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“james viggers”

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  • Melbourne's Water Catchments

    Perspectives on a World-Class Water Supply

    by James Viggers, Haylee Weaver, David Lindenmayer ...
    This book charts the history of the water catchments and water supply for the city of Melbourne, which has many unique aspects that are a critical part of the history of Melbourne, Victoria and Australia. Much of the development of the water supply system was many decades ahead of its time and helped buffer the city of Melbourne from major diseases, droughts and water shortages. The authors ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Landscape and Building Design for Bushfire Areas

    by Caird Ramsay, Lisle Rudolph ...
    Shortlisted in TAFE Vocational Education category in the 2004 Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing. The devastation wreaked by bushfires on Australian homes and landscapes is an all too familiar scenario. Yet, why do we often see one house burn, whilst an apparently similar house on an adjacent block can endure? Research has shown that many factors affect the chances of a ... Read more

    $25.89 USD

  • Global Megatrends

    Seven Patterns of Change Shaping Our Future

    by Stefan Hajkowicz ...
    A scarcity of natural resources. The challenge to protect biodiversity and the global climate. Rapid economic growth and urbanisation in Asia and the developing world. Changing demographics and an ageing population. The impact of new digital technologies. Consumer expectations for services, experiences and social interaction. An imperative to innovate. Megatrends are gradual yet powerful ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Australian Planting Design

    by Paul Thompson ...
    Australian Planting Design identifies and explores all aspects of developing better planting designs on any scale, raising awareness of the essential elements and encouraging readers to look with fresh eyes, to create anew. This new edition guides the reader through all the stages of designing a new garden and helps to visualise the garden through an understanding of space, light, earth form, ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Life Cycle Assessment

    Principles, Practice and Prospects

    Edited by Ralph E Horne, Tim Grant, Karli Verghese ...
    Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has developed in Australia over the last 20 years into a technique for systematically identifying the resource flows and environmental impacts associated with the provision of products and services. Interest in LCA has accelerated alongside growing demand to assess and reduce greenhouse gas emissions across different manufacturing and service sectors. Life Cycle ... Read more

    $25.89 USD

  • Sustainable Futures

    Linking Population, Resources and the Environment

    Edited by Jenny Goldie, Katharine Betts ...
    Sustainable Futures explores the links between population growth, diminishing resources and environmental challenges, and the implications for Australia's future. Written by leaders in their field, and based on presentations from the 2013 Fenner Conference on 'Population, Resources and Climate Change', this book is a timely insight into the intertwined challenges that we currently face, and what ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • SPSS for Applied Sciences

    Basic Statistical Testing

    by Cole Davis ...
    This book offers a quick and basic guide to using SPSS and provides a general approach to solving problems using statistical tests. It is both comprehensive in terms of the tests covered and the applied settings it refers to, and yet is short and easy to understand. Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate level test user, this book will help you to analyse different types of data in applied ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Smart City – Future City?

    Smart City 2.0 as a Livable City and Future Market

    by Chirine Etezadzadeh ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The concept of a livable smart city presented in this book highlights the relevance of the functionality and integrated resilience of viable cities of the future. It critically examines the progressive digitalization that is taking place and identifies the revolutionized energy sector as the basis of urban life. The concept is based on people and their natural environment, resulting in a broader ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • In Search of Sustainability

    Edited by Jenny Goldie, Bob Douglas, Bryan Furnass ...
    What must we do to achieve a sustainable society? There is no one answer. The first steps towards sustainability cover a whole spectrum of economic, social and environmental issues. In this volume Australian leaders from a wide range of fields discuss the key issues we must address if we are to move towards a more just and sustainable future. They identify the major concerns and challenges for ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Reducing the Impacts of Development on Wildlife

    by James Gleeson, Deborah Gleeson ...
    The rapidly increasing number of threatened flora and fauna species worldwide is one of the chief problems confronting environmental professionals today. This problem is largely due to the impact humans have had on land use through development (e.g. agricultural, residential, industrial, infrastructure and mining developments). The requirement for developers to implement measures to reduce the ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Urban Mining Systems

    by Kohmei Halada, Takashi Nakamura ...
    Series series SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
    This book focuses on the fundamental concept of and current endeavors in “urban mining” among those who are interested in both metal resources and ecology. Systems for recycling and reusing precious metals and rare-earth minerals contained in used and discarded electronics are introduced in this book. The target audience is not academic researchers in the resource management and ecology fields but ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Managing Arsenic in the Environment

    From Soil to Human Health

    by Ravi Naidu, Euan Smith, Gary Owens, Prosun Bhattacharya ...
    Arsenic is one of the most toxic and carcinogenic elements in the environment. This book brings together the current knowledge on arsenic contamination worldwide, reviewing the field, highlighting common themes and pointing to key areas needing future research. Contributions discuss methods for accurate identification and quantification of individual arsenic species in a range of environmental and ... Read more

    $116.99 USD