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Satellite Soil Moisture Retrieval
Techniques and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Satellite Soil Moisture Retrieval: Techniques and Applications offers readers a better understanding of the scientific underpinnings, development, and application of soil moisture retrieval techniques and their applications for environmental modeling and management, bringing together a collection...
Highway and Urban Environment
Proceedings of the 9th Highway and Urban Environment symposium
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
The 9th Highway and Urban Environment Symposium (9HUES) was held in Madrid, Spain, from 9-11 June 2008. HUES is run by Chalmers University of Technology within the Alliance for Global Sustainability (The AGS). HUES was initiated by Professor Ron Hamilton at Middlesex Polytechnic (now University) in...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2005
Modern bioenergy has gained increased attention in the past decade. Not only does it provide an effective option for the provision of energy services from the technical point of view, but it is based on resources that can be utilized on a sustainable basis all around the globe. In addition, the benefits...
Green Chemistry
An Inclusive Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Green Chemistry: An Inclusive Approach provides a broad overview of green chemistry for researchers from either an environmental science or chemistry background, starting at a more elementary level, incorporating more advanced concepts, and including more chemistry as the book progresses. Every chapter...
Environmental Biotechnology
A Biosystems Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
Environmental Biotechnology: A Biosystems Approach, Second Edition presents valuable information on how biotechnology has acted as a vital buffer among people, pollution, and the environment. It answers the most important questions on the topic, including how, and why, a knowledge and understanding...
Analysis, Removal, Effects and Risk of Pharmaceuticals in the Water Cycle
Occurrence and Transformation in the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Analysis, Removal, Effects and Risk of Pharmaceuticals in the Water Cycle provides an overview of the current analytical methods for trace determination of pharmaceuticals in environmental samples. The book also reviews the fate and occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the water cycle for their elimination...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Computational intelligence techniques have enjoyed growing interest in recent decades among the earth and environmental science research communities for their powerful ability to solve and understand various complex problems and develop novel approaches toward a sustainable earth. This book compiles...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2010
The ‘Year’ That Changed How We View the North This book is about a new theoretical approach that transformed the field of Arctic social studies and about a program called International Polar Year 2007–2008 (IPY) that altered the position of social research within the broader polar science. The...
Conscious Coastal Cities
Sustainability, Blue Green Growth, and The Politics of Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
In the age of urban geopolitics, in cooperation with the major city networks and initiatives, interconnected coastal cities lead towards a more resilient sustainable future. This book raises global awareness on the challenges and opportunities for coastal cities and the myriad of issues and stakeholders...
by Ali R. Hurson
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Since its first volume in 1960, Advances in Computers has presented detailed coverage of innovations in computer hardware, software, theory, design, and applications. It has also provided contributors with a medium in which they can explore their subjects in greater depth and breadth than journal...
by R.B. Spies
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2006
This comprehensive text is a major synthesis on ecological change in the Gulf of Alaska. It encompasses the structural and annual changes, forces of change, long-ecological changes in the atmosphere and ocean, plankton, fish, birds and mammals, and the effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.
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by Salim Momtaz, Zobaidul Kabir
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in Developing Countries isa valuable reference book for practitioners and researchers conducting research in and developing studies on environmental science and management and environmental and social impact assessment. The book’s authors have...
by K. Byrappa, Masahiro Yoshimura
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Quartz, zeolites, gemstones, perovskite type oxides, ferrite, carbon allotropes, complex coordinated compounds and many more -- all products now being produced using hydrothermal technology. Handbook of Hydrothermal Technology brings together the latest techniques in this rapidly advancing field in...
Corridor Ecology, Second Edition
Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Adaptation
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
Migrating wildlife species across the globe face a dire predicament as their traditional migratory routes are cut off by human encroachment. Forced into smaller and smaller patches of habitat, they must compete more aggressively for dwindling food resources and territory. This is more than just an...