Environmental science, engineering and technology Books
Duke University Press Glyphosate and the Swirl
Book SynopsisIn Glyphosate and the Swirl Vincanne Adams explores the chemical glyphosate-the active ingredient in Roundup and a pervasive agricultural herbicide-as a predicament of contested science and chemically saturated life. Adams traces the history of glyphosate's invention and its multiple uses as activists, regulators, scientists, clinicians, consumers, and sick people try to determine its safety and harm. Scientific and political debates over glyphosate's toxicity are agitated into a swirl-a condition in which certainty is continually contested, divided, and multiplied. This movement replicates the chemical's movement in soils, foods, bodies, archives, labs, and legislative bodies, settling in some places here and in other places there, its potencies changing and altering what it touches with different scales and kinds of impact. The swirl is both an artifact of academic capitalism, activist tactics, and contested scientific facts and a way to capture the complexity of contemporary life with chemicals.Trade Review"This book could be used in the disciplines of food studies, anthropology, government, environmental studies, and social justice studies. . . . Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals." * Choice *"Adams’ latest book is a beautifully written, provocative foray into re-thinking the ever-swirling sources of, and possible responses to, chemical injury, urging critical scholars of toxicity to shepherd the swirl towards tangible and embodied forms of environmental justice." -- Melina Packer * Science as Culture *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix 1. From Blossoms 1 2. Building the Food Chemosphere 16 3. Ontological Multiplicity & Glyphosate’s Safety 37 4. Chemical Life, Clinical Encounters 51 5. The Scientific Consensus & the Counterfactual 73 6. Consensuses, Academic Capitalism & the Swirl 97 7. Glyphosate Becomes an Activist 114 8. Chemicals as Agents of Care 130 Notes 139 References 145 Index 167
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Duke University Press Multispecies Justice
Book SynopsisUtilizing a multispecies lens and anticolonial framework, contributors to this special issue seek to reconceptualize justice to include beings beyond the human realm. The authors imagine how existing political institutionswhich determine the meaning and distributions of value and powermight be formed and transformed in ways that respond to and afford justice in the lives, relations, and socialities of other-than-human beings. This institutional shift, the authors argue, would disrupt uneven fields of identity-based power, inequality, marginalization, and privilege. It would also foster practices of living together in ways that are hospitable to a broader range of subjects, both human and nonhuman, at a time of socio-ecological unraveling, threat, and instability. Essays cover a variety of topics, including the subterranean estrangement of stygofauna, slaughterhouses and factory farms, anticolonial conceptions of justice, critical plant studies, ecofeminism, and Indigenous cosmopolitics
£13.29
New York University Press Inequality Democracy and the Environment
Book SynopsisWinner, American Sociological Association Section on Environment and Technology Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication AwardThe world currently faces several severe social and environmental crises, including economic under-development, widespread poverty and hunger, lack of safe drinking water for one-sixth of the world's population, deforestation, rapidly increasing levels of pollution and waste, dramatic declines in soil fertility and biodiversity, and global warming. Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment sheds light on the structural causes of these and other social and environmental crises, highlighting in particular the key role that elite-controlled organizations, institutions, and networks play in creating these crises. Liam Downey focuses on four topicsglobalization, agriculture, mining, and U.S. energy and military policyto show how organizational and institutional inequality and elite-controlled organizational networks produce environmental degradation aTrade Review"Downey presents important perspectives about inequality, militarism, and democracy. This important addition to the environment sociology literature should promote serious consideration of the macrostructuralist approach to social problems in general." * CHOICE *"It is very well written. More importantly, it illuminates the centrality of elite-controlled mechanisms." * Political Science Quarterly *
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New York University Press On Infertile Ground
Book SynopsisA critique of population control narratives reproduced by international development actors in the 21st century Since the turn of the millennium, American media, scientists, and environmental activists have insisted that the global population crisis is backand that the only way to avoid catastrophic climate change is to ensure women's universal access to contraception. Did the population problem ever disappear? What is bringing it backand why now? In On Infertile Ground, Jade S. Sasser explores how a small network of international development actors, including private donors, NGO program managers, scientists, and youth advocates, is bringing population back to the center of public environmental debate. While these narratives never disappeared, Sasser argues, histories of human rights abuses, racism, and a conservative backlash against abortion in the 1980s drove them undergrounduntil now. Using interviews and case studies from a wide range of sitesfrom Silicon Valley foundation headquarTrade Review"Like the best social science writing, the book will spark conversation and encourage critical questions about received knowledge. Notably, Sasser declines to offer any policy solutions in her conclusion, preferring to give her readers space for what she calls productive fretting. All in all, On Infertile Ground should be required reading for anyone interested in climate change, women’s lives, or global population dynamics. You may not agree with Sasser’s conclusions, but you will find her analysis thoughtful, clear-eyed, and great food for thought." * American Journal of Sociology *"Sasser shows how environmental activists and scientists have used the urgency of climate change to call for reducing population numbers in the Global South as part of the effort to slow global warming. Drawing on two years of fieldwork with NGO workers, government employees, volunteers, activists, and donors, Sasser chronicles a resurgent Malthusianism, which she calls “populationism,” dressed in progressive-sounding terms such as “empowerment,” “human rights,” and “reproductive justice.” ... Sasser’s observations of how family planning programs operate in low-resource communities are invaluable ... As Sasser notes, the distance between the intentions of idealistic advocates who talk about women’s empowerment and the women they claim to be helping is vast." * New York Review of Books *"On Infertile Ground deepens and expands our understanding of contemporary population politics and policy discourses in the era of climate change. In a fresh and original analysis, Jade S. Sasser reveals how poor women in the Global South are now instrumentalized as & sexual stewards of both the environment and the neoliberal economic order by population/environment NGOs, foundations, and policymakers. Her fieldwork gives us a first-hand view of how this hegemonic knowledge is produced and how it colonizes young white activists vision of the future. This book comes not a moment too soon as population control efforts gain force under a false banner of womens empowerment. Sasser has made an impressive contribution to political ecology, feminist theory, and the pursuit of real reproductive justice." -- Betsy Hartmann,Author of Reproductive Rights and Wrongs: The Global Politics of Population Control"On Infertile Ground is a welcome and necessary addition to medical anthropology. It is especially fruitful for scholars interested in reproductive politics, climate disaster, international development, and histories of population control ... The book’s attention to sexual stewardship—Sasser’s principal contribution—serves as a guidepost to help scholars and activists untangle the social ontology of neoliberal rights during the mounting climate disaster." * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"As we face a feverish and hyper politicized climate around reproductive justice and climate change, this is a critical book for our times. Superbly researched, carefully analyzed, and deeply historical, On Infertile Ground provides a thoughtful and insightful exploration of how we got here, and what the future has in store . . . Jade S. Sasser brings many important strains in feminist and environmental literature into a cogent analysis of contemporary politics" -- Banu Subramaniam,Author of Ghost Stories for Darwin: The Science of Variation and the Politics of Diversity"Sasser’s groundbreaking insights clearly demonstrate the overlap between social justice groups, and in this case, environmental causes, reproductive justice, and women’s rights. [...] [Her] critical analysis couldn’t have come at a more crucial time where society finds itself at a crossroad between value priorities on personal, communal, national, and international levels." * Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences *
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Taylor & Francis Inc Designing Renewable Energy Systems
Book SynopsisThe book discusses a multi-objective optimization approach in LCA that allows the flexible construction of comprehensive Pareto fronts to help understand the weightings and relative importance of its elements. The methodology is applied to the pertinent topics of thermochemical wood conversion, deep geothermal energy, and regional energy planning.Table of ContentsIntroduction. The LCA approach. Application to thermochemical wood conversion. Application to enhanced geothermal systems. Application to urban systems. Annexes. Bibliography.
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Cornell University Press The Liberty to Take Fish
Book SynopsisIn The Liberty to Take Fish, Thomas Blake Earle offers an incisive and nuanced history of the long American Revolution, describing how aspirations to political freedom coupled with the economic imperatives of commercial fishing roiled relations between the young United States and powerful Great Britain. The American Revolution left the United States with the liberty to take fish from the waters of the North Atlantic. Indispensable to the economic health of the new nation, the cod fisheries of the Grand Banks, the Bay of Fundy, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence quickly became symbols of American independence in an Atlantic world dominated by Great Britain. The fisheries issue was a near-constant concern in American statecraft that impinged upon everything, from Anglo-American relations, to the operation of American federalism, and even to the nature of the marine environment. Earle explores the relationship between the fisheries and the state through the Civil W
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University Press of Florida Urban Ecology for Citizens and Planners
Book SynopsisIdeal for city residents, developers, designers, and officials looking for ways to bring urban environments into harmony with the natural world and make cities more sustainable, Urban Ecology for Citizens and Planners offers a wealth of information and examples that will answer fundamental scientific questions, guide green initiatives, and inform environmental policies and decision-making processes.This book provides an overview of the synergistic relationships between humans and nature that shape the ecology of urban green spaces. It also emphasizes the social and cultural value of nature in cities for human health and well-being. Chapters describe the basic science of natural components and ecosystems in urban areas and explore the idea of biophilic urbanism, the philosophy of building nature into the framework of cities. To illustrate these topics, chapters include projects, case studies, expert insights, and successful citizen science programs from urban areas around the world.Authors Gail Hansen and Joseli Macedo argue that citizens have increasingly important roles to play in the environmental future of the cities they live in. A valuable resource for real-world solutions, this volume encourages citizens and planners to actively engage and collaborate in improving their communities and quality of life.
