Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology

A 360-degree view of the response to flood riskAs major flooding events around the world show, the impact of flooding on the built environment can ...

Keeping the air clean is one of the most important aims in environmental protection. The fugitive emissions especially volatile organic compounds (...

This book provides comprehensive, authoritative discussions about microbial communities in environments that are rich in hydrocarbons, crude oil or...

The concept of ''''the triple bottom line'''' has recently emerged to describe a new framework for development aimed at achieving economic and soci...

This volume in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Second Edition, brings together chapters examining water, energy, mineral...

Exotic invasive plant species pose a serious threat to native biodiversity. Invasive plants transmogrify the landscape ecology in a highly complex ...