The environment

In this book, anthropologist and geologist Christoph Antweiler shows that geology is a special, namely historical, natural science and is therefore relevant for a historically informed anthropology.

This book discusses the adverse effects of climatic changes on our planet.

Industrial Uses of Biomass Energy demonstrates that energy-rich vegetation, biomass, is a key renewable energy resource for the future.

In the wake of the so-called information technology revolution, many stakeholders from the public and private sectors (including citizens) have indeed grown accustomed to the promise and usability of spatial data infrastructures (SDI) for data access, use, and sharing.

What are the democratic requirements for effective climate action?

The use of nanomaterials for remediation efforts has been overlooked even though they present interesting characteristics as remediators.

For decades historians argued for the downfall of communication, when early modern societies were hit by a natural disaster.

This book offers an innovative exploration of energy justice, from concept to action, highlighting its role as a crucial tool for navigating the complexities of a just and sustainable energy transition.

A call to action that promotes K12 schools and students as key contributors to climate solutions

This book presents the changing face of social responsibility, showing how it has grown to encompass governance, becoming a vital part of various aspects of human endeavor.

This book provides an outline of the Ship-to-Ship transfer process, and how ship's masters and officers can conduct this inherently dangerous activity safely.

With all of the environmental and social problems confronting our food systems today, it is apparent that none of the strategies we have relied on in the pasthigher-yielding varieties, increased irrigation, inorganic fertilizers, pest damage reductioncan be counted on to come to the rescue.

The book discusses superconducting fault current limiters and their applications in power systems, exploring the principles, simulations and engineering practices, but focusing on systematic applications in traditional and renewable power systems.

How does the climate crisis relate to global security issues?

The book discusses superconducting fault current limiters and their applications in power systems, exploring the principles, simulations and engineering practices, but focusing on systematic applications in traditional and renewable power systems.

This new book explains advanced and emerging technologies for removing heavy metals from wastestreams and contaminated sites.

Climate change is one of the great problems facing humanity; this book introduces readers to major rulings from around the world that centre on climate change as a core focus.

Delve into the history of energy resource conflicts, their present status, and the potential effects of today's energy production decisions on the future of humanity.

With rapid advancements in AI, this book reveals how AI can be a powerful tool in reducing pollution and fostering sustainability.

Designed to walk ADB staff through a Post-Disaster Needs Assessment simulation, this handbook outlines training schedules, introduces methodologies, and provides practical exercises to identify and analyze the broad impacts of a disaster.

Communication of risks within a transparent and accountable framework is essential in view of increasing mobility and the complexity of the modern society and the field of geotechnical engineering does not form an exception.

If crisis defines our era, we need a coherent socialist policy in response.

This book focuses on landslide hazard mapping, identification of site-specific drivers of landslide occurrence, and assessment of landslide susceptibility, vulnerability, risk and mitigation using advanced techniques and approaches.

This volume outlines various religious practices followed across the global south and highlights their correlation to sustainability.

Explore the Important Role that the Semantics of Land Use and Land Cover Plays within a Broader Environmental ContextFocused on the information semantics of land use and land cover (LULC) and providing a platform for reassessing this field, Land Use and Land Cover Semantics: Principles, Best Practices, and Prospects presents a comprehensive overview of fundamental theories and best practices for applying semantics in LULC.

This book is volume 33 of the yearbook seriesPalaeoecology of Africa presenting the outcome of atribute conference to the internationally recognized South African researcher and palynologist Professor Louis Scott.

Never before has the quest to balance the needs of people, the environment, and the economy been so important.

This volume outlines various religious practices followed across the global south and highlights their correlation to sustainability.

There is widespread rhetorical agreement that the fashion industry must get itself onto a more sustainable footing.

This volume delves into the colonial past and identifies papers on nature and natural phenomenon that were deemed 'primitive' and 'superstitious' by those who narrated them and analyzed them in the pages of the Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, published from 1886 to 1936; the period covered by the papers that have been reproduced in this volume.

This book consists of the select proceedings of the National Conference on Technological Advancements in Waste Management: Challenges and Opportunities (TAWMCO) - 2023.

This book consists of the select proceedings of the National Conference on Technological Advancements in Waste Management: Challenges and Opportunities (TAWMCO) - 2023.

Since its inception, the field of political ecology has served as a critical hub for inclusive and transformative environmental inquiry.

Explore the ebook version of "e;What is Life?

This book reveals how the 19th Century modernisation of Bogota led to a transformation in the social role of plants - showing how this city located in the high altitudes of the tropical Andes turned into a 'floristic island' formed by native, introduce, wild and cultivated plants.

Advanced methods for water consumption management can help save water and financial resources.

Advanced methods for water consumption management can help save water and financial resources.

What would happen if we were to awaken one day and suddenly realize that the world we live in appeared eerily alien, as if we d been teleported to some other distant world?

This book delves into the specific subject area of life sciences, focusing on the remarkable world of millets and their multifaceted contributions.

This book delves into the specific subject area of life sciences, focusing on the remarkable world of millets and their multifaceted contributions.

Applies science and engineering principles to the analysis, design, and implementation of technical schemes to characterize, treat, modify, and reuse/store waste and contaminated media.