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What is the role of government in environmental politics and policy? The answer to this question used to be relatively clear. Government was to regulate the environmental performance of state and non-state actors, to set standards, impose charges, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639229738Author Aysha AkterFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 227g

Nowadays, the environment looms large in the analysis of conflict in developing societies, and the precise role it plays is the subject of an ongoing debate. The de bate has moved on from the earlier, but still popular, notions of 'power struggles',...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783847323716Author Rakesh ChepuriFormat PaperbackImprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams) 136g

Volume 2: Handbook of Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Water Resources and Climate is aimed to describe the current state of knowledge and developments of geospatial technologies (Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems) for assessing and managing...

Environmental pollutants have become a major global concern. The modern growth of industrialization, urbanization, modern agricultural development and energy generation have resulted in indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources for fulfilling the...

The human footprint on the global environment now touches every corner of the world. This book explores the myriad ways that environmental archives can be used to study the distribution and long-term trajectories of chemical contaminants. The volume...

Carbon footprint is one of the important environmental impacts, which has received greater attention from the public, government and media. It is one of the important topics of even any government's agenda as well and every nation is trying its best to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786202684392Author C MarimuthuFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams)...

"Wetland Restoration: Shanghai Dalian Lake Project" introduces the whole Shanghai DaLian wetland restoration project, including the background investigation of the wetland, the overall planning of wetland restoration, its detailed design,...

This book provides an essential overview of ecotechnologies (also known as green infrastructure or nature-based solutions) which are considered to be relatively resilient to variations in stormwater and wastewater inflow. In particular, it focuses on...

The book covers contemporary environmental issues related to such subjects such as: drinking water, air pollution, waste water, hazardous waste and groundwater, and it focusses on current research activities, emerging technologies and future trends.For...

A growing proportion of the world's population is dependent on Seawater Desalination as a source of fresh water for both potable and civil use. One of the main drawbacks of conventional desalination technologies is the substantial energy requirement,...

International shipping is of great importance for the transport of a great many types of cargo. Substances and products considered dangerous constitute almost 50% of all the payload. It is obvious that stringent regulations are required in order to...

An important purpose of The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry is to aid the understanding of distribution and chemical reaction processes which occur in the environment. Volume 4, Part B of this series is dedicated to Air Pollution Control Equipment,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639370485Author MD Harun-Ar RashidFormat PaperbackImprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 191g

This book presents a picture of the advances in the research of theoretical and practical frameworks of wastewater problems and solutions. The book deals with a basic concept and principles of modern biological, chemical and technical approaches to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783038975526Author Ilkka LeinonenFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 626g

This book deals with the economic potentials of biodiversity and its capacity to support its own conservation aiming to provide livelihood for millions engaged in conservation, both now and for future generations. The book highlights the potentials of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495171291Author Dr Rick ParkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint National Agricultural Institute, Inc.Publisher National Agricultural Institute, Inc...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632396396Author Chuck LancasterFormat HardbackPage Count 249Imprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 871g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410222657Author U S Air ForceFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the PacificWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410222435Author U S Army Corps of EngineersFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

On May 29 and 30, 1985, a workshop was held to explore the legal, ethical, social, scientific, and practical aspects of the use of the de minimis risk concept for health and safety regulation. The workshop was sponsored by the Society for Risk Analysis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632393913Author Emma LayerFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 413g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783038422846Author Armin SorooshianFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 921gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 27mm

This book starts by discussing the global flows of energy and materials and changes caused by human activities. It then examines the limitations of anthropogenic energy and material flows and the consequences for the development of human society...

This book provides a multi-level and multi-dimensional insight into urban water and sanitation development by analyzing sector reforms in Africa. With the recent events in mind - water shortages in Cape Town, widespread cholera in Haiti, mass-migration...

This book deals with water management, one of the most challenging issues of contemporary society. Research and innovation in the field of water management must address certain fundamental aspects: access to water, water quality, water treatment,...

This book discusses how climate change and heat islands are a main contributor to water related problems in urban areas in Kosice, Slovakia. Green roofs are used as a tool to assist in solving these water related issues. The need to provide housing in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783038976080Author Karina Yew GinFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 413g

This book provides a comprehensive review of Grain for Green, China's nationwide program which pays farmers to revert sloping or marginal farm land to trees or grass. The program aims to improve the ecological conditions of much of China, and the...

There is a plethora of information available on the river Ganga in the form of books, blogs, articles, websites, videos. Unfortunately, most of the information about this famous river is in a scattered form and reproduced from unverified sources. This...

This book examines the development needs of protected areas with threatened ecological biodiversity to gain deeper understanding of the local perspective of protected area ecosystems. The study focuses on the case of Nech Sar National Park in Ethiopia, a...

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 offers the reader a deeper understanding of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality's green and ecological infrastructure policy landscape. The author utilises the PULSE3 analytical framework to conduct an in-depth examination and to show how...

The world is full of environmental injustices and inequalities, yet few European historians have tackled these subjects head on; nor have they explored their relationships with social inequalities. In this innovative collection of historical essays the...

Throughout the world a staggering amount of resources have been used to obtain billions of environmental data points. Some, such as meteorological data, have been organized for weather map display where many thousands of data points are synthesized in...

This handy field reference contains all the information, charts, graphs, formulas, and definitions that are needed by wastewater system operators in performing their daily duties. This guide compiles information from wastewater operations manuals,...

The Cold War Era left the major participants, the United States and the former Soviet Union (FSU), with large legacies in terms of both contamination and potential accidents. Facility contamination and environmental degradation, as well as the accident...