The environment

With the rapid increase of population, industrialization, urbanization, and the abuse of science and technology, environmental problems have showed an explosive development trend.

By drawing on a broad range of disciplinary backgrounds, this book illustrates the immense complexities of Svalbard as a place, point of reference, or social concept.

This collection of essays investigates the notions of life, living organisms, and human nature in Classical German Philosophy from a historical and conceptual perspective.

This book demonstrates how the inclusion of nature in engineering decisions results in innovative solutions that are economically feasible, ecologically viable, and socially desirable.

Die Klimakrise läuft allen Verleugnungen und aller Ignoranz zum Trotz auf eine ökologische, ökonomische und soziale Katastrophe zu.

This book gathers the latest research, innovations, and applications in the field of civil engineering, as presented by leading national and international academics, researchers, engineers, and postgraduate students at the AWAM International Conference on Civil Engineering 2022 (AICCE'22), held in Penang, Malaysia on February 15-17, 2022.

This book explores the field of environmental studies emphasizing its multidisciplinary nature.

This book is the first comprehensive study investigating the cultural affinities and resonances of Zen in early twentieth-century American poetry and its contribution to current definitions of ecopoetics, focusing on four key poets: William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, and E.

Back Cover CopyHumans have exploited a huge diversity of materials throughout history.

In this cutting-edge study of Tolkien's most critically neglected maps, Anahit Behrooz examines how cartography has traditionally been bound up in facilitating power.

In this cutting-edge study of Tolkien's most critically neglected maps, Anahit Behrooz examines how cartography has traditionally been bound up in facilitating power.

En 2068, alors que la vie sur la Terre devient de plus en plus invivable, la Confédération Eurasie-Méditerranée, la plus grande puissance mondiale, décide d’envoyer 12 étudiants volontaires essayer de s’implanter sur Mai, une lune de Mars qu’on vient de découvrir et qui semble se prêter à cette installation d’humains.

This encyclopedia is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of reference for sustainability in business and management.

This book demonstrates how the inclusion of nature in engineering decisions results in innovative solutions that are economically feasible, ecologically viable, and socially desirable.

Der Wald kann mit Veränderungen umgehen - wir nicht.

A global account of the grassroots environmental movements on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

Pandemias recurrentes, cambio climático, extinción, fragilización y empobrecimiento de los sistemas naturales, son rasgos del Antropoceno.

The Connemara region in Western Ireland is world-renowned for its outstanding geology that is blended with spectacular landscapes.

In 1998, Hurricane Mitch pounded the isolated village of Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan in mountainous western Guatemala, destroying many homes.

This book explores the field of environmental studies emphasizing its multidisciplinary nature.

This book offers a multidisciplinary exploration of how climate change is impacting conflicts, contention, and competition in the world.

This edited collection examines the development of Atlantic World architecture after 1492.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the essential role of trees and forests in cities and examines the creative approaches cities around the world are taking to protect trees and expand their urban forests.

Étant une réalité vivante, cette internationalisation de l insécurité endigue une organisation et une gouvernance politique adéquate des eaux du bassin du Congo, ainsi que la prise de conscience géographique de l État.

À l’image du continent africain, le Bénin fait face à de multiples défis, qu’ils soient sociaux, économiques, environnementaux, quant à son agriculture, mais aussi à la formation agricole et rurale, avec une importante réforme institutionnelle de l’enseignement technique et professionnel, en particulier agricole.

La biographie raconte la vie d’un mort ; ce livre raconte la mort de la vie.

Le droit de l’environnement est en pleine mutation, tout comme les règles applicables à la protection des animaux.

This book proposes digitalization as a promising direction for green growth and sustainable development of the economy of Central Asia.

This book focuses on the transformation of Bangladesh in respect to its people, geography, economy and environment.

Under ongoing climate change, natural and cultivated habitats of major food crops are being continuously disturbed.

This book presents research on landscape ecology and the relationship between humans and wildlife.

This contributed volume discusses how consumer awareness of textile sustainability can lead to a more sustainable textile supply chain.

Our current ecological crisis-featuring problems such as climate change, ocean acidification, and mass extinction-raises various moral issues, including a high probability of injustice and massive harm.

This book works to delineate some of the major routes by which science and art intersect.

This book is the first comprehensive study investigating the cultural affinities and resonances of Zen in early twentieth-century American poetry and its contribution to current definitions of ecopoetics, focusing on four key poets: William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, and E.

Make your work in the field more efficient and productive with the how-to of location intelligence.

Nos aliments, notre eau, notre air sont pollués par des molécules chimiques nouvelles et anciennes.

«  Tous les jours les industries extractives besognent le ventre de la terre en affamant le ventre des hommes, des femmes, des filles et des enfants !

"e;Natural Resources and Society: Understanding the Complex Relationship Between Humans and the Environment"e; is a study of the dynamic interplay between humans and the natural world.

This book explores the theoretical background and provides an experimental analysis of using natural energy resources in sustainable building design.

This concise text provides the concepts, methods, and application examples for integrating sustainability into engineering design and production.

This book gathers the latest research, innovations, and applications in the field of civil engineering, as presented by leading national and international academics, researchers, engineers, and postgraduate students at the AWAM International Conference on Civil Engineering 2022 (AICCE'22), held in Penang, Malaysia on February 15-17, 2022.

This book collates important contributions from Engineering to Adapt (ETA2023).

Eines Morgens stößt Greg auf eine Reportage über das ›Mädchen mit den Zöpfen‹, das 2018 mit ihrem Klimastreik eine globale Bewegung ausgelöst hatte.

'Will keep you on the edge of your seat from its first page to its last page' -Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and SteelFrom ancient megalodons to fearsome Great Whites, this book tells the complete, untold story of how sharks emerged as Earth's ultimate survivors, by world-leading paleontologist John Long.

This book offers African, Asian, Latin American, European, and North American perspectives on institutions and regulations promoting sustainable economic growth in the post-2015 development agenda in areas such as environment, labour, risk management, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, and innovation.

Los actuales riesgos políticos y ecológicos explican el clima de ansiedad en el que vivimos.