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One of the first scientists to take samples from Ground Zero after the destruction of the Twin Towers, Lioy shares his personal and professional perspectives on the World Trade Center dust. What was……続きを見る

Engineering services within buildings account for ongoing energy use, greenhouse gas contribution and life safety provisions. This fully updated sixth edition of David Chadderton's leading textbook ……続きを見る

This book follows on from my book 'The Carbon Footprint of Aircraft Operations in Australia – 2011' which is also available in the Kobo bookstore.  It contains a detailed breakdown of CO2 emis……続きを見る

In the context of the economies of the world becoming greener, this book provides a global and interdisciplinary overview of the condition of the world’s water resources and the infrastructure used ……続きを見る

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Water is a natural good, a renewable natural resource and a prerequisite for life on Earth. Slovenia is rich in water resources, although they are not equally distributed. Water statistics can help ……続きを見る

This book examines green management practices among top-performing companies operating on the Chinese mainland. It begins with the question: what constitutes a “green” company? Is this definition di……続きを見る

Understanding the governance of complex social-ecological systems is vital in a world faced with rapid environmental change, conflicts over dwindling natural resources, stark disparities between ric……続きを見る

This text book provides the theoretical background of rock fracture mechanics and displacement discontinuity methods used for the modelling of geomechanical problems. The computer program FRACOD is ……続きを見る

The issues surrounding the function and meaning of vernacular architecture in the twenty-first century are complex and extensive. Taking a distinctively rigorous theoretical approach, this book cons……続きを見る

Just how Green is Green? Recycled Thoughts will change your views on current environmental challenges. We can no longer afford to ignore the obvious because it is inconvenient. Logos, slogans, and C……続きを見る

Reviews for Treat Climate Change, Save the Earth: How to Prevent Flooding and Drought to Slow Global Warming "We all need to get this book, read it, and then get it into the hands of as many people ……続きを見る

“Top agricultural scientists from around the world have taken up the challenge of sustainable agriculture, with the specific focus on integrating agronomic, climatological, biophysical and socio-eco……続きを見る

Environmental issues and questions of global change are now firmly established on the international political agenda. This book provides a wide-ranging survey of the current treatment of environment……続きを見る

Exploring current and future opportunities in PV polymeric packaging, this work offers an insider's perspective on the manufacturing processes and needs of the solar industry and reveals opportuniti……続きを見る

In The Colours of Energy – Essays on the Future of Energy in Society, leading energy thinkers explore the future of energy in society. In 36 provoking and inspiring essays, they question established……続きを見る

Taking a bottom-up perspective, this book explores local framings of a wide range of issues related to benefit-sharing, a growing concept in global environmental governance. Benefit-sharing in Envir……続きを見る

Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water treatment process that uses pressure to force water molecules through a semi-permeable membrane. It is called “reverse” osmosis because the pressure causes the water ……続きを見る

Tivemos como objetivo principal de nosso trabalho expressar uma contribuição para efetivação de consciência ambiental, por intermédio de reflexão histórica buscando analisar o Programa Nacional de P……続きを見る

This **book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems – and show how together we can solve them. ** THE SUNDAY TIMES** TOP TEN BESTSELLER ** 'Truly essential' MARGARET ATWOOD ‘In……続きを見る

Challenging one-eyed technology-focused accounts of renewables policy, this book provides a ground-breaking, deep-diving and genre-crossing longitudinal study of policy development. The book develop……続きを見る

Faultless Fuel introduces the reader to a revolutionary new renewable energy system which produces non-polluting synthetic fuels which will work in all of our current vehicles and fuel delivery infr……続きを見る

This book presents state-of-the-art solid waste management in developing countries. It outlines the impact of poor solid waste management on human health and the environment and examines appropriate……続きを見る

An illuminating account of animal migration and the stunning new science that reveals their infinite, untapped knowledge. “A loving ode to science itself, told with wit and wonder."ーThor Hanson, au……続きを見る

This book offers the first multidisciplinary overview of water resources issues and management in the Aral Sea Basin, covering both the Amu Darya and Syr Darya River Basins. The two main rivers of A……続きを見る

This book explores the emergence and development of the legal concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing, and its application in agriculture. Developed in the 1990s, the concept of fair and equit……続きを見る

A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A true hero' Greta Thunberg A legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope. In a world that seems so troubled, ……続きを見る

The history behind our growing water crisis: "A gem . . . An erudite romp through two millennia of water and sanitation practice and technology." ー Nature Turn on the faucet, and water pours out. P……続きを見る

COVID-19, a novel coronavirus pandemic has disrupted our society in many ways. Digital healthcare innovations are required more than ever before as we have come across myriad challenges during this ……続きを見る

This Handbook provides the first comprehensive review and synthesis of knowledge and new thinking on how food and food systems can be thought, interpreted and practiced around the old/new paradigms ……続きを見る