This book contains six articles by prominent Russian philosophers, geologists, geographers, historians, and artists that explore the Russian view o...

Sustainability has been increasingly embraced as an overarching policy goal, and communities have been called to be active participants on the path...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to geographic information systems (GIS). It explains the ideas and methodology behind GIS, and disc...

Few textbooks offer a comprehensive overview of geographic information systems (GIS) today. The literature common in academic circles is highly tec...

This book is a collection of current research work on the economic and social impacts of, and policy responses to, global change mainly in the sout...

Genetic diversity and species diversity are both crucial for ecosystem stability. Analysis of plant diversity aims to understand the organisation a...

Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae) and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants (forbs). Plants of the sedge (C...

Habitat loss and degradation are perceived to be one of the main factors threatening biodiversity through detrimental effects on species and popula...

Agroforestry is an approach to alternative land use based on deliberate integration of trees with crops and livestock production systems. It combin...

Catherine Julien's new translation of Titu Cusi Yupanqui's Relasçion de como los Españoles Entraron en el Peru --an account of the Spanish conque...

Catherine Julien's new translation of Titu Cusi Yupanqui's Relasçion de como los Españoles Entraron en el Peru --an account of the Spanish conque...

History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, is a fascinating account of the first exploration of the Missouri River, t...

A fascinating account of the first exploration of the Missouri River, the journey over the Rocky Mountains, and the Columbia River to the Pacific O...

This book examines the economic implications for sustainable forest management of globalisation and related structural changes in the forest sector...

Science deeply challenges classical descriptions of the human person as 'free' and as 'spirit'. This survey of contemporary neuroscience and evolut...

A colorful celebration of the 59 US National Parks, this collection of 177 original art quilts depicts the widely varying landscapes, flora, and fa...

Over 250 photos and eloquent text reveal the majesty of Virginia's James River. Explore the river from its humble beginnings on private property to...

John Rae is best known today as the first European to reveal the fate of the Franklin Expedition, yet the range of Rae's accomplishments is much gr...

Beginning in 1946, Elizabeth Hawley worked for Fortune magazine as a researcher. Shortly thereafter, she left both her job and the United States it...

The arrival of European missionaries in New Zealand had an immeasurable impact on Maori society. Like Them That Dream tells the intriguing story of...

In 1926, Lillian Alling, a European immigrant, set out on a journey home from New York. She had little money and no transportation, but plenty of d...

Combining personal experience with concrete fact, A K Hellum's "Listening to Trees" tells the story of a man's lifelong journey to salvage today's ...

Where economic activity will locate in the future is one of the most important questions in economics. Even though advances in technology have redu...

Natural resource policy and management in the United States often are characterized by limited budgets and multiple, and sometimes competing, socie...

Marshes, both tidal and non-tidal, are productive and complex ecosystems. The water in these systems ranges from fresh, to brackish, to saline as o...

Roderick L. Haig-Brown welcomes us onto his lush farm for a year of insights and observations. In this eloquently written account, Haig-Brown, his ...

Jersey-born William Mesny ran off to sea as a boy and jumped ship at Shanghai in 1860 when he was just 18. Amid the chaos of foreign intrigue and c...

Life was one big adventure for Hiram Cody Tegart. At times unbelievable and others just downright impressive, Mountain Man is the celebration of a ...

This book explores the National Forest System with a focus on congressionally designated special management areas and road-less area initiatives. C...

Forest ecology includes within its scope the components and functions of forest ecosystems -- a community of organisms interacting with each other ...

Ecology is the study of the interrelationships between organisms and their environment, including the biotic and abiotic components. There are at l...

Karstified landscapes are among the most bizarre on our planet -- both above and below ground. This book takes you on a visual journey across subli...

In 2015 three leading scientific experts on nudibranchs and sea slugs collaborated to produce a comprehensive guide for divers and scientists to th...

Forest ecosystems cover around 31% of the total land area of the Earth. They represent important biodiversity and genetic resources; provide materi...

From the 1920s to 1952, George and Else Seel lived about sixty kilometres south of Burns Lake near the small farming settlement of Wistaria on the ...

This is an extension of the author's earlier volume, "Eskimo Orientation Systems". This time it covers all the contiguous languages -- and cultures...

This book makes a significant academic contribution because the study enriches the theories of social capital, governance and participatory forestr...

This book is in response to the growing demand from academics and the general public for state-of-the-art research in permafrost science and, in pa...

Growing demands on the transportation system and constraints on public resources have led to calls for more private sector involvement in the provi...

In this book, the authors gather and present current research in the study of the types, threats and management of pine forests. Topics discussed i...

This book is organised into three main parts: plantation forestry in context; plantation silviculture and management and plantation forestry econom...

The Polynesian navigator Kupe is credited with the discovery of the land his expedition named Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud. How did he an...