The environment

This book offers an innovative approach to the recovery of areas degraded by international seabed mining, one that considers the feasibility of a standard that would allow mining in these areas in apparent antinomy with their other potential present and future uses.

Best New Books on Space 2024 - Forbes'Rarely is a non-fiction book about science this engaging' - ForbesWhy darkness is so important - to plants, to animals, and to ourselves - and why we must protect it all costs.

While technologies are clearly instrumental in transitioning away from fossil fuel-based energy and toward a decarbonized economy, decisions about which technologies are prioritized, how they are implemented, and the policies that drive these changes will have profound effects on people and communities, with important implications for equity, jobs, environmental and energy justice, health, and more.

As water becomes ever more important in a rapidly growing United States challenged by lessening firm-yield water reliability, the public needs to understand the myriads of quite different state-by-state water policies.

This landmark volume presents the results of a comprehensive and coherent in-depth assessment of Ethiopian agriculture and draws lessons from it to generate actionable recommendations that will inform policy decisions and priority setting for agricultural transformation across Africa.

We are the only species that uses fire.

This book covers topics related to implementation of advanced technologies, such as AI, big data, procurement 4.

This engaging book presents an insightful look into the contributing factors that have shaped the modern public health system in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

Emphasizing the voices of activists, this book's diverse contributors examine communities' common experiences with environmental injustice, how they organize to address it, and the ways in which their campaigns intersect with related movements such as Black Lives Matter and Indigenous sovereignty.

Embodying Transnational Yoga is a refreshingly original, multi-sited ethnography of transnational yoga that obliges us to look beyond postural practice (asana) in modern yoga research.

This book is about the enactment, adaption, and ultimately fragmentation of government policy regarding the use of water in the American west.

Originally published in 1974, this volume presents viable alternatives to traditional attitudes and practices in environmental design and education.

Now in its second edition and refreshed by a decade of new research, The Environment in World History uncovers the deep-rooted causes of interconnected climate, biodiversity, and ecological crises that have brought the environment to the top of the global political agenda in the twenty-first century.

This title was first published in 2002: While world-wide political, sociological and economic processes encourage the marginalization of peripheral areas, the general degradation of the ecosystem increasingly affects marginal populations as they are more likely to use natural resources.

This interdisciplinary edited collection explores and analyses the field of the blue humanities through an Australian lens.

The book to spark action on the defining challenge of our time In our post-truth world, there's only one place to turn to if we want to live in reality: science.

This book summarises for the first time all relevant methodologies for type-based flood statistics, introduces the basis of flood typology and makes them accessible to the user.

This book offers an innovative approach to the recovery of areas degraded by international seabed mining, one that considers the feasibility of a standard that would allow mining in these areas in apparent antinomy with their other potential present and future uses.

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This book comprises the select proceedings of the national-level conference on Sustainable Waste Management Practices (SWMP 2023).

Earth's climate is changing.

This book is about the enactment, adaption, and ultimately fragmentation of government policy regarding the use of water in the American west.

Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in an agricultural cooperative running a training programme for aspiring farmers, this book explores the possibilities of agrarian and land-based modes of livelihood in contemporary Japan.

A rapid growth in global industrialization and population has triggered intense environmental pollution that has led to a water crisis, resulting in the decay in the quality of human life and economic losses.

This book focuses on centrifugal disasters that impact a group of seemingly unconnected people congregated temporarily often by chance, unlike centripetal disasters that strike an extant community of people.

The rapid shift online during the Covid-19 pandemic has put online learning firmly on the agenda of universities everywhere and to realise fully the transformative potential of online learning this book argues the need for an evidence-based design approach.

 The book provides new perspectives from leading experts examining the role of architects and urbanists in designing for inclusivity in our built environment.

This book, part of the series Cave and Karst Systems of the World, begins with a review of the interaction between people and caves in Australia (including conservation), followed by descriptions of the spectacular cave diving sites, before comprehensively covering all the major carbonate and noncarbonate karst areas, subdivided by rock type and region, and including the origin of the caves.

Climate change and human activities are impacting the environment around the world and there is a great need to update our knowledge of natural resources in order to sustain the livelihoods of rural communities and urban dwellers.

The book provides new perspectives from leading researchers accentuating and examining the central role of the built environment in conceiving and implementing multifaceted solutions for the complex challenges of creating resilient communities, revealing critical potentials for architecture and design to contribute in more informed and long-term ways to the urgent transition of our society.

Finalist for the Western Writers of the West Spur AwardA practical guide for living with wildfire, including essential history and science, actions you can take to protect your home, and guiding principles for life in an increasingly fiery future.

La mala calidad del aire es un problema ambiental y de salud pública de urgente atención por parte de los estados, quienes han adquirido compromisos internacionales que los obliga a adoptar medidas preventivas, regulatorias y de control.

El nuevo libro de Amitav Ghosh, una poderosa obra de historia, ensayo, testimonio y polémica, remonta nuestra crisis planetaria contemporánea al descubrimiento del Nuevo Mundo y la ruta marítima hacia el Océano Índico.

Over the past decade, building smarter, resilient cities is an established global trend in urban development, including developing countries.

This book provides novel perspectives to the ongoing global discussions on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This book covers the various aspects of nanohybrid materials and its composites for their application in treatment of toxic textiles dyes for cleaning the environment especially water and wastewater.

This edited book provides a solid foundation for future research on cooling cities, climate change impacts on cities and urban environments, and innovative mitigation and adaptation strategies.

This book presents select proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Civil and Ecological Engineering Research (ACEER 2023).

A growing population and urbanisation have led to a significant increase in construction and demolition waste generation.

Sustainable Finance Fundamentals provides an accessible overview of this critical, rapidly growing area at the intersection of finance and sustainability.

Using climate justice as an analytical tool, this volume examines the role of local mitigation and adaptation actions in Southern Africa in furthering climate-resilient development.

ISC 2022 is dedicated to the Niti Aayog policies to promote sustainability through exchange of ideas emerging out of the academia.

This book demonstrates how the philosophy of science can enhance our understanding of sustainability and the practices we use to enact it.

The Routledge Handbook of Crime Fiction and Ecology is the first comprehensive examination of crime fiction and ecocriticism.

This book explores the connections between risk and responsibilisation in official communication to the public about the global risks of the pandemic and climate change.

Let Nature Be Your Teacher: Integrating Nature-Based Learning in the Elementary Classroom advocates for a transformative shift in elementary education through incorporating nature-based learning into the curriculum.

This book is a unique resource-by-resource approach to living with less: how to lighten up, save money and practise conservation.

En 1996 la Argentina adoptó la soja transgénica como parte central de su estrategia de desarrollo.

This proceedings volume constitutes peer-reviewed full-length papers contributed by the Authors and tailored on various thematic areas of the 3rd International Conference on "e;Advanced Technologies for Industrial Pollution Control"e; (ATIPC - 2022).