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57 produkter
Impact of Nitrogen Deposition on Natural and Semi-Natural Ecosystems
Av Simon J. Langan, S.J. Langan
Inbunden, 1999
1098 kr
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This work provides a synthesis of end-of-millennium understanding of the interaction between the emission of nitrogen, its deposition and impact on the most important components of natural and semi-natural ecosystems. Chapters deal with the factors and processes related to nitrogen deposition and …
Urban Air Pollution - European Aspects
Av J. Fenger, O. Hertel m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1643 kr
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Since 1950 the population of the world has more than doubled, and the proportion of people living in cities has increased by a factor of four. In the year 2000 nearly half of the world's population will live in urban areas. Air pollution has always been one of the major nuisances of urban living, …
Response to Marine Oil Pollution
Review and Assessment
Inbunden, 1999
1643 kr
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This guide to marine oil pollution consequences and response covers policy, planning and operations, and provides technical assessment of the true nature of the problem, of the means to maximise the performance of current techniques and equipment, and of the bases for future improvements. The book …
Bioreactors for Waste Gas Treatment
Av C. Kennes, M.C. Veiga
Inbunden, 2001
1643 kr
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Air pollution, a major concern at the end of the 20th century, still remains a significant problem to be solved today. Traditionally, industrial waste gases have primarily been treated through physical or chemical methods. The search for new, efficient, and cost-effective alternative technologies …
Mine Water
Hydrology, Pollution, Remediation
Av Paul L. Younger, S.A. Banwart m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
2406 kr
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Nowhere is the conflict between economic progress and environmental quality more apparent than in the mineral extraction industries. The latter half of the 20th century saw major advances in the reclamation technologies. However, mine water pollution problems have not been addressed. In many cases, …
Mine Water
Hydrology, Pollution, Remediation
Av Paul L. Younger, S.A. Banwart m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
2733 kr
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Nowhere is the conflict between economic progress and environmental quality more apparent than in the mineral extraction industries. The latter half of the 20th century saw major advances in the reclamation technologies. However, mine water pollution problems have not been addressed. In many cases, …
Man-Made and Natural Radioactivity in Environmental Pollution and Radiochronology
Inbunden, 2004
1643 kr
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Radioactivity can be detected at different levels in almost all objects all over the world, including the human body. This omnipresence of naturally occurring radioactivity is of immediate and crucial concern to people who work in the nuclear industry, to state and local authorities responsible for …
Metals in Society and in the Environment
A Critical Review of Current Knowledge on Fluxes, Speciation, Bioavailability and Risk for Adverse Effects of Copper, Chromium, Nickel and Zinc
Av Lars Landner, Rudolf Reuther
Inbunden, 2004
1643 kr
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In 2002, the Swedish Metal Information Task Force (MITF) engaged the Environmental Research Group (MFG) to update previous monographs on copper, zinc and major alloying metals (such as chromium, nickel and molybdenum) in society and in the environment. This book presents new results on metal fluxes …
Metals in Society and in the Environment
A Critical Review of Current Knowledge on Fluxes, Speciation, Bioavailability and Risk for Adverse Effects of Copper, Chromium, Nickel and Zinc
Av Lars Landner, Rudolf Reuther
Häftad, 2004
1643 kr
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Environmental and Health Risk Assessment and Management
Principles and Practices
Av Paolo Ricci
Inbunden, 2005
2478 kr
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This textbook is about the law, economics, practical assessment, and the management of risky activities arising from routine, catastrophic environmental and occupational exposures to hazardous agents. The textbook begins where emission and exposure analysis end by providing estimates or predictions …
Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment
Av John Davenport, Julia L. Davenport
Inbunden, 2006
2188 kr
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Human transport by land, sea and air has increased exponentially through time in intensity, paralleling rises in population, prosperity and rates of technological change. Transport has considerable ecological effects, many of them detrimental to environmental sustainability. This volume brings …
Fernow Watershed Acidification Study
Av Mary Beth Adams, David R. DeWalle m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1643 kr
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In the late 1980’s, a considerable amount of research addressing the effects of acidic deposition was begun, much of it related to the Congr- sionally mandated National Atmospheric Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP). As a result of the 10-year NAPAP program, effects on human health, …
Chernobyl - What Have We Learned?
