Environmental category: 9736 books
Chernobyl
A Policy Response Study
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environmental management. Each volume is a thorough treatment of a specific topic of importance for proper management practices. A fundamental objective of these...
Making a Living
Work and Environment in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2009
In an innovative fusion of labor and environmental history, Making a Living examines work as a central part of Americans' evolving relationship with nature, revealing the unexpected connections between the fight for workers' rights and the rise of the modern environmental movement.
Chad Montrie...
Chiral Environmental Pollutants
Trace Analysis and Ecotoxicology
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
This monograph contains a survey on the role of chirality in ecotoxicological processes. The focus is on environmental trace analysis. Areas such as toxicology, ecotoxicology, synthetic chemistry, biology, and physics are also covered in detail in order to explain the different properties of enantiomers...
Old World and New World Perspectives in Environmental Philosophy
Transatlantic Conversations
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
This is the first collection of essays in which European and American philosophers explicitly think out their respective contributions and identities as environmental thinkers in the analytic and continental traditions. The American/European, as well as Analytic/Continental collaboration here bears...
Embattled River
The Hudson and Modern American Environmentalism
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
In Embattled River, David Schuyler describes the efforts to reverse the pollution and bleak future of the Hudson River that became evident in the 1950s. Through his investigative narrative, Schuyler uncovers the critical role of this iconic American waterway in the emergence of modern environmentalism...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Functions of Natural Organic Matter in Changing Environment presents contributions from the 16th Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society (IHSS 16) held in Hangzhou, China on September 9-14, 2012. It provides a comprehensive and updated research advance in the field of characterization,...
Getting to Grips with Green Plans
National-level Experience in Industrial Countries
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
One of the more significant recommendations to emerge from UNCED in 1992 was the call in Agenda 21 for countries to develop and implement national sustainable development strategies. Most countries have responded to this challenge. However many countries also have a long history of drawing up planning...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Asian river basins are undergoing rapid transformation. This volume considers the implications of the environmental change-development nexus for water management, river health and hazard awareness. As Biswas and Tortajada (2011) have recently commented, water management in Asia will likely change...
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy
Insights and Overviews
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Bringing together contributions from diplomats, UN agency officials, lawyers and academics, this book provides insight into the evolution of international environmental law, diplomacy and negotiating techniques.
Based on first-hand experiences and extensive research, the chapters offer a...
The Mongolian Ecosystem Network
Environmental Issues Under Climate and Social Changes
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
The aim of this book is to describe what is currently occurring in the Mongolian grasslands, to analyze how various factors creating environmental problems interact, and to suggest solutions for sustainable management of the grasslands. The book has three parts. Part I is an introduction, explaining...
Crossroads
Environmental Priorities For The Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
The environmental movemtoday is at a critical crossroads. Crossroads: Environmental Priorities for the Future is an in-depth assessmof the movement's successes and failures, and also offers prescriptions for the future. It includes contributions from some of the country's top environmental leaders...
Second Nature
Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Growing recognition of the complexity of animals' physical, social, and psychological lives in the wild has led both zookeepers and the zoo-going public to call for higher environmental standards for animals in captivity.
Bringing together the work of animal behaviorists, zoo biologists, and...
Reinterpreting Sub-Saharan Cities through the Concept of Adaptive Capacity
An Analysis of Autonomous Adaptation in Response to Environmental Changes in Peri-Urban Areas
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
This book explores whether and how a reinterpretation of Sub-Saharan cities, through the concept of adaptive capacity, could bridge this distance and contribute to a new understanding of the contemporary city. The research contributes to improved knowledge of urban and environmental planning and of...
Proving Grounds
Militarized Landscapes, Weapons Testing, and the Environmental Impact of U.S. Bases
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
Proving Grounds brings together a wide range of scholars across disciplines and geographical borders to deepen our understanding of the environmental impact that the U.S. military presence has had at home and abroad. The essays in this collection survey the environmental damage caused by weapons testing...