksplease Price: £29.11"Understanding Environmental Administration and Law" provides an engaging introductory overview of environmental policy. Author Susan J. Buck explores the process through which policy is made, the... -
Forests for the People: The Story of America's Eastern National Forests by Christopher Johnson 9781610910101
RRP: £44.00Booksplease Price: £38.05At the turn of the twentieth century, widespread clearcutting resulted in ecological ruin and devastating fires in America's Eastern forests. A coalition of citizens, organisations, and business and... -
Tactical Urbanism: Short-term Action for Long-term Change Mike Lydon 9781610915267
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £26.68Short-term, community-based projects - from pop-up parks to open streets initiatives - have become a powerful and adaptable new tool of urban activists, planners, and policy-makers seeking to drive... -
Environmental Land Use Planning and Management: Second Edition John Randolph 9781597267304
RRP: £93.00Booksplease Price: £80.97Since the first publication of this landmark textbook in 2004, it has received high praise for its clear, comprehensive, and practical approach. The second edition continues to offer a unique... -
Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places Jeff Speck 9781610918985
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £25.69Nearly every US city would like to be more walkable-for reasons of health, wealth, and the environment-yet few are taking the proper steps to get there. The goals are often clear, but the path is... -
Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect by David W. Orr 9781559634953
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £20.70In Earth in Mind, noted environmental educator David W. Orr focuses not on problems in education, but on the problem of education. Much of what has gone wrong with the world, he argues, is the result... -
Structures of Coastal Resilience Catherine Seavitt Nordenson 9781610918589
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £38.65Structures of Coastal Resilience presents new strategies for creative and collaborative approaches to coastal planning for climate change. In the face of sea level rise and an increased risk of... -
The Rebirth of Environmentalism: Grassroots Activism from the Spotted Owl to the Polar Bear by Douglas Bevington 9781597266550
Booksplease Price: £69.02Over the past two decades, a select group of small but highly effective grassroots organizations have achieved remarkable success in protecting endangered species and forests in the United States... -
Greening the College Curriculum: A Guide To Environmental Teaching In The Liberal Arts by Jonathan Collett 9781559634229
Booksplease Price: £49.74"Greening the College Curriculum" provides the tools college and university faculty need to meet personal and institutional goals for integrating environmental issues into the curriculum... -
Rivers at Risk by John Echeverria 9780933280823
Booksplease Price: £47.87Rivers at Risk is an invaluable handbook that offers a practical understanding of how to influence government decisions about hydropower development on America's rivers.Book InformationISBN... -
Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, PhD 9781559633055
RRP: £34.00Booksplease Price: £30.14In Urban Sprawl and Public Health, three of the nation's leading public health and urban planning experts explore an intriguing question: How does the physical environment in which we live affect our... -
Measures of Success: Designing, Managing, and Monitoring Conservation and Development Projects by Richard Margoluis 9781559636124
RRP: £46.00Booksplease Price: £40.78This is a practical, hands-on-guide to community-oriented conservation and development projects that presents a simple yet comprehensive approach to improving the focus, effectiveness, and efficiency... -
BREAKING NEW GROUND by 9781559636704
Booksplease Price: £44.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559636704Page Count 542Imprint Island PressPublisher Island Press -
Natural Resources for the 21st Century by Sampson 9781559630023
Booksplease Price: £49.74Natural Resources for the 21st Century is an in-depth assessment by natural resource experts that offers a reliable status report on water, croplands, soil, forests, wetlands, rangelands, fisheries,... -
Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity by Marc Brenman 9781610910125
Booksplease Price: £39.53Communities are changing fast: ethnic minority populations are growing; home ownership is falling; the number of people per household is going up; and salaries are going down. According to Marc... -
Rural Development in the United States: Connecting Theory, Practice, and Possibilities by William A. Galston 9781559633260
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £52.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559633260Author William A. GalstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Island PressPublisher... -
Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Our Human Planet: Summary for Decision Makers Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 9781559633871
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £20.70"Our Human Planet" summarizes the findings of the four working groups and serves as a reference guide to the four main volumes in the MA series. It presents the key findings of each of the working... -
Human Ecology: How Nature and Culture Shape Our World Frederick R. Steiner 9781610917384
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £25.69Humans have always been influenced by natural landscapes, and always will be, even as we create ever-larger cities and our developments fundamentally change the nature of the earth around us. In... -
Urban Acupuncture by Jaime Lerner 9781610917278
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £23.21A visionary of sustainable urbanism reflects on the innovative projects that uplift cities in this meditative journey through vibrant communities around the world. During his three terms as mayor of... -
Ecology and Religion John Grim 9781597267083
RRP: £26.00Booksplease Price: £24.03From the "Psalms" in the Bible to the sacred rivers in Hinduism, the natural world has been integral to the world's religions. John Grim and Mary Tucker argue that today's growing environmental... -
Salmon Without Rivers: A History Of The Pacific Salmon Crisis by Jim Lichatowich 9781559633611
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £27.36Explores the roots and evolution of the salmon crisis in the Pacific Northwest. The author describes the evolutionary history of the salmon as well as the geological history of the Pacific Northwest,... -
Land Use and Society, Third Edition: Geography, Law, and Public Policy by Rutherford H. Platt 9781610914543
RRP: £46.00Booksplease Price: £40.67The intersection between geography and law is a critical yet often overlooked element of land-use decisions, with a widespread impact on how societies use the land, water, and biodiversity around... -
Coastal Governance by Richard Burroughs 9781597264853
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £25.69"Coastal Governance" provides a clear overview of how coasts are currently managed and explores new approaches that could make their shores healthier. Drawing on recent assessments, Professor Richard... -
Shifting Baselines: The Past and the Future of Ocean Fisheries Jeremy B.C. Jackson 9781610910019
RRP: £33.00Booksplease Price: £29.86"Shifting Baselines" explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans of the future. In 1995, acclaimed marine biologist... -
My Kind of City: Collected Essays of Hank Dittmar Hank Dittmar 9781642830361
RRP: £36.00Booksplease Price: £32.35"Hank lived by the credo, `first listen, then design'." -Scott Bernstein, Founder and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Center for Neighborhood Technology Hank Dittmar was a globally... -
The New Agrarianism: Land, Culture, and the Community of Life by Eric T. Freyfogle 9781559639217
RRP: £37.00Booksplease Price: £33.18The writings gathered in this book explore an important but little-publicized movement in American culture - the marked resurgence of agrarian practices and values in rural areas, suburbs, and even... -
The Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Humans, Climate, and the Natural World by Christopher B. Field 9781559635271
RRP: £55.00Booksplease Price: £48.47This work is an assessment of the state of current knowledge of the carbon cycle by a group of leading experts. It gives an introductory overview of the carbon cycle and covers both biophysical and... -
Collected Papers of Michael E. Soule: Early Years in Modern Conservation Biology Michael E. Soule 9781610915748
RRP: £38.00Booksplease Price: £34.31In the early 1970s, the environmental movement was underway. Over population was recognised as a threat to human well-being, and scientists like Michael Soule believed there was a connection between... -
Rights to Nature: Ecological, Economic, Cultural, and Political Principles of Institutions for the Environment Susan Hanna 9781559634908
RRP: £46.00Booksplease Price: £40.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559634908Author Susan HannaFormat PaperbackPage Count 313Imprint Island PressPublisher Island Press -
Nature and the Marketplace: Capturing The Value Of Ecosystem Services by Geoffrey Heal 9781559637961
RRP: £26.00Booksplease Price: £24.03In recent years, scientists have begun to focus on the idea that healthy, functioning ecosystems provide essential services to human populations, ranging from water purification to food and medicine... -
Global Marine Biological Diversity: A Strategy For Building Conservation Into Decision Making by Elliott A. Norse 9781559632560
RRP: £70.00Booksplease Price: £60.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559632560Author Elliott A. NorseFormat PaperbackPage Count 415Imprint Island PressPublisher Island...