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Saving Wilderburb
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Author : Michael McCarthy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-03-29
Saving Wilderburb written by Michael McCarthy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-29 with categories.
The wilderburb on the North Shore of Vancouver may be the only place on the entire planet where raw wilderness meets the concrete urban jungle head on; cougars hiding from moms with prams on an afternoon walk. It seems inconceivable that some mad scientist wants to tame the wilderburb and turn it into wasteland, but that is exactly what is happening. The federal government has played politics with the beast and decided to turn it into a slag heap. On the south shore of the inlet, oil tankers and refineries have long belched forth their smoke, but now in the midst of a looming climate crisis the government wants to morph the shore into the Land of Mordor. Huge new docking facilities are planned. Several hundred oil tankers every year will be allowed - encouraged! - to tie up in the harbour and load up vast tonnages of toxic raw bitumen dug up from the Tar Sands of Alberta, to sail through the pristine Salish Sea where Orcas splash and play, off to some toxic land where the light of day is seldom seen and where dreams go to die.To date the wilderbeast lies in slumber, unprovoked yet by any sticks jabbed into its soft white underbelly, immune to the distant shouting of robber barons and dirt-nosed cowboys from faraway towns thirsting for yet more profit, but the beast is starting to stir. While it's not yet a rumble, a snarl is begging to form deep in its throat. The wilderburb is waking up to its own imminent demise and will fight back. Angry voices are being heard. A showdown is about to commence between the forces of evil and the eco-warriors who would save the planet. The War in the Woods, Part Two, is about to commence.
Wilderburbs
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Author : Lincoln Bramwell
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2014-09-01
Wilderburbs written by Lincoln Bramwell and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-01 with History categories.
Since the 1950s, the housing developments in the West that historian Lincoln Bramwell calls “wilderburbs” have offered residents both the pleasures of living in nature and the creature comforts of the suburbs. Remote from cities but still within commuting distance, nestled next to lakes and rivers or in forests and deserts, and often featuring spectacular views of public lands, wilderburbs celebrate the natural beauty of the American West and pose a vital threat to it. Wilderburbs tells the story of how roads and houses and water development have transformed the rural landscape in the West. Bramwell introduces readers to developers, homeowners, and government regulators, all of whom have faced unexpected environmental problems in designing and building wilderburb communities, including unpredictable water supplies, threats from wildfires, and encounters with wildlife. By looking at wilderburbs in the West, especially those in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, Bramwell uncovers the profound environmental consequences of Americans’ desire to live in the wilderness.
Sparing Nature
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Author : Jeffrey Kevin McKee
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2003
Sparing Nature written by Jeffrey Kevin McKee and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Nature categories.
This text asserts that a stroke should be thought of as a syndrome, or collection of disease processes, rather than a single disease. Strokes are characterized by restriction of blood flow to the brain and are responsible for imposing a very significant burden on healthcare systems, accounting for more than four million deaths per year. They can be directly linked to the majority of adult neurological disability and they contribute to vascular dementia, the second most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer's Disease. Despite its importance on a population basis, research into the genetics of strokes has lagged behind many other disorders; however, the situation is changing and there is now growing evidence that genetic factors are important in the stroke risk, often acting via interactions with conventional risk factors.
New Mexico Historical Review
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Author : Lansing Bartlett Bloom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
New Mexico Historical Review written by Lansing Bartlett Bloom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Electronic journals categories.
Environmental Realism
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Author : Kristan Cockerill
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-03-29
Environmental Realism written by Kristan Cockerill and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-29 with Social Science categories.
This interdisciplinary book challenges current approaches to “environmental problems” that perpetuate flawed but deeply embedded cultural beliefs about the role of science and technology in society. The authors elucidate and interrogate a cultural history of solutionism that typifies expectations that science can, should, and will reduce risk to people and property by containing and controlling biophysical phenomena. Using historical analysis, eco-evolutionary principles, and case studies on floods, radioactive waste, and epidemics, the authors show that perceived solutions to “environmental problems” generate new problems, leading to problem-solution cycles of increasing scope and complexity. The authors encourage readers to challenge the ideology of solutionism by considering the potential of language, social action and new paradigms of sustainability to shape management systems. This book will appeal to scholars in multi- and interdisciplinary fields such as Environment Studies, Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, and Science, Technology, and Society Studies.
Saving A Million Species
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Author : Lee Hannah
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2012-06-22
Saving A Million Species written by Lee Hannah and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-22 with Science categories.
The research paper "Extinction Risk from Climate Change" published in the journal Nature in January 2004 created front-page headlines around the world. The notion that climate change could drive more than a million species to extinction captured both the popular imagination and the attention of policy-makers, and provoked an unprecedented round of scientific critique. Saving a Million Species reconsiders the central question of that paper: How many species may perish as a result of climate change and associated threats? Leaders from a range of disciplines synthesize the literature, refine the original estimates, and elaborate the conservation and policy implications. The book: examines the initial extinction risk estimates of the original paper, subsequent critiques, and the media and policy impact of this unique study presents evidence of extinctions from climate change from different time frames in the past explores extinctions documented in the contemporary record sets forth new risk estimates for future climate change considers the conservation and policy implications of the estimates. Saving a Million Species offers a clear explanation of the science behind the headline-grabbing estimates for conservationists, researchers, teachers, students, and policy-makers. It is a critical resource for helping those working to conserve biodiversity take on the rapidly advancing and evolving global stressor of climate change-the most important issue in conservation biology today, and the one for which we are least prepared.
Planning The Oregon Way
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Author : Carl Abbott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Planning The Oregon Way written by Carl Abbott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Business & Economics categories.
Oregon's pioneering land use system is nationally recognized and serves as a valuable model and benchmark for other states. This volume examines the Oregon system, describes its strengths and weaknesses, and gives recommendations for the future.
Changes In The Land
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Author : William Cronon
language : en
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Release Date : 2011-04-01
Changes In The Land written by William Cronon and has been published by Hill and Wang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-01 with History categories.
The book that launched environmental history, William Cronon's Changes in the Land, now revised and updated. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize In this landmark work of environmental history, William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of property and their pursuit of capitalism had upon the ecosystems of New England. Reissued here with an updated afterword by the author and a new preface by the distinguished colonialist John Demos, Changes in the Land, provides a brilliant inter-disciplinary interpretation of how land and people influence one another. With its chilling closing line, "The people of plenty were a people of waste," Cronon's enduring and thought-provoking book is ethno-ecological history at its best.
Dissertation Abstracts International
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Dissertation Abstracts International written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Dissertations, Academic categories.
Losing Eden
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Author : Sara Dant
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2023-06
Losing Eden written by Sara Dant 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 2023-06 with History categories.
Historical narratives often concentrate on wars and politics while omitting the central role and influence of the physical stage on which history is carried out. In Losing Eden award-winning historian Sara Dant debunks the myth of the American West as “Eden” and instead embraces a more realistic and complex understanding of a region that has been inhabited and altered by people for tens of thousands of years. In this lively narrative Dant discusses the key events and topics in the environmental history of the American West, from the Beringia migration, Columbian Exchange, and federal territorial acquisition to post–World War II expansion, resource exploitation, and current climate change issues. Losing Eden is structured around three important themes: balancing economic success and ecological destruction, creating and protecting public lands, and achieving sustainability. This revised and updated edition incorporates the latest science and thinking. It also features a new chapter on climate change in the American West, a larger reflection on the region’s multicultural history, updated current events, expanded and diversified suggested readings, along with new maps and illustrations. Cohesive and compelling, Losing Eden recognizes the central role of the natural world in the history of the American West and provides important analysis on the continually evolving relationship between the land and its inhabitants.