ISBN: 9780226316987 - killing the koala and poisoning the prairie: australia, america, and the environment (12 Ergebnisse)

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Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. First printing. Softcovers. Fine, fresh, unread copy. xviii+ 235 pp. Illustrated with photographs. An invaluable, thought-provoking and highly readable of two of the world's geographically largest democratic countries and how they address environmental issues. The authors pointedly state that the most critical environmental decisions on our planet are being made by people least qualified to do so--politicians who have little understanding of the intricate interdependencies of the global environment.…

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Octavo, paperback,235 pp.,black and white photographs, maps. Though separated by thousands of miles, the United States and Australia have much in common. Geographically both countries are expansive-the United States is the fourth largest in land mass and Australia the sixth-and both possess a vast amount of natural biodiversity. At the same time, both nations are on a crash course toward environmental destruction. Highly developed super consumers with enormous energy footprints and high rates of greenhouse-gas emissions, they are two of the biggest drivers of climate change per capita. As renowned ecologists Corey J. A. Bradshaw and Paul R. Ehrlich make clear in this timely new book, both of these countries must confront the urgent question of how to stem this devastation and turn back from the brink. Bradshaw and Ehrlich provide a spirited exploration of the ways in which the United States and Australia can learn from their shared problems and combine their most successful solutions in order to find and develop new resources, lower energy consumption and waste, and grapple with the dynamic effects of climate change.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There are many similarities between Australia and the US. Both are vast, had similar origins, and are examples of super-consuming, over-developed rich, literate countries. There are also, of course, striking distinctions between Australia and the United States, perhaps most notable in the environmental arena. The floras and faunas are as different as koalas and grizzlies. But the use of the environments is even more distinct. Although comparable in size, the US is about ten times as densely populated as Australia, and two Americans consume the same amount of resources as three Australians. Australia's more fragile environment, with high proportions of endemic species, has resulted in the highest number of recently extinct mammals compared to every other country in the world. And yet the pace of land use change in the US has been significantly higher over the last several decades. The most fundamental of issues each of these countries is facing at present, and in the immediate future, is how to manage their environments in the face of climate change. Each country needs to extract resources, lower its energy footprint, and grapple with dynamic climate patterns that threaten even the most developed of countries. Ehrlich and Bradshaw, renowned ecologists, invite readers to join a conversation about the ways in which Australia and the US can benefit from modelling environmental decisions and actions on each other's most successful policies, and learn from each country's failures as well. They weave in these pages a comparative story of their two countries, and create a blueprint for what needs to change to avoid the worst environmental and political crises from invading the shores of each of these countries. …

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