Agriculture & Environmental Sciences Books

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41. Climate Change and Displacement Reader

    By Scott Leckie, Ezekiel Simperingham, Jordan Bakker

    Official estimates put the future scale of human displacement as a result of climate change at anywhere from 150 million to one billion people. Despite this crisis in the making, few countries or international institutions are adequately prepared to address and resolve this emerging human rights...

    Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
42. Agriculture in Urban Planning

    Generating Livelihoods and Food Security

    Edited by Mark Redwood

    This volume, by graduate researchers working in urban agriculture, examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanizing global south, the book examines the contribution of urban agriculture and city...

    Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge
43. Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction Policies

    Edited by Frank Ellis, H. Ade Freeman

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    This important new collection of contributions brings together current thinking on poverty reduction and rural livelihoods in developing countries. As well as leading economists in the field such as Frank Ellis and Chris Barrett, there are a number of contributors from developing countries...

    Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge
44. Wildfire Policy

    Law and Economics Perspectives

    Edited by 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...

    Published November 27th 2011 by RFF Press
45. Understanding the Common Agricultural Policy

    By Berkeley Hill

    The majority of recent publications on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union address current issues and specific applications. There is little available which attempts to increase understanding of the nature of existing policies, their development, intentions, problems and...

    Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
46. Remote Sensing of Protected Lands

    Edited by Yeqiao Wang

    Series: Remote Sensing Applications Series

    National parks, wildlife refuges and sanctuaries, natural reserves, conservation areas, frontier lands, and marine-protected areas are increasingly recognized as essential providers of ecosystem services and biological resources. As debates about climate change and sustainability intensify,...

    Published November 20th 2011 by CRC Press
47. Slope Stabilization and Erosion Control: A Bioengineering Approach

    A Bioengineering Approach

    By Roy P.C. Morgan, R.J. Rickson

    This book is an up-to-date review of research and practice on the use of vegetation for slope stabilization and control of surface erosion caused by water and wind. From a basic understanding of the principles and practices of vegetation growth and establishment, it describes how vegetation can be...

    Published November 17th 2011 by Taylor & Francis
48. Handbook of Soil Sciences

    Resource Management and Environmental Impacts, Second Edition

    Edited by Pan Ming Huang, Yuncong Li, Malcolm E. Sumner

    Series: Handbook of Soil Science

    An evolving, living organic/inorganic covering, soil is in dynamic equilibrium with the atmosphere above, the biosphere within, and the geology below. It acts as an anchor for roots, a purveyor of water and nutrients, a residence for a vast community of microorganisms and animals, a sanitizer of...

    Published November 16th 2011 by CRC Press
49. Handbook of Soil Sciences

    Properties and Processes, Second Edition

    Edited by Pan Ming Huang, Yuncong Li, Malcolm E. Sumner

    Series: Handbook of Soil Science

    An evolving, living organic/inorganic covering, soil is in dynamic equilibrium with the atmosphere above, the biosphere within, and the geology below. It acts as an anchor for roots, a purveyor of water and nutrients, a residence for a vast community of microorganisms and animals, a sanitizer of...

    Published November 16th 2011 by CRC Press
50. Handbook of Soil Sciences, Second Edition (Two Volume Set)

    Edited by Pan Ming Huang, Yuncong Li, Malcolm E. Sumner

    An evolving, living organic/inorganic covering, soil is in dynamic equilibrium with the atmosphere above, the biosphere within, and the geology below. It acts as an anchor for roots, a purveyor of water and nutrients, a residence for a vast community of microorganisms and animals, a sanitizer of...

    Published November 16th 2011 by CRC Press