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1	Sustainable Natural Resource Management: For Scientists and Engineers more books like this by Daniel R Lynch add to wishlist Natural resources support all human productivity. The sustainable management of natural resources is among the preeminent problems of the current century. Sustainability and the implied professional responsibility start here. This book uses applied mathematics familiar to undergraduate engineers and scientists to examine natural resource ... see all copies from $21.15! new only from $21.80! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Planting Nature: Trees and the Manipulation of Environmental Stewardship in America more books like this by Shaul Ephraim Cohen add to wishlist Trees hold a powerful place in American constructions of what is good in nature and the environment. As we attempt to cope with environmental crises, trees are increasingly enlisted with great fervor as agents of our stewardship over nature. In this innovative and impassioned book, Shaul E. Cohen exposes the way that environmental stewardship is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
3	Environmental planning the conservation and development of biophysical resources more books like this by Selman add to wishlist This successful book has been completely revised and updated and is a comprehensive overview of the principles and practices of planning rural and urban environments. Introducing general ideas rather than specific practices, the book assumes little prior knowledge and includes concise introductions to the nature and purpose of town planning; ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $43.86!
4	Clean Technology more books like this by Allan Johansson add to wishlist Due to pressure from government regulations, the design and development of new manufacturing processes are shifting to pollution prevention and waste reduction at the source through the implementation of proper process and product design. "Clean Technology" incorporates ideas for pollution prevention/waste reduction at the early stages of process ... see all copies from $120.00! new only from $168.66!
5	Oil, Water, and Climate: An Introduction more books like this by Catherine Gautier add to wishlist Today's oil and gas are at record prices, whilst global energy demand is increasing from population and economic development pressures. Climate change, resulting in large part from the burning of fossil fuels, is exacerbating the impacts of the excelerated exploitation of our natural resources. Therefore, anxieties over energy, water, and climate ... see all copies from $38.25! new only from $41.63!
6	The Public Economics of the Environment more books like this by Agnar Sandmo add to wishlist Environmental policy is high on the political agenda in many countries. Considering the various dimensions of environmental quality as public goods, Sandmo identifies the failures of the market mechanism in the face of environmental problems and shows how economic policy should be designed to overcome them. Specific topics covered include the ... see all copies from $14.30! new only from $75.73! \| SVS
7	Integrating Environment and Economy: Local and Regional Development Through Ecological Modernisation more books like this by Andrew Gouldson (Editor), Peter Roberts (Editor) add to wishlist In recent years governments at all levels have introduced numerous environmental policies in an attempt to respond to the negative impacts of economic development. Despite some important sucesses, it is generally accepted that the policies that have been introduced have not been able to address these negative impacts in a comprehensive way. Many ... see all copies from $24.99! new only from $55.64! \| first editions
8	The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics, 1997-1998: A Survey of Current Issues more books like this by Henk Folmer (Editor) add to wishlist This yearbook is designed to provide economists working in environmental and resource economics, as well as those who are interested in knowing more about the field, with a comprehensive overview of the main issues, written by leading international scholars. see all copies from $32.16! new only from $44.99!
9	Natural Resources: Management, Economic Development, and Protection more books like this by Jeanette B Pauling add to wishlist 'Natural resources' are naturally occurring substances that are considered valuable in their relatively unmodified (natural) form. A natural resource's value rests in the amount of the material available and the demand for it. There are 2 types of natural resources: renewable and non-renewable. Natural Resources include soil, timber, oil, minerals ... see all copies from $59.63! new only from $59.63!
10	Sustainable Development: Economics and Environment in the Third World more books like this by David W Pearce add to wishlist see all copies from $16.31! new only from $27.37! \| first editions
11	The Environment and Emerging Development Issues: Volume 2 more books like this by Partha DasGupta (Editor), Karl-Goran Maler (Editor) add to wishlist Two and a half billion people are affected directly on a day to day basis by the allocation and use of purely local resources. Yet 'official' development economics has concentrated on headline international issues and only recently begun to take account of the dependence of poor countries on their natural resources, the link between acute poverty ... see all copies from $22.26! new only from $147.67!
