Environmental Science

The study of soil nitrogen has long been an active field, but it was generally pivoted on agricultural and forestry production, and animal husbandry. With the rapid increase in the use of fertilizer nitrogen, more attention has been paid to the...

This review of environmental contamination and toxicology covers issues such as modelling metal bioavailability for marine mussels, and organochloride insecticide residues in African fauna.Book InformationISBN 9780387982380Author G.W. WareFormat...

Numerous studies have revealed that the poor disproportionately bear the burden of environmental problems in America today. Issues range from higher levels of poisonous wastes, carbon dioxide, and ozone, to greater than normal incidences of asthma and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780275907709Author Jeffery GaleFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

A brief yet comprehensive and clearly written compendium of the most important federal energy, environmental, and natural resource statutes through 1982. Freedman's special talent is the ability to relate Congressional intent to the policy context within...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorMartha Gorman is a professional writer and the author of several books for ABC-CLIO.Reviews"This balanced, detailed work will prove a useful reference tool." -...

This text is a comprehensive, in-depth review and summary of the UN FCCC AIJ pilot. Over 30 prominent players in the UN FCCC AIJ pilot, drawn from 12 countries, prepared the 16 peer-reviewed chapters in this book. Most chapters are extensively...

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology provides detailed review articles concerned with aspects of chemical contaminants, including pesticides, in the total environment with toxicological considerations and consequences. C.E. CASTRO:...

This book addresses the mismatch between the assumptions of planning professionals and the actual operations of the intergovernmental system. Basing her work not only on empirical research but also years of personal experience, Christensen presents a new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874367195Author David E. NewtonFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint ABC-CLIO LtdPublisher ABC-CLIO Ltd

During the 1950s and 60s, scientists began to question the widespread use of DDT, a pesticide used indiscriminately for agricultural purposes because of its efficiency in killing insects. Researchers were discovering that contact with the chemical was...

This book combines a broad scientific and sociopolitical view of US wetlands, for a wide audience of students and professionals concerned with basic or applied ecology, environmental conservation and policy. Wetland science is a new and rapidly evolving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780792313335Author Dirk Jan KraanFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Kluwer Academic PublishersPublisher Kluwer Academic PublishersWeight(grams) 528g

Highlighting the connections between climate change and human security, this book elucidates what might happen when a mere 10-degree drop in average temperature results in a sudden inability to produce enough food, when rapidly advancing desertification...

The environment has become exposed to a range of damaging contaminants from a wide variety of sources. Regulation of and legislation against offending parties has frequently been hampered because of the difficulty of co-operation between disparate...

New indicators of development, well being, social health or ecological footprint are presented in this volume as alternative methods of re-assessing the growing gap between well being and 'more having'. They show that ongoing growth might destroy vital...

A rich set of protocols for the process of assessing the ecological make-up of the land so as to guide environmental decision-making.Book InformationISBN 9780387985824Author Mark E. JensenFormat HardbackPage Count 536Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530019581Author Riley KinmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams) 522g

This new work on energy and environmental modeling describes a broad variety of modeling methodologies, embodied in models of varying scopes and philosophies. Examples range from top-down integrated assessment models to bottom-up partial equilibrium...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780751400311Author J.M. DalzellFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Aspen Publishers Inc.,U.S.Publisher Aspen Publishers Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 980g

Environmental issues are increasingly important factors in world politics - just think of the intense speculation over the climate change discussions at the forthcoming G8 summit. The study of global environmental politics draws on a variety of academic...

Elms occur, both naturally and cultivated, throughout much of the temperate world. Because of their high tolerance to extreme growing conditions and their widespread distribution, elms have been widely planted in cities, towns and rural areas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780965856454Author Scott J. GoetzFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Dissertation.comPublisher Dissertation.comWeight(grams) 182gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Proceedings of the International Workshop, Thermal Solid Waste Utilization in Regular and Industrial Facilities, held in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, November 28-30, 1999. In recent years, industrial and urban growth has resulted in growing volumes of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955205002Author Herbert Ekwe-EkweFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint African RenaissancePublisher African RenaissanceWeight(grams) 246gDimensions(mm)...

Mob violence--often an interracial expression of the urban poverty found in major cities in the United States--is a phenomenon that has plagued this country repeatedly in the 20th century. From Reverend King to Rodney King, historical figures and...

After a decade-long shift in emphasis in regional transportation planning, steadily impacted by politics and planning commissions, environmental impact studies, and national, state and local legislation, the authors interpret and explain the meaning of...

We offer here a non-conventional approach to muhivariate ima- structured data for which the basis is well tested but the analytical ramifi cations are still unfolding. Although we do not formally pursue them, there are several parallels with the nature...

Indoor Pollution educates concerned readers about the sources of indoor pollutants, the illnesses associated with them, and the measures used to control them. Readers will also find a comprehensive listing of relevant laws and regulations, a directory of...

The invasion and occupation of Kuwait by the Iraqi forces and the resulting Gulf War in 1991 led to unprecedented environmental contamination, the effects of which will be felt for years to come. The air was polluted by emissions from hundreds of burning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972171311Author Elliott MaynardFormat HardbackPage Count 316Imprint Watchmaker PublishingPublisher Watchmaker PublishingWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013268854Author Stephan AhbeFormat HardbackPage Count 98Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

This textbook intends to bridge the gap between knowledge about global warming and practical implementation in the political process of the necessary measures for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It therefore deals with climatology,...

What is behind the greening of European politics, and what is the future of the green movement? This book examines environmental interest groups at the vanguard of the green movement in Western Europe-from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth to national...

Environmental considerations are playing an increasingly important role in determining management strategies for soil and land. Many important environmental issues involve aspects of the biology of soil, and these issues cannot be considered...

This collection of essays explores the phenomenon of antiurbanism: the antipathy, fear, and hatred of the city. Antiurbanism has been a pervasive counter-discourse to modernity and urbanization especially since the beginning of industrialism and the...

This book presents an argument that the environmental movement is a coalition of many groups working toward common objectives without common values. Norton believes this lack of unity causes unnecessary and divisive controversy and debate within the...

International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communi ties over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic envi ronments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in and this field:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013274985Author Simon McCarthyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013276019Author Oivind StrandFormat HardbackPage Count 596Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g