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Leisure Management: Issues and Applications by Michael Collins
RRP: £130.10Booksplease Price: £116.73The World Leisure and Recreation Association (WLRA) held its fourth World Congress in Cardiff, Wales, in July 1996. The overall theme was "Leisure and the Quality of Life In the 21st Century". At the... -
Agriculture and Intellectual Property Rights: Economic, Institutional and Implementation Issues in Biotechnology by Vittorio Santaniello
RRP: £127.00Booksplease Price: £119.24This book presents the perspectives of policy-makers and economists on a highly topical subject. Plant breeding patents, the ownership of biological innovation and associated intellectual property... -
Agroforestry for Soil Management by Anthony Young
RRP: £61.40Booksplease Price: £55.30Agroforestry refers to land use systems in which trees or shrubs are grown in association with agricultural crops, or pastures and livestock. From its inception, it has contained a strong element of... -
Meningitis: Cellular and Molecular Basis by Myron Christodoulides
RRP: £120.90Booksplease Price: £108.72Examining meningitis mainly from a bacterial perspective, but also including an overview of viral, fungal and chronic meningitis, this book describes the anatomy of the meninges and clinical signs... -
Conservation Agriculture in Subsistence Farming: Case Studies from South Asia and Beyond by Jean Fantle-Lepczyk
RRP: £54.50Booksplease Price: £49.65Conservation agriculture systems have long-term impacts on livelihoods, agricultural production, gender equity, and regional economic development of tribal societies in South Asia. This book presents... -
Tourism, Recreation and Sustainability: Linking Culture and the Environment by Stephen F. McCool
RRP: £112.20Booksplease Price: £99.39Sustainable development is the single most important consideration for those working in the tourism industry. Presenting a discussion by leading contributors on the impacts of tourism on local... -
Meat Science: An Introductory Text by Paul Warriss
RRP: £44.10Booksplease Price: £40.38Outlining the core principles of the subject, this introductory-level textbook covers the production of meat, its structure and chemical composition, meat quality and hygiene, and animal welfare,... -
Tourism and Development in Mountain Regions by Pamela Godde
RRP: £121.10Booksplease Price: £114.16This book discusses the importance of mountain regions, and the precariousness of mountain tourism in the context of ecosystem and cultural conservation. It includes case studies of mountain tourism... -
Sustainability of Rice Farming by David Greenland
RRP: £104.25Booksplease Price: £97.02Rice has supported a greater number of people for a longer period of time than any other crop. Nearly half of the global population is dependent on rice as its major staple food. While Asia remains... -
Peer-to-peer Accommodation and Community Resilience: Implications for Sustainable Development by Dr Anna Farmaki
RRP: £97.45Booksplease Price: £86.68The growth of peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation has been remarkable. However, the rapid expansion of the phenomenon has yielded several concerns over its potentially negative impacts on the economic,... -
Methods in Ecological and Agricultural Entomology by David Dent
RRP: £49.90Booksplease Price: £47.84Entomology as a branch of biological science has undergone rapid expansion and development in recent decades. There have been major advances in the technologies associated with pest management and... -
Promoting Investment in Agriculture for Increased Production and Productivity by Saifullah Syed
RRP: £83.10Booksplease Price: £77.59Investing in agriculture is one of the most effective ways of reducing hunger and poverty, promoting agricultural productivity and enhancing environmental sustainability. Covering the development of... -
Phytophthora: A Global Perspective by Kurt Lamour
RRP: £115.15Booksplease Price: £108.72Members of the genus Phytophthora cause serious damage to a huge array of plants. From the nineteenth century Irish potato famine to current widespread threats to forests and ecosystems in North and... -
Managing Religious Tourism by Dr Maureen Griffiths
RRP: £109.50Booksplease Price: £101.79Managing Religious Tourism provides a global view of the tools and resources used in demand and supply management, in the context of pilgrimage and religious tourism. With a focus on toolkits and... -
Tropical Tuber Starches: Structural and Functional Characteristics by Dr S N Moorthy
RRP: £118.15Booksplease Price: £111.47This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge relating to the morphological, structural, and functional characteristics of tuber starches, particularly in relation to their applications... -
Overtourism: Excesses, Discontents and Measures in Travel and Tourism Daisuke Abe (Ryukoku University, Japan) 9781786399823
RRP: £102.90Booksplease Price: £91.37This book examines the evolution of the phenomenon and explores the genesis of overtourism and the system dynamics underlining it. The 'overtourism' phenomenon is defined as the excessive growth of... -
Adventure Tourism by Ralf Buckley
RRP: £51.70Booksplease Price: £47.74Adventure tourism is a new, rapidly growing area at both practical and academic levels. Written at an introductory level, Adventure Tourism provides a basic background and covers commercial adventure... -
Olives by Ioannis Nikolaos Therios
RRP: £56.05Booksplease Price: £50.99Olive culture is growing rapidly, and expanding all over the world outside traditional centres of olive growth and production. Olives are not only a significant food source, but also contribute to... -
Dogs, Zoonoses and Public Health by Jonathan Artz
RRP: £133.35Booksplease Price: £119.54Zoonotic diseases constitute a public health problem throughout the world. Addressing a little-studied area of veterinary and medical science, this book covers viral, bacterial, protozoan and... -
Tourism and Protected Areas: Benefits Beyond Boundaries by Robyn Bushell
RRP: £93.55Booksplease Price: £83.81Published on behalf of The Task Force on Tourism and Protected Areas of the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), this book serves as a comprehensive... -
Nitrate and Man: Toxic, Harmless or Beneficial? by Jean L'Hirondel
