The Ever-changing View

The Ever-changing View
Author: Anthony Godfrey
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2005
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

"United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region"

Valuing Chaparral

Valuing Chaparral
Author: Emma C. Underwood
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2018-04-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319683039

Chaparral shrubland ecosystems are an iconic feature of the California landscape, and a highly biodiverse yet highly flammable backdrop to some of the fastest growing urban areas in the United States. Chaparral-type ecosystems are a common element of all of the world’s Mediterranean-type climate regions – of which California is one – yet there is little public appreciation of the intrinsic value and the ecosystem services that these landscapes provide. Valuing Chaparral is a compendium of contributions from experts in chaparral ecology and management, with a focus on the human relationship with chaparral ecosystems. Chapters cover a wide variety of subjects, ranging from biodiversity to ecosystem services like water provision, erosion control, carbon sequestration and recreation; from the history of human interactions with chaparral to current education and conservation efforts; and from chaparral restoration and management to scenarios of the future under changing climate, land use, and human population. Valuing Chaparral will be of interest to resource managers, the research community, policy makers, and the public who live and work in the chaparral dominated landscapes of California and other Mediterranean-type climate regions.

Community Impact Assessment

Community Impact Assessment
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1996
Genre: Highway planning
ISBN:

This guide was written as a quick primer for transportation professionals and analysts who assess the impacts of proposed transportation actions on communities. It outlines the community impact assessment process, highlights critical areas that must be examined, identifies basic tools and information sources, and stimulates the thought-process related to individual projects. In the past, the consequences of transportation investments on communities have often been ignored or introduced near the end of a planning process, reducing them to reactive considerations at best. The goals of this primer are to increase awareness of the effects of transportation actions on the human environment and emphasize that community impacts deserve serious attention in project planning and development-attention comparable to that given the natural environment. Finally, this guide is intended to provide some tips for facilitating public involvement in the decision making process.

Desert Fever

Desert Fever
Author: Gary L. Shumway
Publisher:
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1980
Genre: California Desert National Conservation Area (Calif.)
ISBN:

The Recorder Book

The Recorder Book
Author: Kenneth Wollitz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2000-09
Genre: Recorder (Musical instrument)
ISBN: 9781904846116

Native Americans on Film

Native Americans on Film
Author: M. Elise Marubbio
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0813136652

Looks at the movies of Native American filmmakers and explores how they have used their works to leave behind the stereotypical Native American characters of old.