Environmental Sciences Books

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11. Environmental Hazards

    Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, 6th Edition

    By Keith Smith

    The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st century. It integrates cutting-edge material from the physical and social sciences to illustrate how natural and human systems...

    Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
12. Environmental Commodities Markets and Emissions Trading

    Towards a Low-Carbon Future

    By Blas Luis Pérez Henríquez

    Market-based solutions to environmental problems offer great promise, but require complex public policies that take into account the many institutional factors necessary for the market to work and that guard against the social forces that can derail good public policies. Using insights about...

    Published December 19th 2012 by RFF Press
13. Hydraulic Fill Manual

    For Dredging and Reclamation Works

    Edited by Jan van 't Hoff, Art Nooy van der Kolff

    Without proper hydraulic fill and suitable specialised equipment, many major infrastructure projects such as ports, airports, roads, industrial or housing projects could not be realised. Yet comprehensive information about hydraulic fill is difficult to find. This thoroughly researched book,...

    Published December 17th 2012 by CRC Press
14. Fundamental QSARs for Metal Ions

    By John D. Walker, Michael C. Newman, Monica Enache

    Focusing on the field of metal ion bioactivity in Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships (QSAR), Fundamental QSARs for Metal Ions concentrates on the basic and essential applications of QSAR methods to predict metal ion toxicity, bioconcentration, biosorption, and binding. An excellent...

    Published December 12th 2012 by CRC Press
15. Encyclopedia of Environmental Management (Print)

    Edited by Sven Erik Jorgensen

    Encyclopedia of Environmental Management gives a comprehensive overview of environmental problems, their sources, their assessment, and their solutions. Through in-depth entries and a topical table of contents, readers will quickly find answers to questions about specific pollution and management...

    Published December 12th 2012 by CRC Press
16. Handbook of Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Volume One

    Overview and Fundamentals

    Edited by Harindra Joseph Fernando

    With major implications for applied physics, engineering, and the natural and social sciences, the rapidly growing area of environmental fluid dynamics focuses on the interactions of human activities, environment, and fluid motion. A landmark for the field, the two-volume Handbook of Environmental...

    Published December 11th 2012 by CRC Press
17. Advances in Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery

    Techniques and Applications

    Edited by Xiaojun Yang, Jonathan Li

    Advances in Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery: Techniques and Applications reviews some of the latest developments in remote sensing and information extraction techniques applicable to topographic and thematic mapping. Providing an interdisciplinary perspective, leading experts from around the...

    Published December 11th 2012 by CRC Press
18. Handbook of Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Volume Two

    Systems, Pollution, Modeling, and Measurements

    Edited by Harindra Joseph Fernando

    With major implications for applied physics, engineering, and the natural and social sciences, the rapidly growing area of environmental fluid dynamics focuses on the interactions of human activities, environment, and fluid motion. A landmark for the field, the two-volume Handbook of Environmental...

    Published December 11th 2012 by CRC Press
19. Handbook of Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Two-Volume Set

    Edited by Harindra Joseph Fernando

    With major implications for applied physics, engineering, and the natural and social sciences, the rapidly growing area of environmental fluid dynamics focuses on the interactions of human activities, environment, and fluid motion. A landmark for the field, this two-volume Handbook of Environmental...

    Published December 10th 2012 by CRC Press
20. Data Analysis and Statistics for Geography, Environmental Science, and Engineering

    By Miguel F. Acevedo

    Providing a solid foundation for twenty-first-century scientists and engineers, Data Analysis and Statistics for Geography, Environmental Science, and Engineering guides readers in learning quantitative methodology, including how to implement data analysis methods using open-source software. Given...

    Published December 6th 2012 by CRC Press