Environmental

In contrast to traditional combustion, gasification technologies offer the potential for converting coal and low or negative-value feedstocks, such as petroleum coke and various waste materials into usable energy sources or chemicals. With a growing...

In recent years, the private rented sector has overtaken social housing to become the main housing provider with some of the worse housing conditions that are linked to preventable health inequalities. This book seeks to expand upon previous research in...

The management of water resources across boundaries, whether sub-national or international, is one of the most difficult challenges facing water managers today. The upstream exploitation or diversion of groundwater or rivers can have devastating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250798817Author Anthes EmilyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press

Arrival is an exploration of the ripple effects of domestic abuse. The story follows a young woman fleeing her home country and trying to rebuild her life abroad, after she has suffered violence at the hands of an alcoholic father. Prompted by her...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.A thoroughly revised, in-depth guide to water and wastewater...

The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems provides a synthetic guide to the range of methods that can be employed in social-ecological systems (SES) research. The book is primarily targeted at graduate students, lecturers...

The Science of Water: Concepts and Applications, Fourth Edition, contains a wealth of scientific information and is based on real-world experience. Building on the third edition, this text applies the latest data and research in the field and addresses...

For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic growth is good, necessary, and even inevitable, but also feel a sense of unease...

While traditions are very important to a culture, there is a need to challenge, as well as to respect, those traditions which have given rise to a particular rural research and development situation. In this 1999 book the authors critically examine the...

The global loss of biodiversity is occurring at an unprecedented pace. Despite the considerable effort devoted to conservation science and management, we still lack even the most basic data on the distribution and density of the majority of plant and...

From Nobel Prize winner Syukuro Manabe and Anthony Broccoli, a definitive account of how we have come to understand the fundamental processes behind global warmingSyukuro Manabe is perhaps the leading pioneer of modern climate modeling. Beyond Global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250058300Author Rose GeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 139mm * 22mm

The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the...

Atmospheric chemistry has been the focus of much research activity in recent years, and there is now heightened public awareness of the environmental issues in which it plays a part. In a clear, readable style, this important book looks at the insights...

This book identifies four key forms of air pollution: indoor, urban, regional and global. It discusses how these four types of pollution are manifest in today's society and examines the scientific and policy challenges that stand in the way of progress...

Beginning in 1580, a number of competing London companies sold water directly to consumers through a large network of wooden mains in the expanding metropolis. This new water industry flourished throughout the 1600s, eventually expanding to serve tens of...

The first edition of Mike Alexander's Management Planning for Nature Conservation, brought a new dimension to the modern literature on conservation management. This second edition, a significant enhancement of the original, deals with the development...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782759811731Author Madeleine Durand-CharreFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint EDP SciencesPublisher EDP SciencesWeight(grams) 520g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781525540257Author Terry EtamFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm

This accessible new textbook provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of groundwater systems and their management. Using straightforward language and analogies to everyday experiences, it explains the origins, nature, and behavior of subsurface...

Keep your lawn and garden lush without wasting resources by capturing and recycling the greywater that drains from your sink, shower, and washing machine. This accessible and detailed guide walks you through each step of planning for and installing a...

This book aims to take the reader through all aspects of fire safety and management in residential settings, from origin and ignition, risk assessment, protection and prevention, as well as comparing effective enforcement options from across all parts of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262547956Author Abelardo Gil-FournierFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913387891Author Rhiannon A GristFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Luna Press PublishingPublisher Luna Press Publishing

Over recent years, important contributions on the topic of solving various aquifer problems have been presented in numerous papers and reports. The scattered and wide-ranging nature of this information has made finding solutions and best practices...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916209633Author Tina BoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Tina's Fine Art UKPublisher Tina's Fine Art UKWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Atmospheric Chemistry provides readers with a basic knowledge of the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere, and an understanding of the role that chemical transformations play in this vital part of our environment. The composition of the 'natural' atmosphere...

This book investigates the complex and unpredictable temporalities of waste. Reflecting on waste in the context of sustainability, materiality, social practices, subjectivity and environmental challenges, the book covers a wide range of settings, from...

The updated and expanded guide for handling industrial wastes and designing a wastewater treatment plant The revised and updated second edition of Practical Wastewater Treatment provides a hands-on guide to industrial wastewater treatment theory,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732537644Author Norman RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Dumb Energy PublishingPublisher Dumb Energy PublishingWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm)...

This book explores what games and play can tell us about contemporary processes of urbanization and examines how the dynamics of gaming can help us understand the interurban competition that underpins the entrepreneurialism of the smart and creative city...

The Business of Less rewrites the book on business and the environment.For the last thirty years, corporate sustainability was synonymous with the pursuit of 'eco-efficiency' and 'win-win' opportunities. The notion of 'eco-efficiency' gives us the...

All life is chemical. That fact underpins the developing field of ecological stoichiometry, the study of the balance of chemical elements in ecological interactions. This long-awaited book brings this field into its own as a unifying force in ecology and...

Equilibrium inorganic chemistry underlies the composition and properties of the aquatic environment and provides a sound basis for understanding both natural geochemical processes and the behaviour of inorganic pollutants in the environment. Designed for...

Tried-and-tested approach for transforming unsustainable economies that are based on natural resource extraction to create long-term prosperity The process focuses on regional economies. Designing Sustainable Prosperity (DSP) is a step by step blueprint...

This thought-provoking book introduces a way to study ecosystems that is resonant with current thinking in the fields of earth system science, geobiology, and planetology. Instead of organizing the subject around a hierarchical series of entities (e.g...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636407937Author Nvvsn RajuFormat HardbackPage Count 222Imprint White Falcon PublishingPublisher White Falcon PublishingWeight(grams) 984gDimensions(mm)...

Revised and fully updated, this textbook provides a detailed yet accessible introduction to the key aspects of ecosystem services. Ecosystem services is one of the most powerful guiding principles for ecology, biodiversity conservation and the management...