Environment and Ecology

This study compares household energy use, environmental awareness, and consumerism among residents of small towns in Sweden and America. The author...

Human exposure to toxic substances that cause cancer, reproductive abnormalities, and other adverse health effects is a topic of increasing interes...

Do depictions of crazy cat ladies obscure more sinister structural violence against animals hoarded in factory farms? Highlighting the frequent pa...

The fragmentation of the tropical rain forests is the subject of this study, which looks at the devastating damage caused to these sensitive areas....

Climate change policy has typically emphasized mitigation, calling for reducing emissions and shifting away from fossil fuels. Yet while these effo...

African Americans have suffered intensely at the hands of America's dominant group, but the roles played by urban planning, land use policy, and th...

The Government of Beans is about the rough edges of environmental regulation, where tenuous state power and blunt governmental instruments encounte...

With a new afterword, Why You Are Here: A speech on the opening of the COP26 climate summitAs a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, expe...

The essential and defining new collection of the best British nature writing‘Tim Dee has brought together a wonderous array of talent for this life...

The fragmentation of the tropical rain forests is the subject of this study, which looks at the devastating damage caused to these sensitive areas....

"Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology" presents a timely collection of pioneering work in the study of these diverse and fascinating ecosystems. ...

This study examines the administrative tools and techniques that U.S. presidents have used to influence environmental policy. A major portion of th...

As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy i...

This detailed study is the first complete attempt to describe the vulnerability of minerals of strategic importance to the United States. It determ...

Climate change policy has typically emphasized mitigation, calling for reducing emissions and shifting away from fossil fuels. Yet while these effo...

Increasing world demands for water call for new institutions and rules to minimize economic and political conflicts. Growing water quality problems...

'A dazzling illustrated edition of a 'hugely useful and fascinating resumé of rewilding' Isabella Tree, author of Wilding'Compelling ... succinct a...

The authors in this book argue that our dedication to maintaining beautiful lawns is contributing to the serious environmental problems facing the ...

The natural resources of the earth – from oil and water to minerals and land – are crucial to our basic economic and social existence. But who is e...

'Nature' is a deceptively simple and ahistorical term, suggesting intrinsic, unchanging reality. Yet nature has a history too, both in terms of hum...

This book provides a detailed introduction to natural disasters and the ways in which they have had and continue to have, profound effects on human...

This volume is a synthesis of existing knowledge about the flora and fauna of Costa Rica. The major portion of the book consists of detailed accoun...