Authors:Håkan Rydin, John K. Jeglum,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: biology, habitats, peatlands
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2006-08-03
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0198528728
ISBN-13: 9780198528722

The Biology of Peatlands provides a comprehensive overview of peatland ecosystems. Coverage is international although there is a focus on boreal and north temperate peatlands. As a well as thoroughly referencing the latest research, the authors expose a rich older literature where an immense repository of natural history has accumulated.The book begins with an overview of the main peatland types (marsh, swamp, fen and bog), which provides the basis for a deeper understanding of the subject. Chapters then follow on the diversity of the entire range of biota present (microbes, invertebrates, pla

Authors:Tim Brindley, Yvonne Rydin, Gerry Stoker,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: change, urban, politics, planning, remaking
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1996-10-22
List price: $61.95
ISBN-10: 0415098742
ISBN-13: 9780415098748

Remaking Planning challenges the common misconception that planning under the Conservative government has been dismantled and abandoned to market forces. This new edition of a very well received text brings the original study up to date with an analysis of how planning in the 1990s has responded to continuing economic restructuring, political fragmentation and social change, and developed a new awareness of uncertainty and risk. The book illustrates how planning remains as a never-ending attempt to reconcile the demands of economic efficiency with those of democratic legitimacy.