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This book presents recent lessons learned in the context of research and development for various dryland ecosystems, focusing on water resources management, land and vegetation cover degradation and remediation, and socioeconomic aspects, as well as...

This volume evaluates technical and social aspects of a watershed management program in the Kush-Abad Watershed Basin in Iran. Author Bahram Mohammadi Golrang offers a way forward for a more integrated means to evaluate large scale rural environmental...

This book builds on the analyses of Eugene and Howard Odum and introduces the concept of systems ecology. Ecological emergy accounting represents a breakthrough because it allows researchers to integrate man-made capital and natural capital so that human...

This book explores the multi-dimensional asymmetries of scale, time, and directions in the large dam controversy with a regional focus on Asia, especially on India and China. Whereas the concept of large-scale transformation of fluvial environments into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639153033Author Seema JilaniFormat PaperbackImprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 299g

Each monograph is written by leading experts in their field and examines the relationship and contributions of engineering to the topic of study. As a series, TSL addresses a long-awaited niche in engineering publishing, providing in-depth discussions of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789811600951Author Subramanian Senthilkannan MuthuFormat HardbackPage Count 247Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 155g

This book highlights the concepts and assessment methods of Ecological Footprints. Ecological footprint is defined as, "a measure of how much area of biologically productive land and water an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the...

This book focuses on environmental engineering, and on wastewater treatment and reuse in particular, which is a vital aspect for countries and regions suffering from water shortages. It introduces a new water cycle management concept for designing water...

Environmental professionals can no longer simply publish research in technical journals. Informing the public is now a critical part of the job. Environmental Communication demonstrates, step by step, how it's done, and is an essential guide for...

More than 10 years after the "First European Symposium on Organic Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment", the "Sixth Symposium" was held in Lisbon (Portugal) from 22 to 24 May 1990. The Symposium was organised within the...

Marie Luise Gothein (1863-1931) published this scholarly two-volume history of garden design in German in 1913. Its second edition of 1925 was translated into English by Laura Archer-Hind, edited by gardening author Walter P. Wright (1864-1940), and...

The purpose of this book is to present a range of cases and comparison of the issues, insights and cases emerging from the Sustainable Energy Mix Summit in the Galapagos that offer a better understanding of energy mix in fragile environments from a...

Land in the tropics and sub tropics occupy approximately 40 percent of the Earth's surface and is currently home to a a large portion of the world's population. This book provides a detail ed scientific account of the current state and condition of land...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659366819Author Porwal VishalFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams)...

This book deals in a concise format with the methods used to develop mathematical models for water and wastewater treatment. It provides a systematic approach to mass balances, transport and transformation processes, kinetics, stoichiometry, reactor...

This book contains six studies on various national environmental policies and environment -oriented technology policy systems in Austria, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom, sandwiched between this introductory and a...

The climate change problem can only be effectively dealt with if global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced substantially. Since the emission of such gases is closely related to the economic growth of countries, a critical problem...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639130409Author Haukur EinarssonFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632392435Author Chuck LancasterFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 798g

This book explains why the concept of sustainable development needs to be consigned to history. Using examples from around the world, Richard Pagett illustrates how so-called sustainable development has simply been a cul-de-sac, condemning millions to...

The environmental field is deep and wide. In the flood of information, how can people understand the underlying causes of what they hear about the environment from newspapers and television? This book was originally published in Japanese, with the aim of...

This book deals with the water policy and management in Canada. It discusses various problems and risks in the fresh and drinking water supply in the second largest country in the world. Mohammed Dore argues that water is underpriced and used wastefully...

Regenerative medicine, encompassing stem cells and tissue engineering, has attracted huge interest within commercial, clinical and government circles, and promises to change medicine itself. This book provides the first detailed examination and critical...

Environmental Modeling and Health Risk Analysis (ACTS/RISK) The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with an integrated perspective on several ?elds. First, it discusses the ?elds of environmental modeling in general and multimedia (the term...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639316339Author Behailu GetachewFormat PaperbackImprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 145g

First published in 1772 and reissued here in its 1799 third edition, this work was intended to provide the traveller with advice on collecting and preserving scientific specimens, and on pursuing intellectual investigations. John Coakley Lettsom...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639189025Author Blanca MonteroFormat PaperbackImprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 150g

This book discusses how emerging groundwater risks under current and potential climate change conductions reduce available groundwater resources for domestic use, and agriculture and energy production. The topics discussed throughout this book are...

This book contains up-to-date information and findings in research on the evaluation, treatment, reusability, and development of wastewater in India. The book covers the assessment for drinking water, including membrane filtration, supervision, and...

Living with the Unexpected deals with complexity and uncertainty, two major challenges in a world faced with climate change and hazards. The study focuses on appropriate methods which enable vulnerable communities to cope effectively with natural hazards...

It is an honor and pleasure for me to write the foreword of this book comprising the of Forest Resources for proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on the Improvement Recyclable Forest Products. The symposium was organized by Dr. Toshihiro Ona, Associate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639286144Author Jakub KupeckiFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 104g

This publication deals with soil erosion and sedimentation. Soil erosion and associated sediment deposition are natural landscape-forming processes that can be greatly accelerated by human intervention through deforestation, overgrazing, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781489961792Author Emery BalintFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.Weight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839687525Author Albert SabbanFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpenWeight(grams) 180g

Public attention has focused in recent years on an array of technological risks to health, safety, and the environment. At the same time, responsibilities for technological risk as sessment, evaluation, and management have grown in both the public and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786207652884Author Subhashish DeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990863684Author M G BucholtzFormat HardbackPage Count 266Imprint Wood Dragon BooksPublisher Wood Dragon BooksWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789198222333Author Vladimir RaizerFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Bokforlaget Efron & Dotter ABPublisher Bokforlaget Efron & Dotter...