Environmental science, engineering and technology Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd Psychology for Sustainability
Book SynopsisPsychology for Sustainability applies psychological science to so-called "environmental" problems that manifest when human behavior disrupts and degrades natural systems. Trade ReviewPsychology for Sustainability is a beautifully rendered text packed with the information that every student needs. It offers a broad scope for understanding human psychology in relation to the planet, from history to social movements, and includes actions students can take. It provides an inside guide to the psychology of environmentally relevant behavior, reviewing experimental methods, relevant existing measures and then suggests interventions for behavior change. It’s an inspiring book, providing just enough alarming information to motivate the reader while showing specific steps that readers can take to alter humanity’s relationship with the rest of nature. It is an eye-opening, thought provoking and energizing book. Highly recommended!Darcia Narvaez, Professor Emerita, University of Notre Dame"This impressive fifth edition provides an introduction to the psychology of how we got to our climate emergency, and to the ecopsychology of how to respond. Informative and well-written. This text is a contribution toward the flourishing of all people, and all life."Peter H. Kahn, Jr., Professor, University of WashingtonTable of ContentsPART 1. WHAT ON EARTH ARE WE DOING? 1. What on Earth Are We Doing? 2. How Did We Get Here? Power, Privilege, and a Paradigm Problem 3. Where Do We Go From Here? Applying an Ecological Worldview PART 2. PSYCHOLOGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE 4. Psychology Can Help Save the Planet 5. The Power of the (Unsustainable) Situation 6. It’s Not Easy Thinking Green 7. Putting the "I" in Environment 8. To Be (Green), or Not to Be (Green)…It's a Question of Motivation PART 3. WHAT’S GOOD FOR THE PLANET IS GOOD FOR US 9. Making Ourselves Sick: Health Costs of Unsustainable Living 10. Healing the Split Between Planet and Self: We All Need to Walk on the Wild Side PART 4. BEING THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE 11. When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get…Together 12. Getting Psyched for Sustainability
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Environmentally Conscious Materials Handling
Book SynopsisEnvironmentally Conscious Materials Handling provides a foundation for understanding and implementing methods for reducing the environmental impact of all forms of handling packaged goods, as well as raw, hazardous, and toxic materials. Contributors present relevant practical and analytic techniques to ensure reliable materials handling.Table of ContentsContributors. Preface. Chapter 1: Materials Handling System Design (Sunderesh S. Heragu). Chapter 2: Ergonomics of Manual Materials Handling (James L. Smith, Jeffrey C. Wolstad, and Patrick Patterson). Chapter 3: Intelligent Control of Material Handling (Kasper Hallenborg). Chapter 4: Accommodating Environmental Concerns in Supply Chain Organization (Maria E. Mayorga and Ravi Subramanian). Chapter 5. Municipal Solid Waste Management and Disposal (Shoou-Yuh Chang). Chapter 6: Hazardous Waste Treatment (Mujde Erten-Unal). Chapter 7: Sanitary Landfill Operations (Berrin Tansel). Chapter 8: Transportation of Radioactive Materials (Audeen Waters Fentiman). Chapter 9: Pipe System Hydraulics (Blake Tullis). Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology of Mercury
Book SynopsisThis book provides the fundamentals, recent developments, and future research needs for critical mercury transformation and transport processes, as well as the experimental methods that have been employed in recent studies.Trade ReviewJOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY BRITISH TOXICOLOGY SOCIETY NEW ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY GROUP TOXICOLOGY ECOTOXICOLOGY INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES GREEN CHEMISTRY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCES ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY & CHEMISTRY INSTRUMENTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE NEWS TOXICOLOGY MECHANISMS, AND METHODSTable of ContentsPREFACE xiii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv CONTRIBUTORS xvii 1 OVERVIEW OF MERCURY IN THE ENVIRONMENT 1 Guangliang Liu, Yong Cai, Nelson O’Driscoll, Xinbin Feng, and Guibin Jiang 1.1 Introduction / 1 1.2 Toxicity and Health Risks of Mercury Exposure / 2 1.3 Sources of Mercury / 2 1.4 Overview of Mercury Biogeochemical Cycling / 7 1.5 Structure of the Book / 8 1.6 Concluding Remarks / 9 References / 9 PART I ANALYTICAL DEVELOPMENTS 13 2 ADVANCES IN SPECIATION ANALYSIS OF MERCURY IN THE ENVIRONMENT 15 Yanbin Li, Yongguang Yin, Guangliang Liu, and Yong Cai 2.1 Introduction / 15 2.2 Sample Preparation for Hg Speciation in Environmental Samples / 16 2.3 Application of GC Technique in Hg Speciation Analysis / 32 2.4 Application of HPLC Technique in Hg Speciation Analysis / 36 2.5 Application of Capillary Electrophoresis Techniques in Hg Speciation Analysis / 39 2.6 Application of X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy in Probing Chemical Microenvironment of Hg / 40 2.7 Application of Stable Isotope Dilution Technique in Mercury Speciation Analysis / 41 2.8 Summary / 43 References / 44 3 MEASURING GAS PHASE MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS 59 Samuel J. Ippolito, Ylias M. Sabri, and Suresh K. Bhargava 3.1 Introduction / 59 3.2 Standardized Methods for Measuring Mercury / 72 3.3 Mercury Continuous Emission Monitors (CEMs) / 81 3.4 Future Outlook / 95 References / 96 PART II SPECIATION AND TRANSFORMATION 111 4 ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY OF MERCURY 113 Che-Jen Lin, Pattaraporn Singhasuk, and Simo O. Pehkonen 4.1 Introduction / 113 4.2 The Overall Picture / 114 4.3 Chemical Transformations in the Gas Phase / 118 4.4 Chemical Transformations in the Aqueous Phase / 131 4.5 Redox Chemistry at the Interface Between the Atmosphere and Earth’s Surfaces / 136 4.6 Atmospheric Implications of the Identified Redox Pathways / 139 4.7 Future Research Needs / 143 References / 144 5 MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE MERCURY CYCLE 155 Chu-Ching Lin, Nathan Yee, and Tamar Barkay 5.1 Introduction / 155 5.2 Mercury Methylation / 158 5.3 Methylmercury Degradation / 168 5.4 Redox Cycling of Inorganic Hg / 169 5.5 Conclusions / 179 References / 180 6 PHOTOREACTIONS OF MERCURY IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS 193 Emma E. Vost, Marc Amyot, and Nelson J. O’Driscoll 6.1 Significance of Mercury Photoreactions / 193 6.2 Concepts in Mercury Photoreactions / 194 6.3 Current Methods in Mercury Photochemistry / 209 6.4 Summary / 211 References / 212 7 CHEMICAL SPECIATION OF MERCURY IN SOIL AND SEDIMENT 219 Ulf Skyllberg 7.1 Introduction / 219 7.2 Physicochemical Properties, Oxidation States, Chemical Forms, Structures, and Concentrations of Mercury in the Environment / 220 7.3 Aqueous Phase: Major Ligands and Their Affinities for Mercury(II) / 222 7.4 Liquid and Solid Phases of Mercury in Soils and Sediments / 229 7.5 Reactions of Mercury(II) with Soil and Sediment Particle Surfaces / 231 7.6 Stabilization of Nanoparticulate Mercury(II) Sulfides by Natural Organic Matter / 237 7.7 Solubility and Chemical Speciation of Mercury(II) in Soils and Sediments / 237 7.8 Methods for Studying the Chemistry of Mercury(II) in Soils and Sediments / 248 7.9 Future Research Needs / 249 References / 252 8 THE EFFECTS OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER ON MERCURY BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 259 Chase A. Gerbig, Joseph N. Ryan, and George R. Aiken 8.1 Introduction / 259 8.2 Dissolved Organic Matter / 260 8.3 Field Observations / 263 8.4 Effects of DOM on Mercury Distributions Between Solution and Particles / 265 8.5 Mercury Binding Strength / 268 8.6 Mercury Binding Environment / 271 8.7 Methylmercury Binding Strength and Environment / 274 8.8 DOM and Mercury Mineral Dissolution / 276 8.9 DOM and Mercury Mineral Precipitation / 280 References / 284 9 TRACKING GEOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND TRANSPORT OF MERCURY THROUGH ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION 293 Holger Hintelmann and Wang Zheng 9.1 Introduction / 293 9.2 Fractionation of Mercury Isotopes in Environmental Processes / 300 9.3 Hg Isotope Variations in Nature / 315 9.4 Summary / 319 References / 320 PART III TRANSPORT AND FATE 329 10 ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT