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  • Voluntary Standard Systems

    A Contribution to Sustainable Development

    by David M. Smyth ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Emerging to the forefront of sustainable production and consumption are a promising and rapidly evolving concept known as Voluntary Standard Systems (VSS). They encompass the three pillars of sustainability – social, environmental and economic aspects and consequently they can be considered as a tool, which makes sustainable development visible. Currently, they are becoming a significant element ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • China-ASEAN Environment Outlook 1 (CAEO-1)

    Towards Green Development

    by China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Center ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the status and progress of China-ASEAN green development and examines the common development issues in China and ASEAN Member States (AMSs). It also explores development trends within the framework of global and regional environmental governance and discusses the approaches towards green development in China and AMSs, offering its own definition of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Water Management in Italy

    Governance, Performance, and Sustainability

    by Andrea Guerrini, Giulia Romano ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book describes the water sector as it is structured in Italy. The first part describes the legal framework which rules the sector in Italy, its evolution since the last 20 years, and its weaknesses. The second part describes the governance of Italian water utilities, distinguishing full public-owned companies from public-private partnership and private companies. The third part reports ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Successful Agricultural Innovation in Emerging Economies

    New Genetic Technologies for Global Food Production

    Edited by David J. Bennett, Richard C. Jennings ...
    World population is forecast to grow from 7 to 9 billion by 2050, 1 in 6 is already hungry and food production must increase by 70-100% if it is to feed this growing population. No single solution will solve this problem but recent developments in the genetic technologies of plant breeding can help to increase agricultural efficiencies and save people from hunger in a sustainable manner, ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Stakeholders and Scientists

    Achieving Implementable Solutions to Energy and Environmental Issues

    Edited by Joanna Burger ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Nation and the World must move forward with development of a range of energy sources and savings, all with attendant environmental problems. Solving these problems, and those remaining from past energy-related activities, will require iteration, inclusion, and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including U.S., State and local governmental agencies, Tribal Nations, scientists, ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Sustaining the World's Wetlands

    Setting Policy and Resolving Conflicts

    by Richard Smardon ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Wetlands throughout the world, including those described in this book are among the most sensitive and vulnerable ecosystems. They are critical habitats to the world’s migratory birds and a broad range of endangered mammal, reptile, amphibian, and plant species. They provide a broad range of flood storage, pollution control, water supply, ecotourism functions to indigenous peoples and country ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Large-Scale Conservation in the Common Interest

    Edited by Susan G. Clark, Aaron M. Hohl, Catherine H. Picard, Elizabeth Thomas ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Many people working toward sustainability recognize the important role of conservation but are inadequately prepared to deal with the large spatial, temporal and complexity scales that are involved in large-scale conservation efforts. Problems in large-scale conservation require navigating an intermixture of geophysical, biological and political dimensions. Coming to grips with these many natural ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Environmental Remediation Technologies for Metal-Contaminated Soils

    Edited by Hiroshi Hasegawa, Mohammad Azizur Rahman, Ismail Md. Mofizur Rahman ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents a comprehensive and detailed description of remediation techniques for metal-contaminated soils derived from both natural processes and anthropogenic activities. Using a methodical, step-by-step presentation, the book starts by overviewing the origin of toxicants and the correlated comparative extent of contamination to the environment. The legal provisions as proposed or ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology

    Edited by Godfrey Uzochukwu, Keith Schimmel, Shoou-Yuh Chang, Vinayak Kabadi, Stephanie Luster-Teasley, Gudigopuram Reddy, Emmanuel Nzewi ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    Godfrey A. Uzochukwu teaches interdisciplinary courses in environmental sciences. Research areas include: soil and mineral properties for better land use, uses of natural resources data, assessment and evaluation of environmental technologies, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary environmental processes and ecology.Keith Schimmel's research interests include bioremediation, membrane separations ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Identifying Emerging Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction, Migration, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

    Shaping Debates and Policies

    Edited by Manuela Fernández, Karen Sudmeier-Rieux, Ivanna M. Penna, J.C. Gaillard, Michel Jaboyedoff ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The goal of this book is to explore disaster risk reduction (DRR), migration, climate change adaptation (CCA) and sustainable development linkages from a number of different geographical, social and natural science angles. Well-known scientists and practitioners present different perspectives regarding these inter-linkages from around the world, with theoretical discussions as well as field ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Environmental Policy and Governance in China

    Edited by Hideki Kitagawa ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses on how to create an environmentally friendly society in China from the viewpoint of environmental law and policy. The authors accessed a great number of valuable sources not available in English, and interviewed various scholars and public officials, in order to analyze the environmental policies in China while comparing some of the features to Japan. The book stresses the ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Responsibility and Liability in the Context of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes by Sea

    Existing Rules and the 1999 Liability Protocol to the Basel Convention

    by Jan Albers ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    The term “hazardous wastes” covers a wide range of disused products and production wastes generated not only in industrial sectors, but also in all areas of everyday life. Hazardous wastes are to a large extent shipped by sea to third countries for recycling or disposal. While the procedural requirements for such movements are laid out in the 1989 Basel Convention, explicit rules of responsibility ... Read more

    $89.09 USD