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1. Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation by Sharon Gamson Danks | |
Paperback: 288
Pages
(2010-11-02)
list price: US$39.95 -- used & new: US$23.46 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0976605481 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description Asphalt to Ecosystems is a compelling color guidebook for designing and building natural schoolyard environments that enhance childhood learning and play experiences while providing connection with the natural world. With this book, Danks broadens our notion of what a well-designed schoolyard should be, taking readers on a journey from traditional, ordinary grassy fields and asphalt, to explore the vibrant and growing movement to "green" school grounds in the United States and around the world. This book documents exciting green schoolyard examples from almost 150 schools in 11 countries, illustrating that a great many things are possible on school grounds when they are envisioned as outdoor classrooms for hands-on learning and play. The book's 500 vivid, color photographs showcase some of the world's most innovative green schoolyards including: edible gardens with fruit trees, vegetables, chickens, honey bees, and outdoor cooking facilities; wildlife habitats with prairie grasses and ponds, or forest and desert ecosystems; schoolyard watershed models, rainwater catchment systems and waste-water treatment wetlands; renewable energy systems that power landscape features, or the whole school; waste-as-a-resource projects that give new life to old materials in beautiful ways; K-12 curriculum connections for a wide range of disciplines from science and math to art and social studies; creative play opportunities that diversify school ground recreational options and encourage children to run, hop, skip, jump, balance, slide, and twirl, as well as explore the natural world first hand. The book grounds these examples in a practical framework that illustrates simple landscape design choices that all schools can use to make their schoolyards more comfortable, enjoyable and beautiful, and describes a participatory design process that schools can use to engage their school communities in transforming their own asphalt into ecosystems. Customer Reviews (1)
Very Interesting..... |
2. Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship: Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management in a Changing World | |
Hardcover: 402
Pages
(2009-05-29)
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Editorial Review Product Description This is a textbook for Natural Resource Management, Resource Conservation and Ecosystem Management, as well as other related or more specialized courses. Most textbooks on natural resource and ecosystem management are dominated by a steady-state view that interprets change as gradual and incremental and disregards interactions across scales. Management implementation of steady-state theory and policies tends to invest in controlling a few selected ecosystem processes, at the expense of long-term social-ecological resilience - i.e., the capacity of the system to cope with surprise and abrupt changes. Loss of resilience makes systems more vulnerable to both expected and unforeseen changes. Achieving desirable outcomes for humanity, such as those of the UN Millennium Development Goals on poverty, food security, and environmental sustainability, will require new integrated and adaptive approaches to social and economic development, where the complex interconnectedness between humans and nature, at all scales, is considered and the existence of uncertainty and surprise accepted as the rule. The purpose of this textbook is to provide a new framework for resource management - a framework based on the necessity of managing resources in a world dominated by uncertainty and change. The book links recent advances in the theory of resilience, sustainability, and vulnerability with practical issues of resource management. |
3. Design for Human Ecosystems: Landscape, Land Use, and Natural Resources by John Lyle | |
Paperback: 288
Pages
(1999-03-01)
list price: US$42.50 -- used & new: US$38.80 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 155963720X Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description For more than 30 years, John Tillman Lyle (1934-1998) was one of the leading thinkers in the field of ecological design. Design for Human Ecosystems, originally published in 1985, is his classic text that explores methods of designing landscapes that function in the sustainable ways of natural ecosystems.The book provides a framework for thinking about and understanding ecological design, along with a wealth of real-world examples that bring to life Lyle's key ideas. Lyle traces the historical growth of design approaches involving natural processes, and presents an introduction to the principles, methods, and techniques that can be used to shape landscape, land use, and natural resources in an ecologically sensitive and sustainable manner. Lyle argues that careful design of human ecosystems recognizes three fundamental concerns: scale (the relative size of the landscape and its connections with larger and smaller systems), the design process itself, and the underlying order that binds ecosystems together and makes them work. He discusses the importance of each of these concerns, and presents a workable approach to designing systems that effectively accounts for all of them. The theory presented is supported throughout by numerous case studies that illustrate its practical applications.This new edition features a foreword by Joan Woodward, noted landscape architecture professor and colleague of Lyle, that places the book in the context of current ecological design thinking and discusses Lyle's contributions to the field. It will be a valuable resource for landscape architects, planners, students of ecological design, and anyone interested in creating landscapes that meet the needs of all an area's inhabitants-human and nonhuman alike. Customer Reviews (1)
Another classic for future generations I highly recommend this book! ... Read more |
4. Limnology, Third Edition: Lake and River Ecosystems by Robert G. Wetzel | |
Hardcover: 1006
Pages
(2001-04-20)
list price: US$105.00 -- used & new: US$79.78 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0127447601 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description Customer Reviews (7)
How do you rate it? It all depends how you want to use it.
took forever
Good but not that good.
