The Environment: Science, Issues, and Solutions Students have questions, this book has answers: What is the structure and function of natural systems? Where and how do populations and communities live? How have human impacts altered ecosystems? How can we lessen impacts and create long term solutions? Challenging Times Demand Changing Approaches As the world strives [...] Read more »
Ecosystem Services (Issues in Environmental Science and Technology)
Ecosystem Services (Issues in Environmental Science and Technology) As human populations grow, so do the resource demands imposed on ecosystems, and the impacts of anthropogenic use and abuse are becoming ever more apparent. This has led to the development of the concept of ecosystem services, which describes the beneficial functions provided by ecosystems for human [...] Read more »
Environmental Justice: Issues, Policies, and Solutions
Environmental Justice: Issues, Policies, and Solutions In “Environmental Justice,” leading thinkers of the environmental justice movement take a direct look at the failure of “top down” public policy to effectively deal with issues of environmental equity.The book provides a startling look at pressing social and environmental problems and charts a course for future action. Among [...] Read more »
Heinz Center Issues First Annual Update to The State of the Nations Ecosystems
Heinz Center Issues First Annual Update to The State of the NationÂs Ecosystems Washington, DC (PRWEB) January 16, 2004 The first annual update of the landmark 2002 report The State of the NationÂs Ecosystems: Measuring the Lands, Waters, and Living Resources of the [...] Read more »