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  • Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in Japan

    Integrated Research toward Climate Resilient Society

    Edited by Nobuo Mimura, Satoshi Takewaka ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book presents the latest Japanese research for the projection of climate change impacts and the evaluation of adaptation policies, with a particular focus on the S-18 Project—a nationwide, interdisciplinary research initiative involving experts from various fields. Readers can get a comprehensive view of the latest knowledge and strategies to combat climate change impacts in Japan ... Read more

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  • Handbook Of Climate Change And Agroecosystems: The Agricultural Model Intercomparison And Improvement Project (Agmip) Integrated Crop And Economic Assessments — Joint Publication With Asa, Cssa, And Sssa (In 2 Parts)

    by Daniel Hillel, Cynthia Rosenzweig ...
    Series Book 3 - Icp Series On Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, And Mitigation
    “Top agricultural scientists from around the world have taken up the challenge of sustainable agriculture, with the specific focus on integrating agronomic, climatological, biophysical and socio-economic perspectives and processes. Every chapter (of the Handbook) contributes to addressing the growing food-security challenges facing the world.”Foreword by Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth ... Read more

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  • The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

    Edited by Michele Walters, Robert J. Scholes ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. This ... Read more

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  • The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

    by Nathalie Pettorelli ...
    There has been a recent surge of interest in remote sensing and its use in ecology and conservation but this is the first book to focus explicitly on the NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index), a simple numerical indicator and powerful tool that can be used to assess spatio-temporal changes in green vegetation. The NDVI opens the possibility of addressing questions on scales inaccessible to ... Read more

    $91.79 USD

  • African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

    by Walter Leal Filho ...
    Series series Reference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences
    This open access book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. It introduces evidences from studies and projects which show how climate change adaptation is being - and may continue to be successfully implemented in African countries. Thanks to its scope and wide range of themes surrounding climate change, the ambition is that ... Read more

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  • Methods of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

    Edited by Peter Morris, Riki Therivel, Graham Wood ...
    Series series Natural and Built Environment Series
    Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) is an important and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project. Delivering a successful ESIA needs not only an understanding of the theory but also a detailed knowledge of the methods for carrying out the processes required. Riki Therivel and Graham Wood bring together the latest advice on best practicefrom experienced ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Green Infrastructure and Climate Change Adaptation

    Function, Implementation and Governance

    Edited by Futoshi Nakamura ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book introduces the function, implementation and governance of green infrastructure in Japan and other countries where lands are geologically fragile and climatologically susceptible to climate change. It proposes green infrastructure as an adaptation strategy for climate change and biodiversity conservation.In the face of climate change, dams, levees and floodways built as ... Read more

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  • Bridging Science And Policy Implication For Managing Climate Extremes

    by Hong-sang Jung, Bin Wang ...
    Series Book 10 - World Scientific Series On Asia-pacific Weather And Climate
    Since 1980, the number of climate-related disasters has been greatly increased globally. Scientific consensus based on the IPCC fifth report suggested that global warming would bring more intense and frequent extreme climate events. These climate-related disasters hinder the achievement of sustainable economic growth and prosperity by disrupting supply chains, impeding production, destroying ... Read more

    $84.59 USD

  • Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation

    Bridging the Gap Between Global Commitment and Local Action

    Edited by Ben Collen, Nathalie Pettorelli, Jonathan E. M. Baillie, Sarah M. Durant ...
    Series series Conservation Science and Practice
    As the impacts of anthropogenic activities increase in both magnitude and extent, biodiversity is coming under increasing pressure. Scientists and policy makers are frequently hampered by a lack of information on biological systems, particularly information relating to long-term trends. Such information is crucial to developing an understanding as to how biodiversity may respond to global ... Read more

    $84.00 USD

  • Water for the Environment

    From Policy and Science to Implementation and Management

    Edited by Avril Horne, Angus Webb, Michael Stewardson, Brian Richter, Mike Acreman ...
    Water for the Environment: From Policy and Science to Implementation and Management provides a holistic view of environmental water management, offering clear links across disciplines that allow water managers to face mounting challenges. The book highlights current challenges and potential solutions, helping define the future direction for environmental water management. In addition, it includes ... Read more

    $157.49 USD

  • Integrating Disaster Science and Management

    Global Case Studies in Mitigation and Recovery

    Edited by Pijush Samui, Chandan Ghosh, Dookie Kim ...
    Integrated Disaster Science and Management: Global Case Studies in Mitigation and Recovery bridges the gap between scientific research on natural disasters and the practice of disaster management. It examines natural hazards, including earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis, and uses integrated disaster management techniques, quantitative methods and big data analytics to create early warning models ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Towards Sustainable Natural Resources

    Monitoring and Managing Ecosystem Biodiversity

    Edited by Meenu Rani, Bhagwan Singh Chaudhary, Saleha Jamal, Pavan Kumar ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Natural resources not only contribute to overall growth of the economy but also help reduce poverty by providing employment and food security to populations on the continent, and is thus the most inclusive growth sector of the economy of Asian countries. Global weather and climate studies are also increasingly being considered a vital source of information to understand the earth’s environment, in ... Read more

    $89.09 USD