Product Description: This book explores the forces reconfiguring local resource governance in Indonesia since 1998, drawing together original field research undertaken in a decade of dramatic political change. Case studies from across Indonesia’s diverse cultural and ecological landscapes focus on the most significant resource sectors – agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining and tourism –providing a rare in-depth view of the dynamics shaping social and environmental outcomes in these varied contexts...read more

Product Description: This book addresses the politics of environmental change in one of the richest areas of tropical rainforest in Indonesia. Based on field studies conducted in three agricultural communities in rural Aceh, this work considers a number of questions: How do customary (adat) village and state institutions work? What roles do they play in managing local resources? How have they evolved over time? Are villagers, state policies, or corrupt local networks responsible for the loss of tropical rainforest? Will better outcomes emerge from revitalizing customary management, from changing state policies, or from transforming the way the state works? And why do projects designed by outsiders so often fail?The book describes how, as key actors interact, they create arrangements that effectively manage local resources, eclipsing adat and formal state management structures...read more

Product Description: * Tackles the complex environmental issue of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) for industrial hygienists, HVAC engineers, architects and anyone else concerned with the air quality of interiors * Infused with charts, tables, and all the major formulas and calculations necessary to monitor and characterize a particular environment * Includes all relevant codes, standards and guideline...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This valuable resource discusses several strategies of manipulating colloids for environmental restoration, identifies advantages and disadvantages of each strategy, and considers obstacles limiting the application of each strategy...read more

Offers a guide to the Dublin haunts of James Joyce's characters in 'Ulysses'

Product Description: The Science of Historical Theology is a unique and uniqely conceived book that achieves several objectives at the same time. Its point of departure is a thorough answer to Bultmann's arguments for "demythologizing" Sacred Scripture, but in the process, the author discusses a new concept of history, proposes an instrument for an honest re-examination of the Biblical and Patristic heritage, develops a new concept of science, gives a new idea of history, and offers a clear definition of the science of historical theology...read more

Product Description: This is a review of the use of biological markers in animals and plants for evaluating the ecological and health effects of environmental contamination. Biomarkers can be used as indicators of exposure to toxic chemicals and as predictors of the adverse consequences of such exposure...read more