Author: Reed F. NossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Endangered Ecosystems of the United States
Author: Reed F. NossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Sandy Beaches as Endangered Ecosystems
Author: Sílvia C. GonçalvesPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429624514
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Sandy beaches are the most abundant coastal environments worldwide, which have an undeniable and unique ecological value. Presently, they are amongst the most endangered ecosystems in the biosphere, mainly due to the influence of several human activities. In this book, renowned scientists from around the world describe key attributes of sandy beaches and highlight the problems which impact them. Specific tools encompassing the physical environment and the biota are pointed out, at different levels of ecological organization. The book also covers suitable management, conservation programmes and respective actions, where ecologic, economic and social dimensions are comprehensively integrated.
Sandy Beaches as Endangered Ecosystems
Author: Sílvia C. GonçalvesPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429624956
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Sandy beaches are the most abundant coastal environments worldwide, which have an undeniable and unique ecological value. Presently, they are amongst the most endangered ecosystems in the biosphere, mainly due to the influence of several human activities. In this book, renowned scientists from around the world describe key attributes of sandy beaches and highlight the problems which impact them. Specific tools encompassing the physical environment and the biota are pointed out, at different levels of ecological organization. The book also covers suitable management, conservation programmes and respective actions, where ecologic, economic and social dimensions are comprehensively integrated.
Endangered Ecosystems of the United States
Author: Reed F. NossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Understanding the Changing Planet
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309157234
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
From the oceans to continental heartlands, human activities have altered the physical characteristics of Earth's surface. With Earth's population projected to peak at 8 to 12 billion people by 2050 and the additional stress of climate change, it is more important than ever to understand how and where these changes are happening. Innovation in the geographical sciences has the potential to advance knowledge of place-based environmental change, sustainability, and the impacts of a rapidly changing economy and society. Understanding the Changing Planet outlines eleven strategic directions to focus research and leverage new technologies to harness the potential that the geographical sciences offer.
Coping with Changing Environments
Author: Beate LohnertPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429873247
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
First published in 1999. A collection of empirical research and theoretical reflection on the modelling of environmental change from a social perspective. The focus is on the endangered ecosystems in the developing world and examples are given from Asia, Africa and Latin America. After Regions at Risk (Kaspersons et al, 1995 UNO University Press) it is the second compilation that focuses on regional empirical evidence with regard to Global Environmental Change. On a national and European level, it gives an overview of regional studies coming from the first German Priority Programme on the Social Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. The introductory and concluding parts of the book reflect the strictly interdisciplinary approach of the research programme and form a step towards the understanding of human driving forces and responses to Global Change rooted in regional transformation processes. The book offers a source of information and theoretical guidelines for the newly evolving scientific community of Global Change Research; including teachers, politicians and anyone involved in social and environmental policy and planning.
Coping with Changing Environments
Author: Beate LohnertPublisher:
ISBN: 9780429463648
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Writing for an Endangered World
Author: Lawrence BuellPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674029057
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The environmental imagination does not stop short at the edge of the woods. Nor should our understanding of it, as Lawrence Buell makes powerfully clear in his new book that aims to reshape the field of literature and environmental studies. Emphasizing the influence of the physical environment on individual and collective perception, his book thus provides the theoretical underpinnings for an ecocriticism now reaching full power, and does so in remarkably clear and concrete ways. Writing for an Endangered World offers a conception of the physical environment--whether built or natural--as simultaneously found and constructed, and treats imaginative representations of it as acts of both discovery and invention. A number of the chapters develop this idea through parallel studies of figures identified with either "natural" or urban settings: John Muir and Jane Addams; Aldo Leopold and William Faulkner; Robinson Jeffers and Theodore Dreiser; Wendell Berry and Gwendolyn Brooks. Focusing on nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers, but ranging freely across national borders, his book reimagines city and country as a single complex landscape.
Final Environmental Impact Statement/environmental Impact Report for Threatened and Endangered Species Due to the Urban Growth Within the Multiple Habitat Conservation Program Planning Area
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities
Author: Sarah LeggePublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486307736
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Monitoring is integral to all aspects of policy and management for threatened biodiversity. It is fundamental to assessing the conservation status and trends of listed species and ecological communities. Monitoring data can be used to diagnose the causes of decline, to measure management effectiveness and to report on investment. It is also a valuable public engagement tool. Yet in Australia, monitoring threatened biodiversity is not always optimally managed. Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities aims to improve the standard of monitoring for Australia's threatened biodiversity. It gathers insights from some of the most experienced managers and scientists involved with monitoring programs for threatened species and ecological communities in Australia, and evaluates current monitoring programs, establishing a baseline against which the quality of future monitoring activity can be managed. Case studies provide examples of practical pathways to improve the quality of biodiversity monitoring, and guidelines to improve future programs are proposed. This book will benefit scientists, conservation managers, policy makers and those with an interest in threatened species monitoring and management.