£35.96
Bucknell University Press,U.S. Eighteenth-Century Environmental Humanities
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking new volume unites eighteenth-century studies and the environmental humanities, showcasing how these fields can vibrantly benefit one another. In eleven chapters that engage a variety of eighteenth-century texts, contributors explore timely themes and topics such as climate change, new materialisms, the blue humanities, indigeneity and decoloniality, and green utopianism. Additionally, each chapter reflects on pedagogical concerns, asking: How do we teach eighteenth-century environmental humanities? With particular attention to the voices of early-career scholars who bring cutting-edge perspectives, these essays highlight vital and innovative trends that can enrich both disciplines, making them essential for classroom use.Trade Review“A welcome teaching tool for the undergraduate course in eighteenth-century studies—if you want to integrate environmental studies into your class but don’t know where to begin, start here.” -- Lucinda Cole * author of Imperfect Creatures: Vermin, Literature, and the Sciences of Life, 1600-1740 *“A field-defining collection, Eighteenth-Century Environmental Humanities demonstrates how the emergent methodologies of the environmental humanities illuminate and are in turn enriched by the study of eighteenth-century history and cultural production.” -- Peter Remien * author of The Concept of Nature in Early Modern English Literature *"This innovative collection brilliantly addresses the challenge of studying and teaching the eighteenth century from an Anthropocene vantage. The wide-ranging essays explore the meaning of environmental justice for eighteenth-century writers reckoning with the socio-ecological violence of transatlantic empire." -- Tobias Menely * author of Climate and the Making of Worlds: Toward a Geohistorical Poetics *“A provocative and compelling case for centering the eighteenth century within environmental humanities. This interdisciplinary collection of essays will be of great interest and lasting value to literary scholars and teachers, and it will serve as a touchstone for all future work at the intersections of eighteenth-century studies and the environmental humanities.” -- Seth Reno * editor of The Anthropocene: Approaches and Contexts for Literature and the Humanities *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Eighteenth Century + Environmental HumanitiesJeremy ChowPart I: Eighteenth Century + Climate ChangeChapter 1: Towards a Genealogy of Geoengineering: Erasmus Darwin and the Little Ice AgeElliot Patsoura Chapter 2: Storm ApostropheAnnette Hulbert Chapter 3: “When Stormy Winds Happen”: Divine Providence, Climate Change Discourse, and the Cause of Weather DisastersAdam W. SweetingPart II: Eighteenth Century + New Materialisms Chapter 4: Phillis Wheatley Peters’ Niobean SoundscapesShelby Johnson Chapter 5: Syphilis and Natural History: The Ethical Limits of Human MasteryMariah Crilley Part III: Eighteenth Century + Blue HumanitiesChapter 6: Shore/Lines: Drawing Environmental Change on Eighteenth-Century Prince Edward Island Claire Campbell Chapter 7: Of Water, Wind, and Storms: The Elemental Regimes of the Buccaneer JournalJason PaytonPart IV: Eighteenth Century + Indigeneity and DecolonialityChapter 8: “Supporting Sinking Nations”: John Dennis’s Indigenous Women and their DisastersMatt DuquèsChapter 9: Imagining Decolonial Futures in William Gilbert’s The HurricaneAmi YoonPart V: Eighteenth Century + Green UtopiasChapter 10: Slavery and Plantation Stewardship: The Eighteenth-Century Caribbean Georgics of James Grainger and Philip FreneauChristopher Allan BlackChapter 11: John Thelwell and L.M. Montgomery Write the Green CityKate ScarthAcknowledgmentsBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex
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CABI Publishing Forest Genomics and Biotechnology
Book SynopsisDevelopments in genomics and biotechnology are opening up new avenues for accelerating the domestication of forest trees in a climate change driven world. This book presents an authoritative update of forest tree biotechnology and genomics methodologies, procedures and accomplishments, from basic biological science to applications in forestry and related sciences. It gives expert evaluation of achievements and discussion about the impact that novel forest biotechnological and genomics approaches are having on traditional breeding for improvement of forest tree species and production of forest-based products. It also describes the legal and regulatory aspects of forest biotechnology, with an emphasis on biosafety. It is a reference for forest biologists, including basic and applied scientists involved in forest tree breeding and biotechnology, bioenergy research, and biomaterial product development. Key features: Advances in tree genomic selection. Next-generation sequencing technologies. Domesticating forest-tree species via genetic engineering. Regulatory affairs related to forest biotechnology. Protecting intellectual property. This title is suitable for graduate-level students working in plant biology and forest genetics, silviculture and agroforestry, and bioenergy science and technology. It is also relevant to scientists and foresters researching genetics, genomics and biotechnology, molecular biology and physiology of forest trees, and their application to production forestry, and conservation, as well as for sustainable forestry for bioenergy and bio-based products.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Principles of Genome Sciences Chapter 2: Genomics of Conifers Chapter 3: Genomics of Hardwoods Chapter 4: Forest Tree Population Genomics Chapter 5: Quantitative Genomics of Forest Tree Breeding Chapter 6: Principles of Forest Biotechnology Chapter 7: Approaches to Genetically Engineering Flowering Control in Trees Chapter 8: Engineering for Bioenergy Chapter 9: Engineering Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses Chapter 10: Engineering Pest Tolerance Chapter 11: Regulatory Affairs Chapter 12: Protecting Intellectual Property
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Sustainable Urban Logistics: Planning and
Book SynopsisUrban logistics has been a subject of interest to researchers and practitioners for more than 20 years in France and Europe, and more than 40 in the United States. Nevertheless, the subject remains difficult to address by a lack of unification in the definitions and proposed methods but also by what makes its great richness: the diversity of actors and the pluridisciplinarity of the methods and techniques available.This book, which synthesizes more than 10 years of personal research on the subject, but also experience within different teams and projects, intends to bring a unified vision (and more and more followed at the international level) on logistics planning Urban development. It begins with an overview of research in urban logistics and then describes and defines the main components: flows, actors, infrastructures, management components, technologies, regulations and financing actions. A unified vision of these elements as well as the definition of sustainable urban logistics is proposed.Then, the book presents the basics of planning and managing sustainable urban logistics. First, the basics of the before-after analysis are introduced, not only for the experiments but also for the simulation of scenarios. To carry out this type of analysis, two main groups of methods are needed: methods for estimating flows and methods for calculating evaluation indicators. The book presents the main global standards and dominant models for the estimation of the urban freight transport demand, i.e. of freight transport needs in urban areas. Then it presents the methods for estimating and simulating transport and distribution schemes (i.e. transport supply) as well as a proposal for integrated supply-demand modeling. All these methods are presented for immediate application to practitioners, accompanied by summary tables and parameters necessary for their implementation.As far as evaluation is concerned, the book presents a framework for the choice of sustainable indicators and scorecards. Second, the main methods for economic, environmental, social and accessibility assessment are presented. They are accompanied by tables and figures necessary for their implementation. Finally, the main applications of the proposed methods are introduced. The book is meant to be a practical guide to applying the main methods from scientific research to a practical context, and presents examples of quantified and explained application. It is thus the first book that summarizes and presents the main unified methods to help the different decision-makers to implement them in their actions of planning and management of the urban logistics and the transport of goods in town.Table of ContentsPreface ix Chapter 1. Where Are We After 20 Years of Urban Logistics? 1 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. The valorization of research in urban logistics: French and international approaches 7 1.3. From research to practice: a plethora of projects, initiatives and their practical application 14 1.3.1. France 23 1.3.2. Italy 25 1.3.3. Southern Europe (Spain, Greece, Portugal and other countries of Mediterranean Europe) 27 1.3.4. Germany 30 1.3.5. Belgium and the Netherlands 32 1.3.6. The United Kingdom 33 1.3.7. Northern Europe (Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark) 33 1.3.8. North America 34 1.3.9. Asia-Pacific Region 35 1.3.10. South America 36 1.3.11. Other regions of the world 37 1.4. Key questions in the quantitative and qualitative identification of urban logistics 38 Chapter 2. A Unified Definition of Sustainable Urban Logistics 43 2.1. The components of sustainability 43 2.2. The flows considered in urban freight transport 49 2.3. The stakeholders involved and their interests 52 2.3.1. Introduction 52 2.3.2. The urban logistics interests of these two categories of stakeholders 54 2.4. Visions for sustainable urban logistics 56 2.4.1. The main definitions of urban logistics 56 2.4.2. Vision of collective utility versus individual profitability 58 2.5. A unified definition of sustainable urban logistics 60 Chapter 3. The Evaluation, Assessment and Analysis of Scenarios as Decision-Making Tools 65 3.1. Assessment and evaluation in urban logistics: a body of work with little unification? 65 3.2. The role of scenario construction in assessments and evaluations 71 3.3. Before–after assessments 73 3.4. Proposal of a methodological framework for the assessment and evaluation of the impacts of sustainable urban logistics 76 Chapter 4. Estimating Inter-establishment Flows 83 4.1. Data collection and modeling: close links but not homogeneous 83 4.2. Methodological proposal 94 4.3. Demand generation 96 4.4. Demand distribution models 101 4.5. The construction of routes and distances 106 Chapter 5. The Estimation of Other Urban Freight Transport Flows 121 5.1. Estimating end consumer and urban management flows: a topic less studied, but nevertheless more standardized 121 5.2. Estimating household purchasing activities 125 5.2.1. Some general information on household purchasing activities 125 5.2.2. Proposed methodology 132 5.2.3. Shopping trip generation 133 5.2.4. Distribution of purchase trips: the gravity model 137 5.2.5. Construction of shopping trip chains 139 5.3. Estimating delivery routes to households and delivery depots 143 5.4. Estimation of urban management flows 145 Chapter 6. Estimating and Modeling Change in Urban Logistics 147 6.1. Aims, goals and principles of modeling change in urban logistics 147 6.2. Examples of assessments and analyses using change modeling 151 6.2.1. Modeling the changes induced by the introduction of the SimplyCité UCC to Saint-Étienne 151 6.2.2. Modeling the change(s) brought about by restricting access to the city center 154 6.2.3. Modeling the change brought about by new forms of e-commerce 156 6.3. Generalizing the examples of overall change modeling framework 157 6.4. The importance of solution probleming in change analysis 159 Chapter 7. Indicators and Dashboards for the Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Logistics 165 7.1. The need to evaluate sustainable urban logistics for the definition of dashboards 165 7.2. Methodological proposals 168 7.2.1. The “expert network” method 171 7.2.2. The co-constructive consensus method 173 7.3. Examples of use 177 7.4. Inputs and limitations of the proposed methodology 182 Chapter 8. Estimating the Impact of Sustainable Urban Logistics 185 8.1. Introduction 185 8.2. Economic evaluation 186 8.2.1. Estimating the direct costs of transportation and storage 187 8.2.2. Analysis of margin on variable costs 189 8.2.3. Cost–benefit analysis 193 8.2.4. Example uses of economic valuation methods 198 8.3. Methods for estimating environmental impacts 205 8.3.1. Main methods for estimating environmental impacts 205 8.3.2. Introduction to life cycle analysis 207 8.4. Spatial indicators: centrality, inequality, attractiveness and accessibility 213 8.4.1. Service level indicators 214 8.4.2. Distance and cost indicators 216 8.4.3. Gravitational indicators 217 8.5. Practical considerations of indicator estimation methods 220 Conclusion 225 Bibliography 231 Index 279
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Soils as a Key Component of the Critical Zone 4:
Book SynopsisThis book provides the most up-to-date knowledge on water in soils and applications for the best use of our water resources. It first addresses the influence of soils on water quality, which is linked to rock weathering, soil formation, acidity and waterlogging. Here, the constituents of soils – such as clay minerals and iron oxides – play a major role. These modifications also have an impact on biogeochemical processes at the global scale, including the carbon cycle and the composition of the atmosphere. Secondly, this book discusses soil salinity, alkalinity and sodification in climates spanning from Mediterranean to arid. Here, water quality results from the concentration of solutes by evaporation and the transpiration of plants. The proper management of irrigation both protects soils against acidification and ensures sustainable agroecological development, while improper management leads to soil degradation and groundwater overexploitation. Lastly, the book describes how excess transfer of phosphorus in lakes results from a cascade of liberation and immobilization in the structure of the surrounding landscape. This leads to a general integrative method to limit eutrophication and restore the quality of water bodies. Table of ContentsForeword ix André Mariotti Introduction xiii Guilhem Bourrié Chapter 1. Water Quality in Soils 1Guilhem Bourrié, Fabienne Trolard 1.1. Elementary weathering reactions 3 1.2. Weathering as a CO2 sink 4 1.3. Neoformations 5 1.3.1. Neoformation reactions 5 1.3.2. Arenization and pedogenesis 6 1.4. The weathering rate of rocks 11 1.4.1. Mass balance of granite weathering 11 1.4.2. Influence of soil heterogeneity: dilution and dissolution 11 1.5. Aluminum dynamics in solution 13 1.5.1. Application of the model of partial charges to the polyacid nature of aluminum 13 1.5.2. Aluminum hydroxide solubility as a function of pH 13 1.5.3. Field data 15 1.5.4. Aluminum condensation 16 1.6. Formation paths of aluminum hydroxides 16 1.6.1. The reaction mechanisms of aluminum 16 1.6.2. Kinetic interpretation 16 1.6.3. “Amorphous” aluminous gels 18 1.6.4. Aluminum toxicity 18 1.6.5. Aluminization of interlayers of clay minerals 19 1.7. Exchange acidity and lime requirement 19 1.8. The gibbsite–kaolinite–quartz system 21 1.8.1. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium 21 1.8.2. Gibbsite, a ubiquitous minera 23 1.8.3. The significance of the biogeochemical cycle of silicon 23 1.9. The dynamics of iron 25 1.9.1. Iron: the main indicator of hydromorphy 25 1.9.2. Soil color 28 1.9.3. Qualitative field tests 28 1.9.4. rH measurements 30 1.9.5. Study methods of the iron redox state in soil solution 32 1.9.6. Study methods of solid constituents in hydromorphic soils 35 1.9.7. Fougerite: mineralogical structure, composition and stability 38 1.9.8. Application of the model of partial charges to the determination of the Gibbs free energy of fougerite 41 1.9.9. Formation paths of iron oxides 41 1.9.10. Iron dynamics according to aerobiose/anaerobiose variations 42 1.9.11. Fougerite reactivity: influence on other biogeochemical cycles 51 1.9.12. Fougerite and the origin of life 55 1.10. Clay minerals formation 56 1.10.1. The precursors of clay minerals 56 1.10.2. The genesis of clay minerals by hydroxide silicification 57 1.11. Subtractive weathering and pedogenesis 59 1.11.1. A general subtractive evolution in temperate or tropical environment 59 1.11.2. The pedological reorganization of matter 59 1.11.3. The descent of horizons in landscapes 60 1.11.4. Soils in pedogenesis–erosion–transport–sedimentation cycles 61 1.12. Bibliography 62 Chapter 2. Irrigation, Water and Soil Quality 73.Guilhem Bourrié, Nassira Salhi, Rabia Slimani, Abdelkader Douaoui, Belhadj Hamdi-Aïssa, Gihan Mohammed, Fabienne Trolard 2.1. Irrigation and global changes 73 2.2. The different salinization paths 74 2.2.1. Alkalinity and the sense of variation of pH 75 2.2.2. The acid sulfated path 77 2.2.3. The neutral saline path 78 2.2.4. The alkaline path 80 2.3. From irrigation water to groundwater 81 2.3.1. The salt balance 81 2.3.2. The coupling of the crop model STICS and the geochemical model Phreeqc 81 2.3.3. Proton balance and the rhizosphere effect 84 2.3.4. Simulation of soil–water–plant interactions 89 2.4. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium in saline soils 101 2.5 The use of deep groundwater 107 2.6. Sodification and soil degradation 114 2.7. Perspectives for irrigation 119 2.8. Appendix: relationship between δ18O and log[Cl-] 120 2.9. Bibliography 121 Chapter 3. The Regulation of Phosphorus Transfer 127Jean-Marcel Dorioz 3.1. Introduction 127 3.2. Phosphorus in the environment 129 3.2.1. The three issues of P 129 3.2.2. Principal characteristics of the dynamics of P in the environment 131 3.2.3. Biogeochemical control of PO4-P ions in solution and phosphorus cycle 135 3.2.4. Binding capacity and bioavailability measurements 138 3.2.5. Trophic impacts of external P load 141 3.3. Phosphorus cycle in anthropized lands 144 3.3.1. (Re)distribution, anthropogenic motion and phosphorus reserves 144 3.3.2. Diffuse phosphorus flows and soil usage patterns 148 3.4. The role of soils in diffuse transfers at the watershed level 150 3.4.1. Constitution of reserves in soil cover 151 3.4.2. P load acquisition of surface waters: from soil reserves to hydrochemical flows 153 3.4.3. P load attenuation in buffer zones: from hydrochemical flows to buffer zone deposits 161 3.5. The watershed as a P transfer system 175 3.5.1. Overall functioning 175 3.5.2. Spatial and time organization of the transfer system 178 3.5.3. Export patterns and states of the system 178 3.6. Considerations on diffuse P management 180 3.6.1. Is it possible to reasonably overlook diffuse P? 180 3.6.2. Controlling agricultural diffuse P transfers 181 3.7. Conclusion 183 3.8. Bibliography 184 List of Authors 189 Index 191
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Solving Transport Problems: Towards Green
Book SynopsisSolving Transport Problems establishes fundamental points and good practice in resolving matters regarding green transportation. This is to prompt further research in conveyance issues by providing readers with new knowledge and grounds for integrated models and solution methods. Focusing on green transportation, this book covers various sub-topics and thus consists of diverse content. Traditionally, academia and transport practitioners have mainly concentrated on efficient fleet management to achieve economic benefits and better-quality service. More recently, due to growing public environmental concerns and the industry understanding of the issue, the academic community has started to address environmental issues. The studies of green transportation compiled in this book have identified certain areas of interest, such as references, viewpoints, algorithms and ideas. Solving Transport Problems is for researchers, environmental decision-makers and other concerned parties, to start discussion on developing optimized technology and alternative fuel-based integrated models for environmentally cleaner transport systems.Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xv Chapter 1. An Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search Heuristic for the Green Dial-a-Ride Problem 1Mohamed Amine MASMOUDI, Manar HOSNY and Emrah DEMIR 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. Literature review 3 1.2.1. The Dial-a-Ride Problem 4 1.2.2. The green vehicle routing problem 5 1.3. Problem definition 5 1.4. An Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search for the G-DARP 10 1.4.1. Adaptive weight adjustment procedure 11 1.4.2. Removal and insertion operators 12 1.4.3. Local search operators 12 1.5. Computational experiments 13 1.5.1. Data and experimental setting 13 1.5.2. Parameters setting 14 1.5.3. Computational analysis 16 1.6. Conclusion 23 1.7. References 23 Chapter 2. Role of Green Technology Vehicles in Road Transportation Emissions – Case of the UK 27Niaz WASSAN, Angus FURNEAUX and Said SALHI 2.1. Introduction 27 2.2. Alternative Fuel-Powered vehicles market 29 2.3. Electric vehicles – options and features 30 2.3.1. Battery relevance 36 2.3.2. Charging implications 40 2.3.3. Relevance of regenerative braking technology 44 2.3.4. Emissions 44 2.4. UK transport emissions and the impact of BEVs 47 2.5. Cost implications 55 2.6. Conclusion 56 2.7. References 57 Chapter 3. Transport Pooling: Moving Toward Green Distribution 63Alaeddine ZOUARI 3.1. Introduction 63 3.2. Concepts of collaborative logistics 65 3.2.1. Definitions and issues 65 3.2.2. Forms of logistical collaboration 66 3.3. Pooling of physical flows between organizations 68 3.4. Literature review 69 3.4.1. Choice of articles 69 3.4.2. Analysis and discussion of the results 72 3.5. Proposal of pooling scenarios for the urban distribution of goods 75 3.6. Comparison of scenarios 81 3.6.1. Distances traveled 81 3.6.2. Greenhouse gas emissions 83 3.6.3. Distribution cost 84 3.6.4. Delivery time 85 3.6.5. Best scenario 86 3.7. Proposal for a shared long-distance distribution model 87 3.8. Conclusion 90 3.9. References 90 Chapter 4. A Ruin and Recreate Solution Method for a Lexicographic Vehicle Routing Problem Integrating Park-and-Loop and Car Sharing 97Olivier GALLAY and Nicolas ZUFFEREY 4.1. Introduction 97 4.2. Literature review 99 4.3. Considered problem 101 4.4. Lexicographic approach 103 4.5. Solution method 104 4.6. Results 107 4.6.1. Walking 108 4.6.2. Electric kick scooter 111 4.7. Conclusion and future work 112 4.8. References 113 Chapter 5. An Overview of the Recent Solution Approaches in the Green Vehicle Routing Problem 115Emna MARREKCHI, Walid BESBES and Diala DHOUIB 5.1. Introduction 115 5.2. Chronological progress of the literature on the GVRP 116 5.2.1. The Green-VRP 116 5.2.2. The Pollution-Routing Problem 119 5.3. Solution methodologies for the GVRP 120 5.3.1. Exact methods 120 5.3.2. Metaheuristics 123 5.3.3. Heuristics 128 5.4. Conclusion 129 5.5. References 130 Chapter 6. Multi-Criteria Decision Aid for Green Modes of Crude Oil Transportation Using MACBETH: The Sfax Region Case 135Nouha HAMMAMI, Mohamed Haykal AMMAR and Diala DHOUIB 6.1. Introduction 135 6.2. State-of-the-art 137 6.2.1. Hazardous materials transportation integrated location and routing problem 137 6.2.2. Hazardous materials transportation risk assessment problem 138 6.2.3. Hazardous materials transportation network design problem 139 6.3. Real case: choice of crude oil transportation modal from the Sfax region to the Skhira port 142 6.3.1. Identification of the problem 143 6.3.2. Method for Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical-Based Evaluation Technique (MACBETH) 143 6.3.3. Research methodology: MACBETH application 144 6.3.4. Results and discussions 150 6.4. Conclusion 157 6.5. References 158 Chapter 7. Green Reverse Logistics: Case of the Vehicle Routing Problem with Delivery and Collection Demands 161Naveed WASSAN, Niaz WASSAN, Lina SIMEONOVA and Walid BESBES 7.1. Introduction and significance 161 7.2. The Vehicle Routing Problem and its variants 164 7.2.1. The evolution of the Vehicle Routing Problem 164 7.2.2. The Vehicle Routing Problem 164 7.2.3. VRP variants. 164 7.3. The VRP with delivery and collection demand models 166 7.3.1. The VRP with Mixed Deliveries and Pickups 166 7.3.2. The VRP with Simultaneous Deliveries and Pickups 166 7.3.3. The VRP with Backhauls 167 7.3.4. The Multiple-Trip Vehicle Routing Problem with Backhauls 168 7.4. Studies in VRPB-related areas. 169 7.4.1. Significance of the VRP models with delivery and collection demands 170 7.4.2. Ecological relevance of the VRP models 171 7.4.3. Computation of freight transport greenhouse gas emissions 172 7.4.4. Vehicle routing models directly focused on green transportation 174 7.4.5. Green VRP models 175 7.4.6. Electric vehicles modeling 176 7.5. Conclusion 177 7.6. References 178 Chapter 8. An Improved DTC Induction Motor for Electric Vehicle Propulsion: An Intention to Provide a Comfortable Ride 185Fatma BEN SALEM and Moez FEKI 8.1. Introduction 185 8.2. Several components of EV motor drive 187 8.3. An overview of induction motor control strategies 188 8.4. DTC strategies 189 8.4.1. Conventional DTC fundamentals 189 8.4.2. An improvement of DTC strategy: fixed torque switching frequency 193 8.5. Comparative study based on simulation results 195 8.5.1. Steady-state and transient behavior analysis 195 8.5.2. Performance criteria 197 8.5.3. Discussion 198 8.6. Conclusion 199 8.7. References 199 Chapter 9. Optimization in Multilevel Green Transportation Problems with Electrical Vehicles 203Marcos R. LEITE, Heder S. BERNANDINO, Luciana B. GONÇALVES and Stênio SOARES 9.1. Introduction 203 9.2. Transportation problems with electric vehicles 206 9.2.1. Multilevel formulations 207 9.2.2. Summary review of the literature 209 9.3. Search techniques 211 9.3.1. Exact optimization techniques 212 9.3.2. Genetic algorithms 213 9.3.3. Imperialism competitive algorithm 214 9.3.4. Particle Swarm Optimization 216 9.3.5. Simulated annealing 217 9.3.6. Neighborhood search 218 9.3.7. Summary review of the literature 219 9.4. Tendencies and challenges 223 9.5. Concluding remarks 225 9.6. References 226 List of Authors 229 Index 231
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CABI Publishing Sustainable Diets: Linking Nutrition and Food
Book SynopsisThis book takes a transdisciplinary approach and considers multisectoral actions, integrating health, agriculture and environmental sector issues to comprehensively explore the topic of sustainable diets. The team of international authors informs readers with arguments, challenges, perspectives, policies, actions and solutions on global topics that must be properly understood in order to be effectively addressed. They position issues of sustainable diets as central to the Earth's future. Presenting the latest findings, they: - Explore the transition to sustainable diets within the context of sustainable food systems, addressing the right to food, and linking food security and nutrition to sustainability. - Convey the urgency of coordinated action, and consider how to engage multiple sectors in dialogue and joint research to tackle the pressing problems that have taken us to the edge, and beyond, of the planet's limits to growth. - Review tools, methods and indicators for assessing sustainable diets. - Describe lessons learned from case studies on both traditional food systems and current dietary challenges. As an affiliated project of the One Planet Sustainable Food Systems Programme, this book provides a way forward for achieving global and local targets, including the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition commitments. This resource is essential reading for scientists, practitioners, and students in the fields of nutrition science, food science, environmental sciences, agricultural sciences, development studies, food studies, public health and food policy.Table of ContentsPART I: GRAND CHALLENGES 1: Sustainable Diets: a Bundle of Problems (Not One) in Search of Answers 2: Sustainable Diets: the Public Health Perspective 3: The Challenges of Sustainable Food Systems Where Food Security Meets Sustainability – What are Countries Doing? 4: Climate Change and Sustainable and Healthy Diets 5: Biodiversity Loss: We Need to Move from Uniformity to Diversity 6: Agroecology and Nutrition: Transformative Possibilities and Challenges 7: Indigenous Food Systems: Contributions to Sustainable Food Systems and Sustainable Diets 8: Can Cities from the Global South be the Drivers of Sustainable Food Systems? 9: Consumer-level Food Waste Prevention and Reduction Towards Sustainable Diets PART II: SUSTAINABLE DIETS: QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES 10: Attaining a Healthy and Sustainable Diet 11: Highlighting Interlinkages Between Sustainable Diets and Sustainable Food Systems 12: Understanding the Food Environment: the Role of Practice Theory and Policy Implications 13: Sustainable Diets: Social and Cultural Perspectives 14: Nutritional Indicators to Assess the Sustainability of the Mediterranean Diet 15: Assessing the Environmental Impact of Diets 16: Sustainable Diets and Food-based Dietary Guidelines 17: Costs and Benefits of Sustainable Diets: Impacts for the Environment, Society and Public Health Nutrition PART III: MOVING FORWARD 18: The One Planet Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Programme as a Multi-stakeholder Platform for a Systemic Approach 19: The Med Diet 4.0 Framework: a Multidimensional Driver for Revitalizing the Mediterranean Diet as a Sustainable Diet Model 20: Traditional Foods at the Epicentre of Sustainable Food Systems 21: Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): a Legacy for Food and Nutrition Security 22: Sustainability Along All Value Chains: Exploring Value Chain Interactions in Sustainable Food Systems 23: Sustainable and Healthy Gastronomy in Costa Rica: Betting on Sustainable Diets 24: How Organic Food Systems Support Sustainability of Diets 25: Institutional Food Procurement for Promoting Sustainable Diets 26: Renewing Partnerships with Non-state Actors for Sustainable Diets through Sustainable Agriculture 27: Decalogue of Gran Canaria for Sustainable Food and Nutrition in the Community 28: Ten Years to Achieve Transformational Change: the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016–2025 29: Towards a Code of Conduct for Sustainable Diets
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CABI Publishing Handbook of Environmental Toxicology, A: Human
Book SynopsisA Handbook of Environmental Toxicology focuses on two key aspects: human disorders and ecotoxicology as affected by major toxins originating from biological sources and pollutants, as well as radiation generated spontaneously or as a result of anthropogenic activity. A diverse array of these potentially harmful agents regularly appear in the atmosphere, soil, water and food, compromising both human health and biodiversity in natural and managed ecosystems. This book: - provides authoritative reviews together with specialist short communications to complement the main chapters and address contemporary issues with important case studies; - explores the cutting edge of research and also indicates the likely direction of future developments; - contains extensive coverage of toxicants that are of significant current interest and will be of increasing concern for many years to come; and - encourages international cooperation in future research on pollution and other environmental agents causing harm to human health and degradation of natural habitats in the ecosystem. Written by an international team of authors from a range of educational, medical and research establishments, this book is an essential reference for advanced students and researchers in the areas of environmental sciences, ecology, agriculture, environmental health and medicine, in addition to industry and government personnel responsible for environmental regulations and directives.Table of ContentsPART I: BIOGENIC COMPOUNDS 1: Phytotoxins 2: Mycotoxins 3: Cyanobacterial Toxins 4: Amino Acids and Peptides as Mediators of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Higher Plants PART II: AMBIENT GASES AFFECTING HUMAN HEALTH AND ADAPTATION IN HIGHER PLANTS 5: Ozone I. Human Disorders: an Overview 6: Ozone II. Biophysical Observations 7: Nitrogen Dioxide: Ambient Exposure in Human Disorders 8: Sulfur Dioxide and Human Disorders 9: Plant Response to Acid Rain Stress PART III: PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS 10: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Ecotoxicity in the Aquatic Environment and Implications for Human Health 11: The Developmental Neurotoxicity of Polychlorinated Biphenyls: a Continuing Environmental Health Concern 12: Dioxins I. Dynamics and Legal Directives in Europe 13: Dioxins II. Human Exposure and Health Risks 14: Dioxins III. Relationship to Pre-Diabetes, Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy 15: Environmental Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Human Health 16: Organochlorine Insecticides: Neurotoxicity 17: Organophosphates I. Human Health Effects and Implications for the Environment: an Overview 18: Organophosphates II. Neurobehavioural Problems Following Low-Level Exposure: Methodological Considerations for Future Research 19: Glyphosate as a Glycine Analogue PART IV: PETROLEUM POLLUTION 20: Crude Oil Pollution I. Deepwater Horizon Contamination: Human Health Effects and Health Risk Assessments, a Case Study 21: Crude Oil Pollution II. Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Contamination on Sediment Toxicity in the Gulf of Mexico 22: Crude Oil Pollution III. Exxon Valdez Contamination: Ecological Recovery, a Case Study 23: Review of Studies of Composition, Toxicology and Human Health Impacts of Wastewater from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development from Shale PART V: TOXICOLOGY OF HEAVY METALS 24: Minamata Disease and Methylmercury Exposure 25: Lead Poisoning 26: Cadmium I. Exposure and Human Health Effects: an Overview 27: Cadmium II. Cardiovascular Effects of Human Exposure to Cadmium: Left Ventricular Structure and Function PART VI: PARTICULATES AND PLASTICS 28: Particulates from Combustion Sources: Formation, Characteristics and Toxic Hazards 29: Assessment of the Ecotoxicity of Airborne Particulate Matter 30: Toxicity of Microplastics in the Marine Environment PART VII: RADIATION RISKS 31: UV Exposure and Skin Protective Effects of Plant Polyphenols 32: Radon I. Lung Cancer Risks 33: Radon II. Leukaemia or CNS Cancer Risks Among Children 34: Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Potential Health Effects Inferred from Butterfly and Human Cases PART VIII: REMEDIATION 35: Microbial Remediation of Contaminated Soils 36: Metallic Iron for Environmental Remediation: Prospects and Limitations 37: Remediation of Contaminated Soil by Biochar PART IX: OUTLOOK AND CONCLUSIONS 38: Environmental Regulations in China 39: 21st Century Toxicology: Methods for Environmental Toxicology and Monitoring 40: Unequivocal Evidence Associating Environmental Contaminants and Pollutants with Human Morbidity and Ecological Degradation
£192.74
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Climate Change and Technology
Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook presents the latest knowledge on technological innovation for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Looking beyond technical fixes, it further draws on economics, politics and sociology to explore how modern technology can contribute to effective and socially just sustainability transitions.Examining cutting-edge research on energy, transport and industry, this Handbook argues that we have the technologies and policy instruments needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change. However, for larger-scale implementation the support at the socio-economic and political levels has to be increased. Chapters further analyse the role that technology plays in key sectors, such as agriculture and forestry, in order to become more sustainable. Contributors also reflect on the position of technology in society, illustrating the wider socio-technical systems that determine the impact that new technologies can have. They call for the political will to implement and scale up technological measures to address climate change across the world.The Handbook on Climate Change and Technology will be essential reading for academics and students of climate change, energy, sustainability and environmental governance and regulation. It will also be an invaluable resource for practitioners and policymakers seeking a deeper understanding of the role of technology in sustainability transitions.Trade Review‘This book is a goldmine for practitioners and researchers in the field of climate change and technology. The depth and breadth of this book is second to none, bringing together contributions from top technology experts across key domains of climate change mitigation.’ -- Rasmus Lema, Maastricht University, the Netherlands‘A tour de force in terms of ambition, scope, and execution. The Handbook covers it all, from climate mitigation and adaptation to the supreme importance of looking beyond technology to avert climate disaster. It’s crammed not only with deep expert knowledge across more than 30 chapters from some of the world’s top thinkers, it is written and presented in impressive clarity and style. It’s moved into front place on my bookshelf.’ -- Benjamin K. Sovacool, Boston University, US‘Technology is the key to climate change mitigation and adaptation in these challenging times. The timely launch of the Handbook on Climate Change and Technology enables us to discover the wide range of technologies today to meet the Paris Agreement goals. A must-read for all who are interested in the impacts of climate change and how to make the world a better place to live in.’ -- May Tan-Mullins, James Cook University, SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: PART I TECHNOLOGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION I.1 INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction: how technology and climate change mitigation became intertwined 2 Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd 2 Implementing 100% renewable energy to decarbonise emission pathways 16 Mark Diesendorf I.2 ENERGY 3 Wind energy for mitigating global climate change 35 Lennart Söder 4 Solar photovoltaic technologies for mitigating global climate change 58 Michelle Vaqueiro Contreras, Jianjun Li, Moonyong Kim and Martin A. Green 5 Hydropower, climate change and sustainable energy transitions 82 Giuseppina Siciliano 6 The role of bioenergy, biofuels and biogas in mitigating global climate change 103 Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd 7 Carbon dioxide removal and bioenergy carbon capture and storage 116 Fabian Levihn 8 The role of hydrogen in mitigating global climate change 134 Daniele Silvestro, Peder Zandén Kjellén, Nikhilesh Dharmala, Shveta Soam and Karl Hillman 9 Improving energy efficiency of buildings 163 Fredrik von Malmborg, Martin Björklund and Patrik Rohdin I.3 TRANSPORT 10 Transition towards more efficient road transports: insights from mobility analytics 180 Anna Danielsson, David Gundlegård, Clas Rydergren and Nikolaos Tsanakas 11 Sustainable energy transitions in aviation 196 Frauke Urban, Johan Nordensvärd and Aneta Kulanovic 12 Sustainable energy transitions in maritime shipping: a global perspective 205 Fumi Harahap, Mahrokh Samavati and Anissa Nurdiawati I.4 INDUSTRY 13 Circular economy for energy-intensive industries 228 Andreas Feldmann 14 Decarbonizing energy-intensive industries: the case of the steel sector 237 Frauke Urban I.5 CITIES AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 15 Cities and climate-resilient development 247 Jason Alexandra 16 The potential and limitations of heat pumps to mitigate climate change in the built environment 261 Chang Su I.6 GRIDS, BATTERIES AND DIGITALISATION 17 The flexible grid infrastructure enabling power grid evolution and decarbonization 274 Lina Bertling Tjernberg and Hamza Shafique 18 Vehicle and stationary batteries for a sustainable future: recent developments and challenges around second-life applications and recycling 291 Tarun Kumar Agrawal and Patricia van Loon 19 Digitalization of the EU electricity system: the challenge of a just energy transition 302 Irene A. Niet, Romy Dekker, Luc F.M. van Summeren, Eef Masson, Anna J. Wieczorek, Frank C.A. Veraart and Rinie C. van Est PART II TECHNOLOGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION II.1 AGRICULTURE 20 Agricultural innovation and climate change adaptation: a framework for analysis 323 Lars Otto Naess, John Thompson and Bridget Allen-O’Neil 21 Climate change, policy processes and local vulnerability 336 Catherine Doe Adodoadji-Dogbe and Frauke Urban II.2 FORESTRY 22 Forest management planning technologies in the light of climate change 353 Pete Bettinger, Alba Rocio Gutierrez Garzon, Krista Merry, Angela Tsao, Volkan Bektas, Taeyoon Lee, Joshua Uzu and Jacek Siry II.3 FISHING AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS 23 Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in coastal fishing communities 371 Catherine Doe Adodoadji-Dogbe and Frauke Urban II.4 DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT 24 Disaster risk reduction, disaster risk management and climate change adaptation 388 Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd PART III BEYOND TECHNICAL FIXES FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 25 Future directions for sustainability transitions research 403 Jonathan Köhler 26 Justice in low-carbon transitions: energy justice, just transitions and utility-scale wind power 413 Adolfo Mejía-Montero and Kirsten E. H. Jenkins 27 Gender and climate justice 434 Jennie C. Stephens 28 The role of energy and climate policy in mitigating global climate change 444 Johan Nordensvärd and Frauke Urban 29 The economics of climate change: a review 462 Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd 30 The economics of mitigating climate change: a critical review of modeling approaches 482 Richard A. Rosen 31 Promoting climate change resilience: an illustrative case study 500 Michelle Rydback 32 Sharing climate information in supply chains: reach and limitations of ICT and marketing 517 Anna-Maria Nyquist Index 532
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Environmental Economics for Sustainable Growth: A
Book SynopsisEnvironmental Economics for Sustainable Growth is a specially designed handbook for trainers, practitioners and government advisors involved in environmental policy making. It will enable professionals to initiate and implement environmental economic studies and identify policies and investments which will ensure sustainable development in their respective countries.The book focuses on economic tools but also encompasses ecological and sociological perspectives, all of which are essential to any successful environmental policy. The authors highlight the major issues in environmental policy making and the analysis of projects with environmental impacts. Features include: sustainable development in a global context macroeconomic policies and the environment environmental policies and priorities legal and institutional dimensions integration of environmental assessment into project analysis valuation techniques and case studies. This handbook will be of immense use in the training of policymakers, practitioners, and students of environmental policy as well as development managers and scholars working in the areas of environment and development.Trade Review'. . . a valuable reference work which should find its place on the bookshelves of anyone who regards themselves as a professional practitioner of environmental economics or related disciplines.' -- Robert Dumsday, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics'This book fills the important niche of providing an accessible reference for non economists who must inevitably interpret and apply economic data to understand how and why people overexploit resources, and how to manage them to achieve sustainable economic and environmental practices.' -- Christopher M. Anderson, The Quarterly Review of Biology'This Handbook is a welcome addition to the planning library. It offers one of the few attempts at linking environmental economics to growth issues, within the context of sustainable development . . . it offers a wealth of information, conceptual, and goal-oriented practical methodologies, on how to integrate environmental concerns in formulating policies in decision making at various governmental levels.' -- Riad G. Mahayni, Journal of Planning Education and Research'Environmental Economics for Sustainable Growth is a long awaited handbook for practitioners in environmental economics and policy. This is the first book which comprehensively describes the environment-economy link at both the macro and micro level, puts it in the framework of sustainable development, and focuses on environmental valuation techniques as the key to operationalizing sustainable development at both the macro policy level and the micro level of project and program evaluation. The book also describes in a step-by-step fashion how to perform environmental valuation studies in developing countries and transition economies, and again illustrates the methodologies in an excellent way with empirical studies.' -- StAle Navrud, Agricultural University of Norway'Economic theory provides a foundation for policy analysis, but typically it is communicated with few examples from developing countries and with little sense of the important problems and solutions. Environmental Economics for Sustainable Growth comes a long way to bridging this gap: examples are plenty, and students get to see that methods can be applied and solutions adopted. It will prove a valuable resource for teachers and students in this important and growing area.' -- Gunnar S. Eskeland, The World Bank, US'This book provides up to date information on environmental economics and its applications to practical policy. It is clearly written and will be a valuable resource for a wide range of readers, including researchers, trainers, policy analysts and students.' -- Mohan Munasinghe, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND), Sri Lanka, Bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction and Structure Part I: Economy-wide Policies and the Environment 2. Sustainable Development Vision in a Global Context 3. Macroeconomic Policies and the Environment 4. Sectoral Policies and the Environment 5. Policies, Instruments and the Environment 6. Laws, Regulations and Institutions 7. National Environmental Strategies 8. Economy-wide Policies and the Valuation of Environmental Impacts Part II: Environmental Valuation Methods for Policies and Projects 9. Economic Principles and Overview of Valuation Methods 10. Revealed Preference: Direct Proxy Methods 11. Revealed Preference: Indirect Proxy Methods 12. Stated Preference: Contingent Valuation Methods 13. Use of Monetary Values of Environmental and Natural Resources for Benefit–Cost Analysis: An Application to a Soil Moisture Conservation Project in Tunisia 14. Use of Monetary Values of Environmental and Natural Resources in the Framework of National Accounts: An Application to Costa Rica 15. Valuing Health Impacts: A Case Study of Air Pollution in New Delhi, India Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Frontiers in Ecological Economic Theory and
Book SynopsisResearch on the cutting edge of economics, ecology, and ethics is presented in this timely study. Building from a theoretical critique of the tradition of cost-benefit analysis, the contributors lay the foundation for a macroeconomics of environmental sustainability and distributive justice. Attention is then turned to three of the most critical areas of social and environmental applied research - biodiversity, climate change, and energy. The contributors redefine progress away from growth and toward development. To this end, the first section of the book tackles the dominant framework used in the US today to evaluate tradeoffs between economic growth and its inherent externalities. Succeeding chapters cover a wide variety of studies related to biodiversity health and energy. Each section is anchored with overviews by top scholars in these areas - including Herman Daly, Carl McDaniel, Stephen Schneider, and Nathan Hagens - and followed by detailed analyses reflecting the transdisciplinary approach of ecological economics.Students and scholars of ecological, environmental, and natural resource economics, sustainability sciences, and environmental studies will find this book of great interest. Non-profit and government agencies in search of methods and cases that merge the study of ecology and economics will also find the analyses of great practical value.Trade Review'. . . because of the high quality of many of the chapters and the selection of topics, the book is a valuable contribution to the literature on ecological economics. . . the book adds much that is helpful to the burgeoning literature on ecological economics.' -- Peter Victor, Ecological Economics'This book presents the best evidence yet that ecological economists in the United States are becoming a strong and unified voice on biodiversity loss, climate change, and energy options. The arguments presented here are rich, sound, convincing, timely, and are not about to lose their saliency any time soon.' -- Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, US'Erickson and Gowdy have put together a wonderful collection of contributions from a wide range of scholars that will greatly advance ecological economics.' -- Herman E. Daly, University of Maryland, College Park, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Jon D. Erickson and John M. Gowdy PART I: ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC THEORY An Overview of Part I Herman E. Daly 1. Wrong in Retrospect: Cost–Benefit Analysis of Past Successes Frank Ackerman, Lisa Heinzerling and Rachel I. Massey 2. Reorienting Macroeconomic Theory Towards Environmental Sustainability Jonathan M. Harris 3. Growth and Equity: Dismantling the Kaldor–Kuznets–Solow Consensus Brendan P. Fisher and Jon D. Erickson 4. Ecological Economics as a Basis for Distributive Justice Frank G. Müller PART II: BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH An Overview of Part II Carl N. McDaniel 5. The Technological Juggernaut and Nature’s Ecological Systems Paul P. Christensen 6. Assessing Ecosystem Health in Dutchess County, New York Karin E. Limburg and Karen M. Stainbrook 7. Safe Minimum Standard Analysis of the Florida Manatee Barry D. Solomon, Cristi M. Corey-Luse and Kathleen E. Halvorsen 8. Development in the Adirondack Park, New York: Projections and Implications Michale J. Glennon and William F. Porter PART III: CLIMATE CHANGE An Overview of Part III Stephen H. Schneider 9. Problems in Economic Assessments of Climate Change with Attention to the United States of America Clive L. Spash 10. Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest: Valuing Snowpack Loss for Agriculture and Salmon Eban Goodstein and Laura Matson 11. A Contingent Behavior Analysis of the Effects of Climate Change on National Park Visitation Robert B. Richardson 12. Second-Best Pollution Taxes in the Economics of Climate Change Richard B. Howarth 13. Ranking the Adaptive Capacity of Nations to Climate Change when Socio-Political Goals are Explicit Brent M. Haddad PART IV: ENERGY An Overview of Part IV Nathan John Hagens 14. Energy Quality, Net Energy and the Coming Energy Transition Cutler J. Cleveland 15. The Hydrogen Futures Simulation Model: Pathways to a Hydrogen Future Thomas E. Drennen and Jennifer E. Rosthal 16. Measuring Sustainable Energy Development with a Three-Dimensional Index Brynhildur Davidsdottir, Daniel A. Basoli, Sarah Fredericks and Claire Lafitte Enterline 17. The Elasticity of Substitution, the Capital–Energy Controversy and Sustainability David I. Stern Index
£126.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental
Book SynopsisIn the current era of globalisation, national governments are increasingly exposed to international influences which can present many new constraints and opportunities for domestic environmental policies. This comprehensive Handbook pushes the frontiers of theoretical and empirical knowledge, and provides a state-of-the-art examination of the critical effects of globalisation on environmental governance. Following a comprehensive introduction by the editors, the expert contributors analyse key concepts and recent developments in themes such as national regimes, types of environmental goods, trade rules and environmental policies, eco-innovation policy, government-business cooperation, the role of citizen-consumers in environmental politics, and governance in developing countries. They also present various societal perspectives, including the role of businesses and non-governmental organisations. Eight original case studies address global influences on domestic environmental policies and government participation in international and supranational fora. The Handbook concludes with innovative and challenging views on the future role of national governments in global environmental governance. Including contributions from leading authorities in academia, government, and business, this comprehensive new Handbook provides an insightful overview of the powerful effect of globalisation on national environmental policy. The depth and scope of the work will ensure a broad and varied readership, including academics, students, and policymakers in the fields of governance, environmental politics and law, international relations, and political science.Trade Review'This is undoubtedly a useful collection of essays for environmental policymakers and anyone interested in the relationship between national government and transnational forces. . . the collection brings together some interesting perspectives and should prove a useful complement to the existing political sociology of the environment.' -- International Sociology - Review of Books'The Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy is a very important book. More than 40 experienced authors, including some of the most important international thought leaders of our time, have confronted a crucial question: How can and should national governments come to grips with the need for global action on a wide range of increasingly urgent environmental challenges that exceed their authority and capability? Through close examination of numerous case studies, a balanced perspective that takes government, business and civil society into account, and fresh interdisciplinary thinking about a range of policy tools, the Handbook offers a treasure trove of new concepts and new perspectives. The authors conclude that by acknowledging the ongoing erosion of national sovereignty and accepting the growing need to work together in supranational forums, national governments can, in fact, increase their capacity to shape their own destiny.' -- Lawrence Susskind, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US'In an increasingly interdependent world, global forces affect both the design and effectiveness of environmental policy. This Handbook provides an unusually creative and comprehensive guide, not only to the nature of these forces and their impacts, but also to how a better understanding of these forces can provide a foundation for improving the effectiveness of environmental policy.' -- Tom Tietenberg, Colby College, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Globalisation and National Environmental Policy: An Overview Kees Zoeteman, Frank Wijen and Jan Pieters PART I: CONCEPTS AND STATE OF AFFAIRS 2. Trade and Investment: Selected Links to Domestic Environmental Policy Tom Jones 3. Globalisation and National Incentives for Protecting Environmental Goods: Types of Goods, Trade Effects, and International Collective Action Problems Alkuin Kölliker 4. Financing Global Public Goods: Responding to Global Environmental Challenges Pedro Conceição and Inge Kaul 5. National Environmental Policies and Multilateral Trade Rules Marion Jansen and Alexander Keck 6. Towards an Effective Eco-Innovation Policy in a Globalised Setting René Kemp, Luc Soete and Rifka Weehuizen 7. Collaboration of National Governments and Global Corporations in Environmental Management Kees Zoeteman and Eric Harkink 8. Globalisation and the Role of Citizen-Consumers in Environmental Politics Gert Spaargaren and Susan Martens 9. Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States David Vogel, Michael Toffel and Diahanna Post 10. Globalisation and Policies/Politics towards Sustainable Development in Developing Countries Hans Opschoor PART II: SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVES 11. Drivers of Business Behaviour in the Realm of Sustainable Development: The Role and Influence of the WBCSD, a Global Business Network Björn Stigson and Britta Rendlen 12. Globalisation, Policy Utility Suppliers, and the Environmental Agenda Jan Hol 13. Unilever and Sustainable Development Chris Dutihl 14. Globalisation and National Environmental Policy: The Influence of WWF, an International Non-Governmental Organisation Claude Martin 15. The Impact of European Non-Governmental Organisations on EU Environmental Regulation John Hontelez PART III: THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES 16. National Room to Manoeuvre: The Dutch Position in EU Energy Policies Maarten Arentsen and Theo de Bruijn 17. Strategies to Prevent Illegal Logging Saskia Ozinga and Nicole Gerard 18. Globalisation and Crop-Protection Policy Joost van Kasteren 19. Free Trade in Agricultural Products and the Environment Jan van Vliet PART IV: THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN INTERNATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL FORUMS 20. Different Countries, Different Strategies: 'Green' Member States Influencing EU Climate Policy Sietske Veenman and Duncan Liefferink 21. The Dispersion of Authority in the European Union and its Impact on Environmental Regulation Ludwig Krämer 22. Mutual Recognition in the Testing of Chemicals through the OECD Rob Visser 23. Architecture of the Kyoto Protocol and Prospects for Public Climate Policy Frank Wijen and Kees Zoeteman PART V: NEW DIRECTIONS 24. Globalisation and Environmental Protection: A Global Governance Perspective Daniel Esty and Maria Ivanova 25. Governments and Policy Networks: Chances, Risks, and a Missing Strategy Charlotte Streck 26. Globalisation and Environmental Policy Design Konrad von Moltke 27. Effective Environmental Strategies for Small Countries in an Interconnected Global Setting Pieter Winsemius Index
£51.25
CABI Publishing Biological Control: A Global Perspective
Book SynopsisBiological control, the management of pests by the use of living organisms, has a long history of application to agriculture around the world. However, the effective use of beneficial organisms is constrained by environmental, legal, and economic restrictions, forcing researchers to adopt increasingly multi-disciplinary techniques in order to deploy successful biological control programs. It is this complex process, including the mindset and the social environment of the researcher as well as the science being pursued, that this book seeks to capture. Chapters reveal the experiences of scientists from the initial search for suitable control agents, to their release into ecosystems and finally to the beneficial outcomes which demonstrate the great success of biological control across diverse agro-ecosystems. Drawing together historical perspectives and approaches used in the development of biological control as well as outlining current debates surrounding terminology and differential techniques, Biological Control: A Global Perspective will be a valuable resource.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Classical Biocontrol Programs 3: Using Macro-organisms 4: Using micro-organisms a: Bacteria b: Fungi c: Viruses 5: Conservation biocontrol programs 6: Networking in Biocontrol
£131.26
Princeton University Press Climate Change Justice
Book SynopsisFavoring both a climate change agreement and efforts to improve economic justice, this title makes a case that the best - and possibly only - way to get an effective climate treaty is to exclude measures designed to redistribute wealth or address historical wrongs against underdeveloped countries.Trade Review"Anyone taking part in the next round of climate negotiations in Mexico in December should take this book with them. It is ... certainly a guide. Legislating for the future is always tricky. This area is trickier than most."--Sir Crispin Tickell, Financial Times "[T]his book is a potent attack on an argument that is growing rapidly in popularity yet declining in clarity and focus... Chapter 1 provides what must be one of the most comprehensive, comprehensible, and yet still succinct accounts of the science of anthropogenic climate change currently in print."--Jamison E. Colburn, Concurring Opinions blog "[B]y reflecting so clearly on the current 'economic consensus', Posner and Weisbach provide a useful introduction to the current state of play in climate change politics."--Joy Paton, Australian Journal of Political ScienceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Ethically Relevant Facts and Predictions 10 Chapter 2: Policy Instruments 41 Chapter 3: Symbols, Not Substance 59 Chapter 4: Climate Change and Distributive Justice: Climate Change Blinders 73 Chapter 5: Punishing the Wrongdoers: A Climate Guilt Clause? 99 Chapter 6: Equality and the Case against Per Capita Permits 119 Chapter 7: Future Generations: The Debate over Discounting 144 Chapter 8: Global Welfare, Global Justice, and Climate Change 169 A Recapitulation 189 Afterword: The Copenhagen Accord 193 Notes 199 Index 219
£19.80
J Ross Publishing Bristol Bay Alaska: Natural Resources of the
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J Ross Publishing Public Infrastructure Management: Tracking Assets
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Hopkins Fulfillment Service Apollos Eye
Book SynopsisHe connects the evolving image of a unified globe to politically powerful conceptions of human unity.Trade ReviewWell written, copiously illustrated, and with an excellent section of notes at the end of each chapter, the author and publishers of this book are to be commended. -- David Cooper Geography The richly embroidered garment he has woven together provides a really stimulating argument for anyone interested in the links between representation and political process... Apollo's Eye is constantly thought-provoking. -- Chris Perkins Society of Cartographers Bulletin Apollo's Eye will appeal to a broad range of readers, in part because its subject is so keenly relevant to current world events. Cosgrove's erudition is as impressive as ever... Cosgrove shows convincingly how successive understandings of the globe were inflected and distinguished by new technologies and techniques of analysis and representation. -- David L. Hays Cultural Geographies 2004 A fascinating and unique history. -- Sylvia Bender Western Association of Map Libraries 2006Table of ContentsContents: 1 Imperial and Poetic Globe 2 Classical Globe 3 Christian Globe 4 Oceanic Globe 5 Visionary Globe 6 Emblematic Globe and the Poetics of the World 7 Enlightened Globe 8 Modern Globe 9 Virtual Globe
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LUP - University of Georgia Press Georgia Pest Management Handbook 2021 Home and
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MP-SYR Syracuse University P Imagined Country
Book SynopsisThis volume explores the relationship between society and the physical world through representation - the artistic re-creation of the physical world - which reflects interpretation.Trade ReviewImagined Country views the environment as a social construct, defined, interpreted, and reproduced by culture and ideology . . . . The book makes its case on that issue very well." —National Geographic Research and Exploration"Myths destroy time . . . ideologies reify space.' Through these two structures John Rennie Short examines the roles of the wilderness, the country, and the city in politics and art. . . . This is a rare achievement." — The Higher
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MP-SMM Society for Mining Responsible Mining
Book SynopsisOffers a comprehensive guide to addressing social and environmental risks at mines in the developed world. This book gathers case studies of best practices across the full range of issues. With examples from four continents, you can learn from both your home territory and around the world.
£999.99
The University of North Carolina Press Rendered Obsolete
Book SynopsisAnalysing a vast archive that includes novels, periodicals, artifacts from whaling ships, tourist attractions, and even whale carcasses, Jones explores the histories of race, labor, and energy consumption in the nineteenth-century United States through the lens of the whaling industry's legacy.
