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Environmental and Resource Valuation with Revealed Preferences: A Theoretical Guide to Empirical Models (The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources)
Nancy E. Bockstael , and Kenneth E. McConnell Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0792365011 |
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Environmental and Resource Valuation with Revealed Preferences: A Theoretical Guide to Empirical Models provides a systematic review of those economic approaches for valuing the environment and natural resources that use information on what people do, not what they say. The authors have worked on models of revealed preferences for valuing environmental and natural resources for several decades and authored some of the seminal papers in the field. The book is a natural outcome of their conceptual contributions and their many years of experience in empirical policy research, natural resource damage litigation and teaching on the topic.
The chief purpose of Environmental and Resource Valuation with Revealed Preferences is to collect in one place current thought on the various revealed preference approaches to environmental valuation and to subject these approaches to consistent theoretical critique.
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Geology: The Active Earth (Ranger Rick's Naturescope)
Sandra Stotksy Manufacturer: Chelsea House Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding Similar Items:
ASIN: 0791048349 |
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Here are dozens of ready-to-use activities from the premier environmental organization in the U.S., exploring the changing face of our planet. Through the age-appropriate projects and fascinating facts in this jam-packed resource book, adults can inspire students in grades K-8 to learn about the natural phenomenaÑsuch as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, geysers, and faultlinesÑthat make living on Earth a "moving" experience. Includes reproducible handouts, indoor and outdoor activites, geology trivia, and much more.Customer Reviews:
OUTSTANDING!.......2006-12-17
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A Guide to the End of the World: Everything You Never Wanted to Know
Bill McGuire Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0192802976 |
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The earth is an extraordinarily fragile place which is fraught with danger. A tiny rock hurtling through space, wracked by violent crustal movements and subject to dramatic climatic changes as the earth's geophysical and orbital circumstances vary. Only 10,000 years after the end of the Ice Age, the planet is sweltering in some of the highest temperatures it has ever experienced. At the same time, overpopulation and exploitation are dramatically increasing the vulnerability of modern society to natural catastrophes such as earthquakes, floods, and volcanic eruptions. As futurologists long ago discovered, predicting the future is nigh on impossible, and few of us can even start to imagine what life will be like on planet earth in a million or even a thousand years time. The real question is, however, will there be any human life here at all? The End of the World will focus on the many potential catastrophes facing our planet and our race in the future, and will address both the probabilities of these events happening and our chances of survival. The breadth of treatment will extend from discussion of the likely consequences of the current global warming experiment to the inevitable destruction of the Earth in the far future, when it is enveloped by our giant, bloated sun. In between other end of the world scenarios will be examined, including the new Ice Age, the asteroid and comet impact threat, supervolcanoes and their effects, and megatsunami.Customer Reviews:
Hysteria.......2005-07-23
Chicken Little was right.......2002-12-31
The really scary thing about super-eruptions is that not only can't they be predicted, they can't be prevented. In this sense they are worse than an earth-crossing asteroid or unleashed Oort Cloud comets. We might be able to see a meteor coming our way and with current technology nudge it off its course or blast it into smaller pieces, but there is absolutely nothing we can do about a super-eruption. Even if the super-eruption takes place halfway around the world, its effects, possibly leading to a civilization-ending volcanic winter, will be felt everywhere. With the social disruption, the disease, and the cold and starvation, the living (to recall a phrase from the Cold War) may very well envy the dead.
McGuire, who is Benfield Greig Professor of Geophysical Hazards at University College London, recalls for our delectation, "perhaps the greatest volcanic explosion ever" that took place at Toba in northern Sumatra 73,500 years ago. It qualified as a Volcanic Explosivity Index 8 (VEI 8) event, which means it was about one thousand times as powerful as the VEI 5 1980 blast at Mount St. Helens. It tore a hole in the ground one hundred kilometers across and sent an estimated 3,000 cubic kilometers (that's kilometers)of debris into the atmosphere, enough "to cover virtually the whole of India with a layer of ash one metre thick." (pp. 98-103) A volcanic winter of perhaps six years followed with "up to 5,000 million tonnes of sulphuric acid aerosols" in the air, enough to "cut the amount of sunlight reaching the surface by 90 per cent." (p. 104) An ice age followed, perhaps triggered by the mammoth eruption. McGuire goes on to speculate that so many humans died world wide that humanity went through a "population bottleneck" that almost sent us the way of the dinosaurs. (pp. 105-107)
McGuire, who sometimes refers to himself as "Disasterman" (p. 131), also looks at "The Threat from Space" (Chapter 5). He separates the asteroids from the comets and guesses that our chance of being killed during an asteroid or comet walloping is "750 times more likely than winning the UK lottery." To me, the really scary "from outer space" scenario is a hoard of comets being dislodged from their normal orbits to fly toward mother earth, so many that we would have no ability to ward them off.
Global warming and the coming ice age are also topics explored by the good professor. Earthquakes and tsunamis have their chapter and there is an Epilogue (in which he notes, e.g., that come the year 2100 "an extraordinary 50 per cent or so of the people in Japan and western Europe will be 60" years old or older). There are a couple of appendices showing "threat" and geological timescales, and a modest index. The chapter on global warming, I must say, left me somewhat confused. Clearly McGuire believes human activity is a factor in making the nineties the hottest decade ever recorded, but whether our pollution will melt the ice caps or help to usher in an ice age is not clear.
