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The Interplay between Urban Development, Vulnerability, and Risk Management
A Case Study of the Istanbul Metropolitan Area
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Natural disasters are increasingly affecting the world, taking lives unexpectedly and leaving many others injured and homeless. Moreover, disasters disrupt local, national and even global economies, instantly changing the direction of development. In the first half of 2011 alone, 108 natural disasters...
Urban Ecologies
City Space, Material Agency, and Environmental Politics in Contemporary Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
The term “urban ecology” has become a buzzword in various disciplines, including the social and natural sciences as well as urban planning and architecture. The environmental humanities have been slow to adapt to current theoretical debates, often excluding human-built environments from their...
Biodiversity Conservation in Southeast Asia
Challenges in a Changing Environment
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Southeast Asia is highly diversified in terms of socio-ecosystems and biodiversity, but is undergoing dramatic environmental and social changes. These changes characterize the recent period and can be illustrated by the effects of the Green Revolution in the late 1960s and 1970s, to the globalization...
by Rudolf Reuther
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
It is not long ago that scientists realized, our study and understanding of most environmental problems call for a cross-sectional, more holistic view. In fact, environmental geochemistry became one of the legs to stand on for such a required interdisciplinary approach. Geochemists do not only describe...
Mixed-Method Evaluation of Watershed Management
Practices from Kushk-Abad Basin, Iran
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
This volume evaluates technical and social aspects of a watershed management program in the Kush-Abad Watershed Basin in Iran. Author Bahram Mohammadi Golrang offers a way forward for a more integrated means to evaluate large scale rural environmental management projects, their effects on the physical...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
The destructive effects of modern industrial societies have shaped the planet in such profound ways that many argue for the existence of a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene. This claim brings into relief a set of challenges that have deep implications for how relations between the human,...
Civil Society Organization and Disaster Risk Reduction
The Asian Dilemma
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Civil society organizations (CSOs) have played important roles over the years in the disaster field. Starting from the traditional approach of response and relief, the emphasis has gradually shifted to disaster risk reduction. From international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to national...
The Reality of Precaution
Comparing Risk Regulation in the United States and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
The 'Precautionary Principle' has sparked the central controversy over European and U.S. risk regulation. The Reality of Precaution is the most comprehensive study to go beyond precaution as an abstract principle and test its reality in practice. This groundbreaking resource combines detailed case...
Indoor Air Quality
The Latest Sampling and Analytical Methods, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2018
Indoor Air Quality: The Latest Sampling and Analytical Methods, Third Edition is a practical, user-friendly guide to the identification and assessment of the indoor air contaminants that contribute to building-related illness in commercial buildings, institutions, and residences. It covers the basic...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
The rapid progression of technology has significantly impacted population growth, urbanization, and industrialization in modern society. These developments, while positive on the surface, have created critical environmental problems in recent years. The Handbook of Research on Inventive Bioremediation...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Not everybody cares about the fate of wild animals or the state of the natural environment. I met a lady who said it wouldn't worry her if all the wild animals in the world disappeared overnight. She was a city person~ she said. There are also people who would prefer to let animals become extinct...
Addressing Regulatory Gaps in Relation to the Environmental Issues Arising from Offshore Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic
Case Study of Norway and Russia
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Master's Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 2:1, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, course: Oil and Gas Law - Environmental Law, language: English, abstract: Melting of the Arctic ice, caused by global warming and energy security issues, has led Arctic states to...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
This book reviews the progresses and achievements made in the past 20 years of research on soil pollution and remediation in China, and presents 50 review and research articles from all over China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. The authors include scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and managers...
The Forest Ranger
A Study in Administrative Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
It is the rare book that remains in print for nearly fifty years, earning wide acclaim as a classic. The Forest Ranger has been essential reading for generations of professionals and scholars in forestry, public administration, and organizational behavior who are interested in the administration of...