The environment

Shotcrete: Materials, Performance and Use is a comprehensive textbook covering the current state-of-the-art shotcrete technology.

Space is the first accessible text which provides a comprehensive examination of approaches that have crossed between such diverse fields as philosophy, physics, architecture, sociology, anthropology, and geography.

This book offers an eclectic range of transdisciplinary insights into the role of metaphor, myth and fable in shaping our understanding of the world and how we interact with it and with each other.

First published in 1994.

Brazil's growing dependence on agriculture has positioned agribusiness in a uniquely privileged position to influence Brazilian foreign policy.

What do wild animals mean to humans?

Certain wastes such as nuclear wastes, are so hazardous that their disposal creates a major challenge requiring considerable technical skill and understanding.

Offering a comprehensive approach, this title covers fundamentals, technologies, and management of biological processing of solid waste.

This book highlights the potential of silk in a vast array of applications, mainly in the field of medicine, electronics, and cosmetics.

In Contested Country, leading researchers in planning, geography, environmental studies and public policy critically review Australia's environmental management under the auspices of the Natural Heritage Trust over the past decade, and identify the challenges that must be met in the national quest for sustainability.

This is the second volume on adsorption using green adsorbents and is written by international contributors who are the leading experts in the adsorption field.

The Karl Fischer titration is used in many different ways following its publication in 1935 and further applications are continually being explored.

The UNESCO World Heritage Convention has become one of the most successful UN instruments for promoting cultural diplomacy and dialogue on conservation of cultural and natural heritage.

Dive beneath the waves to meet 80 of the ocean's strangest and most surprising inhabitants.

Sustainable Banking introduces business leaders and students to the many ways in which financial institutions can manage their environmental and social impact and meet the needs of the current generation without compromising the needs of future generations.

The book deepens understanding of biomass sources and technologies used for cooking worldwide.

This book highlights sustainable methods with photocatalytic activities to remediate environment and for energy conversion.

This book highlights major quantitative and qualitative methods and approaches used in the field of urban analysis.

This book presents information on the origin and distribution of microplastics, evaluates the methods of their detection, documents their interactions with natural systems, and analyzes the current understanding of their management.

The central theme of this book is the relationship between the regulation of energy production and environmental regulation.

This book provides a critical examination of contemporary approaches to environmental regulation in the UK and the European Union.

Research papers from the end of twentieth-century have been assembled, alongside expert commentary, for the first collected volume on complexity-based ecology.

Bringing together scholars from English literature, geography, politics, the arts, environmental humanities and sociology, Imagining Apocalyptic Politics in the Anthropocene contributes to the emerging debate between bodies of thought first incepted by scholars such as Mouffe, Whyte, Kaplan, Hunt, Swyngedouw and Malm about how apocalyptic events, narratives and imaginaries interact with societal and individual agency historically and in the current political moment.

Water scarcity due to climate change, population growth, and economic development is a critical issue in many semi-arid and arid regions around the world.

Icons of Space: Advances in Hierotopy brings together important scholars of Byzantine religion, art, and architecture, to honour the work of renowned art historian Alexei Lidov.

A guide to creating community-based art installations using green waste, invasive species and natural materials Disposing of unwanted natural materials can be expensive and time-consuming, or it can present a tremendous opportunity for creating collaborative eco-art.

This book examines policy responses to food waste and loss, an issue of significant, global concern, with one-third of food produced for human consumption lost or wasted.

One Health A balanced and multidisciplinary exploration of the One Health concept In One Health: Human, Animal, and Environment Triad, a team of distinguished researchers introduces and explains the concept of One Health by providing an overview of the One Health idea from the perspective of diverse disciplines, from earth and environmental science to ecology and conservation to veterinary and human medicine.

'Engineering acoustics' is a teaching textbook that can serve as a tool for self-study and as a compendium for lectures as well.

When the global economy and world order become uncertain, where do we look for a sense of where things are heading?

This text identifies the problems and opportunities of converting wastes into useful materials or fuels.

Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat.

Jets and plumes are shear flows produced by momentum and buoyancy forces.

Swathes of the human world are covered in ornamental grass lawns; they are the single most commonly encountered horticultural feature on the planet.

The Word in the World is a collection of essays and lectures by H S Shivaprakash, a well-known poet, playwright, and translator.

This book examines environmental issues through the lens of security studies and presents a comprehensive analysis of Indian policy in dealing with threats posed by climate change.

Combating climate change will increasingly impact on production industries and the workers they employ as production changes and consumption is targeted.

Geodetic datum (including coordinate datum, height datum, depth datum, gravimetry datum) and geodetic systems (including geodetic coordinate system, plane coordinate system, height system, gravimetry system) are the common foundations for every aspect of geomatics.

The process of spraying concrete is one of the most versatile concrete placing techniques, and is used in a wide range of applications - from construction of new tunnels, domes, tanks and pools, to repair and strengthening of existing structure.

Analyzing the self-sufficient Danish island of Samso, this book explains sustainability through a bio-geophysical understanding of how to best use society's limited resources to achieve true sustainability.

In this updated edition of a groundbreaking text, concepts such as energy return on investment (EROI) provide powerful insights into the real balance sheets that drive our "e;petroleum economy.

For science to remain a legitimate and trustworthy source of knowledge, society will have to engage in the collective processes of knowledge co-production, which not only includes science, but also other types of knowledge.

Dieses Buch hilft im eigenen Unternehmen die Prozesse und Ergebnisse zum Energieverbrauch zu bewerten und Verbesserungspotenziale aufzuspüren.

Ressourcenverknappung durch den Raubbau an der Natur, steigende Rohstoffpreise und die globale Krise der Rohstoffversorgung sind Bedrohungsszenarien, welche uns immer wieder beschäftigen und allzu oft als kaum abwendbares Schicksal erscheinen.

This book is about airborne particulate matter, sources, chemistry and health and contained a complete information about their emission source, transport, atmospheric chemistry, distribution at local, regional and global levels, and their level in indoor and outdoor settings.

The book is one of the outcomes of the SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) project titled "e;Fine particulates matters in the air environment and their cancer risks in human beings,"e; sponsored by MHRD (now MoE), Govt.

Offering guidance on writing poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, Environmental and Nature Writing is a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing about the environment in a wide range of genres.

The economics of sustainability is much more complex than the neoclassical (Newtonian) economic approach to economic efficiency.

The Committee on Hydrologic Science (COHS) of the National Research Council (NRC) is engaged in studying the priorities and future strategies for hydrologic science.

The ocean plays a central role in determining the climate of the earth.