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Libros en Ciencias Ambientales

  • Membranes in wastewater treatment

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 31
    • Inglés
    This book offers a comprehensive overview of air pollution, exploring its sources, impacts, and the latest strategies for monitoring, control, and mitigation. Covering key topics such as atmospheric pollutants, health and environmental effects, regulatory frameworks, and innovative technologies, the book provides valuable insights for researchers, policymakers, and students interested in understanding and addressing the challenges of air quality management.

  • Urban Energy Transition

    Cities and Regions for a Stable Climate
    • 3 Edición
    • Peter Droege
    • Inglés
    Urban Energy Transition, Third Edition: Cities and Regions for a Stable Climate is the most current scientific and practice-based compendium on energy transformations in the global urban system. It also yields perspectives on climate stabilization and the need for comprehensive and additional climate action and policy frames that work in conjunction with the energy transition. This fresh volume examines both established and emerging economic, design, governance, policy and technology related insights and contains contributions from Africa, Asia, Australia, Central Europe and North America.

  • Guidelines for Climate Adaptive Forest Restoration and Reforestation Projects

    • 1 Edición
    • John A. Stanturf + 9 más
    • Inglés
    Please note that this book is available as an Open Access title via Science Direct.Guidelines for Climate Adaptive Forest Restoration and Reforestation Projects addresses a critical problem in the field of forestry: how to manage the need of targeted seedlings for planting projects under climate change. Edited by experts in the field, this necessary guide focuses on the production and deployment of climate-adapted species and material that is essential for successful regeneration and restoration. It is an ideal resource for students of ecology, forest managers, and practitioners who contribute to the well-being of forest ecosystems.As forestry professionals often grapple with the complexities of climate impacts and the need to adapt forest management practices to the changing climate while preserving biodiversity and maintaining sustainable ecosystems, this is a welcomed resource.

  • Water Remediation Methods and Wastewater Treatment

    • 1 Edición
    • Olusola Olaitan Ayeleru + 3 más
    • Inglés
    Water Remediation Methods and Wastewater Treatment is an essential guide focusing on water reuse, wastewater, and wastewater applications for resource recovery and sustainability. The book's editors, all experts in the field, cover various physical, chemical, and biological methods which are being utilized to provide a complete remediation to an extent where wastewater could be discharged safely into inland waterbodies or could be possibly reused for agriculture or other purposes. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the current strategies and tools that are used to address water pollution and the efficient treatment of contaminated water sources.Using real-life applications and case studies, this comprehensive reference book is a necessary tool for students and researchers learning about waste remediation and wastewater treatment.

  • Ozonation-Based Treatment of Water and Wastewater

    Advancements and Environmental Applications
    • 1 Edición
    • Mihir Kumar Purkait + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Ozonation-Based Treatment of Water and Wastewater: Advancements and Environmental Applications offers a comprehensive exploration of ozone and related oxidation methods for eliminating harmful contaminants from drinking water and wastewater. Beginning with an overview of water resource management, pollution sources, and treatment limitations, the book delves into the principles and mechanisms of ozonation, including operational factors and impacts. Subsequent chapters include advancements in ozone nano bubble technology that are supported by mathematical models and reaction kinetics. Discussions of the practical applications of ozone-based processes in water treatment are also explored.A necessary guide for students and researchers in water science, this book provides a blend of foundational knowledge and cutting-edge insights presented in an accessible manner with real-world case studies.

  • The Trans-Atlantic Research and Development Interchanges on Sustainability

    • 1 Edición
    • Heriberto Cabezas + 4 más
    • Inglés
    The Trans-Atlantic Research and Development Interchanges on Sustainability is a comprehensive foundational look at sustainability science, developed directly from the outcomes and learnings of the Trans-Atlantic Research and Development Interchanges on Sustainability (TARDIS) workshop that has been ongoing since 2004. The book brings together the most thorough recent advances in concepts, theories, methods, models and applications to steer the course towards a sustainable and resilient future. It provides a source of information on sustainability science directly from the experiences of global sustainability scientists and their research data not found elsewhere.This book will be an all-encompassing source of information on all aspects of sustainability science for academics, researchers and students in sustainability science and any applicable science that takes sustainability into account.

  • Satellite Remote Sensing for Forest and Environmental Monitoring

    • 1 Edición
    • Pablo Rodríguez Gonzálvez + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Satellite Remote Sensing for Forest and Environmental Monitoring provides a thorough examination of the applications and methods of satellite remote sensing for analyzing and managing forest environments. From forest height mapping to biodiversity modeling, the book explores a variety of Earth observation applications across cutting-edge sensors and platforms. The book addresses the ability of satelitte technologies to observe and analyse ecological functions, conditions, and socioeconomic benefits for sustainable nature protection in the face of anthropogenic change, offering practical tools and strategies for large-scale forest inventories, fire risk assessment, and freshwater management. Satellite Remote Sensing for Forest and Environmental Monitoring offers postgraduates, researchers, and academics in remote sensing and geospatial technologies, particularly those focusing on forestry applications and related disciplines insights into environmental changes, land use patterns, vegetation mapping, and climate indicators.

  • Biological Oceanography

    An Introduction
    • 3 Edición
    • Susanne Menden-Deuer
    • Inglés
    This completely updated third edition of Biological Oceanography: An Introduction offers students a firm grounding in the fundamentals of biological oceanography, continuing the work of the first and second edition author team, Carol Lalli and Timothy Parsons. Additionally, it provides an enhanced learning experience with numerous illustrations, thorough chapter summaries, and questions with answers and comments at the back of the book. The updated material now focuses on communicating the importance of the ocean for Earth’s habitability and as such, new chapters that present humanity’s dependence on the ocean are included.This comprehensive textbook is an invaluable resource for second year and higher undergraduate students studying oceanography and marine science.

  • Point Source Nitrogen Pollution

    Climate Mitigation and Sustainable Solutions for the Modern Era
    • 1 Edición
    • Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Point Source Nitrogen Pollution: Climate Mitigation and Sustainable Solutions for the Modern Era explores the sources, impacts, and challenges related to point source nitrogen pollution. It provides an overview of challenges and opportunities for nutrient management to contribute solutions to nitrogen pollution and how nitrogen pollution can contribute to climate change. This book emphasizes point sources of nitrogen pollution by exploring potential solutions to nitrogen pollution that originate from identifiable and specific sources such as water streams and soil pollution. It will cover topics such as digital agriculture technology, optical sensor-based nitrogen management, and nature-based solutions.

  • Nonpoint Source Nitrogen Pollution

    Challenges, Solutions, and Sustainable Approaches
    • 1 Edición
    • Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Non-Point Source Nitrogen Pollution: Challenges, Solutions, and Sustainable Approaches delves into the origins, effects, and obstacles associated with non-point source nitrogen pollution. It offers a comprehensive examination of the challenges and possibilities surrounding nutrient management in addressing nitrogen pollution, as well as the interplay between nitrogen pollution and climate change. This book focuses on non-point sources of nitrogen pollution, which refers to more diffuse and widespread sources like atmospheric deposition and runoff from agricultural fields. It explores a broader range of nitrogen pollution sources, including agricultural practices, climate change impacts, and soil quality degradation. Nitrogen's impact on public health and the environment, nitrogen cycling in ecosystems, and the role of nitrogen management in the era of Industry 4.0 will also be examined.

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