Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Seismology 
Review of Recommendations for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis [PDF ebook] 
Guidance on Uncertainty and Use of Experts

The Rio Summit has pointed to the urgency for the development of an international conservation policy; and the post-Maastricht debates in Europe have highlighted the need for the EU to reassess struc …

This book explains over 3, 000 terms (over 200, 000 words) and contains over 200 professionally drawn line illustrations. This practical handbook is intended for day to day use as a reference or as a …

As concern grows over environmental issues and light pollution, this book satisfies a need for a straightforward and accessible guide to the use, design and installation of outdoor lighting. Thi …

Consisting of papers that have appeared recently in International Geology Review, Middle American Terranes, Potential Correlatives, and Orogenic Processes focuses on Middle American terranes in which …

This book, first published in 1984, has both a geomorphic and a hydrologic message. It examines and analyses the role of groundwater in landscapes in a series of articles by authors of diverse backgr …

A food system is sustainable if it delivers food and nutrition security for all without compromising the economic, social, and environmental bases to generate food security and nutrition for future g …

”A well written book, astutely organized.” Development and Change Local Forest Management is built around careful and illuminating case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the manageme …

This title, first published in 1987, provides an authoritative account of both the science and the politics of acid rain. Chris Park places the debates surrounding acid rain in context, and examines …