Pollution and threats to the environment

What does successful adaptation look like?

This book presents the challenges of developing countries to understand and manage the risks of extreme natural events.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Atmospheric abudance of trace gases since the pre-industrial time has forced the earth's climate to change, threatening food security.

In this book, experts in atmospheric sciences, human health, economics, social and political sciences contribute to an integrated assessment of the complex elements needed to structure air quality policy in the 21st century.

This volume discusses the theoretical fundamentals and potential applications of the original electro-Fenton (EF) process and its most innovative and promising versions, all of which are classified as electrochemical advanced oxidation processes.

Renewable Energy Resources is a numerate and quantitative text.

This book gathers the main international research findings on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as emerging contaminants in water.

This book includes information, experiences, practical initiatives and projects around the subject matter and makes it available to a wide audience.

"e;There are so many things I wish I could have told my parents when I was a child, but back then I did not have the words.

Prompt and effective response to time-critical ship casualties and emergencies, for example, by refloating stranded ships, can prevent marine pollution and economic disruption of ports and waterways.

This novel volume delves into a specific and crucial aspect of early years pedagogy - the intersection between early childhood education and spirituality, offering tips on nurturing spirituality and a sense of connectedness with nature through outdoor learning.

Earth and its inhabitants face an unprecedented crisis--the human-caused destruction of the planet's life support systems.

Energy policy is at a crossroads.

An original contribution to our understanding of a phenomenon that is reshaping the world, this title thoroughly discusses the transformation of the energy security policy arena brought on by two dramatic developments - the increased potential availability of energy in many parts of the world on the supply side, and on the demand side increasing concerns over the harmful effects on the environment brought on by the use of fossil fuels.

Is international terrorism really the single greatest threat to world security?

This book makes an important and timely contribution to debates about the relationship between climate change and security in Southeast Asia.

Dieses Buch behandelt grundwasserchemische Fragen, die durch die zunehmende Nutzung und Verschmutzung der aquatischen Umwelt immer wichtiger werden.

Mit der Umsetzung des Umweltprogramms der Bundesregierung begannen bedeutende Aktivitäten auf den Gebieten Forschung und Entwicklung von Umweltschutzmaßnahmen.

Explores the history, community and context through which climate ''geoengineering'' became a governance object on the climate policy agenda.

This book examines prospective climate adaptive building materials in desert and drylands in the context of climate change, desertification, urbanisation demands, and the consequent sustainable urban development challenges.

The Global Food Economy examines the human and ecological cost of what we eat.

Originally published in 1981.

In the examination of gender as a driving force in disasters, too little attention has been paid to how women's or men's disaster experiences relate to the wider context of gender inequality, or how gender-just practice can help prevent disasters or address climate change at a structural level.

This book arises from a 2011 international conference entitled Climate Change, Agri-Food, Fisheries and Ecosystems: Reinventing Research, Innovation, and Policy Agendas for an Environmentally and Socially-Balanced Growth (ICCAFFE2011), organized by the North-South Center for Social Sciences (NRCS) in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany and the Institute for Research and Development (IRD), France.

Exposure to toxic chemicalsin the workplace and at homeis increasing every day.

Agri-environment schemes (AES) is frequently adopted for tricky environmental issues.

The Routledge Handbook on Climate Change and Health System Sustainability takes the reader on a journey to understand the interconnectedness of human health, climate change, and healthcare systems.

This book presents a picture of the advances in the research of theoretical and practical frameworks of wastewater problems and solutions.

An accessible introduction to statistical methods for students in the climate sciences.

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Recent discussions among scientists and policy-makers have highlighted that knowledge generated by many research and demonstration projects is not reaching policymakers in an efficient way.

Serpent River Resurgence tells the story of how the Serpent River Anishinaabek confronted the persistent forces of settler colonialism and the effects of uranium mining at Elliot Lake, Ontario.

In computational mechanics, the first and quite often the most difficult part of a problem is the correct formulation of the problem.

The passage of the Clean Air Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970 marked a sweeping transformation in American politics.

Environmental journalism is an increasingly significant area for study within the broader field of journalism studies.

Low carbon technology transfer to developing countries has been both a lynchpin of, and a key stumbling block to a global deal on climate change.

This book critiques modern museologies and curatorial practices that have been complicit in emerging existential crises.

This book talks about the dynamics of the surface water-groundwater contaminant interactions under different environmental conditions across the world.

This book addresses the threats that hamper the achievement of sustainable soil management: soil erosion by water and wind, soil organic carbon loss, nutrient imbalance, salinization, contamination, acidification, loss of soil biodiversity, surface sealing, compaction and water logging.

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Selfie: Poetry, Social Change & Ecological Connection presents the first general theory that links poetry in environmental thought to poetry as an environment.

This book provides a first-ever synthesis of sustainability and sustainable development experiences in the Arctic.

Climate change is increasingly a part of the human experience.

The book is unique in highlighting the issue of wastewater as one of the important environmental issues.

This book presents several complex case studies related to water management and planning in the context of pollution, growing demands, and global climate change in Mexico, but which are also relevant for other countries in Latin America.

Wind power is developing rapidly, in terms of both the number of new installations and in interest from stakeholders including policy-makers, NGOs, research scientists, industry and the general public.

In 1986, the FFC requested that the NRC appoint a committee to examine the field and propose ways by which the POE process could be improved to better serve public and private sector organizations.