ilość książek w kategorii: 11836
Wind Over Waves: Forecasting and Fundamentals of Applications
ISBN: 9781898563815 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book addresses ocean wave processes and turbulence as they affect oceanography, meteorology, marine and coastal engineering. It will enable applied mathematicians, seafarers, and all others affected by these phenomena to predict and control wave effects on shipping safety, weather forecasting, offshore structures, sediment pollution, and ice dynamics in polar regions. The focus is on analytical and computational methods for solving equations of motion and studying non-linear aspects of waves and turbulence. Results included show how sudden gusts and winds over waves can modify the...
This book addresses ocean wave processes and turbulence as they affect oceanography, meteorology, marine and coastal engineering. It will enable appli...
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391,72 zł |
Ecotoxicology of Explosives
ISBN: 9780849328398 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Managing sites contaminated with munitions constituents is an international challenge. Although the choice of approach and the use of Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) tools may vary from country to country, the assurance of quality and the direction of ecotoxicological research are universally recognized as shared concerns. Drawing on a multidisciplinary team of contributors, Ecotoxicology of Explosives provides comprehenisve and critical reviews available to date on fate, transport, and effects of explosives. The book delineates the state of the science of... Managing sites contaminated with munitions constituents is an international challenge. Although the choice of approach and the use of Ecological Ri... |
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763,09 zł |
Optical Switching Networks
ISBN: 9780521868006 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describes the major switching paradigms developed for modern optical networks, discussing their operation and implementation.
Describes the major switching paradigms developed for modern optical networks, discussing their operation and implementation.
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356,06 zł |
The Future of Energy Use
ISBN: 9781844075058 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This second edition provides essential analysis of the use of different forms of energy and their environmental and social impacts. It examines conventional, nuclear and renewable sources and technologies, using relevant case studies and providing a vital link between technology and related policy issues.
This second edition provides essential analysis of the use of different forms of energy and their environmental and social impacts. It examines conven...
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203,44 zł |
Advances in Building Energy Research: Volume 3
ISBN: 9781844075171 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offering information on the environmental science & performance of buildings, linking technologies & methodologies with the research on systems, simulations & standards, this book is suitable for architects & building engineers, environmental engineers, industry professionals, students, & others.
Offering information on the environmental science & performance of buildings, linking technologies & methodologies with the research on systems, simul...
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966,58 zł |
Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels
ISBN: 9781560221753 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores Worldwide Trends Involving the Production and Use of Biofuels
With the depletion of oil resources as well as the negative environmental impact of fossil fuels, there is much interest in alternative energy sources. Focusing on some of the most important alternate energy sources for the foreseeable future, the Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels provides state-of-the-art information on the status of the production of biofuels, in particular, bioethanol and biodiesel. Introduction to Biofuels After profiling plant-based biofuels, the book gives an overview of... Explores Worldwide Trends Involving the Production and Use of Biofuels
With the depletion of oil resources as well as the negative environme... |
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763,09 zł |
Humid Tropical Environments
ISBN: 9780631172871 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The humid tropics contain some of the world's richest, most diverse, most important and most threatened environments. This book draws on recent work by geographers, biologists, ecologists, geologists and climatologists to present a complete and integrated appraisal of the natural environment of all the humid tropical regions of the world.
The humid tropics contain some of the world's richest, most diverse, most important and most threatened environments. This book draws on recent work b...
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733,37 zł |
Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems [With CD]
ISBN: 9781420072778 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring the implementation of participatory, multistakeholder, and transdisciplinary ecosystem health research, Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems combines the latest theories in complexity and management with practical tools and approaches for sustainable rural development research. Although the text focuses on smallholder farming communities in the central highlands of Kenya, the material discussed can be and has been effectively applied to agroecosystems in many other parts of the world.
After showing how the agroecosystem health framework was... Exploring the implementation of participatory, multistakeholder, and transdisciplinary ecosystem health research, Integrated Assessment of Health a...
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585,04 zł |
Fuel Cells: Principles, Design, and Analysis
ISBN: 9781420089684 / Angielski / Twarda / 750 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This resource combines-for the first time in a single volume-coverage of basic principles, analysis, and analytical techniques, and design aspects of the fuel cell. It presents fuel cell design at component and system levels, then elaborates on analysis methods for various phenomena associated with components and systems. With its examples, problems, and simulation activities, it makes an excellent graduate text or reference for researchers, engineers, and others involved in energy development. The text guides the reader from foundations and fundamental principles through analysis methods and...
This resource combines-for the first time in a single volume-coverage of basic principles, analysis, and analytical techniques, and design aspects of ...
