melbourne csiro publishing 2009 (5 resultados)

Octavo, paperback,250 pp.,tables, figures. This book brings together the leading researchers from relevant disciplines (planning, geography, environmental studies, public policy) to critically review environmental management over the past decade, and to identify the challenges in environmental management that must be met by the new government. Instead of the uncritical advocacy that sometimes accompanies experiments in environmental governance and policy, this volume will provide a dispassionate, critical and empirical review in an effort to deepen understanding and improve the national quest for sustainability.

second edition).Quarto, dustwrapper,644 pp.,colour illustrations by Lindsay Marshall, text illustrations, maps. WAS $120. The second edition of this classic book on the cartilaginous fishes in Australia. This edition covers 323 species of sharks, rays and chimaerids, including species descriptions, full-colour illustrations, line illustrations and distribution maps. Includes 24 new species accounts, and updates more than 100 species which have now been formally named in publications. This edition presents the major changes to the systematics of some groups, such as the dogfishes and skates, and includes updated family keys, upgraded species distributional information and maps, extensively revised text descriptions, reflecting additional fisheries and biological information, revised introductory chapters reflecting the contemporary status of chondrichthyan information and an updated reference section.

Quarto, paperback,176 pp.,colour photographs, maps. With the knowledge from our deserts, Australians can reshape the human story. The desert is teaching us new ways to live, manage slender resources, and cope with lack of water and energy, harsh climate and isolation. These issues will confront most of the world's citizens in the 21st Century, as climate change, population growth and resource scarcity impact on society. The deserts also teach us what it is to be Australian, how to dwell within the rhythms and constraints of a vast continent that is three quarters arid. Australians find it hard to decide about the Outback: is it remote and unassailable â" or at the core of our national identity? Endlessly we debate whether we should develop the inland â" or ignore it, because it's too hard and too costly. Learning how to live well in desert Australia lies at the heart of our destiny as a nation, and at the centre of our response to climate change. It engages the culture, knowledge and skills that will matter most to future Australians as they strive to sustain themselves in world on the edge of sustainability. It is the ultimate test of our resolve to discover a truly Australian way to live on this continent. As the world faces increasing drought in the uncertain climate of the future, it is also a source of knowledge to export to many other places. This book is a wake-up call to Australia and the world. It explores wellsprings of creativity and innovation from the desert that can deliver solutions to the challenges of living in an uncertain and threatening future. It describes many positive lessons for our nation and humanity in a changing and resource-scarce world.

1st edition softback with stiff wrappers As New large octavo x + 284pp., colour plates, text ills., maps, references, Inc. hundreds of fine maps.

2nd edition softback with stiff wrappers Nice copy large octavo viii + 198pp., b/w plates, maps, references, index, 'The authors describe their many adventures, and misadventures, in the Channel Country, with its climate & animals. They also discuss the results of their research which reveals some of the secrets for survival for many of the native animals including marsupials, rodents, birds and the remarkable desert crab'.