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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...

This book concerns footprints of the international environmental conventions in action. Hydropower projects have been selected as test case. The study is based on participatory research into a number of cases where implementation needs to meet new data...

Our Earth is considered as a natural system which organizes and controls itself. However, the present scale of anthropogenic activity is unprecedented in the history of mankind compelling the intelligentia to ponder over the scientific causes of the...

This book is a product of Brazilian Academy of Sciences Study Group about water issue. The water cycle was addressed based on an integrated point of view, aiming at joining technological and ecological solutions and integrating quantitative and...

This book features original scientific manuscripts submitted for publication at the International Conference - The Science and Development of Transport (ZIRP 2020), organized by University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Zagreb, and...

This book offers a comprehensive guide to microcosms (N-systems) in multiple-species testing and aquatic ecosystem risk assessment. It provides standardized methods for creating the microbial ecosystem, and proposes a standardized microcosm system for...

This book provides an overview of arid and semi-arid lands conditions, their general characteristics, methods of management, conservation, exploitation and reclamation. It also focuses on how to utilize the potential of arid lands with the minimum...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has become the recognized instrument to assess the ecological burdens and human health impacts connected with the complete life cycle (creation, use, end-of-life) of products, processes and activities, enabling the assessor to...

This work talks about Field screening.Book InformationISBN 9781402007392Author Wolfgang BrehFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Kluwer Academic PublishersPublisher Kluwer Academic Publishers

Headwaters are fragile environments threatened by anthropogenic actions. The regeneration of headwaters calls for a practical approach through integrated environmental management. This book discusses various issues concerning headwater regions of the...

This book reviews the state of the art of natural disasters like floods and landslides, highlighting the possibility of safe and correct land planning and management by means of a global approach to territory. In fact, the events deriving from slope...

Chittaranjan Ray, Ph. D. , P. E. University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Jurgen Schubert, M. Sc. Stadtwerke Dusseldorf AG Dusseldorf, Germany Ronald B. Linsky National Water Research Institute Fountain Valley, California, United...

This survey, and fascinating history, of the public green spaces of London was published in 1898. Its author, John J. Sexby, the Chief Officer of Parks of the London County Council, is described as a lieutenant-colonel and a professional associate of the...

The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry provides the compilation of today's knowledge of processes in the natural environment and the behavior and impact of pollutants. It provides a valuable source for environmental managers, decision-makers, and...