Environmental category: 9736 books
Living With Urban Environmental Health Risks
The Case of Ethiopia
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Although it still has a low urban population when compared with the rest of the world, Ethiopia nevertheless has been experiencing one of the most rapid urbanization processes of recent years. This rapid urban growth, however, has not been accompanied by a commensurate increase in basic infrastructure...
The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
After almost fifteen years in the laboratory and in the test plots, bioengineered crops arrived to the market in the mid-1990s. Adoption was rapid and wide spread. In 1996, less than 4 million acres in six countries were planted with bioengineered crops. By 2001, worldwide adoption had expanded...
by Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
The contributors of Environmental Management in the Caribbean covers the themes of national parks and protected areas, freshwater management, pollution and waste management, disaster risk reduction, environmental education and behaviour.
Three Gorges Dam
Environmental Monitoring Network and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This is the first English book talking about the Three Gorges Project Eco-Environmental Monitoring System (TGPEEMS). It presents lessons learned in construction of large dam projects at home and abroad in this field, identifies existing problems before suggesting a scientific improvement plan. and,...
The Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Human-Environmental Security in the Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
This book highlights the water-energy-food nexus as one of the most important and fundamental global environmental issues facing the world. Climate and social changes are putting increased pressure on water, energy and food resources. As water is the central aspect within this cluster, the book focuses...
Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Compliance
The Benefits of Administrative Procedures
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
The adoption of administrative procedures in global governance has the potential to foster proper consideration of marginalized actors’ interests, yet risks entrenching the dominance of the well-resourced and powerful. Accordingly, this book proposes a new framework for evaluating the extent to...
Global Monitoring
The Challenges of Access to Data
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
This highly technical work is at the leading edge of spatial analysis. It covers the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative in the international context of access to environmental data. This book identifies the data policy issues, such as intellectual property rights, privacy,...
ICGSCE 2014
Proceedings of the International Conference on Global Sustainability and Chemical Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
This book includes selected papers from the ICGSCE 2014 with focus on the current trends of global resources used to meet the growing demands to improve life style coupled with environmental and social problems related to the resource consumption with emphasize to move towards sustainable development. It...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
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.
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Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
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.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
This book is one of four volumes on a major empirical migration study by leading Thai migration specialists from Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok) for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).this volume discusses the environmental impact of temporary shelters for displaced people along the...
Sensors for Everyday Life
Environmental and Food Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
This book offers an up-to-date overview of the concepts, modeling, technical and technological details and practical applications of different types of sensors, and discusses the trends of next generation of sensors and systems for environmental and food engineering. This book is aimed at researchers,...
Flotation Technology
Volume 12
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
The past 30 years have seen the emergence of a growing desire worldwide that positive actions be taken to restore and protect the environment from the degrading effects of all forms of pollution – air, water, soil, and noise. Since pollution is a direct or indirect consequence of waste, the seemingly...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Pollutants are increasing day by day in the environment due to human interference. Thus, it has become necessary to find solutions to clean up these hazardous pollutants to improve human, animal, and plant health. Microbial Biotechnology in Environmental Monitoring and Cleanup is a critical scholarly...