Ecology - Environment Studies

Ecological Integrity and the Management of Ecosystems..

This timely reference discusses the problems of environmental and economic crises and explains how they are the product of the overextension of resources. The book critiques the standard approach of economics and establishes the methodological and biophysical principles needed to develop the concept..

This timely reference discusses the problems of environmental and economic crises and explains how they are the product of the overextension of resources. The book critiques the standard approach of economics and establishes the methodological and biophysical principles needed to develop the concept..

This introductory textbook sets out the key aspects of ecosystem services, a concept that has emerged in recent years as one of the most powerful guiding principles for ecology, biodiversity conservation and the management of natural resources...

This thesis reports on the effect of different operational variables, such as anaerobic pre-treatment, the combination of algae and duckweed ponds and pond depth. Anaerobic pre-treatment was found to contribute to the reduction of area requirements for the duckweed ponds and enhanced biomass product..

This thesis reports on the effect of different operational variables, such as anaerobic pre-treatment, the combination of algae and duckweed ponds and pond depth. Anaerobic pre-treatment was found to contribute to the reduction of area requirements for the duckweed ponds and enhanced biomass product..

This thesis focused on the interaction and modification of the factors controlling the waste stabilisation process in a bioreactor landfill. The results revealed that biological stabilisation can be achieved. _x000D_ In conclusion, this research reduced our current gaps-in-knowledge and offered feas..

Municipal solid waste entombed in landfills will produce pollution in the form of landfill gas and leachate when the barriers fail in the long term. This book focuses on achieving a Final Storage Quality (FSQ) status of waste, through laboratory and pilot-scale experiments...

Environmental Life Cycle Analysis..

From raw materials through materials processing, manufacture, distribution, use, and disposal or recycling, this self-learning textbook demonstrates how to conduct environmental assessments for products throughout their entire life cycles. The authors describe the inventory databases and methods use..

Environmental health encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect human health, such as radiation, toxic chemicals and other hazardous agents. It is often assumed that the assessment part is just a matter of scientific research, and the control pa..

This book provides a global perspective on the various issues that the industry has to face as well as to provide some key global strategies that can help coping with those global challenges, such as collaboration, strategic value chain planning, and interdependency analyses. It presents literature ..