Environmental Sciences

Addresses topics such as biogeography, endangered species, native habitat buffers, and rain gardens.

Covers environmental law and ethics, green business practices, regional sustainability issues, resource and ecosystem management, and more.

Explores human consumption of Earth's material resources.

Includes over 4000 in-depth entries on scientific and technical terminology associated with environmental protection and resource management. In addition, it contains numerous illustrations, a wide range of international case studies and extensive cross-references to guide the reader...

This book provides the major economic, social, and psychological impacts associated with the siting of noxious facilities and their significance in mobilizing the African American community. It explores the barriers to environmental and social justice experienced by African Americans.

Covers changes affecting the earth over geological, intermediate and short timescales, including pre-Quaternary, Quarternary, Holocene, historical and current environmental changes.

This three-volume encyclopedia explores the concept of sustainability in the contexts of the environment, economics, and justice.

"...a comprehensive and authoritative resource for policy makers who want to understand the scope of research and development and how these bottom-up innovations map on to the sustainability challenge."

The essential reference source to enable all those with an interest in the politics of the environment to explore topics in international environmental politics.

Introduction to Public Health Sixth Edition offers a thorough, accessible overview of the expanding field of public health for students new to its concepts and actors. Written in engaging, nontechnical language, this text explains in clear terms the multi-disciplinary strategies and methods used for measuring, assessing, and promoting public health.