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The Politics of Contaminated Sites Management
By the end of the 1970s, contaminated sites had emerged as one of the most complex and urgent environmental issues affecting industrialized countries. The authors show that small and prosperous Switzerland is no exception to the pervasive problem of sites contamination, the legacy of past practices in waste management having left some 38,000 contaminated sites throughout the country. This book …
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- 978-3-319-11307-4
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- XIX, 159, 20 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
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Engineering Dielectric Liquid Applications
Dielectric liquids are used as impregnates of solid insulations or filling products in many kinds of equipment, such as transformers (power, rectifier, distribution, traction, furnace, potential, current), resistors, reactors, capacitors, cables, bushings, circuit breakers, tap changers, and thyristor cooling in power electronics, etc. Their role is paramount in the sense that their presence is…
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- 978-3-03897-403-1
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- 628 ENG
Groundwater Contamination and Remediation
This Special Issue of Water brings together 10 studies on groundwater contamination and remediation. Common themes include practical techniques for plume identification and delineation, the central role of subsurface processes, the pervasiveness of non-Fickian transport, and the importance of bacterial communities in the broader context of biogeochemistry.
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- 978-3-03897-430-7
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Marginality : Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology
This book takes a new approach on understanding causes of extreme poverty and promising actions to address it. Its focus is on marginality being a root cause of poverty and deprivation. “Marginality” is the position of people on the edge, preventing their access to resources, freedom of choices, and the development of capabilities. The book is research based with original empirical analyses…
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- 978-94-007-7061-4
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- XVII, 389 halaman
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- 362 MAR
A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development…
Cowspiracy; Environment and sustainability; Environmental humanities; SDGs; Sustainable Development Goals;Teaching Sustainability; The White tiger
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The Demography of Disasters Impacts for Population and Place
This open access book provides worldwide examples demonstrating the importance of the interplay between demography and disasters in regions and spatially. It marks an advance in practical and theoretical insights for understanding the role of demography in planning for and mitigating impacts from disasters in developed nations. Both slow onset (like the of loss polar ice from climate change) an…
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Wetland Technology Practical Information on the Design and Application of Tr…
Water quality standards across the world are being re-written to promote healthier ecosystems, ensure safe potable water sources, increased biodiversity, and enhanced ecological functions. Treatment wetlands are used for treating a variety of pollutant waters, including municipal wastewater, agricultural and urban runoff, industrial effluents, and combined sewer overflows, among others. Treatme…
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The Anthropocene and the Global Environmental Crisis Rethinking modernity in…
The Anthropocene, in which humankind has become a geological force, is a major scientific proposal; but it also means that the conceptions of the natural and social worlds on which sociology, political science, history, law, economics and philosophy rest are called into question. The Anthropocene and the Global Environmental Crisis captures some of the radical new thinking prompted by the arriv…
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Fish, Fishing and Community in North Korea and Neighbours Vibrant Matter(s)
This open access book explores the histories and geographies of fishing in North Korea and the surrounding nations. With the ideological and environmental history of North Korea in mind, the book examines the complex interactions between local communities, fish themselves, wider ecosystems and the politics of Pyongyang through the lens of critical geography, fisheries statistics and management …
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Obstacles to Environmental Progress A U.S. perspective
environment;policy;biology;earth sciences;United States;obstacles to progress;environmental policy;environmental law;environmental regulation;environmental science;environmental progress;environmental solutions;environmental justice;sustainability;uncertainty;decision processes;climate change;problem solving;unintended consequences;systems perspective;environmental monitoring;freedom and enviro…
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