ｈｏｕ - Environmental Science 1

This open access book presents a new structural model of “multi-arc-basin-terrane system” based on the in-depth research of the Nujiang-Lancangjiang-Jinshajiang region, especially several Paleo-Teth……続きを見る

This book explores the technical challenges and technological gaps in sustainable machining and micro-machining. It underscores the critical role of sustainability in manufacturing, a sector pivotal……続きを見る

Frequently a substance found at a port of entry, waste site, laboratory triage facility, or even in a hazardous materials emergency will be labeled and purportedly identified. But law enforcement an……続きを見る

Deliberately, accidentally, or consequentially, first responders and waste site workers handle unknown substances of varying degrees of danger every day. Unidentified chemicals involved with clandes……続きを見る

This book focuses on validation and reconstruction work on the land surface temperature (LST) products retrieved by thermal infrared remote sensing. The LST is a key parameter in the energy-water ba……続きを見る

This book focuses on many aspects of mass transfer dynamics of contamination in fractured media. First, it discusses the concept, structure and properties of fractured media. It then traces topics s……続きを見る

This book provides a unique perspective on urban mobility focusing on past challenges and future trends. The book enables discussions of pathways towards sustainable and people-centred urban mobilit……続きを見る

This book addresses geohazards by establishing their unique hydrogeological conceptual site models. Geohazards occur in many forms and scales either naturally or induced by human's activities. Many ……続きを見る

Natural capital accounting provides techniques to value natural resources and the ecosystem services they deliver. These techniques are being increasingly used by governments, banks and other financ……続きを見る

A frank and engaging exploration of the burgeoning academic field of environmental history Inspired by the pioneering work of preeminent environmental historian Donald Worster, the contributors to A……続きを見る

This book provides a relatively whole view of data-driven decision-making methods for energy service innovation and energy system optimization. Through personalized energy services provision and ene……続きを見る

This book provides a detailed description of the flexibility of the power system with high share of variable renewable generation, including power system flexibility modeling, flexibility-based econ……続きを見る

"L’océanographie" est l’étude de la mer. Elle se propose de constater les phénomènes s’accomplissant au sein de l’immense masse d’eau qui couvre plus des trois quarts de notre globe, elle les mesure……続きを見る

Containing rigorous hard evidence, this book is of immense practical use to postgraduates, researchers and business communities affected by or working in environmental regulation. The author, a lead……続きを見る

Radioactive Waste provides a detailed historical account of the policy and practice of radwaste management in Britain, Sweden and the Federal Republic of Germany. In their differing approaches, thes……続きを見る

This book aims to incorporate an emerging successful business model, i.e., sharing economy, into energy markets, thus digging out the potential merits and applications in multi-energy sectors. With ……続きを見る

Environmental resources management aims to ensure that ecosystem services are protected and maintained for equitable use by future human generations, and also, maintain ecosystem integrity as an end……続きを見る

This book focuses on the potential and possibilities for socially innovative responses to the climate emergency at the local scale. Climate change has intensified the need for communities to find cr……続きを見る

Seeds of Sustainability is a groundbreaking analysis of agricultural development and transitions toward more sustainable management in one region. An invaluable resource for researchers, policymaker……続きを見る

This book investigates the historical evolution, regional differences, and quantitative measurement on street interface, which forms the street space and plays a very important role in urban form. E……続きを見る

Biology is a very popular subject among the students. Many students take a keen interest in Biology as it ii considered as a foundation stone in a Medical Career. Study of Plants, Animals, Dissectio……続きを見る

Biology is a very popular subject among the students. Many students take a keen interest in Biology as it ii considered as a foundation stone in a Medical Career. Study of Plants, Animals, Dissectio……続きを見る

Biology is a very popular subject among the students. Many students take a keen interest in Biology as it ii considered as a foundation stone in a Medical Career. Study of Plants, Animals, Dissectio……続きを見る

In this early part of the 21st Century we are in a planetary reality for which we have no precedence. The last time the atmosphere had as much CO2 as today was at least 800,000 years ago. Modern Hum……続きを見る

This monograph is a fundamental study of watershed erosion and runoff processes. It utilizes decades of soil erosion data to take a comprehensive and balanced approach in covering various watershed ……続きを見る

In this early part of the 21st Century we are in a planetary reality for which we have no precedence. The last time the atmosphere had as much CO2 as today was at least 800,000 years ago. Modern Hum……続きを見る

The vast majority of existing ecocritical studies, even those which espouse the “postcolonial ecocritical” perspective, operate within a first-world sensibility, speaking on behalf of subalternized ……続きを見る

Ecocriticism is a mode of interdisciplinary critical inquiry into the relationship between cultural production, society, and the environment. The field advocates for the more-than-human realm as wel……続きを見る

This book introduces environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment and clarifies its characteristics as financial securities. It is forecasted that companies’ ESG information will be reflect……続きを見る

Sustainability Matters is a compilation of some of the best research papers by students from the National University of Singapore's multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary graduate programme in en……続きを見る