£22.46
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Muddy Ground Native Peoples Chicagos Portage and
Book SynopsisCharts the many peoples that traversed and sought power along Chicago’s portage paths from the seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries, including Indigenous Illinois traders, French explorers, Jesuit missionaries, Meskwaki warriors, British officers, Anishinaabe headmen, and American settlers.
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Muddy Ground Native Peoples Chicagos Portage and
Book SynopsisCharts the many peoples that traversed and sought power along Chicago’s portage paths from the seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries, including Indigenous Illinois traders, French explorers, Jesuit missionaries, Meskwaki warriors, British officers, Anishinaabe headmen, and American settlers.
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University of Utah Press,U.S. Re-Envisioning the Anthropocene Ocean
Book SynopsisThe world is at a critical moment, when humans must grapple with thinking about the planet’s oceans from ecological, physical, social, and legal perspectives. Warming ocean temperatures, changing currents, cultural displacement, Indigenous resilience, melting polar ice, habitat loss, are but a few of the global issues reflected in the planetary ocean as a front line in the unfolding drama of climate change. Re-Envisioning the Anthropocene Ocean brings together leading scientists, lawyers, humanists, and Indigenous voices to tell of the ocean’s precarious position in the twenty-first century. The contributors affirm that the planetary ocean is crucial to our well-being and overdue for a positive change in public action to enhance the world’s resilience to climate change, ocean acidification, and other stressors. These essays begin that crucial work of positively re-imagining the ocean in the Anthropocene. This volume brings diverse perspectives to the planet’s ocean future. New essays are contextualized with narratives woven from earlier ocean writers, showing readers how past perceptions of the ocean have led us to where we are today in terms of both problems and potential new visions. In this one volume, readers experience both the history of humanity’s multi- and interdisciplinary interactions with the ocean, find new perspectives on that history, and discover ideas for looking forward.Trade Review “The book makes a unique contribution in bringing together thinkers across a wide range of disciplines, from oceanography to law to literary criticism. There are a number of new voices contributing insights into ocean management, ocean protection, and ocean narrative.” —Anastasia M. Telesetsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo “This collection is unique and innovative in coordinating the knowledge of scholars from the sciences and the humanities, as well as notably in highlighting the importance of a legal perspective. The writing is engaging and replete with pithy citations along with memorable, helpful details. Re-envisioning the Anthropocene Ocean is at once enjoyable, sobering, and thought-provoking.” —Margaret Cohen, Stanford University Table of Contents 1. Introduction: Why Re- envision the Anthropocene Ocean? By Robin Kundis Craig and Jeffrey Mathes McCarthy Part I. Re- envisioning the Ocean as Connection Editors’ Introduction to Part I 2. Literary Oceans: Ship, Crew, Climate by Jeffrey Mathes McCarthy 3. Creating Ocean: Planetary Immersion and Premodern Globalization by Steve Mentz 4. Minds Tossing on the Ocean: Venice, the Sea, and the Crisis of Imagination by Shaul Bassi 5. Mobilizing Vessels and Voices: “A Climate Movement in the Pacific, for the Pacific, and with the Pacific” by Taylor Cunningham Part II. Re- envisioning Ocean Protection Editors’ Introduction to Part II 6. Humanity’s Changing Relationship with the Ocean by Jeremy B. C. Jackson 7. A Reservation of Water by Thomas Michael Swensen 8. Re-envisioning the Value of Marine Spaces in Law: Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association v. Ross by Robin Kundis Craig 9. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Reforming the National Ocean Policy for the Twenty- First Century by Nathaniel E. Broadhurst 10. Rights of Nature: The Answer to Our Oceanic Issues? by Abigail Benesh Part III. Re- envisioning Ocean Action Editors’ Introduction to Part III 11. Plastic in the Pacific: How to Address an Environmental Catastrophe by Christopher Finlayson 12. Recrafting Narratives to Disrupt the Oceanic Plastic Plague by Brenda B. Bowen 13. Adaptive and Interactive Futures: Developing “Serious Games” for Coastal Community Engagement and Decision-Making by Kathryn K. Davies, Benjamin A. Davies, Paula Blackett, Paula Holland, and Nicholas Cradock- Henry 14. The Human Face of the Ocean: Creative Collaboration for Conservation Tierney Thys 15. Conclusion: Ocean Wildlife Photography as a Metaphor for the Anthropocene Ocean by Robin Kundis Craig Appendices: Inspiring Ocean Voices Editors’ Introduction Appendix A: A Deeper Historical Perspective 1. Excerpt from The Free Sea, by Hugo Grotius 2. “They that Occupy Their Business on Great Waters,” excerpt from Atlantic, by Simon Winchester 3. “From Davy Jones’ Locker to the Foot Locker: The Case of the Floating Nikes,” excerpt from The Social Construction of the Ocean, by Philip E. Steinberg Appendix B: A Broader Global Perspective 1. “Our Sea of Islands,” by Epeli Hau‘ofa 2. “Just Where Does One Get a License to Kill Indians?,” excerpt from The Sea Is My Country, by Joshua L. Reid 3. “Praise Song for Oceania,” by Craig Santos Perez 4. Excerpt from “Rehabilitation: A Proposal for a Climate Compensation Mechanism for Small Island States,” by Maxine Burkett Appendix C: A Snapshot of the Last Century of Scientific Calls to Arms 1. “The Encircling Sea,” excerpt from The Sea Around Us, by Rachel Carson 2. “Summary for Policymakers,” excerpt from Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change About the Contributors Index
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Wiley Large Marine Ecosystems of the Indian Ocean
Book SynopsisIn this volume marine experts from countries of East Africa and southern Asia describe the conditions of marine resources of the large marine ecosystems of the Indian Ocean. Countries of the region represent over a quarter of the world''s population, most of whom are existing at or below the poverty level. The potentials for economic growth through the development of coastal tourism, mariculture, fisheries, mineral extraction, and oil and gas production are examined by the authors in relation to the need for ensuring the long-term sustainability of marine resources. Case studies of resource assessments presented by several authors illustrate the magnitude of risk from continuing degradation of resources under the prevailing unmanaged conditions extending over much of coastal areas of East Africa and southern Asia. The authors explore the application of multidisciplinary ecosystem-based assessment and management strategies to the future economic development of the large marine ecosystemTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Preface. Background And Focus. Contributors. Editor's Note. Part I: Assessment And Sustainability Of Large Marine Ecosystems. 1. Assessment, Sustainability, And Monitoring Of Coastal Ecosystems: An Ecological Perspective. 2. Trawl Survey Strategies And Applications For Assessing The Changing State Of Fish Communities In Large Marine Ecosystems. 3. Ecosystems With The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) And Undulating Oceanographic Recorder (UOR)/Aquashuttle. 4. An Overview Of The Status Of Marine Pollution In The East African Region. 5. Application Of The Large Marine Ecosystem Concept To The Somali Current. Part II: Pelagic Ecosystems. 6. Coastal Upwelling And Other Processes Regulating Ecosystem Productivity And Fish Production In The Western Indian Ocean. 7. Seasonal Fluctuations In Plankton Biomass And Productivity In The Ecosystems Of The Somali Current, Gulf Of Aden, And Southern Red Sea. 8. Role Of Oceanic Fronts In Promoting Productivity In The Southern Indian Ocean. 9. Mean Monthly Sea-Level Variation And Its Relation To Large-Scale Ocean Circulation In The Southwest Indian Ocean. 10. Spiny Lobsters In The Indian Ocean: Speciation In Relation To Oceanographic Ecosystems. 11. Spatial-Temporal Structure Of Indian Ocean Ecosystems: A Large Scale Approach. Part III: Case Studies. 12. The Role Of Estuaries In Large Marine Ecosystems: Examples From The Natal Coast, South Africa. 13. Fisheries Resources Of Zanzibar: Problems And Recommendations. 14. The Agulhas Current Ecosystem With Particular Reference To Dispersal Of Fish Larvae. 15. The Red Sea As An "Extension" Of The Indian Ocean. 16.The Status And Future Of The St Lucia Lake System: A Large Estuary Of The Southwestern Indian Ocean. 17. Biological Production And Fishery Potential Of The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Of India. Part IV: Management and Governance. 18. Implications Of Agenda 21 Of UNCED On Marine Resources In East Africa With Particular Reference To Kenya And Tanzania. 19. Somalia Current Large Marine Ecosystem And Related Issues. 20. Legal Constraints And Options For Total Ecosystem Management Of Large Marine Ecosystems. 21. Application Of Integrated Environmental Management Toward Solving The Problems Affecting The Tana River Delta And Its Linkage With The Somali Current Ecosystem. 22. Marine Conservation Areas In Kenya. 23. Indian Ocean Large Marine Ecosystems: Need For National And Regional Framework For Conservation And Sustainable Development. 24. Regional Stewardship For Sustainable Marine Resources Management In The Bay Of Bengal. 25. Summary And Recommendations. Index.
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Louisiana State University Press The Place with No Edge
Book SynopsisFollows three centuries of human efforts to inhabit and control the lower Mississippi River delta, the vast watery flatlands spreading across much of southern Louisiana. Adam Mandelman finds that people's use of technology to tame unruly nature in the region has produced interdependence with - rather than independence from - the environment.Trade ReviewThe Place with No Edge documents and interprets the environmental history of the Mississippi Delta in a way that also sheds light on the broader topic of human/environment interaction over time. Mandelman lays out the story of people reorganizing their environment, and in the process succumbing to the erroneous conclusion that they had managed to conquer and control nature in a more or less permanent way.
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LSU Press BayouDiversity
Book SynopsisLouisiana’s bayous and their watersheds teem with cypress trees, alligators, crawfish, and many other life forms. From Bayou Tigre to Half Moon Bayou, these sluggish streams dominate the state’s landscape. In Bayou-Diversity, conservationist Kelby Ouchley reveals the bayou’s intricate web of flora and fauna.
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LSU Press Flora and Fauna of the Civil War
Book SynopsisOf the thousands of books written about the US Civil War, few mention the environment, and none address the topic as a principal theme. This volume blends traditional and natural history to create a unique text that explores the impact of the Civil War on the environment and the reciprocal influence of plants and animals on the war effort.Trade ReviewIn addition to the natural history material, this volume provides engaging environmental, economic, social, and cultural insights into the lives of the soldiers of this war. Highly recommended."—P. D. Thomas, emeritus, Wichita State University
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The University of Alabama Press Southern Wonder Alabamas Surprising Biodiversity
Book SynopsisExplores Alabama's amazing biological diversity, the reasons for the large number of species in the state, and the importance of their preservation. Even among Alabama's citizens, few outside a small circle of biologists, advocates, and other naturalists understand the special quality of the state's natural heritage. R. Scot Duncan rectifies this situation in Southern Wonder.
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean Waterscapes
Book SynopsisIlluminating the entangled histories of the people and commodities that circulated across the Atlantic, Sharika Crawford assesses the Caribbean as a waterscape where imperial and national governments vied to control the profitability of the sea.
