Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape responds to the increasing need of forest policy developers, planners, and managers for an integrated, comprehensive perspective on ecological landscapes.

This book argues that forestry is a more diverse and complex activity than has been generally recognized. It also underlines the political character of the profession.

White Gold looks at what went wrong with hydro development, with the predicted industrial transformation, with the timing and magnitude of projects, and with national and regional initiatives to link these major projects to a trans-Canada power grid.

Once Upon an Oldman is an account of the controversy that surrounded the Alberta government's construction of a dam on the Oldman River to provide water for irrigation in the southern part of the province.

This book bridges the gap between theory and practice, bringing together concerned parties who have argued for increased local participation in sustainable community development.

“No one tradition alone offers a sufficient respect for other species. Taken together, they may offer a prospect for saner human-animal relations.”

This book integrates class, environmental, and political analysis to uncover the history of clearcutting in the Douglas fir forests of BC, Washington, and Oregon between 1880 and 1965.

This book is a pioneering attempt to consider the concrete policy implications of the much discussed transition to sustainable forestry.

A comprehensive account of the rise of the wilderness movement in British Columbia examines the forest industry's political strategies, and analyzes the inner workings of the policy process.

This book is intended to provide information to those who wish to interact with the landbase in an ecologically sustainable manner.

This book is the most recent major work on the ecology and management of Sitka spruce.

The International Politics of Whaling examines contemporary whaling issues with an emphasis on three factors: our knowledge of whales and current whale populations and the impact of whaling; the actors and institutions involved in the debate over whaling; and the ethical dimension.

A comprehensive study of the Whitehorse Mining Initiative, which aimed to revitalize the mining industry.

This book is a clarion call for a balanced, objective approach to forestry issues, including clearcutting, slashburning, old growth, and management chemicals.

The first in-depth study of the impact of federalism on Canadian environmental policy, this book takes a detailed look at the ongoing debate on the subject and traces the evolution of the role of the federal government in environmental policy and federal-provincial relations concerning the environment from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.

A ground-breaking, practical, and, above all, positive vision of life in twenty-first-century Canada.

Offers an innovative and far-reaching contribution to the debate over sustainability at a time when many individuals are questioning the future of the environment in British Columbia.

Achieving Sustainable Development provides an overall introduction to critical subjects in sustainable development -- industrial growth, women, institutional arrangements, industrial practices, and aboriginal people -- and argues for the immediate development of a research and policy agenda for Canada and suggests mechanisms for its implementation.

In The Green Economy, Michael Jacobs rejects both the traditional Green demand for 'zero growth' and the new economic orthodoxy which seeks to give the environment a monetary value.

An introduction to issues of land use and the economic tools that are used to resolve land-use conflicts.

The Political Mobilization of Agricultural Labourers in Kuttanad, South India