Author: Seth H. MyhrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Surface-water Quality Data, Permanente and Saratoga Creeks, Santa Clara Valley, California, Water Year 1997
Author: Seth H. MyhrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Geologic, water-chemistry, and hydrologic data from multiple well-monitoring sites and selected water-supply wells in the Santa Clara Valley, California, 1999-2003
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428984100
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publications of the Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
Book Description
Riparian Areas
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309082951
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife habitat. However, this protection generally does not encompass riparian areasâ€"the lands bordering rivers and lakesâ€"even though they often provide the same functions as wetlands. Growing recognition of the similarities in wetland and riparian area functioning and the differences in their legal protection led the NRC in 1999 to undertake a study of riparian areas, which has culminated in Riparian Areas: Functioning and Strategies for Management. The report is intended to heighten awareness of riparian areas commensurate with their ecological and societal values. The primary conclusion is that, because riparian areas perform a disproportionate number of biological and physical functions on a unit area basis, restoration of riparian functions along America's waterbodies should be a national goal.
Making Nature's City: A Science-based Framework for Building Urban Biodiversity
Author: Erica SpotswoodPublisher:
ISBN: 9781950313037
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Using the framework developed in this report, urban designers and local residents can work together to link local parks, greenways, green roofs, street trees, stormwater basins, commercial landscaping, and backyards to support biodiversity while making cities better places to live.
Urban Street Stormwater Guide
Author: National Association of City Transportation OfficialsPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610918126
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
The Urban Street Stormwater Guide begins from the principle that street design can support--or degrade--the urban area's overall environmental health. By incorporating Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) into the right-of-way, cities can manage stormwater and reap the public health, environmental, and aesthetic benefits of street trees, planters, and greenery in the public realm. Building on the successful NACTO urban street guides, the Urban Street Stormwater Guide provides the best practices for the design of GSI along transportation corridors. The state-of-the-art solutions in this guide will assist urban planners and designers, transportation engineers, city officials, ecologists, public works officials, and others interested in the role of the built urban landscape in protecting the climate, water quality, and natural environment.
Subsurface and Petroleum Geology of the Southwestern Santa Clara Valley ("Silicon Valley"), California
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906
Author: California. State Earthquake Investigation CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Nature's Fortune
Author: Mark R TercekPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465046967
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
What is nature worth? The answer to this question -- which traditionally has been framed in environmental terms -- is revolutionizing the way we do business. In Nature's Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and former investment banker, and science writer Jonathan Adams argue that nature is not only the foundation of human well-being, but also the smartest commercial investment any business or government can make. The forests, floodplains, and oyster reefs often seen simply as raw materials or as obstacles to be cleared in the name of progress are, in fact as important to our future prosperity as technology or law or business innovation. Who invests in nature, and why? What rates of return can it produce? When is protecting nature a good investment? With stories from the South Pacific to the California coast, from the Andes to the Gulf of Mexico and even to New York City, Nature's Fortune shows how viewing nature as green infrastructure allows for breakthroughs not only in conservation -- protecting water supplies; enhancing the health of fisheries; making cities more sustainable, livable and safe; and dealing with unavoidable climate change -- but in economic progress, as well. Organizations obviously depend on the environment for key resources -- water, trees, and land. But they can also reap substantial commercial benefits in the form of risk mitigation, cost reduction, new investment opportunities, and the protection of assets. Once leaders learn how to account for nature in financial terms, they can incorporate that value into the organization's decisions and activities, just as habitually as they consider cost, revenue, and ROI. A must-read for business leaders, CEOs, investors, and environmentalists alike, Nature's Fortune offers an essential guide to the world's economic -- and environmental -- well-being.