Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

This book helps readers understand the persuasiveness of popular message levels (agenda, knowledge, attitude, and behavioral intention) and factors (sidedness, conclusiveness, and gain- or loss-framing) in communicating critical environmental issues, particularly the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus.

The interdisciplinary field of Astrobiology constitutes a joint arena where provocative discoveries are coalescing concerning, e.

This edited book provides a comprehensive exploration of ecological restoration in India, offering insights into the latest perspectives and practices.

This book highlights the latest technologies and applications of intelligent construction in the domain of tunneling works.

This book highlights the latest technologies and applications of intelligent construction in the domain of tunneling works.

This book concerns the elemental geographies and lives and deaths of the drowned to confront enduring forms of oppression.

This edited book provides a comprehensive exploration of ecological restoration in India, offering insights into the latest perspectives and practices.

This book concerns the elemental geographies and lives and deaths of the drowned to confront enduring forms of oppression.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the circular economy and sustainable resource management, focusing on actionable strategies, innovative policies, and impactful partnerships driving the transition.

Pyroclastic Rocks is the first modern comprehensive treatment of what they are and how they were formed.

The reduction of energy consumption through improvements in energy efficiency has become an important goal for all countries, in order to improve the efficiency of the economy, to increase energy supply security, and to reduce the emissions of CO and other pollutants caused by power* generation.

Living with the Unexpected deals with complexity and uncertainty, two major challenges in a world faced with climate change and hazards.

Ein renommiertes Autorenteam behandelt in diesem interdisziplinären Studienbuch Probleme der Energiegeschichte, Energiesysteme, Energietechnik und der Potentiale der erneuerbaren Energien: Wasser- und Windkraft, Biomasse, Geothermie, Photovoltaik und Solarthermie; der Verbesserung der Rahmenbedingungen für ihre Markteinführung; Handlungskonzepte und Förderungsschwerpunkte der EU, USA und Japans in diesem Bereich; Aktivitäten der Bundesregierung und Vorschläge nichtstaatlicher Akteure hierzu sowie Strategien zur rationellen Energienutzung; Methoden für einen Energiekonsens und Kriterien zur Beurteilung von Energiesystemen; Handlungskonzepte und Vorschläge für den Ausbau der Sonnenenergie im Mittelmeerraum und in Afrika sowie politische Faktoren bei der Markteinführung in der Triade: USA, Japan und der EU.

Long run aspects of environmental protection and of the use of resources are analyzed within a planning model.

This volume includes revised versions of most of the presentations made at the International Conference Understanding the Earth Sys- tem: Compartments, Processes and Interactions"e; held on November 24-26, 1999 in Bonn.

Der Übergang von der heutigen fossil-nuklearen zu einer nachhaltigen, regenerativ geprägten Energiewirtschaft wird eine der zentralen Aufgaben des kommenden Jahrhunderts sein.

 This book reports the state of the art of energy-efficient electrical motor driven system technologies, which can be used now and in the near future to achieve significant and cost-effective energy savings.

Mit diesem Buch ist es ganz einfach, Ungeziefer zu erkennen und zu bekämpfen.

This book provides a comprehensive and advanced overview of the basic theory of thermal remote sensing and its application in hydrology, agriculture, and forestry.

In June 2013, after lengthy and complex negotiations the EU adopted the recast "e;asylum package"e; which represents a significant step forward in the future development of CEAS.

The densely populated Campi Flegrei resurgent caldera is one of the widest known, best studied and highly dangerous volcanoes of the world.

With ever increasing trends in urban consumption and production practices, a call for action to mitigate Climate Change is often seen as a way to foster sustainable development.

This thesis deals with Rare Earth Elements (REE), especially with neodymium used in permanent magnets, from a very scientific basis by providing basic research data.

The EffizienzCluster LogistikRuhr"e; was a winner in the Leading Edge Science Cluster competition run by the German federal Ministry of Education and Research.

The book is concerned principally with geobotanical mapping.

Energy issues feature frequently in the economic and financial press.

Wood is one of the most valuable materials for mankind, and since our earliest days wood materials have been widely used.

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This book offers insights into important trends and future scenarios in the global tourism and travel industry.

Study of microstructures is an indispensable component of understanding structural geology of any terrain.

The book will include contributions of the state of the art of quartz raw materials (deposits and properties) and their analytics.

While preparing and teaching 'Introduction to Geodesy I and II' to undergraduate students at Stuttgart University, we noticed a gap which motivated the writing of the present book: Almost every topic that we taught required some skills in algebra, and in particular, computer algebra!

This book of proceedings is the synthesis of all the papers, including keynotes presented during the 20th CIRP Design conference.

"e;Modeling the Dynamics and Consequences of Land System Change"e; introduces an innovative three-tier architecture approach for modeling the dynamics and consequences of land system change.

The proposed book deals with the role of changing groundwater base level on the adjacent hydrological systems.

Das bewährte Nachschlagewerk für den projektierenden Bauingenieurvermittelt das Grundwissen des konstruktiven Wasserbaus imBinnenland.

"e;The Tectonics of China: Data, Maps and Evolution"e; presents the regional geological and petroleum surveys of China, the author's original tectonic data, and research results of Chinese and international scientists (more than 1500 references) from the last three decades.

The book describes experience in application of coastal altimetry to different parts of the World Ocean.

Megacity development and the inherent risks and opportunities for humans and the environment is a theme of growing urgency in the 21st century.

The interdisciplinary field of Astrobiology constitutes a joint arena where provocative discoveries are coalescing concerning, e.

"e;Advances in Environmental Geotechnics"e; presents the latest developments in this interdisciplinary field.

This book deliberates the trends, challenges and potential strategies including urban blue-green infrastructure (BGI) approaches to ensure food security and disaster resilience across the globe.

Ocean Dynamics' is a concise introduction to the fundamentals of fluid mechanics, non-equilibrium thermodynamics and the common approximations for geophysical fluid dynamics, presenting a comprehensive approach to large-scale ocean circulation theory.

This work, published in two volumes, contains descriptions of the wood and bark anatomies of 3000 dicotyledonous plants of 120 families, highlighting the anatomical and phylogenetic diversity of dicotyledonous plants of the Northern Hemisphere.

We live in an age of rapid technological development.

This work, published in two volumes, contains descriptions of the wood and bark anatomies of 3000 dicotyledonous plants of 120 families, highlighting the anatomical and phylogenetic diversity of dicotyledonous plants of the Northern Hemisphere.

Most of the material covered in this book deals with the fundamentals of chemistry and physics of key processes and fundamental mechanisms for various combustion and combustion related phenomena in gaseous combustible mixture.