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Emerging Organic Contaminants and Human Health (Hardcover, 2012 ed.): Damia Barcelo Emerging Organic Contaminants and Human Health (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)
Damia Barcelo
R8,365 Discovery Miles 83 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume provides an overview of the occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants, discusses advanced chemical analysis methods, toxicological and ecotoxicological effects as well as human exposure. One focus is on pharmaceuticals, in particular antibiotics, and the problems associated with their increased use in hospitals. Other covered emerging contaminants occurring e.g. in food, water, air or soil include brominated flame retardants, polar pesticides, phthalates, phosphate esters, perfluorinated compounds, personal care products, musk fragrances, disinfection byproducts, illicit drugs, and nanomaterials. The chapters written by experts are a valuable source of information for a broad audience, such as analytical chemists, environmental chemists and engineers, toxicologists, ecotoxicologists and epidemiologists working already in this field as well as newcomers.

Aerosol Inhalation: Recent Research Frontiers - Prodeedings of the International Workshop on Aerosol Inhalation, Lung... Aerosol Inhalation: Recent Research Frontiers - Prodeedings of the International Workshop on Aerosol Inhalation, Lung Transport, Deposition and the Relation to the Environment: Recent Research Frontiers, Warsaw, Poland, September 14-16, 1995 (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)
J. C. Marijnissen, Leon Gradon
R4,530 Discovery Miles 45 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A group of highly esteemed aerosol scientists - physicists, chemists, biologists and toxicologists - met in Warsaw in September, 1995, in order to discuss the latest developments in the field of aerosol health subjects, including inhalation, lung transport and deposition. The relationship of these subjects with the environment was also addressed. This book contains the proceedings of the Workshop and also documents the ensuing panel discussions. Subject Index included.

Storing Carbon in Agricultural Soils - A Multi-Purpose Environmental Strategy (Hardcover, Reprinted from CLIMATIC CHANGE, 51:1,... Storing Carbon in Agricultural Soils - A Multi-Purpose Environmental Strategy (Hardcover, Reprinted from CLIMATIC CHANGE, 51:1, 2001)
Norman J. Rosenberg, Roberto C. Izaurralde
R2,938 Discovery Miles 29 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Soil carbon sequestration can play a strategic role in controlling the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere and thereby help mitigate climatic change. There are scientific opportunities to increase the capacity of soils to store carbon and remove it from circulation for longer periods of time. The vast areas of degraded and desertified lands throughout the world offer great potential for the sequestration of very large quantities of carbon. If credits are to be bought and sold for carbon storage, quick and inexpensive instruments and methods will be needed to monitor and verify that carbon is actually being added and maintained in soils. Large-scale soil carbon sequestration projects pose economic and social problems that need to be explored. This book focuses on scientific and implementation issues that need to be addressed in order to advance the discipline of carbon sequestration from theory to reality. The main issues discussed in the book are broad and cover aspects of basic science, monitoring, and implementation. The opportunity to restore productivity of degraded lands through carbon sequestration is examined in detail. This book will be of special interest to professionals in agronomy, soil science, and climatology.

Handbook of CO2 in Power Systems (Hardcover, 2012): Qipeng P. Zheng, Steffen Rebennack, Panos M. Pardalos, Mario V F Pereira,... Handbook of CO2 in Power Systems (Hardcover, 2012)
Qipeng P. Zheng, Steffen Rebennack, Panos M. Pardalos, Mario V F Pereira, Niko A. Iliadis
R2,937 Discovery Miles 29 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Handbook of CO in Power Systems' objective is to include the state-of-the-art developments that occurred in power systems taking CO emission into account. The book includes power systems operation modeling with CO emissions considerations, CO market mechanism modeling, CO regulation policy modeling, carbon price forecasting, and carbon capture modeling. For each of the subjects, at least one article authored by a world specialist on the specific domain is included."

