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For the first time, an aquatic biologist and ethnozoologist presents the definitive history of the phenomena and carefully examines the evidence behind the Gloucester Sea Serpent. It is early evidence for what is today recognized as being one of the most serious threats to marine biodiversity: entanglement in fishing gear and maritime debris.

The sighting by the well-known missionaries and natural historians, Poul and Hans Egede, of an unrecognized marine animal off the coast of Greenland in 1734, which in their writings would be variably referred to as a "terribly big" or "very horrible" sea creature, or translated as a "most dreadful monster, " is generally regarded as initiating the modern cultural phenomenon of sea serpents. The present ethnozoology study undertakes a detailed ...

With contributions from prominent experts and scholars, the Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design pushes the frontier of standard water management toward new directions, guiding views outward to the exciting and incompletely mapped regions of true interdisciplinary water sensitive planning and design. Divided into two themat

What if environmentally damaged landscapes could not only be remediated from an ecological standpoint, but also designed to replenish an entire community and the nature surrounding it? Focusing on integrated solutions that incorporate community needs, this book balances remediation strategies with design needs for creating a sustainable community on repaired lands. It provides a new paradigm for environmental restoration and the renewal of urb...

Presents the history of water as a design and planning element in landscape architecture and describes interpretations of water management. This handbook addresses the subject of site-specific water sensitive design. It focuses on issues relating to the water sensitive planning of riparian buffers and watersheds.

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This unique book takes an in-depth look at the process of restoring damaged or abandoned landscapes to benefit both nature and people. With a focus on history, planning, methodology, design, and construction, it explores five projects in regenerative landscape design. Supported by extensive illustrations and a question-and-answers discussion with project designers and managers, two comprehensive case studies of wetland parks in Las Vegas and L...

A new and original angle that looks at Venice as an endangered city that has a bleak future. Written by an environmental scholar, this gives equal weight to both the environmental and social problems plaguing the city.

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A themed approach to the Camino de Santiago, (The Way of St James), fully illustrated with original photos and in a handy size for rucksacks.

Intendedas a 'one stop shop' of a veritable who's who of leading urban agricultureauthors and scholars, this book brings together multiple contributions on thedesign, development, science, and society of the rapidly expanding, multi-disciplinary field. The book is accessible, free of jargon, and full ofpictures, graphics and charts.

Introduction to Watershed Development: Understanding and Managing the Impacts of Sprawl presents a logical framework to measure, minimize, and manage the problem of development from a viewpoint of understanding the responses of watersheds and their inhabitants to this stress. This book is the author's distinctive and extremely well-informed perspective, culled from his many years of scientific research, environmental scholarship, professional ...

Introduction to Watershed Development: Understanding and Managing the Impacts of Sprawl presents a logical framework to measure, minimize, and manage the problem of development from a viewpoint of understanding the responses of watersheds and their inhabitants to this stress. This book is the author's distinctive and extremely well-informed perspective, culled from his many years of scientific research, environmental scholarship, professional ...

This book explores the creation, restoration, enhancement, and construction of designed wetlands. It provides a practical guide for wetland design on a local site-specific scale, as well as reviews the impact of wetland design projects on the environment. More than 150 key principles and practices of wetland design and planning are presented, accompanied by detailed illustrations, and case studies demonstrate the successful application of thes...

Presenting emerging perspectives on environmental restoration, this collection of essays by a leading group of environmental scholars combines theoretical discussion with practical approaches. Describing the variety of ways that humans can and should interact with nature, this multi-disciplinary work shares hands-on exercises for engaging urban communities to develop supportive relationships with their surrounding environment. These writings d...

Facilitating Watershed Management brings together myriad distinctive voices to create an experiential learning process drawn from the most important innovators in the field. Presenting an introduction to the diversity of tools (sociological, pedagogical, phenomenological) needed to implement watershed management in the real world trenches, the book helps move students and practitioners from being knowledgeable stewards of watersheds to becomin...