This book focuses on the socio-economic and sustainability challenges facing megacities in dealing with the dramatic population increases of informal areas and settlements (or slums), especially whe……続きを見る
著者:Monique Mainguet
出版社: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
発売日: 2015年09月14日
Controversial, and often discussed with passion and vehemence, desertification is a problem on whose solution the survival of millions of humans is dependent. This book aims at an understanding of w……続きを見る
The book adopts an application-oriented approach for ecorestoration of coalmine degraded. The theoretical aspects of ecorestoration, and steps involved in ecorestoration process and experimental asp……続きを見る
著者:Maite Mompo
出版社: New Internationalist
発売日: 2014年10月20日
Following the lives of the three ships with the name Rainbow Warrior, this book, written by a long-serving Greenpeace activist, tells the inside stories of life on board and recounts some of the shi……続きを見る
In this book the authors have applied research knowledge to the solution of practical problems facing wildlife conservation in freshwater habitats. Subjects covered include: evaluation of the conser……続きを見る
The book begins by describing in detail the mechanisms of energy exchange – radiative, convective, conductive and evaporative – together with techniques for their determination. The discussion exten……続きを見る
Freshwater mussels are declining rapidly worldwide. Propagation has the potential to restore numbers of these remarkable organisms, preventing extinction of rare species and maintaining the many ben……続きを見る
What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple ef……続きを見る
著者:Dahr Jamail
出版社: The New Press
発売日: 2020年03月10日
Finalist for the 2020 PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
Acclaimed on its hardcover publication, a global journey that reminds us "of how magical the planet we're about to lose really ……続きを見る
The book addresses the challenges of urban water security and adaptive management in Sub-Saharan Africa, exploring and interlinking novel concepts of ecosystems services, watershed investments, and ……続きを見る
Anaesthetising a fish, x-raying a frog and hospitalising a walrus are all in a day’s work for the world’s wildest veterinarian.
Travelling from the rainforests of Sierra Leone to the jungles of Born……続きを見る
This book focuses on the experiences of tourists visiting nature-based destinations, exploring current knowledge and providing insights into conceptual issues through the use of empirical evidence f……続きを見る
A degradação ambiental é oriunda de um processo de desenvolvimento desenfreado que não observou a finitude da matéria. Buscou-se, inicialmente, produzir bens para a sociedade de consumo, além das su……続きを見る
Shifting Baselines explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans of the future. In 1995, acclaimed marine biologist D……続きを見る
This book analyses the theoretical and methodological foundations of ecotourism and geotourism and examines the essence, content, factors, and models of ecotourism development. The authors conducted……続きを見る
This second edition focuses on the application of statistical methods in the field of hydrology and hydroclimatology. Among the latest theories being used in these fields, the book introduces the th……続きを見る
This open access book presents current knowledge about ecosystem services (ES) in urban planning, and discusses various urban ES topics such as spatial distribution of urban ecosystems, population d……続きを見る
This book discusses Turkey's karst systems' most critical features, one of the world's most important karst areas. This publication has been prepared to assist geologists and professionals working i……続きを見る
"It represents a truly magnum opus, contains copious references, and represents a distillation of the experience of scores of farmers, researchers and extension practitioners… To find such a wealth ……続きを見る
**"What Dr Samuel Johnson did for English, Professor Amir Kassam has done for Conservation Agriculture (CA). He is eminently well qualified and has enlisted more than a hundred battle-hardened champ……続きを見る
“Written by an activist for activists . . . a powerful call for collective action against the social causes of poverty and climate change.” ーClimate & Capitalism
A new generation of activists worki……続きを見る
This book tells us about the connection of spiriy and Naturem in all of its aspects a reconnection,we may say, and it has several natural medicine herbs and their use for holistic health.
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Ecodisaster Imaginaries in India: Essays in Critical Perspectives is a volume of critical essays that discuss and debate the literary and cultural representations of ecological/environmental disaste……続きを見る
著者:Monique Mainguet
出版社: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
発売日: 2015年09月13日
After UNCED (United Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, July 1992), a second edition of Desertification was necessary. About 150 corrections, amendments and additions take sci……続きを見る
Living in Milford Haven.U.K. since 1972 In 2004 I became involved in a court case requesting a judicial review on the dangers of LNG Ships entering the Cleddau Estuary. All court cases refused the J……続きを見る
Fundamental Mass Transfer Concepts in Engineering Applications provides the basic principles of mass transfer to upper undergraduate and graduate students from different disciplines. This book outli……続きを見る
Global Perspectives on Eco-Aesthetics and Eco-Ethics: A Green Critique focuses on the interface of the Anthropocene, sustainability, ecological aesthetics, multispecies relationality, and the enviro……続きを見る
Fire is a fearsome constant in the America West. As the author David J. Strohmaier notes, "Whether we have tended a campfire along Oregon's Deschutes River in March, engaged the advancing front of a……続きを見る
Met een antropologisch en filosofisch gevormde blik kijkt Ton Lemaire In Tegen de tijd naar allerlei aspecten van onze cultuur en maatschappij, zoals economie en ecologie, religie en zingeving.
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This book will help you save money, buy less and do your bit for the environment – just through loving your leftovers! It’s your essential guide to shopping smarter and making meals that go the extr……続きを見る