Environmental Science category: 9368 books
Global Risk-Based Management of Chemical Additives II
Risk-Based Assessment and Management Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 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 have been investigated in the framework of the European Union-funded project RISKCYCLE. The results are presented...
Residential Exposure Assessment
A Sourcebook
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Residential Exposure Assessment: A Source Book is the result of a multiyear effort known as the Residential Exposure Assessment Project (REAP) which was initiated by the Society for Risk Analysis and the International Society of Exposure Analysis. This textbook is the primary product of the REAP and...
by Kenneth D. Frederick
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
This title, originally published in 1982, examines the importance of western irrigation to U.S. agriculture and the impacts of the changing water supply situation on the development of western irrigation. Past trends, water supply conditions, water institutions, economic forces, technological alternatives,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
With the enlargement of the European Union, the accession countries are coming under pressure to develop and meet EU standards for environmental protection and sustainable development. In this ongoing process, global economic liberalization, regulatory policy, conservation, and lifestyle issues are...
by Reinhold Uhlmann
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: 1,3, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft), course: International environmental politics, language: English, abstract: This...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1995
Proceedings of the 10th International Clays Conference, Adelaide, Australia, July 18 to 23, 1993. Clays have provided us with the most active ingredients in soils, with building materials, with pottery and ceramics for both utility and decoration, and with coatings and fillers for paper, among other...
by Francesca Kerton, Ray Marriott, James H Clark
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Everyone is becoming more environmentally conscious and therefore, chemical processes are being developed with their environmental burden in mind. This also means that more traditional chemical methods are being replaced with new innovations and this includes new solvents. Solvents are everywhere,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
Since the beginning of human civilization, plants have been our true companions. Plants contribute not only to our existence but also serve us through discovery, design and the treatment of various diseases where there is no satisfactory cure in modern medicine. This has focused Natural Product Chemists...
Kyoto Protocol
Outline the rationale behind and the main provisions of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change for both developed and less developed countries and assess critically the effectiveness of the Treaty
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: 1,5, Grenoble Ecole de Management, course: Business Ethics, language: English, abstract: For many years scientists alert that a climatic change is taking place which is significantly caused...
A Fierce Green Fire
Aldo Leopold's Life and Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
For anyone interested in wildlife, birds, wilderness areas, parks, ecology, conservation, environmental literature, and ethics, the name Aldo Leopold is sure to pop up. Since first publication, Aldo Leopold: A Fierce Green Fire has remained the classic short, inspiring biography of Leopold--the perfect...
Pesticide Policy, Production Risk, and Producer Welfare
An Econometric Approach to Applied Welfare Economics
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
The use of pesticides to control agricultural pests both benefits farm production and imposes health and environmental costs on producers and society. This title, first published in 1988, includes an application of the author’s methodology to tomato production, in which Antle illuminates the roles...
Water Governance in the Face of Global Change
From Understanding to Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of multi-level water governance, developing a conceptual and analytical framework that captures the complexity of real water governance systems while also introducing different approaches to comparative analysis. Applications illustrate how the ostensibly...
Flora and Fauna of the Civil War
An Environmental Reference Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
During the Civil War, humans impacted plants and animals on an unprecedented scale as soldiers on both sides waged the most environmentally destructive war ever on American soil. Refugees and armies alike tramped across the landscape foraging for food, shelter, and fuel. Wild plants and animals formed...
Climate Change and Genocide
Environmental Violence in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Climate change caused by human activity is the most fundamental challenge facing mankind in the 21st century, since it will drastically alter the living conditions of millions of people, mainly in the Global South. Environmental violence, including resource crises such as peak fossil fuel, will lie...