Outstanding and In-Depth
Difficult to Read |
5. Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology by F. Stuart Chapin III, Harold A. Mooney, Melissa C. Chapin | |
Paperback: 472
Pages
(2002-08-12)
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
Book review
good stuff
Essential for ecology
good for the ecosystem ecologist in everyone |
6. ecosystem Planner 12-Month Weekly 2011: Small Onyx Hardcover (ecosystem Series) | |
Calendar: 144
Pages
(2010-07-06)
list price: US$10.95 -- used & new: US$6.65 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1607364026 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description ecosystem pulls together all the elements we have been looking for in a plannerbeautiful eco-friendly paper; great color; solid construction; special features like a back pocket, perforated pages, and an elastic closure; and a selection of interior formats to suit one's specific needs. And the planner includes all the extra information you need on-the-go: a travel record; time zone map; toll-free number listing; and US and international dialing codes. On top of all that, it is completely made in the USA. Even moreecosystemlife.com is a great site that tells you more about the exact book you purchased, where it came from, how to recycle it, and more. You can even register it in case you misplace your book. It's a great "system." Customer Reviews (1)
Great calendar! |
7. Exploring Ecosystems with Max Axiom, Super Scientist (Graphic Science series) by Agniesezka Biskup | |
Paperback: 32
Pages
(2007-01-01)
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8. Software Ecosystem: Understanding an Indispensable Technology and Industry by David G. Messerschmitt, Clemens Szyperski | |
Paperback: 440
Pages
(2005-09-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Customer Reviews (5)
Tedious and basic
Insightful, highly recommended
Complexity Simplified
Recommended as the basic work on IT industry Software creation is here seen in context of industry, govrnement and economy - not only business, not merely science. Excellent reading to get the correct ideas behind the buzzwords. Very good for people, who already got the hunch of important changes happening from Castells (Network Society).
Must Reading for Anyone in Information Technology |
9. Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World by Brian Walker PhD, David Salt | |
Paperback: 192
Pages
(2006-08-22)
list price: US$25.00 -- used & new: US$23.77 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1597260932 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description Customer Reviews (9)
Interesting take on env. mgmt.
A Resilient Introduction
A very accessible book
Resilience in the environment
Resilience in a nutshell and put simply |
10. The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, Third Edition by Thomas E. Lodge | |
Hardcover: 422
Pages
(2010-04-26)
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Editorial Review Product Description Completely revised, updated, and now with color photographs and illustrations in every chapter, The Everglades Handbook provides a breadth and depth of information on the entire ecosystem of the Everglades that cannot be found anywhere else. Written by Thomas Lodge, one of the most respected authorities on the Everglades and one of its most ardent protectors, the book is an updated, expanded, and comprehensive explanation of what the Everglades is, how it has been changed, and the restoration needed to bring back ecological functions and safeguard sustainable future uses of the region by people. Expanded and updated coverage in the third edition includes: This edition maintains Lodge's trademark style, making the book appealing to students, the general public, scientists, and managers. A bestseller in each edition since its publication in 1994, this is quite possibly the most attractive, readable science book available on the Everglades. Customer Reviews (6)
A welcome, professional addition to college library and environmental studies shelves
Essential book to understanding Everglades
Essential resource
Satisfactory
A Wonderful Guide to Understanding the Everglades |
11. Forest Ecosystems by David A. Perry, Ram Oren, Stephen C. Hart | |
Hardcover: 632
Pages
(2008-06-19)
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Editorial Review Product Description This acclaimed textbook is the most comprehensive available in the field of forest ecology. Designed for advanced students of forest science, ecology, and environmental studies, it is also an essential reference for forest ecologists, foresters, and land managers. The authors provide an inclusive survey of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests with an emphasis on ecological concepts across scales that range from global to landscape to microscopic. Situating forests in the context of larger landscapes, they reveal the complex patterns and processes observed in tree-dominated habitats. The updated and expanded second edition covers • Conservation• Ecosystem services • Climate change• Vegetation classification• Disturbance• Species interactions• Self-thinning• Genetics• Soil influences• Productivity• Biogeochemical cycling• Mineralization• Effects of herbivory• Ecosystem stability Customer Reviews (3)
Indispensable...
Outstanding Book!!!