OF MERCURY 331 Oleg Travnikov 10.1 Introduction / 331 10.2 General Concepts of Mercury Cycling in the Atmosphere / 331 10.3 Methods for Studying Atmospheric Mercury Transport / 336 10.4 Assessments of Airborne Mercury Pollution / 342 10.5 Knowledge Gaps / 354 References / 356 11 ADSORPTION OF MERCURY ON SOLIDS IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT 367 Guangliang Liu, Yanbin Li, and Yong Cai 11.1 Introduction / 367 11.2 Adsorption of Mercury on Solids / 369 11.3 Role of Colloids in Mercury Adsorption / 374 11.4 Concluding Remarks / 380 References / 381 12 EXCHANGE OF ELEMENTAL MERCURY BETWEEN THE OCEANS AND THE ATMOSPHERE 389 Asif Qureshi, Matthew Macleod, Elsie Sunderland, and Konrad Hungerbu¨ hler 12.1 Introduction / 389 12.2 Models of Gas Exchange of Elemental Mercury at the Air–Sea Interface / 390 12.3 Field Studies of Ocean-To-Air Fluxes of Mercury / 398 12.4 Rate Constants for Reduction and Oxidation of Mercury Species in Ocean Waters / 400 12.5 Modeling Studies Estimating Oceanic Air–Sea Exchange / 411 12.6 Conclusions and Future Directions / 415 References / 416 13 EXCHANGE OF MERCURY BETWEEN THE ATMOSPHERE AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS 423 Mae Sexauer Gustin 13.1 General Overview / 423 13.2 Methods and Tools Applied for Measurement and Understanding of Air–Terrestrial Surface Exchange / 425 13.3 Measured Fluxes / 433 13.4 Conclusions / 442 References / 444 PART IV BIOACCUMULATION, TOXICITY, AND METALLOMICS 453 14 BIOACCUMULATION AND BIOMAGNIFICATION OF MERCURY THROUGH FOOD WEBS 455 Karen Kidd, Meredith Clayden, and Tim Jardine 14.1 Introduction / 455 14.2 Mercury in Aquatic and Terrestrial Organisms / 457 14.3 Mercury within Organisms / 464 14.4 Factors Affecting Mercury in Biota / 465 14.5 Biomagnification of Mercury Through Food Webs / 474 14.6 Mercury Stable Isotopes in Bioaccumulation Studies / 481 14.7 Case Study—Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site, Nova Scotia, Canada / 482 14.8 Conclusions / 484 References / 485 15 A REVIEW OF MERCURY TOXICITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO METHYLMERCURY 501 Mineshi Sakamoto, Katsuyuki Murata, Akiyoshi Kakita, and Masanori Sasaki 15.1 Introduction / 501 15.2 Global Mercury Emission into the Atmosphere / 502 15.3 Metabolism and Toxicity of Chemical Forms of Mercury / 503 15.4 Risk Assessment of Prenatal Exposure to Methylmercury / 509 15.5 Risks and Benefits of Fish Consumption for Brain Development / 510 15.6 Exceptional Methylmercury Exposure Through Rice / 510 15.7 Summary / 511 References / 511 16 METALLOMICS OF MERCURY: ROLE OF THIOLAND SELENOL-CONTAINING BIOMOLECULES 517 Feiyue Wang, Marcos Lemes, and Mohammad A.K. Khan 16.1 Introduction / 517 16.2 Metallomics of Mercury / 517 16.3 Mercury and Methylmercury Complexes with Thiol-Containing Biomolecules / 519 16.4 Mercury and Methylmercury Binding to Selenol-Containing Biomolecules / 522 16.5 Lability of Mercury or Methylmercury Complexes with Thiols or Selenols / 524 16.6 Thiol-Containing Biomolecules in the Uptake and Metabolism of Mercury / 526 16.7 Selenium Aided Biomineralization of Mercury and Methylmercury / 529 16.8 Analytical and Modeling Approaches / 531 16.9 Conclusion / 538 References / 538 17 HUMAN HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE OF DIETARY EXPOSURES TO METHYLMERCURY 545 Anna L. Choi and Philippe Grandjean 17.1 Introduction / 545 17.2 Methylmercury Exposure / 546 17.3 Nutrients in Fish and Seafood / 548 17.4 Major Prospective Cohort Studies / 549 17.5 Health Effects / 552 17.6 Cardiovascular Outcomes / 555 17.7 Nutrient and Methylmercury Exposure as Predictors of Developmental Outcomes / 556 17.8 Confounding Variables / 557 17.9 Risk Assessment and Exposure Imprecision / 558 17.10 Conclusions / 559 References / 561 INDEX 569
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Political Economy of Environmental Protection
Book SynopsisExamines the political and economic factors that generate environmental policy
£76.95
The University of Michigan Press A Greener Vision of Home
Book SynopsisThe story of a successful citizens' movement to protect the land and encourage a culture of environmental respect in pre-World War I Germany
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The University of Michigan Press International Project Analysis and Financing
Book SynopsisOffers theoretical and practical approaches to both the analysis of international projects and their financing
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The University of Michigan Press Economics of Forestry and Rural Development
Book SynopsisAn empirical overview of social forestry in Asia and how it relates to community development and household behavior
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Penguin Young Readers Cmo Evitar Un Desastre Climtico How to Avoid a
Book SynopsisLas soluciones que ya tenemos y los avances que aún necesitamosEn este libro urgente y necesario Bill Gates propone un plan amplio, práctico —y comprensible— para conseguir que el mundo llegue a cero emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero para así evitar una catástrofe climática. Bill Gates ha pasado una década investigando las causas y efectos del cambio climático. Con la ayuda de expertos en los campos de la física, la química, la biología, la ingeniería, las ciencias políticas y las finanzas, se ha centrado en investigar exactamente qué se debe hacer para detener la deriva del planeta hacia un desastre ambiental. En este libro, además de explicar por qué debemos esforzarnos en lograr emisiones netas cero de gases de efecto invernadero, también detalla lo que debemos hacer para lograr este objetivo tan importante.
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Penguin Publishing Group Ends of the Earth
Book SynopsisThe bestselling author of Your Inner Fish takes readers on an epic adventure to the North and South Poles to reveal the secrets locked in the ice about life, the cosmos, and our planet’s future. Renowned scientist Neil Shubin has made extraordinary discoveries by leading scientific expeditions to the sweeping ice landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic. He’s survived polar storms, traveled in temperatures that can freeze flesh in seconds, and worked hundreds of miles from the nearest humans, all to deepen our understanding of our world. Written with infectious enthusiasm and irresistible curiosity, Ends of the Earth blends travel writing, science, and history in a book brimming with surprising and wonderful discoveries. Shubin retraces his steps on a “dinosaur dance floor,” showing us where these beasts had populated the once tropical lands at the poles. He takes readers meteor hunting, as meteorites
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Carbon Almanac
Book SynopsisWhen it comes to the climate, we don’t need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action.The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, and now we face a critical decision. Whether to be optimistic or fatalistic, whether to profess skepticism or to take action. Yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. We urgently need facts, not opinions. Insights, not statistics. And a shift from thinking about climate change as a “me” problem to a “we” problem. The Carbon Almanac is a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between hundreds of writers, researchers, thinkers, and illustrators that focuses on what we know, what has come before, and what might happen next. Drawing on over 1,000 data points, the book uses cartoons, quotes, illustrations, tables, histories, and articles to lay out carbon’s impact on our food system,
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Penguin Putnam Inc Fashionopolis
Book Synopsis*NYTBR Paperback Row Selection * The Independent''s Best Fashion Book on Sustainability*An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it What should I wear? It’s one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we are told it should be something new. Today, the clothing industry churns out 80 billion garments a year and employs every sixth person on Earth. Historically, the apparel trade has exploited labor, the environment, and intellectual property—and in the last three decades, with the simultaneous unfurling of fast fashion, globalization, and the tech revolution, those abuses have multiplied exponentially, primarily out of view. We are in dire need of an entirely new human-scale model. Bestselling journalist Dana Thomas has traveled the globe to discover the visionary designers and companies who are prop
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Random House Canada The Reality Bubble How Science Reveals the Hidden
Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE 2020 LANE ANDERSON AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 RBC TAYLOR PRIZEFrom one of the world's most engaging science journalists, a groundbreaking and wonder-filled look at the hidden things that shape our lives in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways.Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to the X-rays that peer through skin, the mass spectrometers that detect the dead inside the living, or the high-tech surveillance systems that see with artificial intelligence.And we are blind compared to the animals that can see in infrared, or ultraviolet, or in 360-degree vision. These animals live in the same world we do, but they see something quite different when they look around.With all of the curiosity and flair that drives her broadcasting, Ziya Tong illuminates this hidden world, and takes us on a journey to examine ten of humanity's biggest blind spots.First, we are i
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Future Is Now
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McClelland & Stewart Inc. Hot Air
Book SynopsisHere’s a clear, believable book for Canadians concerned about our situation — and it offers a solution.It’s a brilliant mix. To “Canada’s best mind on the environment,” Mark Jaccard, who won the 2006 Donner Prize for an academic book in this area, you add Nic Rivers, a researcher who works with him at Simon Fraser University. Then you add Jeffrey Simpson, the highly respected Globe and Mail columnist, to punch the message home in a clear, hard-hitting way. The result is a unique book.Most other books on energy and climate change are: (a) terrifying or (b) academic or (c) quirky, advocating a single, neat solution like solar or wind power.This book is different. It starts with an alarming description of the climate threat to our country. Then it shifts to an alarming description of how Canadians have been betrayed by their politicians (“We’re working on it!”), their industrialists (“Things aren
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University of British Columbia Press Community Forestry in Canada
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive look at community forestry initiatives across Canada, this book provides a rich and detailed portrait of the sector from Newfoundland to British Columbia.Trade Review“…[Community Forestry in Canada]'s layout in 14 stand-alone chapters makes it accessible, and it will be of interest to students studying social forestry or forestry practitioners working in the field of community forestry within the UK or worldwide […] Twenty-eight people contributed to this book and it is extremely well referenced, confirming it a useful source of information. -- David White * Chartered Forester *This is the first anthology on the subject of community forestry to specifically examine the Canadian context … This volume provides insights into how policy and governance surrounding community forestry in Canada is being reshaped through strong public processes initiated by local residents and organizations … How will these kinds of political-economic negotiations affect the ongoing development of community forestry in British Columbia, as well as in other parts of Canada? For people on the ground grappling with these questions, Teitelbaum’s compilation provides a vital starting point. -- Erika Bland * BC Studies *Though this work will be most relevant to readers in Canada or those with a specific focus in Canadian studies, it will also be a strong resource for individuals interested in forest governance and/or community-based resource management. Summing Up: Recommended. -- J. L. Rhoades, Antioch University New England * CHOICE, April 2017 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Shared Framework for the Analysis of Community Forestry in Canada Part 1: Regional Portraits1 The Roots of Community Forestry: Subsistence and Regional Development in Newfoundland / Erin C. Kelly and Sara Carson2 Community Forestry in the Maritimes: Long-Standing Debates and Recent Developments / Thomas Beckley3 Community Forestry in Quebec: A Search for Alternative Forest Governance Models / Solange Nadeau and Sara Teitelbaum4 Community Forestry on Crown Land in Northern Ontario: Emerging Paradigm or Localized Anomaly? / Lynn Palmer, M.A. (Peggy) Smith, and Chander Shahi5 Forests and Communities on the Fringe: An Overview of Community Forestry in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba / John R. Parkins, Ryan Bullock, Bram Noble, and Maureen G. Reed6 Community Forestry in British Columbia: From a Movement to an Institution / Lisa AmbusPart 2: Case Studies: Connecting Principle and Practice7 Community Forestry in an Age of Crisis: Structural Change, the Mountain Pine Beetle, and the Evolution of the Burns Lake Community Forest / Kirsten McIlveen and Michelle Rhodes8 Searching for Common Ground: An Urban Forest Initiative in Northwestern Ontario / James Robson, Mya Wheeler, A. John Sinclair, Alan Diduck, M.A. (Peggy) Smith, and Teika Newton9 Community Forestry and Local Development at the Periphery: Four Cases from Western Quebec / Édith Leclerc and Guy Chiasson10 Striking the Balance: Source Water Protection and Organizational Resilience in BC’s Community Forests / Lauren Rethoret, Murray Rutherford, and Evelyn Pinkerton11 Practicing Participatory Governance through Community Forestry: A Qualitative Analysis of Four Canadian Case Studies / Sara TeitelbaumPart 3: Community Forestry: Looking Towards the Future12 Stronger Rights, Novel Outcomes: Why Community Forests Need More Control over Forest Management / Erik Leslie13 Whither Community Forests in Canada? Scenarios of Forest Governance, Adaptive Policy Development, and the Example of Nova Scotia / Peter N. Duinker and L. Kris MacLellan14 Towards an Integrated System of Communities and Forests in Canada / Ryan Bullock and Maureen G. ReedIndex
£38.63
Johns Hopkins University Press Building Gotham Civic Culture and Public Policy
Book SynopsisBuilding Gotham thus demonstrates how a group of ambitious professionals overcame the limits of traditional means of decision-making and developed the city-building practices that enabled New York to become America's first mega-city.Trade ReviewAbsolutely essential reading for anyone trying to appreciate the achievements of Progressive reform-and its inadvertent consequences... A richly insightful book that will be read by anyone concerned about New York, public life, and the present state of American liberalism. -- Joel Schwartz Journal of American History An enjoyable, highly readable, and very detailed account... An excellent text for students and researchers to better understand the often unique and always complex set of issues and actors that initiated, implemented, or thwarted urban planning efforts in New York City. -- Susan Turner Meiklejohn Journal of Planning Education and Research Building Gotham documents with an insightful and unbiased eye the roles played by businesses and government in erecting the modern city's buildings, tunnels, sewers, transportation system, and the like. -- Harry Siegel New York Sun 2003 This well informed book... examines the origins of the various forms of planning New York City... [A] very exciting technical account... thorough and interesting. -- Peter Eley Urban Design Quarterly 2004 Revell, a professor of public administration, pays particular attention to the army of experts-from engineers and architects to lawyers and financiers-who solved the enormous problems that initially had the 'ambitious experiment in collective living' teetering on the brink of disaster... the message distilled by Revell from his study of bygone New York-that 'outdated notions of individualism and local autonomy' can be detrimental to solving shared problems-is sure to strike a responsive chord. Civil Engineering 2003 Deeply researched, clearly written and argued... required reading for scholars of early twentieth-century New York City. -- Angela M. Blake Urban History 2005Table of ContentsContents: Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: Conceiving the New Metropolis: Expertise, Public Policy, and the Problem of Civis Culture in New York CityPART 1: Private Infrastructure and Public Policy 1 "The Public Be Pleased": Railroad Planning, Engineering Culture, and the Promise of Quasi-scientific Voluntarism 2 Beyond Voluntarism: The Interstate Commerce Commission, the Railroads, and Freight Planning for New York Harbor PART 2: Public Infrastructure, Local Autonomy, and Private Wealth3 Buccaneer Bureaucrats, Physical Interdependence, and Free Riders: Building the Underground City 4 Taxing, Spending, and Borrowing: Expanding Public Claims on Private Wealth PART 3: Urban Planning, Private Rights, and Public Power 5 City Planning versus the Law: Zoning the New Metropolis 6 "They shall splash at a ten-league canvas with brushes of comets' hair": Regional Planning and the Metropolitan DilemmaConclusion: "An almost mystical unity": Interdependence and the Public Interest in the Modern Metropolis Appendix Notes Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Marine Mammal Research Conservation beyond Crisis