12	Environmental and Health Impact Assessment of Development Projects more books like this by Regional Of Who, Robert G H Turnbull, World Health add to wishlist This handbook for practitioners in environmental and public health, environmental management, toxicology and ecotoxicology has been prepared by experts from both developing and developed countries and covers a range of topics in both environmental impact assessment and environmental health impact assessment. see all copies from $179.67! new only from $309.94! \| SVS
13 view cover	Frontiers of Sustainability: Environmentally Sound Agriculture, Forestry, Transportation, and Power Production more books like this by Roger Dower, James MacKenzie, Keith Kozloff add to wishlist In Frontiers of Sustainability, researchers at the World Resources Institute (WRI) present the first practical vision of a sustainable future for the United States and the steps needed to get there. The book examines environmental performance and trends in four key economic sectors: agriculture, electricity generation, transportation, and forestry ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| first editions
14 view cover	Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services: An Input-Output Approach more books like this by Chris T Hendrickson, Professor Lester B Lave, H Scott Matthews add to wishlist This is the first comprehensive guide to green design using economic input-output life cycle assessment (EIO-LCA) models. It is a must-have for companies trying to improve the environmental profile of their products and processes, for regulators attempting to quantify life cycle implications of products and services, and for students and scholars ... see all copies from $27.99! new only from $36.95! \| SVS
15 view cover	Evolutionary Economics and Environmental Policy: Survival of the Greenest more books like this by Jeroen C J M Van Den Bergh add to wishlist This study offers a unique evolutionary economics perspective on energy and innovation policies in the wider context of the transition to sustainable development. The authors include: an analysis of the environmental policy implications of evolutionary economics; a critical examination of current Dutch environmental and innovation policies and ... see all copies from $66.50! new only from $109.84!
16	State of the world 1999 more books like this by Lester R. Brown add to wishlist This volume explores the changes of 100 years and the challenges faced in the 21st century to build a sustainable economy that reuses and recycles materials, is powered by renewable energy and has a stable population. A framework for global debate is provided with a guide to emerging solutions. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $15.88! \| first editions
17	Global Resources more books like this by William Dudley, Matthew Polesetsky (Editor), Michaele Robinson (Editor) add to wishlist Sets out differing views on the nature and extent of depletion of the Earth's resources and whether development has caused environmental and population crises. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18 view cover	Too Many People? more books like this by Jean F Blashfield, Wallace B Black add to wishlist Presents opposing views on the effects of the earth's rising population. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19 view cover	Rebuilding the Local Landscape: Environmental Management in Burkina Faso more books like this by Chris Howorth add to wishlist This text examines an area that suffered widespread immigration following a Sahelian drought. It uses geographical and anthropological methods to analyse the land use change and local resource management, showing how the local communities have developed resource use patterns to safeguard both environment and livelihood. The author disputes the ... see all copies from $60.00! new only from $80.22!
20	Atoms, Whales, and Rivers: Global Environmental Security and International Organization more books like this by Peter J Stoett add to wishlist see all copies from $19.95! new only from $108.13! \| first editions
21 view cover	Process of Business/Environmental Collaborations: Partnering for Sustainability more books like this by Alissa J Stern, Tim Hicks add to wishlist This work aims to show how business and environmental organizations can settle their differences and achieve mutually beneficial results, via voluntary collaborative partnerships. It explains how best to identify collective "interests" and "goals". see all copies from $34.00! new only from $118.25! \| SVS
22	Rethinking Research on Land Degradation in Developing Countries more books like this by Yvan Biot add to wishlist see all copies from $29.66! new only from $32.32!
23	Sustraining Tomorrow: A Strategy for World Conservation and Development more books like this by Francis R Thibodeau (Editor), Hermann H Field (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.56! \| SVS
24	Weapons of Mass Destruction & the Environment more books like this by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25	Environmental studies : the Earth as a living planet more books like this by Daniel B. Botkin, Edward A. Keller add to wishlist see all copies from $2.05! first editions

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