Researching the Culture in Agri-Culture
Social Research for International Development
Edited by MM Cernea and AH Kassam
Much-needed analysis of the work of the CGIAR, the backbone of international agricultural
research. ....
497 pages | - | CABI (Consignment)
Hbk | 2006 | 0851990037 | #155114A |
£75.00
Pbk | 2006 | 0851990266 | #155115A |
£35.00
Soil and Water Conservation Handbook
Policies, Practices, Conditions, and Terms
Paul W Unger
The Soil and Water Conservation Handbook is a concise, compact encyclopedia of the policies,
practices,
conditions, and terms related to soil and/or water conservation. ....
254 pages | Haworth Press
Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1560223294 |
#161665A |
£35.95
Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1560223308 |
#161666A |
£17.95
Sustainability in Agriculture
Edited by RE Hester and RM Harrison
World trade in agriculture, with its massive subsidies, restrictive barriers, international
collaboration and competition, and the livelihoods of millions of farmers ....
130 pages | - | RSC
Pbk | 2005 | 0854042016 | #160954A |
£60.00
Tropical Homegardens
A Time-Tested Example of Sustainable Agroforestry
Edited by BM Kumar and PKR Nair
`Homegardens' are integrated tree - crop
- animal production systems, often in small parcels of
land surrounding homesteads, and primarily found in tropical environments. ....
377 pages | Springer
Hbk | 2006 | 1402049471 | #160997A |
£107.50
The UK Pesticide Guide 2006
Edited by R Whitehead
637 pages | - | CABI (Consignment)
Pbk | 2006 | 1845930452 | #157133A |
£36.95
UN Millennium Development Library: Halving Hunger
It Can be Done
UN Millennium Project Task Force on Hunger
Examines current world progress towards eliminating hunger, and calls for the implementation
of seven recommendations in the areas of: political action, national ....
224 pages | Figures, tables, diagrams |
Earthscan
Pbk | 2005 | 1844072207 | #152533A |
£25.00___The_World_Food_Economy'>£25.00
The World Food Economy
Douglas Southgate, Douglas
Graham and Luther Tweeten
Assesses important historical questions surrounding population growth and food supply to
summarise the challenges of satisfying food demand during the 21st century. It documents ....
402 pages | - | Blackwell
Hbk | 2006 | 1405105968 | #147832A |
£55.00__Pbk_|_2007_|_1405105976_|_147833A_|_£26.99_____Sustainable_Development:_Philosophy__Ethics'>£55.00
Pbk | 2007 | 1405105976 | #147833A |
£26.99
Sustainable Development: Philosophy & Ethics
Environmental Justice and Environmentalism
The Social Justice Challenge to the Environmental Movement
Edited by Ronald Sandler and Phaedra C Pezzullo
Although the environmental movement and the environmental justice movement would seem to
be natural allies, their relationship over the years has often been characterized by ....
352 pages | 3 illus | MIT Press
Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0262195526 |
#160721A |
£39.95
Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0262693402 |
#160722A |
£16.95
Environmental Values
Alan Holland, Andrew Light and John O'Neill
Offers an account of environmental values which recognizes the centrality of human relations
with and responses to the environments in which we live, while rejecting ....
224 pages | 15 b/w figs, 15 b/w photos
|
Routledge
Hbk | 2006 | 0415145082 | #148041A |
£70.00__Pbk_|_2006_|_0415145090_|_148042A_|_£20.99___Evolutionary_Ethics_and_Contemporary_Biology'>£70.00
Pbk | 2006 | 0415145090 | #148042A |
£20.99
Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology
Edited by Giovanni Boniolo and Gabriele De Anna
How can the discoveries made in the biological sciences play a role in a discussion on the
foundation of ethics? This book responds to this question by examining how ....
207 pages | - | CUP
Hbk | 2006 | 0521856299 | #161607A |
£45.00__Pbk_|_NYP_01/2007_|_1844650855_|_162393A_|_£14.99___Teaching_Environmental_Ethics'>£45.00___Genomics_and_Society_Legal,_Ethical_and_Social_Dimensions'>£45.00
Genomics and Society
Legal, Ethical and Social Dimensions
Edited by George Gaskell and Martin Bauer
From the mid 1990s to the present day, agricultural biotechnology - GM crops and foods - has
been the focus of debate and conflict in many European countries. Contrasting views ....
