ecological planning Books and Publications

Stumbling Toward Sustainability

In 1992, at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, the nations of the world agreed to implement an ambitious plan for ecologically sustainable human development. This book is a comprehensive review of U.S. efforts to achieve such development since Rio. The U.S. ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

No More Muddling Through

Sustainable solutions require the integration of social and ecological aspects in every planning and decision-making process. This means: analyse the real world and model the problem-situation as a system; understand the needs and objectives of the customers and clients; carefully develop alternative ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Environmental Software Systems

Environmental Informatics is a fast growing field which deals with all methods from computer science, environmental planning, ecology and related subjects. As well as being an interdisciplinary area, Environmental Informatics provides an interface between all involved professional groups. Monitoring the ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Environmental Software Systems

Environmental Informatics (or Enviromatics) is a maturing subject with interdisciplinary roots in computer science, environmental planning, ecology, economics and other related areas. Its practitioners must be prepared to work with many diverse professional groups. It forms the foundation for ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Ecopolis

From 2008, for the first time in human history, half of the world’s population now live in cities. Yet despite a wealth of literature on green architecture and planning, there is to date no single book which draws together theory from the full range of disciplines - from architecture, planning and ecology - which ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design

Design options and planning procedures must be critically examined to ensure that landscapes are created with sensitivity to water quality and management issues as well as overall ecological integrity. Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design presents the history of water as a design and planning ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs: status survey and conservation action plan

The new Canid Action Plan synthesizes the current knowledge on the biology, ecology and status of all wild canid species, and outlines the conservation actions and projects needed to secure their long-term survival. Aiming at conservation biologists, ecologists, local conservation officials, administrators, ...

By International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Canids : foxes, wolves, jackals and dogs : status survey and conservation action plan

The new Canid Action Plan synthesizes the current knowledge on the biology, ecology and status of all wild canid species, and outlines the conservation actions and projects needed to secure their long-term survival. Aiming at conservation biologists, ecologists, local conservation officials, administrators, ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Ecological Indicators for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Assessment: A User Guide

Ecological indicators address ecosystems structure and/or function and are commonly used to provide synoptic information about their state. Through quantitative representations of either the forces that steer ecosystems, responses to forcing functions, or of previous, current, or future states of an ...

By WIT Press

Oil Dispersants: New Ecological Approaches

A positive and timely look at the use of dispersants to protect the environment. 23 papers include material on: dispersant testing; contingency planning for dispersant use cost effectiveness; new related products; ecological and freshwater dispersant applications; and training for dispersant applications; and ...

By ASTM International

Spatial Ecological-Economic Analysis for Wetland Management

Wetlands are very sensitive and valuable ecosystems that are subject to much stress from human activities. The study presented here has developed an innovative triple layer framework for analysis of wetland management. This approach provides support for spatial matching between physical planning, ...

By Cambridge University

Equids: Zebras Asses an Horses: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan

The new Equid Action Plan provides summaries of the conservation status, biology, and ecology of wild zebras, asses, and horses. During the Pleistocene, equids were the most abundant, medium-sized grazing animals of the grasslands and steppes of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Today there remain only seven ...

By International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment: Using the Relative Risk Model

Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment: Using the Relative Risk Model is a collaborative summary and guidebook of the development, methods, and application of the Relative Risk Model (RRM) to meet the need for regional assessments with multiple stressors from diverse sources and numerous desired endpoints. ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Applying Ecological Principles to Land Management

This volume applies ecological principles and guidelines to understand past and current land use and land management; and more importantly, endeavors to promote more ecologically sound approaches to future land use and management decisions. The volume incorporates case studies from a wide variety of ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Handbook of Pollution Control and Waste Minimization

Details the legal, organizational, hierarchical, and environmental components of pollution prevention and waste reduction. Illustrates fundamental concepts of pollution prevention, including life-cycle planning and analysis, risk-based pollution control, and industrial ecology. ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Strategies for national sustainable development : a handbook for their planning and implementation

of national Conservation Strategies, Green Plans, Environmental Action Plans, sectoral plans such as ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Conservation Thresholds for Land Use Planners Report

Conservation Thresholds for Land Use Planners provides a review and synthesis of information from the most up-to-date scientific literature to provide basic thresholds to land use planners to rely upon when making decisions affecting biodiversity. With more than 1,400 papers and abstracts reviewed for the project and a total of 160 papers selected for inclusion in the review, the report covers ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Integrated Land Use and Environmental Models

The authors of this volume follow four interrelated themes. In the first section "Evolving Definitions - Changing Practices" the fundamental shifts in urban modeling practices are examined in relation to the new theoretical and computational advances in the field. The second section "Ecologic Processes and their ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Smart Links: Turning Conservation Dollars into Smart Growth Opportunities Report

We need to improve the effectiveness of conservation investments by federal, state, and local governments. The Smart Links concept links conservation funding with techniques to promote smarter growth and compatible development on nearby lands. A Smart Links funding program has two goals: to ensure that the public’s acquisition funds are not spent in a way that allows conservation lands ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers, and Citizens

Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers, and Citizens introduces and explains key ecological concepts for planners, landscape architects, developers, and others involved in planning and building human habitats. The book is tailored to meet the needs of busy land use professionals and citizens seeking a concise ...

By Island Press

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