Environmental Science category: 9368 books
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
This book, written by an international group of experts from China, Europe and the USA, presents a broad and comprehensive analysis of the chemical and meteorological processes responsible for the formation of air pollutants in eastern Asia, and in particular for the development of severe pollution...
by Jiahua Pan
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
This book looks into the increasing conflict between the demand of economic growth and the already fragile ecological system condition in China. The prolonged urbanization process has escalated the erosion of natural environments and is increasing energy consumption. China’s role as a “world plant”...
Rare Earth Elements in Human and Environmental Health
At the Crossroads Between Toxicity and Safety
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This book presents the multifaceted aspects of rare earth elements (REEs), focusing on both their potential benefits and adverse health effects. The adverse impacts of REEs on human and environmental health raise a growing concern not only in the scientific community but also among a number of stakeholders,...
The Impact of Climate Change on Our Life
The Questions of Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
This book introduces the highly topical issue from many different angles, sensitizing readers to the various challenges to human life posed by climate change, identifying possible intentional and inadvertent anthropogenic factors and consequences, and seeking socially and environmentally viable solutions....
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The environment is one of the defining issues of our times, and it is closely linked to questions and dilemmas surrounding economic development. Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most economically and demographically dynamic regions, and it is also one in which a host of environmental issues...
by Roberto Bermejo
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Since the 1992 World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity, the looming prospect of Earth’s changing climate has inspired a broad movement dedicated to a sustainable future. In this Handbook, the author explains the elements of a sustainable economy, the development of which must be undertaken if we...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2018
This book highlights various methods of quantifying sustainability indicators in the food sector, highlighting the environmental indicators in the meat chain and agri-food wastes from a bio-refinery perspective. Numerous sustainability indicators that encompass all three pillars – economic, environmental...
Mountain Ice and Water
Investigations of the Hydrologic Cycle in Alpine Environments
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Mountain Ice and Water: Investigations of the Hydrologic Cycle in Alpine Environments is a new volume of papers reviewed and edited by John Shroder, Emeritus Professor of Geography and Geology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA, and Greg Greenwood, Director of the Mountain Research Initiative...
Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms
Environmental and Economic Risks and Benefits
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms: Environmental and Economic Risks and Benefits provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the environmental, economic, and regulatory implications of advances in marine biotechnology. The book has been specifically designed to bridge the gap between...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic environments over traces has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and...
The Geographical Sciences During 1986—2015
From the Classics To the Frontiers
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
In four chapters and an introduction, this book systematically helps readers understand the development of the Geographical Sciences both in China and in the world during the past 30 years.
Through data analysis of methodologies including CiteSpace, TDA, qualitative analysis, questionnaires,...
The Indian Nitrogen Assessment
Sources of Reactive Nitrogen, Environmental and Climate Effects, Management Options, and Policies
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
The Indian Nitrogen Assessment: Sources of Reactive Nitrogen, Environmental and Climate Effects, and Management Options and Policies provides a reference for anyone interested in Reactive N, from researchers and students, to environmental managers. Although the main processes that affect the N cycle...
City in a Garden
Environmental Transformations and Racial Justice in Twentieth-Century Austin, Texas
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
The natural beauty of Austin, Texas, has always been central to the city's identity. From the beginning, city leaders, residents, planners, and employers consistently imagined Austin as a natural place, highlighting the region's environmental attributes as they marketed the city and planned for its...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communi ties over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic en vironments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers...