The Red Hills region of south Georgia and north Florida contains one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in North America, with longleaf pine trees that are up to four hundred years old and an understory of unparalleled plant life.
Greenwood Plantation in the Red Hills region of southwest Georgia includes a rare one-thousand-acre stand of old-growth longleaf pine woodlands, a remnant of an ecosystem that once covered close to ninety million acres across the Southeast.
Thirty-six years before Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans and southern Mississippi, the region was visited by one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the United States: Camille.
This book is a festschrift in tribute to Ben Wisner's contributions to disaster studies and adjacent fields of scholarship such as political ecology, development and sustainability.
Mycorrhizae, Microplastics and Money: Wastes as a Resource for Farming and Forestry to Deliver Reversal of Global Warming introduces a groundbreaking, technology-driven global plan that aims to achieve environmental sustainability through financial incentives.
This book examines the complex interactions between food, energy, and water (FEW) resources within the framework of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).
The production of this Bulletin is a joint effort by the Committees on Hydraulics for Dams and on Dams and Floods to pool resources in producing an overview of the state of the art, latest research and industry developments relating to the subject of blockage of spillways, intakes and bottom outlets by floating debris.
This book provides an authoritative, evidence-based understanding of the implications of climate change for organisations and offers valuable insights into how to craft and embed a sustainable purpose.
Advanced Hydraulic Engineering: Applications and Optimization is a comprehensive resource that delves into the advanced principles, methodologies, and real-world applications of hydraulic engineering.
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Environmental Fate, Health Impacts, and Remediation Strategies provides useful information on recent advancements in the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as well as their sources, environmental fate and conveyance, potential health impacts, and remediation strategies by harnessing the latest research findings and key scientific literature.
This book explores Greenpeace's efforts to expand its engagement in the Circumpolar North in the 21st century and how this work is affected and informed by the organization's controversial legacy of anti-sealing campaigning in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Himalaya Dilemma: Navigating Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience in Geohazard-Prone Regions is a collaborative effort to explore and understand the multiple dangers the Himalayas face, including landslides, earthquakes, glacial lake outburst floods, terrain instability, anthropogenic landscape alterations, and ecosystem fragility.
Luxury goods and service environments are inherently beautiful, refined, and aesthetically pleasing, qualities that closely align them with the concept of "e;art”.
Luxury goods and service environments are inherently beautiful, refined, and aesthetically pleasing, qualities that closely align them with the concept of "e;art”.
This volume focuses on practical applications, innovative strategies, and regional case studies showcasing circular economy practices across sectors and geographies.
This volume focuses on practical applications, innovative strategies, and regional case studies showcasing circular economy practices across sectors and geographies.
In Civic Synergy: Leading and Managing the Evolution of Smart Cities, readers are invited to explore the transformative journey of urban spaces into dynamic, interconnected smart cities.
Toda civilización humana requiere de la dotación de agua en condiciones aptas de consumo y para labores diarias como la preparación de alimentos y la higiene personal.
Las disertaciones y análisis derivados de la edición número veinticuatro de la Cátedra Democracia y Ciudadanía, denominada Retos de la vida y cambio climático (2017-I), así como las reflexiones desarrolladas en el marco del Seminario Internacional Racismo y discriminación racial en la educación superior, organizados por el Instituto para la Pedagogía, la Paz y el Conflicto Urbano de la Universidad Distrital (Ipazud), se convirtieron en exigencia de retorno a nuestros puntos de origen común: la Pachamama y los hijos del África.
This comprehensive handbook presents the current state of knowledge on geospatial technologies, techniques, and methods that are imperative for providing solutions to sustainable cities.
This book provides a useful framework for addressing the various aspects of current Asia-Europe relations, including examinations of power transitions and geopolitics, values, and pragmatism, climate change and sustainability, technology and innovation, and infrastructure and connectivity.
