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  • Warfare Ecology

    A New Synthesis for Peace and Security

    Edited by Gary E. Machlis, Thor Hanson, Zdravko Špirić, Jean E. McKendry ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The purpose of this book is specific and ambitious: to outline the distinctive elements, scope, and usefulness of a new and emerging field of applied ecology named warfare ecology. Based on a NATO Advanced Research Workshop held on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, the book provides both a theoretical overview of this new field and case studies that range from mercury contamination during World ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

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  • When the Rivers Run Dry

    Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century

    by Fred Pearce ...
    In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce travels to more than thirty countries to examine the current state of crucial water sources. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific, economic, and historic dimensions of the world water crisis, he provides our most complete portrait yet of this growing danger and its ramifications for us all. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Catching Thunder

    The True Story of the World’s Longest Sea Chase

    by Eskil Engdal, Kjetil Sæter ...
    December, 2014: In the forbidding waters off Antarctica, Captain Hammarstedt of the Bob Barker sets off on a voyage unlike any seen before. Across ten thousand miles of hazardous seas, Hammarstedt's crew will relentlessly pursue the Thunder – an infamous illegal fishing ship – for what will become the longest chase in maritime history. Wanted by Interpol, the Thunder has for years evaded justice: ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Water Management in Italy

    Governance, Performance, and Sustainability

    by Andrea Guerrini, Giulia Romano ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book describes the water sector as it is structured in Italy. The first part describes the legal framework which rules the sector in Italy, its evolution since the last 20 years, and its weaknesses. The second part describes the governance of Italian water utilities, distinguishing full public-owned companies from public-private partnership and private companies. The third part reports ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Windows on Meteorology

    Australian Perspective

    Edited by EK Webb ...
    Windows on Meteorology: Australian Perspective answers a host of questions about Australia's weather and climate, and explains the underlying causes of floods, droughts and cyclones. Vivid accounts of dust storms and the mysteries of the 'morning glory' cloud lines are revealed.The book highlights the perception in Aboriginal culture of the connection between seasons and natural cycles, through ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Control and Instrumentation for Wastewater Treatment Plants

    by Reza Katebi, Michael A Johnson, Jacqueline Wilkie ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The series Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage technology transfer in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology impacts all areas of the control discipline. New theory, new controllers, actuators, sensors, new industrial processes, computer methods, new applications, new philosophies…, new challenges. Much of this development work resides in ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Ancient Water Technologies

    Edited by L. Mays ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    There is no more fundamental resource than water. The basis of all life, water is fast becoming a key issue in today’s world, as well as a source of conflict. This fascinating book, which sets out many of the ingenious methods by which ancient societies gathered, transported and stored water, is a timely publication as overextraction and profligacy threaten the existence of aquifers and ... Read more

    $179.09 USD

  • Water Management in New Zealand's Canterbury Region

    A Sustainability Framework

    by Bryan R. Jenkins ...
    Series Book 19 - Global Issues in Water Policy
    The book is designed to achieve two major purposes. The first is to describe the developments in water management policy in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. The strategic approach, the collaborative engagement, and, the nested adaptive systems approach represent a paradigm shift in water management in New Zealand. The second is to delineate the sustainability framework that underpins the ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Perspectives in Urban Ecology

    Ecosystems and Interactions between Humans and Nature in the Metropolis of Berlin

    Edited by Wilfried Endlicher ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book gives an interdisciplinary overview on urban ecology. Basic understanding of urban nature development and its social reception are discussed for the European Metropolitan Area of Berlin. Furthermore, we investigate specific consequences for the environment, nature and the quality of life for city dwellers due to profound changes such as climate change and the demographic and economic ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Galapagos Marine Reserve

    A Dynamic Social-Ecological System

    Edited by Luis Vinueza, Judith Denkinger ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses on how marine systems respond to natural and anthropogenic perturbations (ENSO, overfishing, pollution, tourism, invasive species, climate-change). Authors explain in their chapters how this information can guide management and conservation actions to help orient and better manage, restore and sustain the ecosystems services and goods that are derived from the ocean, while ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • New Business Models and Value Creation: A Service Science Perspective

    Edited by Lino Cinquini, Alberto Di Minin, Riccardo Varaldo ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    The contemporary economic landscape features the prevalence of the service sector in economic systems, the pervasive servitisation of manufacturing, innovations in traditional business models and new value creation models, thanks to the new possibilities offered by the web, ICT and other enabling technologies. In this evolving context, this book provides qualified contributions on the topic of ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Changing Arctic Environment

    The Arctic Messenger

    by David P. Stone ...
    This accessible and engagingly written book describes how national and international scientific monitoring programmes brought to light our present understanding of Arctic environmental change, and how these research results were successfully used to achieve international legal actions to lessen some of the environmental impacts. David P. Stone was intimately involved in many of these scientific ... Read more

    $58.29 USD