Environmental category: 9736 books
by Shoshana Gabbay
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In the summer of 1999, an international group of experts convened in Jerusalem, Israel, in order to define the major environmental challenges facing humanity at the dawn of the new millennium and - where possible - propose ways of addressing them. Almost 50 selected articles are collected in the present...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Madagascar is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, the result of 160 million years of isolation from the African mainland. More than 80% of its species are not found anywhere else on Earth. However, this highly diverse flora and fauna is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation,...
Environmental Science and Sustainable Development
International Conference on Environmental Science and Sustainable Development (ICESSD 2015)
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
This proceedings is a collection of selected papers presented at the 2015 International Conference on Environmental Science and Sustainable Development (ICESSD 2015), which was held on October 25–26, 2015, Bangkok, Thailand. Issues covered inclu
by L.W. Newland, M. Zander, E. Merian
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science. Interest in this subject, however, is growing very rapidly and, although no agreement has been reached as yet about the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary discipline, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
This book is a compilation of detailed and latest knowledge on the various types of environmental pollutants released from various natural as well as anthropogenic sources, their toxicological effects in environments, humans, animals and plants as well as various bioremediation approaches for their...
Political Modernisation and the Environment
The Renewal of Environmental Policy Arrangements
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Recent years have witnessed a substantial change in both the organisation and substance of environmental policy, both national and international. Western societies have seen a change in the relationships between the state, the market, and civil society, leading to new conceptions of governance, a...
Ecological Exile
Spatial Injustice and Environmental Humanities
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Ecological Exile explores how contemporary literature, film, and media culture confront ecological crises through perspectives of spatial justice – a facet of social justice that looks at unjust circumstances as a phenomenon of space. Growing instances of flooding, population displacement, and pollution...
Science and Politics of Foreign Aid
Swedish Environmental Support to the Baltic States
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Contemporary international aid consists of a wide range of various support programs, where the end-result in many cases not only reflects the needs of the recipient country, but also the interests of the donor country. In Science and Politics of Foreign Aid - Swedish Environmental Support to the Baltic...
Environmental Governance of Invasive Species
An EU Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
The consequences of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species in non-native ecosystems is an area of growing interest for international policymakers and regulators. Globalisation has increased the rate and magnitude of biological invasions, resulting in huge environmental, economic...
Environments at Risk
Case Histories of Impact Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Environments at Risk is designed as an introductory text and uses case histories of environmental impact assessment to raise issues important in controlling environmental problems. This approach is novel as is the concentration on assessment procedures. In his twenty years of involvement with such...
Wildlife Ecotoxicology
Forensic Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2011
Many books have now been published in the broad field of environmental toxicology. However, to date, none of have presented the often fascinating stories of the wildlife science, and the steps along the way from discovery of problems caused by environmental pollutants to the regulatory and non-regulatory...
by Ram Naresh Bharagava, Gaurav Saxena
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
The book entitled Bioremediation of Industrial Pollutants showcases the latest information on the bioremediation of different types of industrial pollutants and dedicated for the environmental safety, which is a global challenge. This book provides a detailed knowledge on the various natural as well...
Transactional Environmental Support System Design
Global Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Designing a Transactional Environmental Support System grew from the desire to allow citizens to exchange knowledge on local land and animals for the purpose of learning how to increase their sustainability in regards to biodiversity and livelihood. Transactional Environmental Support System Design:...
by A. Parkinson, L. Safe, M. Mullin
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been produced commercially since be fore 1930. They proved to be highly versatile mixtures and their uses continued to expand during the early 1970's even after the unanticipated world-wide en vironmental contamination had been discovered (Jensen et aI. ,...