RRP: £127.15Booksplease Price: £113.86Nitrate is ubiquitous. It is present in water, soil, plants and food, and is also a normal human metabolite. The main external sources of nitrate are vegetables and drinking water. This book examines... -
Turfgrass Physiology and Ecology: Advanced Management Principles by Gregory Bell
RRP: £47.00Booksplease Price: £43.18In order to face new challenges and unique situations in turfgrass management, students need to understand why specific management practices work and how to adjust them based on plants' requirements... -
Encyclopedia of Sustainable Tourism, The by Carl Cater
RRP: £74.99Booksplease Price: £72.66Tourism impacts globally upon ecology, economies, peoples, cultures and the built environment, so devleopment must be sustainable to preserve the environment and culture it exploits. Taking an... -
Review of Invertebrate Biological Control Agents Introduced into Europe by Esther Gerber
RRP: £122.20Booksplease Price: £109.56This book provides an overview of all documented releases of exotic (non-European) invertebrate biological control agents into the environment in Europe and summarizes key information on the target... -
Crisis and Conflict in Agriculture by Rami Zurayk
RRP: £51.90Booksplease Price: £50.15This book discusses the causes and effects of crisis and conflict within an agricultural and rural context. It explores issues such as competition over resources, and looks at how crisis and conflict... -
Organic Food Systems: Meeting the Needs of Southern Africa by Dr Raymond Auerbach
RRP: £109.50Booksplease Price: £102.29Organic agriculture world-wide allows farmers to produce healthy food with low levels of external inputs, and often shortens the value chains, giving farmers a higher share of the consumer dollar... -
RNA Interference: Methods for Plants and Animals by Tim Doran
RRP: £66.80Booksplease Price: £60.25The Principles & Protocols Series is designed for upper level undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers, particularly those new to a field. Books in the series outline the theoretical background... -
Alternative Systems for Poultry: Health, Welfare and Productivity by Victoria Sandilands
RRP: £115.15Booksplease Price: £109.22Recent interest in how poultry are housed and managed in order to ensure profitability, sustainability, and good levels of animal welfare, are challenging issues that commercial poultry keepers face,... -
Biodiversity Information: Needs and Operations by David Hawksworth
RRP: £109.45Booksplease Price: £96.72Biodiversity has been identified as a key issue in the general debate about the sustainable use of the world's natural resources. Major international efforts are now underway to assess and maintain... -
Women and Pilgrimage by E. Moore Quinn
RRP: £108.99Booksplease Price: £96.33Women and Pilgrimage presents scholarly essays that address the lacunae in the literature on this topic. The content includes well-trodden domains of pilgrimage scholarship like sacred sites and holy... -
Tourism Behaviour: Travellers' Decisions and Actions by Roger March
RRP: £42.80Booksplease Price: £41.45Consumers' planned behaviour is often very different to what is actually carried out. Consumer plans can relate to four behaviours: planned and done (deliberate strategies), planned and not done... -
Science Under Scarcity: Principles and Practice for Agricultural Research and Priority Setting by Julian M. Alston
RRP: £81.00Booksplease Price: £75.99Resources for agricultural science are scarce across the world. Yet even as resources are shrinking, agricultural science has expanded its inquiry into many new areas - such as environmental... -
Prospects for Polar Tourism by John Snyder
RRP: £112.20Booksplease Price: £99.39The political significance, scientific interest and outstanding natural beauty of the cold, exotic Polar regions are enticing more and more curious travellers to venture to these remote locations in... -
Innovation in Agri-food Clusters: Theory and Case Studies by P. W. B. Phillips
RRP: £93.55Booksplease Price: £83.31Innovation has moved through a range of revolutionary epochs, but there is no clear picture of how, or even if, innovation can be managed. This book explores the models, methods and metrics of... -
Agricultural Policies for Poverty Reduction by Jonathan Brooks
RRP: £106.50Booksplease Price: £94.17This study addresses the role of agricultural policies in raising incomes in developing countries. Higher incomes are essential for sustained progress on the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG1),... -
Trichoderma: Biology and Applications by Prasun K. Mukherjee
RRP: £133.35Booksplease Price: £119.54Trichoderma spp. are biotechnologically significant fungi, being widely used both in agriculture and industry. These microbes are also a potential drug source of clinical importance. In recent years,... -
Climate Change Challenges and Adaptations at Farm-level: Case Studies from Asia and Africa by Naveen P. Singh
RRP: £57.65Booksplease Price: £54.86This book emphasis the role of farm level adaptation as a key in developmental pathways that are challenged by climate risks in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. It throws light on key issues... -
Capacity Building for Sustainable Development by Valentine James
RRP: £51.90Booksplease Price: £50.15Capacity building is a topic of intense focus in many industrialized countries. This book explores the theoretical underpinnings of capacity building to sustain the natural, cultural and human... -
The Himalayan Soap Pod Tree <i>(Gymnocladus assamicus)</i>: An Ecologically and Economically Important Tree on the Brink of Extinction by Dr Baharul I Choudhury
RRP: £114.99Booksplease Price: £101.49Extinction of species has alarmingly increased in recent decades due to anthropogenic activities, natural calamities and climate change. The life history, ecology and evolution of such species have... -
The Business of Plant Breeding: Market led Approaches to Plant Variety Design in Africa by Gabrielle Persley
RRP: £92.40Booksplease Price: £85.99The Business of Plant Breeding is the result of a study on demand-led plant variety design for markets in Africa, sharing best practices from private and public sector breeding programmes worldwide...