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“anthony jakeman”

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  • Landscape Logic

    Integrating Science for Landscape Management

    Edited by Allan Curtis, Anthony Jakeman, James McKee, Ted Lefroy ...
    In 2005, researchers from four Australian universities and CSIRO joined forces with environmental managers from three state agencies and six regional catchment management authorities to answer the question: 'Can we detect the influence of public environmental programs on the condition of our natural resources?' This was prompted by a series of national audits of Australia's environmental programs ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

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    The dangers of unsustainable growth for Australia

    by Dick Smith ...
    Dick Smith takes on the hot topic of our times, arguing that Australian and global population growth carries enormous risks, dangers that none of our political parties is prepared to address.In 2011 the world's population exceeded 7 billion. Each year we add nearly 80 million people and by mid-century we will require twice as much food and double the energy we use today. Australia will be deeply ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Almaguin Chronicles

    Memories of the Past

    by Astrid Taim ...
    The Almaguin Highlands is a region that was once coveted for its game, silver birch and majestic white pine. For centuries this area stretched up to the shores of Lake Nipissing and embraced an unbroken forest that remained largely intact save where lakes, streams and beaver meadows punctuated the forest floor. In 1900, the northernmost areas of the District of Parry Sound were still not ... Read more

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  • Offshore Risk Assessment vol 2.

    Principles, Modelling and Applications of QRA Studies

    by Jan-Erik Vinnem ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Offshore Risk Assessment was the first book to deal with quantified risk assessment (QRA) as applied specifically to offshore installations and operations. Risk assessment techniques have been used for more than three decades in the offshore oil and gas industry, and their use is set to expand increasingly as the industry moves into new areas and faces new challenges in older regions.This updated ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Urban Mining Systems

    by Kohmei Halada, Takashi Nakamura ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book focuses on the fundamental concept of and current endeavors in “urban mining” among those who are interested in both metal resources and ecology. Systems for recycling and reusing precious metals and rare-earth minerals contained in used and discarded electronics are introduced in this book. The target audience is not academic researchers in the resource management and ecology fields but ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation and Management

    Edited by J. Andrew DeWoody, John W. Bickham, Charles H. Michler, Krista M. Nichols, Gene E. Rhodes, Keith E. Woeste ...
    Recent advances in molecular genetics and genomics have been embraced by many in natural resource conservation. Today, several major conservation and management journals are now using 'genetics' editors to deal solely with the influx of manuscripts that employ molecular data. The editors have attempted to synthesize some of the major uses of molecular markers in natural resource management in a ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Risk Methodologies for Technological Legacies

    by James G. Droppo ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The Cold War Era left the major participants, the United States and the former Soviet Union (FSU), with large legacies in terms of both contamination and potential accidents. Facility contamination and environmental degradation, as well as the accident vulnerable facilities and equipment, are a result of weapons development, testing, and production. Although the countries face similar issues from ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Waste Bioremediation

    Edited by Sunita J. Varjani, Edgard Gnansounou, Baskar Gurunathan, Deepak Pant, Zainul Akmar Zakaria ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book discusses the bioremediation of both solid and liquid waste, including regional solutions for India as well as globally relevant applications. The topics covered include pollutant reduction through composting, solutions for petroleum refinery waste, use of microorganisms in the bioremediation of industrial waste and toxicity reduction, microbial fuel cells, and microbial depolymerisation ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • Rainwater-Smart Agriculture in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

    Fostering the Use of Rainwater for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation, Landscape Restoration and Climate Resilience

    Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Josep de Trincheria Gomez ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book introduces state-of-the-art approaches, methods and research, focusing on smart management of rainwater. In addition, it provides an overview of projects from across the world, illustrating how rainwater-smart management has been implemented in drylands. Focusing on the scientific perspective it demonstrates how rural dryland agriculture can be improved. It also documents the wealth of ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Water Diplomacy in Action

    Contingent Approaches to Managing Complex Water Problems

    Edited by Shafiqul Islam, Kaveh Madani ...
    Series series Anthem Environment and Sustainability
    Today we face an incredibly complex array of interconnected water issues that cross multiple boundaries: Is water a property or a human right? How do we prioritize between economic utility and environmental sustainability? Do fish have more rights to water than irrigated grain? Can we reconcile competing cultural and religious values associated with water? How much water do people actually need? ... Read more

    $26.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Contemporary Ecology Research in China

    Edited by Wenhua Li ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The Chinese government is increasingly focusing on ecological construction and has subscribed to a national “Ecological Civilization Construction”. Ecological research and protection practice develop so fast and achieve a lot at the national agenda.This book is a synthesis of five most exciting and dominant themes in contemporary ecological research in China: biodiversity, ecosystem management, ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Natural Resources in Afghanistan

    Geographic and Geologic Perspectives on Centuries of Conflict

    by John F. Shroder ...
    Natural Resources in Afghanistan: Geographic and Geologic Perspectives on Centuries of Conflict details Afghanistan's physical geography — namely climate, soils, vegetation, water, hazards, and basic geologic background and terrain landforms — together with details of its rich natural resources, ethnic problems, and relevant past histories. The book couples these details with the challenges of ... Read more

    $177.99 USD