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This book discusses recent developments in renewable and sustainable materials from a green technology perspective and how these materials interact with the environment. It highlights the fundamental processes involved in the production of renewable and sustainable materials, including chemical and biological approaches as well as these materials' potential application as green technological option. Written in a didactic style, it offers a guide and insights into renewable and sustainable materi...

Social and Ethical Aspects of Radiation Risk Management provides a comprehensive treatment of the major ethical and social issues resulting from the use of ionizing radiation. It covers topics such as nuclear fuel cycles, radioactive waste treatment, nuclear bomb testing, nuclear safety management, stakeholder engagement, cleanup after nuclear accidents, ecological risks from radiation, environmental justice, health and safety for radiation workers, radiation dose standards, the ethics of clinic...

Progress in Sustainable Aviation looks at recent progress and new technological developments in sustainable aviation, presenting readers with engineering solutions and methodologies for efficiency and cost savings, performance improvement, and emission reduction. Coverage includes alternative fuel types, propulsion technologies, and emission technologies used in different aerial vehicles, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, drones, and passenger aircraft. Operational areas, such as the building of...

In the last half decade since sustainable development became a serious objective, what have we achieved? Are livelihoods more secure? Are nations wealthier and more resilient? Is environmental quality being restored or maintained? These are essential questions of development. Their answers are many, varied between communities and regions, even between individuals. Two years ago, in the aftermath of the Earth Summit and ratification of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, but before the fi...

Forest biodiversity is crucial to the ecological, economic, and social well-being of earth’s civilisations. Unfortunately, however, forest biodiversity is threatened to a serious degree in nearly all countries. Therefore, many countries have agreed to be parties to international agreements focused on maintaining, restoring, and monitoring biodiversity; further, these countries have agreed to report to international bodies on forest biodiversity status and trends. NFIs are the primary source of l...

Die Arbeit widmet sich der Verknupfung sozialwissenschaftlicher Umweltbewusstseins- und soziologischer Lebensstilforschung in der Absicht, systematisch definitive Merkmale und charakteristische Muster eines umweltgerechten Verbraucherverhaltens bzw. von oekologischen Lebensstilen herauszuarbeiten. Im Rahmen einer Sekundaranalyse werden empirische oekologierelevante Lebensstiltypen auf einer metakategorialen Ebene einem utilitaren und einem suffizienzorientierten Lebensstilpol zugeordnet. Abschli...

Arthur Holmes's "Principles of Physical geology" is recognized as a seminal work which has influenced generations of geology students from many countries in its first three editions. But in the light of continuing new discoveries from sophisticated geophysical exploration methods, deep drilling in the oceans and on land, and satellite imagery, much of the theoretical aspects now requires substantial revision. This fourth edition returns to the three-part structure of the original book. After a p...

This is an instructor's manual (with questions) to a work which shows environmental scientists, engineers and students how to examine a water pollution problem and methodically investigate and solve it. The manual is available free to qualified instructors. The main book is suitable for students as well as professionals who have a background in basic vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, botany, chemistry and the environmental sciences, who wish to broaden their knowledge of the effects of water...

Considered the "bible of biofilters," Biofiltration for Air Pollution Control provides a complete description of the biological treatment of contaminated air. This second edition expands its coverage to include biotrickling filters. The text discusses fundamental principles of air-phase biological treatment, examines how these principles govern the operation of biofilters as well as biotrickling filters, and presents mathematical modeling design principles of such systems. Reflecting recent adva...