Urban Stormwater and Flood Management: Enhancing the Liveability of Cities
by Parker, Geoffrey, Jegatheesan, Veeriah, Bhuiyan, Muhammed, Goonetilleke, Ashantha, Kandasamy, Jaya, Myers, Baden, Spence, Kevin, Warner, Doug, Van Leeuwen, John
fromApplied environmental science and engineering for a sustain…
This book brings together the experiences of engineers and scientists from Australia and the United Kingdom providing the current status on the management of stormwater and flooding in urban areas and suggesting ways forward. It forms a basis for the development of a framework f…
From the contents: PART I: Introductory chapters -- Introduction and basic science -- Plasma -- PART II: Early fusion activity and the rise of the tokamak -- INTERMEZZO -- Summary of the world's efforts so far and further roadmap for fusion -- PART III: High noon -- PART IV: Con…
"Terra preta, meaning "black earth" in Portuguese, is a very dark, fertile soil first made by the original inhabitants of the Amazon Basin at least 2,500 years ago. According to a growing community of international scientists, this ancient soil, sometimes referred to as biochar,…
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of geochemistry. The book first lays out the ‘geochemical toolbox’: the basic principles and techniques of modern geochemistry, beginning with a review of thermodynamics and kinetics as they apply to the Earth and its…
Nutrition of the rabbit
"Rabbits are valuable providers of meat in many parts of the world, due to the species' many advantages such as rapid growth rate and good reproductive performance. They also provide angora wool, are popular as companion animals, and are used in laboratory testing. Bringing toge…
The Far North, a land of extreme weather and intense beauty, is the only region of North America whose ecosystems have remained reasonably intact. Humans are newcomers there and nature predominates. As is widely known, recent changes in the Earth's atmosphere have the potential …
Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. Drawing on decades of work that has helped expand our understanding of what it means to be human and what we …
«In The Democracy of Suffering philosopher Todd Dufresne provides a strikingly original exploration of the past, present, and future of this epoch, the Anthropocene, demonstrating how the twin crises of reason and capital have dramatically remade the essential conditions for lif…
