LIBROS DEL AUTOR: mark everard

14 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: mark everard

mark everard Eliminar filtro Quitar filtros
  • Seeking Societal Symbiosis for the Sustainable Use of Materials
    Mark Everard
    This book considers the societal use of materials, historically, in the less-than-optimal present and aspirationally as a central thread in addressing wider sustainable development challenges. It accounts for linked chemical, physical and socio-economic consequences from raw material extraction through manufacture, use and post-use. ...
    Disponible

    87,28 €

  • Waterside Diaries
    Mark Everard
    Waterside Diaries observes nature in and around British rivers throughout the ever-changing seasons. A half-dozen chapters for each month of the year explore varied facets of life in the river valley ranging from endlessly fascinating wildlife, both large and microscopic, to observations about the landscape itself, the mysteries it contains and the traditions it inspires. The...
    Disponible

    15,23 €

  • Crucians (Carassius carassius)
    Mark Everard
    The crucian is a freshwater fish species seeing a renaissance of interest in angling and conservation communities in Britain. The book takes a comprehensive approach, covering biology, ecology, angling and cultural connections, supported by a bibliography and beautiful colour imagery. ...
    Disponible

    39,64 €

  • Seeking Sustainable Development on a Level Playing Field
    Mark Everard
    This book draws on lessons learned from how the PVC value chain has engaged with problems and made further progress under voluntary commitments to sustainable development. This book is aimed at industry, regulatory and NGO audiences and influence on wider media. ...
    Disponible

    70,88 €

  • Gudgeon
    Mark Everard
    This book is a celebration of the humble gudgeon, the angler’s favourite ’tiddler’. Scientist, author and broadcaster Dr Mark Everard tells tales about the biology of the gudgeon, gudgeon fishing, and the diverse social quirks and values of this most popular of little fishes. ...
    Disponible

    39,54 €

  • Silver Bream
    Mark Everard
    This is the first ever book dedicated to the Silver Bream, a fish neglected by science. Mark Everard introduces the biology of the silver bream, angling for this fish, and its diverse social quirks and values. ...
    Disponible

    39,55 €

  • Ruffe
    Mark Everard
    This book is dedicated to the spiky little freshwater ruffian known better as the ruffe, pope, ’tommy ruffe’ and other local names. Scientist, author and broadcaster Dr Mark Everard details fascinating aspects of the biology, angling and wider contributions to society of the ruffe. ...
    Disponible

    39,52 €

  • Ecosystem Services
    Mark Everard
    Revised and fully updated, this textbook provides a detailed yet accessible introduction to the key aspects of ecosystem services. ...
    Disponible

    70,11 €

  • The Ecology of Everyday Things
    Mark Everard
    In this engaging textbook, ecosystems scientist Dr Mark Everard considers the fascinating ecological origins of a diversity of ’everyday things’; from the tea we drink, to things we wear and read, to the ecology of communities and space flight, and the importance of germs and ’unappealing creatures’ such as slugs and wasps. ...
    Disponible

    42,46 €

  • Rebuilding the Earth
    Mark Everard
    Rebuilding the Earth highlights humanity’s interdependence with the planet’s ecosystems. Today, these ecosystems are seriously degraded, compromising future security and opportunity. It is essential that we set about rebuilding the metaphorical ’ark’ of nature upon which our future prospects depend. Central to this book are several case studies of regenerative approaches drawn ...
    Disponible

    37,86 €

  • Riverwatch
    Mark Everard
    Riverwatch is a celebration and insight into the wonders of Britain’s diverse river life as it changes with the turn of the seasons.  It comprises a collection of vignettes about nature revealing itself month by month to the patient river-watcher, touching upon the many values that rivers confer upon us and pausing for some deeper musings en route.  These observations and insig...
    Disponible

    14,07 €

  • The Ecosystems Revolution
    Mark Everard
    This book explores humanity’s relationship with the natural world throughout evolutionary history, and the need to reorient this onto a symbiotic basis.  It integrates the themes of natural and artificial selection, the characteristics of historic ’revolutions’, and directed versus random change. Inspiring community-based projects, mainly from the developing world, show how eco...
    Disponible

    66,81 €

  • The Hydropolitics of Dams
    Mark Everard
    The Hydropolitics of Dams charts the troubled waters of ’heavy engineering’ approaches to ecosystem management, exploring the history, benefits and problems of large dams. It then explores diverse ecosystem-based approaches to management of human interactions with the water cycle, concluding that a synthesis of approaches is needed in future. The book also addresses political, ...
    Disponible

    46,80 €

  • Common Ground
    Mark Everard
    ...
    Disponible

    47,41 €