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Shipwrecked Coastal Disasters and the Making of
Book SynopsisDrawing on a broad range of archival material, Jamin Wells examines how shipwrecks laid the groundwork for the beach tourism industry that would transform the American beach from coastal frontier to oceanfront playspace, spur substantial investment, reshape ideas about the coast, and turn the beach into a touchstone of the American experience.
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The Three Deaths of Cerro de San Pedro Four
Book SynopsisChronicling Cerro de San Pedro’s operations from the Spanish conquest to the present, Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert transcends standard narratives of boom and bust to envision a multicentury series of mining cycles, first operated under Spanish rule, then by North American industry, and today in the post-NAFTA world of transnational capitalism.
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University of Tennessee Press The Jefferson National Forest: An Appalachian
Book SynopsisThe highland forests of southwestern Virginia were a sacred land to Native Americans and one they relied upon for sustenance. After European contact, this beautiful country drew successive waves of settlers and visitors, and for a brief yet intense period, industrialists rapaciously exploited its timber resources, particularly in the higher elevations where the woodlands had survived the nearby valleys' generations of agricultural use. This is the story of how various peoples have regarded this land over the centuries and how, starting in the early twentieth century, the federal government acquired 700,000 acres of it to create what is now the Jefferson National Forest (JNF). Will Sarvis's in-depth history explores the area's significance to such native tribes as the Cherokee and Shawnee, for whom it functioned as a buffer zone in late prehistory, and its attraction for nineteenth-century romantics who, arriving in stagecoaches, became the area's first tourists. Aggressive commercial logging gave way to the arrival of the U.S. Forest Service, which patched the JNF together through successive purchases of privately owned land and instituted a more regulated harvesting of various timber resources. Public support for Forest Service policy during the Depression and World War II was followed by controversies, including the use of eminent domain. In presenting this history, Sarvis probes the many complexities of land stewardship and, in analysis that is sure to spark debate, discusses how and why the JNF could abandon clear-cutting and return to traditional selective tree management. An ongoing experiment in democratic land use, the JNF contains many lessons about our relationship with the natural environment. This book delineates those lessons in a clear and compelling narrative that will be of great interest to policy makers, activists, and indeed anyone drawn to American environmental history and Appalachian studies.
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Michigan State University Press Biophysical Models and Applications in Ecosystem
Book SynopsisThe past five decades have witnessed a rapid growth of computer models for simulating ecosystem functions and dynamics. This has been fuelled by the availability of remote sensing data, computation capability, and cross-disciplinary knowledge. These models contain many submodules for simulating different processes and forcing mechanisms, albeit it has become challenging to truly understand the details due to their complexity. Most ecosystem models, fortunately, are rooted in a few core biophysical foundations, such as the widely recognized Farquhar model, Ball-Berry-Leuning and Medlyn family models, Penman-Monteith equation, Priestley-Taylor model, and Michaelis-Menten kinetics.an introduction of biophysical essentials, four chapters present the core algorithms and their behaviors in modeling ecosystem production, respiration, evapotranspiration, and global warming potentials. Each chapter is composed of a brief introduction of the literature, in which model algorithms, their assumptions, and performances are described in detail. Spreadsheet (or Python codes) templates are included in each chapter for modeling exercises with different input parameters as online materials, which include datasets, parameter estimation, and real-world applications (e.g., calculations of global warming potentials). Users can also apply their own datasets. The materials included in this volume serve as effective tools for users to understand model behaviours and uses with specified conditions and in situ applications.
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University of Calgary Press Integrated Environmental Modelling Framework for
Book SynopsisGlobal warming and population growth have resulted in an increase in the intensity of natural and anthropogenic stressors. Investigating the complex nature of environmental problems requires the integration of different environmental processes across major components of the environment, including water, climate, ecology, air, and land. Cumulative effects assessment (CEA) not only includes analyzing and modeling environmental changes, but also supports planning alternatives that promote environmental monitoring and management.Disjointed and narrowly focused environmental management approaches have proved dissatisfactory. The adoption of integrated modelling approaches has sparked interests in the development of frameworks which may be used to investigate the processes of individual environmental component and the ways they interact with each other. Integrated modelling systems and frameworks are often the only way to take into account the important environmental processes and interactions, relevant spatial and temporal scales, and feedback mechanisms of complex systems for CEA.This book examines the ways in which interactions and relationships between environmental components are understood, paying special attention to climate, land, water quantity and quality, and both anthropogenic and natural stressors. It reviews modelling approaches for each component and reviews existing integrated modelling systems for CEA. Finally, it proposes an integrated modelling framework and provides perspectives on future research avenues for cumulative effects assessment.
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University of Calgary Press Integrated Environmental Modelling Framework for
Book SynopsisGlobal warming and population growth have resulted in an increase in the intensity of natural and anthropogenic stressors. Investigating the complex nature of environmental problems requires the integration of different environmental processes across major components of the environment, including water, climate, ecology, air, and land. Cumulative effects assessment (CEA) not only includes analyzing and modeling environmental changes, but also supports planning alternatives that promote environmental monitoring and management. Disjointed and narrowly focused environmental management approaches have proved dissatisfactory. The adoption of integrated modelling approaches has sparked interests in the development of frameworks which may be used to investigate the processes of individual environmental component and the ways they interact with each other. Integrated modelling systems and frameworks are often the only way to take into account the important environmental processes and interactions, relevant spatial and temporal scales, and feedback mechanisms of complex systems for CEA. This book examines the ways in which interactions and relationships between environmental components are understood, paying special attention to climate, land, water quantity and quality, and both anthropogenic and natural stressors. It reviews modelling approaches for each component and reviews existing integrated modelling systems for CEA. Finally, it proposes an integrated modelling framework and provides perspectives on future research avenues for cumulative effects assessment.
£29.71
American Society of Civil Engineers ElectroCoagulation and ElectroOxidation in Water
Book SynopsisProvides current state-of-the-art fundamentals and applications of electro-coagulation (EC) and electro-oxidation (EO) for water/wastewater treatment. EC and EO are based on the principle of introducing an electrical current to induce chemical reactions in the system, causing the destabilization of most pollutants.
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MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico Land Wind and Hard Words A Story of Navajo
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Wiley Fluvial Processes and Environmental Change
Book SynopsisThis volume consists of twenty chapters addressing different aspects of the theme of fluvial processes and environmental change. The overall coverage is broad; scientifically, (from modelling to alluvial dating), geographically (from arid zone flash-flooding to glacial meltwaters) and in time (from contemporary process studies to the Quaternary). The introductory chapter sets the context, which is an attempt to show how studies of fluvial processes can help us in understanding and therefore predicting the impact of environmental change on our rivers, riverine resources and landscapes. Environmental change includes both climatic factors, however caused, and human impacts on river basins. The differentiation of these two factors is discussed in several chapters whilst others take a more holistic approach. Both climatic and human factors have, and will remain, to act together and so their interactions need to be understood. Fluvial Processes and Environmental Change is divided into five sTrade Review"This is highly useful for post-graduates and researchers in fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, quarternary sceince, geology and environmental science." International Journal of Geosciences - Environmental Geology "...the content and breadth of this volume will make it a useful reference for a range of scholars in the environmental earth sciences..." (River Research and Applications, Vol 19(7), Dec 2003)Table of ContentsSlope Catchment Scale. Channel Response. Floodplain Processes. Floodplain Response. Glacierized Catchments.
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American Society of Civil Engineers Manhole Inspection and Rehabilitation
Book SynopsisProvides a valuable update to the Manual of Practice to reflect current practices in both the inspection and rehabilitation of manholes. Includes a new chapter on wall thickness design for full-depth manhole rehabilitation, and an expanded chapter on various manhole rehabilitation methods and technologies.Table of Contents Introduction Safety Manhole Inspection Quantification of Infiltration/Inflow (I/I) and Structural Conditions Manhole Rehabilitation Methods Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Rehabilitation Method Selection Construction Inspection and Quality Control Summary Terminology Typical Manhole Defects Index
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American Society of Civil Engineers Computational Fluid Dynamics Applications in
Book SynopsisProvides a valuable introduction and overview of computational fluid dynamics and how it can be used in the water and wastewater industry. This book reviews procedures for conducting flow, transport, and reaction simulations using computational fluid dynamics along with specific practical examples.Table of Contents List of Contributors and reviewers Preface Abbreviations and Acronyms Part 1: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Processes in Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Treatment Chapter 1 Physical Processes by Xiaofeng Liu Chapter 2 Chemical Processes by Jie Zhang Chapter 3 Biological Processes by Jie Zhang Part 2: Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics Chapter 4 Overview of Computational Fluid Dynamics by Xiaofeng Liu Chapter 5 Turbulence modeling/computational methodologies by Andrés E. Tejada-Martínez Chapter 6 Preprocessing by Ruo-Qian Wang, Faissal R. Ouedraogo, and Subbu-Srikanth Pathapati Chapter 7 Postprocessing by Ruo-Qian Wang Chapter 8 Verification and Validation by Subbu-Srikanth Pathapati and René A. Camacho Part 3. Water Treatment Technologies and CFD Application Case Studies Chapter 9 Aeration by Tien Yee, Yovanni A. Cataño-Lopera, and Jie Zhang Chapter 10 Sedimentation by Xiaofeng Liu Chapter 11 Ozone Disinfection by Jie Zhang Chapter 12 Pumping Intakes by Kevin D. Nielsen, Daniel Morse, Tien Yee, and Jie Zhang Chapter 13 Flow Distribution to Multiple Treatment Trains by Carrie Knatz Chapter 14 Aerated Grit Tank Improvements by Carrie Knatz Chapter 15 Optimization of Residence Time Distribution in Small Water Treatment Systems by Jordan M. Wilson and Subhas Karan Venayagamoorthy Part 4. Wastewater Treatment Technologies and CFD Application Case Studies Chapter 16 Activated Sludge Tanks by Jie Zhang Chapter 17 Computational Fluid Dynamics of Waste Stabilization Ponds by Faissal R. Ouedraogo, Jie Zhang, and Andrés E. Tejada-Martínez Chapter 18 Algae Raceway Pond by Jie Zhang Chapter 19 UV Disinfection by Subbu-Srikanth Pathapati and Ed Wicklein Part 5. Stormwater Treatment Technologies and CFD Application Case Studies Chapter 20 Stormwater Collection by Yovanni A. Cataño-Lopera Chapter 21 Stormwater Filtration by Subbu-Srikanth Pathapati Chapter 22 Stormwater Separation by Subbu-Srikanth Pathapati Chapter 23 Geysering by Biao Huang, Jue Wang, and Jose Vasconcelos
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MP-SMM Society for Mining SME Surface Mining Handbook and SME Underground
Book SynopsisThese books distill the body of knowledge from many of the world’s most distinguished mining professionals, bringing clarity to these multi-faceted engineering disciplines. By presenting the leading edge of the industries expertise, these landmark publications will inspire and inform both current and future generations of mining professionals.
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