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Pesticides in Surface Waters: Distribution, Trends, and Governing Factors
ISBN: 9781575040066 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pesticde use in agriculture and non-agriculture settings has increased dramatically over the last several decades. Concern about adverse effects on the environment and human health has spurred an enormous amount of research into their environmental behavior and fate. Pesticides in Surface Waters presents a comprehensive summary of this research.
This book evaluates published studies that focus on measuring pesticide concentration. The studies chosen include peer reviewed scientific literature, government reports, laboratory studies, and those using microcosms and artificial streams and... Pesticde use in agriculture and non-agriculture settings has increased dramatically over the last several decades. Concern about adverse effects on th...
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Atlas of the World's Deserts
ISBN: 9781579583101 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Concentrating on particular aspects of the deserts, their geology, life forms, history and future; this book describes the hostile and extreme environments that cover more than a seventh of the world's surface, home to some of nature's most remarkable adaptations and humanity's most resourceful communities. The chapters are divided by picture essays that feature a detailed view of a particular region, such as California's Death Valley, portraying its landscape, natural life and human residents. Throughout the book, boxes highlight aspects of the story of the deserts, from how sand dunes are...
Concentrating on particular aspects of the deserts, their geology, life forms, history and future; this book describes the hostile and extreme environ...
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Environmental Effects of Mining
ISBN: 9781884015762 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Research funded by the Centre for Resource Studies,Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Research funded by the Centre for Resource Studies,Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Environmental Site Assessment Phase I: A Basic Guide, Third Edition
ISBN: 9780849379666 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Extensively updated to reflect the most recent changes to the All Appropriate Inquiries Rule (the Rule ) and the ASTM Environmental Site Assessment Standard (the Standard ), Environmental Site Assessment Phase 1, Third Edition provides a valuable guide to the techniques of performing Phase 1 site assessment. Promoting a better understanding of the rationale and processes necessary to protect those stakeholders associated with a property, this book describes the latest methods used by leaders in the industry and emphasizes the development of an easy-to-follow investigative strategy for...
Extensively updated to reflect the most recent changes to the All Appropriate Inquiries Rule (the Rule ) and the ASTM Environmental Site Assessment St...
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Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods: Uniting Science and Participation
ISBN: 9781844070251 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Management of local resources has a greater chance of a sustainable outcome when there is partnership between local people and external agencies. This book analyses and extends this premise to show that the process of research for improving natural resource management must incorporate participatory and user-focused approaches.
Management of local resources has a greater chance of a sustainable outcome when there is partnership between local people and external agencies. This...
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Working the Sahel
ISBN: 9780415140966 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on four years of field research, the authors look at how farmers manage biological resources, crop and non-crop biodiversity, soil fertility, and transform the landscape through agricultural intensification.
Drawing on four years of field research, the authors look at how farmers manage biological resources, crop and non-crop biodiversity, soil fertility, ...
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Environmental Change: The Evolving Ecosphere
ISBN: 9780415145206 / Angielski / Twarda / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring the nature, causes, rates and directions of environmental change throughout earth history. Huggett introduces the interdependent parts of the natural environment - cosmic, ecological, geological - and the dynamic nature of the environmental system. Integrating a wealth of examples and illustrations from around the world, the book examines evidence and causes of change in life, climate (air and water), soils, sediments and landforms, and the impacts of human-environment interaction.
Exploring the nature, causes, rates and directions of environmental change throughout earth history. Huggett introduces the interdependent parts of th...
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Introduction To The Economics Of Water Resources : An International Perspective
ISBN: 9781857286366 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A concise treatment of water-resource economics. Based upon political economy perspectives, it draws upon a worldwide range of case-studies. There is guidance on abbreviations, acronyms, and technical terms.
A concise treatment of water-resource economics. Based upon political economy perspectives, it draws upon a worldwide range of case-studies. There is ...
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Urban Nature Conservation: Landscape Management in the Urban Countryside
ISBN: 9780419193005 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Urban nature conservation is a field that has grown rapidly in importance over the past 20 years and will continue to do so in the coming years as landscape ecology and greenspace planning become established disciplines. A widespread concern and interest in the wild plants and animal life found in urban areas now influences the policies and practices of land management organizations. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the subject. It will assist professionals in formulating strategic management policies that integrate urban nature conservation into the wider context of landscape...
Urban nature conservation is a field that has grown rapidly in importance over the past 20 years and will continue to do so in the coming years as lan...
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Hydrology and Water Resources: Volume 5- Additional Volume International Conference on Water Resources Management in Arid Regions, 23-27 March 2002,
ISBN: 9789058095480 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the fifth and last volume representing the proceedings of the International Conference on Water Resources Management in Arid Regions held March 23rd-27th 2002 in Kuwait. This book discusses major aspects of hydrology and water resources. It presents papers on important aspects of surface water and groundwater hydrology, including drought tendencies, regional flood frequency analysis, urban storm drainage with curb-opening inlets, isotopic investigations for lakes, hydrologic and sediment transport modeling, groundwater exploration using remote sensing and GIS, origin and recharge...
This is the fifth and last volume representing the proceedings of the International Conference on Water Resources Management in Arid Regions held Marc...
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Aerobiology
ISBN: 9781566702065 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aerobiology is the study of airborne particles that have an impact on humans and other organisms. Every day, we are exposed to airborne particles, including "natural" particles such as pollen, bacteria, and fungi, and "unnatural" particles, such as asbestos fibers and noxious chemicals. Aerobiology highlights the current interests in this field, primarily the ecology and distribution of airborne particles and their effects on health.
Aerobiology is the study of airborne particles that have an impact on humans and other organisms. Every day, we are exposed to airborne particles, inc...
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Health Effects of Drinking Water Contaminants
ISBN: 9780873712231 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Evaluates the risks and benefits of the widely used types of drinking water treatment technologies, based on assessment and comparison of chemicals used in treatment, by-products of chemicals and non-treatment.
Evaluates the risks and benefits of the widely used types of drinking water treatment technologies, based on assessment and comparison of chemicals us...
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The Green Challenge : The Development of Green Parties in Europe
ISBN: 9780415106498 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Green Challenge is an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the development of Green parties in Western Europe, and includes an account of the development since 1989 of an East European Green movement.
Blending theory and empirical analysis, the book contains chapters on each of the main western European cases and on a number of other less-studied ones. These are designed to demonstrate the shifting balance of party-political competition the factor the authors believe most strongly influences the fortunes of the Greens. The editors also integrate a valuable analysis of... The Green Challenge is an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the development of Green parties in Western Europe, and includes an account...
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Waste and Recycling : Theory and Empirics
ISBN: 9780415589857 / Angielski / Twarda / 147 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As business as usual has become the mantra of today's world, it's unlikely to see a decrease in hazardous waste generated from greater economic growth. Written by renowned experts, the book suggests a solution, supported by theoretical arguments to this waste problem. The book discusses how main problems for waste management can be addressed through appropriate policies adopted by governments in OECD countries. The book also raises thoughtful questions on how household waste management services should be privatized and who should pay for the disposal and recycling costs. It attempts to answer...
As business as usual has become the mantra of today's world, it's unlikely to see a decrease in hazardous waste generated from greater economic growth...
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Landscape Construction: Volume 3: Earth and Water Retaining Structures
ISBN: 9780566090431 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This third volume of Landscape Construction covers the design and construction of simple earth and water retaining structures as far as the normal scope of landscape work is concerned. Major civil engineering work such as highway embankments and reservoirs are excluded. Chapters one to four cover the simpler forms of earth retention likely to be part of a landscape contract, divided into: methods of construction that rely on the soil as part of the structure; various types of gravity retaining walls; and those which are constructed independently of the soil. Chapters five to nine deal with...
This third volume of Landscape Construction covers the design and construction of simple earth and water retaining structures as far as the normal sco...
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Environmental Engineering V
ISBN: 9781138031630 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Quantitative Ecotoxicology
ISBN: 9781439835647 / Angielski / Twarda / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Quantitative Ecotoxicology, Second Edition explores models and methods of quantitative ecotoxicology at progressively higher biological scales using worked examples and common software packages. It complements the author's previous books, Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology, Third Edition and Ecotoxicology: A Comprehensive Treatment. Encouraging a more rigorous inferential approach to research, the book examines the quantitative features of the science of ecotoxicology. The first chapters lay the foundation by introducing fundamental concepts and... Quantitative Ecotoxicology, Second Edition explores models and methods of quantitative ecotoxicology at progressively higher biolo... |
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Chemicals, Environment, Health: A Global Management Perspective
ISBN: 9781420084696 / Angielski / Twarda / 844 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The past 40 years have seen a phenomenal growth in globally oriented public and private initiatives related to chemical and environmental issues. The groundbreaking 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm was the event responsible for initiating framework for global environmental policies, including those addressing chemical safety. It gave rise to the first World Environment Day and the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme, leading the way to the acknowledgement that sustainable development is the most logical and viable pathway to... The past 40 years have seen a phenomenal growth in globally oriented public and private initiatives related to chemical and environmental issues. T... |
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Biomarkers for Stress in Fish Embryos and Larvae
ISBN: 9781482207385 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The present work evaluates the toxic effects of some environmental stressors on fish eggs and larvae and describes the biomarker responses of fish from locations with varying levels of pollution. Development of the main groups of biomarkers is discussed. The book demonstrates general trends and specific peculiarities of biomarker induction in early fish life and their association with the animal s developmental stages. It addresses responses of fish eggs and larvae to pollution under experimental conditions and presents information obtained from in situ studies. The present work evaluates the toxic effects of some environmental stressors on fish eggs and larvae and describes the biomarker responses of fish ... |
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Rural Resource Management
ISBN: 9780415712811 / Angielski / Twarda / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, first published in 1985, provides an overview of resource management, together with a geographical treatment of physical, landscape and social resources. Drawing on British, European and North American material, the book has three main objectives: to offer an integrated review of the rural resource system, to isolate potential and actual conflicts between resources in the countryside with the aid of detailed case studies, and to explore various broad management techniques and their applicability to differing types of resource use and resource conflict. This title will provide...
This book, first published in 1985, provides an overview of resource management, together with a geographical treatment of physical, landscape and soc...
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