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): George Ware Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
George Ware
R4,355 Discovery Miles 43 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

Climate Variability: Perspectives and Limitations (Hardcover): Andrew Hyman Climate Variability: Perspectives and Limitations (Hardcover)
Andrew Hyman
R2,492 R2,271 Discovery Miles 22 710 Save R221 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Treatise on Sustainability Science and Engineering (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): I.S. Jawahir, S.K. Sikdar, Y. Huang Treatise on Sustainability Science and Engineering (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
I.S. Jawahir, S.K. Sikdar, Y. Huang
R4,580 R3,723 Discovery Miles 37 230 Save R857 (19%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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 energy; and sustainable supply/value. Significant, state-of-the-art work, methodologies, practices and plans are presented by researchers, technology developers and industry leaders. Topics discussed include: life cycle assessment; product end-of-life options; practical approaches to sustainability; environmental footprint assessment; biofuels; and sustainable supply chain management.

Eco-Standards, Product Labelling and Green Consumerism (Hardcover): M. Bostroem, M. Klintman Eco-Standards, Product Labelling and Green Consumerism (Hardcover)
M. Bostroem, M. Klintman
R2,878 Discovery Miles 28 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Introduction: Green Consumerism, Green Labelling?
The Historical Context Key Trends
Green Labels and other Eco-Standards: A Definition
The Consumers Role: Trusting, Reflecting or Influencing?
Our Cases
Sceptical and Encouraging Arguments
Policy Contexts and Labelling
Three Framing Strategies: From a Complex Reality to a Categorical Label
Organizing the Labelling
Dealing with Mutual Mistrust
Green Labelling and Green Consumerism: Challenges and Horizons


Monitoring of Marine Pollution (Hardcover): Houma Bachari Fouzia Monitoring of Marine Pollution (Hardcover)
Houma Bachari Fouzia
R3,330 Discovery Miles 33 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Climate Change Governance (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): Joerg Knieling, Walter Leal Filho Climate Change Governance (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Joerg Knieling, Walter Leal Filho
R4,388 Discovery Miles 43 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Climate change is a cause for concern both globally and locally. In order for it to be tackled holistically, its governance is an important topic needing scientific and practical consideration. Climate change governance is an emerging area, and one which is closely related to state and public administrative systems and the behaviour of private actors, including the business sector, as well as the civil society and non-governmental organisations. Questions of climate change governance deal both with mitigation and adaptation whilst at the same time trying to devise effective ways of managing the consequences of these measures across the different sectors. Many books have been produced on general matters related to climate change, such as climate modelling, temperature variations, sea level rise, but, to date, very few publications have addressed the political, economic and social elements of climate change and their links with governance. This book will address this gap. Furthermore, a particular feature of this book is that it not only presents different perspectives on climate change governance, but it also introduces theoretical approaches and brings these together with practical examples which show how main principles may be implemented in practice.

Heat, Greed and Human Need - Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing (Paperback): Ian Gough Heat, Greed and Human Need - Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing (Paperback)
Ian Gough
R882 Discovery Miles 8 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'There are few scholarly books about climate change that take the issue of the distribution of its costs, and of the costs and benefits of its mitigation, as seriously as their absolute value. This is probably the best of those books that I have come across. Rigorously rooted in Gough's earlier work on theories of human need, the book is relentless in its pursuit of equity in respect of climate change and responses to it. Not everyone will agree with all its conclusions - for example that ''green capitalism merits the term contradiction'' - but they are unfailingly thought-provoking, as all good scholarship should be. Highly recommended.' - Paul Ekins, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, UK 'Gough applies his trademark scholarship on universal human needs to the urgent question of social policy for the transition to a de-carbonised world. Based on a clear-eyed analysis of a wide swathe of the social science literature, and an eco-social political economy perspective, his approach is both pragmatic and deeply rooted in ethics and social justice. Highly recommended and suitable for teaching at all levels.' - Juliet B. Schor, Boston College This exceptional book considers how far catastrophic global warming can be averted in an economic system that is greedy for growth, without worsening deprivation and inequality. The satisfaction of human needs - as opposed to wants - is the only viable measure for negotiating trade-offs between climate change, capitalism and human wellbeing, now and in the future. The author critically examines the political economy of capitalism and offers a long-term, interdisciplinary analysis of the prospects for keeping the rise in global temperatures below two degrees, while also improving equity and social justice. A three-stage transition is proposed with useful practical policies. First, 'green growth': cut carbon emissions from production across the world. Second, 'recompose' patterns of consumption in the rich world, cutting high-energy luxuries in favour of low-energy routes to meeting basic needs. Third, because the first two are perilously insufficient, move towards an economy that flourishes without growth. Heat, Greed and Human Need is vital for researchers and students of the environment, public and social policy, economics, political theory and development studies. For those advocating political, social and environmental reform this book presents excellent practical eco-social policies to achieve both sustainable consumption and social justice.

