The unpredictability of Australia's climate poses real challenges for practices that were developed based on the relative predictability of a European climate.
In an era of climate change, deforestation and massive habitat loss, we can no longer rely on parks and protected areas as isolated 'islands of wilderness' to conserve and protect vital biodiversity.
This volume provides case studies conducted in Malaysia based on environmental management and the sustainable development of human and ecological systems.
Since its publication in the early 90s, Brenda Boardman's Fuel Poverty has been the reference text for those wishing to learn about this complex subject.
Dieses Buch bietet Studierenden der Ingenieurwissenschaften, Technikern wie auch Berufspraktikern einen leichten Einstieg in das Thema Wasseraufbereitung.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
Europe has a long history of managing coastal erosion through a variety of protection strategies, from the defences of the Venice lagoons to coastal land reclamation in the Netherlands.
How the utopian tradition offers answers to today's environmental crisesIn the face of Earth's environmental breakdown, it is clear that technological innovation alone won't save our planet.
Sustainability in Transition: Principles for Developing Solutions offers the first in-depth education-focused treatment of how to address sustainability in a comprehensive manner.
This book explores the perplexing question of how to increase sustainable energy technology use in the developing world, and specifically focuses on two megacities within Latin America.
This book, focuses on South and Southeast Asia, upgrades our understanding of the influence of multiple sociopolitical and governance factors on climate change and risks.
Biological monitoring of running waters is a scientifically and economically valid approach for surveys and monitoring programmes to assess the water quality.
Climate change is a lived experience of changes in the environment, often destroying conventional forms of subsistence and production, creating new patterns of movement and connection, and transforming people's imagined future.
Long-term environmental effects of chemical exposure have long been of concern and, more recently, chemicals which cause changes to the sexual development of exposed organisms have been identified.
As global populations surge, the availability of clean water continues to decline, necessitating a paradigm shift toward pollution mitigation and sustainable water management.
In this creative exploration of climate change and the big questions confronting our high-energy civilization, Adam Briggle connects the history of philosophy with current events to shed light on the Anthropocene (the age of humanity).
This volume contains the proceedings of the workshop on "e;Soil Monitoring: Methods for Early Detection and Surveying of Soil Contamination and Degradation"e;, held at the ETH seminar centre "e;Stefano Franscini"e; of Monte Verita, Ascona (Switzerland) from October 18 - 23, 1992.
Das Buch stellt die Modelle und Ansätze vor, die helfen, die räumlichen Funktionalitäten, den Transport, die Speicherung und Abbauraten der Schadstoffe zu erfassen sowie die Wirkung von Sanierungsmaßnahmen zu prognostizieren.
First published in 1988, this is a reissue of a groundbreaking collection of essays written by Hubert Lamb, one of the world's foremost experts on weather and climate and a uniquely authoritative voice in the history of climatology.
Public Archaeology and Climate Change promotes new approaches to studying and managing sites threatened by climate change, specifically actions that engage communities or employ ‘citizen science’ initiatives.
