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Environment & Management eBook Series

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  • Managing Environmental Disputes

    Network Management as an Alternative

    Edited by P. Glasbergen ...
    Series Book 5 - Environment & Management
    The concept of sustainable development is a source of inspiration for many, who see it as a call to cooperative action. In practice, however, policies intended to further this goal often generate conflicts of interest. The ensuing disputes occur among governmental organizations, but disputes also arise between public authorities, private interest groups, and the environmental movement. In the ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

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  • Tides

    The Science and Spirit of the Ocean

    by Jonathan White ...
    In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides.In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide; in China, he races the Silver Dragon, a twenty-five-foot tidal bore that crashes eighty miles up the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Oil Spill Monitoring Handbook

    Edited by Sharon Hook, Graeme Batley, Andrew Ross, Michael Holloway, Paul Irving ...
    Oil spills can be difficult to manage, with reporting frequently delayed. Too often, by the time responders arrive at the scene, the slick has moved, dissolved, dispersed or sunk. This Oil Spill Monitoring Handbook provides practical advice on what information is likely required following the accidental release of oil or other petroleum-based products into the marine environment. The book focuses ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • From Science to Society

    New Trends in Environmental Informatics

    Edited by Benoît Otjacques, Patrik Hitzelberger, Stefan Naumann, Volker Wohlgemuth ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents the latest findings and ongoing research in connection with green information systems and green information & communication technology (ICT). It provides valuable insights into a broad range of cross-cutting concerns in ICT and the environmental sciences, and showcases how ICT can be used to effectively address environmental and energy efficiency issues. Offering a selection of ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • The Feasibility of Joint Implementation

    Edited by C.J. Jepma ...
    Series Book 3 - Environment & Policy
    CATRINUS J. JEPMA This volume contains the various contributions that were made during the International Conference on Joint Implementation, held near Groningen, The Netherlands, 1-3 June 1994. The conference was initiated by The Netherlands' Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment -along with the Ministries of Foreign (Development Cooper ation) and Economic Affairs -and carried out ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Sustainability Through Innovation in Product Life Cycle Design

    Edited by Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Keijiro Masui, Shinichi Fukushige, Shinsuke Kondoh ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book consists of chapters based on selected papers presented at the EcoDesign2015 symposium (9th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing). The symposium, taking place in Tokyo in December 2015, has been leading the research and practices of eco-design of products and product-related services since it was first held in 1999. The proceedings of ... Read more

    $256.99 CAD

  • Adaptive Water Management

    Concepts, Principles and Applications for Sustainable Development

    by Farideh Delavari Edalat, M. Reza Abdi ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book explores a new framework of Adaptive Water Management (AWM) for evaluating existing approaches in urban water management. It highlights the need to adopt multidisciplinary strategies in water management while providing an in-depth understanding of institutional interactions amongst different water related sectors.The key characteristics of AWM i.e. polycentric governance, organisational ... Read more

    $141.99 CAD

  • Citizen Planners

    Shaping Communities with Spatial Tools

    by Bernard J. Niemann, D. David Moyer, Stephen J. Ventura, Richard E. Chenoweth, Douglas A. Miskowiak ...
    Citizen Planners: Shaping Communities with Spatial Tools describes how geographic information systems can be made accessible to ordinary citizens with little or no professional training to help plan and shape their local communities. The book focuses on the efforts of a group of Wisconsin citizens from all backgrounds who pushed for legislation that resulted in the GIS-based Wisconsin Land ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Textiles and Clothing Sustainability

    Sustainable Textile Chemical Processes

    Edited by Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book highlights the challenges in sustainable wet processing of textiles, natural dyes, enzymatic textiles and sustainable textile finishes. Textile industry is known for its chemical processing issues and many NGO’s are behind the textile sector to streamline its chemical processing, which is the black face of clothing and fashion sector. Sustainable textile chemical processes are crucial ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Issues and Concepts in Historical Ecology

    The Past and Future of Landscapes and Regions

    Edited by Carole L. Crumley, Tommy Lennartsson, Anna Westin ...
    Historical ecology is a research framework which draws upon diverse evidence to trace complex, long-term relationships between humanity and Earth. With roots in anthropology, archaeology, ecology and paleoecology, geography, and landscape and heritage management, historical ecology applies a practical and holistic perspective to the study of change. Furthermore, it plays an important role in both ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • Risk Assessment Methods

    Approaches for Assessing Health and Environmental Risks

    by M.W. Merkhoher, V.T. Covello ...
    Much has already been written about risk assessment. Epidemiologists write books on how risk assessment is used to explore the factors that influence the distribution of disease in populations of people. Toxicologists write books on how risk assess ment involves exposing animals to risk agents and concluding from the results what risks people might experience if similarly exposed. Engineers write ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources

    Edited by NJ McKenzie, MJ Grundy, R Webster, AJ Ringrose-Voase ...
    Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources promotes the development and implementation of consistent methods and standards for conducting soil and land resource surveys in Australia. These surveys are primarily field operations that aim to identify, describe, map and evaluate the various kinds of soil or land resources in specific areas. The advent of geographic information systems, global ... Read more

    $140.99 CAD