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  • An Integrated Approach for Added-Value Products from Lignocellulosic Biorefineries

    Vanillin, Syringaldehyde, Polyphenols and Polyurethane

    by Alírio Egídio Rodrigues, Paula Cristina de Oliveira Rodrigues Pinto, Maria Filomena Barreiro, Carina Andreia Esteves da Costa, Maria Inês Ferreira da Mota, Isabel Fernandes ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book offers the state of the art on the progress and accomplishments of 25 years of research at the Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM - Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials on lignin conversion to value-added products and their downstream separation. The first valorisation pathway presented for lignin is its partial depolymerisation by ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Tourism Planning and Development in Western Europe

    by Helena Albuquerque, Sonia Ancio-Alcón, Ágúst Bogason, Rikke Brandt Broegaard, Gildas Buron, Ana M. Domínguez-Quintero, Margarida Ferreira da Silva, Martin Fontanari, Valeria Fuse, Anna Karlsdóttir, Elisabeth Kastenholz, Marie Louise Mangion, Filomena Martins, Laura Rauschen, Anastasia Traskevich, Anna Serena Vergori, Dr Peter Wiltshier, Valeria Diaferia ...
    Series series CABI Regional Tourism Series
    For many decades, Western European countries have undertaken diverse pathways in tourism development and planning. Most have experienced fast or even unlimited growth, resulting in overtourism and, now, the introduction of policies that respect the limits of communities and the sustainability of their resources. Focusing exclusively on tourism development, planning and policy, this book draws ... Read more

    $106.19 USD

  • The Director

    First Novel of the World's Only Climate Fiction Trilogy

    by Ana Filomena Amaral ...
    Translated by Clara Pinto Correia ...
    “The Director” is a novel focuses on Gilgamesh's Sumerian epic, adapted to the present reality. Contemporary problems are addressed, from the destruction of the oceans to the genocide of Armenians, corruption at the highest level and the predatory greed that threatens the planet, including the situation of Syrian refugees, in the perspective of what humanity wants for the future and how is ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Handbook of Cellulosic Ethanol

    by Ananda S. Amarasekara ...
    Comprehensive coverage on the growing science and technology of producing ethanol from the world's abundant cellulosic biomassThe inevitable decline in petroleum reserves and its impact on gasoline prices, combined with climate change concerns, have contributed to current interest in renewable fuels. Bioethanol is the most successful renewable transport fuel—with corn and sugarcane ethanol ... Read more

    $225.00 USD

  • Urban Playground

    How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities

    by Tim Gill ...
    What type of cities do we want our children to grow up in? Car-dominated, noisy, polluted and devoid of nature? Or walkable, welcoming, and green? As the climate crisis and urbanisation escalate, cities urgently need to become more inclusive and sustainable. This book reveals how seeing cities through the eyes of children strengthens the case for planning and transportation policies that work for ... Read more

    $47.95 USD

  • The Faraway Nearby

    by Rebecca Solnit ...
    **A New York Times Notable BookFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle AwardA personal, lyrical narrative about storytelling and empathy, from the author of Orwell's Roses**Apricots. Her mother's disintegrating memory. An invitation to Iceland. Illness. These are Rebecca Solnit's raw materials, but The Faraway Nearby goes beyond her own life, as she spirals out into the stories she heard and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Biofuels from Algae

    Edited by Ashok Pandey, Duu-Jong Lee, Yusuf Chisti, Carlos R. Soccol ...
    This book provides in-depth information on basic and applied aspects of biofuels production from algae. It begins with an introduction to the topic, and follows with the basic scientific aspects of algal cultivation and its use for biofuels production, such as photo bioreactor engineering for microalgae production, open culture systems for biomass production and the economics of biomass production ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • Contemporary Tourism

    by Chris Cooper, C. Michael Hall ...
    The study of tourism and indeed the tourism industry is changing constantly. Contemporary Tourism: an international approach presents a new and refreshing approach to the study of tourism, considering issues such as the changing world order, destination marketing, tourism ethics and pro-poor tourism. In particular, it highlights the ongoing threats from terrorism and health scares faced by the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Cereal Straw as a Resource for Sustainable Biomaterials and Biofuels

    Chemistry, Extractives, Lignins, Hemicelluloses and Cellulose

    by RunCang Sun ...
    Materials from renewable resources are receiving increased attention, as leading industries and manufacturers attempt to replace declining petrochemical-based feedstocks with products derived from natural biomass, such as cereal straws. Cereal straws are expected to play an important role in the shift toward a sustainable economy, and a basic knowledge of the composition and structure of cereal ... Read more

    $274.49 USD

  • Global Tourism

    Edited by William F. Theobald ...
    Pressure on national and local governments to rapidly develop their tourism potential to meet demand and produce benefits, makes it more essential than ever to plan carefully and consider the human and environmental impacts of tourism development. That is why, as Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, I am pleased to see the serious analysis of the problems and prospects of the ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

  • Bio-Based Plastics

    Materials and Applications

    by Christian V. Stevens ...
    Series series Wiley Series in Renewable Resource
    The field of bio-based plastics has developed significantly in the last 10 years and there is increasing pressure on industries to shift existing materials production from petrochemicals to renewables.Bio-based Plastics presents an up-to-date overview of the basic and applied aspects of bioplastics, focusing primarily on thermoplastic polymers for material use. Emphasizing materials currently in ... Read more

    $163.00 USD

  • Competence-Based Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism

    by Harald Pechlaner, Elisa Innerhofer ...
    Dr Pechlaner and Dr Innerhofer, the editors of Competence-Based Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism, argue that the industry operates within highly challenging and competitive environments. Changing environmental and market conditions continually force hotel businesses and service providers to offer their customers new and modified products and services, in order to remain competitive; those ... Read more

    $48.99 USD