Pollution & threats to the environment books

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Decision-making and Radioactive Waste Disposal

Decision-making and Radioactive Waste Disposal

Author: Andrew Newman (Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, USA) ,  Gerry Nagtzaam (Monash University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415819015
Format: Hardback
$326.00

This book critically examines the phenomenon of low level radioactive waste disposal facility siting across four...  Read More >>

Building Futures: Managing energy in the built environment

Building Futures: Managing energy in the built environment...

Author: Jane Powell (University of East Anglia, UK) ,  Jennifer Monahan (University of East Anglia, UK)
ISBN: 9780415720106
Format: Hardback
$368.00

A reduction in the energy demand of buildings can make a major contribution to achieving national and international...  Read More >>

Securitizing Global Warming: A Climate of Complexity

Securitizing Global Warming: A Climate of Complexity...

Author: Delf Rothe (University of Hamburg, Germany)
ISBN: 9781138935303
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This book examines the emergence of a global climate security discourse as an instance of securitization, using...  Read More >>

Reaction Mechanisms in Carbon Dioxide Conversion

Reaction Mechanisms in Carbon Dioxide Conversion

Author: Michele Aresta ,  Angela Dibenedetto
ISBN: 9783662468302
Format: Hardback
$343.17

This book provides an analysis of the reaction mechanisms relevant to a number of processes in which CO2 is converted...  Read More >>

Community Action and Climate Change

Community Action and Climate Change

Author: Jennifer Kent (Honorary Associate, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney)
ISBN: 9781138920408
Format: Hardback
$315.00

The failure of recent international negotiations to progress global action on climate change has shifted attention...  Read More >>

Sind Umweltkrisen Krisen der Natur oder der Kultur?

Sind Umweltkrisen Krisen der Natur oder der Kultur?...

Author: Bernd Herrmann
ISBN: 9783662481387
Format: Paperback
$85.36

Dieses Buch macht die Beiträge eines Workshops der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften LEOPOLDINA zum Thema Umweltkrisen...  Read More >>

The Secure and the Dispossessed: How the Military and Corporations are Shaping a Climate-Changed World

The Secure and the Dispossessed: How the Military and...

Author: Nick Buxton (Transnational Institute) ,  Ben Hayes (Transnational Institute)
ISBN: 9780745336916
Format: Hardback
$158.95

An exploration into how the elite exploit the impact of climate change and how communities can resist this process....  Read More >>

Silent Earth: Earth, God, Believers, Non Believers, Scientists, Astronomers, And Our Universe. Why Are We Here? Who Created Earth? Questions Answered!

Silent Earth: Earth, God, Believers, Non Believers,...

Author: John L Brown
ISBN: 9781522815754
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Cascading waterfalls, shifting lava flows, snow-filled canyons, and vast miles of rainforest, speak to the diversity...  Read More >>

Climate and Environmental Change in China: 1951–2012

Climate and Environmental Change in China: 1951–2012...

Author: Dahe Qin ,  Yongjian Ding
ISBN: 9783662484807
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Through numerous color figures and tables, this book presents the most up-to-date knowledge on climate and environmental...  Read More >>

Environmental Footprints of Packaging

Environmental Footprints of Packaging

Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
ISBN: 9789812879110
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book presents detailed discussions concerning the environmental footprints of various packaging systems and...  Read More >>

Culture and Conservation: Beyond Anthropocentrism

Culture and Conservation: Beyond Anthropocentrism

Author: Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet (University of Connecticut, USA) ,  Helen Kopnina (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9780415721981
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Today, there is growing interest in conservation and anthropologists have an important role to play in helping conservation...  Read More >>

Water Resources in a Variable and Changing Climate

Water Resources in a Variable and Changing Climate

Author: Simon Beecham ,  Julia Piantadosi
ISBN: 9783038420835
Format: Hardback
$237.73

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Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management in Developing Countries

Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management in...

Author: Chu Hoanh (International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka) ,  Aditya Sood
ISBN: 9781780643663
Format: Hardback
$149.17

The book provides an analysis of impacts of climate change on water for agriculture, and the adaptation strategies...  Read More >>

Climate change mitigation: policies and progress

Climate change mitigation: policies and progress

Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
ISBN: 9789264232679
Format: Paperback
$59.99

This stock-taking report will showcase OECD's added value in the field of climate change policy; enhance transparency;...  Read More >>

Climatic Drought Impact: Oregon's Saline Ecosystem, Lake Abert

Climatic Drought Impact: Oregon's Saline Ecosystem,...

Author: Frank P Conte
ISBN: 9781519796332
Format: Paperback
$71.23

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Green Polymers and Environmental Pollution Control

Green Polymers and Environmental Pollution Control

Author: Moayad N. Khalaf
ISBN: 9781771881395
Format: Hardback
$323.44

Green Polymers and Environment Pollution Control examines the latest developments in the important and growing field...  Read More >>

Wetland Systems to Control Urban Runoff

Wetland Systems to Control Urban Runoff

Author: Miklas Scholz
ISBN: 9780444636072
Format: Hardback
$396.00

Wetlands for Water Pollution Control, Second Edition, covers the fundamental science and engineering principles...  Read More >>

Higher Education and Capacity Building in Africa: The geography and power of knowledge under changing conditions

Higher Education and Capacity Building in Africa: The...

Author: Hanne Kirstine Adriansen (Aarhus University, Denmark) ,  Lene Madsen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
ISBN: 9781138838154
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Higher education has recently been recognized as a key driver for societal growth in the Global South and capacity...  Read More >>

Climate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing Water Resources

Climate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing...

Author: Mauri Pelto
ISBN: 9783319226040
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book presents the impact of climate change on Mount Baker glaciers, USA, and the rivers surrounding them. Recent...  Read More >>

Apocalypse Tomorrow

Apocalypse Tomorrow

Author: Sir Richard Lodge
ISBN: 9781785075605
Format: Paperback
$38.79

The climate science is clear. Global warming is an urgent and largely man-made problem. The same science shows...  Read More >>

Global Warming Solutions

Global Warming Solutions

Author: Colin Baglin
ISBN: 9781845496647
Format: Paperback
$15.50

COLIN BAGLIN is a retired nuclear engineer. He is a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and the Nuclear...  Read More >>

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