The environment

This book outlines the transitions between cultured and natural land cover/vegetation types and their implications in the search for alternatives to reverse the trend of anthropogenic environmental degradation.

World Energy Handbook presents an overview of the energy systems of selected countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe.

This book discusses solid waste management issues from global to local level.

Atoll Island States exist on top of what is perceived to be one of the planet's most vulnerable ecosystems: atolls.

Recent scientific literature has raised many concerns about whether fisheries have caused more extensive changes to marine populations and ecosystems than previously realized or predicted.

The purpose of this book is to consider the neighbour conflict arising between airports and neighbouring owners of land, particularly with residential uses, as well as to assess the existing solutions applied to manage or resolve that conflict.

It has become increasingly evident that effective planning for sustainable communities, environments and economies pivots on the ability of planners to see the possibilities for culture in comprehensive social, historical and environmental terms and to more fully engage with the cultural practices, processes and theorisation that comprise a social formation.

Part of the series Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies, this book focuses on the concepts that recur in any discussion of nature, culture and society among the indigenous.

In the context of Australia's developing carbon economy, fire management helps to abate emissions of greenhouse gases and is an important means of generating carbon credits.

In today's economy and in response to the growing awareness of how much damage has been done to the environment in the past, people cannot afford to delay considering ways they can build or remodel their homes to ensure they are green and resource-friendly.

Das komplexe und undurchsichtige deutsche Steuerrecht hat neben der klassischen Steuerhinterziehung den Boden bereitet für moralisch verwerfliche Steuervermeidung und hochkriminellen Steuerraub.

Freshwater and Marine Ecology is an introduction to the field of aquatic ecology, integrating the conceptually and methodologically widely overlapping fields of limnology and biological oceanography.

Developed by a plant manager who experienced first-hand the challenges to going green in a business environment, Green Intentions provides organizations with a simple, straightforward, and practical approach to green the Green Value Stream (GVS) process that is as mindful as it is profitable.

The monograph has solved an actual scientific problem, improving the efficiency of electricity networks by developing methods of compensation current non-active components under harmonic distortions and unbalance of mains supply voltage.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to keeping goats, with information on breeds, housing, milking, and all other aspects.

This book addresses the problem of deliberate discharge of petroleum cargo during salvage operations.

Autism acceptance has led to - at least, at surface level - an increased understanding of what autistic children need, and of what they find difficult to cope with.

Sustainable development is the central challenge of the 21st Century.

Essays by leading scholars offer new insights into a remarkable poet and early advocate of environmental ethics and aesthetics.

This work details the economic, regulatory and environmental protection issues related to biosolids management and use.

This edited volume examines the multiple dimensions of sustainability in the Circumpolar North, a territory facing unprecedented environmental and social challenges at the start of the 21st century.

Lichtverschmutzung wird zunehmend zu einem Problem: Die hell erleuchtete Nacht stört zahlreiche Tiere - Fledermäuse finden den Weg zu ihren Futterquellen nicht mehr, unzählige Insekten sterben an Erschöpfung, weil sie pausenlos um die Straßenlaternen schwirren, und scheue Arten verlieren den Schutz der Dunkelheit.

This book examines the current literature and knowledge on the evolution and ecology of all the birds named as eagles, with particular emphasis on the larger species.

This book provides detailed information on the Northwestern Himalayas in India.

Sustainability is part of every aspect of our life, with climate concerns shaping the future.

The last twenty years have seen a rapid increase in scholarly activity and publications dedicated to environmental migration and displacement, and the field has now reached a point in terms of profile, complexity, and sheer volume of reporting that a general review and assessment of existing knowledge and future research priorities is warranted.

Changing Energyoutlines how humanity established the current energy economy through three previous transitions, and how we now stand poised for a necessary fourth transition.

Crop water use can be increased by management of surface runoff, groundwater, irrigation, and soil water.

The 3Y2-inch floppy disk which accompanies this booklet is a standard DSIHD 1.

Ecologists increasingly recognize the importance of scale in our understanding of nature.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain (SC) mapping appeared as one of the critical SC capabilities that could make a striking difference in organizations' SC performance and improve sustainable operations.

This book focuses on international research in flood-related areas and sustainable management.

Why, despite two decades of climate policy, have affluent democracies made so little progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions?

This book examines bioclimatic design with a focus on the application of climate adaptability in the design of future buildings and renovation of existing energy-efficient buildings.

This book examines the complex interrelationships between water availability, governance and violent and non-violent conflicts, drawing on in-depth case studies of Lake Naivasha in Kenya and Lake Wamala in Uganda.

As climate change continues to wreak havoc on the environment, devastating wildfires, both natural and manmade, are increasing.

The definitive work on business strategy for sustainability by the most authoritative voice in the conversation.

With deep thought and inspiring examples, this updated book engages readers by increasing their understanding and awareness of what sustainability means conceptually, practically, personally, and professionally.

This book introduces the concept of Water Diplomacy as a principled and pragmatic approach to problem-driven interdisciplinary collaboration, which has been developed as a response to pressing contemporary water challenges arising from the coupling of natural and human systems.

Protecting the planet is everyone's work.

This book is the fifth volume of the "e;Marine Algal Flora of China-Rhodophyta.

This book collects selected high quality articles submitted to the 2nd International Conference on Natural Fibers (ICNF2015).

This second edition offers a comprehensive overview of the priority indoor air pollutants, such as volatile organic compounds, indoor particles and fibres, combustion products and other chemical agents that may affect health.

Vertical flow constructed wetlands for wastewater and sludge treatment represent a relatively new and still growing technology.

A critical, intercultural and interdisciplinary review of our relationship with the environment, and its reflection in law and governance.

It is common to assert that utility investors are compensated in the allowed rate of return for the risk of large disallowances, such as arise for investments found imprudent or not `used and useful'.

This book deals with the challenges for efficient groundwater management, with a focus on South Asia and India, providing a balanced presentation of theory and field practice using a multidisciplinary approach.

Many articles in the Reader were originally published in RFF's quarterly magazine, Resources.