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Island Press began with a simple idea: knowledge is power—the power to imagine a better future and find ways for getting us there. Founded in 1984, Island Press’ mission is to provide the best ideas and information to those seeking to understand and protect the environment and create solutions to its complex problems.

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Reinventing Nature?

Responses To Postmodern Deconstruction

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  • Copyright year: 1995
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Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century

The Science Of Ecosytem Management

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 1997
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The Rain Forests of Home

Profile Of A North American Bioregion

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  • Copyright year: 1997
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Betrayal of Science and Reason

How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future

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  • Copyright year: 1996
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A Guide to Careers in Community Development

Island Press

A Guide to Careers in Community Development is an essential reference for anyone interested in working in the community development field, including graduate and undergraduate students.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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The Regional City

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2001
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Ranching West of the 100th Meridian

Culture, Ecology, and Economics

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Ranching West of the 100th Meridian offers a literary and thought-provoking look at ranching and its role in the changing West.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes

The Upper San Pedro River Basin In Arizona And Sonora

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Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes presents for the first time in book form a detailed case study of one alternative futures project — an analysis of development and conservation options for the Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 2003
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Ecosystems and Human Well-Being

A Framework For Assessment

By Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
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  • Copyright year: 2003
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Environmental Land Use Planning and Management

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Environmental Land Use Planning and Management is a unique new textbook that presents a diverse, comprehensive, and coordinated approach to issues of land use planning and management and their impacts on the environment.

  • Copyright year: 2003
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Ex Situ Plant Conservation

Supporting Species Survival In The Wild

Edited by Edward O. Guerrant, Kayri Havens-Young, and Michael Maunder; Foreword by Peter H. Raven; By Center for Plant Conservation
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Ex Situ Plant Conservation outlines the role, value, and limits of ex situ conservation as well as updating best management practices for the field.

  • Copyright year: 2004
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Earth in Mind

On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect

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The crises we face, noted educator David Orr explains, is one of mind, perception, and values. It is, first and foremost, an educational challenge.

  • Copyright year: 2004
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A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation

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A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation brings together knowledge and experience from conservation practitioners and experts around the world to help readers understand the global challenge of conserving biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems.

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The Option of Urbanism

Investing in a New American Dream

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Shows how the American Dream is shifting to include cities as well as suburbs and how the financial and real estate communities need to respond to build communities that are more environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems

Principles and Practices

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2008
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Creating Vibrant Public Spaces

Streetscape Design in Commercial and Historic Districts

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2008
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Urban Transformation

Understanding City Form and Design

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2008
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Resilient Cities

Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2009
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Megaregions

Planning for Global Competitiveness

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2009
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Green Building Trends

Europe

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2009
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