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  • Economics of Wildfire Management

    The Development and Application of Suppression Expenditure Models

    de Michael S. Hand, Krista M. Gebert, Jingjing Liang, David E. Calkin, Matthew P. Thompson, Mo Zhou ...
    Series 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 ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

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  • Sustainability: All That Matters

    de Chris Goodall ...
    Series series All That Matters
    Today's generation has borrowed from the future by grabbing prosperity now and imposing the cost on the next generation.Award-winning writer and campaigner Chris Goodall argues that building a sustainable society is perhaps the greatest test that the world has ever faced.Here he provides the first coherent new explanation of what sustainability actually is before exploring nine key sustainability ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • The Global Economics of Forestry

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • Handbook of Forest Resource Economics

    Edición de Shashi Kant, Janaki Alavalapati ...
    Series 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 ... Leer más

    $94.99 USD

  • Mediterranean Oak Woodland Working Landscapes

    Dehesas of Spain and Ranchlands of California

    Edición de Pablo Campos, Lynn Huntsinger, Jose Luis Oviedo, Paul F Starrs, Mario Diaz, Richard B Standiford, Gregorio Montero ...
    Series 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 ... Leer más

    $170.99 USD

  • The Global Environment

    Edición de Kei Takeuchi, Masatoshi Yoshino ...
    The ffiM Japan International Symposium Energy and Environment - Global Warming was held in the Keidanren Guesthouse at the foot of Mt. Fuji, from October 21 to 24, 1990. The symposium was conducted in the context of ffiM Japan's longstanding commitment to good corporate citizenship. On this beautiful planet with its inter-dependent waters, lands and atmo sphere, we consider that the problems ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Globalisation and Change in Forest Ownership and Forest Use

    Natural Resource Management in Transition

    Edición de E. Carina H. Keskitalo ...
    Series 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 ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

  • The Dynamics of Technology

    A Methodological Framework for Techno-Economic Analyses

    de G. Barbiroli ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Technology is taking on an increasingly central and determining role in so ciety, and can provide contradictory results: wealth on the one hand, but also unemployment, environmental imbalances and other social problems on the other. Manufacturing techniques and production organization are chosen in every country based mainly on the specific needs of the companies, while the real needs of each ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • Forest Policy, Economics, and Markets in Zambia

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Non-Timber Forest Products in the Global Context

    Edición de Sheona Shackleton, Charlie Shackleton, Patricia Shanley ...
    Series 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 ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • Factor X

    Policy, Strategies and Instruments for a Sustainable Resource Use

    Edición de Michael Angrick, Andreas Burger, Harry Lehmann ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The editors of Factor X explore and analyze this trajectory, predicting scarcities of non-renewable materials such as metals, limited availability of ecological capacities and shortages arising from geographic concentrations of materials. They argue that what is needed is a radical change in the ways we use nature’s resources to produce goods and services and generate well-being. The goal of ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

    A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective

    Edición de Kurt Schwabe, Jeffery D. Connor, Liliana Meza González, Jose Albiac, Rashid M. Hassan ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Offering a cross-country examination and comparison of drought awareness and experience, this book shows how scientists, water managers, and policy makers approach drought and water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions of Spain, Mexico, Australia, South Africa and the United States. ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD