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Themed issue - environment 2010
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004; US$ 199.00Excess sludge is an inevitable drawback of the waste-activated sludge process. Both the reduction of the amount of sludge produced and improving its dewaterability are of paramount importance. With more stringent environmental and legislative constraints, increasing sludge production and limited disposal options, new reduction alternatives have to... more...
Advances in ecological research
Elsevier Science 1988; US$ 213.00Advances in Ecological Research more...
Mit Sicherheit gesund bauen
Springer 2012; US$ 47.99Lösemittel, Geruch, Schimmel, Formaldehyd und Elektrosmog das Leben in geschlossenen Räumen wird gesundheitlich immer bedenklicher. Durch steigende Dämmstandards werden Gebäude dichter ausgeführt und es kommt häufig zu problematischen Schadstoffkonzentrationen. Aufgrund steigender Bewusstseinsbildung durch die Medien... more...
An Environmental History of the Middle Ages
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 39.95The Middle Ages was a critical and formative time for Western approaches to our natural surroundings.? An Environmental History of the Middle Ages is a unique and unprecedented cultural survey of attitudes towards the environment during this period. Humankind?s relationship with the environment shifted gradually over time from a predominantly adversarial... more...
A Year in Palm Beach
Two Thousand Three Associates 2011; US$ 12.99The adventures during a couple?s year of renting a cottage in Palm Beach are recounted in this memoir that reveals the unexpected side of living in an exclusive island town. The day they arrive, they are greeted by the police and at the end of their stay they are treated by paramedics?even in the time between, surprises abound around all corners.... more...
Timescapes of Modernity
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 75.95Timescapes of Modernity explores the relationship between time and environmental and socio-cultural concerns. Using examples such as the BSE crisis, the Sea Empress oil pollution and the Chernobyl radiation Barbara Adam argues that environmental hazards are inescapably tied to the successes of the industrial way of life. Global markets and economic... more...
Integrating and Articulating Environments: A Challenge for Northern and Southern Europe
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 139.95A critical, comparative exploration of the framing of environmental problems in Northern and Southern Europe. The book addresses theoretical and empirical questions about environmental attitudes and behaviours, politics and protest, cultures and contexts. more...
Umweltpolitische Mündigkeit: Kompetenzorientierte Effekte umweltbildender Maßnahmen
Diplomica Verlag 2012; US$ 37.73Hauptbeschreibung Umweltpolitische Bildung zielt darauf ab, Schüler zu umweltverantwortlichem Handeln zu motivieren und zu befähigen. Fachkompetenz, Bewusstseinsausprägung, Urteilsfähigkeit und Handlungsorientierung werden in diesem Zusammenhang durch Kommunikations- und Bildungsprozesse entwickelt. Der damit verbundene Lernprozess vollzieht sich... more...
Textures of Place
University of Minnesota Press 2001; US$ 105.00The contributors to this volume?distinguished scholars from geography, art history, philosophy, anthropology, and American and English literature?investigate the ways in which place is embedded in everyday experience, its crucial role in the formation of group and individual identity, and its ability to reflect and reinforce power relations. more...
Mobility
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 46.95As everything from immigration, airport security and road tolling become headline news, the need to understand mobility has never been more pertinent. Yet ?mobility? remains remarkably elusive in summary and definition. This introductory text makes ?mobility? tangible by explaining the key theories and writings that surround it. This book traces out... more...









