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  • Introduction to Designing Environments

    Paradigms & Approaches

    Edited by Michael U. Hensel, Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel, Claudia R. Binder, Ferdinand Ludwig ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The Designing Environments book series addresses questions regarding necessary environmental transformation in the context of the fast-unfolding environmental crisis. This is done from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, examining the negative impact of human transformations of the environment and providing different inroads towards sustainable environmental transformation with net positive ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • Sustainability Assessment of Urban Systems

    Edited by Claudia R. Binder, Romano Wyss, Emanuele Massaro ...
    Our world is becoming more urban. More than fifty percent of the global population now lives in cities, which poses new challenges for sustainable development. This book integrates theory and methods of sustainability assessment with concepts from systems science to provide guidelines for assessing the sustainability of urban systems. It discusses different aspects of urban sustainability, from ... Read more

    $95.99 USD

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  • The Theory of Ecological Communities

    by Mark Vellend ...
    Series Book 57 - Monographs in Population Biology
    A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological communities? What other scientific areas might serve as a guiding framework? As it turns out, the core focus of community ecology—understanding patterns of diversity and composition of biological variants across space ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Ecosystem Ecology

    A New Synthesis

    Edited by David G. Raffaelli, Christopher L. J. Frid ...
    Series series Ecological Reviews
    What can ecological science contribute to the sustainable management and conservation of the natural systems that underpin human well-being? Bridging the natural, physical and social sciences, this book shows how ecosystem ecology can inform the ecosystem services approach to environmental management. The authors recognise that ecosystems are rich in linkages between biophysical and social ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Urban Remote Sensing

    Monitoring, Synthesis and Modeling in the Urban Environment

    Edited by Xiaojun Yang ...
    Urban Remote Sensing is designed for upper level undergraduates, graduates, researchers and practitioners, and has a clear focus on the development of remote sensing technology for monitoring, synthesis and modeling in the urban environment. It covers four major areas: the use of high-resolution satellite imagery or alternative sources of image date (such as high-resolution SAR and LIDAR) for ... Read more

    $123.95 USD

  • Cities That Think like Planets

    Complexity, Resilience, and Innovation in Hybrid Ecosystems

    by Marina Alberti ...
    As human activity and environmental change come to be increasingly recognized as intertwined phenomena on a rapidly urbanizing planet, the field of urban ecology has risen to offer useful ways of thinking about coupled human and natural systems.On the forefront of this discipline is Marina Alberti, whose innovative work offers a conceptual framework for uncovering fundamental laws that govern the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Data Journeys in the Sciences

    Edited by Sabina Leonelli, Niccolò Tempini ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This groundbreaking, open access volume analyses and compares data practices across several fields through the analysis of specific cases of data journeys. It brings together leading scholars in the philosophy, history and social studies of science to achieve two goals: tracking the travel of data across different spaces, times and domains of research practice; and documenting how such journeys ... Read more

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  • Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas

    Linkages between Science, Policy and Practice

    Edited by Nadja Kabisch, Horst Korn, Jutta Stadler, Aletta Bonn ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book brings together research findings and experiences from science, policy and practice to highlight and debate the importance of nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation in urban areas. Emphasis is given to the potential of nature-based approaches to create multiple-benefits for society.The expert contributions present recommendations for creating synergies between ... Read more

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  • Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions

    Edited by Roberto Tognetti, Melanie Smith, Pietro Panzacchi ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book offers a cross-sectoral reference for both managers and scientists interested in climate-smart forestry, focusing on mountain regions. It provides a comprehensive analysis on forest issues, facilitating the implementation of climate objectives. This book includes structured summaries of each chapter.Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, CLIMO has brought together ... Read more

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  • Metacommunity Ecology

    by Mathew A. Leibold, Jonathan M. Chase ...
    Series Book 59 - Monographs in Population Biology
    Metacommunity ecology links smaller-scale processes that have been the provenance of population and community ecology—such as birth-death processes, species interactions, selection, and stochasticity—with larger-scale issues such as dispersal and habitat heterogeneity. Until now, the field has focused on evaluating the relative importance of distinct processes, with niche-based environmental ... Read more

    $56.89 USD

  • From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity

    Conceptual and Practical Challenges

    Edited by Elena Casetta, Jorge Marques da Silva, Davide Vecchi ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This open access book features essays written by philosophers, biologists, ecologists and conservation scientists facing the current biodiversity crisis. Despite increasing communication, accelerating policy and management responses, and notwithstanding improving ecosystem assessment and endangered species knowledge, conserving biodiversity continues to be more a concern than an accomplished task. ... Read more

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  • Urban Climate Mitigation Techniques

    Edited by Mat Santamouris, Denia Kolokotsa ...
    The urban climate is continuously deteriorating. Urban heat lowers the quality of urban life, increases energy needs, and affects the urban socio-economy. Urban Climate Mitigation Techniques presents steps that can be taken to mitigate this situation through a series of innovative technologies and examples of best practices for the improvement of the urban climate.Including tools for evaluation ... Read more

    $48.99 USD