Placemaking with Tall Buildings confronts a pressing challenge in contemporary urbanism: the rapid proliferation and unprecedented heights of tall buildings have strained the spatial, social, and cultural frameworks essential to successful placemaking.
The book focuses on the Abbay Basin biophysical setting, the status of natural resources and degradation processes, agricultural practices, environmental resource conservation efforts, and the role of Earth observation and geospatial technologies in monitoring and planning for the wise utilization of natural resources under severe land resource degradation and climate change.
This is the first comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species that have become extinct over the last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction.
This book provides a detailed account of the research and applications of hydrothermal reaction technology in the utilization of biomass energy, encompassing processes such as bio-oil and hydrogen production.
In recent years, the convergence of food science and nanotechnology has revolutionized the way bioactive compounds are extracted, delivered and utilized for therapeutic and functional purposes.
The book explores the design, production and construction processes of the multi-layer facade systems towards the principles of environmental and energy sustainability through the drafting of an explanatory and operative reference instrument.
This book provides a detailed account of the research and applications of hydrothermal reaction technology in the utilization of biomass energy, encompassing processes such as bio-oil and hydrogen production.
This book provides an overview of the correlation between climate change and public health, closely aligned with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals 3 (SDG-3).
This book focuses on urban water supply and governance in the Global South using urban Zimbabwe as a case study to provide insights and perspectives into the realities of the water governance.
This book discusses the evolution of the sustainability story in corporate, political, and environmental discourses as well as paradigms and theoretical approaches to better understand communication about, of, and for sustainability.
The Florida Everglades is a treasured ecosystem, but the water quality, quantity, flow, and distribution have been dramatically degraded by drainage and infrastructure development during the past century.
This book provides a conceptual framework, presenting a description and modelling of the regulating mechanisms of supply, demand and supply-demand dynamics, sketches the most relevant classification systems of phosphorus deposits and outlines how they are related and how they should be improved to provide reliable, comparable classification, which is accepted by mining companies, geological surveys, science, industry, politicians and the public.
This book brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and scholars to explore how environmental changes in the Arctic are being experienced, understood, and represented.
Blue Sky, Blue Water is a timely and comprehensive resource that explores the dynamic intersection of air pollution, climate resilience, and water governance in the 21st century.
This book offers a groundbreaking exploration of the complex relationships between aesthetics, politics, and environmental concerns within far-right movements.
This book contains the proceedings of the 6th Global Summit of the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI) with the sub-theme of “Towards GADRI Objectives of Achieving a Sustainable Disaster-Resilient World”.
This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on contributions from experts in various fields such as geography, environmental and developmental studies, to provide a comprehensive analysis of Brunei's role within Southeast Asia's future trajectory.
This book delves into X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy, focusing on instrumental developments and data analysis methods employing chemometrics for environmental applications.
This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on contributions from experts in various fields such as geography, environmental and developmental studies, to provide a comprehensive analysis of Brunei's role within Southeast Asia's future trajectory.
The book focuses on the Abbay Basin biophysical setting, the status of natural resources and degradation processes, agricultural practices, environmental resource conservation efforts, and the role of Earth observation and geospatial technologies in monitoring and planning for the wise utilization of natural resources under severe land resource degradation and climate change.
This book brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and scholars to explore how environmental changes in the Arctic are being experienced, understood, and represented.
This book examines how the concept of the just transition - the idea that environmental and social concerns must be reconciled - has been implemented in European Union policies.
Migration, Inclusiveness and Sustainability examines the relationships between migration, inclusiveness and sustainability in Europe, through nexus thinking.
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year: "e;Intelligent and impassioned, Citizen Scientist is essential reading for anyone interested in the natural world.
This book addresses ‘A to Z’ of Nadia Rivers including their etymology, mythology, geology, hydro-geomorphology, ecology, and socio-economic perspectives with an emphasis on the restoration of the environmental flow of the rivers through ecological modeling and Integrated River Basin Management.
This book focuses on urban water supply and governance in the Global South using urban Zimbabwe as a case study to provide insights and perspectives into the realities of the water governance.
This book presents the proceedings of the 18th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-18), held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on November 13–15, 2024.
