Natural Resources

For some, recycling is a big business; for others a moralised way of engaging with the world. But, for many, this is a dangerous way of earning a living. With scrap now being the largest export category from the US to China, the sheer scale of this...

Rubbish. Waste. Trash. Whatever term you choose to describe the things we throw away, the connotations are the same; of something dirty, useless and incontrovertibly 'bad'. But does such a dismissive rendering mask a more nuanced reality? In Rubbish...

A special edition of one of the greatest masterpieces of the environmental movement-plus original photographs and other writings on environmental ethicsSince his death in 1948, Aldo Leopold has been increasingly recognized as one of the indispensable...

Revolutionary Parks tells the surprising story of how forty national parks were created in Mexico during the latter stages of the first social revolution of the twentieth century. By 1940 Mexico had more national parks than any other country. Together...

This report features the findings of a review of the legal frameworks that target waste trafficking in Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The assessment was undertaken as a contribution of the United Nations Environment...

Cooperation over transboundary rivers, lakes and aquifers is critical to ensuring that water resources are managed in an equitable and sustainable manner, and the achievement of SDG6 (water). Transboundary waters also create social, economic,...

Worldwide, waste trafficking is increasingly recognized as a serious crime, with close links to corruption, organized crime and money laundering. This report will illustrate how corruption at various levels enables waste trafficking. It will also shed...

Knowledge and evidence of the illegal online trade in waste are still scarce in the ASEAN region and globally. A rapid assessment by GRID-Arendal has highlighted the challenges of identifying the practice, which can occur over social media or via various...

This book provides a comprehensive technical overview of waste management strategies tailored for small towns, emphasising innovative approaches to integrated waste management. It explores methods to transform various types of waste into value-added...

Turning the Tide: A Look Into the European Union to Southeast Asia Waste Trafficking Wave is the cornerstone publication in a series produced through the Unwaste project to take an in-depth look at the many facets of waste trafficking. This first report...

For over a century, business interests and political insiders controlled waters across the Hawaiian Islands to benefit a privileged few at the expense of stream ecology, taro farmers, and our islands' future sustainability. With the future of Hawai'i's...

This book covers major areas and recent developments in advanced technologies for treating industrial effluents contaminated with heavy metals. It also includes selected in-situ sustainability studies involving advanced computational techniques and...

Five companies dominate the U.S. petroleum industry. Five control the worldwide trade in grain. Two have a corner on the private market for drinking water. In terms of actual dollars, trade in heroin, cocaine, and tobacco ranks alongside that in grain or...

This book covers various aspects of heavy metal contamination in wastewater and its removal by microbial-based approaches. The heavy metal contamination in water is generally caused due to natural and anthropogenic activities. There are many industrial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781003863014Author Dariusz WojakowskiFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 453g

The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Simulation System (NFCSS) is a scenario based computer simulation tool that can model various nuclear fuel cycle options in various types of nuclear reactors. It is very efficient and accurate in answering questions such as: the...

As human activities in the New World Tropics (Neotropics) increase in intensity and extent, so do the interactions between natural and human-dominated ecosystems. The essays in this book compare the sociocultural and biophysical aspects of managing the...

The publication presents and analyses the findings of the third reporting exercise under the Water Convention, which was carried out in 2023. Progress made in the implementation of the Convention is reviewed and summarised, together with the...

Since its beginning more than fifteen years ago, the Texas Master Naturalist program has been hugely successful, training more than 9,600 volunteers who have given almost 2.8 million hours to nature education throughout the state.Hundreds of new...

Solid Waste Management for Resource-Efficient Systems: Circularity in Action promotes innovation and shares best practices based on the principles of the circular economy and resource conservation on different aspects of sustainable solid waste...

Policy makers, mineral exploration experts, and regional planners decide how public lands, which may contain undiscovered resources, should be used or whether to invest in exploration for minerals on a regular basis. Decisions are also made concerning...

This book examines the role of community, market and state in the historic transformation of upland livelihoods in Southeast Asia. Focusing on the Saribas Iban of Sarawak, the book combines in-depth, generation-long village case studies with an account...

The decisions we make about energy shape our present and our future. From geopolitical tension to environmental degradation and an increasingly unstable climate, these choices infiltrate the very air we breathe. Energy security politics has direct impact...

To further understanding of the meanings and values of wilderness, this volume explores wilderness and its significance to humans from myriad viewpoints, based on a meeting of the North American Interdisciplinary Wilderness Conference.About the...

A socialist response to the looming ecological crisisAs the Anthropocene advances, people across the red-green political spectrum seek to understand and halt our deepening ecological crisis. Environmentalists, scientists, and eco-socialists share...

For over a century, business interests and political insiders controlled waters across the Hawaiian Islands to benefit a privileged few at the expense of stream ecology, taro farmers, and our islands' future sustainability. With the future of Hawai'i's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559634090Author Mary Byrd DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Island PressPublisher Island Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942586319Author Michael HittleFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Little Creek PressPublisher Little Creek PressWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Hydrogen, the first and most abundant element in our universe, is an essential zero-carbon fuel in humanity's race against catastrophic climate change. However, very few have access to cryogenic hydrogen systems to gain the necessary experience to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593541708Author Vince BeiserFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm) 236mm *...

Source-sink theories provide a simple yet powerful framework for understanding how the patterns, processes and dynamics of ecological systems vary and interact over space and time. Integrating multiple research fields, including population biology and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorlin /f Craig /i WillardBook InformationISBN 9780313214585Author Craig W. AllinFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury...

The theory of development, use, conservation, social impact, etc., of natural resources is presented.Book InformationISBN 9780837198347Format HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

This book investigates the energy resources of the Soviet Union and how they are being utilized for increased industrial production.About the Authordgkins /f Jordan /i AtwoodBook InformationISBN 9780837184913Author Jordan A. HodgkinsFormat HardbackPage...

Thoughtful people everywhere, but particularly in North America, are disturbed by the increasing number and seriousness of the problems associated with water resources. The Royal Society of Canada, impressed by the gravity of this situation, and by the...

This book examines the capabilities for monitoring air quality, developing emission inventories, and running chemical-transport models for regulatory, forecasting, and research purposes in Southeast Asia. It also reviews scientific efforts made to better...

Biorefinery of Industrial Effluents for a Sustainable Circular Economy provides a combined approach on environmental engineering, which involves the improvement of the natural environment or remediation of polluted sites. In addition, it discusses...

Delve into the history of energy resource conflicts, their present status, and the potential effects of today's energy production decisions on the future of humanity. This book examines international and sometimes intranational conflicts over energy...

This publication addresses inspection basics, concepts and methods on how to plan inspection activities, perform inspections of safety related structures, systems and components, evaluate the safety significance of inspection findings, and document the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641166126Author Katherine PotterFormat HardbackPage Count 262Imprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 839gDimensions(mm) 276mm...