Environmental category: 9736 books
Natural States
The Environmental Imagination in Maine, Oregon, and the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Richard Judd and Christopher Beach define the environmental imagination as the attempt to secure 'a sense of freedom, permanence, and authenticity through communion with nature.' The desire for this connection is based on ideals about nature, wilderness, and the livable landscape that are personal,...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2018
This book provides a richly interdisciplinary assessment of the thought and work of Bryan Norton, one of most innovative and influential environmental philosophers of the past thirty years. In landmark works such as Toward Unity Among Environmentalists and Sustainability: A Philosophy of Adaptive...
Information Technology in Environmental Engineering
Selected Contributions to the Sixth International Conference on Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering (ITEE2013)
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
Information technologies have evolved to an enabling science for natural resource management and conservation, environmental engineering, scientific simulation and integrated assessment studies. Computing plays a significant role in the every day practices of environmental engineers, natural scientists,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
This book provides a range of perspectives on some of the most pressing contemporary challenges in EU environmental law and governance from some of today’s leading European environmental academics and practitioners.
The book maintains a focus on three key cross-cutting issues, each of which...
Environmental Communication. Second Edition
Skills and Principles for Natural Resource Managers, Scientists, and Engineers.
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
Environmental professionals can no longer simply publish research in technical journals. Informing the public is now a critical part of the job. Environmental Communication demonstrates, step by step, how it’s done, and is an essential guide for communicating complex information to groups not familiar...
Environmental Fluid Dynamics
Flow Processes, Scaling, Equations of Motion, and Solutions to Environmental Flows
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Environmental Fluid Dynamics provides an introduction to the principles of environmental fluid dynamics, i.e., nature’s use of air and water to transport and transform waste into nutrients for various organisms.
The author, a Professor of Environmental Engineering and the Director of the...
by Alecia M. Spooner
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
The easy way to score high in Environmental Science
Environmental science is a fascinating subject, but some students have a hard time grasping the interrelationships of the natural world and the role that humans play within the environment. Presented in a straightforward format, Environmental...
by Philippe Sands, Jacqueline Peel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
This new and fully updated edition of Principles of International Environmental Law offers a comprehensive and critical account of one of the fastest growing areas of international law: the principles and rules relating to environmental protection. Introducing the reader to the key foundational principles,...
Better Environmental Policy Studies
How To Design And Conduct More Effective Analyses
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Environmental policy studies commissioned by governmagencies or other stakeholders can play a vital role in environmental decisionmaking; they provide much-needed insight into policy options and specific recommendations for action. But the results of even the mrigorous studies are frequently misappropriated...
Environmental Policy in North America
Approaches, Capacity, and the Management of Transboundary Issues
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
This comprehensive analysis of key issues in North American environmental policy provides an overview of how the US, Mexico, and Canada differ in their environmental management approaches and capacity levels, and how these differences play into cross-border cooperation on environmental problems. The...
Environmental Governance in Europe and Asia
A Comparative Study of Institutional and Legislative Frameworks
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
This book looks at environmental governance in both Asia and Europe and offers a comparative analysis of the two regions in order to provide a better understanding of the concept of ‘environmental governance’ and its status in Europe and Asia. The book assesses the legislative, institutional and...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Environmental Sustainability Using Green Technologies explains the role of green engineering and social responsibility in the development of chemicals, processes, products, and systems. Examining the relationship between economy, ecology, and equality—key factors in developing a sustainable society—this...
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews provide independent assessments of countries’ progress towards their environmental policy objectives. Reviews promote peer learning, enhance government accountability, and provide targeted recommendations aimed at improving environmental performance, individually...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
This book contains peer reviewed papers accepted for presentation at the National Conference on Advances in Environmental Science & Technology. Topics include environmental regulations, groundwater remediation technologies, waste to energy, climate change, economics, environmental justice,...