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Climate Change and Water Governance
Adaptive Capacity in Chile and Switzerland
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
The book presents detailed case studies examining the Rhône Basin in the Canton Valais, Switzerland and the Aconcagua Basin in Valparaiso, Chile. In order to understand and assess the interplay of complex and interlinked environmental and socio-economic issues, the author looks beyond the technology,...
Topics and Methods for Urban and Landscape Design
From the river to the project
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book combines urban planning and architectural tools in an attempt to overcome the limitations of sectoral measures. In this perspective, it offers a forum for the debate of different approaches used by schools of planning and architecture. It explores strategies by drawing from the potential...
Assorted City
Equity, Justice, and Politics in Urban Services Delivery
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2015
A rare piece of research on the game of urban services delivery in an Indian metropolis.
Assorted City makes an important contribution to urban planning discourses in India by offering an in-depth conceptual and theoretical insight to address theory–practice dichotomy. A unique...
Cities in Global Transition
Creating Sustainable Communities in Australia
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
This book examines the planning of cities in global transition, looking at Australia’s Greater Sydney as a case example. The focus is on metropolitan districts (groups of municipalities) within the Greater Sydney region. The subjects of global transition and sustainable urban planning (SUP) are...
Phenology of Ecosystem Processes
Applications in Global Change Research
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2009
Terrestrial carbon balance is uncertain at the regional and global scale. A significant source of variability in mid-latitude ecosystems is related to the timing and duration of phenological phases. Spring phenology, in particular, has disproportionate effects on the annual carbon balance. However,...
by George Christakos
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010
Presents a unique study of Integrative Problem-Solving (IPS). The consideration of 'Decadence' is essential in the scientific study of environmental and other problems and their rigorous solution, because the broad context within which the problems emerge can affect their solution. Stochastic reasoning...
Global Water Security
Lessons Learnt and Long-Term Implications
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
This book highlights the relationship between the water sector and various other sectors in order to establish an improved understanding of the importance of water resources as an essential cross-cutting vector of socio-economic development. The book is both policy and practice oriented and is not...
by J. Andrew Royle, Richard B. Chandler, Rahel Sollmann
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Spatial Capture-Recapture provides a comprehensive how-to manual with detailed examples of spatial capture-recapture models based on current technology and knowledge. Spatial Capture-Recapture provides you with an extensive step-by-step analysis of many data sets using different software implementations....
The Future Use of Nordic Forests
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2015
Diverse as they are in their histories and in the organization of their forest sectors, most Nordic countries have this in common: their economies and cultures are substantially based on the utilization of various forest resources. This book explores Nordic forest futures and presents research results...
by I. Twardowska, H.E. Allen, A.F. Kettrup
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2004
This book covers a broad group of wastes, from biowaste to hazardous waste, but primarily the largest (by mass and volume) group of wastes that are not hazardous, but also are not inert, and are problematic for three major reasons: (1) they are difficult to manage because of their volume: usually...
Sustainable Production Consumption Systems
Knowledge, Engagement and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Sustainable Production Consumption Systems brings together a set of designed case studies intended to provide a more in-depth understanding of challenges and opportunities in bringing knowledge and actions closer together for the sustainable management of specific production and consumption systems....
Urban Sustainability Transitions
Australian Cases- International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
This book contributes to current debates regarding purposive transitions to sustainable cities, providing an accessible but critical exploration of sustainability transitions in urban settings. We have now entered the urban century, which is not without its own challenges, as discussed in the preceding...
Quality of Life in Urban Landscapes
In Search of a Decision Support System
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
This volume introduces an innovative tool for the development of sustainable cities and the promotion of the quality of life of city inhabitants. It presents a decision-support system to orient public administrations in identifying development scenarios for sustainable urban and territorial transformations....
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Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents, Third Edition covers every aspect of deadly toxic chemicals used in conflicts, warfare and terrorism. Including findings from experimental as well as clinical studies, this essential reference offers in-depth coverage of individual toxicants, target...