Environmental category: 9736 books
Forcing the Spring
The Transformation of the American Environmental Movement
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2005
"...[a] provocative and original account..." --NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS Originally published in 1993, Forcing the Spring was quickly recognized as a seminal work in the field of environmental history. The book links the environmental movemthat emerged in the 1960s to earlier movements that had not...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The connections between economics, planning, and the environment are receiv ing increased attention among scholars and policy makers in many countries. The common denominator among these three variables is the earth's life support sys tems, the ecosystems on which the world depends. When we describe...
A Fierce Green Fire
The American Environmental Movement
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
In A Fierce Green Fire, renowned environmental journalist Philip Shabecoff presents the definitive history of American environmentalism from the earliest days of the republic to the present. He offers a sweeping overview of the contemporary environmental movemand the political, economic, social, and...
The State of the Earth
Environmental Challenges on the Road to 2100
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2006
The pace of human progress accelerated profoundly in the twentieth century, spawning revolutionary advances in medicine, agriculture, and industry. Between 1900 and 2000, the world's population quadrupled, and production and consumption of goods increased by a factor of twelve.
In The State...
The Plant Family Brassicaceae
Contribution Towards Phytoremediation
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
With the advent of the industrial revolution , the biosphere has been continuously polluted with a myriad of contaminants that urgently need global attention. In this perspective, most of the genera of the plant family Brassicaceae (Crucifereae or the mustard family) are a significant part of the...
Environmental Justice
Issues, Policies, and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
In Environmental Justice, leading thinkers of the environmental justice movemtake a direct look at the failure of "top down" public policy to effectively deal with issues of environmental equity.The book provides a startling look at pressing social and environmental problems and charts a course for...
From the Ground Up
Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
When Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism--the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of color and low-income communities--gained unprecedented recognition....
Environmental Engineering
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Environmental Engineering: Principles and Practice is written for advanced undergraduate and first-semester graduate courses in the subject. The text provides a clear and concise understanding of the major topic areas facing environmental professionals.
For each topic, the theoretical principles...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
Understanding and utilizing the interactions between environment and nanoscale materials is a new way to resolve the increasingly challenging environmental issues we are facing and will continue to face. Environanotechnology is the nanoscale technology developed for monitoring the quality of the environment,...
Enhancing Cleanup of Environmental Pollutants
Volume 2: Non-Biological Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
This two-volume work is an effort to provide a common platform to environmental engineers, microbiologists, chemical scientists, plant physiologists and molecular biologists working with a common aim of sustainable solutions to varied environmental contamination issues. Chapters explore biological...
Tourism and Global Environmental Change
Ecological, Economic, Social and Political Interrelationships
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2006
This fascinating book is the first comprehensive analysis of the economic, social and political interrelationships between tourism and global environmental change: one of the most significant issues facing humankind today. Its contributors argue that the impacts of these changes are potentially extremely...
Environmental Issues in China Today
A View from Japan
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Economic development and environmental issues in China are attracting more and more attention internationally as the country’s large population and vast demands for food, energy, water, minerals, and other resources play an increasingly important role in deciding the fate of the world. There is...
Fighting Environmental Crime in Europe and Beyond
The Role of the EU and Its Member States
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book brings together the findings of a multi-disciplinary and international research project on environmental crime in Europe, funded by the European Union (EU). “European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime" (EFFACE) was a 40-month research project that included eleven European...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
It is clear that our society must become a more sustainable one. To that end, we must change both our production and our consumption patterns. Some argue that this implies the abolition of democratic processes, and thus of citizens' participation in environmental policy. Others argue the opposite:...