This important book assesses the current state of disaster management in archives, libraries and museums in the UK and around the world, and provides recommendations for addressing current and future threats. Following an introductory outline of the topic and terminology, the authors provide a short history of the development of disaster management in the cultural heritage sector. They illustrate a basic framework for effective disaster management by reviewing disaster control plan practice from around the world. Through examining and identify the key issues affecting disaster management in...
This important book assesses the current state of disaster management in archives, libraries and museums in the UK and around the world, and provides ...
Professor Graham Matthews has been joined by two new co-authors to increase the breadth and depth of coverage in this updated edition of "Pesticide Application Methods"; the standard work on the application of pesticides, providing vital information for all professionals involved in crop production and crop protection.
As the world's population reaches 7 billion, and is set to increase dramatically over the next ten years, the production of more crops to feed the burgeoning population will be the greatest challenge facing the world in the coming years. Pesticides have undoubtedly helped...
Professor Graham Matthews has been joined by two new co-authors to increase the breadth and depth of coverage in this updated edition of "Pesticide...
Crop protection continues to be an important component of modern farming to maintain food production to feed an expanding human population, but considerable changes have occurred in the regulation of pesticides in Europe in the last decade. The aim has been to reduce their impact on people and the environment. This has resulted in a major reduction in the number of chemicals approved for application on crops. In other parts of the world, a continuing expansion in the growing of genetically modified crops has also changed the pattern of pesticide use.
In this second edition, Graham...
Crop protection continues to be an important component of modern farming to maintain food production to feed an expanding human population, but consid...
