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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. ORIGINAL 2006 PUBLICATION; this is NOT ex-library; softcovers; small creases at corners of covers and leaves; o/w in very good condition. Journal.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 3rd Edition. 483 pp., Illus, Maroon Hardback, Gilt title, VG, no DJ, 3rd Ed.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. NOT FROM A LIBRARY! 363p, a very good plus hardback in a very good plus dust-jacket [0770515037].

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 372 pp., x. '1' in number line; Stated: "In part a revision of Toward a steady state economy, 1973". Following the Preface and the Editor's "Introduction to the Steady-Sate Economy," Contents are divided into three Parts and 22 Essays (with Notes or References at the end of an essay): Part I ECOLOGY: ULTIMATE MEANS AND BIOPHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS Editor: "Introduction"; (1) Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich, "Humanity at the Crossroads"; (2) __, ___, and John P. Hildren, "Availability, Entropy, and the Laws of Thermodynamics"; (3) Nicholas Georgescu--Roegen, "The Entropy Law and the Economic Problem"; (4) __. "Selections fro' Energy and Economic Myths"; (5) Earl Cook, "Limits to Exploitation of Nonrenewable Resources"; (6) Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons"(7) __ "Second Thoughts on ' The Tragedy of the Commons ' "; Part II: ETHICS: THE ULTIMATE END AND VALUE CONSTRAINTS Editor, "INTRODUCTION";(8) E. F. Schumacher, "The Age of Plenty: A Christian View"; (9) _. "Buddhist Ethics"; (10) Robert L. Sinsheimer, "The Presumptions of Science"; (11) John Cobb, "Ecology, Ethics, Theology"; (12) C. S. Lewis, "The Abolition of Man"; Part III: ECONOMICS: INTERACTION OF ENDS AND MEANS" Editor, "Introduction"; (13) Peter A. Victor, "Economics and the Challenge of Environmental Issues"; (14) Gerald Alonzo Smith, "The Teleological View of Wealth: A Historical Perspective"; [Editor] "On Economics as a Life Science"; (16) Kenneth E. Boulding, "The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth"; (18) E.J. Mishan, "The Growth of Affluence and the Decline of Welfare"; (19) Bruce Hannon, "Energy Use and Moral Restraint"; (20) Talbot Page, "The Severance Tax as an Instrument of Intertemporal Equity"; (21) [Editor] "The Steady-State Economy: Toward a Political Economy of Biophysical Equilibrium and Moral Growth"; (22) [Editor] "Postscript: Some Common Misunderstandings and Further Issues Concerning a Steady-State Economy". Glossy, pale green wrappers with Title and Subtitle lettering in black letters across top half front cover, above black and white photo-illustration of a polluting industrial plant; Editor name lettering in smaller black letters across bottom front cover. Micro-tip wear at corners and a few pages with news clippings having been inserted (documented below) and leaving offsetting (text still eminently readable, binding unstretched): Binding strong (NO cracks); previous owner name, date, and place discreetly at top left inside cover; NO remainder marks; NO rubbing wear but at tips. Clean text. Still timely discussions. News items laid in [offsetting between pages cited; all text eminently readable: (1) Philip Shabecoff, "Temperature for World Rises Sharply in the 1980's" (New York Times, 3 29 1988); (2) David Doniger and Alan Miller, "Fighting Global Warming is Good for Business" (NY, 8 6 1990) [between pp. 112-116]; (3) Andrew R. Solow, "Pseudo-Scientific Hot Air" (NYT, 12 28 1988) [120-121]; (4) Michael Oppenheimer, "Will the Planet Remain Habitable?: Climate Control is a key" (NYT, 6 30 1986) [126-127]; (5) Tom Wicker, "Battered and Abused: Global threats to the environment" (NYT, 11 25 1988) [136-138]; (6) Mary Kate Cranston, "Mitchell optimistic on acid rain bill" (Boston Globe, 8 2 1987), (7) UPI "US, in 1985, feared NRC cover-up of wrongdoing by nuclear utilities" (Globe, 8 23 1987), (8) AP "EPA accused of ignoring pollution law" (Globe 11 24 1987): [158-59]; (8) Matthew L. Wald, "Utility Is Selling Right To Pollute" (NYT, 5 12 1992) [168-169]; (9) AP "Ozone Team To Brave Arctic Night" (NYT, 6 23 1986), (10) JAMES GLEICK, "Hole in Ozone Over South Pole Worries Scientists" (NYT 7 29 1986), (11) N. E. Environmental Conference,Tufts U., Medford, Mass, "Global Effort Urged for Ozone" [263-267]; (12) William K. Stevens, "With Cloudy Crystal Balls, Scientists Race to Assess Global Warming" ((NYT, 2 7 1989), (13) Philip Shabecoff, "Man Said To Tax Earth's Systems" (NYT 2 14 1987) [306-311]. Also, 5 NO-offsetting items: 1988-2014.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Second Edition, Second Impression.

Hardcover. Condizione: UsedGood. Hardcover; The American Forestry Series; surplus library copy with the usua l stampings; reference number taped to spine; shelf wear, fading to cover; otherwise in good condition with clean text, tight binding.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. 3RD EDITION 1950.

Condizione: New. pp. xvii + 483.

Condizione: New. pp. xvii + 483.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. pp425 cloth bound , text illus.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. ISBN:9789383285181.

Condizione: New. pp. xvii + 483.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. xvi, 363 p.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. Forest Mensuration is a key stone in the foundation of forestry. The management of forest and tree plantations requires a quantitative estimate of timber biomass and by products. Such information is also needed for forest-policy decisions. Forest and forestry research requires a great deal of additional information like density of the forests and stands, diversity, spatial distribution of trees within stands, and the expected growth of trees and stands. Forest Mensuration is deals with these topics. The exercises and problems at the end of most of two chapters are added primarily for the benefit of UG and P.G students. Mensuration is a means, not an end. It is indispensable aid to solving problems in management, finance and silviculture. Graphic and statistical conceptions acquired in mensurational work will be found equally useful in almost any quantitative problem in any branch of forest investigation. This book is a valuable resource for students, teachers and researchers in forestry and forestry related studies. Besides this, it is also need for forest policy decisions.…

22 x 16. 425 Seiten. Hardcover. Ordnungsgemäß aus einer Universitäts-Bibliothek ausgesondert (Stempel, Rückenschild). Guter Zustand. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 900.

Condizione: Sehr gut. 236 S. : Ill. ; 28 cm, Orig.-Pappband. Kontaktdaten des Herstellers: Feder & Schwert GmbH Von-Hünefeld-Str. 91 50829 Köln Deutschland info[at]feder-und-schwert(.)com. Buch.