Poetry, for Jed Rasula, bears traces of our entanglement with our surroundings, and these traces define a collective voice in modern poetry independent of the more specific influences and backgrounds of the poets themselves.
As the public increasingly questioned the war in Vietnam, a group of American scientists deeply concerned about the use of Agent Orange and other herbicides started a movement to ban what they called "e;ecocide.
Thirty-six years before Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans and southern Mississippi, the region was visited by one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the United States: Camille.
Greenwood Plantation in the Red Hills region of southwest Georgia includes a rare one-thousand-acre stand of old-growth longleaf pine woodlands, a remnant of an ecosystem that once covered close to ninety million acres across the Southeast.
This book discusses state-of-the-art techniques for ecosystem service valuation of forests, rivers, wetlands, lakes and coastal ecosystems, for their sustainable development and management.
This monograph covers uniqueness of micromorphology in resolving many important but enigmatic pedological issues such as clay illuviation, formation of pedogenic and non-pedogenic CaCO3, modification of plasmic fabric, contemporary and relict pedogenic processes, polygenesis of soils in Alfisols, Mollisols, Ultisols, Vertisols and Inceptisols of the tropical Indian environments.
The fundamental ecological, cultural and economic roles of insects give them central importance in functioning of terrestrial and inland water ecosystems worldwide.
The World of the Salt Marsh is a wide-ranging exploration of the southeastern coast-its natural history, its people and their way of life, and the historic and ongoing threats to its ecological survival.
This book delves into the intersection of advanced technologies, sustainable development, and the crucial role of infrastructure in shaping a more environmentally friendly world.
The primary audience of the proceedings includes a broad spectrum of proactive readers who actively participate in the exploration of the field of entrepreneurship research.
This book presents peer-reviewed papers of the 2022 10th International Conference on Environment Pollution and Prevention (ICEPP 2022), which was held in Sydney, Australia, during December 16-18, 2022.
This book includes selected peer-reviewed articles from the International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technology; ICSET 2023 held at the Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with a focus on the theme "e;Sustainable Energy Technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
This book offers an exploration of the textile industry and their relationship to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), catering specifically to academic researchers and providing a roadmap for aligning aligning textile research with the SDGs.
This book examines the use of smart city-associated technologies to enhance sustainable transportation planning in cities of both the global north and south, focusing specifically on sustainable transportation.
This book focuses on sustainable food systems in the Global South as highlighted by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2, which seeks to end global hunger through food and nutrient security.
This book offers up-to-date research on genome editing and omics technologies from renowned academics with established backgrounds from throughout the globe.
This book presents selected papers from the 3rd International Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development, organized by the Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management Program of the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, in collaboration with academic institutions and organizations across the world.
In recent years, pollination has become a very important research trend, and wild bees in particular play a key role in the dynamics of plant pollination.
This book is presented on biofuel production which includes different technologies developed and adopted to synthesize green renewable fuel alternatives for sustainable development.
This book delves into the performance-based design approach, highlighting the necessity for bespoke, adaptive, and cognitive building envelopes that promote sustainable and positive behaviours throughout their lifecycle.
