Sharing Nature's Interest

by Craig Simmons, Nicky Chambers, Mathis Wackernagel

Book Overview

Ecological footprinting is rapidly being adopted as an effective and practical way to measure our impact on the environment - in both large- and small-scale planning and development. This is an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853837393
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.5" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Enhanced with figures, tables, summary "boxes", and more

In Sharing Nature's Interest: Ecological Footprints As An Indicator Of Sustainability, Nicky Chambers, Craig Simmons, and Mathis Wackernagel deftly collaborate to present the reader with a compendium of information on assessing ecology on a regional and a global basis through a process called 'ecological footprinting'. The informative text is enhanced with figures, tables, summary "boxes", a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a primer on thermodynamics, conversion tables, glossary, and an index. Sharing Nature's Interest is an important and highly recommended addition to personal, academic, and professional environmental studies reference collections and reading lists.