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 …
Manufactured nanoparticles (NPs) are usually defi ned as materials purposefully produced by human activity and which have at least one dimension between 1 and 100 nm. It is important to distinguish NPs by source; the main other NPs are incidental: that is produced indirectly by…
This book focuses on green networking which is an important topic for the scientific community composed of engineers, academics, researchers and industrials working in the networking field. Indeed reducing the environmental impact of communications infrastructure has become esse…
With background material on environmental contamination, media, and costs, this book presents a clear, concise methodology for conducting an environmental site assessment. After a brief overview of liability concerns and important terms, this book offers a useful comparison of p…
In recent years, the growth of capacity to generate electricity from wind energy has been rapid, growing from almost none in 1980 to 11,603 megawatts (MW) in 2006 in the United States and about 60,000 MW in 2006 globally. Despite this rapid growth, wind energy amounted to less …
Estuarine Indicators presents the principles, concepts, practical use, and application of indicators in estuarine research and management practices. Topics include: the theory behind environmental indicators and their presumed attributes; the methods and protocols of indicator d…
Traces of bisphenol A or BPA, a chemical used in plastics production, are widely detected in our bodies and environment. Is this chemical, and its presence in the human body, safe? What is meant by safety? Who defines it, and according to what information? "Is It Safe" narrates…
"There is much we can learn about conservation from native peoples, says Gene Anderson. While the advanced nations of the West have failed to control overfishing, deforestation, soil erosion, pollution, and a host of other environmental problems, many traditional peoples manage …
Because of the growing societal concerns regarding industrial environmental pollution, it is essential to get a deeper understanding of the factors influencing firms to reduce their environmental impact. This book considers these concerns by evaluating the importance of these f…
by European Association for Animal Production, Ribeiro, J. M. C. Ramalho, (João Manuel de Carvalho Ramalho), Centre international de hautes études agronomiques méditerranéennes, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Estação Zootécnica Nacional (Portugal)
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This book and its case studies focuses on typical local products and breeds, descriptions of the production systems and conservation techniques of endangered breeds/products in the Mediterranean area. Traditional and extensive systems, involving local breeds, which meet the need…
This book deals with trace elements, such as cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, selenium and zinc which are essential to modern animal nutrition, but are increasingly detrimental to soil and water quality in today's globalized production. The goal in finding a sustainable balance …
"The world's species, genes, and ecosystems are going extinct at an alarming and unprecedented rate, largely as a result of human activities." "In Biodiversity and Democracy, Paul M. Wood looks at this dilemma from another perspective. He argues that the problem can be traced ba…
Invasive species come in all sizes, from plant pathogens like the chestnut blight in eastern North America, to the red imported fire ant that has spread throughout the South, the predatory Indian mongoose now found in the Caribbean and Hawaii, and the huge Burmese python populat…
This book introduces the core concepts, central thinkers, and major works of the burgeoning field of political ecology. It explores the key arguments and contemporary explanatory challenges facing the sub-discipline, provides the first full history of the development of politica…
Human-induced environmental change currently represents the single greatest threat to global biodiversity. Species are typically adapted to the local environmental conditions in which they have evolved. Changes in environmental conditions initially influence behaviour, which i…