Sustainable Development: Society, Ecology, Economy - Proceedings of the XVth International Scientific Conference 2019, 28 March... Sustainable Development: Society, Ecology, Economy - Proceedings of the XVth International Scientific Conference 2019, 28 March 2019, Moscow Witte University (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Aleksander V. Semenov, Igor A. Sokolov
R4,348 Discovery Miles 43 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents the results of studies that determine the most effective ways for human development, ensuring a decent life, and preserving natural resources within the framework of the defined issues. Russia is a participant of the United Nations Global Agreement on implementing sustainable development, adopted in 2015. Russia is a large country, both in terms of population and territory, that can significantly influence the achievement of sustainable development goals. Russia is actively promoting social responsibility practices and sustainable development among scientists, specialists, and students. The presented articles highlight the main problems in ecology, economy, education, and law; and analyses the opportunities and prospects in achieving sustainable development goals in the context of modern conditions.

Soil Heavy Metals (Hardcover, Edition.): Irena Sherameti, Ajit Varma Soil Heavy Metals (Hardcover, Edition.)
Irena Sherameti, Ajit Varma
R5,689 Discovery Miles 56 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Human activities have dramatically changed the composition and organisation of soils. Industrial and urban wastes, agricultural application and also mining activities resulted in an increased concentration of heavy metals in soils. How plants and soil microorganisms cope with this situation and the sophisticated techniques developed for survival in contaminated soils is discussed in this volume.

The topics presented include: the general role of heavy metals in biological soil systems; the relation of inorganic and organic pollutions; heavy metal, salt tolerance and combined effects with salinity; effects on abuscular mycorrhizal and on saprophytic soil fungi; heavy metal resistance by streptomycetes; trace element determination of environmental samples; the use of microbiological communities as indicators; phytostabilization of lead polluted sites by native plants; effects of soil earthworms on removal of heavy metals and the remediation of heavy metal contaminated tropical land.

Water and Land Security in Drylands - Response to Climate Change (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Mohamed Ouessar, Donald Gabriels,... Water and Land Security in Drylands - Response to Climate Change (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Mohamed Ouessar, Donald Gabriels, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Steven Evett
R4,823 R3,691 Discovery Miles 36 910 Save R1,132 (23%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book presents recent lessons learned in the context of research and development for various dryland ecosystems, focusing on water resources management, land and vegetation cover degradation and remediation, and socioeconomic aspects, as well as integrated approaches to ensuring water and land security in view of the current and predicted climate change. As water and land are the essential bases of food production, the management of these natural resources is becoming a cornerstone for the development of dryland populations. The book gathers the peer-reviewed, revised versions of the most outstanding papers on these topics presented at the ILDAC2015 Conference in Djerba, Tunisia.

Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Ecosystems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Klaus Lorenz, Rattan Lal Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Ecosystems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Klaus Lorenz, Rattan Lal
R6,666 Discovery Miles 66 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A comprehensive book on basic processes of soil C dynamics and the underlying factors and causes which determine the technical and economic potential of soil C sequestration. The book provides information on the dynamics of both inorganic (lithogenic and pedogenic carbonates) and organic C (labile, intermediate and passive). It describes different types of agroecosystems, and lists questions at the end of each chapter to stimulate thinking and promote academic dialogue. Each chapter has a bibliography containing up-to-date references on the current research, and provides the state-of-the-knowledge while also identifying the knowledge gaps for future research. The critical need for restoring C stocks in world soils is discussed in terms of provisioning of essential ecosystem services (food security, carbon sequestration, water quality and renewability, and biodiversity). It is of interest to students, scientists, and policy makers.

