Environmental Science category: 9368 books
Grassroots Environmental Action
People's Participation in Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Managing resources sustainably on the local level is essential for achieving the global goal of sustainable development. The importance of people's participation for sustainable development has recently become increasingly acknowledged yet there is little understanding of the multiple dimensions that...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
Bioremediation is an emerging field of environmental research. The objective of a bioremediation process is to immobilize contaminants (reactants) or to transform them into chemical products that do not pose a risk to human health and the environment. Toxicity and Waste Management Using Bioremediation...
Fundamentals of the Physical Environment
Fourth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Fundamentals of the Physical Environment has established itself as a well-respected core introductory book for students of physical geography and the environmental sciences. Taking a systems approach, it demonstrates how the various factors operating at Earth’s surface can and do interact, and...
Produced Water
Environmental Risks and Advances in Mitigation Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2011
A state-of-the-art review of scientific knowledge on the environmental risk of ocean discharge of produced water and advances in mitigation technologies.
In offshore oil and gas operations, produced water (the water produced with oil or gas from a well) accounts for the largest waste stream...
Photo-oxidants, Acidification and Tools: Policy Applications of EUROTRAC Results
The Report of the EUROTRAC Application Project
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
EUROTRAC is the EUREKA environmental project studying the transport and chemical transformation of pollutants in the troposphere over Europe. At its inception in 1988 it had three aims: * to increase the basic understanding of atmospheric science; * to promote the technological development of sensitive,...
Limnological and Engineering Analysis of a Polluted Urban Lake
Prelude to Environmental Management of Onondaga Lake, New York
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Onondaga Lake in Syracuse, New York is a model for the analysis and management of a polluted urban lake. Sometimes referred to as "the most polluted lake in the United States", Onondaga Lake is one of only two lakes for which a federal advisory body has been set up to guide environmental...
by Bruce Choy, Danny D. Reible
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Fate and transport models are critical components in the determination of the exposure to and risk from hazardous contaminants. Analytical models are preferable because they are generally more accessible, more reliable, and require fewer computational resources. Surprisingly, until today, only a limited...
by U. Förstner, V. Zitko, G. Tölg
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science. Interestin this subject, however, is growing very rapidly and, although no agreement has been reached as yet about the exact content and Iimits of this interdisciplinary discipline, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic environments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
This book focuses on both North-South and South-South relations to reveal an understanding of major climate change and climate change management issues through practices and narratives of environmental security in a specific regional context.
Environmental Modeling for Sustainable Regional Development
System Approaches and Advanced Methods
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Understanding the advancement of sustainable development is critical to managing human activities to avoid the overexploitation of resources and pollution of the environment beyond tolerable levels. Sustainable development involves not only preservation and care of the environment, but also recognition...
by Alistair Boxall, Rai S. Kookana
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
Health Care and Environmental Contamination provides a comprehensive explanation of new and evolving topics in the field, including discussions on emissions from pharmaceutical manufacturing, disposal of medical wastes, inputs from sewerage systems, effects on aquatic organisms and wildlife, indirect...
Deregulation in the European Union
Environmental Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 1997
Examines the environmental implication of economic deregulation through case studies of the energy, transport and water sectors. The book deals with options for deregulation, looking at self-regulation, negotiated agreements and environmental management systems. Presenting evidence from a number of EU member states and Hungary, a likely contender f
Media Research on Climate Change
Where have we been and where are we heading?
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Research on media coverage of climate change, as a particular subfield of environmental communication research, has proliferated over the past decade. This book sets out to consider what conclusions can be drawn in light of the existing body of work, what lessons can be learnt, what are the challenges...