The Civic Health Diagnostic Workbook was written with purpose: to help you diagnose your communitys civic health, plan for effective public engagement, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of your engagement processes, and also identify, benchmark, and share best practices.
In this extensively revised and enlarged edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on the increasingly radical changes in nature and science from global warming to the science behind mother/baby interactions and examines what they mean for humankinds place in the world.
Diario de la navegación que va a hacer don Basilio Villarino, segundo piloto de la Real Armada, con las dos embarcaciones de su mando, el bergantín Nuestra Señora de Carmen y Ánimas, y la chalupa San Francisco de Asís, desde el Río Negro, a reconocer la costa, la Bahía de Todos los Santos, Islas del Buen Suceso y demás adyacentes, buscar el desagüe del río Colorado, y penetrar su entrada, de orden del Comisario Superintendente de estos establecimientos, el señor don Francisco de Viedma.
En la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, los avances en la medicina profiláctica permitieron un alto ritmo del crecimiento de la población, la llamada explosión demográfica.
Este libro recoge diversos puntos de vista acerca del rol de la innovación ambiental, como eje motor de las políticas públicas tendientes a fomentar la sostenibilidad y a reducir el impacto ambiental.
Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change presents the patterns, mechanisms, and predictability of climate variability and anthropogenic climate change.
An impassioned case for the importance of ancient forests and their preservationStanding in an old-growth forest, you can instinctively sense the ways it is different from forests shaped by humans.
This detailed book provides an accessible compendium of up-to-date methods in the fields of environmental toxicology, molecular toxicology, and toxicogenomics.
This detailed book highlights several emerging areas in the implementation of green chemistry in medicinal chemistry drug discovery with a specific focus on their application to the expeditious discovery of new biologically active entities.
Following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, tsunamis engulfed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant located on Japan's Pacific Coast, leading to the worst nuclear disaster the world has seen since the Chernobyl crisis of 1986.
SEA ICE The latest edition of the gold standard in sea ice references In the newly revised second edition of Sea Ice: Physics and Remote Sensing, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an in-depth review of the features and structural properties of ice, as well as the latest advances in geophysical sensors, ice parameter retrieval techniques, and remote sensing data.
Ace your environmental science class and get smart about the environment Environmental Science For Dummies is a straightforward guide to the interrelationships of the natural world and the role that humans play in the environment.
Este libro integra quince trabajos que aportan diferentes aspectos del problema del suelo en las ciudades de la región, desde una definición más precisa de la problemáticas a la luz de la Agenda, hasta la explicación de instrumentos político – normativos novedosos, promotores de una gestión urbana distinta implementados incluso con anterioridad a la aparición de la Nueva Agenda Urbana (NAU), pero acordes con sus principios y orientaciones.
This true story of a mass eviction in nineteenth-century Scotland is "e;a moving, gripping, definitive account of a struggle for survival (Scots Magazine).
'A call to arms for everyone' Steve Backshall'Eye-opening' New ScientistThe diversity of life on earth is astounding, with each species perfectly adapted to its environment.
Las superficies viales representan una pequeña parte del paisaje urbano, no obstante, el aumento de su área impermeable contribuye con significativas cargas de contaminantes durante los eventos de lluvia.
In ›Unter Strom‹ thematisiert Petra Krumme einen blinden Punkt vieler Debatten über den Energiewandel: die versteckten sozialen Fragen, die in den Diskussionen über die Errichtung von Windparks und neuen Stromtrassen untergehen.
Gold Panning the Pacific Northwest is the premiere reference source for anyone who is interested in getting started or continuing their gold prospecting in the pacific northwest region.
Over the last several decades, life in Lahore has been undergoing profound transformations, from rapid and uneven urbanization to expanding state institutions and informal economies.
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ONE OF THE NEW YORKERS BEST BOOKS OF 2023 INCLUDED IN THE GUARDIANS BEST IDEAS BOOKS OF 2023 SHORTLISTEDFOR THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING ';A gripping read that will anger as much as it fascinates' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall';An incredible journey into the world of rubbish, full of fascinating characters and mind-bending facts' Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland ';Urgent, probing and endlessly interesting' Cal Flyn, author of Islands of AbandonmentThere are stories in all our discarded things: who made them, what they meant to a person before they were thrown away.
Shadow Negotiators is the first book to demonstrate that United Nations (UN) organizations have intervened to influence the discourse, agenda, and outcomes of international trade lawmaking at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change: Scaling Ecological Energetics from Organism to the Biosphere, Second Edition examines the global carbon cycle and energy balance of the biosphere, following carbon and energy through increasingly complex levels of metabolism-from cells to ecosystems.
One Health A balanced and multidisciplinary exploration of the One Health concept In One Health: Human, Animal, and Environment Triad, a team of distinguished researchers introduces and explains the concept of One Health by providing an overview of the One Health idea from the perspective of diverse disciplines, from earth and environmental science to ecology and conservation to veterinary and human medicine.
A bold redefinition of historical inquiry based on the "e;cropscape"e;-the people, creatures, technologies, ideas, and places that surround a crop Human efforts to move crops from one place to another have been a key driving force in history.
As the fallout from the financial meltdown of 2008 grows progressively worse, companies, industries, and entire markets cling precariously to life or have ceased to exist altogether.
Climate Change, Community Response, and Resilience: Insight for Socio-Ecological Sustainability, Volume Six presents a fundamental theoretical framework for understanding how community resilience and risk assessment affect climate change adaptation behavior.
Microconstituents in the Environment Comprehensive introduction to managing novel pollutants commonly released into the environment through industrial and everyday processes Microconstituents in the Environment: Occurrence, Fate, Removal and Management provides the readers with an understanding of the occurrence and fate of microconstituents, pollutants that have not previously been detected or regulated under current environmental laws or may cause known or suspected adverse ecological and/or human health effects even at insignificant levels, covering their presence in the environment and possible management strategies.
CARBON ALLOTROPES and COMPOSITES The book discusses the most recent developments and trends in the use of carbon allotropes and their composites for environmental restoration and protection including synthesis, characterization and applications.
Fundamentals of Bioaerosols Science: From Physical to Biological Dimensions of Airborne Biological Particles covers both the physical and biological aspects of bioaerosol science.
CARBON ALLOTROPES and COMPOSITES The book discusses the most recent developments and trends in the use of carbon allotropes and their composites for environmental restoration and protection including synthesis, characterization and applications.
Colliding environmental and development interests have shaped national policy reforms supporting both oil development and environmental protection in Alaska.