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive resource will be indispensable for marine mammal biologists, oceanographers, conservation program managers, government regulators, policy makers, and anyone who is concerned about the future of these captivating species.Trade ReviewShould appeal to a wide variety of libraries and readers... interested in marine biology and conservation of those captivating animals. Choice 2006 A thoughtfully written and edited compendium... it deserves to be on the shelf of every serious marine mammalogist researcher, and should become well-thumbed. Aquatic Mammalogy 2006 The book superbly covers some of the most important conservation issues of marine mammals. -- Bernd Wursig Quarterly Review of Biology 2006 An essential book for marine mammal researchers, oceanographers, regulators, and anyone called to help in the effort to save marine mammals from extinction. Southeastern Naturalist 2006 A very valuable compendium of state-of-the-art scientific knowledge... A must in the bibliographic luggage of anyone concerned with marine mammal conservation, regardless of nationality or region of concern. -- Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara Fins 2008Table of ContentsPreface1. The Paradox of Marine Mammal Science and Conservation2. Bycatch and Depredation3. Indirect Fishery Interactions4. The Role of Infectious Disease in Influencing Status and Trends5. Assessing Impacts of Environmental Contaminants6. Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms7. Impacts of Anthropogenic Sound8. Assessing and Managing Marine Mammal Habitat in the United States9. Long-Term Environmental Change and Marine Mammals10. Identifying Units to Conserve11. Adapting Regulatory Protection to Cope with Future Change12. Future Directions in Marine mammal ResearchLiterature CitedContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Bats in Forests Conservation and Management
Book SynopsisBat ecologists, bat conservationists, forest ecologists, and forest managers will find in this book an indispensable synthesis of the topics that concern them.Trade ReviewThis well-referenced work will be of value to readers interested in bat biology, ecology, conservation, forestry, and land management. Choice 2007 I highly recommend this volume to anyone who is interested in bats. Professionals working with bats... will find the volume very useful, from the extensive citations to literature to thoughtful advice from experienced authors. -- M.B. Fenton Quarterly Review of Biology 2008 A good pick for any college-level library strong in natural history and conservation issues. Midwest Book Review 2008 Fills important gaps in the scope of the earlier symposium... comprehensively reviews the issues and research tools currently available for addressing bat-forest issues anywhere in North America. -- Elizabeth Pierson Bat Research News 2007 This volume will be valuable for land and forest managers as well as researchers and students concerned with the 27 bat species that inhabit the forests of North America. -- C.R. Northeastern Naturalist 2008Table of ContentsForewordPrefaceContributorsChapter 1. Bats in Forests: What we Know and What we Need to LearnChapter 2. Ecology and Behavior of Bats Roosting in Tree Cavities and Under BarkChapter 3. Behavior and Day-Roosting Ecology of North American Foliage-Roosting BatsChapter 4. Foraging Ecology of Bats in ForestsChapter 5. Importance of Night Roosts to the Ecology of BatsChapter 6. Migration and Use of Autumn, Winter, and Spring Rootsts by Tree BatsChapter 7. Silvicultural Practices and Management of Habitat For BatsChapter 8. Silvicultural Pratices and Management of Habitat For BatsChapter 9. Ecological Consideration for Landscape-Level Management of BatsChapter 10. Assessing Population Status of Bats in Forests: Challenges and OpportunitiesChapter 11. Planning for Bats on Forest Industry Lands in North AmericaAuthor IndexSpecies IndexSubject Index
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Hill & Wang The Organic Machine
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Random House USA Inc Pandoras Seed Why the HunterGatherer Holds the
Book SynopsisTen thousand years ago, our species made a radical shift in its way of life: We became farmers rather than hunter-gatherers. Although this decision propelled us into the modern world, renowned geneticist and anthropologist Spencer Wells demonstrates that such a dramatic change in lifestyle had a downside that we’re only now beginning to recognize. Growing grain crops ultimately made humans more sedentary and unhealthy and made the planet more crowded. The expanding population and the need to apportion limited resources created hierarchies and inequalities. Freedom of movement was replaced by a pressure to work that is the forebear of the anxiety millions feel today. Spencer Wells offers a hopeful prescription for altering a life to which we were always ill-suited. Pandora’s Seed is an eye-opening book for anyone fascinated by the past and concerned about the future.
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Random House USA Inc The End of Nature
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Taylor & Francis Inc Environmental Economics and Natural Resource
Book SynopsisThe tools of environmental economics guide policymakers as they weigh development against nature, present against future, and certain benefits against uncertain consequences. The policies and research findings explained in this textbook are relevant to decisions made daily by individuals, firms, and governments.This textbook offers instructors and students a user-friendly, relevant, and up-to-date introduction to these topics while covering recent advancements in the field and significant political and economic changes. The fifth edition has been thoroughly updated while retaining the story-based narratives and visual emphasis of previous editions, capturing studentsâ attention with full-color photos, graphs, and illustrations. It addresses the impact of changes in world leaders, national priorities, and international agreements along with key developments in the energy sector. These include the way hydraulic fracturing and the surging popularity of natural gas have revolutioTable of ContentsPart I Building a Foundation. 1. The Big Picture. 2. Efficiency and Choice. Appendix: Efficiency Criteria in Greater Detail. 3. Market Failure. 4. The Role of Government. 5. Trade-offs and the Economy. Part II Issues and Approaches. 6. Environmental Quality. 7. Energy. 8. Sustainability. 9. Population, Poverty, and Economic Growth. 10. Biodiversity and Valuation. 11. International and Global Issues. Part III Policy and Procedure. 12. Perspectives on Environmental Policy. 13. Natural Resource Management: Renewable Resources. 14. Natural Resource Management: Depletable and Replenishable Resources. Appendix: Intertemporal Allocation and Hotelling’s Rule. 15. Environmental Dispute Resolution. 16. Morals and Motivation
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University of Arizona Press Slopovers
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University of Arizona Press The Northeast
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University of Minnesota Press Hot Spotters Report
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The nuclear remaking of the world is the ambitious theme of Shiloh Krupar’s innovative and often startling new text. Dispatches from a natural world saturated with the toxic products of the U.S. nuclear state perform the uncertain futures, mutant ecologies, and new subjectivities of a post-nuclear America—an important contribution not only to environmental studies, critical theory, and nuclear studies but also to narrative form." —Joseph Masco, University of Chicago"Hot Spotter’s Report is at once a devastating indictment of ‘green war’ and a hopeful search for new conditions of existence in and beyond the toxic residues of militarism. Written with wit and passion, Krupar’s irreverent experiments with fable, satire, and creative non-fiction do much more than disrupt the ongoing sanitization of military violence; they open space for new coalitions and political imaginings in domestic landscapes marked by the legacies of imperial war. A refreshingly novel approach to environmental and political geography." —Bruce Braun, University of MinnesotaTable of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcronymsIntroduction 1. Where Eagles Dare: A Biopolitical Fable about the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge2. Alien Still Life: Managing the End of Rocky Flats 3. Hole in the Head Gang: The Reductio ad absurdum of Nuclear Worker Compensation (EEOICPA)4. Transnatural Revue: Irreverent Counterspectacles of Mutant Drag and Nuclear Waste SculptureConclusion: Hot Spotting NotesIndex
