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Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
This book addresses the evaluation of environmental impacts and services identified in headwaters of different eco-zones around the world. It presents 24 papers selected from contributions to recent meetings of the European Forestry Commission Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds,...
Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 1
The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
The poles undergo climate changes exceeding those in the rest of the world in terms of their speed and extent, and have a key role in modulating the climate of the Earth. Ecosystems adapted to polar environments are likely to become vulnerable to climate changes. Their responses allow us to analyse...
Plasma Astrophysics, Part I
Fundamentals and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
This two-part book is devoted to classic fundamentals and current practices and perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. This first part uniquely covers all the basic principles and practical tools required for understanding and work in plasma astrophysics. More than 25% of the text is updated...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2014
The book presents a collection of selected papers from the I Workshop of the Venezuelan Society of Fluid Mechanics held on Margarita Island, Venezuela from November 4 to 9, 2012. Written by experts in their respective fields, the contributions are organized into five parts: - Part I Invited Lectures,...
by George Jaiani
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
The book is devoted to an up-dated exploratory survey of results concerning elastic cusped shells, plates, and beams and cusped prismatic shell-fluid interaction problems. It contains some up to now non-published results as well. Mathematically the corresponding problems lead to non-classical, in...
by Dept. Earth Sys Sci. Tech., Interdis.Grad Sch Engg Sci, Kyushu Univ.
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
This book introduces the basic concepts of environmental fluid dynamics. It is intended for use by students, researchers, engineers, and specialists working not only in general fluid research but also in the atmospheric and oceanic research fields. The Earth is covered by atmosphere and oceans and...
Sub-structure Coupling for Dynamic Analysis
Application to Complex Simulation-Based Problems Involving Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
This book combines a model reduction technique with an efficient parametrization scheme for the purpose of solving a class of complex and computationally expensive simulation-based problems involving finite element models. These problems, which have a wide range of important applications in several...
Urban Airborne Particulate Matter
Origin, Chemistry, Fate and Health Impacts
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
This book presents the most up-to-date research and information regarding the origin, chemistry, fate and health impacts of airborne particulate matter in urban areas, a topic which has received a great deal of attention in recent years due to documented relationships between exposure and health effects...
Urban Stormwater
Best-Practice Environmental Management Guidelines
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 1999
The intense concentration of human activity in urban areas leads to changes in both the quantity and quality of runoff that eventually reaches our streams, lakes, wetlands, estuaries and coasts. The increasing use of impervious surfaces designed to provide smooth and direct pathways for stormwater run-off,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
This contributed volume combines conceptual and strategic research articles dealing with the "why" and "to what end" of sustainable operations in humanitarian logistics, as well as operational research contributions regarding the "how" from the United Nations as well...
Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Following the success of the first edition, this pioneering study of pharmaceuticals in the environment has been updated and greatly extended. It includes the status of research on pharmaceuticals in soil, with attention to terrestrial and aquatic environments as well as new substance categories such...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
The present work is a fine contribution to the broad field of environmental security in the context of risk assessment and management of obsolete pesticides for the region of Southeast Europe. The purpose of this book is to evaluate the existing knowledge of improper disposal of obsolete pesticides...
Computational Reality
Solving Nonlinear and Coupled Problems in Continuum Mechanics
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2016
This book presents the theory of continuum mechanics for mechanical, thermodynamical, and electrodynamical systems. It shows how to obtain governing equations and it applies them by computing the reality. It uses only open-source codes developed under the FEniCS project and includes codes for 20 engineering...
Mercury's Interior, Surface, and Surrounding Environment
Latest Discoveries
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
This SpringerBrief details the MESSENGER Mission, the findings of which present challenges to widely held conventional views and remaining mysteries surrounding the planet. The work answers the question of why Mercury is so dense, and the implications from geochemical data on its planetary formation....