The Successes and Failures to Mitigate Water Contamination Over 20 Years
Av Yasuo Onishi, Oleg V. Voitsekhovich m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1643 kr
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Twenty years ago, on April 26, 1986, Unit 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant experienced a nuclear reactor accident and released six times more radionuclides into the atmosphere than the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The accident significantly damaged the environment and is expected to result in as …
Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements in Arid Environments
Inbunden, 2007
1643 kr
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Global warming has worsened the water resource crisis in many arid zones worldwide, from Africa to Asia, affecting millions of people and putting them at risk of hunger. Effective management of arid zone resources, including understanding the risks of toxic trace and heavy elements to humans, …
Wastewater Treatment in Constructed Wetlands with Horizontal Sub-Surface Flow
Av Jan Vymazal, Lenka Kröpfelová
Inbunden, 2008
2187 kr
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Wetlands have been used for uncontrolled wastewater disposal for centuries. However, the change in attitude towards wetlands during the 1950s and 1960s caused the minimization of the use of natural wetlands for wastewater treatment (at least in developed countries). Constructed wetlands have been …
Geoecological Risk Management in Polar Areas
Av Vladimir N. Bashkin, Rauf V. Galiulin
Inbunden, 2019
1098 kr
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This monograph is devoted to full-scale geoecological risk assessment in gas industry impacted polar areas and the relevant risk management options using innovative nature-like biogeochemical technologies. Readers will discover more about geoecological risks during gas production, transportation, …
Electrochemically Assisted Remediation of Contaminated Soils
Fundamentals, Technologies, Combined Processes and Pre-Pilot and Scale-Up Applications
Av M. A. Rodrigo, E. V. Dos Santos
Inbunden, 2021
1970 kr
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This book provides an overview of the current development status of remediation technologies involving electrochemical processes, which are used to clean up soils that are contaminated with different types of contaminants (organics, inorganics, metalloids and radioactive). Written by …
Electrochemically Assisted Remediation of Contaminated Soils
Fundamentals, Technologies, Combined Processes and Pre-Pilot and Scale-Up Applications
Av M. A. Rodrigo, E. V. Dos Santos
Häftad, 2022
1861 kr
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This book provides an overview of the current development status of remediation technologies involving electrochemical processes, which are used to clean up soils that are contaminated with different types of contaminants (organics, inorganics, metalloids and radioactive). Written by …
Geoecological and Geopolitical Risks for the Oil and Gas Industry in the Arctic
Challenges and threats
Av Vladimir N. Bashkin, Olga Р. Trubitsina
Inbunden, 2022
1643 kr
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This book discusses issues of geoecological (GER) and geopolitical (GPR) risks due to hydrocarbon development of the Arctic. The authors explain the ethical and philosophical foundations of understanding environmental equity and justice in relation to the development of Arctic natural resources and …
Geoecological and Geopolitical Risks for the Oil and Gas Industry in the Arctic
Challenges and threats
Av Vladimir N. Bashkin, Olga Р. Trubitsina
Häftad, 2023
1643 kr
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This book discusses issues of geoecological (GER) and geopolitical (GPR) risks due to hydrocarbon development of the Arctic. The authors explain the ethical and philosophical foundations of understanding environmental equity and justice in relation to the development of Arctic natural resources and …
Biogeochemical Technologies for Managing Pollution in Polar Ecosystems
Inbunden, 2016
1098 kr
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This edited book is devoted to environmental risk management in gas industry impacted polar ecosystems of Russia, one of the hottest topics of modern environmental science. The contributions from experts cover topics that shed new light on the impacts of oil and natural gas production on arctic …
Biogeochemical Technologies for Managing Pollution in Polar Ecosystems
Häftad, 2018
1098 kr
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This edited book is devoted to environmental risk management in gas industry impacted polar ecosystems of Russia, one of the hottest topics of modern environmental science. The contributions from experts cover topics that shed new light on the impacts of oil and natural gas production on arctic …
Impacts of Point Polluters on Terrestrial Biota
Comparative analysis of 18 contaminated areas
Av Mikhail Kozlov, Elena Zvereva m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2188 kr
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The adverse consequences of pollution impact on terrestrial ecosystems have been under careful investigation since the beginning of the twentieth century. Several thousand case studies have documented the biotic effects occurring in contaminated areas. However, after more than a century of …
Xenobiotics in the Urban Water Cycle
Mass Flows, Environmental Processes, Mitigation and Treatment Strategies
Av Despo Fatta-Kassinos, Kai Bester m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
3279 kr
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The history of chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences is an impressive success story. The products of chemical and pharmaceutical industries are present eve- where in our everyday life. They help to pursue the modern way of living and they contribute to our high standard of living and safety, …
Impact of Nitrogen Deposition on Natural and Semi-Natural Ecosystems
Av S.J. Langan
Häftad, 2010
1098 kr
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This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of the understanding of the interaction between the emission of nitrogen, its deposition and impact on the most important components of natural and semi-natural ecosystems. The work consists of contributions from internationally renowned research …
Urban Air Pollution - European Aspects
Av J. Fenger, O. Hertel m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1500 kr
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Since 1950 the population of the world has more than doubled, and the proportion of people living in cities has increased by a factor of four. In the year 2000 nearly half of the world's population will live in urban areas. Air pollution has always been one of the major nuisances of urban living, …
Response to Marine Oil Pollution
Review and Assessment
Häftad, 2010
1643 kr
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Response to Marine Oil Pollution - Review and Assessment is the essential source book, now updated, for all involved in marine oil pollution consequences and response. It covers policy, planning and operations, and provides technical assessment of the true nature of the problem, of the means to …
Bioreactors for Waste Gas Treatment
Av C. Kennes, M.C. Veiga
Häftad, 2010
1643 kr
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Air pollution, a major concern at the end of the 20th century, still remains a significant problem to be solved today. Traditionally, industrial waste gases have primarily been treated through physical or chemical methods. The search for new, efficient, and cost-effective alternative technologies …
Man-Made and Natural Radioactivity in Environmental Pollution and Radiochronology
Häftad, 2010
1643 kr
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Radioactivity can be detected at different levels in almost all objects all over the world, including the human body. This omnipresence of naturally occurring radioactivity is of immediate and crucial concern to people who work in the nuclear industry, to state and local authorities responsible for …
Environmental and Health Risk Assessment and Management
Principles and Practices
Av Paolo Ricci
Häftad, 2010
2478 kr
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This textbook is about the law, economics, practical assessment, and the management of risky activities arising from routine, catastrophic environmental and occupational exposures to hazardous agents. The textbook begins where emission and exposure analysis end by providing estimates or predictions …
