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Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment
Volume 3: Targeted Landslides
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Third World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in June 2014. The complete collection of papers from the Forum is published in three full-color volumes and one mono-color volume.
The Big Picture
Reflections on Science, Humanity, and a Quickly Changing Planet
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
"We've got lots of nuts-and-bolts accounts of our environmental predicament -- leave it to David Suzuki and Dave Robert Taylor to back up and give us the big view that puts things in perspective. A necessary book!" -- Bill McKibben
"Suzuki asks us to think beyond just swapping...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This book is aimed at providing a comprehensive overview of recent developments in sustainability science and engineering. The book focuses on principles and practices and presents 18 interwoven chapters on four major themes: design for sustainability; sustainability metrics and analysis; sustainable...
European Research on Sustainable Development
Volume 1: Transformative Science Approaches for Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
This book provides the reader with a state-of-the-art view of research on sustainable development. Its emphasis lies on the transformative dimension of this research: sustainable development can only be realized through a far-reaching transformation of the situation humankind finds itself in at the...
Food versus Fuel
An Informed Introduction to Biofuels
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Food versus Fuel presents a high-level introduction to the science and economics behind a well-worn debate, that will debunk myths and provide quality facts and figures for academics and practitioners in development studies, environment studies, and agricultural studies. Compiled by an internationally...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Companion to Environmental Studies presents a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the key issues, debates, concepts, approaches and questions that together define environmental studies today. The intellectually wide-ranging volume covers approaches in environmental science all the way...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
This volume is the first of its kind to present contemporary, state-of-the-art examples of how social science theories, models, and findings can advance all aspects of campus sustainability, an area that has so far been largely neglected. The individual chapters reflect the broad diversity of research...
by Emilio Benfenati
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) for Pesticide Regulatory Purposes stems from the experience of the EC funded project DEMETRA. This project combined institutes involved in the regulatory process of pesticides, industries of the sector and scientists to develop and offer original...
Sustainable Development
Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD2015)
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Since the emergence of climate and global warming onto the international agenda, research in sustainability has been underpinned by the development in energy and environmental science. Highlighted 30 years ago by the Brundtland Commission, "sustainable development" was defined as: meeting...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
This multidisciplinary handbook explores concrete case studies which illustrate how sustainability science and research can contribute to the realization of the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contains contributions from sustainability researchers from across the world.
Integrating Sustainability Thinking in Science and Engineering Curricula
Innovative Approaches, Methods and Tools
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2014
Including considerations of sustainability in universities’ activities has long since become mainstream. However, there is still much to be done with regard to the full integration of sustainability thinking into science and engineering curricula. Among the problems that hinder progress in this...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Small-scale fisheries are a major source of food and employment around the world. Yet, many small-scale fishers work in conditions that are neither safe nor secure. Millions of them are poor, and often they are socially and politically marginalized. Macro-economic and institutional mechanisms...
by Richard Alley
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
On November 2, 2011, Richard Alley participated in The National Climate Seminar, a series of webinars sponsored by Bard College’s Center for Environmental Policy. The online seminars provide a forum for leading scientists, writers, and other experts to talk about critical issues regarding climate...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2008
This volume contains chapters spanning from the role of geochemistry in the environment in general to specific investigations on site characterization (sampling strategy, analytical procedures and problems). Specific articles deal with health problems related to environment pollution, waste disposal,...