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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Disappearing desert Disappearing desert Janine Schipper "Phoenix, Arizona, is one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States. The city's expansion - at the rate of one acre per hour - comes at the expense of its Sonoran Desert environm… OL11891727W
Transatlantic environment and energy politics Transatlantic environment and energy politics Miranda A. Schreurs Greater economic interdependence and the internationalization of trade in a number of products and services have intensified transnational relationships. But, where does the transatlantic divide lie?… OL12039896W
Reinventing Fire Reinventing Fire Amory B. Lovins French translation OL16451030W
Chronology of Americans and the environment Chronology of Americans and the environment Chris J. Magoc Human activity can have a shocking effect upon our environment. In the 1800s just one buffalo hunter killed more than 20,000 animals over the course of his career; a single mining operation in Califo… OL16976946W
Keeping Oregon Green Keeping Oregon Green Derek R. Larson Keeping Oregon Green is a new history of the signature accomplishments of Oregon’s environmental era: the revitalization of the polluted Willamette River, the Beach Bill that preserved public access … OL17630195W
Design with nature Design with nature Ian L. McHarg Queen Size Books. OL1805267W
Bending science Bending science Wendy E. Wagner,Thomas O. McGarity viii, 384 p. : 24 cm OL18705656W
Ecological economics of sustainable watershed management Ecological economics of sustainable watershed management Frank Messner The papers in this volume illustrate the power of a scientific approach to ecological economics. Good science is a careful blend of theory and empirical testing. Theory without empirical grounding is… OL19844766W
The Squandering of America The Squandering of America Robert Kuttner A passionate, articulate argument detailing how the United States political system has failed to adapt to the economic challenges of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.The American economy is in … OL1994578W
Mythical river Mythical river Melissa L. Sevigny "As population growth and climate upheaval strain the Southwest's water resources, Mythical River uncovers the folly of modern water policies and illuminates a way forward: recognizing the rights of … OL22318710W
The environment The environment Lynn M. Zott "Opposing Viewpoints: The Environment: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of high… OL23181038W
Environmental performance reviews Environmental performance reviews United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe "The report takes stock of the progress made by Azerbaijan in the management of its environment since the country was first reviewed in 2003. It assesses the implementation of the recommendations in … OL32629917W
Perverse subsidies Perverse subsidies Jennifer Kent,Norman Myers This report documents the problem of perverse subsidies, definable here as exerting adverse effects on both the economy and the environment. If perverse subsidies amount to a sizeable proportion of s… OL3293490W
Collecting Nature Collecting Nature Andrew G. Kirk "Denver's Conservation Library was established in 1960 as a repository for environmental and conservation documents. In chronicling its history, Andrew Kirk also traces the cultural history of Americ… OL3468681W
Human scale Human scale Kirkpatrick Sale "Big government, big business, big everything - how the crises that imperil modern America are the inevitable result of giantism grown out of control - and what can be done about it. Kirkpatrick Sale… OL3517411W