Africa's natural resources have been of interest to other areas of the world for centuries. During the nineteenth-century European colonization of Africa, raw materials such as rubber and diamonds were often extracted and exported by foreign businessmen and colonial governments.…
Analisa a ligação entre tecnologia, poder e meio ambiente, as implicações da privatização do mundo da ciência e da técnica e as repercussões da relação entre o grande capital e a esfera política mundial. Discute os equívocos do modelo agrário-exportador, recusa o conceito de "co…
This volume discusses environmental issues associated with deep-sea mining, with an emphasis on potential impacts, their consequences and the policy perspectives. The book describes the methods and technologies to assess, monitor and mitigate mining impacts on marine environment…
Disparate perceptions and conceptual frameworks of environment and the relationship between humans and nature often lead to confusion, constraints on co-operation and collaboration and even conflict when society tries to deal with todays urgent and complex environment research a…
Terrain analysis for pipeline corridor selection / Lynden A. Penner, Jason I. Cosford, and Troy A.M. Zimmer -- Data generation, integration, management, and visualization / Matt Tindall, Moness Rizkalla, and Rodney S. Read "This book will serve as a valuable reference to widely…
"This book will serve as a valuable reference to widely applicable and critically important geoenvironmental topics for pipeline engineers worldwide. The topics covered are: route selection, open cut and elevated driver crossings, horizontal directional drilling, buoyancy contro…
"This book will serve as a valuable reference to widely applicable and critically important geoenvironmental topics for pipeline engineers worldwide. The topics covered are: route selection, open cut and elevated driver crossings, horizontal directional drilling, buoyancy contro…
"Proceedings of the International Experts' Meeting held by the Future Generations Programme at the Foundation for International Studies, University of Malta, in collaboration with the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), University of London ; …
"This book will serve as a comprehensive reference on the subject of electrokinetic remediation (EKR) for the treatment of inorganic and organic contaminants in contaminated substrates. It highlights recent progress and developments in EKR as a technology for resource recovery, …
"This book will serve as a comprehensive reference on the subject of electrokinetic remediation (EKR) for the treatment of inorganic and organic contaminants in contaminated substrates. It highlights recent progress and developments in EKR as a technology for resource recovery, …
