Agriculture & Environmental Sciences Textbooks

New and Published Textbooks

1. The Sociology of Food and Agriculture

   By Michael Carolan

   Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

   As interest has increased in topics such as the globalization of the agrifood system, food security, and food safety, the subjects of food and agriculture are making their way into a growing number of courses in disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, like sociology and food...

   Published March 13th 2012 by Routledge
2. Leading the Sustainable Organization

   Development, Implementation and Assessment

   By Tim Galpin, J. Lee Whittington, Greg Bell

   This book is the first to combine the much talked about topics of leadership and sustainability, and provides readers with a comprehensive overview and pragmatic approach to leading sustainable organizations. Chapters include discussions, case examples, steps, and useful tools centred on the...

   Published March 6th 2012 by Routledge
3. Climate Change and Displacement Reader

   By Scott Leckie, Ezekiel Simperingham, Jordan Bakker

   Official estimates put the future scale of human displacement as a result of climate change at anywhere from 150 million to one billion people. Despite this crisis in the making, few countries or international institutions are adequately prepared to address and resolve this emerging human rights...

   Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
4. Understanding the Common Agricultural Policy

   By Berkeley Hill

   The majority of recent publications on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union address current issues and specific applications. There is little available which attempts to increase understanding of the nature of existing policies, their development, intentions, problems and...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
5. Agricultural Marketing

   Structural Models for Price Analysis

   By James Vercammen

   Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

   The price of food has become very volatile in recent years for a variety of reasons, including a strengthened connection between the prices of agricultural commodities and other commodities such as oil and metals, more volatile production due to more frequent droughts and floods, and a rising...

   Published April 20th 2011 by Routledge
6. Community Forest Monitoring for the Carbon Market

   Opportunities Under REDD

   Edited by Margaret Skutsch

   Recent developments in international policy on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation in Developing countries (REDD) open the way for crediting of carbon saved by rural communities through management of the forests in their vicinity. Since the annual changes in forest carbon stock under this kind of...

   Published December 7th 2010 by Routledge
7. Agriculture in World History

   By Mark B. Tauger

   Series: Themes in World History

   Civilization from its origins has depended on the food, fibre, and other commodities produced by farmers. In this unique exploration of the world history of agriculture, Mark B. Tauger looks at farmers, farming, and their relationships to non-farmers from the classical societies of the...

   Published November 3rd 2010 by Routledge
8. Economics of Agricultural Development

   2nd Edition

   By George W. Norton, Jeffrey Alwang, William A. Masters

   Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

   The globalization of goods, services and capital for agriculture is fundamental to the future of developing countries and has major implications for the fight against poverty and sustainability of the environment. In recent years, agriculture has once again returned to a position of centre stage as...

   Published December 20th 2009 by Routledge
9. Atmosphere, Weather and Climate

   By Roger G. Barry, Richard J Chorley

   This book presents a comprehensive introduction to weather processes and climatic conditions around the world, their observed variability and changes, and projected future trends. Extensively revised and updated, this ninth edition retains its tried and tested structure while incorporating recent...

   Published September 27th 2009 by Routledge
10. Environmental Hazards

    Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, 5th Edition

    By Keith Smith

    The expanded fifth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a balanced overview of all the major rapid-onset events that threaten people and what they value in the twenty-first century. It integrates cutting-edge material from the physical and social sciences to demonstrate how natural and human...

    Published January 29th 2009 by Routledge