The environment

This book investigates African philosophical contributions to the concept of deep ecology, which advocates for rethinking human and non-human relationships within our ecosystems, by promoting the inherent and earned worth of all beings.

This reference book explores the multifaceted problem of heavy metal contamination in the environment.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of all relevant technical and environmental aspects relating to road vehicles with low-emission drive technology.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of all relevant technical and environmental aspects relating to road vehicles with low-emission drive technology.

This second edition focuses on Tropical Dry Forests (TDF) in the Americas and provides a comprehensive overview of new studies conducted in the last decade, giving new insights into the most endangered ecosystem in the tropics.

Multilingual Leadership in TESOL addresses issues related to leadership by and for multilingual individuals in the field.

A large number of scientific works are devoted to the study and modeling of accidental oil spills.

This book provides an analysis of the concurrence of energy politics and global climate change.

This edited volume brings together international authors to explore how cities around the world are implementing their commitment towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The fate of heavy metal particles in the environment is important because they tend to be reactive, mobile, and highly toxic.

This work details the economic, regulatory and environmental protection issues related to biosolids management and use.

Ce livre propose de développer une écologie évolutive qui tienne compte de toutes les relations des êtres vivants entre eux.

This book provides an overview of major threats to our blue planet.

Explores Worldwide Trends Involving the Production and Use of BiofuelsWith the depletion of oil resources as well as the negative environmental impact of fossil fuels, there is much interest in alternative energy sources.

This is a complete and concise guide to creating and managing a successful environmental audit program.

Die Menschheit steht vor groen Herausforderungen, denn es bestehen berechtigte Sorgen, dass ihr Naturverhaltnis nicht zukunftsfahig ist.

This new reference book covers the important topics of our current time-the impact of climate change and urban environment sustainability, using empirical and theoretical insights.

Comprehensive in scope, this totally revamped edition of a bestseller is the ideal desk reference for anyone tasked with hazard control and safety management in the healthcare industry.

The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership invited papers related to responsible leadership from a trans-disciplinary perspective involving the social and natural sciences.

Understand the social, economic, and environmental impacts of the development of forest plantationsand the conservation involvedControversy surrounds the question of how to best protect forests of high conservation value, while meeting the growing demands for wood and wood fiber-based products.

Negotiating relief and freedom is an investigation of short- and long-term responses to disaster in the British Caribbean colonies during the 'long' nineteenth century.

It is well known that infrastructure development projects can boost the economy and reduce the cost of trade in both developing and developed economies, however, infrastructure projects can also cause biodiversity loss.

Recycled Materials will befirmly based on providing simple, illustrated, step-by-step methods andtechniques for creating jewellery from recycled materials.

This collection of papers examines water management in two of the worlds prominent, arid transboundary areas facing similar challenges.

THE TIMES BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF 2024WINNER OF THE BLUE PLANET PRIZE 2025'Argues persuasively .

Wie wächst Mut in harten Zeiten?

Clean Production Strategies is a cross-disciplinary book that presents a comprehensive examination of a new ethic emphasizing the appropriate design of products, processes, and economic activities to reduce the generation of waste into the environment.

The book creates an augmented knowledge about human security beyond the warfare concept in the Arctic.

Although progressing very well over the last years, the design criteria for bored and auger piles are still not fully under control and in acceptable synergism with the real pile foundation behaviour.

Founded in 1966, the internationally recognized and acclaimed SeriesPalaeoecology of Africa publishes interdisciplinary scientific papers on landscape evolution and on former environments of the African continent.

Bio-Refinery of Industrial Effluents for a Sustainable Circular Economy provides a combined approach between environmental engineering, which involves the improvement of the natural environment or remediation of polluted sites.

Bio-Refinery of Industrial Effluents for a Sustainable Circular Economy provides a combined approach between environmental engineering, which involves the improvement of the natural environment or remediation of polluted sites.

Solutions to the food shortage, demand for clean water, and need for energy for a current world population of 7 billion are the greatest challenges today, which require technological innovation and changes in public policy.