Environmental Science category: 9368 books
Building Resilience of Human-Natural Systems of Pastoralism in the Developing World
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
This edited volume summarizes information about the situational context, threats, problems, challenges and solutions for sustainable pastoralism at a global scale. The book has four goals. The first goal is to summarize the information about the history, distribution and patterns of pastoralism and...
by B. Paukstys, F. Fonnum, K.J. Reimer
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Environmental Contamination and Remediation Practices at Former and Present Military Bases outlines the different strategies that are useful in the investigation and subsequent remediation of military bases, Particular attention is paid to the pollution of groundwater. The book contains an excellent...
Fate of Pesticides in the Atmosphere: Implications for Environmental Risk Assessment
Proceedings of a workshop organised by The Health Council of the Netherlands, held in Driebergen, The Netherlands, April 22–24, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Global pesticide use is currently estimated at approximately 2. 5 billion kg per year (Pimentel eta/. , 1998). To be effective, pesticides need to persist for a certain period of time. However, the longer their persistence, the greater the potential for transport of a fraction of the amount applied...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology provides detailed review articles concerned with aspects of chemical contaminants, including pesticides, in the total environment with toxicological considerations and consequences.
Organic Chemicals in Natural Waters
Applied Monitoring and Impact Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environ mental management. Each volume is a thorough treatment of a specific topic of importance for proper management practices. A fundamental objective of these...
by John Bruges
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
The Earth is now desperately vulnerable and so are we. This gift-priced-and-sized book contains original, stimulating mini-essays about what is going wrong with our planet and about the greatest challenge of our century: how to save the Earth for us all. It is pithy, yet intellectually credible well-referenced,...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2006
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy, and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.
Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering Volume 1
Proceedings of the International Conference ICCAE, Taipei, Taiwan, November 4-6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
The 2016 International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering (ICCAE 2016), November 4-6, 2016, Taipei, Taiwan, is organized by China University of Technology and Taiwan Society of Construction Engineers, aimed to bring together professors, researchers, scholars and industrial...
by Patricia L. Rosenfield
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
One of the major considerations of any environmental resource project must be the effect on human well-being; originally published in 1979, this study aims to deal specifically with the transmission of Schistosomiasis as a human environmental impact. Due to its relationship with water, Schistosomiasis...
by Luciana S. Esteves
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
Managed realignment has been a preferred coastal management strategy in England in the 21st century and has also been increasingly implemented elsewhere. Climate change and environmental and financial concerns have led to a shift from the traditional ‘hold-the-line’ approach of coastal protection...
Education, Community Engagement and Sustainable Development
Negotiating Environmental Knowledge in Monteverde, Costa Rica
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
A growing body of research has given critical attention to diverse theories and practices of environmental education, and its potential contribution to addressing pressing global issues such as sustainable development and climate change. While much of this work has focused on perspectives and practices...
Land Use Changes in Europe
Processes of Change, Environmental Transformations and Future Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The patterns of land use that have evolved in Europe reflect the boundaries set by the natural environment and socio-economic responses to the needs of the population. Over the centuries man has been able to overcome increasingly the constraints placed on land use by the natural environment through...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
This volume presents reflections on a variety of environmental issues in South-Eastern Europe from diverse contemporary scientific disciplines. The contributions address many crucial issues including national environmental policies, economic instruments for preventing crimes against the environment,...
Sustainable Phosphorus Management
A Global Transdisciplinary Roadmap
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
This book describes a pathway for sustainable phosphorus management via the Global Transdisciplinary Processes for Sustainable Phosphorus Management project (Global TraPs). Global TraPs is a multi-stakeholder forum in which scientists from a variety of disciplines join with key actors in practice...