Environmental Science category: 9368 books
Sustainability Matters
Environmental Management in the Anthropocene
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Sustainability Matters is a compilation of some of the best research papers submitted by students from the National University of Singapore's multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary graduate programme in environmental studies, as their MSc dissertations in Environmental Management [MEM]. This collection...
Trading Zones in Environmental Education
Creating Transdisciplinary Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Environmental educators often adhere to a relatively narrow theoretical paradigm focusing on changing attitudes and knowledge, which are assumed to foster pro-environmental behaviors, which, in turn, leads to better environmental quality. This book takes a different approach to trying to understand...
by Ravi S. Singh
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
This book innovatively brings together analyses of the ancient environmental traditions and thoughts with contemporary issues from multidisciplinary perspectives. It provides desirable insights into environmental concerns; their developmental interfaces, agriculture, climate change, gender, health...
by Owen Harrop, Ashley Nixon
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2005
This text explains what constitutes good practice in applying environmental assessment as an environmental management tool. A wide range of case studies and other student text features are employed to demonstrate how the different methods, techniques and disciplines of environmental assessment can...
Environmental Science and Technology
Concepts and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
The third edition of Environmental Science and Technology: Concepts and Applications is the first update since 2006. Designed for the student and the professional, this newly updated reference uses scientific laws, principles, models, and concepts to provide a basic foundation for understanding and...
World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation
Volume II: The Indian Ocean to the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, Second Edition, Volume Two: The Indian Ocean to the Pacific provides a comprehensive review of the environmental condition of the seas from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. Each chapter is written by experts in the field who provide historical overviews in...
World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation
Volume I: Europe, The Americas and West Africa
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, Second Edition, Volume One: Europe, The Americas and West Africa provides a comprehensive review of the environmental condition of the seas of Europe, the Americas and West Africa. Each chapter is written by experts in the field who provide historical overviews...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Fundamentals of Environmental Site Assessment and Remediation examines all aspects of environmental site assessment and remediation and outlines the interdisciplinary skills needed to work in the field. It provides a comprehensive overview for students, environmental professionals, and real estate...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
This book is a valuable contribution to the debate about the harmful effects of environmental toxicants on human health, which is a growing concern in the 21st century. Complementary chapters decipher the phenomena and highlight the latest developments in environmental toxicology, providing readers...
Megacities 2050: Environmental Consequences of Urbanization
Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Landscape Architecture to Support City Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
This interdisciplinary proceedings book addresses highly relevant topics in urbanization and its environmental impacts and presents case studies revealing the negative environmental consequences of the anthropogenic and technogenic pressures. Urbanization is an important trend in current land-use...
by John Hannigan
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
The third edition of John Hannigan’s classic undergraduate text has been fully updated and revised to highlight contemporary trends and controversies within global environmental sociology. Environmental Sociology offers a distinctive, balanced treatment of environmental issues, reconciling Hannigan’s...
Sustainable Development
Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD2015)
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Since the emergence of climate and global warming onto the international agenda, research in sustainability has been underpinned by the development in energy and environmental science. Highlighted 30 years ago by the Brundtland Commission, "sustainable development" was defined as: meeting...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2018
This book provides a richly interdisciplinary assessment of the thought and work of Bryan Norton, one of most innovative and influential environmental philosophers of the past thirty years. In landmark works such as Toward Unity Among Environmentalists and Sustainability: A Philosophy of Adaptive...
by Walter A. Rosenbaum
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Walter A. Rosenbaum’s classic Environmental Politics and Policy, Tenth Edition once again provides definitive coverage of environmental politics and policy, lively case material, and a balanced assessment of current environmental issues. The first half of the book sets needed context and describes...