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Political Environmentalism Going Behind the Green
Book SynopsisShows how environmental special interests have provided the high moral ground for economic special interests who stand to gain from legislation that hampers competition. The book documents a range of examples of how politics and environmentalism mix to produce strange bedfellows and perverse results.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Chesapeake Waters
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MP-NEV University of Nevada Wilderness TapestryEclectic Approach To
Book SynopsisTo further understanding of the meanings and values of wilderness, this volume explores wilderness and its significance to humans from myriad viewpoints, based on a meeting of the North American Interdisciplinary Wilderness Conference.Trade Review“An outgrowth of several North American interdisciplinary wilderness conferences (held in 1989, 1990, and 1991), the book’s major sections relate to the philosophy of preservation, the analysis of wilderness literature, original prose, historical and societal aspects of wilderness, innovative management approaches, and possible future directions for preservation.” —Journal of Forestry, May 1993""What Wilderness Tapestry offers is an impressive display of unique presentations on environmental preservation. None of the worn arguments appear here.” —David Bajo, The San Diego Review, April 1, 1993“The general message that emerges is that wilderness is indelibly etched on our psyche and that the case for wilderness preservation can be found in the ways in which it is essential to human existence. The essays support the contention that, without wilderness, we will not reach our individual and societal potential or maintain our cultural identity. Those concerned with wilderness policy and management, as well as those interested in wilderness literature, philosophy, history, and socio-psychology, will find this work provocative and refreshing.” —S. Hollenhorst, CHOICE, September 1993“Focusing on literature, philosophy, poetry, and politics, this compendium of wilderness thought emerges as a complementary study to Roderick Nash’s classic Wilderness and the American Mind.” —Western Historical Quarterly, February 1994
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John Wiley & Sons Inc NMR Spectroscopy
Book SynopsisThe challenges faced by environmental scientists today are vast, complex, and multi-faceted. For instance, predicting the fate of an environmental pollutant or understanding ecosystem responses to climate change, necessitate a firm understanding of molecular structure and dynamics of environmental media as well as the components that exist and interact within this media. Furthermore, linking information obtained at the molecular-scale to ecosystem-level processes is a major pursuit of modern environmental research. As such, NMR spectroscopy and its scalability from the molecular-scale to the macroscopic-scale, is facilitating rapid growth in environmental science. In addition, the versatility of NMR spectroscopy has resulted in the development and implementation of different types of NMR techniques to examine the structure of various types of environmental samples, living and non-living, as well as the study of critical environmental processes. This comprTable of ContentsPreface Environmental NMR Part 1: Fundamentals of Environmental NMR 1 Environmental NMR: Solution-state Methods 2 Environmental NMR: Diffusion Ordered Spectroscopy Methods 3 Environmental NMR: Hyphenated Methods 4 Environmental NMR: Solid-state Methods 5 Environmental NMR: High Resolution Magic-angle Spinning 6 Environmental Comprehensive Multi-phase NMR 7 Environmental NMR: Magnetic Resonance Imaging 8 Environmental NMR: Fast Field Cycling Relaxometry 9 Mobile NMR 10 Terrestrial Magnetic Field NMR: Recent Advances Part 2: NMR for Air, Soil and Water 11 Dissolved Organic Matter 12 Atmospheric Organic Matter 13 Soil Organic Matter 14 Chemical Ecology 15 Forest Ecology 16 Biofuels 17 Clay Minerals 18 Soil-water Interactions 19 Metals in The Environment 20 Organic Pollutants in The Environment 21 Soil-plant Atmosphere Continuum Studied by MRI Part 3: NMR and Environmental Metabolomics 22 Environmental Metabolomics 23 Methodology of NMR For Environmental Metabolomics 24 Environmental Metabolomics of Soil Organisms 25 Environmental Metabolomics of Aquatic Organisms 26 Environmental Metabolomics of Microbes 27 Plant Metabolomics
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Seismoelectric Method
Book SynopsisThe seismoelectric method consists of measuring electromagnetic signals associated with the propagation of seismic waves or seismic sources in porous media. This method is useful in an increasing number of applications, for example to characterize aquifers, contaminant plumes or the vadose zone.Table of ContentsForeword by Bernd Kulessa xi Foreword by Niels Grobbe xii Preface xiv 1 Introduction to the basic concepts 1 1.1 The electrical double layer 1 1.1.1 The case of silica 2 1.1.1.1 A simplified approach 2 1.1.1.2 The general case 8 1.1.2 The case of clays 10 1.1.3 Implications 14 1.2 The streaming current density 15 1.3 The complex conductivity 17 1.3.1 Effective conductivity 18 1.3.2 Saturated clayey media 19 1.4 Principles of the seismoelectric method 22 1.4.1 Main ideas 22 1.4.2 Simple modeling with the acoustic approximation 25 1.4.2.1 The acoustic approximation in a fluid 25 1.4.2.2 Extension to porous media 26 1.4.3 Numerical example of the coseismic and seismoelectric conversions 27 1.5 Elements of poroelasticity 28 1.5.1 The effective stress law 28 1.5.2 Hooke’s law in poroelastic media 31 1.5.3 Drained versus undrained regimes 31 1.5.4 Wave modes in the pure undrained regime 33 1.6 Short history 34 1.7 Conclusions 36 2 Seismoelectric theory in saturated porous media 42 2.1 Poroelastic medium filled with a viscoelastic fluid 42 2.1.1 Properties of the two phases 42 2.1.2 Properties of the porous material 45 2.1.3 The mechanical equations 49 2.1.3.1 Strain–stress relationships 49 2.1.3.2 The field equations 51 2.1.3.3 Note regarding the material properties 52 2.1.3.4 Force balance equations 53 2.1.4 The Maxwell equations 53 2.1.5 Analysis of the wave modes 54 2.1.6 Synthetic case studies 56 2.1.7 Conclusions 59 2.2 Poroelastic medium filled with a Newtonian fluid 59 2.2.1 Classical Biot theory 59 2.2.2 The u–p formulation 60 2.2.3 Description of the electrokinetic coupling 61 2.3 Experimental approach and data 62 2.3.1 Measuring key properties 62 2.3.1.1 Measuring the cation exchange capacity and the specific surface area 62 2.3.1.2 Measuring the complex conductivity 63 2.3.1.3 Measuring the streaming potential coupling coefficient 63 2.3.2 Streaming potential dependence on salinity 63 2.3.3 Streaming potential dependence on pH 66 2.3.4 Influence of the inertial effect 66 2.4 Conclusions 69 3 Seismoelectric theory in partially saturated conditions 73 3.1 Extension to the unsaturated case 73 3.1.1 Generalized constitutive equations 73 3.1.2 Description of the hydromechanical model 77 3.1.3 Maxwell equations in unsaturated conditions 81 3.2 Extension to two-phase flow 81 3.2.1 Generalization of the Biot theory in two-phase flow conditions 81 3.2.2 The u–p formulation for two-phase flow problems 83 3.2.3 Seismoelectric conversion in two-phase flow 85 3.2.4 The effect of water content on the coseismic waves 86 3.2.5 Seismoelectric conversion 90 3.3 Extension of the acoustic approximation 91 3.4 Complex conductivity in partially saturated conditions 92 3.5 Comparison with experimental data 93 3.5.1 The effect of saturation 93 3.5.2 Additional scaling relationships 93 3.5.3 Relative coupling coefficient with the Brooks and Corey model 95 3.5.4 Relative coupling coefficient with the Van Genuchten model 96 3.6 Conclusions 97 4 Forward and inverse modeling 101 4.1 Finite-element implementation 