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788,53 zł |
Principles of Hazardous Materials Management
ISBN: 9781420089707 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the publication of the first edition of this volume in 1988, we have made great strides in reducing the amount of toxic waste that threatens our water, soil, and air. A greater acceptance of clean fuels and clean technologies, along with increased public awareness of environmental health hazards has given us greater optimism about the future of our planet. While few environmental threats can ever be completely eradicated, Principles of Hazardous Materials Management, Second Edition provides a framework for understanding the nature of hazardous materials and how the... Since the publication of the first edition of this volume in 1988, we have made great strides in reducing the amount of toxic waste that threatens ... |
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661,34 zł |
Spatial Analytical
ISBN: 9780748403400 / Angielski / Twarda / 267 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text presents the latest information on incorporating spatial analysis tools into GIS, and includes concepts and applications from both the environmental and socio-econimc sciences.
This text presents the latest information on incorporating spatial analysis tools into GIS, and includes concepts and applications from both the envir...
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289,93 zł |
Multi-Source National Forest Inventory: Methods and Applications
ISBN: 9781402087127 / Angielski / Twarda / 373 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Building on more than a decade of innovative research into multi-source forest inventory (MS-NFI) this book presents full details of the development, outputs and applications of the improved k-NN method. The method, which was pioneered in Finland in 1990, is rapidly becoming a world standard in forest inventory, having been adopted as standard in Finland and Sweden, and recently introduced in Austria and across the US. The book describes in detail the full MS-NFI process, and the input data used - including field data, satellite images, and digital map data, as well as coarse-scale... Building on more than a decade of innovative research into multi-source forest inventory (MS-NFI) this book presents full details of the developmen... |
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780,00 zł |
Basics Water Cycles
ISBN: 9783764388546 / Angielski / Twarda / 83 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Integration der haustechnischen Anlagen ist ein wichtiger Aspekt bei der Planung des Architekten. Die Konzeptionierung von Versorgungsstrangen und Kreislaufen im Gebaude erfordert ein Verstandnis fur die Zusammenhange der Ver- und Entsorgung mit dem Element Wasser. Die Integration der haustechnischen Anlagen ist ein wichtiger Aspekt bei der Planung des Architekten. Die Konzeptionierung von Versorgungsstrangen ... |
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95,90 zł |
Natural Environmental Change
ISBN: 9780415139328 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume offers a concise introduction to this key topic in the study of the environment, geography, and earth science. Illustrated throughout, each chapter provides a broad spectrum of international case studies and further reading guides. Introductory chapters examine the theories of environmental change and provide a summary of Earth history. The records of environmental change are then explained, as revealed by data from various archives such as ocean sediment, ice core, terrestrial deposits such as glacial moraines and lake sediments, tree rings, and historical and meteorological...
This volume offers a concise introduction to this key topic in the study of the environment, geography, and earth science. Illustrated throughout, eac...
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890,27 zł |
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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864,83 zł |
Global Ethics and Environment
ISBN: 9780415197359 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As global capitalism expands and reaches ever-further corners of the world, practical problems continue to escalate and repercussions become increasingly serious and irreversible. These practical problems carry with them equally important and ethical issues.
Global Ethics and Environment explores these ethical issues from a range of perspectives and using a wide range of case studies. Chapters focus on: the impact of development in new industrial regions; the ethical relationship between human and non-human nature; the application of ethics in different cultural and institutional... As global capitalism expands and reaches ever-further corners of the world, practical problems continue to escalate and repercussions become increasin...
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915,71 zł |
Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation
ISBN: 9780415200981 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can we balance the needs of the host, the environment and the visitor?
Most people live for their leisure, recreation and travel opportunities. Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation seeks to bring together the different strands of thought that inform the management of settings, for leisure and recreation. The text shows how a positive difference can be made to such activities, by taking a balanced approach in managing for the environment and for people, both now, and into the future. Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation urges managers to balance... Can we balance the needs of the host, the environment and the visitor? Most people live for their leisure, recreation and travel opportunities. |
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1373,56 zł |
Innovations in GIS
ISBN: 9780748401406 / Angielski / Twarda / 267 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book aims to offer research at the cutting edge. The individual chapters are fully revised and updated versions of contributions to the first focused scientific symposium on research in geographic information systems GISRUK. The book provides the reader with a comprehensive outline of the full range and diversity of innovative research programmes in the science of GIS. Chapters address key issues such as computational support; spatial analysis and error; and application and implementation.
This book aims to offer research at the cutting edge. The individual chapters are fully revised and updated versions of contributions to the first foc...
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1068,32 zł |
Archaeology and Geographic Information Systems: A European Perspective
ISBN: 9780748402083 / Angielski / Twarda / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents critical overviews of the application of GIS to the theory and practice of archaeology, particularly in the European context. The text discusses such concerns as CRM applications Cultural Resource Management, landscape archaeology,
Presents critical overviews of the application of GIS to the theory and practice of archaeology, particularly in the European context. The text discus...
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1068,32 zł |
Human Risk Assessment: The Role of Animal Selection and Extrapolation
ISBN: 9780850663686 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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1475,30 zł |