Environmental Science category: 9368 books
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communi ties over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic envi ronments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers...
Sustainability of Integrated Water Resources Management
Water Governance, Climate and Ecohydrology
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
The main focus of this book is sustainable management of water resources in a changing climate. The book also addresses the question of how to define and measure the sustainability of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The sustainability of IWRM is an important issue when planning and/or...
Global Development and the Environment
Perspectives on Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
In preparation for the United Nation’s Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, this study aimed to detail enduring environmental issues that might or might not have been considered at the conference. Originally published earlier that year, Global Development and...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 208
Perfluorinated alkylated substances
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
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 David A Lewandowski
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Controlling the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC) became a very prominent environmental issue with the passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, and will continue to be an environmental priority through the next decade. No single technology has played as important a role in the control...
Easter Island
Scientific Exploration into the World’s Environmental Problems in Microcosm
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Easter Island, a World Heritage Site is still, after over 50 years since Thor Heyerdahl's work on the island, a fascinating area to explore and learn about a culture that has only remnants remaining, while documenting a marine ecology still mostly unknown.
Easter Island: Scientific Exploration...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology contains timely review articles concerned with all aspects of chemical contaminants (including pesticides) in the total environment, including toxiological considerations and consequences. It attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of advances,...
Global Risk-Based Management of Chemical Additives I
Production, Usage and Environmental Occurrence
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Chemical additives are used to enhance the properties of many industrial products. Since their release into the environment is a potential risk for man and nature, their fate and behavior were investigated in the framework of the European Union-funded project RISKCYCLE. The results are presented in...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Life Cycle Assessment of Wastewater Treatment addresses in detail the required in-depth life cycle assessment of wastewater treatment. This is to meet the special demands placed upon wastewater treatment processes, due to both the limited quantity and often low quality of water supplies. Wastewater...
Environmental Water Footprints
Energy and Building Sectors
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
This book highlights the concept of environmental water footprint in the energy (bioenergy & hydropower) sector and the building/construction sector, focusing on a case study in Iran. It argues and demonstrates that water conservation is one of the most essential elements every industry has to take into account in its sustainability strategy.
Environmental Water Footprints
Agricultural and Consumer Products
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2018
This book uses case studies to highlight the environmental water footprints in the agricultural and livestock farming sector, and those of consumer products. Water conservation is a major element of every industry’s sustainability strategy.
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
This volume, with contributions from a team of multi-disciplinary team experts, addresses the economic sustainability and clean manufacturing methods to deal with the challenges that water scarcity and water quality are imposing on many countries, particularly on Mediterranean arid areas, that are...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
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.
Restoration and Recovery of an Industrial Region
Progress in Restoring the Smelter-Damaged Landscape Near Sudbury, Canada
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Sudbury, Ontario is one of the world's most polluted areas. A century of industrial activities has resulted in thousands of acidified lakes and vast areas of denuded land. This book describes, in a manner accessible to a wide audience, the damage and the efforts at environmental restoration at Sudbury...