101 4.1.1 Finite-element modeling 101 4.1.2 Perfectly matched layer boundary conditions 102 4.1.3 Boundary conditions at an interface 104 4.1.4 Description of the seismic source 104 4.1.5 Lateral resolution of cross-hole seismoelectric data 104 4.1.6 Benchmark test of the code 105 4.2 Synthetic case study 105 4.2.1 Simulation of waterflooding of a NAPL-contaminated aquifer 105 4.2.2 Simulation of the seismoelectric problem 107 4.2.3 Results 110 4.3 Stochastic inverse modeling 112 4.3.1 Markov chain Monte Carlo solver 112 4.3.2 Application 115 4.3.3 Result of the joint inversion 118 4.4 Deterministic inverse modeling 118 4.4.1 A statement of the problem 118 4.4.2 5D electric forward modeling 121 4.4.3 The initial inverse solution 125 4.4.4 Getting compact volumetric current source distributions 126 4.4.5 Benchmark tests 126 4.4.6 Numerical case studies 127 4.4.7 Discussion 133 4.5 Conclusions 133 5 Electrical disturbances associated with seismic sources 136 5.1 Theory 136 5.1.1 Position of the problem 136 5.1.2 Forward modeling 137 5.1.3 Modeling noise-free and noisy synthetic data 141 5.1.4 Results 141 5.2 Joint inversion of seismic and seismoelectric data 145 5.2.1 Problem statement 145 5.2.2 Algorithm 146 5.2.3 Results with noise-free data 147 5.2.4 Results with noisy data 148 5.2.5 Hybrid joint inversion 150 5.2.6 Discussion 154 5.3 Hydraulic fracturing laboratory experiment 155 5.3.1 Background 155 5.3.2 Material and method 156 5.3.3 Observations 159 5.3.4 Electrical potential evidence of seal failure 164 5.3.5 Source localization algorithms 165 5.3.5.1 Electrical and hydromechanical coupling 166 5.3.5.2 Inversion phase 1: gradient-based deterministic approach 167 5.3.5.3 Inversion phase 2: GA approach 169 5.3.6 Results of the inversion 170 5.3.6.1 Results of the gradient-based inversion 170 5.3.6.2 Results of the GA 175 5.3.6.3 Noise and position uncertainty analysis 181 5.3.7 Discussion 183 5.4 Haines jump laboratory experiment 185 5.4.1 Position of the problem 185 5.4.2 Material and methods 186 5.4.3 Discussion 187 5.5 Small-scale experiment in the field 190 5.5.1 Material and methods 191 5.5.2 Results 191 5.5.3 Localization of the causative source of the self-potential anomaly 192 5.6 Conclusions 194 6 The seismoelectric beamforming approach 199 6.1 Seismoelectric beamforming in the poroacoustic approximation 199 6.1.1 Motivation 199 6.1.2 Beamforming technique 200 6.1.3 Results and interpretation 202 6.2 Application to an enhanced oil recovery problem 203 6.3 High-definition resistivity imaging 208 6.3.1 Step 1: the seismoelectric focusing approach 208 6.3.2 Step 2: application of image-guided inversion to ERT 212 6.3.2.1 Edge detection 212 6.3.2.2 Introduction of structural information into the objective function 214 6.3.2.3 Results 215 6.3.3 Discussion 216 6.4 Spectral seismoelectric beamforming (SSB) 217 6.5 Conclusions 219 7 Application to the vadose zone 220 7.1 Data acquisition 220 7.2 Case study: Sherwood sandstone 223 7.2.1 Experimental results 223 7.2.2 Results 224 7.2.3 Interpretation 225 7.2.3.1 Seismoelectric signal preprocessing 225 7.2.3.2 Seismoelectric–water content relationship 226 7.2.4 Empirical modeling 227 7.2.5 Discussion 228 7.3 Numerical modeling 229 7.3.1 Theory 229 7.3.2 Description of the numerical experiment 231 7.3.3 Model application and results 231 7.4 Conclusions 235 8 Conclusions and perspectives 237 Glossary: the seismoelectric method 240 Index 243
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Health Safety and Environmental Management in
Book SynopsisThis bookshares the technical knowhow in the field of HSE management, as applied to oil and gas industries and explains concepts through a simple and straightforward approach. The first chapter highlights safety assurance and assessment, emphasizing need for safety.Table of ContentsPreface xiii About the author xiv Chapter 1: Safety Assurance and Assessment 1 Introduction to Safety, Health, and Environment Management 11.1 Importance of Safety 2 1.2 Basic terminologies in HSE 21.2.1 What Is Safety? 5 1.2.2 Why Is Safety Important? 5 1.3 Importance of safety in offshore and petroleum industries 5 1.4 Objectives of HSE 7 1.5 Scope of HSE guidelines 8 1.6 Need for safety 9 1.7 Organizing safety 10 1.7.1 Ekofisk B Blowout 10 1.7.2 Enchova Blowout 11 1.7.3 West Vanguard Gas Blowout 12 1.7.4 Ekofisk A riser rupture 13 1.7.5 Piper A explosion and fire 14 1.8 Risk 14 1.9 Safety assurance and assessment 15 1.10 Frank and Morgan Logical Risk analysis 16 1.11 Defeating accident process 23 1.12 Acceptable risk 24 1.13 Risk assessment 24 1.13.1 Hazard identification 25 1.13.2 Dose-response assessment 25 1.13.3 Exposure assessment 25 1.13.4 Risk characterization 25 1.14 Application issues of risk assessment 26 1.15 Hazard classification and assessment 26 1.15.1 Hazard identification 27 1.15.2 Hazard identification methods 28 1.16 Hazard identification during operation (HaZOP) 29 1.16.1 HaZOP objectives 29 1.16.2 Common application areas of HaZOP 30 1.16.3 Advantages of HaZOP 31 1.17 Steps in HaZOP 45 1.18 Backbone of HaZOP 311.18 Backbone of HAZOP 32 1.19 HaZOP flow chart 35 1.20 Full recording versus recording by exception 35 1.21 Pseudo secondary words 36 1.22 When to do HaZOP? 37 1.22.1 Types of HaZOP 38 1.23 Case study: Example problem of Group Gathering Station 38 1.24 Accidents in offshore platforms 47 1.24.1 Sliepner A Platform 47 1.24.2 Thunder Horse Platform 49 1.24.3 Timor Sea Oil Rig 50 1.24.4 Bombay High North in Offshore Mumbai 50 1.25 Hazard evaluation and control 51 1.25.1 Hazard evaluation 52 1.25.2 Hazard classification 52 1.25.3 Hazard control 53 1.25.4 Monitoring 54 Exercises 1 54Model Paper 66 Chapter 2 Environmental issues and Management 68 2.1 Primary environmental issues 68 2.1.1 Visible consequences 68 2.1.2 Trends in oil and gas resources 68 2.1.3 World’s energy resources 69 2.1.4 Anthropogenic impact of Hydrosphere 69 2.1.5 Marine pollution 70 2.1.6 Marine pollutants 73 2.1.7 Consequence of marine pollutants 73 2.2 Impact of oil and gas industries on marine environment 74 2.2.1 Drilling operations and consequences 74 2.2.2 Main constituents of oil based drilling fluid 75 2.2.3 Pollution due to produced waters during drilling 77 2.3 Drilling accidents 78 2.3.1 Underwater storage reservoirs 78 2.4 Pipelines 78 2.5 Impact on marine pollution 79 2.6 Oil hydrocarbons: Composition and Consequences 79 2.6.1 Crude oil 79 2.7 Detection of oil content in marine pollution 80 2.8 Oil spill: Physical review 80 2.8.1 Environmental impact of oil spill 80 2.9 Oil: A multi-component toxicant 81 2.9.1 Oil spill 81 2.10 Chemicals and wastes from offshore oil industry 81 2.10.1 Drilling discharges 81 2.11 Control of oil spill 82 2.12 Environmental management issues 83 2.12.1 Environmental protection: Principles applied to oil and gas activities 83 2.12.2 Environmental Management: Standards and Requirements 84 2.13 Ecological monitoring 84 2.13.1 Ecological monitoring stages 84 2.14 Atmospheric pollution 85 2.14.1 Release and dispersion models 85 2.14.2 Continuous release and instantaneous release (Plume and Puff models) 85 2.14.3 Factors affecting dispersion 86 2.15 Dispersion models for neutrally and positively buoyancy gas 89 2.15.1 Plume dispersion models 89 2.15.2 Maximum plume concentration 90 2.16 Puff dispersion model 91 2.16.1 Maximum Puff concentration 92 2.17 Isopleths 92 2.18 Estimate of dispersion coefficients 93 2.18.1 Estimates from equations 93 2.19 Dense gas dispersion 96 2.19.1 Britter-Mcquiad dense gas dispersion model 96 2.20 Evaluation of toxic effects of dispersed liquid and gas 97 2.21 Hazard Assessment and Accident Scenarios 99 2.21.1 Damage estimate modelling: Probit model 99 2.21.2 Probit correlations for various damages 102 2.22 Fire and Explosion models 102 Exercises 2 105 3. Accident Modeling, Risk assessment and Management 109 3.1 Introduction 109 3.2 Dose Versus response 109 3.2.1 Various types of doses 110 3.2.2 TLV concentration 111 3.3 Industrial Hygiene 112 3.4 Fire and explosion modelling 112 3.4.1 Fundamentals of fire and explosion 1143.4.2 Flammability Characteristics of Vapor and Gases 115 3.5 Fire and explosion characteristics of materials 115 3.6 Estimation of flammability limits using stoichiometric balance 115 3.6.1 Stoichiometric balance 116 3.6.2 Estimation of Limiting Oxygen concentration (LOC) 116 3.7 Flammability diagram for hydrocarbons 117 3.7.1 Constructing flammability diagram 117 3.8 Ignition energy 119 3.9 Explosions 120 3.10 Explosion characteristics 120 3.11 Explosion modelling 120 3.12 Damage consequences of explosion damage 121 3.13 Energy in chemical explosions 124 3.14 Explosion energy in physical explosions 124 3.15 Dust and Gaseous explosion 124 3.16 Explosion damage estimate 125 3.17 Fire and explosion preventive measures 126 3.17.1 Inerting and purging 126 3.18 Use of flammability diagram 131 3.18.1 Placing a vessel out of service 131 3.18.2 Placing a vessel into service 132 3.19 NFPA 69 recommendations 132 3.20 Explosion proof equipments 133 3.20.1 Class systems 133 3.20.2 Group systems 134 3.20.3 Division systems 134 3.21 Ventilation for storage and process areas 134 3.21.1 Storage areas 134 3.21.2 Process areas 134 3.22 Sprinkler systems 135 3.22.1 Anti-freeze sprinkler system 135 3.22.2 Deluge sprinkler system 135 3.22.3 Dry pipe sprinkler system 135 3.22.4 Wet pipe sprinkler system 135 3.23 Toxic release and dispersion modelling 136 3.23.1 Threshold limit values (TLVs ) 136 3.24 Industrial Hygiene 136 3.25 Exposure evaluation: Chemical Hazard 137 3.25.1 Time weighted average method 137 3.25.2 Overexposure at work place 138 3.25.3 TLV-TWA Mix 138 3.26 Exposure evaluation: physical hazards 138 3.27 Industrial Hygiene Control 138 3.27.1 Environmental control 139 3.27.2 Personal protection 139 3.28 Ventilation hoods to reduce hazards 139 3.29 Elements to control Process Accidents 140 3.30 Methods for chemical risk analysis 141 3.30.1 Qualitative risk analysis 141 3.30.2 Quantitative risk analysis 141 3.31 Safety review 142 3.32 Process Hazards Checklists 142 3.33 Hazard surveys 142 3.34 Emergency Response Planning Guidelines (ERPG) 142 3.35 Chemical Exposure Index 143 3.36 Guidelines for Estimating Amount of Material becoming Airborne following a Release 151 3.36.1 Example problem on Ammonia release 151 3.36.2 Example problem in chlorine release 153 3.37 Quantified Risk Assessment 154 3.38 Hazard Identification (HAZID) 154 3.39 Cause analysis 155 3.40 Fault tree analysis (FTA) 155 3.41 Event Tree Analysis (ETA) 157 3.42 Disadvantages of QRA 157 3.43 Risk Acceptance criteria 157 3.44 Hazard Assessment 159 3.45 Identify hazards 159 3.45.1 Prioritizing hazards 159 3.46 Risk Assessment 160 3.46.1 Identify and implement hazard controls 160 3.46.2 Communicate 160 3.47 Evaluate effectivenes 161 3.48 Fatality risk assessment 161 3.48.1 Statistical Analysis 161 3.48.2 Phenomena based analysis 161 3.48.3 Averaging of FAR values 162 3.49 Marine Systems Risk Modelling 162 3.49.1 Ballast system failure 162 3.50 Risk Picture: Definitions and Characteristics 162 3.51 Fatality risk 163 3.51.1 Platform fatality risk 163 3.51.2 Individual risk 163 3.52 Societal risk 164 3.53 Impairment Risk 164 3.54 Environment Risk 166 3.55 Asset Risk 166 3.56 Risk Assessment and Management 167 3.57 Probabilistic Risk Assessment 167 3.58 Risk Management 167 3.58.1 Risk Preference 168 Exercises 3 168 4. Safety measures in design and operation 177 4.1 Introduction 177 4.2 Inerting or purging 178 4.3 Terminologies 178 4.4 Factors affecting purging 180 4.5 Causes of Dilution or Mixing 180 4.5.1 Area of contact 181 4.5.2 Time of contact 181 4.5.3 Input velocities 181 4.5.4 Densities of gases 182 4.5.5 Temperature effects 182 4.6 Methods of Purging 183 4.6.1 Siphon Purging 183 4.6.2 Vacuum purging 183 4.6.3 Pressure Purging 184 4.6.4 Sweep-Through Purging 184 4.6.5 Fixed-Rate Purging 184 4.6.6 Variable-Rate or Demand Purging 185 4.7 Limits of Flammability of Gas Mixtures 185 4.8 Protection System Design and Operation 185 4.9 Explosion prevention systems 186 4.10 Safe Work Practices 186 4.10.1 Load lifting 186 4.10.2 Confined space, excavations, and hazardous environments 187 4.10.3 Lockout/Tagout 187 4.10.4 Well Pumping Units 188 4.11 Hot work permit 188 4.12 Welding Fumes and Ventilation 190 4.13 Critical equipments 190 4.13.1 Changes to critical equipment 190 4.14 Fire prevention 191 4.15 Fire protection 191 4.16 Grounding and bonding 192 4.17 Other general requirements 192 4.17.1 Performance-Based Design 192 4.17.2 Inspection of protection systems 195 4.18 Process Safety Management (PSM) at Oil and Gas Operations 196 4.18.1 Process safety information 197 4.18.2 Process safet information 197 4.19 Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) 198 4.20 safe operating procedures 199 4.21 Safe Work Practice Procedures 200 4.21.1 Training 200 4.21.2 Pre-Startup Review 200 4.22 Mechanical Integrity 201 4.23 Management of Change 201 4.24 Incident investigations 202 4.25 Compliance Audits 202 4.26 Software used in HSE management 203 4.26.1 CMO COMPLIANCE 203 4.26.2 Spiramid’s HSE Software 203 4.26.3 Integrum 204 4.26.4 Rivo HSE Management Software 204 Exercises 4 204 Application problem: Quantified Risk assessment of LPG filling station 210 References 220Index 226
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Entropy Theory and its Application in
Book SynopsisEntropy Theory and its Application in Environmental and Water Engineering responds to the need for a book that deals with basic concepts of entropy theory from a hydrologic and water engineering perspective and then for a book that deals with applications of these concepts to a range of water engineering problems.Table of ContentsPreface, xv Acknowledgments, xix 1 Introduction, 1 1.1 Systems and their characteristics, 1 1.1.1 Classes of systems, 1 1.1.2 System states, 1 1.1.3 Change of state, 2 1.1.4 Thermodynamic entropy, 3 1.1.5 Evolutive connotation of entropy, 5 1.1.6 Statistical mechanical entropy, 5 1.2 Informational entropies, 7 1.2.1 Types of entropies, 8 1.2.2 Shannon entropy, 9 1.2.3 Information gain function, 12 1.2.4 Boltzmann, Gibbs and Shannon entropies, 14 1.2.5 Negentropy, 15 1.2.6 Exponential entropy, 16 1.2.7 Tsallis entropy, 18 1.2.8 Renyi entropy, 19 1.3 Entropy, information, and uncertainty, 21 1.3.1 Information, 22 1.3.2 Uncertainty and surprise, 24 1.4 Types of uncertainty, 25 1.5 Entropy and related concepts, 27 1.5.1 Information content of data, 27 1.5.2 Criteria for model selection, 28 1.5.3 Hypothesis testing, 29 1.5.4 Risk assessment, 29 Questions, 29 References, 31 Additional References, 32 2 Entropy Theory, 33 2.1 Formulation of entropy, 33 2.2 Shannon entropy, 39 2.3 Connotations of information and entropy, 42 2.3.1 Amount of information, 42 2.3.2 Measure of information, 43 2.3.3 Source of information, 43 2.3.4 Removal of uncertainty, 44 2.3.5 Equivocation, 45 2.3.6 Average amount of information, 45 2.3.7 Measurement system, 46 2.3.8 Information and organization, 46 2.4 Discrete entropy: univariate case and marginal entropy, 46 2.5 Discrete entropy: bivariate case, 52 2.5.1 Joint entropy, 53 2.5.2 Conditional entropy, 53 2.5.3 Transinformation, 57 2.6 Dimensionless entropies, 79 2.7 Bayes theorem, 80 2.8 Informational correlation coefficient, 88 2.9 Coefficient of nontransferred information, 90 2.10 Discrete entropy: multidimensional case, 92 2.11 Continuous entropy, 93 2.11.1 Univariate case, 94 2.11.2 Differential entropy of continuous variables, 97 2.11.3 Variable transformation and entropy, 99 2.11.4 Bivariate case, 100 2.11.5 Multivariate case, 105 2.12 Stochastic processes and entropy, 105 2.13 Effect of proportional class interval, 107 2.14 Effect of the form of probability distribution, 110 2.15 Data with zero values, 111 2.16 Effect of measurement units, 113 2.17 Effect of averaging data, 115 2.18 Effect of measurement error, 116 2.19 Entropy in frequency domain, 118 2.20 Principle of maximum entropy, 118 2.21 Concentration theorem, 119 2.22 Principle of minimum cross entropy, 122 2.23 Relation between entropy and error probability, 123 2.24 Various interpretations of entropy, 125 2.24.1 Measure of randomness or disorder, 125 2.24.2 Measure of unbiasedness or objectivity, 125 2.24.3 Measure of equality, 125 2.24.4 Measure of diversity, 126 2.24.5 Measure of lack of concentration, 126 2.24.6 Measure of flexibility, 126 2.24.7 Measure of complexity, 126 2.24.8 Measure of departure from uniform distribution, 127 2.24.9 Measure of interdependence, 127 2.24.10 Measure of dependence, 128 2.24.11 Measure of interactivity, 128 2.24.12 Measure of similarity, 129 2.24.13 Measure of redundancy, 129 2.24.14 Measure of organization, 130 2.25 Relation between entropy and variance, 133 2.26 Entropy power, 135 2.27 Relative frequency, 135 2.28 Application of entropy theory, 136 Questions, 136 References, 137 Additional Reading, 139 3 Principle of Maximum Entropy, 142 3.1 Formulation, 142 3.2 POME formalism for discrete variables, 145 3.3 POME formalism for continuous variables, 152 3.3.1 Entropy maximization using the method of Lagrange multipliers, 152 3.3.2 Direct method for entropy maximization, 157 3.4 POME formalism for two variables, 158 3.5 Effect of constraints on entropy, 165 3.6 Invariance of total entropy, 167 Questions, 168 References, 170 Additional Reading, 170 4 Derivation of Pome-Based Distributions, 172 