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As I left the canyon's bottom and climbed over its rim, I was struck by how vast and open the sagebrush steppe is. The contrast was remarkable! Whereas the canyon is a complex of visibly discrete habitats that formed a clear, interconnected mosaic within the confines of its walls, the area above the rim is an endless, indivisible expanse of Great Basin sagebrush and grasses to the horizon and beyond. With my first step above the rim, I left ...

This book is about building and maintaining involved, sustainable, and inclusive communities from the ground up during a period of global change. It explains the concepts and principles of community and sustainability and provides students with a framework of sustainable community planning to put into practice in communities everywhere.

This book is about building and maintaining involved, sustainable, and inclusive communities from the ground up during a period of global change. It explains the concepts and principles of community and sustainability and provides students with a framework of sustainable community planning to put into practice in communities everywhere.

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Based on the author's 40 years of experience, this book discusses the sustainability of the planet and its population when dealing with climate change. It focuses on community-based solutions and emphasizes how the heavy lifting of sustainability will always be done inside existing cities and communities. The author suggests that before changes

Increasingly, social-environmental decision making is like playing a multidimensional game of chess. Facing complex interactions between the atmosphere, the litho-hydrosphere, and the biosphere, policy makers and managers need a systemic approach to decision making. Replacing the dysfunctional, symptomatic thinking that has plunged the

Society's understanding of sustainability has evolved, along with that the language that most clearly conveys its meaning. Efforts toward social-environmental sustainability have become more urgent with an increased research focus on systems-based innovation, and noteworthy legislation. This new edition captures the most current success stories

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The new edition illustrates how to successfully mediate actual environmental conflicts and how to teach conflict resolution at any level for a wide variety of social-environmental situations. Questions are posed at the end of each chapter and a new chapter on water conflicts discuss the applied practice of conflict management.

Excerpt from From the Forest to the Sea: A Story of Fallen TreesThe forest portion of the ecosystem is the sum of three diverse, mutually dependent components: physical structures, biological entities, and ecological functions. These components are dynamic, continually developing diversity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction...

Excerpt from From the Forest to the Sea: A Story of Fallen TreesThe forest portion of the ecosystem is the sum of three diverse, mutually dependent components: physical structures, biological entities, and ecological functions. These components are dynamic, continually developing diversity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction...

Detailed Description As humans, we make choices. With change as a constant, we are continually presented with a number of choices, and we must choose. The change represented by the divergence of humanity from the rest of the world is rapidly growing, and in need of transformation. Setting the Stage for Sustainable Community Development is a guide for that transformation, which can help to create a sense of "place" where it did not previously e...

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Based on the authora (TM)s forty years of experience, this book discusses the sustainability of the planet and its population when dealing with climate change. The book focuses on community based solutions and how the heavy lifting of sustainability will always be done inside existing cities and communities. The author suggests that before changes can be made, society must adapt to the circumstances of global climate change as they already are...

A deep exploration of ways to change the current decision-making paradigm that fosters social-environmental sustainability, this book offers a sound, rational, and viable alternative to the chronic human disease of competitive, materialistic, symptomatic thinking.

Coastal and marine ecosystems are threatened by global warming, sea level rise and changes in ocean chemistry. This book synthesizes a large body of literature on how terrestrial and marine ecosystems interact globally and how these interactions will be affected by, and affect, anthropogenic changes. Features: Synthesizes an enormous volume of data that demonstrate the complex interactions between terrestrial and marine ecosystems, introduces ...

Presents an opinion that we must understand the complexity and interdependency of species and habitats from the microscopic level to the gigantic. This book shows how easily observable species are part of a complicated infrastructure. It also shows that forests are far more complicated, which means simplistic policies will not save them.

Presents a study of three interactive spheres of the ecosystem: atmosphere (air), litho-hydrosphere (rock that comprises the restless continents and the water that surrounds them), and biosphere (all life sandwiched in between). This book addresses key issues including land-use policies, ecological restoration, and forest management.

This remarkable book offers an intimate look at the life histories and habitats of mammals in the Pacific Northwest, from the coast to the high Cascades. For each species of mammal, the book provides a physical description and detailed information on distribution, habitat, and behavior. Over 100 photos.