Paving Paradise

2010-05-25 Nature

Author : Craig Pittman
Release : 2010-05-25
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 433/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Paving Paradise written by Craig Pittman. This book was released on 2010-05-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida possesses more wetlands than any other state except Alaska, yet since 1990 more than 84,000 acres have been lost to development despite presidential pledges to protect them. How and why the state's wetlands are continuing to disappear is the subject of Paving Paradise. Journalists Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite spent nearly four years investigating the political expedience, corruption, and negligence on the part of federal and state agencies that led to a failure to enforce regulations on developers. They traveled throughout the state, interviewed hundreds of people, dug through thousands of documents, and analyzed satellite imagery to identify former wetlands that were now houses, stores, and parking lots. Exposing the unseen environmental consequences of rampant sprawl, Pittman and Waite explain how wetland protection creates the illusion of environmental protection while doing little to stem the tide of destruction.

Rethinking Tourism and Ecotravel

2003 Business & Economics

Author : Deborah McLaren
Release : 2003
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 696/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Rethinking Tourism and Ecotravel written by Deborah McLaren. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Exceptional overview of the tourism industry worldwide * Case studies of indigenous people’s responses to tourism development * Detailed listing of tourism and ecotourism resources This is a fully revised and comprehensive overview of the history and global development of tourism--one of the largest industries in the world. Despite promising great benefits to hosts and guests alike, tourism often results in some very stark and painful consequences for local host communities and the environment. The second edition provides updated information on global tourism and examines how local communities in different parts of the world, especially indigenous peoples, have responded to the challenges and opportunities of tourism and ecotravel.

Paving Paradise

2011-01-10 Ecology

Author : Richard Conlon
Release : 2011-01-10
Genre : Ecology
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 944/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Paving Paradise written by Richard Conlon. This book was released on 2011-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of students have one week to prepare an environmental project; but what format will it take? Sasha hits upon the idea of creating myths that will pass on an ecological message and as each student comes up with a story, the group acts it out. Villages terrorised by monsters, households terrified by wild animals and a species that is draining the world of other life - the myths all revolve around the theme of natural balance and fragility.

Manatee Insanity

2010-05-09 Nature

Author : Craig Pittman
Release : 2010-05-09
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 072/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Manatee Insanity written by Craig Pittman. This book was released on 2010-05-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quiet manatee has long been a flash point of frequent environmental debates. It is Florida's most famous endangered species, as well as its most controversial. Manatees appear on hundreds of license plates, attract hordes of tourists, and expose the uneasy relationships between science and the law and between freedom and responsibility like no other animal. As passions have flared and resentments have grown, the battle over manatee protection has evolved into a war, and no reporter has followed the story more closely than Craig Pittman, the first environmental writer to explore the complex history, culture, and science of the controversies and concerns surrounding this remarkable creature. With an abiding interest in the uncertain fate of this unique species, Manatee Insanity provides the first in-depth history of the attempts to provide legal protection for the manatee. Pittman follows Florida’s gentle giants through time and space, detailing interactions with a variety of human actors, from Jacques-Yves Cousteau to Jeb Bush to Jimmy Buffett, from a popular children's book author to a federal lawman who dressed in a gorilla suit for the ultimate undercover assignment.

Porous Pavements

2005-02-18 Nature

Author : Bruce Ferguson
Release : 2005-02-18
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 435/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Porous Pavements written by Bruce Ferguson. This book was released on 2005-02-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pavements are the most ubiquitous of all man-made structures, and they have an enormous impact on environmental quality. They are responsible for hydrocarbon pollutants, excess runoff, groundwater decline and the resulting local water shortages, temperature increases in the urban "heat island," and for the ability of trees to extend their roots in

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