Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

The extensive safety restrictions imposed globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic have brought significant changes to almost all environmental parameters.

This major new text provides an introduction to the interaction of culture and society with the landscape and environment.

The material of this book will derive its scientific under-pinning from basics of mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology, engineering, soil science, and related disciplines and will provide sufficient breadth and depth of understanding in each sub-section of hydrology.

Over the last dozen years there has been a great development in the study of matter on the micro-scale by means of the light microscope, which has coincided with the rapid growth of auto- mation and the use of computers.

Forest gardening is a way of working with nature which is not only productive and requires minimal maintenance, but also has fantastic environmental benefits.

The purpose of quantitative geography is to train geographers in numeracy and in the vital skills of data collection, processing and interpretation.

Advances in Geosciences is the result of a concerted effort in bringing the latest results and planning activities related to earth and space science in Asia and the international arena.

Many satellites have recently been launched or are in preparation, which operate in the microwave to IR ranges, the main objective being to observe the earth's atmosphere or interstellar clouds.

This book emphasizes the role of micro-grid systems and connected networks for the strategic storage of energy through the use of information and communication techniques, big data, the cloud, and meta-heuristics to support the greed for artificial intelligence techniques in data and the implementation of global strategies to meet the challenges of the city in the broad sense.

This book takes a hemispheric approach to contemporary urban intervention, examining urban ecologies, communication technologies, and cultural practices in the twenty-first century.

This book examines the detrimental impact of electronic waste on human health, animal welfare, and environmental ecosystems.

A comprehensive analysis of the history and devel- opment of rural settlement in both the developed and developing worlds.

Currently, it is a serious concern to manage waste in the environment.

Provides the state-of-the-art of the physics of granular media for graduate students and researchers in physics, applied mathematics and engineering.

This book describes the entire process of environmental impact assessment for hydropower and dam projects, not from a legal or regulatory point of view, but from a very applied one, based mainly on the personal experience of the author, who is involved in this field of work since over 40 years, by describing the different steps of such an assessment, covering all major aspects to be dealt with.

Tunnelling in Rock by Drilling and Blasting presents the latest developments in the excavation of tunnels using the drilling and blasting method.

In the twenty-first century, housing has become a site of ecological experimentation and environmental remediation.

This book will help beekeepers understand the fundamentals of beekeeping science.

This book describes aspects of the natural gas hydrate (NGH) system that offer opportunities for the innovative application of existing technology and development of new technology that could dramatically lower the cost of NGH exploration and production.

Using field observations and simple models, this book describes the latest developments in the hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of tidal inlets.

Brings together research from a range of fields to address key questions relating to agriculture: its origins and long-term sustainability.

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2022).

The report reviews a comprehensive research plan on Everglades restoration drafted by federal and Florida officials that assesses a central feature of the restoration: a proposal to drill more than 300 wells funneling up to 1.

This book introduces what sclerotia grains are, and where and how they exist in soils, by compiling the results obtained from the studies on fungal sclerotia formed by Cenococcum geophilum (Cg) and related species, the visible black small grains persistent for a few thousand to ten thousands of years in forest soils and sediments.

This book proposes strategies for improving the resilience and conservation of temperate forests in South America, such that these forests can provide ecosystem services in a sustainable way.

The relationship between natural capital and economic growth is an open debate in the field of economic development.

Globally, the food system and the relationship of the individual to that system, continues to change and grow in complexity.

Humic substances are ubiquitous in the environment.

The 1993 Southwest Hokkaido Earthquake of Magnitude 7.

Continuing the tradition of International Dyke Conference, this book is largely based on contributions from the IDC7 but also includes some chapters by invitation.

Grundlagenwerk für Auszubildende und Studenten des Energiemanagements, der Energiewirtschaftslehre sowie entsprechender Kurse und Lehrgänge mit praktischem Bezug.

It's been suggested that around 12 million hectares of agricultural land are affected by soil erosion each year.

In this updated and expanded second edition, Keith Potts and Nii Ankrah examine key issues in construction cost management across the building and civil engineering sectors, both in the UK and overseas.

There is a growing recognition of the contact we need with nature to be happy, healthy and to lead meaningful lives.

This Handbook approaches sustainable development in higher education from an integrated perspective, addressing the dearth of publications on the subject.

This book examines controversies in American wine culture and how those controversies intersect with and illuminate current academic and cultural debates about the environment and about interpretation.

In this objective, practical and authoritative introductory text the author reveals how the fundamental principles of the human-animal relationship drive the development of animal law.

An introduction to the issues surrounding the complex and controversial realities of today's interconnected world, the revised sixth edition Since its initial publication, The Globalization Reader has been lauded for its comprehensive coverage of the issues surrounding globalization.

Whether their populations are perceived as too large, just right, too small or non-existent, animal numbers matter to the humans with whom they share environments.

Rapidly increasing interest in the problems of air pollution and source-receptor relationships has led to a significant expansion of knowledge in the field of atmospheric chemistry.

The Ecological Constitution integrates the insights of environmental constitutionalism and ecological law in a concise, engaging and accessible manner.

This volume highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications related to membrane technologies for water and wastewater treatment as presented by leading researchers at the 7th IWA Regional Membrane Technology Conference (IWA-RMTC), held in Palermo, Italy on June 18-21, 2024.

African Nationalism offers an innovative perspective on the creation of nations and nationalism, and the role of race in nationalism overall, by bringing together a compilation of debates on African nationalism, from Pan-Africanism up to the present day.

Seaport gateways and the corridors which connect them to widely dispersed hinterlands are of vital and essential importance to international trade and the world economy.

Noise mapping is the first tool to effectively assess noise exposure, communicating information to citizens, and defining effective action plans for protecting citizens from high noise levels and preserving quiet areas in urban European Community environments.

This book critically surveys a decade of disasters in Otautahi Christchurch.

Das Kraftfahrzeug ist auf nahezu allen Ebenen von thermodynamischen Prozessen geprägt: Antriebssysteme – von Verbrennungsmotoren und Hybriden bis hin zu den Elektromotoren mit Brennstoffzellen – Aufladung, Kühl- und Heizkreisläufe, Klimaanlagen, Karosserie-Aerodynamik, Dämpfungssysteme, Einspritzsysteme, Auspuffanlagen, Bremsanlagen, Reifen.

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