Climate change

Climate Change, Ecological Catastrophe, and the Contemporary Novel responds to the critical need for transdisciplinary research on the relationship between colonialism and catastrophe.

Spatiotemporal Analysis of Air Pollution and Its Application in Public Health reviews, in detail, the tools needed to understand the spatial temporal distribution and trends of air pollution in the atmosphere, including how this information can be tied into the diverse amount of public health data available using accurate GIS techniques.

This book presents the state of art of the several advanced approaches to beneficiation of coal.

Over the last decade, the world has increasingly grappled with the complex linkages emerging between efforts to combat climate change and to protect human rights around the world.

In the teeth of climate emergency, hope has to remain possible, because life insists on it.

A top priority in climate research is obtaining broad-extent and long-term data to support analyses of historical patterns and trends, and for model development and evaluation.

The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has presented strong evidence that human-induced climate change is occurring and that all countries of the world will be affected and need to adapt to impacts.

Once imagined as a place on the very edge of the world, Greenland is now viewed as being at the epicentre of climate change.

This book presents a comprehensive coverage of remote sensing technology used to gather information on 12 types of natural hazards in the terrestrial sphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.

Originally published in 1985.

Apply the tried-and-tested principles of Six Sigma to the fight against climate change In this much needed book, Dr Ron Basu delivers an insightful exploration as well as sage advice on how to apply the principles of Lean Six Sigma to today s climate crisis.

For many years, the objective of environmental campaigners was to push climate change on to the agenda of political leaders and to encourage media attention to the issue.

This book considers the challenges of building disaster resilience in South Asia - a region that frequently experiences some of the most severe and devastating impacts of disasters.

There is overwhelming evidence that the climate is changing.

This book challenges mainstream Western IEJ (intergenerational environmental justice) in a manner that privileges indigenous philosophies and highlights the value these philosophies have for solving global environmental problems.

This volume builds on an international workshop held in 2019, inspired by James Lovelock's "e;The Revenge of Gaia - Why the Earth Is Fighting Back, and How We Can Still Save Humanity"e;.

Light scattering from particles in the nanometric and micrometric size range is relevant in several research fields, such as aerosol science and nanotechnology.

This book analyses the German constitutional system's responses towards nuclear energy.

Coral reefs represent the most spectacular and diverse marine ecosystem on the planet as well as a critical source of income for millions of people.

Understanding why renewable energy policies succeed and fail is essential for a range of stakeholders in the energy and environmental sectors.

Courage, Contributions and Compliance: The Routledge Handbook of Climate Law and Governance recognises calls from the United Nations (UN), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

This volume highlights the plant life of Nepal, which accounts for 20% of the Himalayan biodiversity.

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) is an area of growing interest for many people studying the urban environment and local/global climate change.

Climate change is perhaps the most important issue of our time and yet despite the urgency of the problem, the measures necessary to mitigate it have not been implemented.

An essential book for everyone who seeks to reclaim the commons and build a just and equitable society.

"e;Human security"e; is an approach that rejects the traditional prioritization of state security, and instead identifies the individual as the primary referent of security.

This book probes the ethical, practical, and sociopolitical implications of leveraging innovative and disruptive means to address the world's various environmental crises.

A broad survey of Irish literature''s environmental focus, this book shows the significance of narratives in addressing the climate crisis.

This handbook presents a comprehensive overview of insect conservation and provides practical solutions to counteract insect declines, at a time where insects are facing serious threats across the world from habitat destruction to invasive species and climate change.

The Concept of Milieu in Environmental Ethics discusses how we can come together to address current environmental problems at the planetary level, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, transborder pollution and desertification.

This book examines a wide range of innovative approaches for coastal wetlands restoration and explains how we should use both academic research and practitioners' findings to influence learning, practice, policy and social change.

This textbook provides readers with the fundamentals and the intent of environmental regulations so that compliance can be greatly improved and streamlined.

The objective of Sustainable Communities Design Handbook is to ensure a better quality of life for everyone, both now and for generations to come.

Fridays for Future: Die weltweiten Schülerstreiks für Klimaschutz rütteln die Öffentlichkeit auf.

Sir John Houghton''s definitive, full-colour guide to climate change is fully up-to-date with the latest IPCC findings.

Stories of Human Resilience in a Changing Climate offers a captivating glimpse into the human face of climate change.

Birdwatching in Britain has grown increasingly dependent on burning fossil fuels.

Despite the central importance that water has held for civilizations both ancient and modern, its social significance has made surprisingly little impact on our contemporary understanding of human history and development.

In the 1990s Richard B.

This book offers anthropological insights into disasters in Latin America.

In a world increasingly faced with, and divided by, regional and global crises, resilience has emerged as a key concept with significant relevance for tourism.

Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses.

This book highlights clean energy transition via sustainable utilization of biomass resources, viz.

¿Es posible recuperarse de un diluvio de noticias catastrofistas?

South East Queensland has been one of the fastest growing regions of Australia, both in terms of its rapidly growing population and an ever-expanding built environment.

Water has become a challenging resource that many countries worldwide are concerned with.

This study makes sense of how the media report on climate change and how this influences science and policy decision-making.

Urban Mobility sheds light on mobility in twenty-first-century Canadian cities.

Our changing climate and more extreme weather events have dramatically increased the number and severity of floods across the world.