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Recent Advances in Geo-Environmental Engineering, Geomechanics and Geotechnics, and Geohazards
Proceedings of the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2018
This edited volume contains the best papers in the geo-engineering field accepted for presentation at the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Tunisia 2018. In addition, it includes 3 keynotes by international experts on the following topics:
A new three-dimensional...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
The Culture of Nature in the History of Design confronts the dilemma caused by design’s pertinent yet precarious position in environmental discourse through interdisciplinary conversations about the design of nature and the nature of design. Demonstrating that the deep entanglements of design and...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.
Globalisation and the Quest for Social and Environmental Justice
The Relevance of International Law in an Evolving World Order
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
There are few topics as controversial as globalisation. It is meant to bring economic growth and solve a range of social, cultural and humanitarian problems. However, there are significant debates in relation to the extent that the reality of globalisation reflects this idealized vision. In particular,...
Environmental Problems in Marine Biology
Methodological Aspects and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Marine environment can be affected by several pollutants such as the presence of elements and their chemical species, pharmaceuticals, nanoparticles and other emerging contaminants. Environmental monitoring can be assessed by genomics, proteomics (i.e. redox proteomics), chemical speciation analysis...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
The natural world has been "humanized": even areas thought to be wilderness bear the marks of human impact. But this human impact is not simply physical. At the emergence of the environmental movement, the focus was on human effects on "nature." More recently, however, the complexity...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
This volume builds on the previous two editions, Environmental Photochemistry Part I and Part II, which reflect the diverse range of activities in this highly dynamic research field. The chapters cover fundamental topics, from photocatalyst materials, surface-modified materials, reaction kinetics...
The Wild and the Toxic
American Environmentalism and the Politics of Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
Health figures centrally in late twentieth-century environmental activism. There are many competing claims about the health of ecosystems, the health of the planet, and the health of humans, yet there is little agreement among the likes of D.C. lobbyists, grassroots organizers, eco-anarchist collectives,...
Pollutants, Human Health and the Environment
A Risk Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
Pollutants, Human Health and the Environment is a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of environmental pollutants that are of current concern to human health.
Clearly structured throughout, the main body of the book is divided by pollutant type with a chapter devoted to each group of pollutants....
Hormones and Pharmaceuticals Generated by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Transport in Water and Soil
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2009
Hormones and Pharmaceuticals Generated by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: Transport in Water and Soil examines how hormones, antibiotics and pharmaceuticals generated from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) of cattle, poultry, swine and aquaculture are transported in water and...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.
Reservoir Sedimentation
Assessment and Environmental Controls
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2019
Reservoir Sedimentation: Assessment and Environmental Controls appraises the issues of sedimentation in reservoirs and discusses measures that can be employed for the effective management of sediment to prolong the operational life of reservoirs. It provides information for professional consultants...
by George W. Ware, Francis A. Gunther
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology provides detailed review articles concerned with aspects of chemical contaminants, including pesticides, in the total environment with toxicological considerations and consequences. C.E. CASTRO: Environmental Dehalogenation-Chemistry and Mechanism...
The Principle of Sustainability
Transforming law and governance
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
This book investigates how sustainability informs key principles and concepts of domestic and international law. It calls for the recognition of ecological sustainability as a fundamental principle to guide the entire legal system rather than just environmental legislation. To this end, the book makes...