Law : Natural Resources

Most Americans had never heard of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) before the summer of 2008 when gas prices exceeded $4.00 per gallon. At that tim......

Social Network Analysis (SNA), a quantitative approach to the study of social relations, has recently emerged as a key tool for understanding the governance ......

In 1998, a National Academy of Sciences panel called for an integrated, risk-based food safety system. This goal is widely embraced, but there has been littl......

The central challenge for Arizona and many other arid regions in the world is keeping a sustainable water supply in the face of rapid population growth and o......

Most land in the United States is in rural areas, as are the sources of most of its fresh water and almost all its other natural resources. One of the...

The connections between communities and forests are complex and evolving, presenting challenges to forest managers, researchers, and communities themselves. ......

Ocean and coastal management regimes are increasingly subject to competing demands from stakeholders. Regulations must not only address fishing, recreation, ......

“Reads like a mystery thriller wherein a handful of committed environmentalists forestall the destruction of America’s premier fossil beds. Bring......

This book documents a decade of research, methodological innovation, and lessons learned in an eco-regional research-for-development program operating in the......

Why do people fight about water rights? Who decides how much water can be used by a city or irrigator? Does the federal government get involved in state wate......

Dr. Marshall Murphree is a prominent scholar in the Ëelds of common property theory, rural development, and natural resource management. After graduating fro......

'Blue Revolution upturns some environmental applecarts - not for the hell of it, but so we can manage our environment better.' Fred Pearce, New Scientist Th......

'This book aims to inspire the conservation community not to regard poverty reduction as someone else's job but to take responsibility for it as part of ecos......

Scientists and consultants need to estimate and map properties of the terrestrial environment. These include plant nutrients and parasites in soil, gaseous e......

This book documents a decade of research, methodological innovation, and lessons learned in an eco-regional research-for-development program operating in the......

Balancing Water for Humans and Nature, authored by two of the world's leading experts on water management, examines water flows - the 'blood stream' of both ......

Collaboration has become a popular approach to environmental policy, planning, and management. At the urging of citizens, nongovernmental organizations, and ......

Collaboration has become a popular approach to environmental policy, planning, and management. At the urging of citizens, nongovernmental organizations, and ......

This book presents national environmental, or 'green' accounting as it has developed in Europe and other parts of the world. It introduces the most recent me......

Environmental life cycle assessment is often thought of as cradle to grave and therefore as the most complete accounting of the environmental costs and benef......