Product Description: The idea that nature provides services to people is one of the most powerful concepts to have emerged over the last two decades. It is shaping our understanding of the role that biodiverse ecosystems play in the environment and their benefits for humankind...read more

Product Description: This memorial collection of papers authored and co-authored by Ian Langford represents some of the most thoughtful and innovative contributions to the literature regarding the holistic analysis of environment and health risk issues...read more

Product Description: 'Sustainability' and 'sustainable development' have become key phrases of the politics of the environment. They are at the centre of much environmental discourse and indeed of the series of which this collection is a part. This major volume brings together a number of recent papers that address the ethical and political assumptions that underlie different uses of those concepts...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The assessment and management of risks to human health and the environment has become a topic of increasing importance and presents one of the major challenges to modern society. This comprehensive volume draws together key papers from a range of different perspectives and offers the reader an important insight into the basic principles of environmental risk management...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This work presents a collection of articles which provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the science and management of global coastal resources. Topics covered include marine and coastal science, and human activities and coastal variability. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Most of the chapters in this volume are authored by staff or associates of the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE). CSERGE is a research centre sponsored by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), which specialises in interdisciplinary work focussed on environmental management issues...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Marine resources and fish stocks are now high on the international and economic research agendas, and the management of highly complex marine ecosystems is increasingly important. The task is complicated by the number of interlinked factors to be taken into account, such as social impacts, drainage systems, marine currents and the ecosystems involved...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Provides a basic introduction to contemporary approaches to environmental management. Contains explicit and extended coverage of environmental economics. Internationally prominent contributors present critically acclaimed articles which offer important insights into various areas of this subject...read more

Product Description: Book by Turner, Professor R. Kerry, Pearce, Professor David W., Bateman, Professor Ian

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