Pollution and threats to the environment

This book explores the issue of energy poverty in post-communist Europe and shows how it is viewed and addressed through public policies.

International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communi- ties over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic envi- ronments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and progress reports, and archival documentations.

Rapid changes in energy production and consumption are having major socioeconomic implications for the communities of rural America.

The book addresses the challenges of urban water security and adaptive management in Sub-Saharan Africa, exploring and interlinking novel concepts of ecosystems services, watershed investments, and boundary work.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.

This book is a compilation of all the necessary attributes associated with the knowledge of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) that have been meticulously identified and charted down by the Stockholm Convention.

This is the first of three Books that together provide an integrated picture of the Aegean Sea, presenting the natural components of the system (Book I and Book II) as well as the human presence in the extended area (Book III).

The book examines whether the jurisdiction of coastal States under international law can be extended to include powers of intervention towards vessels posing a significant risk to their coastal and marine environment, but which have not yet been involved in any incident or accident.

Modern agriculture must seek to feed the world's growing population with little or no cost to the Environment.

The mounting problem of space debris in low earth orbit and its threat to the operation of application satellites has been increasingly recognized as space activities increase.

The overarching contribution of this book is a review and assessment of the current and future impacts of globalization on the world's forests.

Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day.

This book introduces recent developments of membrane technologies applied to gas and water treatments, energy processes and environmental issues.

The Handbook of Regulations on Environmental Protection in China details the environmental laws, regulations and standards in China for those enforcing and creating environmental policy as it stood in the early 1990's.

Using Jane Jacobs' critique of postwar city-building as a starting point, Fowler shows that recent North American urban development has been characterized by development projects on a massive scale, an indiscriminate use of vast areas of land, and an increasingly evident homogeneity.

A timely analysis of carbon pricing that contains important lessons for anyone concerned with the development of post-Copenhagen climate policy.

Die Durchschnittstemperaturen und viele weitere Indikatoren für den Klimawandel erreichen immer neue Höchstwerte.

Homer speaks of lightning bolts after which 'a grim reek of sulphur bursts forth' and the air was '?

This book explains how the U.

This book provides insight into the hydrology, ecosystem services and management of water resources in the Parana River basin, including the importance of water to the socio-economic development of the countries within the watershed.

This textbook introduces readers to basic scientific principles of climate change.

The primary objective of this book is to probe into the menace of air pollution in Delhi, which has emerged as the main threat to public health and the environment in the capital city.

This report contains a collection of papers presented at a workshop in Merida, MexicoStrengthening Science-Based Decision Making: Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico.

Wind erosion occurs in many arid, semiarid and agricultural areas of the world.

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecurity provides an authoritative and comprehensive assessment of the threats presented to human security and well-being by the loss of ecosystems and biodiversity recently confirmed as one of the critical 'planetary boundaries' that has already been exceeded.

In this volume, emerging and established scholars bring ethical and political concerns for the environment, nonhuman animals and social justice to the study of nineteenth-century visual culture.

This book provides an overview of the dissolved air flotation clarification technology.

Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally.

Originally published in 1985, this volume of essays was compiled in honour of Gordon Manley, a major and distinctive twentieth-century figure in climatology.

Could low-level exposure to polluting chemicals be analogous to exercise -- a beneficial source of stress that strengthens the body?

This state-of-the-art compendium, combining theory with practical examples, looks at the entire biochar supply chain.

This book discusses the role of energy in agriculture which reaches 30%, and the role of agriculture in energy where the water shred by 17% in total electricity generation in addition to the role of bioenergy as a source of liquid energy.

Arsenic contamination poses a major environmental problem, especially in Southeast Asian countries like Bangladesh and India.

Responding to the issues and challenges of teaching and learning about climate change from a science education-based perspective, this book is designed to serve as an aid for educators as they strive to incorporate the topic into their classes.

This book explores some of the conditions and underlying causes of the multiple environmental crises facing humanity.

Today, one out of every six children suffers from some form of neurodevelopmental abnormality.

This book introduces the growing problem of microplastics pollution in the soil and aquatic environment and its interaction with other chemical pollutants.

A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbean-from the tip of South America to the Windward Islands.

This book addresses the crucial - but oddly neglected - question of what it means to say climate change is political.

This book reviews advanced techniques for the determination of pesticide residues, with focus on extraction, detectors and cleaning protocols.

This book discusses different aspects of water resources, ranging from hydrology and modeling to management and policy responses.

India is the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, which makes it an important player whose climate mitigation actions and inactions are closely scrutinised.

Today more than 5 million chemicals are known and roughly 100,000 of them are frequently used, with both numbers rising.

This book explores the relationship between climate change-induced migration and conflict in Bangladesh - one of the most ecologically fragile countries in the world.

Climate Liberalism examines the potential and limitations of classical-liberal approaches to pollution control and climate change.

As the world becomes more urbanised, solutions are required to solve current challenges for three arenas of sustainability: social sustainability, environmental sustainability and urban economic sustainability.