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  • Heatwaves

    Causes, Consequences and Responses

    de Glenn McGregor ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Distinctively, this book brings together an end-to-end understanding of heatwaves, that is, a consideration of their causes, consequences for human and natural systems and societal responses to them in the form of adaptation and mitigation actions. It advocates for recognizing "the heatwave imperative" and emphasizes that “heatwaves matter”. Together, the individual chapters make the point that ... Leer más

    $197.99 USD

  • Urban Climate Science for Planning Healthy Cities

    Edición de Chao Ren, Glenn McGregor ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume demonstrates how urban climate science can provide valuable information for planning healthy cities. The book illustrates the idea of "Science in Time, Science in Place" by providing worldwide case-based urban climatic planning applications for a variety of regions and countries, utilizing relevant climatic-spatial planning experiences to address local climatic and environmental health ... Leer más

    $134.99 USD

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  • Climate Change in Practice

    Topics for Discussion with Group Exercises

    de Robert L. Wilby ...
    Derived from an undergraduate course taught by the author, this accessible book seeks to challenge and provoke readers by posing a series of topical questions concerning climate change and society. Topic summaries provide answers to technical, socio-economic and moral questions surrounding the deployment of climate science. These include how to build and test a climate model, whom and what is most ... Leer más

    $47.99 USD

  • Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions

    Edición de Roberto Tognetti, Melanie Smith, Pietro Panzacchi ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book offers a cross-sectoral reference for both managers and scientists interested in climate-smart forestry, focusing on mountain regions. It provides a comprehensive analysis on forest issues, facilitating the implementation of climate objectives. This book includes structured summaries of each chapter.Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, CLIMO has brought together ... Leer más

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  • Use of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to Assess Land Degradation at Multiple Scales

    Current Status, Future Trends, and Practical Considerations

    de Genesis T. Yengoh, David Dent, Lennart Olsson, Anna E. Tengberg, Compton J. Tucker III ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This report examines the scientific basis for the use of remotely sensed data, particularly Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), primarily for the assessment of land degradation at different scales and for a range of applications, including resilience of agro-ecosystems. Evidence is drawn from a wide range of investigations, primarily from the scientific peer-reviewed literature but also ... Leer más

    $53.99 USD

  • Ecological Footprints of Climate Change

    Adaptive Approaches and Sustainability

    Edición de Uday Chatterjee, Angela Oyilieze Akanwa, Suresh Kumar, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Abira Dutta Roy ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book explores global implications of human activities that trigger changes in climate and the appropriate scientific, adaptive, and sustainable approaches as a proven information tool. It reveals that the ecological, social, and economic dynamics of the changing earth encompasses huge uncertainties coupled with its ability to be linked to other forms of global change. From a scientific ... Leer más

    $134.99 USD

  • Climate Change and Extreme Events

    Edición de Ali Fares ...
    Climate Change and Extreme Events uses a multidisciplinary approach to discuss the relationship between climate change-related weather extremes and their impact on human lives. Topics discussed are grouped into four major sections: weather parameters, hydrological responses, mitigation and adaptation, and governance and policies, with each addressed with regard to past, present and future ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • Adapting the Built Environment for Climate Change

    Design Principles for Climate Emergencies

    Edición de Fernando Pacheco-Torgal, Claes Goran-Granqvist ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
    Adapting the Built Environment for Climate Change: Design Principles for Climate Emergencies analyzes several scenarios and proposes various adaptation strategies for climate emergencies (heat waves, wildfires, floods, and storms). Divided into three themes, the book offers an organized vision of a complex and multi-factor challenge. It covers climatic resilience and building refurbishment, ... Leer más

    $278.99 USD

  • National Security and Human Health Implications of Climate Change

    Edición de Harindra Joseph Fernando, Z.B. Klaić, J.L. McCulley ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    Climate change has been identified as one of the greatest threats to humanity of all times. In addition to producing adverse environmental conditions such as rising sea level, drought, crop failure, vector-borne diseases, extreme events, degradation of water/air quality and heat waves, climate change is also considered a threat multiplier that leads to local and international conflicts and armed ... Leer más

    $188.99 USD

  • Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change

    Edición de Melissa R. Marselle, Jutta Stadler, Horst Korn, Katherine N. Irvine, Aletta Bonn ...
    This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning – and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation.This transdisciplinary ... Leer más

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  • The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

    de Nathalie Pettorelli ...
    There has been a recent surge of interest in remote sensing and its use in ecology and conservation but this is the first book to focus explicitly on the NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index), a simple numerical indicator and powerful tool that can be used to assess spatio-temporal changes in green vegetation. The NDVI opens the possibility of addressing questions on scales inaccessible to ... Leer más

    $100.99 USD

  • Models of the Ecological Hierarchy

    From Molecules to the Ecosphere

    de Ferenc Jordan, Sven Erik Jørgensen ...
    Series Libro 25 - Developments in Environmental Modelling
    In the application of statistics to ecological inference problems, hierarchical models combine explicit models of ecological system structure or dynamics with models of how ecological systems are observed. The principles of hierarchical modeling are applied in this book to a wide range of problems ranging from the molecular level, through populations, ecosystems, landscapes, networks, through to ... Leer más

    $121.99 USD