Environmental science, engineering and technology

Mathematical models are used to convert real-life problems using mathematical concepts and language.

Sound and listening are intrinsically linked to how we experience and engage with places and communities.

To support the control design process, this book presents model-based control techniques for nonlinear, constrained systems.

Teoría y práctica del tratamiento de agua potable es una obra completa que aborda de manera detallada los principios y procesos fundamentales para garantizar un buen diseño y operación de las plantas de tratamiento de agua potable.

Energy Science and Applied Technology includes contributions on a wide range of topics:- Technologies in geology, mining, oil and gas exploration and exploitation of deposits- Energy transfer and conversion, materials and chemical technologies- Environmental engineering and sustainable development- Electrical and electronic technology, power system

A number of disparate but interconnected forces such as deregulation and globalization, rapid advances in communications technology and the rise in the power of the consumer and civil society have now combined to bring corporate responsibility to prominence in many corporate boardrooms.

This book presents an introduction to the foundations, interpretations, and data-analytic applications of symmetry studies with an emphasis on applications in optical sciences.

Developed to promote the design of safe, effective, and usable medical devices, Handbook of Human Factors in Medical Device Design provides a single convenient source of authoritative information to support evidence-based design and evaluation of medical device user interfaces using rigorous human factors engineering principles.

Nanoparticles have emerged as important players in modern techniques, having applications from medicine and drug delivery to textiles and agriculture.

Global climate change threatens human existence through its potential impact on agriculture and the environment.

The largest emitter of green-house gases since 2007 and top polluter of the increasingly stressed Pacific Ocean, the People's Republic of China is both a major contributor to environmental degradation and a leading contender to mitigate and stabilize global environmental conditions.

Electrochemical Energy: Advanced Materials and Technologies covers the development of advanced materials and technologies for electrochemical energy conversion and storage.

Engineering Challenges for Sustainable Future contains the papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Civil, Offshore & Environmental Engineering (ICCOEE2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 15-17 August 2016), under the banner of World Engineering, Science & Technology Congress (ESTCON2016).

The electric power sector is what keeps modern economies going, and historically, fossil fuels provided the bulk of the energy need to generate electricity, with coal a dominant player in many parts of the world.

In recent years, the concept of "e;peak oil"e;-the moment when global oil production peaks and a train of economic, social, and political catastrophes accompany its subsequent decline-has captured the imagination of a surprisingly large number of Americans, ordinary citizens as well as scholars, and created a quiet, yet intense underground movement.

Assistive technology has made it feasible for individuals with a wide range of impairments to engage in many activities, such as education and employment, in ways not previously possible.

This IPCC Special Report provides the latest comprehensive assessment of the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate.

Pandemics are often associated with viruses and bacteria occurring in wildlife in natural environments.

For Researchers, Students, Industrial Professionals, and ManufacturersElectrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide: Fundamentals and Technologies is your guide to improved catalytic performance in the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2).

The paradigm and models of traditional soil science lack the ability to adequately address issues of soil dynamics, environmental integration, and change.

Globally, nearly 70 billion animals are farmed annually for meat, milk and eggs.

The International Civil Aviation Organization has mandated that all of its member states implement Safety Management Systems (SMS) in their aviation industries.

Green Energy is increasingly becoming an important component for all individuals and governments of the world.

Create Stunning Renders using V-Ray in 3ds Max: Guiding the Next Generation of 3D Renderers is a step-by-step guide on how to create realistic renderings using V-Ray in 3ds Max.

This book will provide an important source of practical information on the history of toxicology, the ways in which pollutants reach model organisms used in toxicology, sampling methods for research, mechanisms of toxicity and responses of aquatic organisms to toxic agents, as well as the use of therapeutic agents in current approaches.

A text for students with a background in calculus and intermediate microeconomics and a familiarity with the spreadsheet software Excel.

Chemistry and Technology of Plant Substances: Chemical and Biochemical Aspects demonstrates the progress and promise of developing new chemical substances from renewable sources of chemical raw materials.

Stemming from an 11-year DFID funded programme under its Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS), Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture: Putting Research into Low Income Countries reviews part of this programme as a case study of a broader issue of technology development for Africa.

This book provides an overview of the environmental sciences.

How do societies negotiate the apparently competing agendas of environmental protection and social justice?

This book examines the challenges and possibilities of conducting cultural environmental history research today.

This compilation highlights current knowledge on iodide mobility in a soil-plant system and provides a theoretical and experimental basis for a better understanding of the geochemical behaviour of iodine in soils, including its availability in the food chain.

This book demonstrates how humans can become sensitized to, and intervene in, environmental degradation by writing, reading, analyzing, and teaching poetry.

Bringing Bayesian Models to Life empowers the reader to extend, enhance, and implement statistical models for ecological and environmental data analysis.

Much environmental activism is caught in a logic that plays science against emotion, objective evidence against partisan aims, and human interest against a nature that has intrinsic value.

Public safety, as well as the safety of products and services, is of paramount importance and interest to individuals, organisations and society.

Resource Recovery in Municipal Waste Waters provides various municipal wastewater remediation methods and techniques to recover materials from such wastewaters.

This book focuses on various aspects of nanotechnology based gene silencing.

A practical guide to writing impactful lab reports for science undergraduates through the use of model outlines and annotated publications.

Water Resources Management for Rural Development: Challenges and Mitigation provides an overview of the current challenges of rural water and its management strategies.

This book aims to offer new scientific concept in the field of water and environment.

Algae play an important ecological role as oxygen producers and carbon sequesters and are the food base for all aquatic life.

The book presents high-quality research papers from the Seventh International Conference on Solid Waste Management (IconSWM 2017), held at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad on December 15-17, 2017.

Climate Change already having serious impacts on the lives of millions of people across the world.

Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Water Ethics continues to consolidate water ethics as a key dimension of water-related decisions.

This book presents the select proceedings of the Virtual Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (VCDRR 2021).

This book is a concise but comprehensive guide to the history, present and possible futures of carbon capture and storage policy and action in the United Kingdom (UK).

This new edition of the handbook of Quay Walls provides the reader with essential knowledge for the planning, design, execution and maintenance of quay walls, plus general information about historic developments and lessons gained from observation of ports in various countries.

This book investigates how non-state actors have become key drivers of the diffusion of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Brazil.