The environment

Global Food Value Chains: An In-depth Exploration of International Trade Dynamics is a timely and important contribution to the literature of international trade and food systems.

Global Food Value Chains: An In-depth Exploration of International Trade Dynamics is a timely and important contribution to the literature of international trade and food systems.

This book addresses the escalating demand for advanced tertiary wastewater treatment, driven by environmental, regulatory, and public health challenges, with a particular focus on techniques and methodologies that ensure superior effluent quality, highlighting the imperative for sustainable water management.

Over the course of evolution, multicellular animals - Metazoa - have successfully colonized every conceivable habitat on our planet, thanks to their ability to survive and adapt under adverse or changing conditions.

Over the course of evolution, multicellular animals - Metazoa - have successfully colonized every conceivable habitat on our planet, thanks to their ability to survive and adapt under adverse or changing conditions.

With over 70 exercises containing more than 270 questions, Interpreting Ecological Data: Exercises for Undergraduates allows students to apply ecological theory learned in classes to new, 'real' data from the scientific literature.

As global temperatures rise, urban areas face unprecedented challenges from intensified heat.

Value Addition to Pulp and Paper Industry Wastes: Towards a Sustainable Circular Economy examines different types of wastes generated in pulp and paper mills and provides sustainable routes for the production of high value-added products.

Angesichts drängender globaler Herausforderungen wie Klimawandel, Biodiversitätsverlust und sozialer Ungleichheit ist es unerlässlich, dass Hochschulen aktiv zur Lösung dieser Probleme beitragen.

The Azores archipelago consists of nine islands that emerge from the Azores Plateau in the Central Northern Atlantic, situated within the triple junction of the American, Eurasian and African lithosphere plates.

New macromolecular concepts and strategies are demonstrated in this unique book.

In terrestrial ecosystems, soil microorganisms and soil animals are essential for litter degradation, soil formation and the availability of nutrients and trace elements.

During the last few decades anthropogenic activities in the industrially advanced countries have outcompeted nature in changing the global environment.

The author provides new insights into the relationship between transport and the environment, the role of technology and the meaning of the concept of sustainable development for the transport sector.

Experts in herbicide research and development - chemists and plant physiologists -, have written 15 chapters that review all aspects pertinent to peroxidizing herbicides, compounds of topical interest since extremely low use rates ensure high environmental safety.

In this book, the authors address present-day methodology to explore natural phenomena.

In the last decade, energy markets have developed substantially due to the growing activity of financial investors.

"e;Wetland Restoration: Shanghai Dalian Lake Project"e; introduces the whole Shanghai DaLian wetland restoration project, including the background investigation of the wetland, the overall planning of wetland restoration, its detailed design, engineering construction and engineering effects.

Arctic marine ecosystems are largely impacted by changes associated with global warming.

In international negotiations, the question of the design and the legal form of the negotiated instrument is as complex as it is often controversial.

This work aims to deepen our understanding of the role played by technical guidelines and tools for the design, construction and operation of healthcare facilities, ultimately establishing the impact of the physical environment on staff and patient outcomes.

This volume is the updated and extended translation of the Russian original.

One of the most important issues in developing sustainable management strategies and incorporating ecodesigns in production, manufacturing and operations management is the assessment of the sustainability of business operations and organizations' overall environmental performance.

Presently, there is an intense race throughout the world to develop good enough thermoelectric materials which can be used in wide scale applications.

This book provides an overview of state-of-the-art research on "e;Systems and Optimization Aspects of Smart Grid Challenges.

"e;Mercury Emission and its Control in Chinese Coal-Fired Power Plants"e; focuses on investigating mercury emissions samplings and measurement in Chinese coal-fired power plants, mercury emission estimations and future trends, mercury speciation transformation during coal combustion, mercury control and mercury stability in byproducts.

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The Holocene is unique when compared to earlier geological time in that humans begin to alter and manipulate the natural environment to their own needs.

Anja Schmidt's thesis is a unique and comprehensive evaluation of the impacts of tropospheric volcanic aerosol on the atmosphere, climate, air quality and human health.

Freezing and thawing of soils is a common phenomenon in the winter-cold zone.

The book examines problems associated with green growth and sustainable development on the basis of recent contributions in economics, natural sciences and applied mathematics, especially optimal control theory.

The idea for this book arose out of the realization that, although excellent surveys and a phosphor handbook are available, there is no single source covering the area of phosphate based phosphors especially for lamp industry.

The environmental problems caused by petroleum-based plastic and plastic waste have led to an increasing demand for biobased and biodegradable plastics, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs).

Mountain agriculture is a socially and culturally unique system, but also a regionally important economic sector.

To better understand the various processes and interactions that govern the Earth system and to determine whether recent human-induced changes could ultimately de-stabilise its dynamics, both natural system variability and the consequences of human activities have to be observed and quantified.

"e;Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters"e; is the first book in the IHDP-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series.

The Azores archipelago consists of nine islands that emerge from the Azores Plateau in the Central Northern Atlantic, situated within the triple junction of the American, Eurasian and African lithosphere plates.

Since the 1990's, researchers, practitioners and public administrations have given more thought to urban logistics.

Energy efficiency represents a cost-effective and immediate strategy of a sustainable development.

UNESCO biosphere reserves are full of life.

This book represents a comprehensive coverage of the current state of knowledge of Volcan de Colima: its history, its eruptive mechanism, the generation and interpretation of monitoring data, and the risk presented to the local population.

This book offers the first detailed account of the complex geographical dynamics currently restructuring China's export-oriented industries.

The rapid growth of the Asian urban population concentrates on a few large cities, turning them into giant megacities.

Aerobic granular sludge technology will play an important role as an innovative technology alternative to the present activated sludge process in industrial and municipal wastewater treatment in the near future.

The book is based on the author's life time experience in exploring and researching the genus Avena.

This book provides detailed information on the history, analysis and applications of chlorine and bromine isotope geochemistry.

Systems and their mathematical description play an important role in all branches of science.

Traditional notions of security are premised on the primacy of state security.

This book summarizes the geomorphology, geology, geochronology, geophysics and mineral resources of the Congo Basin, one of the world's most enigmatic and poorly understood major intra-continental sedimentary basins, and its flanking areas of Central Africa.

Natural disasters are increasingly affecting the world, taking lives unexpectedly and leaving many others injured and homeless.