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Adaptive Management For Water Resources Project Planning This book reviews the Corps of Engineers' experiences to date with the concept of 'adaptive management' and provides advice on additional and more effective implementation of this planning approach. The adaptive management concept itself is complex and evolving, but might be summarized as 'learning while doing'. This book reviews literature on adaptive management and notes that a range of adaptive management practices present themselves for Corps projects...[Read more] |
Coastal Lagoons: Ecosystem Processes and Modeling for Sustainable Use and Development edited by I. Ethem Gonen and John P. Wolflin, 2004, 528 pages, CRC; 1 edition An effective decision-making process that will consider the hydrodynamic and ecological conditions of coastal lagoons is critical for handling development and protection of these sensitive ecosystems...[Read more] |
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Boreal Shield Watersheds: Lake Trout Ecosystems in a Changing Environment |
Playas of the Great Plains by Loren M. Smith, 2003, 275 pages, University of Texas Press; 1 edition This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of all that is currently known about Great Plains playa ecology and conservation. Loren Smith synthesizes his own extensive research with other published studies to define playas and characterize their origin, development, flora, fauna, structure, function, and diversity...[Read more] |
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| Bioassessment and Management of North American Freshwater Wetlands by Russell B. Rader, Darold P. Batzer, Scott A. Wissinger, 2001, 480 pages, Wiley; 1 edition Wetlands are an important component of any healthy ecosystem. Managing them is a full-time job, and it involves the task of biomonitoring. This is the act of monitoring the ecosystem by analyzing several key species of flora and fauna to assess which pollutants are present, the degree of permeation, and what effects they are having on that ecosystem...[Read more] |
Integrated Watershed Management in the Global Ecosystem by Rattan Lal, 1999, 416 pages, CRC; 1 edition Focusing on the technical, social, and economic issues involved in watershed management, this interdisciplinary author team focuses on bettering land use practices...[Read more] |
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| Salmon Without Rivers: A History Of The Pacific Salmon Crisis by James A. Lichatowich, 1999, 336 pages Island Press; 1 edition In Salmon Without Rivers, fisheries biologist Jim Lichatowich offers an eye-opening look at the roots and evolution of the salmon crisis in the Pacific Northwest. He describes the multitude of factors over the past century and a half that have led to the salmon's decline, and examines in depth the abject failure of restoration efforts that have focused almost exclusively on hatcheries to return salmon stocks to healthy levels without addressing the underlying causes of the decline...[Read more] |
Ecologically Based Municipal Land Use Planning by Honachefsky; William B, 1999, 272 pages, CRC; 1 edition In the decades following the first Earth Day in 1970, a generation has been enlightened about the unspeakable damage done to our planet. Federal, state, and local governments generated laws and regulations to control development and protect the environment...[Read more] |
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| Voluntary Environmental Management: The Inevitable Future by John Morelli, 1999, 184 pages, CRC; 1 edition A shift from government oversight to private sector self-regulation appears to be the future of environmental management. This will be a complex and complicated transition, as individual companies attempt to balance their needs against that of the surrounding communities - and world...[Read more] |
Environmental Management Problems and Solutions by Louis Theodore, R. Ryan Dupont and Terry E. Baxter, 1998, 352 pages, CRC; 1 edition There is a growing need to support undergraduate educators in the development of environmental management educational materials. Recognizing this need, the National Science Foundation funded a College Faculty Workshop on Environmental Management, that was conducted at Utah State University in July and August 1996...[Read more] |
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| Remote Sensing for Landscape Ecology: New Metric Indicators for Monitoring, Modeling, and Assessment of Ecosystems by Robert C. Frohn, 1998, 99 pages, CRC-Press; 1 edition This book presents a new set of metrics that allows remotely sensed data to be used effectively in landscape ecology. This groundbreaking new work is the first to present new metrics for remote sensing of landscapes and demonstrate how they can be used to yield more accurate analyses for GIS studies...[Read more] |
Assessing the Sustainability and Biological Integrity of Water Resources by Thomas P. Simon, 1998, 672 pages, CRC-Press; 1 edition This book examines the application of fish community characteristics to evaluate the sustainability and biological integrity of freshwaters. Topics discussed include perspectives on use of fish communities...[Read more] |
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| Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Development by Chris Maser, 1998, 272 pages, CRC-Press; 1 edition As with the other volumes in Maser's Sustainable Community Development series, this volume recognizes the increasing importance of local communities to take charge of the issues most directly affecting the environment...[Read more] |
Organic Waste Recycling, 2nd Edition by Chongrak Polprasert, 1996, 426 pages, Wiley This book is a guide to the principles and practice of organic waste recycling, it addresses low-cost waste recycling technologies utilising microbial and natural processes. A wide range of topics is covered, opening with a discussion of the need for and the problems involved in organic waste recycling...[Read more] |
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| Coastal Zone Management Handbook by John R. Clark, 1996, 720 pages, CRC-Press; 1 edition This handbook comprises the first complete manual on coastal resource planning and management technology. Written by an international consultant, the handbook reflects...[Read more] |
Biological Assessment Criteria: Tools for Water Resource Planning by Wayne S. Davis and Thomas P. Simon, 1995, 432 pages, CRC-Press; 1 edition Biological Assessment and Criteria presents a state-of-the-art overview of the applications of biological assessments and biocriteria for water quality management in fresh waters. The book presents case studies...[Read more] |
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| Cheyenne Bottoms: Wetland in Jeopardy by John L. Zimmerman, 1995, 215 pages, University Press of Kansas Located in central Kansas, on the main migration highway between wintering grounds in South America and breeding territory in Canada, the 41,000 acre marsh called Cheyenne Bottoms is a critical refueling stop for migrating birds...[Read more] |
Collaborative Planning for Wetlands and Wildlife: Issues and Examples edited by Douglas R. Porter and David A. Salvesen, 1995, 303 pages, Island Press; 1 edition Collaborative Planning for Wetlands and Wildlife presents numerous case studies that demonstrate how different communities have creatively reconciled problems between developers and environmentalists. It answers questions...[Read more] |
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| Waterfowl Ecology and Management by Guy A. Baldassarre and Eric G. Bolen, 1994, 632 pages, Wiley; 1 edition Scientifically exhaustive, exquisitely illustrated, an incomparable addition to your personal and professional libraries… The distillation of more than 1,600 scientific papers and reports garnered from sources around the world this awesome compendium summarizes virtually all that is currently known about North American waterfowl...[Read more] |
Statewide Wetlands Strategies: A Guide to Protecting and Managing the Resource |
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| Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment by Bruce E. Hammer, 1989, 856 pages, CRC-Press; 1 edition Both practical and theoretical, this book provides the basic principles of soil chemistry, hydrology, wetland ecology, microbiology, vegetation and wildlife as a sound introduction to this innovative technology to treat toxic wastewaters and sludges. The use of wetlands for acid mine drainage, and metals removal in municipal, urban runoff, and industrial systems is discussed...[Read more] |
Water in Environmental Planning by Thomas Dunne and Luna B. Leopold, 1978, 818 pages, W. H. Freeman; 1st edition [View Details] |
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