Environmental Conservation & Protection

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612128863Author The Xerces SocietyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Storey Publishing LLCPublisher Storey Publishing LLC

Living simply isn't always simple. When Alan Boye first lived in sustainable housing, he was young, idealistic, and not much susceptible to compromise-until rattlesnakes, black widow spiders, and loneliness drove him out of the utilities-free yurt he'd...

Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? In a provocative exploration of the past, present, and future of water in the West, James Lawrence Powell begins at Lake Powell, the vast reservoir...

An exploration of the concept of Indigenuity and Indigenous Thought. Leading Indigenous thinker Dan Wildcat synthesizes several related ideas, including science, the environment, biology and our culture, arguing that restoration of Native knowledge is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982173364Author Annie ProulxFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 168g

Research on media coverage of climate change, as a particular subfield of environmental communication research, has proliferated over the past decade. This book sets out to consider what conclusions can be drawn in light of the existing body of work,...

A comprehensive collection of contributions from the Middle East and Japan, dealing with pressing problems concerning sustainability in arid zones, this time with the accent on environmental science and engineering. The symposium brought together...

This book is about understanding challenges in managing our environment and ensuring sustainability of this planet. It presents the critical state of our resources and threats to resource security due to overconsumption, pollution and poor and uneven...

This book covers all facets involving the production and use of ethanol. Topics include the optimization of raw materials, energy, capital, process model-based computer control, and human resources to produce ethanol. It compares and contrasts processes...

This new edition has been revised throughout, and adds several sections, including: lean manufacturing and design for the environment, low impact development and green infrastructure, green science and engineering, and sustainability. It presents...

This book focuses on green conditions, such as reactions under microwave irradiation, sonication, and the use of different green solvents and green catalysts such as PTC and crown ethers. It covers two of the most important carbon-carbon bond forming...

This book studies the role of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as an advocate for greater environmental responsibility and analyses the major achievements and outcomes of two landmark conferences – Stockholm (1972) and Rio (1992) – which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641163002Author Stephanie FraserFormat HardbackPage Count 243Imprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 853g

People generally think they understand the environment and how humans use natural resources, but these ideas are often understood only superficially. Instead of thinking, I should turn off the light, we should be asking, "Why should I turn off the...

Is there anything you can do when development threatens your local forest, beach, prairie, or wetland? Yes, there is. Across America, citizen activists are fighting and winning battles against unwanted development in their own communities. To help you...

This book seeks to promote better understanding of China through improved knowledge of its geography. It presents papers on a variety of environmental topics in China ranging from earthquake hazards to nature preserves. New research techniques and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771606080Author Robert William SandfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain Books

This title was first published in 1973: Why do some states enact stronger pollution control progammes than others? And, do stronger controls have identifiable impacts on environmental quality in these states? This work seeks to answer these question by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999550168Author Nathaniel PopkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint New Door BooksPublisher New Door Books

The First Green Wave will appeal to scholars and students of Canadian history, environmental studies, and social movements, as well as Canadians who remember the heady days of the first wave environmental movement.Book InformationISBN 9780774828086Author...

This book advances the scientific understanding, development, and application of geospatial technologies related to water resource management. It presents recent developments and applications specifically by utilizing new earth observation datasets such...

Originally published in 1994, Paradise Lost? is the outcome of a unique collaboration between economists and ecologists initiated by the Beijer Institute of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The book examines how the loss of biodiversity is one of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788185431918Author G. GaurFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Sarup & SonPublisher Sarup & Son

Revised and updated, Alternative Fuels addresses many of the factors affecting our energy use, including the availability and desirability of various fuels-especially the use of hydrogen. This new edition covers new hydrogen developments in technology,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632398406Author Sheryl McMillanFormat HardbackPage Count 242Imprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 794g

The Gold Coast is Australia's premier tourism destination, a city cut out of coastal vegetation, including paperbark swamps, mangroves and rainforests of worldwide significance. The Gold Coast Transformed is a collection of integrated chapters...

Describing his spiritual awakening amid the mountains and valleys of central California, John Muir's My First Summer in the Sierra is, like Walden, one of the seminal texts in the literature of the American environment. It is presented here with an...

Increased research is going on to explore the new cleaner options for the utilization of natural resources. This book aims to provide the scientific knowhow and orientation in the area of the emerging technologies for utilization of natural resources for...

The explosion of public interest in the natural environment can, to a large extent, be attributed to greater public awareness of the impacts of global warming and climate change. This has led to increased research interest and funding directed at studies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683343318Author Anne AkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 290g

From shipments of Canadian waste rotting in developing countries to overflowing landfills and ineffective recycling programs, Canada is facing a waste crisis. Canadians are becoming increasingly aware that waste is an acute environmental and human health...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771606103Author Robert William SandfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain Books

This richly detailed volume will appeal to scholars, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduates in environmental history, environmental development, rural policy, development studies, and environmental activism.Book InformationISBN...

Soil contamination represents a serious environmental problem and requires an immediate action plan to be prepared for typical and emergent contaminants. This book provides an overview of some remediation technologies, both traditional and emergent, as...

In Rock Water Life Lesley Green examines the interwoven realities of inequality, racism, colonialism, and environmental destruction in South Africa, calling for environmental research and governance to transition to an ecopolitical approach that could...

This book introduces readers to the main theories of phytoremediation and its application to arsenic-contaminated soils in China. The hyperaccumulation theories are introduced, including the use of hyperaccumulators to remove large amounts of arsenic...

Includes precise directions for a long list of contaminants! All contaminants you can analyze or monitor with a given method are consolidated together to facilitate use. This book is especially valuable for indoor and outdoor air pollution control,...

Environmental applications have long been a core use of GIS. However, the effectiveness of GIS-based methods depends on the decision-making frameworks and contexts within which they are employed. GIS for Environmental Decision-Making takes an...

Hazardous Air Pollutant Handbook: Measurements, Properties, and Fate in Ambient Air provides a comprehensive review of the 188 compounds and compound classes designated as Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, with a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988592428Author Paul StarFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Otago University PressPublisher Otago University Press