Environmental Science category: 9368 books
Home in the Howling Wilderness
Settlers and the Environment in Southern New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
During the 19th century, New Zealand's South Island underwent an environmental transformation at the hands of European settlers. They diverted streams and drained marshes, burned native vegetation and planted hedges and grasses, stocked farms with sheep and cattle and poured on fertilizer. Through...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Healing Earth
An Ecologist's Journey of Innovation and Environmental Stewardship
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
A true pioneer and respected elder in ecological recovery and sustainability shares effective solutions he has designed and implemented.
A stand-out from the sea of despairing messages about climate change, well-known sustainability elder John Todd, who has taught, mentored, and inspired such...
Emerging Contaminants in River Ecosystems
Occurrence and Effects Under Multiple Stress Conditions
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
This volume offers an overview of the occurrence of emerging organic contaminants in Mediterranean rivers and their relevance to their chemical and ecological quality under water scarcity. With chapters covering the effects under multiple stress conditions of pharmaceuticals, polar pesticides, personal...
Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity
Environmental Impacts and Analysis of Drought and Water Scarcity
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
This volume includes over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world. It examines the environmental aspects of drought such as groundwater and soil contamination, river low-flow, urban water quality, and desertification. It also examines the effects of climate change and variability on...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination Volume 197
Arsenic Pollution and Remediation: An International Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.
by Nia Verdenhalven
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2007
Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: A/1st mark/1, University of London, course: Themes&Issues in British Pitics since 1945, 30 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In recent years, environmental issues have...
Remote Sensing for Environmental Data in Albania
A Strategy for Integrated Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A comprehensive source book for anybody interested in the potential of remote sensing and GIS technology for the Eastern Europe countries in transition, and less developed countries in general. Leading experts from Europe, Canada and the USA cover a wide variety of applications, from the provision...
Partnership and Leadership
Building Alliances for a Sustainable Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Sustainable development has become a central perspective in environmental strategies around the world. It is clear that neither governments nor businesses have the capability to bring about sustainability on their own. Therefore, collaboration has emerged as a central concept. At the same time it...
Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering Volume 2
Proceedings of the International Conference ICCAE, Taipei, Taiwan, November 4-6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
The 2016 International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering (ICCAE 2016), November 4-6, 2016, Taipei, Taiwan, is organized by China University of Technology and Taiwan Society of Construction Engineers, aimed to bring together professors, researchers, scholars and industrial...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
This book is dedicated to Prof. Peter Young on his 70th birthday. Professor Young has been a pioneer in systems and control, and over the past 45 years he has influenced many developments in this field. This volume comprises a collection of contributions by leading experts in system identification,...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology provides detailed review articles concerned with aspects of chemical contaminants, including pesticides, in the total environment with toxicological considerations and consequences.
Life Cycle Assessment of Forest Products
Challenges and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
This brief contains information on the reduction of environmental impact and explains how it is a key driver for the R&D of new forest products. The authors, experts in the field, describe how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is used to assess the environmental impact of such products, e.g. in order...
Air Pollution
Assessment Methodology and Modeling
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established the "Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society" (CCMS) at the November 1969 meeting of the North Atlantic Council. The CCMS was charged with developing meaningful environmen tal and social programs that complement other international...