256 pages | - | Earthscan
Hbk | 2006 | 1844071138 | #157800A |
£55.00
Infinite Nature
R Bruce Hull
Critique of environmentalism from a North American perspective. ....
232 pages | 1 line drawing, 2 tables |
Chicago UP
Hbk | 2006 | 0226359441 | #157434A |
£16.00
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Philosophy of Biology
Brian Garvey
Biology raises distinct questions of its own not only for philosophy of science, but for
metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. This book provides a presentation of the key ....
320 pages | Acumen Publishing
Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1844650707 |
#162065A |
£50.00
Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1844650715 |
#162066A |
£14.99
Philosophy, Biology and Life
Edited by A O'Hear
It has been claimed that following the decline of Marxism and Freudianism, Darwinism has
become the dominant intellectual paradigm of our day. In the mass media there are many ....
336 pages | CUP
Pbk | 2006 | 0521678455 | #162268A |
£15.99
Science and Ethics
Bernard E Rollin
In Science and Ethics, Bernard Rollin examines the ideology that denies the relevance of ethics
to science. Providing an introduction to basic ethical concepts, he discusses a ....
304 pages | CUP
Hbk | 2006 | 0521857546 | #162266A |
£40.00
Pbk | 2006 | 0521674182 | #162267A |
£15.99
Scientific Method
Robert
Nola and Howard Sankey
Robert Nola and Howard Sankey provide an authoritative and comprehensive examination of
the major theories of scientific method and the demarcation of science of the past fifty ....
240 pages | Acumen Publishing
Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1844650847 |
#162067A |
£45.00
Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1844650855 |
#162393A |
£14.99
Teaching Environmental Ethics
Edited by Clare Palmer
This collection explores a wide variety of questions, both of a theoretical and a practical nature,
raised by teaching environmental ethics. The essays consider general ....
248 pages | EJ Brill
Pbk | 2006 | 9004150056 | #157475A |
£65.00
Why Conservation is Failing and How It Can Regain
Ground
Eric T Freyfogle
North American perspective on the struggles of the conservation movement. ....
304 pages | - | Yale UP
Hbk | 2006 | 0300110405 | #158404A |
£20.00
Sustainable Development: Design & Construction
Design of Welded Structures
Omer Blodgett
800 pages | B/w photos, illus, figs, tabs
| Lincoln Electric
Hbk | 1966 | 9998474922 | #110387A |
£45.00
The Green Self-Build Book
How to Design and Build your own Eco-home
Jon Broome
Whether you want a turf roof, solar-powered hot water, or a super-insulated (and cost-efficient)
house, you need to know the essential elements of the self-build ....
256 pages | 100 col photos, 50 line
drawings | Green Books
Pbk | 2006 | 1903998735 | #160845A |
£25.00
The Passive Solar House
Using Solar Design to Heat and Cool your Home
James Kachadorian
For the past ten years The Passive Solar House has offered proven
techniques for building
homes that heat and cool themselves, using readily available materials and ....
224 pages | B/w illus | Chelsea Green
Pbk | 2006 | 1933392037 | #160853A |
£27.50
Ritual House
Drawing on Nature's Rhythms for Architecture and Urban Design
Ralph L Knowles
The houses we dwell in, the cities surrounding our houses, even the clothes we wear-these are
all shelters we erect against the elements. They are also the embodiment ....
224 pages | Island Press
Hbk | 2006 | 1597260509 | #162597A |
£24.50
Sustainable Development: Biotechnology & the Environment
Basic Biotechnology
Edited by C Ratledge and B Kristiansen
In this new edition of the
textbook Basic Biotechnology, biology and bioprocessing topics are
uniquely combined to provide a complete overview of biotechnology. The ....
568 pages | Illus, figs, tabs | CUP
Hbk | 2006 | 0521840317 | #158723A |
£70.00
Pbk | 2006 | 0521549582 | #158722A |
£35.00
Biotech
Science, Politics, and the Birth of an Industry
Eric J. Vettel
"Biotech" chronicles the story behind genetic engineering, recombinant DNA, cloning, and stem-
cell research. It is a story about the meteoric rise of government support for ....
296 pages | 20 illus | Pennsylvania UP
Hbk | 2006 | 0812239474 | #157540A |
£26.00
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