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Télécharger le livre :  Countering 21st Century Social-Environmental Threats to Growing Global Populations
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Countering 21st Century Social-Environmental Threats to Growing Global Populations


Frederic R. Siegel


This book brings together in a single volume a grand overview of solutions - political, economic, and scientific - to social and environmental problems that are related to the growth of human populations in areas that can least cope with them now. Through progressive...

Parution : 2014-08-22
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Télécharger le livre :  Plant Phenology as a Biomonitor for Climate Change in Germany
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Plant Phenology as a Biomonitor for Climate Change in Germany


Gunther Schmidt , Simon Schönrock , Winfried Schröder


The investigations refer to the development of plant phenology since the 1960s in Germany. Spatiotemporal trends were assessed by means of regression kriging. It could be shown that there already is a distinct shift of phenological onset towards the beginning of the...

Parution : 2014-08-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations
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Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations


Reza Ardakanian , Linda Gonçalves Veiga , Mathew Kurian


This book examines and analyzes issues related to public finance in subnational governments, along with a discussion of case studies on decentralization. Most of the analysis applies to all public goods and services provided by subnational governments, with some placed...

Parution : 2014-08-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Managed Realignment : A Viable Long-Term Coastal Management Strategy?
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Managed Realignment : A Viable Long-Term Coastal Management Strategy?


Luciana S. Esteves


Managed realignment has been a preferred coastal management strategy in England in the 21st century and has also been increasingly implemented elsewhere. Climate change and environmental and financial concerns have led to a shift from the traditional ‘hold-the-line’...

Parution : 2014-07-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Healing Traditions of the Northwestern Himalayas
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Healing Traditions of the Northwestern Himalayas


Pankaj Gupta , Vijay Kumar Sharma , Sushma Sharma


This book discusses the perception of disease, healing concepts and the evolution of traditional systems of healing in the Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh, India. The chapters cover a diverse range issues: people and knowledge systems, healing in ancient scriptures,...

Parution : 2014-06-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Environmental Perspectives
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Environmental Perspectives


Neil Shifrin


This short, readable book is intended as a big-picture introduction/overview for environmental students and lay-people involved with environmental issues. Every freshman in college intending to study environmental science should read it. It begins with a historical...

Parution : 2014-06-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Integrated River Basin Management
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Integrated River Basin Management


Collectif


Establishing multi-scale optimal water allocation modes which takes the enhancement of utilization efficiency as core is a research hotspot for the international water resources management of river basins. This book aims to introduce how to compile the first set of...

Parution : 2014-05-16
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Télécharger le livre :  Towards a Territorial Multi-Disaster Buildings' Resistance Certification
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Towards a Territorial Multi-Disaster Buildings' Resistance Certification


Daniele Fabrizio Bignami


Disaster risk is increasing, not only in number of events, but also in incurred losses. Such increases are being driven also by the growing exposure of assets, due to the rapid urban growth, because vulnerability decreases as countries develop, but not enough to...

Parution : 2014-05-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Modelling Potential Malaria Spread in Germany by Use of Climate Change Projections
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Modelling Potential Malaria Spread in Germany by Use of Climate Change Projections


Gunther Schmidt , Winfried Schröder


This book investigates the spatial distribution of potential temperature-driven malaria transmissions, using the basic reproduction rate (R0) to model the reproduction of the malaria pathogen Plasmodium vivax. The authors mapped areas at risk of an outbreak of tertian...

Parution : 2013-12-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Combating Water Scarcity in Southern Africa
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Combating Water Scarcity in Southern Africa


Msangi Josephine Phillip


This book offers a close examination of water scarcity as a developmental challenge facing member nations of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the interventions that have been implemented to combat the situation and the challenges still...

Parution : 2013-08-13
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Télécharger le livre :  Extraterrestrial Influence on Climate Change
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Extraterrestrial Influence on Climate Change


Saumitra Mukherjee


Climate change has been addressed since last decade based on the influence of human activities like production of industrial effluents, land use changes and other activities due to development of the society. These are very important issues no doubt but the activities...

Parution : 2012-08-21
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Télécharger le livre :  Teaching Environmental Health to Children
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Teaching Environmental Health to Children


Hilarie B. Davis , David W. Hursh , Camille A. Martina , Michael A. Trush


Every day we are exposed to toxins and toxicants that can impact our health.  Yet we rarely teach elementary and secondary students about these exposures and how they can reduce their risk to them.  In this book we highlight activities and curriculum developed at nine...

Parution : 2012-01-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Biogas Energy
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Biogas Energy


Tasneem Abbasi , S.A. Abbasi , S.M. Tauseef


In recent years, the importance of biogas energy has risen manifold and has become universal. This is due to the realization that biogas capture and utilization has great potential in controlling global warming. By capturing biogas wherever it is formed, we not only tap...

Parution : 2011-11-03
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Télécharger le livre :  Quantifying Functional Biodiversity
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Quantifying Functional Biodiversity


Fernando Casanoves , Julio Di Rienzo , Laura Pla


This book synthesizes current methods used to quantify functional diversity, providing step-by-step examples for defining functional groups and estimating functional indices. The authors show how to compare communities, and how to analyze changes of diversity along...

Parution : 2011-11-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Towards Sustainable Cities in China
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Towards Sustainable Cities in China


Jingzhu Zhao


To promote China’s sustainable city construction and development, this Brief has preliminarily used an assessment indicator system and development index of a sustainable city, based on a summary and analysis of the existing Sustainable City theories and practices both...

Parution : 2011-01-19
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