From Coastal Wilderness To Fruited Plain
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From Coastal Wilderness To Fruited Plain
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Author : Gordon G. Whitney
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-08-29
From Coastal Wilderness To Fruited Plain written by Gordon G. Whitney and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08-29 with Nature categories.
From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain is an account of the making of a large part of the American landscape following European settlement. Drawing upon land survey records and early travellers' accounts, Dr Whitney reconstructs the 'virgin' forests and grasslands of the north-eastern and central United States during the pre-settlement period. He then documents successively the clearance and fragmentation of the region's woodlands, the harvest of the forest and its game, the ploughing of the prairies, and the draining of wetlands. The degree to which these activities altered the soil, climate, plant and animal communities, and water cycle are evaluated, and the sustainability of present-day ecosystems is brought into question in this account.
From Coastal Wilderness To Fruited Plain
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Author : Gordon Graham Whitney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
From Coastal Wilderness To Fruited Plain written by Gordon Graham Whitney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Biotic communities categories.
The Earth Around Us
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Author : Jill Schneiderman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-02-19
The Earth Around Us written by Jill Schneiderman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-19 with Social Science categories.
Soil contamination . . . public lands . . . surface and groundwater pollution . . . coastal erosion . . . global warming. Have we reached the limits of this planet's ability to provide for us? If so, what can we do about it?These vital questions are addressed in The Earth Around Us, a unique collection of thirty-one essays by a diverse array of today's foremost scientist-writers. Sharing an ability to communicate science in a clear and engaging fashion, the contributors explore Earth's history and processes--especially in relation to today's environmental issues--and show how we, as members of a global community, can help maintain a livable planet. The narratives in this collection are organized into seven parts that describe: Earth's time and history and the place of people on it Views of nature and the ethics behind our conduct on Earth Resources for the twenty-first century, such as public lands, healthy forests and soils, clean ground and surface waters, and fluctuating coastlines Ill-informed local manipulations of landscapes across the United States Innovative solutions to environmental problems that arise from knowledge of the interactions between living things and the Earth's air, water, and soil Natural and human-induced global scale perturbations to the earth system Our responsibility to people and all other organisms that live on Earth. Never before has such a widely experienced group of prominent earth scientists been brought together to help readers understand how earth's environment works. Driven by the belief that earth science is, and should be, an integral part of everyday life, The Earth Around Us empowers all of us to play a more educated and active part in the search for a sustainable future for our planet and its inhabitants.
American Pests
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Author : James E. McWilliams
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2008
American Pests written by James E. McWilliams and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Inspired by the still-revolutionary theories of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring," McWilliams argues for a more harmonious and rational approach to people's relationship with insects, one that does not harm the environment and, consequently, ourselves along the way.
Wilderness Comes Home
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Author : Christopher McGrory Klyza
language : en
Publisher: UPNE
Release Date : 2001
Wilderness Comes Home written by Christopher McGrory Klyza and has been published by UPNE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Nature conservation categories.
The first book to look at wilderness in the northeastern US, Wilderness Comes Home features a new approach based on ecological reserve design to protect biological diversity, rewilding and restoring lands to wilderness, and embedding wilderness in a landscape of sustainably managed farmland and forestland. It addresses major theoretical and practical aspects of this important issue -- whether, why, and how to reestablish wilderness areas in the Northeast. Although Western wilderness models already exist for undeveloped areas, Eastern models are still evolving. Protection and social management are being urged not for the "forest primeval" but for recovering areas, in which returning species such as moose and peregrine falcons roam over new growth softwoods and hardwoods, interspersed with the stone walls that once marked field boundaries.
Nature And The Environment In Amish Life
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Author : David L. McConnell
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2018-11-01
Nature And The Environment In Amish Life written by David L. McConnell and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with Religion categories.
The first comprehensive study of Amish understandings of the natural world, this compelling book complicates the image of the Amish and provides a more realistic understanding of the Amish relationship with the environment.
A Companion To Global Environmental History
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Author : J. R. McNeill
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2015-05-04
A Companion To Global Environmental History written by J. R. McNeill and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-04 with History categories.
The Companion to Global Environmental History offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing field, to provide an essential road map to past developments, current controversies, and future developments for specialists and newcomers alike. Combines temporal, geographic, thematic and contextual approaches from prehistory to the present day Explores environmental thought and action around the world, to give readers a cultural, intellectual and political context for engagement with the environment in modern times Brings together environmental historians from around the world, including scholars from South Africa, Brazil, Germany, and China
The Changing Nature Of The Maine Woods
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Author : Andrew M. Barton
language : en
Publisher: UPNE
Release Date : 2012
The Changing Nature Of The Maine Woods written by Andrew M. Barton and has been published by UPNE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Nature categories.
The ecology of the ever-changing Maine forest
The Greater Plains
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Author : Brian Frehner
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2021-07
The Greater Plains written by Brian Frehner and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07 with History categories.
This collection of essays represents an attempt to move beyond degradation and exploitation as the defining ecological narratives of the Great Plains by examining the region through the interrelated themes of water, grasses, animals, and energy.
Against Extinction
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Author : William (Bill) Adams
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-06-17
Against Extinction written by William (Bill) Adams and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with Nature categories.
'Conservation in the 21st century needs to be different and this book is a good indicator of why.' Bulletin of British Ecological Society Against Extinction tells the history of wildlife conservation from its roots in the 19th century, through the foundation of the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire in London in 1903 to the huge and diverse international movement of the present day. It vividly portrays conservation's legacy of big game hunting, the battles for the establishment of national parks, the global importance of species conservation and debates over the sustainable use of and trade in wildlife. Bill Adams addresses the big questions and ideas that have driven conservation for the last 100 years: How can the diversity of life be maintained as human demands on the Earth expand seemingly without limit? How can preservation be reconciled with human rights and the development needs of the poor? Is conservation something that can be imposed by a knowledgeable elite, or is it something that should emerge naturally from people's free choices? These have never been easy questions, and they are as important in the 21st century as at any time in the past. The author takes us on a lively historical journey in search of the answers.