Environmental category: 9736 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
This book presents a comprehensive and detailed description of remediation techniques for metal-contaminated soils derived from both natural processes and anthropogenic activities. Using a methodical, step-by-step presentation, the book starts by overviewing the origin of toxicants and the correlated...
Sustainable Heavy Metal Remediation
Volume 2: Case studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
This book presents an assortment of case-studies pertaining to the use of sustainable technologies for heavy metal removal and recovery from mining and metallurgical wastes, construction and demolition wastes, spent catalysts and electronic wastes.
Wastewaters from diverse industrial and...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Within the span of last couple of years, the increasing human interference with v- ious natural ecosystems and higher discharge of pollutants has presented numerous challenges to the society related to preserving the nature for a better tomorrow. The challenges also mount pressure on the scienti?c...
by Alireza Bahadori, Scott T. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
This comprehensive dictionary covers wastewater processes, pollution control, and every major area of environmental engineering used in industry. The alphabetically arranged entries cover key terms used in daily communications and documentation in all research and industrial activities. The several...
Where There's Smoke
The Environmental Science, Public Policy, and Politics of Marijuana
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Over the course of a year, in just one national forest in California, raids on illegal marijuana growing operations yielded 19,710 pounds of infrastructure, 138 ounces of restricted poisons, 4,595 pounds of fertilizer, 12 gallons of common pesticides, 5.6 miles of waterlines, and 102 propane bottles....
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Climate change remains a global challenge requiring international collaborative action. Another area where countries have successfully committed to a long-term multilateral resolution is the liberalization of international trade. Integration into the world economy has proven a powerful means for countries...
The National Wildlife Refuges
Coordinating A Conservation System Through Law
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
The National Wildlife Refuges provides a comprehensive examination of the laws and policies governing the managemof national wildlife refuges, offering for the first time a practical description and analysis of the managemregime outlined in the 1997 National Wildlife Refuge System ImprovemAct, the...
Mining and the Environment
International Perspectives on Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
For centuries, denuded landscapes, fouled streams, and dirty air were accepted by society as part of the price that had to be paid for mineral production. Even initial environmental legislation devised by industrialized countries in the 1960s and 1970s was largely designed without mining in mind....
India's Environmental History—A Reader
Vol. 1: From Ancient Times to the Colonial Period; Vol. 2: Colonialism, Modernity, and the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Environmental history in India has generated a rich literature on forests, wildlife, humananimal conflict, tribal rights and commercial degradation, displacement and development, pastoralism and desertification, famine and disease, sedentarism and mobility, wildness and civility, and the ecology versus...
Sustainable Practices
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Recent concerns over global warming and environmental protection have, over time, led to policies and practices designed to ensure healthy ecosystems. In order to thrive in this environment of caution and care, individuals must pay close attention to the impact of their actions on their surroundings....
Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains
An Environmental History of the Highest Peaks in Eastern America
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2003
Each year, thousands of tourists visit Mount Mitchell, the most prominent feature of North Carolina's Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the eastern United States. From Native Americans and early explorers to land speculators and conservationists, people have long been drawn to this rugged...
A Word for Nature
Four Pioneering Environmental Advocates, 1845-1913
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
The careers and ideas of four figures of monumental importance in the history of American conservation--George Perkins Marsh, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and John Wesley Powell--are explored in A Word for Nature. Robert Dorman offers lively portraits of each of these early environmental advocates,...
Environmental Impact Assessment in the Arctic
A Guide to Best Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Significant growth in economic activity in the Arctic has added weight to the argument that projects must be developed responsibly and sustainably. Addressing growing concerns regarding the exploitation of the Arctic’s natural resources, this timely book presents and evaluates examples of best practice in Arctic environmental impact assessment.