The New Carbon Economy provides a critical understanding of the carbon economy. It offers key insights into the constitution, governance and effects of the carbon economy, across a variety of geographical settings. Examines different dimensions of the carbon economy from a range of disciplinary angles in a diversity of settings Provides ways for researchers to subject claims of newness and uniqueness to critical scrutiny Historicizes claims of t ...
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. Each chapter follows a similar format to facilitate comparison and discussion. For each pollutant, the authors describe the sources, pathways, environmen ...
This book covers both the practical and theoretical aspects of catastrophe modelling for insurance industry practitioners and public policymakers. Written by authors with both academic and industry experience it also functions as an excellent graduate-level text and overview of the field. Ours is a time of unprecedented levels of risk from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Fortunately, it is also an era of relatively inexpensive technologi ...
Provides the tools needed to analyze and solve acid drainage problems Featuring contributions from leading experts in science and engineering, this book explores the complex biogeochemistry of acid mine drainage, rock drainage, and acid sulfate soils. It describes how to predict, prevent, and remediate the environmental impact of acid drainage and the oxidation of sulfides, offering the latest sampling and analytical methods. Moreover, readers w ...
Данное учебное пособие поможет будущим специалистам экологам-природопользователям ориентироваться в вопросах планирования и организации работ в сфере обращения с отходами производства и потребления, их хранения и переработки. Учебное пособие имеет научно-теоретическое и прикладное назначение, поскольку освещает физико-химические, биохимические и технологические основы переработки и утилизации отходов, а также основы стратегии управления и докуме ...
Pick up any hydrology textbook and it will not be long before you encounter pages listing sequences of equations representing complex mathematical concepts. Students and practitioners of hydrology will not find this very helpful, as their aim, generally, is to study and understand hydrology, and not to find themselves confronted with material that even students of mathematics would find challenging. Often, equations appear to be copied and paste ...
В учебном пособии описаны основные методы полевых исследований растительности в рамках обязательных требований, обеспечивающих получение информации для экологического обоснования хозяйственной и иной деятельности в предпроектной и проектной документации, а также для оценки воздействия на окружающую среду и экологического мониторинга. Даны методологические основы организации и проведения работ по характеристике растительного покрова и его эколого ...