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  • Sustainable Bioenergy Production - An Integrated Approach

    Edited by Hans Ruppert, Martin Kappas, Jens Ibendorf ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses primarily on the advantages and implications of sustainable bioenergy production in terms of ensuring a more sustainable world despite its growing energy demands. It addresses a new concept that focuses on the interactions between different uses of agricultural land (for example, agriculture for food, forage or energy and nature conservation) and their ecological, economic and ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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  • 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

  • Resilience-Oriented Urban Planning

    Theoretical and Empirical Insights

    Edited by Yoshiki Yamagata, Ayyoob Sharifi ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book explores key theoretical and empirical issues related to the development and implementation of planning strategies that can provide guidance on the transition to climate-compatible and low-carbon urban development. It especially focuses on integrating resilience thinking into the urban planning process, and explains how such an integration can contribute to reflecting the dynamic ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Sustainable Urban Environments

    An Ecosystem Approach

    Edited by Ellen M. van Bueren, Hein van Bohemen, Laure Itard, Henk Visscher ...
    The urban environment – buildings, cities and infrastructure – represents one of the most important contributors to climate change, while at the same time holding the key to a more sustainable way of living. The transformation from traditional to sustainable systems requires interdisciplinary knowledge of the re-design, construction, operation and maintenance of the built environment.Sustainable ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Thermal and Mineral Waters

    Origin, Properties and Applications

    Edited by Werner Balderer, Adam Porowski, Hussein Idris, James W. LaMoreaux ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This is a compilation of manuscripts on mineral and thermal waters of different areas of the world. This special volume is devoted to the 41st Meeting of the Commission on Mineral and Thermal Waters of International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-CMTW) held in Cairo, Egypt, in October 2009. The presentations collected and presented in this volume show the variety of aspects of mineral and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Evolution of Dam Policies

    Evidence from the Big Hydropower States

    Edited by Waltina Scheumann, Oliver Hensengerth ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The World Commission on Dams (WCD) report (2000) “Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making” set a landmark in the ongoing controversy over large dams. Now that more than ten years have passed, one has to realize that the WCD norms matter. However, their real chance of becoming implemented relies on whether their core values, strategic priorities and guidelines are accepted by ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Renewable Energy: Problems and Prospects in Coachella Valley, California

    by James B. Pick ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book analyzes the problems and potential of renewable energy development for the Coachella Valley of California and provides a useful case study for renewable energy feasibility assessments for other areas. A conceptual model, Integrated Policy Assessment Theory for Renewable Energy, is given and justified for renewable energy development in the Valley. Further, Central Place Theory, well ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Creating Low Carbon Cities

    Edited by Shobhakar Dhakal, Matthias Ruth ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book addresses key topics in the current deliberations and debates on low carbon cities that are underway globally. Contributions by experts from around the world focus on the key factors required for creating low carbon cities. These include appropriate infrastructure, ensuring co-benefits of climate actions, making best use of knowledge and information, proper accounting of emissions, and ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Knowledge-Driven Developments in the Bioeconomy

    Technological and Economic Perspectives

    Edited by Jochen Weiss, Andreas Pyka, Iris Lewandowski, Stephan Dabbert ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book is at the cutting edge of the ongoing research in bioeconomy and encompasses both technological and economic strategies to master the transformation towards a knowledge- and bio-based production system. The volume combines different international perspectives with approaches of the various fields of research. Bioeconomy is one of the future concepts of an economy which, while based on ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Transplant Production in the 21st Century

    Proceedings of the International Symposium on Transplant Production in Closed System for Solving the Global Issues on Environmental Conservation, Food, Resources and Energy

    Edited by Chieri Kubota, Changhoo Chun ...
    We are facing global issues concerning environmental pollution and shortages of food, feed, phytomass (plant biomass) and natural resources, which will become more serious in the forthcoming decades. To solve these issues, immeasurable numbers of various plants and huge amounts of phytomass are required every year for food, feed and for the improvement of amenities, the environment and our quality ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Nutrient Use Efficiency: from Basics to Advances

    Edited by Amitava Rakshit, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Avijit Sen ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book addresses in detail multifaceted approaches to boosting nutrient use efficiency (NUE) that are modified by plant interactions with environmental variables and combine physiological, microbial, biotechnological and agronomic aspects. Conveying an in-depth understanding of the topic will spark the development of new cultivars and strains to induce NUE, coupled with best management ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Switchgrass

    A Valuable Biomass Crop for Energy

    Edited by Andrea Monti ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The demand for renewable energies from biomass is growing steadily as policies are enacted to encourage such development and as industry increasingly sees an opportunity to develop bio-energy enterprises. Recent policy changes in the EU, USA and other countries are spurring interest in the cultivation of energy crops such as switchgrass. Switchgrass has gained and early lead in the race to find a ... Read more

    $143.09 USD