The environment

Threats to the Arctic discusses all the current threats to this fragile region, emphasizing the interconnections between many environmental impacts, as well as the teleconnections between events already emerging in the Arctic (ocean circulation changes, melting of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets) and other parts of the world.

Geographic information systems (GIS), the Global Positioning System (GPS), remote sensing, and other information technologies have all changed the nature of work in the mapping sciences and in the professions, industries, and institutions that depend on them for basic research and education.

Focusing on organic farming, this book presents peer-reviewed contributions from leading international academics and researchers in the field of organic agriculture, plant ecosystems, sustainable horticulture and related areas of biodiversity science.

This book contains a set of papers which explore the links among climate change, health, and hazards and demonstrate how they interact.

A reduction in the energy demand of buildings can make a major contribution to achieving national and international carbon reduction goals, in addition to addressing the interlinked issues of sustainable development, fuel poverty and fuel security.

Meeting the aims of sustainability is becoming increasingly difficult; at the same time, the call for culture is becoming more powerful.

Water scarcity and the need for ecological sustainability have led to the introduction of treated waste water as an additional water resource in the national water resource management plans of Mediterranean countries.

Interdisciplinary Teaching about the Earth and Environment for a Sustainable Future presents the outcomes of the InTeGrate project, a community effort funded by the National Science Foundation to improve Earth literacy and build a workforce prepared to tackle environmental and resource issues.

Recent advances in the industrial application and industrial development of seaweeds are important in addressing the world's growing needs for healthy nutrients.

First Published in 2011.

A Practical Illustrated Bird-Oriented Gardening Book with Great Reference ChartsBird-watchers everywhere dream of a landscape dotted with fruiting shrubs, nests tucked into twining vines, and birds flocking to feeding stations.

This book travels to the heart of power, inequality and injustice in water politics.

Your non-overwhelming, down-to-earth guide for daily climate actionpersonalized to your unique strengths.

This book reviews the recent scientific developments on mining and metallurgical wastes-based alkali-activated materials (MMWAAMs).

A riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversyShale gas extraction-commonly known as fracking-is often portrayed as an energy revolution that will transform the American economy and geopolitics.

This volume examines case studies on EU countries' policy to combat climate change, examining the constraints of and opportunities for the implementation of climate change strategies in these countries.

This edited book analyses the implementation of green transformation policies and the UN Sustainable Development Goals across the European Union, in the context of lifelong learning and educational practices.

On October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel battered southern Ontario, leaving in its wake a terrible toll: thousands homeless, million in property damage, and, worst of all, 81 people dead.

This is a handbook for policy makers and environmental managers in water authorities and engineering companies engaged in water quality programmes, especially in developing countries.

À l’image du continent africain, le Bénin fait face à de multiples défis, qu’ils soient sociaux, économiques, environnementaux, quant à son agriculture, mais aussi à la formation agricole et rurale, avec une importante réforme institutionnelle de l’enseignement technique et professionnel, en particulier agricole.

Meat and dairy production and consumption are in crisis.

A Year of Real and Literary Birds is simultaneously an almanac of bird life, a work of interdisciplinary literary scholarship, and a chronicle of family life.

The book is about climate resilience and environmental sustainability approaches, discussing knowledge at global level and the local challenges, presented by authors from various countries.

The four decades of neoliberalism, globalisation and financialisation have produced crises - financial and pandemic - and rising inequality.

A detailed study of pollution and impurity in Roman religion, offering new theories on a previously neglected, yet vital, subject.

Originally published in 1982.

The book communicates coastal geology such that the reader gets a better understanding of how scientists work and how scientific knowledge is acquired and how it progresses.

Marvin Giehl zeigt den im erziehungswissenschaftlichen Diskurs bislang unterrepräsentierten Konnex zwischen den ethisch motivierten Ernährungs- und Lebensformen des Vegetarismus und des Veganismus sowie deren biographischer Genese und bildungstheoretischen Überlegungen auf.

This book addressed an in-depth comprehension of the classifications and characterizations of POPs, which have become global issues due to bioaccumulation, persistency, and toxicity.

Green purchasing - or eco-procurement - by local and central governments has long been recommended in documents such as Agenda 21 to be a key - although sometimes supplemental-ingredient in the achievement of more environmentally responsible economies.

This Pivot offers a comprehensive cross-country study of the effects of large-scale resource extraction in Asia Pacific, considering how large-scale extractive industries engender contentious social, political and economic questions.

This book contains the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Engineering (ICEEEE2023) that was held on August 6-8 2023 in Singapore.

Today, efforts are being made to rehabilitate badly degraded ecosystems and protect areas which have important ecological value, such as national parks, critical fish and wildlife habitats, natural communities and endangered species.

This is an analytical assessment of how the government can accelerate development and deployment of energy technologies, for researchers and policy makers.

Sustainable Engineering: Principles and Implementation provides a comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability as it applies to engineering and methods for implementation of sustainable practices.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Modern businesses and organizations understand that corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an important factor for sustainable success.

This book presents advanced knowledge and techniques to improve food quality, such as organic farming, fertilization using waste, reducing arsenic in food, soil restoration, forage production in arid regions and weed control.

Natural disasters and the dire effects of climate change cause massive population displacements and lead to some of the most intractable political and humanitarian challenges seen today.

This volume is a vital contribution to conversations about urban sustainability, looking beyond the propaganda to explore its consequences for everyday life.

Die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen des Strommarktes wurden neu geregelt.

The Mexican -- United States border represents much more than the meeting place of two nations.

Exactly ten years ago an experiment was started that proved to be extremely successful: the First Gothenburg Symposium.

A NATO ASI on "e;Molecular Ecology of Aquatic Microbes"e; was held at II Ciocco, Lucca, Italy from 28 August - 9 September 1994.

This book provides a detailed overview of ethical omnivorism, as well as the philosophical foundations of this movement and diet.

Maximizing reader insights into the strategic value of mass retrofits in the residential property sector through a detailed case study analysis of the 'Hackbridge project', this book uses this development to broaden understanding of how planners may perform urban regeneration in accordance with a centralized plan.

This volume examines how international cooperation can support implementation of domestic climate policies in developing countries.

The Science of Global Warming Remediation examines the workings of a complex chemical system using concepts such as chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and oxidation/reduction.