Environment category: 6530 books
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
Risk and Social Theory in Environmental Management marks a timely contribution, given that environmental management is no longer just about protecting pristine ecosystems and endangered species from anthropogenic harm; it is about calculating and managing the risks to human communities of rapid environmental...
Our Toxic World
A Guide to Hazardous Substances in our Everyday Lives
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
The mode of development that the world-and India-has followed has led to a situation where we are surrounded by numerous hazardous substances in our everyday lives, which affect the health of people, of other living creatures, and of the planet as a whole. Our Toxic World is an effort to shine a keen...
Betting the Farm on a Drought
Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Climate change has become one of the most polarizing issues of our time. Extremists on the left regularly issue hyperbolic jeremiads about the impending destruction of the environment, while extremists on the right counter with crass, tortured denials. But out in the vast middle are ordinary people dealing...
Environmental Protection Against Radioactive Pollution
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Environmental Protection Against Radioactive Pollution Almati, Kazakhstan 16–19 September 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Environmental Protection Against Radioactive Pollution" was held in Almaty on September 16-19, 2002. Experts from Azerbaijan, Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan and the IAEA have participated...
Natural Hazard Zonation of Bihar (India) Using Geoinformatics
A Schematic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
With increased climate variability, aggravated natural hazards in the form of extreme events are affecting the lives and livelihoods of many people. This work serves as a basis for formulating a ‘preparedness plan’ to ensure the effective policy formulation for planned development. Increased demand...
Water Insecurity
A Social Dilemma
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2013
It has been estimated that globally, 1.2 billion people live with acute shortage of water. Water scarcity, particularly in south and south-east Asian countries, is well known. However, the social dilemmas and insecurities related to water issues are often less discussed. In the case of south and south-east...
Indian Biodiversity for the Present Millennium
Global Prospectus And Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2006
India and adjoining countries with diversity of people, culture and livelihoods are endowed with rich biological diversity and genetic resources. The country in the past millennium contributed immensely towards the development of bio-resource and the management of environment for the welfare of the...
by Subhash S. Naik
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
Todays environment is full of Pollution, and, people are either not aware of its dangers, or even if they know, they simply disregard them, just like an Ostrich who buries its head in sand when a storm comes, thinking that the storm will pass it unharmed. But, if we allow the pollution to go on uncontrolled,...
Experiencing Climate Change in Bangladesh
Vulnerability and Adaptation in Coastal Regions
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Experiencing Climate Change in Bangladesh: Vulnerability and Adaptation in Coastal Regions provides a conceptual and empirical framework for understanding the vulnerability of coastal communities in Bangladesh to multiple stressors and presents the process by which rural households adapt their livelihoods.
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Environmental Success Stories
Solving Major Ecological Problems and Confronting Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Unlike many titles on environmental issues that portend a dark future, Environmental Success Stories delves into the most daunting ecological and environmental challenges humankind has faced and shows how scientists, citizens, and a responsive public sector have dealt with them successfully.
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Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
This book is a pioneer attempt to bring forward the first synthesis on the most diverse and threatened mountain top vegetation of South America, the rupestrian grasslands. It brings to light the state of the art information on this ecosystem geology, soil formation and distribution, environmental...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
This book highlights how climate change has affected migration in the Indian subcontinent. Drawing on field research, it argues that extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, cyclones, cloudbursts as well as sea-level rise, desertification and declining crop productivity have shown higher frequency...
Water Policy Reform in Southern Alberta
An Advocacy Coalition Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Between 1995 and 2005, the government of Alberta undertook major reforms to the way water is governed in the arid southern part of the province. Among the most significant reforms was the imposition of moratoria on new water licenses, the introduction of a market for buying and selling existing water...
The Bioengineered Forest
Challenges for Science and Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Bioengineering offers many opportunities for forestry. Bioengineered trees can produce more valuable wood, help reclaim contaminated land, improve the health of urban trees, and facilitate pest management. But the ecological risks are complex, and public views about the ethical acceptability of genetic...