Up to heaven and down to hell

A riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversyShale gas extraction—commonly known as fracking—is often portrayed as an energy revolution that will transform the American economy and geopolitics. But in greater Williamsport, Pennsylvania, fracking is per...

Urban resilience

Taking the Turkish case as a pioneering testing ground, Stefano Salata advocates for the reintroduction of natural areas and biodiverse green spaces within our cities.

Use-value assessment of rural land in the united states

This work explains and analyzes critical questions raised by the use-value assessment (UVA) policy for farmland preservation. It covers the origins, key features, impacts, and flaws of UVA programs across the United States and recommends policy reforms to make the programs fair and more effective...

Use-value assessment of rural lands

Use-value assessment (UVA) is the practice of valuing rural land according to its current use rather than its market value to reduce property taxes for rural land owners in the United States. This tax preference amounts to tens of billions of dollars annually.Originally created to slow the loss o...

Valuing nature at the ends of the world

Patrick M. Gallagher explores how Belize’s precarious coastal environment has become a site for a new kind of capitalist value production, in which landscapes and ecosystems derive worth from their vulnerability or looming destruction in the era of climate change.

Water management and sustainability in asia

Water Management and Sustainability in Asia covers topics related to water resources management, including multi- and interdisciplinary research on flood, soil infiltration, contaminants, sediment, water quality, hydrological modelling, and water resources systems.

We’re all climate hypocrites now

We're All Climate Hypocrites Now reimagines what it means to be a "good environmentalist." Moving past carbon footprints, self-confessed eco-hypocrite Sami Grover takes a tongue-in-cheek approach, skewering those pointing fingers, celebrating those trying, and offering practical pathways to actua...

What has nature ever done for us?

What is extinction?

WINNER, 25th ANNUAL SUSANNE M. GLASSCOCK BOOK PRIZELife on Earth is facing a mass extinction event of our own making. Human activity is changing the biology and the meaning of extinction. What Is Extinction? examines several key moments that have come to define the terms of extinction over the pa...

[t]axing greenhouse gases

Lex Fullarton considers the three pillars of the sustainable development framework known as the “Triple Bottom Line.” For a project to be sustainable it must also benefit society and enhance the environment. Fullarton argues that taxation can be effectively applied to influence attitudes in favor...