Environmental Science category: 9368 books
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: 1,0, Dresden Technical University, language: English, abstract: On 30 April 2005, Argentine citizens started a five-year blockade of the Libertador General San Martín Bridge which connects...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
This book presents the complete guide for readers to understand the applications, and pros and cons of nanotechnology applications in environmental remediation, although there are few critical reviews and textbooks available on environmental biotechnology. Water pollution has become one of the biggest...
International Environmental Policy
From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 1996
In this newly revised and expanded edition of the award-winning International Environmental Policy, Lynton Keith Caldwell updates his comprehensive survey of the global international movement for protection of the environment. Serving as a history of international cooperation on environmental issues,...
Climate Change and Energy
Japanese Perspectives on Climate Change Mitigation Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Within the contexts of the global warming crisis facing the world, climate change mitigation strategies must be developed with a deep understanding of the science behind the impact of climate change and adaptations that must be made. This book discusses the mitigation strategy of climate change from...
Cracking the AP Environmental Science Exam, 2019 Edition
Practice Tests & Proven Techniques to Help You Score a 5
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
**EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HELP SCORE A PERFECT 5. Ace the AP Environmental Science Exam with this comprehensive study guide—including 2 full-length practice tests with complete explanations, thorough content reviews, targeted strategies for every question type, and access to online extras. **
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Rebirth of the Sacred
Science, Religion, and the New Environmental Ethos
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
There is also a large and growing consensus in the scientific community that resolving the environmental crisis will require massive changes in our political and economic institutions and new standards for moral and ethical behavior. In this groundbreaking book, Robert Nadeau makes a convincing case...
by Aloka Debi
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Environmental Science and Engineering has been specially designed to explain what the environment is, how it is polluted and destroyed, the effects of pollution, and how effectively the damage to the environment can be controlled. The second edition of the book incorporates more insights into prevention...
by Taylor and Francis
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Academic and general interest in environmental crimes, harms, and threats, as well as in environmental legislation and regulation, has grown sharply in recent years. The Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology is the most in-depth and comprehensive volume on these issues to date.
With...
Pollution Prevention through Process Integration
Systematic Design Tools
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 1997
The environmental impact of industrial waste is one of the most serious challenges facing the chemical process industries. From a focus on end-of-pipe treatment in the 1970s, chemical manufacturers have increasinglyimplemented pollution prevention policies in which pollutants are mitigated at the...
by John C. Callaway, Stephen Faulkner, Mary A. Hague
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2004
The purpose of the Exploring Environmental Challenges: A Multidisciplinary Approach series is to publish a collection of short texts that each explore a specific environmental issue and describe the methodologies, theories, and findings pertaining to that issue from both natural and social science...
Refining Expertise
How Responsible Engineers Subvert Environmental Justice Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Winner of the 2015 Rachel Carson Prize presented by the Society for Social Studies of Science
Residents
of a small Louisiana town were sure that the oil refinery next door was
making them sick. As part of a campaign demanding relocation away from the
refinery, they collected scientific data...
Greening the Alliance
The Diplomacy of NATO's Science and Environmental Initiatives
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Following the launch of Sputnik, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization became a prominent sponsor of scientific research in its member countries, a role it retained until the end of the Cold War. As NATO marks sixty years since the establishment of its Science Committee, the main organizational force...
A Terrible Thing to Waste
Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
A "powerful and indispensable book" (Gerald Markowitz) on the devastating consequences of environmental racism -- and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities.
Did you know...
Middle-class African American households with incomes between $50,000 and $60,000...
Only One Chance
How Environmental Pollution Impairs Brain Development -- and How to Protect the Brains of the Next Generation
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Today, one out of every six children suffers from some form of neurodevelopmental abnormality. The causes are mostly unknown. Some environmental chemicals are known to cause brain damage and many more are suspected of it, but few have been tested for such effects. Philippe Grandjean provides an authoritative...