Responding to the need for clarification and benchmarks, Environmental Life Cycle Costing provides the fundamental basis on which to establish a definitive methodology. Clearly defining environmental LCC, this book balances scientific and economic points of view and thoroughly …
"Explores the environment's effects on human wellbeing and behaviour, factors influencing environmental behaviour and ways of encouraging pro-environmental action."
"Explores the environment's effects on human wellbeing and behaviour, factors influencing environmental behaviour and ways of encouraging pro-environmental action"--
Abstract: The proceedings of a 1982 symposium presents 14 authoritative reviews for food technologists and undergraduate and graduate students in food science is intended to serve as a general reference text on factors affecting the sensory quality of 13 fruits and vegetables. A…
"An excellent and well-organized overview of an emerging field, this book discusses the issues currently facing wildlife managers and anyone else who deals with interactions between wildlife and humans. It reviews the literature and stresses the inter-relatedness of wildlife dam…
"'Ironically, you might think, I'm a great advocate of Slow Travel. There is a misconception that "seeing the world" requires us all to travel further and faster. And I've probably contributed to it, with a series of television programes that have largely depended on visiting di…
In the highly capital-intensive electricity supply industry, it is essential that both engineers and managers understand the methodologies of project evaluation in order to comprehend and analyse investment proposals and decisions. This updated and expanded edition of Economic E…
Charting the major patterns and processes of rural change affecting the English countryside, this text looks at the role of planning in shaping rural spaces, covering both the statutory comprehensive planning that emerged in the post-war period, as well as rural programme delive…
This book presents an overview of technologies used by scientists for improvement the crop production. The contributors explore the various roles of these technologies for the enhancement of crop productivity and inhibition of pathogenic bacteria that can cause disease. This res…
"This book describes the significance of amino acids and their derivatives in plant stress adaptation/tolerance, and presents biotechnological strategies for the manipulation of amino acids and their major derivatives to improve abiotic and abiotic stress tolerance in crop plant…
Part 1: Scientific Realties and Cultural Constructs of the Environment 1. Introduction 2. The Natural Science Ontology of Environment 3. Social Science Ontology of Environment: Challenges to Human Exceptionalism 4. Religious Views of the Environment: Sanctification of Nature and…
"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…
This book contains 6 chapters focusing on the understanding of the growth and development of seeds, the processes involved, the regulation of these processes and the effect of plant and environmental factors. The importance of this knowledge of seed growth and development in def…
This book, containing 20 chapters, deals with almond taxonomy, morphology, physiology, cultivation history, production, breeding (classical and molecular), cultivar development, genomics, pollen-style (in)compatibility, rootstock development, propagation, orchard management, env…
