Environmental Science : a Canadian Perspective
Author : Bill Freedman
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 45,48 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Environmental sciences
ISBN : 9780132000413
Environmental Change & Challenge
Author : Philip Dearden
Publisher :
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 32,4 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Environmental management
ISBN : 9780195446258
Book Description
a href="http://www.oupcanada.com/ebrochure/dearden/index.html"img src="/images/hed/closer_look_btn.gif"/aNow in a fourth edition, Environmental Change and Challenge is a fascinating introduction to the field of environmental studies. Respected geographers Philip Dearden and Bruce Mitchell explore a host of contemporary environmental issues such as drought, flooding, loss of biodiversity, ecosystemtoxicity, and crop failure, while also offering a detailed overview of basic scientific concepts. Maintaining the same optimistic tone of previous editions, the text emphasizes that informed global citizens are the key to meeting these challenges and generating positive change. With increasedcoverage of demography, more international examples, and new material on human health and the environment throughout, this updated edition shows students how environmental concerns impact our daily lives both at home and abroad.
Environmental Change and Challenge
Author : Philip Dearden
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 43,57 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780195428650
Book Description
Environmental Change and Challenge: A Canadian Perspective is an exciting introduction to the rich, fascinating, and topical field of environmental studies. For this new third edition, respected geographers Philip Dearden and Bruce Mitchell have thoroughly expanded their coverage of basicscientific concepts, while continuing to explore a host of contemporary environmental issues. Climate change, oceans and fisheries, and endangered species are just some of the topics discussed. Increased focus on sustainable development, updated case studies, and a brand new chapter on urbanenvironmental systems make this edition both current and cutting-edge.
The Canadian Environment in Political Context
Author : Andrea Olive
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 19,48 MB
Release : 2015-12-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1442608714
Book Description
Canadian Environmental History
Author : David Freeland Duke
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 11,47 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 1551303108
Book Description
A timely work, this book showcases articles by leading Canadian and international historians interested in environmental action and policy, including Colin M. Coates, Ramsay Cooke, Ken Cruikshank, and Donald Worster.
Canadian Natural Resource and Environmental Policy
Author : Melody Hessing
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 31,7 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 9780774806145
Book Description
This book examines policy-making in one of the most significant areasof activity in the Canadian economy -- natural resources and theenvironment. It discusses the evolution of resource policies from theearly era of exploitation to the present era of resource andenvironmental management. Using an integrated political economy andpolicy perspective, the book provides an analytic framework from whichthe foundation of ideological perspectives, administrative structures,and substantive issues are explored. The integration of social scienceperspectives and the combination of theoretical and empirical work makethis innovative book one of the most comprehensive analyses of Canadiannatural resource and environmental policy to date.
Ecology
Author : Bill Freedman
Publisher :
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 48,32 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Ecology
ISBN : 9780176501143
Book Description
Ecology: A Canadian Context is the first resource that integrates evolution and sustainable development throughout providing the ideal resource for the needs of Canadian instructors and students. This text covers the core concepts of ecology and also profiles the extensive ecological research being conducted in Canada to provide a more relevant text for Canadian students and instructors.
Speaking for Ourselves
Author : Julian Agyeman
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,88 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0774858885
Book Description
The concept of environmental justice has offered a new direction for social movements and public policy in recent decades, and researchers worldwide now position social equity as a prerequisite for sustainability. Yet the relationship between social equity and environmental sustainability has been little studied in Canada. Speaking for Ourselves draws together Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars and activists who bring equity issues to the forefront by considering environmental justice from multiple perspectives and in specifically Canadian contexts.
Machine Learning Methods in the Environmental Sciences
Author : William W. Hsieh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 31,17 MB
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0521791928
Book Description
A graduate textbook that provides a unified treatment of machine learning methods and their applications in the environmental sciences.
Environmental Sociology
Author : John Hannigan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,30 MB
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 131775199X
Book Description
The third edition of John Hannigan’s classic undergraduate text has been fully updated and revised to highlight contemporary trends and controversies within global environmental sociology. Environmental Sociology offers a distinctive, balanced treatment of environmental issues, reconciling Hannigan’s much-cited model of the social construction of environmental problems and controversies with an environmental justice perspective that stresses inequality and toxic threats to local communities.
