Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

The four decades of neoliberalism, globalisation and financialisation have produced crises - financial and pandemic - and rising inequality.

A detailed study of pollution and impurity in Roman religion, offering new theories on a previously neglected, yet vital, subject.

The growing inequality in the global economy across the planet is reaching unprecedented levels.

Originally published in 1982.

The book communicates coastal geology such that the reader gets a better understanding of how scientists work and how scientific knowledge is acquired and how it progresses.

Marvin Giehl zeigt den im erziehungswissenschaftlichen Diskurs bislang unterrepräsentierten Konnex zwischen den ethisch motivierten Ernährungs- und Lebensformen des Vegetarismus und des Veganismus sowie deren biographischer Genese und bildungstheoretischen Überlegungen auf.

This collection analyses the remaking of culture and music spaces during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

A systematic tutorial introduction to the finite-difference (FD) numerical modelling technique for professionals, academic researchers, and graduate students in seismology.

This book addressed an in-depth comprehension of the classifications and characterizations of POPs, which have become global issues due to bioaccumulation, persistency, and toxicity.

The book provides insights on decolonising media and communication studies education from diverse African scholars at different stages of their careers.

Published in 1997, this volume is a collection of seminal articles on a theme of central importance in the study of transport history, selected from the leading journal in the field.

The VDI Commission on Air Pollution Prevention - in cooperation with the German Meteorological Society - presents in this book the proceedings of the first International Symposium on "e;Environmental Meteorology"e;, held in Wurzburg (West Germany) from 29 September to 1 October 1987.

Green purchasing - or eco-procurement - by local and central governments has long been recommended in documents such as Agenda 21 to be a key - although sometimes supplemental-ingredient in the achievement of more environmentally responsible economies.

This Pivot offers a comprehensive cross-country study of the effects of large-scale resource extraction in Asia Pacific, considering how large-scale extractive industries engender contentious social, political and economic questions.

This book contains the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Engineering (ICEEEE2023) that was held on August 6-8 2023 in Singapore.

In regard to global change, emphasis is generally placed on the increase in global temperature, but large changes in the distribution of precipitation are also likely to occur.

This publication aims to investigate the nature of social life in public and urban spaces in the cities of the Middle East, considering the value of environmental approaches.

Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants presents the current status of the elucidation and improvement of plant genomes of economic interest.

Today, efforts are being made to rehabilitate badly degraded ecosystems and protect areas which have important ecological value, such as national parks, critical fish and wildlife habitats, natural communities and endangered species.

This book introduces the usage, functionality, and application of data in geographic information systems (GIS) for geo-spatial analysis.

This is an analytical assessment of how the government can accelerate development and deployment of energy technologies, for researchers and policy makers.

Sustainable Engineering: Principles and Implementation provides a comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability as it applies to engineering and methods for implementation of sustainable practices.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Modern businesses and organizations understand that corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an important factor for sustainable success.

This Element offers an insight into the ways in which the countryside in Southeast Asia''s has been transformed over the past half century.

This book presents advanced knowledge and techniques to improve food quality, such as organic farming, fertilization using waste, reducing arsenic in food, soil restoration, forage production in arid regions and weed control.

Natural disasters and the dire effects of climate change cause massive population displacements and lead to some of the most intractable political and humanitarian challenges seen today.

This volume is a vital contribution to conversations about urban sustainability, looking beyond the propaganda to explore its consequences for everyday life.

Die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen des Strommarktes wurden neu geregelt.

Published in 1997, this volume is a collection of seminal articles on a theme of central importance in the study of transport history, selected from the leading journal in the field.

The Mexican -- United States border represents much more than the meeting place of two nations.

Exactly ten years ago an experiment was started that proved to be extremely successful: the First Gothenburg Symposium.

The Asian Monsoon describes the causes, evolution and far-reaching effects of this dramatic climatic phenomenon.

A NATO ASI on "e;Molecular Ecology of Aquatic Microbes"e; was held at II Ciocco, Lucca, Italy from 28 August - 9 September 1994.

This book provides a detailed overview of ethical omnivorism, as well as the philosophical foundations of this movement and diet.

This book draws together empirical contributions which focus on conceptualising the lived realities of time and temporality in migrant lives and journeys.

Maximizing reader insights into the strategic value of mass retrofits in the residential property sector through a detailed case study analysis of the 'Hackbridge project', this book uses this development to broaden understanding of how planners may perform urban regeneration in accordance with a centralized plan.

This volume examines how international cooperation can support implementation of domestic climate policies in developing countries.

"e;Today, over two billion people in developing countries live without any electricity.

The Science of Global Warming Remediation examines the workings of a complex chemical system using concepts such as chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and oxidation/reduction.

Murphy explores whether technological development inadvertently constructed new vulnerabilities, thereby manufacturing a natural disaster.

The Anthropocene is a volatile and potentially catastrophic age demanding new ways of thinking about relations between humans and the nonhuman world.

Advancing the rising field of engaged or participatory anthropology that is emerging at the same time as increased opposition from Indigenous peoples to research, this book offers critical reflections on research approaches to-date.

In 1880, ancient-growth forest still covered two-thirds of West Virginia, but by the 1920s lumbermen had denuded the entire region.

With the use of wide-ranging case studies the author clearly illustrates the impact of schemes intended to re-allocate land in developing countries.

This is the first book to cover actinide nano research.

The Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition is famous for its depth of devotion to Krishna, the blue-hued Deity.

The fish faunas of continental South and Central America constitute one of the greatest concentrations of aquatic diversity on Earth, consisting of about 10 percent of all living vertebrate species.

This book presents a collection of chapters covering research on the Litani River Basin.

Gender and International Migration in Europe is a unique work which introduces a gender dimension into theories of contemporary migrations.