Environmental Books

New and Published Books

1. Emerging Technologies

   Socio-Behavioral Life Cycle Approaches

   Edited by Nora Savage, Michael E. Gorman, Anita Street

   Traditional Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) methodologies affect the public health and environmental impacts from a material, product, process or activity. The authors of this book suggest that a more holistic approach that incorporates societal and behavioral dimensions will create better results. They...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Pan Stanford Publishing
2. Energy Management Reference Library CD, Fourth Edition

   By Steve Doty, Wayne C. Turner, Barney L. Capehart, William J. Kennedy, Klaus-Dieter E. Pawlik, Albert Thumann, D. Paul Mehta

   The Energy Management Reference Library CD-ROM includes 2100 pages of text, graphics, and charts and contains the following complete books: Energy Management Handbook, 8th Edition, Guide to Energy Management, 7th Edition, Solutions Manual for Guide to Energy Management, 7th Edition, and Handbook of...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Fairmont Press
3. Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition

   Edited by Robert G. Watts

   A clear, concise discussion of today’s hottest topics in climate change, including adapting to climate change and geo-engineering to mitigate the effects of change, Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition takes on the tough questions of what to do and offers real solutions to the...

   Published March 21st 2013 by CRC Press
4. Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems

   Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change

   Edited by Christian Messier, Klaus J. Puettmann, K. David Coates

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management. It explores how these concepts can be applied in various forest biomes of the world with their different ecological, economic and social settings, and history....

   Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. 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
6. Drinking Water Disinfection Techniques

   By Jyoti Kishen Kumar, Aniruddha Bhalchandra Pandit

   Water is our natural heritage, our miracle of life. However, our increasingly technological society has become indifferent to water. Far from being pure, modern drinking water around the world contains many undesirable chemical and bacterial contaminants. The existing techniques employed for the...

   Published December 12th 2012 by CRC Press
7. Fuels, Energy, and the Environment

   By Ghazi A. Karim

   The need for cleaner, sustainable energy continues to drive engineering research, development, and capital projects. Recent advances in combustion science and technology, including sophisticated diagnostic and control equipment, have enabled engineers to improve fuel processes and systems and...

   Published November 6th 2012 by CRC Press
8. Wastewater Treatment

   Advanced Processes and Technologies

   Edited by D. G. Rao, R. Senthilkumar, J. Anthony Byrne, S. Feroz

   Due to the heterogeneous nature of water streams from diverse domestic and industrial sources, and the equally diverse nature of pollutants that can be physical, chemical, and biological in nature, their treatment methods also must be varied in nature. Responding to this complex situation,...

   Published July 4th 2012 by CRC Press
9. World ESCO Outlook

   By Pierre Langlois, Shirley J. Hansen

   As country after country around the world embraces the idea of self-funding energy efficiency, an energy performance contracting (EPC) model emerges and then changes to meet local needs. This book captures this rapidly changing landscape and offers valuable insights into this fascinating industry....

   Published July 2nd 2012 by Fairmont Press
10. Wild Product Governance

    Finding Policies that Work for Non-Timber Forest Products

    Edited by Sarah A. Laird, Rebecca J. McLain, Rachel P. Wynberg

    Products from the wild, also known as non-timber forest products (NTFPs), are used as medicines, foods, spices, and a multitude of other purposes. They contribute substantially to rural livelihoods, generate revenue for companies and governments, and have a range of impacts on biodiversity...

    Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge