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by Jan Schwarzbauer, Branimir Jovančićević
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2017
This third volume focusses on anthropogenic organic pollutants harming the environment. Their structural diversity and fate in the environment, their effects and relevance are presented. For such a flexible usage this textbook series 'Fundamentals in Organic Geochemistry' consists of different volumes...
Urban Air Pollution Monitoring by Ground-Based Stations and Satellite Data
Multi-season characteristics from Lanzhou City, China
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
This book examines air pollution of a big city using multi-year and multi-season data from ground-based air monitoring stations and satellite sounding data, which provides more clear and detailed information on the main sources of air pollution, the long-term trend of pollution, the influence of meteorological...
Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas
Rekindling the Wurrk Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
This engaging volume explores the management of fire in one of the world’s most flammable landscapes: Australia’s tropical savannas, where on average 18% of the landscape is burned annually. Impacts have been particularly severe in the Arnhem Land Plateau, a centre of plant and animal diversity on...
Companion Modelling
A Participatory Approach to Support Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
This book introduces the companion modelling approach by presenting the stance that underpins it, the methods and tools used with stakeholders and the specific role of models during the process. It addresses the means to deal with the different levels of decision-making and to take into account the...
The Arid Lands
History, Power, Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2016
An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabitants must be empowered.
Deserts are commonly imagined as barren, defiled, worthless places, wastelands in need of development. This...
Oil Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea: Part II
National Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2019
This volume reviews the oil inputs to the Mediterranean Sea from sources such as shipping, offshore oil installations, and oil refineries, presented in a number of national case studies. A regional overview is also presented for the Adriatic Sea. Topics include mapping of oil slicks in the Adriatic,...
The Price of Nuclear Power
Uranium Communities and Environmental Justice
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Rising fossil fuel prices and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions are fostering a nuclear power renaissance and a revitalized uranium mining industry across the American West. In The Price of Nuclear Power, environmental sociologist Stephanie Malin offers an on-the-ground portrait of several uranium...
Biodiversity and Wind Farms in Portugal
Current knowledge and insights for an integrated impact assessment process
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book presents a review of the state-of-the-art knowledge on the interactions between biodiversity and wind energy development, focused on the Portuguese reality. The volume addresses the particularities of the impact assessment procedures in Portugal, contrasting it with the international practices...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology publishes authoritative reviews on the occurrence, effects, and fate of pesticide residues and other environmental contaminants. It will keep you informed of the latest significant issues by providing in-depth information in the areas of analytical...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology publishes authoritative reviews on the occurrence, effects, and fate of pesticide residues and other environmental contaminants. It will keep you informed of the latest significant issues by providing in-depth information in the areas of analytical...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology publishes authoritative reviews on the occurrence, effects, and fate of pesticide residues and other environmental contaminants. It will keep you informed of the latest significant issues by providing in-depth information in the areas of analytical...
Geology of High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal
An introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Nanophotocatalysis and Environmental Applications
Energy Conversion and Chemical Transformations
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2019
This book presents photocatalysis as a state-of-art technology in energy production and conversion. The ever increasing demand for energy with growing economies has led to a dearth of energy sources. The exhaustive dependability on non-renewable resources of energy has not just depleted them but also...
Green Adsorbents for Pollutant Removal
Innovative materials
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
This is the second volume on adsorption using green adsorbents and is written by international contributors who are the leading experts in the adsorption field. Together with the first volume they show a typical selection of green materials used in wastewater treatment, with emphasis on industrial...