Environmental management

Principles of Agricultural Economics, now in its fourth edition, continues to showcase the power of economic principles to explain and predict issues and current events in the food, agricultural, and agribusiness sectors.

This detailed analysis of the global food system looks at the way food is produced, distributed, and consumed in an effort to create a more equitable and healthful system worldwide.

The book is unique in highlighting the issue of wastewater as one of the important environmental issues.

World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) brings researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world in the same platform to discuss various challenging issues of disaster risk management, enhance understanding of risks and advance actions for reducing risks and building resilience to disasters.

This book presents a practical, holistic research framework to help us both understand our past and build an appealing human future.

A great deal has been written about the acceleration of English agriculture in the early modern period.

This book is based on the assumption that great powers determine global politics and, in this instance, environmental politics.

This second volume of "e;Green Infrastructure"e; provides a comprehensive exploration of both established and evolving green infrastructure materials, along with sustainable practices across various facets that hold the potential to shape our future.

The advent of the 21st century marks the unfolding of a new urbanism, of a new urban fabric in the making.

This book presents systematic scientific appraisal, classification, genesis and viable technologies for reclamation and management of salt-affected soils and marginal quality waters across India and several other countries.

This book examines the capabilities for monitoring air quality, developing emission inventories, and running chemical-transport models for regulatory, forecasting, and research purposes in Southeast Asia.

Forest road operations include all the activities to plan, design, construct, and maintain the infrastructure needed to move forest products from the ro- side to the mill or port destination.

Water is newsworthy: there is, or will be, a world water crisis.

This volume is a result of the summary and synthesis of data collected in the Grassland Biome Program, which is part of the American contribution to the International Biological Program (IBP).

Micronutrient research has been an important component of the soil fertility and plant nutrition program in Pakistan since the identification of zinc deficiency in rice in 1969.

Global climatic change has resulted in new and unpredictable patterns of precipitation and temperature, the increased frequency of extreme weather events and rising sea levels.

The Zambezi river is the fourth longest in Africa, crossing or bordering Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

This volume provides a theoretical basis for the argument that available research that analyzes the impacts of climate on hydrology, water resources, and water systems, without factoring in the effect of climate variability, are inadequate and often misleading.

This book presents a novel way to enable people, regardless of their scale of influence, to take responsibility for global environmental problems including climate change.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly prominent role in addressing complex environmental issues such as climate change, persistent bio-accumulative pollutants, and the conservation of biodiversity.

In Search of Biohappiness deals with methods of converting agro-biodiversity hotspots into happy spots.

When a country emerges from violent conflict, the management of the environment and natural resources has important implications for short-term peacebuilding and long-term stability, particularly if natural resources were a factor in the conflict, play a major role in the national economy, or broadly support livelihoods.

Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, many in theNew York City area have become concerned about the possible consequences of a similarattack on the Indian Point nuclear power plantslocated about 40 miles from Manhattan,and have made calls for their closure.

Have you ever wondered about those rocks under your feet?

There is no question that the timber industry needs to adopt sustainable practices that ensure a future for the industry.

Since its inception in 1977 from an amalgam of federal authorities, the U.

Originally published in 1983.

Originally published in 1994, The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade provides a detailed analysis of the economic linkages between the trade and forest degradation.

This book explores an escalating modern-day crisis; managing waste in a sustainable way.

The edited book deals with climate change and its response to river system which is one of the most burning issues of the Global environment.

After the success of the Acid Rain Program, pollution trading became a more acceptable policy in dealing with pollution problems.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to leveraging nature-based economic initiatives for sustainable rural development.

This book explores how participatory governance processes help to find integrated solutions to resource-based development while protecting ecosystems in UNESCO designated areas.

This book offers a proven approach for reliable mapping of soil-landscape relationships to derive information for policy, planning and management at scales ranging from local to regional.

This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the impact of Brexit on British agriculture and associated areas, discussing the Common Agricultural Policy and the Agriculture Act 2020.

This book presents smart energy management in the context of energy transition.

As defined by the EPA, an environmental management system refers to a set of processes and practices that enable an organization to reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency.

This book highlights the concept of water footprint in different industrial sectors such as leather tanning, steel, agriculture, textile and wine.

Ecological engineering involves the design, construction and management of ecosystems that have value to both humans and the environment.

Does participatory governance benefit the environment?

The use and management of forests in the United States, especially the public owned ones, have been the focus of considerable controversy.

Is the pursuit of endless economic growth compatible with the deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions required to avoid the worst extremes of climate change?

Most of the world's freshwater resources in the liquid state (i.

A new approach to water-resources for researchers, professionals and graduate students, focusing on global sustainability and socio-ecological resilience to change.

Circular Economy (CE) is considered as one of the important strategies in addressing Sustainable Development Goals.

The Hydropolitics of Dams charts the troubled waters of 'heavy engineering' approaches to ecosystem management, exploring the history, benefits and problems of large dams.

In addition to environmental change, the structure and trends of global politics and the economy are also changing as more countries join the ranks of the world's largest economies with their resource-intensive patterns.

Five companies dominate the U.

Admired all over the world and loved by locals for its natural beauty, Sydney Harbour is enjoyed by thousands of people every day.

Truffles are hypogeous ectomycorrhizal ascomycetous edible mushrooms distributed worldwide in terrestrial ecosystems, including deserts, as non-timber forest products.