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Ecology

Ecological Urbanism

Mostafavi Mohsen, Doherty Gareth

ISBN: HB: 9783037784679, Lars Muller Publishers, May 2016
656 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 1600 illus.

While climate change, sustainable architecture and green technologies have become increasingly topical issues, concerns regarding the sustainability of the city are rarely addressed. The premise of Ecological Urbanism is that an ecological approach i...

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Ecology

After Preservation Saving American Nature in the Age of Humans

Minteer Ben A., Pyne Stephen J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226259963, ISBN: HB: 9780226259826, University of Chicago Press, April 2015
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 18 halftones, 1 line drawing

From John Muir to David Brower, from the creation of Yellowstone National Park to the Endangered Species Act, environmentalism in America has always had close to its core a preservationist ideal. Generations have been inspired by its ethos – to encir...

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Ecology

Back to the Garden Nature and the Mediterranean World from Prehistory to the Present

McGregor James H. S.

ISBN: HB: 9780300197464, Yale University Press, February 2015
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 19 black&white illus.

The garden was the cultural foundation of the early Mediterranean peoples; they acknowledged their reliance on and kinship to the land, and they understood nature through the lens of their diversely cultivated landscape. Their image of the garden und...

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Ecology

Secrets of the Ice Antarctica's Clues to Climate, the Universe, and the Limits of Life

Meduna Veronika

ISBN: HB: 9780300187007, Yale University Press, October 2012
232 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 3 maps, 158 colour images, 5 black&white illus.

Antarctica is the only continent without permanent human habitation, yet it may hold the key to our survival. More than just a frontier for exploration, Antarctica is now understood to be a crucial part of a global climate and environment. Each year...

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Ecology

Mammals

Extreme Measures The Ecological Energetics of Birds and Mammals

McNab Brian K.

ISBN: PB: 9780226561233, ISBN: HB: 9780226561226, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 7 halftones, 97 line illus.

Along with reproduction, balancing energy expenditure with the limits of resource acquisition is essential for both a species and a population to survive. But energy is a limited resource, as we know well, so birds and mammals – the most energy-inten...

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Ecology

Value of Species

McCord Edward L.

ISBN: HB: 9780300176575, Yale University Press, May 2012
184 pp., 21x14 cm

In the face of accelerating extinctions across the globe, what ought we to do? Amid this sea of losses, what is our responsibility? How do we assess the value of nonhuman species? In this clear-spoken, passionate book, naturalist and philosopher Edwa...

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Ecology

Capturing Carbon The New Weapon in the War Against Climate Change

Mills Robin M.

ISBN: PB: 9781849040341, Hurst Publishers, May 2011
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! A new weapon is emerging to help us fight climate change. It is becoming feasible to take carbon dioxide from power stations and industry, and lock it away safely before it can enter the atmosphere. In the next few years, major...

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Mammals

Ecology

Amboseli Elephants A Long-Term Perspective on a Long-Lived Mammal

Moss Cynthia J., Croze Harvey, Lee Phyllis C.

ISBN: HB: 9780226542232, University of Chicago Press, March 2011
400 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 119 line drawings, 50 tables, 88 halftones

Elephants have fascinated humans for millennia. Aristotle wrote of them with awe; Hannibal used them in warfare; and John Donne called the elephant "Nature's greatest masterpiece... The only harmless great thing". Their ivory has been sought after an...

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Earth Sciences

Ecology

Powers That Be Global Energy for the Twenty-first Century and Beyond

Montgomery Scott L.

ISBN: HB: 9780226535005, University of Chicago Press, July 2010
408 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 table, 12 halftones

Thirty years ago, our global energy landscape did not look remarkably different from what it does today. Three or four decades from now, it certainly will: dwindling oil reserves will clash with skyrocketing demand, as developing nations around the w...

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Cartography

Earth Sciences

Coast Lines How Mapmakers Frame the World and Chart Environmental Change

Monmonier Mark

ISBN: HB: 9780226534039, University of Chicago Press, May 2008
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 85 halftones

In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious cha...

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