The environment

Tornados – sie faszinieren, erschrecken und fordern unseren Wissensdurst heraus.

Toute stratégie de développement durable doit s’appuyer sur des connaissances et pratiques endogènes des espaces considérés.

Inhabitants of poor, rural areas in the Global South heavily depend on natural resources in their immediate vicinity.

El libro es un relato sobre el factor ecologico, esa suma de ideas filosoficas, eticas, politicas y economicas que buscan un nuevo rumbo para la conduccion humana.

The Routledge Anthology of Climate Fiction brings together key works from the Bible to the twentieth century, in an accessible resource for students and teachers alike.

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 timely and informative book reasserts the value of Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR): an approach to participatory action research (PAR) that is informed by critical theories attending to questions of privilege and power, and that generates collaborations focused on challenging structural inequality.

The ongoing energy transition will require a number of emerging technological concepts (e.

Nestled amidst rolling hills, Shillong, the Himalayan capital city of Meghalaya in India's northeast, faces a growing challenge of water scarcity.

The second edition of Ecological Forest Management Handbook continues to provide forestry professionals and students with basic principles of ecological forest management and their applications at regional and site-specific levels.

Considers a range of techniques used for measuring compliance and improving performance across the agri-food supply chain, including those used to measure on-farm carbon footprints and biodiversity Provides a useful and comprehensive context to the role of governments and other food safety agencies in setting safety, quality and sustainability standards for global agri-food supply chains Reviews the key issues in developing voluntary standards, focussing on those encountered during the development of robust carbon-neutral and biodiversity offsetting certification schemes

The advent of relational databasing and data storage capacity, coupled with revolutionary advances in molecular sequencing technology and specimen imaging, have led to a taxonomic renaissance.

A comprehensive collection of contributions from the Middle East and Japan, dealing with pressing problems concerning sustainability in arid zones, this time with the accent on environmental science and engineering.

A crucial reference/textbook that provides a wide spectrum of information in one easily understandable sourceThe essence of agroecology lies in harnessing and harmonizing the forces of nature for productive purpose.

The success of the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles revealed a need for broad but comprehensive reviews of major recent advances in sea turtle biology.

Atlantic cod is an important fish species in human history and continues to be a major influence on North Atlantic fisheries management, as stock collapses and recoveries impact coastal communities and shelf sea food webs.

This text outlines the relative merits of qualitative interviewing to new and emerging scholars in an accessible way.

The awareness of environment protection is a great achievement of humans; an expression of self-awareness.

In the near future the appearance and spatial organization of urban and rural landscapes will be strongly influenced by the generation of renewable energy.

Recalcitrant Pollutants Removal from Wastewater examines the role of indigenous microbes in the degradation and detoxification of wastewater utilizing the latest biological treatment technologies.

This comprehensive book presents an analytical journey through the relationship between water and Latin American societies, offering an engineering perspective on historical water resource utilization.

This book reveals how pro environmental actions can boost individuals' and communities' psychological, social, and emotional wellbeing, resulting in positive environmental changes.

Ausgehend von den Mobilitätsbedürfnissen der modernen Industriegesellschaft und den politischen Rahmenbedingungen zum Klimaschutz werden die unterschiedlichen Antriebs- und Ladekonzepte von batterieelektrischen- und hybridelektrischen Fahrzeugen vorgestellt und bewertet.

Ausgehend von den Mobilitätsbedürfnissen der modernen Industriegesellschaft und den politischen Rahmenbedingungen zum Klimaschutz werden die unterschiedlichen Antriebs- und Ladekonzepte von batterieelektrischen- und hybridelektrischen Fahrzeugen vorgestellt und bewertet.

Timely and reliable information on natural resources, regarding their potential and limitations, is a prerequisite for sustainable development.

Originally published in 1994, as part of the Ethnoscapes: Current Challenges in the Environmental Social Sciences series, reissued now with a new series introduction, Architecture, Ritual Practice and Co-determination in the Swedish Office is a case study of Swedish office buildings and examines how they have been influenced by spatial aspects of traditional culture in Scandinavia.

Based on interviews with WWF representatives and other experts, this book explores WWF's approach to engagement in the Circumpolar North.

The steady growth in the number of vehicles on the road, heavy reliance on coal, use of dirty fuels for residential combustion, and extensive open burning are some of the major factors leading to the progressive deterioration of air quality in developing countries in Asia.

Energy Capitol explores the waning of regulatory politics surrounding large-scale energy systems in the United States at the turn of the millennium.

This book presents the best practices necessary to embed climate change adaptation in the planning processes among the Adriatic coastal communities.

This book is a continuation of a series of presentations given at the III International Conference "e;Ecosystems Without Borders: Opportunities and Challenges"e; held at the Kaliningrad State Technical University in September 2023.

This book is a continuation of a series of presentations given at the III International Conference "e;Ecosystems Without Borders: Opportunities and Challenges"e; held at the Kaliningrad State Technical University in September 2023.

The life of our planet has reached a critical stage.

The life of our planet has reached a critical stage.

A Journey Towards a Healthier PlanetThe earth beneath our feet holds secrets to a brighter future, and Soil to Soul: The Regenerative Revolution is your invitation to unlock them.

As rising levels of mercury in the environment pose an increasing threat of toxicity to humans and wildlife, several laws already call for industries to reduce mercury emissions at the source.

Antarctic Whaling explores how British whalers came to claim so large a share of the whales taken from the Southern Ocean in the first half of the twentieth century, and, more particularly, where, when, how and why the British Government came to play so large a part in whaling history through its endeavour to regulate the whaling grounds.

The key purpose of school leadership is to improve learning.