Environment and Ecology

In this book, the authors gather and present current research in the study of the types, threats and management of pine forests. Topics discussed i...

In recent decades, there has been increased interest in understanding ecosystems in order to be able to manage and conserve them. Yet examples of h...

The national forests have been the focus of controversy for many years. Reduced timber harvests, increased wildfire risks, degraded forest health, ...

This book deals with the environmental issues in an integrated manner. Topics like Natural Resources, Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Pollution, relat...

A fascinating survey of the geologic, environmental, and human history of southeastern Ohio The southeastern third of Ohio is quite different from ...

As a journalist, advocate, and professor, Michael Frome has spent decades engaged with conservation topics and has taken particular interest in Ame...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are hazardous highly toxic pollutants that cause a number of environmental and human health problems. They are re...

This book provides new research on the management strategies, environmental impacts and health risks of air pollution. Chapter One analyses histori...

Even with all the advances in technologies, humans continue to suffer from the consequences of flooding century after century. This book covers two...

Wetlands have already been recognised to hold the capacity for efficiently reducing or removing large amounts of pollutants from point sources (e.g...

Urbanisation has re-shaped China''''s economy, society, and energy system. Between 1990 and 2007 China added 290 million new urban residents, bring...

The Zambezi Teak forests of western Zambia have been exploited for their timber for over 80 years. The record of this exploitation and the subseque...

An urgent account of the state of our oceans todayand what we must do to protect them  Provides a persuasive guide to recovery, and is an inspiring...

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living condit...

This book provides a comprehensive and balanced account of global energy policy; covering moral, political, social, technical and economic aspects ...

South African temporarily open/closed estuaries (TOCEs) and similar systems along the coastlines of other regions of the world, especially Australi...

Coupled with increasing concerns about the environment, the magnitude of federal spending on contracts has prompted numerous questions from Members...

Africas urban population is growing rapidly, raising numerous environmental concerns. Urban areas are often linked to poverty as well as power and ...

Air pollution has been recognised as the worlds top problem in many strategic environmental policies. However, it is still inadequately corroborate...

National Parks (NPs) are mainly designed to protect the remaining wilderness of a given country and have primarily focused on the conservation of...

Africas urban population is growing rapidly, raising numerous environmental concerns. Urban areas are often linked to poverty as well as power and ...

This book is a collection of current research work on the economic and social impacts of, and policy responses to, global change mainly in the sout...

Forests are enormously important to mankind. They not only supply essential harvestable products, but also ornamental landscapes, regulate climate,...

The federal land resources include; national parks, monuments, and recreational areas; national trails; public lands; forests, wetlands, and wildli...

Plastic bottles, cardboard boxes, aluminium cans we all get through a lot of rubbish, but do you really know what happens after you put it in the b...

In urban planning, a brownfield is a former industrial or commercial site where environmental contamination hinders development. They exist in a...

Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. From river levees ...

A groundbreaking analysis of how the genomic revolution is transforming American society and creating new social divisions-some along racial lines-...

What can we really do about the climate emergency?   The inconvenient truth is that we are causing the climate crisis with our carbon int...

A Financial Times BEST BOOKS OF 2021'Engaging, authoritative and very timely. Marco Alverà spells Hydrogen's critical role as an energy store in th...

Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away ... God has cared for these trees ... but he cannot save them from fools only Uncle Sam can do t...

Humans spend more time in or on the water than ever before; we love the beach. But for many people, getting in the water provokes a moments hesitat...