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This book is about the consequences of the Fukushima disaster in light of their technological, societal, political, cultural and environmental origins. The magnitude of the nuclear accident is investigated in this book in the contexts of politics,...

This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This report transfers the Ecological Scarcity Method (ESM) to the EU and its 28 member states. It provides a powerful tool for unbiased environmental assessments in enterprises and surveys the...

This book discusses the critical contemporary issues of sustainability and integration of physical and information flow. It explores the digitalization of logistics processes and the need for a more integrated and a seamless cooperation in supply chain...

This book focuses on water pollution, water management and water structures. Presenting contributions on water quality and quantity issues from the engineering point of view, it discusses a variety of issues, from storm water management in urban areas...

The aim of this book is to present qualitative aspects of logistics operations and supply chain management which help to implement the sustainable policy principles in the companies and public sector's institutions. Authors in individual chapters address...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PART 1 FISH CONSUMPTION AND METHYLMERCURY EXPOSURE IN THE AMAZON A. C. BARBOSA, A. M. GARCIA, J. R. DESOUZAI Mercurycontamination inhairofriverine 1-8 populations of Apiacas Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon E. D. BIDONE, Z. C. CASTILHOS,...

Since the 1990's, researchers, practitioners and public administrations have given more thought to urban logistics. However, their interests and goals are not the same, and several approaches do not produce efficient logistics systems as a result. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682861745Author Rosemary CharlesFormat HardbackImprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 812g

This book introduces readers to the status quo and recent advances in China's low-carbon development. From the evolution of human civilization, to the proposal of low-carbon concepts, up to the choice of China's low-carbon path, the book provides a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659561665Author Gupta PradeepFormat PaperbackImprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams) 127g

This plant catalogue is in two parts. The first, published in 1801, provides a list, organised according to the Linnaean system, of the hothouse and greenhouse plants in the newly established Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin, near Dublin, and the second,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659374692Author Abagale Samson AbahFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

This book presents state-of-the-art scientific evidence and technological innovations to restore lands on the Loess Plateau of China, known worldwide for its serious land degradation and desertification problems. Supported by a rapidly developing Chinese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659414855Author Al-Meshal Areej SulimanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781763512511Author Dr FanatomyFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Neha DubeyPublisher Neha DubeyWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990451034Author Jahangir AsadiFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Top Ten Award International NetworkPublisher Top Ten Award International...

This book focuses on how marine systems respond to natural and anthropogenic perturbations (ENSO, overfishing, pollution, tourism, invasive species, climate-change). Authors explain in their chapters how this information can guide management and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639102482Author Mercy OjoyiFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 150g

This book analyses how a water utility from a developing country, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, that was totally dysfunctional, corruption-ridden and literally bankrupt in 1993, became one of the most successful water utilities of the developing...

Given our rapidly growing population, the need for judicious management of essential natural resources is becoming a major challenge for planners, managers and scientists/researchers. This book presents a multidisciplinary approach to managing water,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781482812657Author A R MahendraFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Partridge PublishingPublisher Partridge PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

There is need in environmental research for a book on fresh waters including rivers and lakes. Compared with other books on the topic, this book has a unique outline in that it follows pollution from sources to impact. Included in the text is the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639217735Author Faisal Al ZawadFormat PaperbackImprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 204g

Ayla Neusel The idea of holding an International Women's University ifu as part of the EXPO 2000'W orld Exposition was born in Lower Saxony in the mid-1990s. In 1992, Lower Saxony's then Minister of Science Helga Schuchardt had set up a Women's Research...

This book presents case studies that share important experiences regarding Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in various countries. Following an introduction to theoretical concepts, responsibilities, and challenges, the subsequent chapters...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639169782Author Nazanin NasrollahiFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 395g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639314663Author Norhakim YusofFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 222g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639250978Author Jittima Prasara-AFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 499g

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been produced commercially since be fore 1930. They proved to be highly versatile mixtures and their uses continued to expand during the early 1970's even after the unanticipated world-wide en vironmental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781489961532Author Edward KuiperFormat PaperbackPage Count 483Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.Weight(grams) 753g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916540507Author Nicholas VariasFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Nicholas VariasPublisher Nicholas VariasWeight(grams) 376g

This book focuses on a monograph published in 2017 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), discussing its carcinogen hazard classification of four pesticides: parathion, malathion,...

The aim of this edited volume is to introduce the scientific community to paleoenvironmental studies of estuaries, to highlight the types of information that can be obtained from such studies, and to promote the use of paleoenvironmental studies in...

In developing countries, access to the adequate sanitation systems is still limited, and a new business model is required. This book demonstrates the benefits of resource-oriented agro-sanitation systems, including the concepts and technologies, and...

This volume takes a multidisciplinary approach to study and evaluate the global human vulnerability to the exposure of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in the natural environment. It provides a comprehensive resource on structurally diverse groups...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786138957973Author Ayan SenGuptaFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Scholars' PressPublisher Scholars' PressWeight(grams) 186g

Globalization is not a new phenomenon, but it is posing new challenges to humans and natural ecosystems in the 21st century. From climate change to increasingly mobile human populations to the global economy, the relationship between humans and their...

The automotive industry is one of the most environmental aware manufacturing sectors. Product take-back regulations influence design of the vehicles, production technologies but also the configuration of automotive reverse supply chains. The business...

----- One of the arguments most frequently raised by objectors to nuclear power production is the spectrum of the hazard from the nuc.lear waste. In the public's perception one of the most dangerous features of this waste is the threat to future...

The past few years have seen the emergence of a growing, widespread desire in this country, and indeed everywhere, that positive actions be taken to restore the quality of our environment, and to protect it from the degrading effects of all forms of...