Great Reference |
12. Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems: Principles and Practices by Peter Newman, Isabella Jennings | |
Paperback: 296
Pages
(2008-01-31)
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Editorial Review Product Description Modern city dwellers are largely detached from the environmental effects of their daily lives. The sources of the water they drink, the food they eat, and the energy they consume are all but invisible, often coming from other continents, and their waste ends up in places beyond their city boundaries. Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems shows how cities and their residents can begin to reintegrate into their bioregional environment, and how cities themselves can be planned with nature’s organizing principles in mind. Taking cues from living systems for sustainability strategies, Newman and Jennings reassess urban design by exploring flows of energy, materials, and information, along with the interactions between human and non-human parts of the system. Drawing on examples from all corners of the world, the authors explore natural patterns and processes that cities can emulate in order to move toward sustainability. Some cities have adopted simple strategies such as harvesting rainwater, greening roofs, and producing renewable energy. Others have created biodiversity parks for endangered species, community gardens that support a connection to their foodshed, and pedestrian-friendly spaces that encourage walking and cycling. A powerful model for urban redevelopment, Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems describes aspects of urban ecosystems from the visioning process to achieving economic security to fostering a sense of place. Customer Reviews (4)
the book is torn!
Valuable Framework and Best Practices
Good introduction to a new "school of thought"
Skims the surface of a deeper topic |
13. Ecosystems of Florida | |
Paperback: 765
Pages
(1990-09-28)
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Editorial Review Product Description Customer Reviews (3)
Excellent book for Florida Master Naturalist Students
Recommended for Florida Master Naturalists
THE Indispensible guide to the ecology of Florida |
14. ecosystem Journal Ruled: Large Onyx Hardcover (ecosystem Series) | |
Hardcover: 192
Pages
(2010-07-06)
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Editorial Review Product Description Made of 100% post-consumer recycled paper, the ecosystem hardcover journal is a great place to record your ideas, inspirations, plans, and dreams. The books are made of beautiful, smooth, bright-white, eco-friendly paper and include special touches like a back pocket, perforated pages, organic cotton bookmark, and an elastic closure. Plus, an ecosystem journal is 100% made in the USA. In the back of each book, there is an ID number that allows you to track, via ecosystemlife.com, where the components of your book were made and how to recycle them if you so choose. |
15. New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics and Restoration (The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration Series) | |
Paperback: 366
Pages
(2008-01-07)
list price: US$50.00 -- used & new: US$45.18 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1597261858 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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16. Terrestrial Ecosystems by JohnD. Aber, Jerry M. Melillo | |
Hardcover: 556
Pages
(2001-03-09)
list price: US$208.95 -- used & new: US$98.79 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0120417553 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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buy the new edition |
17. Resolving Ecosystem Complexity (MPB-47) (Monographs in Population Biology) by Oswald J. Schmitz | |
Paperback: 176
Pages
(2010-07-21)
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18. ecosystem Planner 12-Month Weekly 2011: Medium Onyx Hardcover (ecosystem Series) | |
Calendar: 144
Pages
(2010-07-06)
list price: US$16.95 -- used & new: US$9.77 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1607364034 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description ecosystem pulls together all the elements we have been looking for in a plannerbeautiful eco-friendly paper; great color; solid construction; special features like a back pocket, perforated pages, and an elastic closure; and a selection of interior formats to suit one's specific needs. Even moreecosystemlife.com is a great site that tells you more about the exact book you purchased, where it came from, how to recycle it, and more. You can even register it in case you misplace your book. It's a great "system." |
19. Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration: Five Case Studies from the United States (The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration Series) | |
Paperback: 344
Pages
(2008-07-07)
list price: US$35.00 -- used & new: US$27.50 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1597260266 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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Detailed discussion of collaborative ecosystem restoration projects |
20. ecosystem Planner 18-Month Weekly 2011: Small Onyx Flexicover (ecosystem Series) | |
Calendar: 208
Pages
(2010-05-04)
list price: US$9.95 -- used & new: US$6.04 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1607361876 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description ecosystem pulls together all the elements we have been looking for in a plannerbeautiful eco-friendly paper; great color; solid construction; special features like a back pocket, perforated pages, and an elastic closure; and a selection of interior formats to suit one's specific needs. And the planner includes all the extra information you need on-the-go: a travel record; time zone map; toll-free number listing; and US and international dialing codes. On top of all that, it is completely made in the USA. And even moreecosystemlife.com is a great site that tells you more about the exact book you purchased, where it came from, how to recycle it, and more. You can even register it in case you misplace your book. It's a great "system." Customer Reviews (1)
Great planner for students or professionals |
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