Author: California. State Board of Forestry
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Category : Big Basin Redwoods State Park (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Author: Harold Mooney
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520278801
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1008

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This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for CaliforniaÕs remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem typeÑits distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of CaliforniaÕs ecological patterns and the history of the stateÕs various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the stateÕs ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of CaliforniaÕs environment and curious naturalists.

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 934

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Author: David L. Ames
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Author: Speed, Robert
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231001655
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Author: Vladimir Novotny
Publisher: IWA Publishing
ISBN: 1843391368
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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This book is developed from and includes the presentations of leading international experts and scholars in the 12-14 July, 2006 Wingspread Workshop. With urban waters as a focal point, this book will explore the links between urban water quality and hydrology, and the broader concepts of green cities and smart growth. It also addresses legal and social barriers to urban ecological sustainability and proposes practical ways to overcome those barriers. Cities of the Future features chapters containing visionary concepts on how to ensure that cities and their water resources become ecologically sustainable and are able to provide clean water for all beneficial uses. The book links North American and Worldwide experience and approaches. The book is primarily a professional reference aimed at a wide interdisciplinary audience, including universities, consultants, environmental advocacy groups and legal environmental professionals.

Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District
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Category : Kissimmee River (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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Author: Hans Dembowski
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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These case studies examine the extent to which public interest litigation makes inefficient and often corrupt government officials responsible to the general public.

Author: Damon Manders
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781782663447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444

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Includes full color maps and photographs.