Environmental Science category: 9368 books
Violence Through Environmental Discrimination
Causes, Rwanda Arena, and Conflict Model
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Since all-out interstate wars for the time being seem to belong to the past, con flict studies focus more and more on domestic conflicts. This is a broad field, not only because the arbitrary line between war and sub-war violence disap pears and the analyst is confronted with phenomena reaching...
Green Backlash
Global Subversion of the Environment Movement
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
The tide is turning against environmentalism as the political right, industry and governments fight back.
Green Backlash is a controversial expose of the anti-environmental movement. Tracing the rise of the backlash from the Wise Use movement in the USA, the author reveals its rapid spread worldwide:...
Potable Water
Emerging Global Problems and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
This volume presents a unique and comprehensive glimpse of current and emerging issues of concern related to potable water. The themes discussed include: (1) historical perspective of the evolution of drinking water science and technology and drinking water standards and regulations; (2) emerging...
Working with Dynamic Crop Models
Methods, Tools and Examples for Agriculture and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Working with Dynamic Crop Models: Methods, Tools and Examples for Agriculture and Environment, 3e, is a complete guide to working with dynamic system models, with emphasis on models in agronomy and environmental science. The introductory section presents the foundational information for the book including...
Climate, Environment and Cree Observations
James Bay Territory, Canada
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
This book examines the effects of climate and environmental change in the Eastern James Bay, Canada. This socio-environmentally oriented volume integrates scientific literature with the established ecological knowledge to explore current issues. This multidisciplinary approach allows for a broader...
Explorations in Ecocriticism
Advocacy, Bioregionalism, and Visual Design
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
A chief innovation of Explorations in Ecocriticism is to push ecological criticism beyond its focus on literary studies to engage with other arts and culture. One chapter closely examines the pictures commissioned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to valorize its big dam projects. Previously, no one...
by John F. Shroder
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
More than 90% of wildfires are caused by human activity, but other causes include lighting, drought, wind and changing weather conditions, underground coal fires, and even volcanic activity. Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, one of nine volumes in the Elsevier Hazards and Disasters series, provides...
Fractivism
Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
From flammable tap water and sick livestock to the recent onset of hundreds of earthquakes in Oklahoma, the impact of fracking in the United States is far-reaching and deeply felt. In Fractivism Sara Ann Wylie traces the history of fracking and the ways scientists and everyday people are coming together...
Megadrought and Collapse
From Early Agriculture to Angkor
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Megadrought and Collapse is the first book to treat in one volume the current paleoclimatic and archaeological evidence of megadrought events coincident with major prehistoric and historical examples of societal collapse. Previous works have offered multi-causal explanations for collapse, from overpopulation,...
Chinese Water Systems
Volume 3: Poyang Lake Basin
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
This volume of the Chinese Water Systems subseries offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China. Following a detailed introduction of the lake basin, the respective chapters present the findings of studies examining surface...
Air Quality Control
Formation and Sources, Dispersion, Characteristics and Impact of Air Pollutants — Measuring Methods, Techniques for Reduction of Emissions and Regulations for Air Quality Control
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Air quality and air pollution control are tasks of international concern as, for one, air pollutants do not refrain from crossing borders and, for another, industrial plants and motor vehicles which emit air pollutants are in widespread use today. In a number of the world's expanding cities smog situations...
Cultural Sustainable Tourism
A Selection of Research Papers from IEREK Conference on Cultural Sustainable Tourism (CST), Greece 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
This book includes research papers submitted to and presented during the first international conference on Cultural Sustainable Tourism (CST) that was held in Thessaloniki, Greece in November of 2017. Discussing complex relations between Culture, tourism, and the role of planners and architects in...
Freshwater Ecology
Concepts and Environmental Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2002
This book is a general text covering both basic and applied aspects of freshwater ecology and serves as an introduction to the study of lakes and streams. Issues of spatial and temporal scale, anthropogenic impacts, and application of current ecological concepts are covered along with ideas that are...
by Anastasia Telesetsky, An Cliquet, Afshin Akhtar-Khavari
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Human activities are depleting ecosystems at an unprecedented rate. In spite of nature conservation efforts worldwide, many ecosystems including those critical for human well-being have been damaged or destroyed. States and citizens need a new vision of how humans can reconnect with the natural environment....