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    A Global Synthesis

    by Peter Ravenscroft, Hugh Brammer, Keith Richards ...
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    Arsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research on the distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact on health and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply, treatment, and water resource management.Provides the first global and interdisciplinary account of arsenic pollution occurrencesIntegrates geochemistry, hydrology, agriculture, and water supply and treatment for the ... Read more

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  • Cool It

    by Bjorn Lomborg ...
    Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and staggeringly expensive actions now being considered to meet the challenges of global warming ultimately will have little impact on the world’s temperature. He suggests that rather than focusing on ineffective solutions that will cost us trillions of dollars over the coming decades, we should be looking for smarter, more cost-effective approaches ... Read more

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  • Treatise on Water Science

    by Peter A. Wilderer ...
    Water quality and management are of great significance globally, as the demand for clean, potable water far exceeds the availability. Water science research brings together the natural and applied sciences, engineering, chemistry, law and policy, and economics, and the Treatise on Water Science seeks to unite these areas through contributions from a global team of author-experts. The 4-volume set ... Read more

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  • The Skeptical Environmentalist

    Measuring the Real State of the World

    by Bjørn Lomborg ...
    The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Soil Pollution

    From Monitoring to Remediation

    Edited by Armando C. Duarte, Anabela Cachada, Teresa A.P. Rocha-Santos ...
    Soil Pollution: From Monitoring to Remediation provides comprehensive information on soil pollution, including causes, distribution, transport, the transformation and fate of pollutants in soil, and metabolite accumulation. The book covers organic, inorganic and nanoparticle pollutants and methodologies for their monitoring. Features a critical discussion on ecotoxicological and human effects of ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Biodiversity Change and Human Health

    From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease

    by Scope ...
    Series series SCOPE Series
    Biodiversity Change and Human Health brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health. The book utilizes multidisciplinary approaches to explore and address the complex interplay between natural ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Artificial or Constructed Wetlands

    A Suitable Technology for Sustainable Water Management

    Edited by María del Carmen Durán-Domínguez-de-Bazúa, Amado Enrique Navarro-Frómeta, Josep M. Bayona ...
    Artificial or constructed wetlands are an emerging technology particularly for tropical areas with water scarcity. For big cities, the sustainable management of water resources taking into account proper use is always challenging. The book presents case studies illustrating the above. As plants and microorganisms are a fundamental part of the correct functioning of these systems, their ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Water and Wastewater Management

    Global Problems and Measures

    Edited by Müfit Bahadir, Andreas Haarstrick ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume addresses the situation of water and wastewater management from a global angle, underpinned by selected case studies. Without doubt, water and wastewater management are among the greatest challenges of our century, and there is also no doubt that the challenges posed by climate change will become even greater. However, most efforts, especially in developing countries but also in the so ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Planetary Health

    Safeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene

    by Andy Haines, Howard Frumkin ...
    We live in unprecedented times - the Anthropocene - defined by far-reaching human impacts on the natural systems that underpin civilisation. Planetary Health explores the many environmental changes that threaten to undermine progress in human health, and explains how these changes affect health outcomes, from pandemics to infectious diseases to mental health, from chronic diseases to injuries. It ... Read more

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  • Water Conservation in the Era of Global Climate Change

    Edited by Binota Thokchom, Pengpeng Qiu, Pardeep Singh, Parameswar K. Iyer ...
    Water Conservation in the Era of Global Climate Change reviews key issues surrounding climate change and water resources. The book brings together experts from a variety of fields and perspectives, providing a comprehensive view on how climate change impacts water resources, how water pollution impacts climate change, and how to assess potential hazards and success stories on managing and ... Read more

    $179.99 USD