Removal and Degradation of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Wastewater Treatment (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Sara... Removal and Degradation of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Wastewater Treatment (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz, Paqui Blanquez Cano, Montserrat Sarra Adroguer
R10,432 Discovery Miles 104 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book reviews water treatment technologies for the removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs). It provides the reader with an overview of state-of-the-art techniques and recent efforts to develop more sustainable approaches. After nearly two decades of research into the presence and impact of PhACs in the environment, they remain one of the hottest topics in the fields of environmental chemistry, toxicology and engineering. Accordingly, intensive research efforts are currently being devoted to water treatment technologies that can reduce the presence of these emerging contaminants in water bodies. This book examines various types of contaminated water from industry, hospitals and urban wastewater. It provides the reader with a range of potential solutions for water treatment and reuse, and addresses the advancement of analytical tools for evaluating the performance and efficiency of treatment technologies.

Childhood and Biopolitics - Climate Change, Life Processes and Human Futures (Hardcover): N. Lee Childhood and Biopolitics - Climate Change, Life Processes and Human Futures (Hardcover)
N. Lee
R2,108 R1,892 Discovery Miles 18 920 Save R216 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Will the future be a climate disaster? Will biotechnologies bring huge improvements in lifespan and lifestyle? Predictions vary, but children's status as human embodiments of the future puts them at the centre of current attempts to shape the world. In this book, Nicholas Lee argues that, if it can adapt, the discipline of childhood studies can make a critical and creative contribution to future making.
"Childhood and Biopolitics" develops new ways to navigate and analyse childhood as a biopolitical phenomenon that is intimately connected with today's major political and scientific challenges. It addresses cognitive enhancement and mental capital, preventable disease and vaccine development, epidemics, public order, climate change and sustainability. It argues that children should be seen as a reservoir of the creative human ability to 'reframe' and so to respond to challenges and opportunities.

Pollution Control Instrumentation for Oil and Effluents (Hardcover, 1987 ed.): H. Parker, G.D. Pitt Pollution Control Instrumentation for Oil and Effluents (Hardcover, 1987 ed.)
H. Parker, G.D. Pitt
R4,611 Discovery Miles 46 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The scale of global transportation of oil cargoes has led to a demand for increased control and international legislation to combat accidental and operational dis charges of oily wastes and residues at sea. Since 1954 the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)* has provided the international forum for the development of several proposals for controlling oil pollution from shipping, which culminated in the 1973 International Convention for Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the 1978 Protocol relating to this Convention, together known as MARPOL 73178. Apart from the requirement for improvements in the constructional design of tankers, and operational procedures to enhance both safety and pollution control in the carriage of oil and other noxious substances at sea, MARPOL 73178 called for the extensive installation of oil discharge monitoring, control and separating equipment on board ships and offshore platforms. The 1973 Convention came into force in October 1983, twelve months after sufficient countries had ratified it and agreed to abide by the international rules and regulations. As a result, a large number of systems have now been installed and are operational. The demand to separate oil from water to give an oil content of less than 15 parts per million (ppm) and measure this on-line in an extremely difficult environment has pro vided a considerable impetus for the development of novel and robust instrumen tation and systems."

Circular Economy and Fly Ash Management (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, Vimal Kumar Circular Economy and Fly Ash Management (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, Vimal Kumar
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents a number of innovative uses of fly ash. Fly ash is a fine powder that is a byproduct of burning pulverized coal in thermal power plants. It is a pozzolan - a substance containing aluminous and siliceous material that when mixed with lime and water forms a compound similar to Portland cement. Though fly ash was a problem in terms of its disposal, it now has a variety of uses, such as a prime material in blocks, bricks, and PCC paving, and further applications are being investigated. As such, the recovery and reuse of fly ash wastes plays an important role in the implementation of the circular economy concept. Featuring selected, high-quality research papers presented at IconSWM 2018, the book provides valuable insights for the recycling industries, power plants, researchers, and governments.

Migration, Risk Management and Climate Change: Evidence and Policy Responses (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Andrea Milan, Benjamin... Migration, Risk Management and Climate Change: Evidence and Policy Responses (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Andrea Milan, Benjamin Schraven, Koko Warner, Noemi Cascone
R3,549 Discovery Miles 35 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This edited volume explores the circumstances under which vulnerable communities can better adapt to climate and environmental change, and focuses in particular on the centrality of migration as a resilience and adaptation strategy for communities at risk. The book features important case studies where migration is being used as a risk management strategy in the Pacific, Sub-Sahara Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Its comparative analysis reveals common patterns in enhancing local resilience through migration across diverse regional, socio-economic, cultural, and political contexts. This book is a contribution to the global discussion about the future of migration policy, especially as climate and environmental change is expected to grow as one of the most pressing challenges of our time.

The Climate Change Debate - An Epistemic and Ethical Enquiry (Hardcover): David Coady, R. Corry The Climate Change Debate - An Epistemic and Ethical Enquiry (Hardcover)
David Coady, R. Corry
R1,835 Discovery Miles 18 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Two kinds of philosophical questions are raised by the current public debate about climate change; epistemic questions (Whom should I believe? Is climate science a genuine science?), and ethical questions (Who should bear the burden? Must I sacrifice if others do not?). Although the former have been central to this debate, professional philosophers have dealt almost exclusively with the latter. This book is the first to address both the epistemic and ethical questions raised by the climate change debate and examine the relationship between them.

Urban Land - Degradation - Investigation - Remediation (Hardcover, 2003 ed.): Dieter D. Genske Urban Land - Degradation - Investigation - Remediation (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)
Dieter D. Genske
R4,650 Discovery Miles 46 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Urban land is developed, utilised, abandoned and left to degradation in many different ways. These processes are closely related to four aspects of human activities: the extraction of resources, their transformation into goods, the production of waste and the conflicts that arise when population grows and demands increase while resources remain limited. Urban land is developed and deteriorates in the course of these activities, while cities keep spreading, consuming the green spaces surrounding them. Sustainable city development aims at protecting the environment by reusing urban terrain. The author brings together the different aspects of this transdisciplinary endeavour by discussing the causes of degradation, the strategies of investigation and the techniques of remediation of urban land.

Phenological Research - Methods for Environmental and Climate Change Analysis (Hardcover, 2010 ed.): Irene L. Hudson, Marie R.... Phenological Research - Methods for Environmental and Climate Change Analysis (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Irene L. Hudson, Marie R. Keatley
R8,401 Discovery Miles 84 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As climate change continues to dominate the international environmental agenda, phenology - the study of the timing of recurring biological events - has received increasing research attention, leading to an emerging consensus that phenology can be viewed as an early warning system' for climate change impact. A multidisciplinary science involving many branches of ecology, geography and remote sensing, phenology to date has lacked a coherent methodological text. This new synthesis, including contributions from many of the world's leading phenologists, therefore fills a critical gap in the current biological literature. Providing critiques of current methods, as well as detailing novel and emerging methodologies, the book, with its extensive suite of references, provides readers with an understanding of both the theoretical basis and the potential applications required to adopt and adapt new analytical and design methods. An invaluable source book for researchers and students in ecology and climate change science, the book also provides a useful reference for practitioners in a range of sectors, including human health, fisheries, forestry, agriculture and natural resource management.

Thermal Solid Waste Utilisation in Regular and Industrial Facilities (Hardcover, 2000 ed.): Lucjan Pawlowski, Marzenna R.... Thermal Solid Waste Utilisation in Regular and Industrial Facilities (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
Lucjan Pawlowski, Marzenna R. Dudzinska, Marjorie A. Gonzales
R3,036 Discovery Miles 30 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Proceedings of the International Workshop, Thermal Solid Waste Utilization in Regular and Industrial Facilities, held in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, November 28-30, 1999. In recent years, industrial and urban growth has resulted in growing volumes of nondegradable wastes, and this volume focuses on the technologies related to recycling and material reuse which are now being favoured over land disposal. There is an overview on waste utilisation in industrial facilities, particularly cement kilns, from an ecological as well as technological aspect, and some innovative solutions of pyrolitic and plasma reactors, used for hazardous wastes combustion.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 175 (Hardcover, 2002 ed.): L.A. Albert, Etc Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 175 (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
L.A. Albert, Etc
R3,036 Discovery Miles 30 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology publishes authoritative reviews on the occurrence, effects, and fate of pesticide residues and other environmental contaminants. It will keep you informed of the latest significant issues by providing in-depth information in the areas of analytical chemistry, agricultural microbiology, biochemistry, human and veterinary medicine, toxicology, and food technology.

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