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‘Bottom-up’ Approaches in Governance and Adaptation for Sustainable Development
Case Studies from India and Bangladesh
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
This book analyzes how governance and climate change adaptation - both integral to sustainable development - operate outside the bureaucratic apparatus of the state. It examines ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approaches to sustainable development and looks at a possible ‘middle-out’ approach...
by Rudolf Reuther
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
It is not long ago that scientists realized, our study and understanding of most environmental problems call for a cross-sectional, more holistic view. In fact, environmental geochemistry became one of the legs to stand on for such a required interdisciplinary approach. Geochemists do not only describe...
Residue Reviews
Residues of Pesticides and Other Contaminants in the Total Environment
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
That residues of pesticide and other contaminants in the total environment are of concern to everyone everywhere is attested by the reception accorded previous volumes of "Residue Reviews" and by the gratifying enthusiasm, sincerity, and efforts shown by all the in dividuals from whom...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Biodiversity is the delicate ecological balance within biological systems such as species and populations. Evidence suggests air pollution disrupts and impoverishes ecosysytems processes, and genetic and population diversity. Based on a symposium conducted by the EPA's Environmental Research Laboratory,...
Nanophotocatalysis and Environmental Applications
Materials and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2019
This book serves the environmentalists to track the development of photocatalytic materials and technology in the present context and to explore future trends. Photocatalysis is the most influential greener technology being researched, developed and adopted for the treatment of wastewater. The technological...
PHEs, Environment and Human Health
Potentially harmful elements in the environment and the impact on human health
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
This book is dedicated to the occurrence and behaviour of PHEs in the different compartments of the environment, with special reference to soil. Current studies of PHEs in ecosystems have indicated that many industrial areas near urban agglomerates, abandoned or active mines, major road systems and...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2014
Pollution has no borders. This popular 70’s saying from early ecologists is surprisingly still true nowadays despite overwhelming scientific evidence and public awareness of the occurrence of artificial toxic substances in water, food, air, living organisms and the environment. This book presents...
by Branimir Jovančićević, Jan Schwarzbauer
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
The first volume in this new text book series covers comprehensively relevant aspects related to the appearance and characterisation of fossil matter in the geosphere such as kerogen, oil, shales and coals. As organic geochemistry is a modern scientific subject characterized by a high transdisciplinarity...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
This book offers extensive and comprehensive knowledge to the researchers and academicians who are working on decontamination of radioactively contaminated areas. Remediation strategies for contaminated sites are provided. Readers who will find this book useful include professionals specializing...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
Estimates of the air pollution health impact play a crucial role in environmental protection. These estimates require accurate data on the pollutant exposure and dose to the population as well as the dose–response relationships to calculate the health impact. From an air quality manager’s perspective...
Education, Community Engagement and Sustainable Development
Negotiating Environmental Knowledge in Monteverde, Costa Rica
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
A growing body of research has given critical attention to diverse theories and practices of environmental education, and its potential contribution to addressing pressing global issues such as sustainable development and climate change. While much of this work has focused on perspectives and practices...
Land Use Changes in Europe
Processes of Change, Environmental Transformations and Future Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The patterns of land use that have evolved in Europe reflect the boundaries set by the natural environment and socio-economic responses to the needs of the population. Over the centuries man has been able to overcome increasingly the constraints placed on land use by the natural environment through...
Automobile Exhaust Emission Testing
Measurement of Regulated and Unregulated Exhaust Gas Components, Exhaust Emission Tests
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Differing legislation between the countries or unions of countries involved in pollution reduction has turned gas measuring technology into such an extremely extensive and complex field that only a few specialists in environmental agencies and the automobile industry have a grasp of it. This book...
The Water We Eat
Combining Virtual Water and Water Footprints
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2015
This book pursues a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach in order to analyze the relationship between water and food security. It demonstrates that most of the world’s economies lack sufficient water resources to secure their populations’ food requirements and are thus virtual importers of...