Environmental management

This book highlights unique and deeper insights into the operations of off-grid water supply business models and the policy implications that they raise.

This book comprehensively covers the topics of origin and distribution, evolution and types, regional and global importance, biodiversity conservation, plant-soil interfaces, ecosystem functions and services, social-ecological systems, climate change adaptations, land degradation and restoration, grazing management and pastoral production, and sustainable future of the grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), which is a globally unique eco-region called the "e;Roof of the World"e; because of its high elevation, "e;Third Pole on Earth"e; because of its alpine environment and the "e;Water Tower in Asia"e; because of its headwater location.

The year 2022 has been declared by the United Nations as the "e;International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development"e;.

This book focuses on the contested nature and competing narratives of food system transformations, despite it being widely acknowledged that changes are essential for the safeguarding of human and planetary health and well-being.

Nuestro planeta muestra un claro deterioro ambiental: cambio climático, crisis energética, agotamiento del modelo de consumo… Uno de los primeros pasos que debemos dar para revertir esta situación es reconocer y evitar las ecomentiras o ecomitos: las falsas creencias medioambientales que están instaladas en el imaginario popular como la efectividad de las cuotas en las emisiones de CO2, la exaltación de fuentes de energía alternativas que quizá no son todo lo beneficiosas que parecen o un amplio abanico de medidas que tiene más sustento político que científico.

This book summarizes contemporary research on land degradation, desertification, and how such issues relate to socioeconomic growth in developing countries.

In 2015 the first edition of this book was published before the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention entered into force.

Von den Monumenten der Pharaonen über die Klostergärten des Mittelalters bis zu den High-Tech-Labors der Gegenwart verfolgt Aloe Vera eine erstaunliche Erfolgsgeschichte.

This book edition on "e;Wastewater Management and Technologies"e; brings together a wealth of expertise by the authors, who exemplify the wide range of options available-from nature-based solutions to different levels of technology-and the different experiences through case studies from around the world, with a particular focus on conditions in developing countries.

This engaging book presents an insightful look into the contributing factors that have shaped the modern public health system in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

In recent years EU policy towards the 'landscape' has become better defined, whereas at the same time the notion of 'landscape' itself remains elusive.

A harrowing journey through the past, present, and future of mining, this expertly-researched account ends on a vision for how industry can better serve the needs of humanity.

This book comprehensively covers the topics of origin and distribution, evolution and types, regional and global importance, biodiversity conservation, plant-soil interfaces, ecosystem functions and services, social-ecological systems, climate change adaptations, land degradation and restoration, grazing management and pastoral production, and sustainable future of the grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), which is a globally unique eco-region called the "e;Roof of the World"e; because of its high elevation, "e;Third Pole on Earth"e; because of its alpine environment and the "e;Water Tower in Asia"e; because of its headwater location.

This book describes everyday practices of life in changing Arctic winter conditions.

This book provides an innovative approach to understanding the governance of resource communities, by showcasing how the past and present informs the future.

This book critically examines various facets of conflicts involving people and the state arising due to the uneven distribution of natural resources.

This book offers an innovative approach to the recovery of areas degraded by international seabed mining, one that considers the feasibility of a standard that would allow mining in these areas in apparent antinomy with their other potential present and future uses.

This book is about the enactment, adaption, and ultimately fragmentation of government policy regarding the use of water in the American west.

This book offers an innovative approach to the recovery of areas degraded by international seabed mining, one that considers the feasibility of a standard that would allow mining in these areas in apparent antinomy with their other potential present and future uses.

This book is about the enactment, adaption, and ultimately fragmentation of government policy regarding the use of water in the American west.

Climate change and human activities are impacting the environment around the world and there is a great need to update our knowledge of natural resources in order to sustain the livelihoods of rural communities and urban dwellers.

This book describes everyday practices of life in changing Arctic winter conditions.

This book edition on "e;Wastewater Management and Technologies"e; brings together a wealth of expertise by the authors, who exemplify the wide range of options available-from nature-based solutions to different levels of technology-and the different experiences through case studies from around the world, with a particular focus on conditions in developing countries.

This book argues that a variety of policies will be required to create synergies between the water-energy-food nexus sectors while reducing trade-offs in the development of a green economy.

This book critically examines various facets of conflicts involving people and the state arising due to the uneven distribution of natural resources.

Climate change and human activities are impacting the environment around the world and there is a great need to update our knowledge of natural resources in order to sustain the livelihoods of rural communities and urban dwellers.

This book argues that a variety of policies will be required to create synergies between the water-energy-food nexus sectors while reducing trade-offs in the development of a green economy.

Wir befinden uns im Jahr 2050.

This book deals with the role of emerging technologies such as remote sensing and GIS and artificial intelligence/machine learning in water supply, conservation and management for sustainable development.

This volume presents a selection of contributions from international environmental scholars and water researchers.

This book is the first collection of state-of-the-art research projects analyzing water conflict and cooperation with an explicitly theoretical point of view.

Carbon materials pervade many aspects of modern life, from fuels and building materials to consumer goods and commodity chemicals.

Complying with environmental protection laws need not punch a hole in a firm's bottom line.

This book deals with the role of emerging technologies such as remote sensing and GIS and artificial intelligence/machine learning in water supply, conservation and management for sustainable development.

This volume presents a selection of contributions from international environmental scholars and water researchers.

At a time when the Colorado River and all those who depend on it are in peril, this urgent book offers both a love song and a paean of regret to America's most spectacular river (Denver Post) and a plea to save [it] before it's too late (The Wall Street Journal).

This volume aims to raise awareness and stimulate research on how agricultural management could help to mitigate climate change impacts, and focuses on technical progressions and innovations in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

This book covers a wide range of issues related to the Thar Desert Region of Rajasthan from an integrated and sustainable development perspective.

This volume aims to raise awareness and stimulate research on how agricultural management could help to mitigate climate change impacts, and focuses on technical progressions and innovations in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

This book covers a wide range of issues related to the Thar Desert Region of Rajasthan from an integrated and sustainable development perspective.

It is widely held that private ownership is the preferred end state for all scarce resources.

Despite ongoing efforts to find alternatives, oil is still one of the most critical-and valuable-commodities on earth.

A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the complex issues surrounding energy generation and use, this one-of-a-kind resource clarifies everything from the basic structure of the industry to the potential-and risks-of new technologies.

This book highlights the sustainability aspects of products and processes in forest science.

This book provides an overview of interdisciplinary approaches that have applied social science to research focused on issues around food, agriculture and natural resource management.

A compelling look at the challenges of freshwater conservation and management issues facing the United States at the start of the new millennium.

This book provides an overview of interdisciplinary approaches that have applied social science to research focused on issues around food, agriculture and natural resource management.