Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces in Tropical and Subtropical Areas offers a complete and thorough system for using optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) remote sensing data for improving impervious surface estimation (ISE).
Due to the growth of the world population, food production has increased exponentially as have the agricultural production systems used to produce food.
With the expansion of human settlements and the environmental changes brought on by human activity and pollutants, toxicology and risk assessment of piscine species is becoming increasingly of interest to scientists involved in environmental research and connected disciplines.
Dry areas suffer not only from limited rainfall but alsonatural leakage'-90% of rainwater is lost directly or indirectly, and is unavailable for agriculture or domestic use.
This third edition focuses on the application of geoenvironmental engineering procedures and practices to mitigate and reduce the adverse impacts on the geoenvironment from anthropogenic sources including emerging contaminants such as micro and nanoplastics, pharmaceuticals, and fire retarding chemicals.
La Méditerranée et le Moyen-Orient constituent un arc de crises multiples, irrésolues et prolongées qui ressurgissent souvent avec une intensité dramatique.
Discover Natures Bounty Amidst the Concrete JungleDive into the hidden world beneath the cityscape with Concrete Harvest: Urban Foraging for the Modern Explorer.
Discover Natures Bounty Amidst the Concrete JungleDive into the hidden world beneath the cityscape with Concrete Harvest: Urban Foraging for the Modern Explorer.
Das vorliegende Buch erzählt die wahre Geschichte mehrerer handaufgezogener Strassentauben, die eigentlich ausgewildert werden sollten, sich aber nach erfolgreicher Auswilderung und Anschluss an die wilden Tauben, dennoch dafür entschieden, bei ihrem Ziehvater zu leben, ohne aber den Anschluss an die wild lebenden Artgenossen aufzugeben.
Cinquante et un ans après la signature de la CITES, 1973 - 2024, le trafic international des espèces de faune et de flore sauvages continue de prendre des proportions inquiétantes.
This book aims to enhance understanding of the foundational principles and ethical considerations of citizen engagement in environmental conservation through an examination of successful cases of shared environmental governance in the Americas.
Solutions to the food shortage, demand for clean water, and need for energy for a current world population of 7 billion are the greatest challenges today, which require technological innovation and changes in public policy.
Performing Climates features 13 interconnected essays exploring theatre and performance's relationship with more-than-human elements at a time of climate emergency.
The use of organic management practices in field cropping continues to rise globally, and these methods have proven to be a viable way to produce food with reduced resource use and environmental damage.
Environmental Sustainability and Global Change: Forests, Agriculture, and Soils vis a vis Human Disturbance offers an integrated approach to the socio-environmental dynamics of the ecological-economic nexus characteristic of Mediterranean landscapes.
Take a balanced look at ways to ensure food security and to work to erase hunger around the worldAgriculture is the most aggressively managed ecosystem.
Environmental Sustainability and Global Change: Forests, Agriculture, and Soils vis a vis Human Disturbance offers an integrated approach to the socio-environmental dynamics of the ecological-economic nexus characteristic of Mediterranean landscapes.
With the expansion of human settlements and the environmental changes brought on by human activity and pollutants, toxicology and risk assessment of piscine species is becoming increasingly of interest to scientists involved in environmental research and connected disciplines.
This book explores the concept of transforming the current macroeconomic system from one based on continuous growth that doesn't recognize the fundamental importance of Earth's natural support structures, to a system consistent with the basic views of biophysical economics that acknowledges that all real wealth ultimately derives from planetary resources, both renewable and non-renewable.
Genetic Diversity of Fruits and Nuts: Sustainable Utilization presents an account of the diversity and possible exploitation of such variability in the improvement of varied fruits and nuts of the world.
An Introduction to the Amphibians of Ecuador is the first of four volumes, which are comprehensive, well-illustrated, and authoritative works, making them invaluable to biologists, conservationists, and others.
Longtemps restés en marge des activités économiques dans une société à vocation agricole, les espaces aquatiques en Afrique subsaharienne sont inlassablement apparus comme des milieux sans maître.
The challenge of water scarcity as a result of insufficient seasonal rainfall and dry spell occurrences during cropping seasons is compounded by inefficient agricultural practices by smallholder farmers where insignificant soil and water conservation efforts are applied.
The astonishing story of how animals use medicine and what it can teach us about healing ourselvesAges before the dawn of modern medicine, wild animals were harnessing the power of nature's pharmacy to heal themselves.
Whether addressing pollution problems or helping protect a specific use, watershed associations are finding that the competition for funds is getting harder.
Performing Climates features 13 interconnected essays exploring theatre and performance's relationship with more-than-human elements at a time of climate emergency.
Atlantic cod is an important fish species in human history and continues to be a major influence on North Atlantic fisheries management, as stock collapses and recoveries impact coastal communities and shelf sea food webs.
