This book explores the ethical dimensions of nature conservation, discussing how we value the natural world and how it can be protected in a complex context where many ethically significant interests must be carefully weighed and balanced.
High-Performance Concrete, Brick-Masonry and Environmental Aspects constitutes Volume 3 of the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures (Catania, Italy, 17-22 June 2007).
The coauthors of this book draw on their decades of research and innovation to describe an inexpensive and easy-to-interpret early warning system for rainfall-induced landslides.
Energy Images: Aesthetics of Resemblance and Form explores how visual representations of future oil and gas resources shape energy policy, investment decisions, and public understanding.
This book explores the multi-faceted nature of amber tourism, illustrating how amber, both a natural and cultural resource, has evolved into a tourist attraction.
This book provides a comprehensive insight into the diversity of ceramics and their applications in producing clean devices and their capability of being recycled into useful in-demand products.
This book focuses on lignin biorefinery, with special emphasis on lignin extraction, its chemical structure, depolymerization and degradation techniques, and its applications in the production of green industrial products.
Sacred Ecology examines knowledge held by Indigenous peoples and local communities around the world, and asks how we can learn from this body of knowledge and practice.
This book highlights the role of the home as a central social unit of resilience in the face of climate change and sustainable living in contemporary cities.
The coauthors of this book draw on their decades of research and innovation to describe an inexpensive and easy-to-interpret early warning system for rainfall-induced landslides.
Spellman's Standard Handbook for Wastewater Operators: Volume II, Intermediate Level, Third Edition, contains the necessary information to successfully prepare for the currently administered certification examinations.
As the world has become increasingly urbanised and planetary well-being ever more threatened, questions have emerged over just what the priorities should be for how we live in cities.
This book explores the multi-faceted nature of amber tourism, illustrating how amber, both a natural and cultural resource, has evolved into a tourist attraction.
Climate-Resilient Crops: Challenges and Opportunities offers a clear and concise guide to the development of crops that can withstand the increasing threats of climate change.
Spellman's Standard Handbook for Wastewater Operators: Volume I, Fundamental Level, Third Edition, contains the necessary information to successfully prepare for the currently administered certification examinations.
This comprehensive volume offers a novel approach to understanding climate change dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region by combining theoretical foundations with practical country-specific analyses.
The fourth edition of Society and the Environment centers its discussion on realistic solutions to the problems that persist and examines current controversies within a socio organizational context, shifting focus away from simply explaining what is wrong with the world around us.
The rise and rationalization of the industrial phosphates industry have gone hand in hand with the development and maturation of technologies to purify phosphoric acid.
Presenting a nonmathematical approach to this topic, Statistics for Environmental Science and Management introduces frequently used statistical methods and practical applications for the environmental field.
The Routledge International Handbook of Complexity Economics covers the historical developments and early concerns of complexity theorists and brings them into engagement with the world today.
Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted-particularly in the areas of physiology, behavior, genetics, and health.
Energy Images: Aesthetics of Resemblance and Form explores how visual representations of future oil and gas resources shape energy policy, investment decisions, and public understanding.
This book examines the new era of the Olympic Movement as it is forced to navigate through old and new socioeconomic, geopolitical, and environmental challenges.
Encompassing high priority research areas such as bioenergy production, global warming mitigation, and sustainable agriculture, biochar has received increased worldwide interest in the past decade.
This book examines the impact of water-related subsidies on social and distributive equity and environmental sustainability in groundwater access and regulation in India.
A New York Public Library Best Nonfiction Book of 2025 A New York Times Book Review Critics' Pick A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2025 Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature ';A thrilling work of history that's wilder than fiction.
Focussing on the greening of imperialisms and empires, Empires of Sustainability analyses the shift around the world from denial of the environmental crisis to action to prevent catastrophe, and the resulting implications.
The availability of electric lighting has changed the lives of people the world over, yet as a major user of electricity it has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years.
Focussing on the greening of imperialisms and empires, Empires of Sustainability analyses the shift around the world from denial of the environmental crisis to action to prevent catastrophe, and the resulting implications.
Providing an in-depth, novel analysis of education's role in today's economy by scrutinizing its theoretical underpinnings, this volume critiques the suitability of the current, dominant economic framework for education and for shaping educational policymaking worldwide.
GIS for Critical Infrastructure Protection highlights the GIS-based technologies that can be used to support critical infrastructure protection and emergency management.
Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life-Cycle Optimization contains the lectures and papers presented at IABMAS 2010, the Fifth International Conference of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS), held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA from July 11 through 15, 2010.
Oceanographic and Marine Environmental Studies around the Arabian Peninsula presents studies on a range of topics related to the marine environment of the Red Sea and Arabian (Persian) Gulf.
