Pollution and threats to the environment

Is democracy, in its neoliberalized form, responsible in part for bringing us to the brink of self-destruction and the policy inertia that is doing away with our chances of survival?

Is democracy, in its neoliberalized form, responsible in part for bringing us to the brink of self-destruction and the policy inertia that is doing away with our chances of survival?

Sustainability is one of the most important issues currently facing the tourism sector.

Sustainability is one of the most important issues currently facing the tourism sector.

The book presents documentary evidence of the insufficiency of rehabilitation works to close the gap between the irrigation service and actual area irrigated of publicly funded national irrigation systems in the Philippines.

This book offers a multifaceted examination of Africa's development into the post-2015 global agenda from a geographical perspective.

This book offers a multifaceted examination of Africa's development into the post-2015 global agenda from a geographical perspective.

The use of nanoparticles in medicine, industrial, and other applications has triggered an interest in their potential.

The use of nanoparticles in medicine, industrial, and other applications has triggered an interest in their potential.

Resilience will be a defining quality of the twenty-first century.

Resilience will be a defining quality of the twenty-first century.

Sustainability and the Rights of Nature: An Introduction is a much-needed guide that addresses the exciting and significant paradigm shift to the Rights of Nature, as it is occurring both in the United States and internationally in the fields of environmental law and environmental sustainability.

Water is intricately linked with food security, energy security, and sustainable development.

The book presents documentary evidence of the insufficiency of rehabilitation works to close the gap between the irrigation service and actual area irrigated of publicly funded national irrigation systems in the Philippines.

This book includes basic knowledge and understanding on the characteristics of aerosols over the continent and oceanic regions, their composition, residence times, sinks and size distributions, and their effects in the radiative transfer and climate of Earth.

Ecological Restoration and Management of Longleaf Pine Forests is a timely synthesis of the current understanding of the natural dynamics and processes in longleaf pine ecosystems.

In a present where there are countless opportunities for the spread of exotic diseases, the expansion and creation of far more illness in our global population through globalization and rapid transportation, and the contamination of water, air and land, we find ourselves accountable.

This book presents a broad overview of pollution issues facing climatic, economic, and legal globalization.

Marine environment can be affected by several pollutants such as the presence of elements and their chemical species, pharmaceuticals, nanoparticles and other emerging contaminants.

It is clear that the climate is changing and ecosystems are becoming severely degraded.

It is clear that the climate is changing and ecosystems are becoming severely degraded.

This book identifies a major turn in contemporary British literature in response to environmental crisis.

Arsenic-contaminated groundwater is considered one of the world's largest environmental health crises, as more than 300 million people in more than one-third of countries worldwide are at risk of groundwater arsenic poisoning.

Biofuels such as ethanol, butanol, and biodiesel have more desirable physico-chemical properties than base petroleum fuels (diesel and gasoline), making them more suitable for use in internal combustion engines.

The wind power business has grown from a niche sector within the energy industry to a global industry that attracts substantial investment.

The wind power business has grown from a niche sector within the energy industry to a global industry that attracts substantial investment.

The Routledge Handbook of Institutions and Planning in Action contains a selection of 25 chapters prepared by specialized international scholars of urban planning and urban studies focusing on the question of how institutional innovation occurs in practices of action.

The Routledge Handbook of Institutions and Planning in Action contains a selection of 25 chapters prepared by specialized international scholars of urban planning and urban studies focusing on the question of how institutional innovation occurs in practices of action.

The Arctic is one of the world's regions most affected by cultural, socio-economic, environmental, and climatic changes.

The Arctic is one of the world's regions most affected by cultural, socio-economic, environmental, and climatic changes.

Since the global financial crisis of 2007-08 the question of the aims of schooling have assumed greater importance.

Since the global financial crisis of 2007-08 the question of the aims of schooling have assumed greater importance.

Addressing the numerous gaps in current information, Target Organ Toxicology in Marine and Freshwater Teleosts is an essential resource for researchers and professionals in aquatic toxicology and environmental risk assessment.

Addressing the numerous gaps in current information, Target Organ Toxicology in Marine and Freshwater Teleosts is an essential resource for researchers and professionals in aquatic toxicology and environmental risk assessment.

Miscanthus has been enthusiastically promoted as a second generation biomass crop, and this book provides a comprehensive review of this knowledge.

Miscanthus has been enthusiastically promoted as a second generation biomass crop, and this book provides a comprehensive review of this knowledge.

This book examines whether a global consensus is emerging on climate change and human mobility and presents evidence of a slow-moving but dynamic, step-by-step process of international policy development on climate-related mobility.

This book examines whether a global consensus is emerging on climate change and human mobility and presents evidence of a slow-moving but dynamic, step-by-step process of international policy development on climate-related mobility.

The European Union has long played a leadership role in the global response to climate change, including the development and dissemination of climate-friendly technologies such as renewable energy.

The European Union has long played a leadership role in the global response to climate change, including the development and dissemination of climate-friendly technologies such as renewable energy.

Carbon Dioxide Reduction through Advanced Conversion and Utilization Technologies covers fundamentals, advanced conversion technologies, economic feasibility analysis, and future research directions in the field of CO2 conversion and utilization.

Carbon Dioxide Reduction through Advanced Conversion and Utilization Technologies covers fundamentals, advanced conversion technologies, economic feasibility analysis, and future research directions in the field of CO2 conversion and utilization.

The year 2016 was the hottest year on record and the third consecutive record-breaking year in planet temperatures.

The year 2016 was the hottest year on record and the third consecutive record-breaking year in planet temperatures.

Soil degradation is a widespread problem in Africa resulting in decreased agricultural productivity while demand for food continues to increase.

Soil degradation is a widespread problem in Africa resulting in decreased agricultural productivity while demand for food continues to increase.

The Routledge Companion to Rural Planning provides a critical account and state of the art review of rural planning in the early years of the twenty-first century.

The Routledge Companion to Rural Planning provides a critical account and state of the art review of rural planning in the early years of the twenty-first century.

This textbook examines non-traditional forms of security and expands the notion of security to include non-state actors and non-human actors.

This textbook examines non-traditional forms of security and expands the notion of security to include non-state actors and non-human actors.