Some other items of interest in this very readable book:
There was a geological episode in the earth's history referred to as "the Cryogenian" in which the earth was covered by "a carapace of ice a kilometre thick." McGuire calls this "Snowball Earth" and when it finally melted 565 million years ago, the Cambrian explosion of life followed. (p. 69-71)
An earthquake in the Tokyo-Yokohama region similar in intensity (8.3 on the Richter Scale) to that which struck in 1923--a reprise, McGuire says, is "thought to be only decades away"--would cripple the Japanese economy and have disastrous world wide effects. (pp. 123-131)
The so-called "Contraction & Convergence" plan "to reduce greenhouse gas emissions" that would require monitoring and billing polluters for their emissions on a per capita basis: to me, this requirement would reveal the true cost of various enterprises and would help us to move toward renewable production and ecologically sound business practices.
Not to be picky, but on page 18 McGuire reports that Hurricane Andrew of 1992 "brought to bear on the city" of Miami "wind speeds of up to 300 kilometres per second." That's about 670,000 miles per hour! (I suspect he meant wind speeds of 300 kilometres per HOUR.)
Bottom line: fascinating, a little flippant at times, but a full-out good read by a man who knows what he is talking about.
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Earth Child 2000 with Teacher's Guide: Early Science for Young Children
Kathryn Sheehan , and Mary Waidner Manufacturer: Council Oak Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1571780548 |
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Updated and expanded for parents and teachers of the new millennium is Earth Child 2000, the classic treasury of resources for teaching young children about the environment. The original Earth Child --a favorite for Head Start, pre-schools, elementary schools, scout troops, nature centers, national parks, and families -has been updated with new resources in each chapter. Two brand-new features have been added: a list of Internet web sites about the environment and a 116-page, illustrated teacher's guide, chock-full of special classroom resources, especially created to accompany "Earth Child 2000".Customer Reviews:
Keeps me coming back.......2004-07-02
Full of Ideas.......2002-10-05
Invaluable resource for parents and teachers.......2000-03-30
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Living with Florida's Atlantic Beaches: Coastal Hazards from Amelia Island to Key West (Living with the Shore)
David M. Bush , John D. Congleton , and Kenyon C. Lindeman Manufacturer: Duke University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0822332892 |
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From Amelia Island just south of Georgia to Key West’s southern tip, beaches are one of Florida’s greatest assets. Yet these beaches are in danger: rapid structural development on a highly erodible coast make them vulnerable to some of nature’s greatest storms. The same development that has been driven by the attraction of beautiful beaches and coastal amenities now threatens those very resources. In turn, coastal structures are at risk from sea-level rise, shoreline retreat, winter storms, and hurricanes. Most of the methods for reducing losses associated with storms protect property only in the short termâat a growing cost in dollars and loss of natural habitat in the long term.
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Environmental Geology, Study Guide
Barbara W. Murck , Brian J. Skinner , and Stephen C. Porter Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0471310336 |
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An absorbing exploration of the human-planet relationship. Describes how Earth processes influence our lives on a daily basis and how human actions alter the natural functioning of Earth systems. Explains how to distinguish the effects of anthropogenic change from natural change and be able to predict the impact of both.
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How to Do Your Dissertation in Geography and Related Disciplines
A. J. Parsons , P. G. Knight , and Peter G. Knight Manufacturer: Chapman & Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0412559501 |
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How to do your dissertation in geography and related disciplines.......2005-09-29
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Protecting Rivers and Seas (Green Guides Series)
F. Brooks Manufacturer: E.D.C. Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 074600687X |
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Student Study Guide for Geology and the Environment
Bernard W. Pipkin , and D. D. Trent Manufacturer: West Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0314209360 |
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Student Study Guide To Accompany Environmental Geology
Carla W. Montgomery Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0697342824 |
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Maintaining its student-friendly writing style and smooth integration of core concepts and environmental issues, this best-selling introductory text has been updated to include coverage of recent geologic events, such as the 1995 Kobe earthquake, the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and 1995 World and Regional Population Growth data and projections. Now in its fifth edition, Environmental Geology aids students in utilizing the Internet with end-of-chapter problem sets and tips on how to use this exciting new resource effectively. Canadian information and examples have been expanded upon.Customer Reviews:
Very Nice People.......2005-07-08
Look for it in a used bookstore.......1999-07-29
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The 12-Volt Bible for Boats
Miner K. Brotherton , and Edwin R. Sherman Manufacturer: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0071392335 |
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The 12-Volt Bible for Boats is a clear, nonthreatening introduction to the 12-volt electrical systems used on small boats to power everything from reading lights to bilge pumps. This second edition is thoroughly updated with respect to modern batteries, breaker and panel design, alternative energy sources, and troubleshooting equipment, but it retains the fundamental simplicity that is the source of its enduring popularity (more than 100,000 copies sold).
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12 Volt Bible.......2007-09-19
Not worth the money.......2007-07-20
Good Book.......2007-05-07
12V Bible Review.......2007-01-09
Great Introduction for 12V Use in the Marine Environment.......2006-11-10
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The 12-Volt Bible for Boats
Brotherton Miner K. Manufacturer: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OG526C |
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The 12-Volt Bible for Boats
Miner K.; Sherman, Edwin R. Brotherton Manufacturer: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OFR7KW |
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