Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology

Filled with practical examples, Quasilinear Hyperbolic Systems, Compressible Flows, and Waves presents a self-contained discussion of quasilinear h...

Can hydrogen and electricity supply all of the worlds energy needs? Handbook of Hydrogen Energy thoroughly explores the notion of a hydrogen econom...

The book is a concise introduction to an emerging field within economics. Drawing on numerous disciplines, including environmental science, environ...

International aviation is a massive and complex industry that is crucial to our global economy and way of life. Designed for the next generation of...

A world of 9 billion people by mid-century will demand fundamental changes in our mindsets, behaviors, cultures, and overarching paradigm. Just as ...

Existing human beings stand in a unique relationship of asymmetrical influence over future generations. Our choices now can settle whether there ar...

The academic treatment of the environment and nature, since the 1980s, has been formalized in sub-disciplines like environmental history, environme...

This book explores the complex relationship between energy and development and discusses the core issues and concepts surrounding this growing area...

The integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid presents an important challenge. This book provides a review and analysis o...

This title was first published in 2001. Of the many far reaching issues facing post-communist states in the wake of the collapse of communist rule,...

The local food movement is one of the most active of current civil engagement social movements. This work presents primary evidence from over 900 d...

Biophilic Urbanism provides readers with the tools to create more nature-based urban environments that are climate positive, sustainable, and healt...

Does participatory governance benefit the environment? The European Water Framework Directive (WFD), which came into force in 2000 with the aim of ...

International in scope, this volume brings together leading and emerging voices working at the intersection of contemporary art, visual culture, ac...

The purpose of this collection of essays is to shed some light on the complex relationship between environmental quality and the distribution of in...

This book traces how abstract managerial ideas about maximizing production flexibility and employee freedom were translated into concrete, day-to-d...

Managing building services contractors can prove to be a minefield. The most successful jobs will always be those where building site managers have...

Disasters raise serious challenges for contemporary legal orders: they demand significant management, but usually amidst massive disruption to the ...

International in scope, this volume brings together leading and emerging voices working at the intersection of contemporary art, visual culture, ac...

The 2002 New Delhi Declaration of Principles of International Law relating to Sustainable Development set out seven principles on sustainable devel...

The urban climate is continuously deteriorating. Urban heat lowers the quality of urban life, increases energy needs, and affects the urban socio-e...

In recent years, there has been an increasing emphasis placed on local and regional integration in major planning projects and infrastructure devel...

This title was first published in 2003: Despite their growing political significance, the linkages between local resource management and the global...

The new fifth edition of Ecotourism focuses on an array of economic, social and ecological inconsistencies that continue to plague ecotourism in th...