CK - Natural Resources 1

By recording one country's experience with its vast natural resource base, America's Renewable Resources: Historical Trends and Current Challenges will help to inform the management of future demand……続きを見る

The authors assess alternative approaches to meeting long-term water needs and resolving conflicts among competing water users in five areas: the Columbia River Basin; Kern County, California; south……続きを見る

Technology in American Water Development is an exploratory study. This book addresses the proven technology which has influenced water development in the past, those still effective in shaping its c……続きを見る

Climate change is dramatically affecting freshwater supplies, particularly in the developing world. The papers in this volume present a powerful case for and exploration of different freshwater adap……続きを見る

Since the beginning of the Obama Administration, conservative politicians have railed against the President's "War on Coal." As evidence of this supposed siege, they point to a series of rules issue……続きを見る

This book is one of the first to supply the means for evaluating recreational resources in economic terms. Originally published in 1967. 続きを見る

This book describes and analyzes conflict commodities, which the author defines as “high-value commodities trafficked in by networks of transnational criminals who use the illicitly derived proceeds……続きを見る

Utilizing the principle of reciprocity, Reciprocity and China’s Transboundary Waters: The Law of International Watercourses analyses the past, present and future of the law of international watercou……続きを見る

Taking Back Eden is a set of case studies of environmental lawsuits brought in eight countries around the world, including the U.S, beginning in the 1960s. The book conveys what is in fact a revolut……続きを見る

Despite a temporary decline in energy usage and emissions resulting from the confinement policies adopted by many states in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the world is not on track to meet the P……続きを見る

Environmental life cycle assessment is often thought of as cradle to grave and therefore as the most complete accounting of the environmental costs and benefits of a product or service. However, as ……続きを見る

This book sketches out a framework for analyzing the economic efficiency of particular river basin programs. It provides a useful cross-disciplinary perspective for economists and water resource dev……続きを見る

The collaborative orco-management of natural resources - whether between states and local communities or amongst and within communities themselves - is a process of collective understanding and acti……続きを見る

'This book aims to inspire the conservation community not to regard poverty reduction as someone else's job but to take responsibility for it as part of ecosystem restoration. Though no solutions ar……続きを見る

This work is the only current, single volume coverage of the the latest EU energy legislation and its application on the context of the rules of the EU Treaties. Providing a comprehensive account of……続きを見る

Rising at 11,750 feet in the Sangre de Cristo range and snaking 926 miles through New Mexico and Texas to the Rio Grande, the Pecos River is one of the most storied waterways in the American West. I……続きを見る

Over five centuries of foreign ruleーby Spain, Mexico, and the United StatesーNative American pueblos have confronted attacks on their sovereignty and encroachments on their land and water rights. H……続きを見る

Balancing Water for Humans and Nature, authored by two of the world's leading experts on water management, examines water flows - the 'blood stream' of both nature and society - in terms of the cruc……続きを見る

This book focuses on the experiences of tourists visiting nature-based destinations, exploring current knowledge and providing insights into conceptual issues through the use of empirical evidence f……続きを見る

‘Wonderful and enriching’ Adam Nicolson ‘The best book on conservation and the countryside I have read in years’ John Lewis-Stempel ‘A modern pastoral written with intelligence, wit and lyricism’ Ca……続きを見る

De tout temps, l’être humain a le perpétuel besoin de se reconstruire, se repenser, en passant par la réconciliation avec ses semblables, la nature, l’écologie. De ce constat est né Humanité, un ess……続きを見る

Stromerzeugung aus erneuerbaren Energien ist wetterabhängig. Noch dazu ist Strom grundsätzlich nicht speicherbar. Was besagt dies für unser Verbrauchsverhalten? Bedeutet die Flexibilisierung der Str……続きを見る