Miljövetenskap & miljöteknik

This book is an all-inclusive resource that provides a solid foundation on Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) methodologies, their application to real-world projects, and their underlying mathematical and theoretical concepts. Key Features: Gui...

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Written by world-renowned health and safety researcher E. Scott Geller, Working Safe: How to Help People Actively Care for Health and Safety, Second Edition presents science-based and practical approaches to improving attitudes and behavior for ac...

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This open access book focuses on climate change, indigenous reindeer husbandry and the underlying concept of connecting the traditional knowledge of indigenous reindeer herders in the Arctic with the latest research findings of the worlds leading ...

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Diagnostics: Test dont guess. Learn all the skills you need to pass Level 3 and 4 Vehicle Diagnostics courses from IMI, City & Guilds, and BTEC, as well as ASE, AUR, and other higher-level qualifications. Along with 25 new real-life case studi...

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This book is intented for Lean practitioners and facilitators looking for a training tool and guideline that can be used in the work area while improvements are being made. It provides the most visible and detailed approach to Kanban implementatio...

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In the continuing debate of how to confront the challenges of climate change, individuals, advocacy groups, and political parties in the United States offer arguments and solutions based on economic and political viewpoints. But what if we are beg...

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Business Process Management has helped thousands of leaders and BPM practitioners successfully implement BPM projects, enabling them to add impactful and measurable value to their organizations. The book covers all major frameworks, including LEAN...

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Mark Nelson takes us on a global expedition to learn how we are wasting the world's dwindling supplies of fresh water by flushing away a very valuable resource, our own human wastes! A founding director of the Institute of Ecotechnics, Dr. Ne...

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Planering och projektering av VA-system - utifrån platsens förutsättningar riktar sig till planerare, utredare och projektörer men även studenter som läser VA-teknik, samhällsplanering eller liknande. Boken ger en utförlig beskrivning av de varier...

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This book offers the first critical, multi-disciplinary study of how the concepts of resilience and the Anthropocene have combined to shape contemporary thought and governmental practice. Faced with the climate catastrophe of the Anthropocene, the...

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FINALIST IN THE 2024 AAAS/SUBARU PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE WRITING YOUNG ADULT SCIENCE A global rewilding journey, exploring innovative and eye-opening projects led by passionate conservationists. Rewilding is a radical new approach to wildl...

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Stockholms Framtida Avloppsrening (SFA) är ett omfattande infrastrukturprojekt för att möta de nya krav som ställts på reningen av det avloppsvatten som släpps ut i Östersjön (Baltic Sea Action Plan). Men också för att öka kapaciteten på reningsve...

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Over vast expanses of time, fire and humanity have interacted to expand the domain of each, transforming the earth and what it means to be human. In this concise yet wide-ranging book, Stephen J. Pynenamed by Science magazine as the worlds leading...

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Biological invasions are one of the strongest drivers of global environmental change, and invasive species are now often in the public discourse. At the same time, economists have begun to take a real interest in determining how invasive species i...

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I Reningsteknik beskrivs grunderna till hur vattenrening, avloppsvattenrening, gasrening och marksanering fungerar. Boken innehåller också ett översiktligt kapitel om hur olika typer av avfall kan upparbetas till nya värdefullare produkter. De oli...

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Anaerobic digestion is a biochemical degradation process that converts complex organic material, such as animal manure, into methane and other byproducts. Part of the author's Wastewater Microbiology series, Microbiology of Anareboic Digesters esc...

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A study of the ways in which people feel and think about space, how they form attachments to home, neighborhood, and nation, and how feelings about space and place are affected by the sense of time.Since it is the breadth and universality of his a...

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Building Science Graphics: An illustrated guide to communicating science through diagrams and visualizations is a practical guide for anyoneregardless of previous design experience and preferred drawing toolsinterested in creating science-centric ...

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Increased concern for patient safety has put the issue at the top of the agenda of practitioners, hospitals, and even governments. The risks to patients are many and diverse, and the complexity of the healthcare system that delivers them is huge. ...

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This is a 'Whole Earth Catalog' for the 21st century: an impressive and wide-ranging analysis of what's wrong with our societies, organizations, ideologies, worldviews and cultures - and how to put them right. The book covers the fi...

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The concept of sustainability lies at the core of the challenge of environment and development, and the way governments, business and environmental groups respond to it. Green Development provides a clear and coherent analysis of sustainable devel...

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"One of the most ambitious 'thought experiments' ever." -- The Cincinnati Enquirer Time #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007 Entertainment Weekly #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007 Finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award Salon Book Awards...

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Drones are revolutionizing ocean conservation. By flying closer and seeing more, drones enhance intimate contact between ocean scientists and activists and marine life. In the process, new dependencies between nature, technology, and humans emerge...

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This work gives a broad introductory overview of the topic of usability. Firstly, usability is defined and a framework for identifying different aspects of usability is given. The main principles for creating usable designs are expounded, followed...

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In Kumaon in northern India, villagers set hundreds of forest fires in the early 1920s, protesting the colonial British states regulations to protect the environment. Yet by the 1990s, they had begun to conserve their forests carefully. In his inn...

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What are the possibilities for multispecies justice? How do social justice struggles intersect with the lives of animals, plants, and other creatures? Leading thinkers in anthropology, geography, philosophy, speculative fiction, poetry, and contem...

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In one form or another, water participates in the making and unmaking of peoples lives, practices, and stories. Contributors detailed ethnographic work analyzes the union and mutual shaping of water and social lives. This volume discusses current ...

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Now is the time for conservation science-a mission-oriented scientific enterprise that seeks to protect nature, including Earth's animals, plants, and ecosystems, in the face of unprecedented human demands upon the planet. Conservation scientists ...

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Socio-environmental crises are currently transforming the conditions for life on this planet, from climate change, to resource depletion, biodiversity loss and long-term pollutants. The vast scale of these changes, affecting land, sea and air have...

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All life on Earth has the right to exist, but as we teeter on the verge of a sixth extinction this book discusses why biodiversity matters and why we should care if species go extinct. We are witnessing the largest and fastest rate of extinction i...

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