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New and Published Books

  1. International Perspectives in Feminist Ecocriticism

    Edited by Greta Gaard, Simon Estok, Serpil Oppermann

    Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

    Exploring environmental literature from a feminist perspective, this volume presents a diversity of feminist ecocritical approaches to affirm the continuing contributions, relevance, and necessity of a feminist perspective in environmental literature, culture, and science. Feminist ecocriticism has...

    Published May 24th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Utilization of Fish Waste

    Edited by Raul Perez Galvez, Jean-Pascal Berge

    The shortage of marine resources calls for the implementation of new technological processes for providing a better utilization of waste and by-products from fisheries and fish processing activities. Most of these by-products are currently used as raw materials for animal feed. It is estimated that...

    Published May 20th 2013 by CRC Press

  3. Ecological Sustainability

    Understanding Complex Issues

    By Robert B. Northrop, Anne N. Connor

    Complex Systems is a new field of science studying how parts of a system give rise to the collective behaviors of the system, and how the system interacts with its environment. This book examines the complex systems involved in environmental sustainability, and examines the technologies involved to...

    Published May 19th 2013 by CRC Press

  4. International Environmental Law and the Conservation of Coral Reefs

    By Edward J. Goodwin

    Series: Routledge Research in International Environmental Law

    Tropical coral reefs are important ecosystems. They are economically important to coastal communities living in predominantly developing countries, and also provide shoreline protection, catalyse land formation enabling human habitation, act as a carbon sink and are a repository for genetic and...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge

  5. Computational Intelligent Data Analysis for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Ting Yu, Nitesh Chawla, Simeon Simoff

    Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Series

    Going beyond performing simple analyses, researchers involved in the highly dynamic field of computational intelligent data analysis design algorithms that solve increasingly complex data problems in changing environments, including economic, environmental, and social data. Computational...

    Published April 3rd 2013 by Chapman and Hall/CRC

  6. 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

  7. Urban Ecosystems

    Understanding the Human Environment

    By Robert A. Francis, Michael A. Chadwick

    With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems may now represent the contemporary and future human environment. Consisting of green space and the built environment, they harbour a wide range of species, yet are not well understood. This book aims...

    Published March 12th 2013 by Routledge

  8. Water & Wastewater Infrastructure

    Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

    By Frank R. Spellman

    A critical aspect of sustainability associated with water and wastewater systems is to maintain and manage infrastructure in the most efficient and economical manner while complying with environmental regulations and keeping rates at acceptable levels. Given the high cost of fuel, our growing...

    Published March 11th 2013 by CRC Press

  9. Peri-Urban Landscapes

    Edited by Darryl Low Choy, Michael Buxton, Jenny Wadsworth

    This book discusses the relative lack of attention to Australian peri-urban regions and relates the Australian experience to international trends and challenges. Australian cities are expanding at an unprecedented rate into peri-urban regions but the commonwealth and state governments have not...

    Published February 28th 2013 by CRC Press

  10. Transboundary Water Management in a Changing Climate

    Edited by Benjamin Dewals, Maïté Fournier

    Most large river basins in the world are transboundary. Experience with such basins emphasizes the urgent need for more efficient transnational water management. This book details recent initiatives undertaken in the Meuse basin (North-West Europe) to develop a transnational adaptation strategy to...

    Published February 26th 2013 by CRC Press