Environmental management

Reservoir operation is a multi-objective optimization problem, and is traditionally solved with dynamic programming (DP) and stochastic dynamic programming (SDP) algorithms.

The proceedings of a Cost Effective Biological Surveys and Data Analysis workshop held at the old Quarantine Station, North Head, Sydney, in March 1988, under the auspices of the Council of Nature Conservation Ministers (CONCOM) and the Australian Environment Council (AEC).

The bioeconomy is steadily becoming more important in regional, national and European public policies.

This book explores how the circular economy influences product design in today's business and society.

The bioeconomy is steadily becoming more important in regional, national and European public policies.

Williams examines the efforts of public agencies to better incorporate citizen participation in the administrative process.

Energy and mineral resources are essential for the nation's fundamental functions, its economy, and security.

Everything you need to know about the fruit of the vine-From A to Zinfandel.

Originally published in 1990, this volume addresses issues surrounding global ecological changes and sustainability of present patterns of urbanisation and industrialisation.

The current climate crisis and the rapid transformation of the natural environments will inevitably pose a threat to human settlements around the world.

This book poses the question of whether identifiable individual-level attributes (e.

As debates about the effects of fossil fuels on our climate and foreign policy intensify, the question of just how much longer we can depend on this finite source of energy becomes more and more pressing.

This book outlines the development and perspectives of the Anthropocene concept by Paul J.

The Nile River Basin supports the livelihoods of millions of people in Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda, principally as water for agriculture and hydropower.

This book focuses on how to create an environmentally friendly society in China from the viewpoint of environmental law and policy.

In recent years, citizen science has emerged as a powerful new concept to enable the general public, students, and volunteers to become involved in scientific research.

This interdisciplinary book brings philosophers and non-philosophers to the table to address questions of water ethics, specifically in terms of how moral questions inform decision making around water security at local, national, and international scales.

Water, Energy and Food are the very basic necessities of human life and all the three of them are interconnected with each other, this connection being called the Water-Energy-Food nexus.

For fifty years, Australia has schemed to deny East Timor billions of dollars of oil and gas wealth.

The world's key resources of energy, food and water, which are closely connected and interdependent on each other, are coming under increasing pressure, as a result of increasing population, development and climate change.

The question of what to do with radioactive waste has dogged political administrations of nuclear-powered electricity-producing nations since the inception of the technology in the 1950s.

This book presents the state-of-the-art in plant ecophysiology.

This book presents a collection of studies on current best practices for delivering sustainable development policies within supply chains.

The landscapes of the Middle East have captured our imaginations throughout history.

Over-exploitation of natural resources resulting in their severe degradation, diminishing water resources, declining forest cover, depleting energy sources, loss of biodiversity and generation of various kinds of wastes are the issues to be addressed on priority in India.

This book examines the environmental footprints of recycled polyesters, highlighting the benefits and impact of recycling polyester waste and preparing it to replace virgin polyester in the raw material stage.

With such a wide range of social and economic uses, energy has become essential to global infrastructure and operations, regardless of economic or environmental cost.

With such a wide range of social and economic uses, energy has become essential to global infrastructure and operations, regardless of economic or environmental cost.

In May 2007, the National Academies Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a public workshop on the topic of Bioinspired Chemistry for Energy, where government, academic, and industry representatives discussed promising research developments in solar-generated fuels, hydrogen-processing enzymes, artificial photosynthetic systems, and biological-based fuel cells.

This book, the result of a congressionally mandated study, examines the adequacy of the regulatory framework for mining of hardrock mineralssuch as gold, silver, copper, and uraniumon over 350 million acres of federal lands in the western United States.

Natural gas in deep shale formations, which can be developed by hydraulic fracturing and associated technologies (often collectively referred to as "e;fracking"e;) is dramatically increasing production of natural gas in the United States, where significant gas deposits exist in formations that underlie many states.

In some coalbeds, naturally occurring water pressure holds methanethe main component of natural gasfixed to coal surfaces and within the coal.

The United States and China are the world's top two energy consumers and, as of 2010, the two largest economies.

The Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR) was established in 1997 by the National Research Council (NRC).

The Office of Fuels Development (OFD), a component of the U.

There is a growing sense of national urgency about the role of energy in long-term U.

The book "e;Building Climate Resilient Communities along Africa's Coasts: The Role of Mangroves"e; highlights the crucial role mangrove ecosystems play in enhancing climate resilience for coastal communities in Africa, which face rising sea levels, intensified storms, and habitat loss.

Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy causes negative effects.

The Office of Fuels Development (OFD), a component of the U.

In 2001, the National Research Council (NRC) completed a congressionally mandated assessment of the benefits and costs of DOE's fossil energy and energy efficiency R&D programs, Energy Research at DOE: Was It Worth It?

In the past several years, some energy technologies that inject or extract fluid from the Earth, such as oil and gas development and geothermal energy development, have been found or suspected to cause seismic events, drawing heightened public attention.

In the United States, we have come to depend on plentiful and inexpensive energy to support our economy and lifestyles.

Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy causes negative effects.

This book, the result of a congressionally mandated study, examines the adequacy of the regulatory framework for mining of hardrock mineralssuch as gold, silver, copper, and uraniumon over 350 million acres of federal lands in the western United States.

Best Available and Safest Technologies for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations: Options for Implementation explores a range of options for improving the implementation of the U.

Since the 1950s,the International Joint Commission (IJC) of Canada and the United States has issued water regulation and management plans for Lake Ontario and the St.

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In some coalbeds, naturally occurring water pressure holds methanethe main component of natural gasfixed to coal surfaces and within the coal.

Since the 1950s,the International Joint Commission (IJC) of Canada and the United States has issued water regulation and management plans for Lake Ontario and the St.