4.1 Discrete variable and discrete distributions, 172 4.1.1 Constraint E[x] and the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, 172 4.1.2 Two constraints and Bose-Einstein distribution, 174 4.1.3 Two constraints and Fermi-Dirac distribution, 177 4.1.4 Intermediate statistics distribution, 178 4.1.5 Constraint: E[N]: Bernoulli distribution for a single trial, 179 4.1.6 Binomial distribution for repeated trials, 180 4.1.7 Geometric distribution: repeated trials, 181 4.1.8 Negative binomial distribution: repeated trials, 183 4.1.9 Constraint: E[N] = n: Poisson distribution, 183 4.2 Continuous variable and continuous distributions, 185 4.2.1 Finite interval [a, b], no constraint, and rectangular distribution, 185 4.2.2 Finite interval [a, b], one constraint and truncated exponential distribution, 186 4.2.3 Finite interval [0, 1], two constraints E[ln x] and E[ln(1 − x)] and beta distribution of first kind, 188 4.2.4 Semi-infinite interval (0,∞), one constraint E[x] and exponential distribution, 191 4.2.5 Semi-infinite interval, two constraints E[x] and E[ln x] and gamma distribution, 192 4.2.6 Semi-infinite interval, two constraints E[ln x] and E[ln(1 + x)] and beta distribution of second kind, 194 4.2.7 Infinite interval, two constraints E[x] and E[x2] and normal distribution, 195 4.2.8 Semi-infinite interval, log-transformation Y = lnX, two constraints E[y] and E[y2] and log-normal distribution, 197 4.2.9 Infinite and semi-infinite intervals: constraints and distributions, 199 Questions, 203 References, 208 Additional Reading, 208 5 Multivariate Probability Distributions, 213 5.1 Multivariate normal distributions, 213 5.1.1 One time lag serial dependence, 213 5.1.2 Two-lag serial dependence, 221 5.1.3 Multi-lag serial dependence, 229 5.1.4 No serial dependence: bivariate case, 234 5.1.5 Cross-correlation and serial dependence: bivariate case, 238 5.1.6 Multivariate case: no serial dependence, 244 5.1.7 Multi-lag serial dependence, 245 5.2 Multivariate exponential distributions, 245 5.2.1 Bivariate exponential distribution, 245 5.2.2 Trivariate exponential distribution, 254 5.2.3 Extension to Weibull distribution, 257 5.3 Multivariate distributions using the entropy-copula method, 258 5.3.1 Families of copula, 259 5.3.2 Application, 260 5.4 Copula entropy, 265 Questions, 266 References, 267 Additional Reading, 268 6 Principle of Minimum Cross-Entropy, 270 6.1 Concept and formulation of POMCE, 270 6.2 Properties of POMCE, 271 6.3 POMCE formalism for discrete variables, 275 6.4 POMCE formulation for continuous variables, 279 6.5 Relation to POME, 280 6.6 Relation to mutual information, 281 6.7 Relation to variational distance, 281 6.8 Lin’s directed divergence measure, 282 6.9 Upper bounds for cross-entropy, 286 Questions, 287 References, 288 Additional Reading, 289 7 Derivation of POME-Based Distributions, 290 7.1 Discrete variable and mean E[x] as a constraint, 290 7.1.1 Uniform prior distribution, 291 7.1.2 Arithmetic prior distribution, 293 7.1.3 Geometric prior distribution, 294 7.1.4 Binomial prior distribution, 295 7.1.5 General prior distribution, 297 7.2 Discrete variable taking on an infinite set of values, 298 7.2.1 Improper prior probability distribution, 298 7.2.2 A priori Poisson probability distribution, 301 7.2.3 A priori negative binomial distribution, 304 7.3 Continuous variable: general formulation, 305 7.3.1 Uniform prior and mean constraint, 307 7.3.2 Exponential prior and mean and mean log constraints, 308 Questions, 308 References, 309 8 Parameter Estimation, 310 8.1 Ordinary entropy-based parameter estimation method, 310 8.1.1 Specification of constraints, 311 8.1.2 Derivation of entropy-based distribution, 311 8.1.3 Construction of zeroth Lagrange multiplier, 311 8.1.4 Determination of Lagrange multipliers, 312 8.1.5 Determination of distribution parameters, 313 8.2 Parameter-space expansion method, 325 8.3 Contrast with method of maximum likelihood estimation (MLE), 329 8.4 Parameter estimation by numerical methods, 331 Questions, 332 References, 333 Additional Reading, 334 9 Spatial Entropy, 335 9.1 Organization of spatial data, 336 9.1.1 Distribution, density, and aggregation, 337 9.2 Spatial entropy statistics, 339 9.2.1 Redundancy, 343 9.2.2 Information gain, 345 9.2.3 Disutility entropy, 352 9.3 One dimensional aggregation, 353 9.4 Another approach to spatial representation, 360 9.5 Two-dimensional aggregation, 363 9.5.1 Probability density function and its resolution, 372 9.5.2 Relation between spatial entropy and spatial disutility, 375 9.6 Entropy maximization for modeling spatial phenomena, 376 9.7 Cluster analysis by entropy maximization, 380 9.8 Spatial visualization and mapping, 384 9.9 Scale and entropy, 386 9.10 Spatial probability distributions, 388 9.11 Scaling: rank size rule and Zipf’s law, 391 9.11.1 Exponential law, 391 9.11.2 Log-normal law, 391 9.11.3 Power law, 392 9.11.4 Law of proportionate effect, 392 Questions, 393 References, 394 Further Reading, 395 10 Inverse Spatial Entropy, 398 10.1 Definition, 398 10.2 Principle of entropy decomposition, 402 10.3 Measures of information gain, 405 10.3.1 Bivariate measures, 405 10.3.2 Map representation, 410 10.3.3 Construction of spatial measures, 412 10.4 Aggregation properties, 417 10.5 Spatial interpretations, 420 10.6 Hierarchical decomposition, 426 10.7 Comparative measures of spatial decomposition, 428 Questions, 433 References, 435 11 Entropy Spectral Analyses, 436 11.1 Characteristics of time series, 436 11.1.1 Mean, 437 11.1.2 Variance, 438 11.1.3 Covariance, 440 11.1.4 Correlation, 441 11.1.5 Stationarity, 443 11.2 Spectral analysis, 446 11.2.1 Fourier representation, 448 11.2.2 Fourier transform, 453 11.2.3 Periodogram, 454 11.2.4 Power, 457 11.2.5 Power spectrum, 461 11.3 Spectral analysis using maximum entropy, 464 11.3.1 Burg method, 465 11.3.2 Kapur-Kesavan method, 473 11.3.3 Maximization of entropy, 473 11.3.4 Determination of Lagrange multipliers λk, 476 11.3.5 Spectral density, 479 11.3.6 Extrapolation of autocovariance functions, 482 11.3.7 Entropy of power spectrum, 482 11.4 Spectral estimation using configurational entropy, 483 11.5 Spectral estimation by mutual information principle, 486 References, 490 Additional Reading, 490 12 Minimum Cross Entropy Spectral Analysis, 492 12.1 Cross-entropy, 492 12.2 Minimum cross-entropy spectral analysis (MCESA), 493 12.2.1 Power spectrum probability density function, 493 12.2.2 Minimum cross-entropy-based probability density functions given total expected spectral powers at each frequency, 498 12.2.3 Spectral probability density functions for white noise, 501 12.3 Minimum cross-entropy power spectrum given auto-correlation, 503 12.3.1 No prior power spectrum estimate is given, 504 12.3.2 A prior power spectrum estimate is given, 505 12.3.3 Given spectral powers: Tk = Gj, Gj = Pk, 506 12.4 Cross-entropy between input and output of linear filter, 509 12.4.1 Given input signal PDF, 509 12.4.2 Given prior power spectrum, 510 12.5 Comparison, 512 12.6 Towards efficient algorithms, 514 12.7 General method for minimum cross-entropy spectral estimation, 515 References, 515 Additional References, 516 13 Evaluation and Design of Sampling and Measurement Networks, 517 13.1 Design considerations, 517 13.2 Information-related approaches, 518 13.2.1 Information variance, 518 13.2.2 Transfer function variance, 520 13.2.3 Correlation, 521 13.3 Entropy measures, 521 13.3.1 Marginal entropy, joint entropy, conditional entropy and transinformation, 521 13.3.2 Informational correlation coefficient, 523 13.3.3 Isoinformation, 524 13.3.4 Information transfer function, 524 13.3.5 Information distance, 525 13.3.6 Information area, 525 13.3.7 Application to rainfall networks, 525 13.4 Directional information transfer index, 530 13.4.1 Kernel estimation, 531 13.4.2 Application to groundwater quality networks, 533 13.5 Total correlation, 537 13.6 Maximum information 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constraints, 606 16.1.2 Maximization of entropy, 606 16.1.3 Determination of Lagrange multipliers, 606 16.1.4 Partition function, 607 16.1.5 Analysis of complexity, 610 16.1.6 Maximum entropy, 614 16.1.7 Complexity as a function of N, 616 16.2 Kapur’s complexity analysis, 618 16.3 Cornacchio’s generalized complexity measures, 620 16.3.1 Special case: R = 1, 624 16.3.2 Analysis of complexity: non-unique K-transition points and conditional complexity, 624 16.4 Kapur’s simplification, 627 16.5 Kapur’s measure, 627 16.6 Hypothesis testing, 628 16.7 Other complexity measures, 628 Questions, 631 References, 631 Additional References, 632 Author Index, 633 Subject Index, 639
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