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Environmental Performance of Agriculture at a Glance
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 42.00In OECD countries, agriculture uses on average over 40% of land and water resources, and thus has significant affect on the environment. This report provides the latest and most comprehensive data and analysis on the environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries since 1990. It covers key environmental themes including soil, water, air... more...
Perfect Power: How the MicroGrid Revolution Will Unleash Cleaner, Greener, More Abundant Energy
McGraw-Hill Education 2008; US$ 24.95The perfect solution to America?s energy problem?from Motorola?s legendary former chairman and CEO This timely book lays out a step-by-step energy plan that will change the way we use power, prevent blackouts, reduce costs, and revolutionize the way electricity is used. Techno pioneers Galvin and Yeager prescribe a ?perfect? system that... more...
Quantifying Environmental Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
Springer 2006; US$ 109.99Environmental impact assessments are required for a wide-range of projects throughout the world. The author places special emphasis on the types of issues that frequently arise in NEPA environmental assessments and environmental impact statements and for similar regulations that are used in jurisdictions regionally and internationally. more...
Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 53.95Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is now firmly established as an important and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project. Delivering a successful EIA needs not only an understanding of the theory but also a detailed knowledge of the methods for carrying out the processes required. Peter Morris and Riki Therivel bring... more...
Energy and Climate
Wiley 2009; US$ 55.00Despite global concerns over dwindling resources, climate change and carbon dioxide emissions, fossil fuels still account for more than 80% of the world’s energy demands. As resources diminish and demand increases from rapidly developing nations such as China and India, the threat to both our environment and the security of our energy supply... more...
Uncertainties in Environmental Modelling and Consequences for Policy Making
Springer 2009; US$ 119.00Mathematical modeling has become an essential tool for the prediction of environmental change and for the development of sustainable policies. This book attempts to cover a range of issues related to model uncertainties, from the subjectivity of setting up a conceptual model of a given system, to communicating the nature of model uncertainties. more...
Advances in Energy Materials
Wiley 2009; US$ 116.00This book documents a special collection of articles from a select group of invited prominent scientists from academia, national laboratories and industry who presented their work at the symposia on Energy Materials and Nanotechnology for Power Generation at the 2008 Materials Science and Technology (MS&T’08) conference held in Pittsburgh,... more...
Environmental Issues and Waste Management Technologies in the Materials and Nuclear Industries XII
Wiley 2009; US$ 160.00This book documents a special collection of articles from a select group of invited prominent scientists from academia, national laboratories and industry who presented their work at the symposia on Environmental and Energy Issues at the 2008 Materials Science and Technology (MS&T’08) conference held in Pittsburgh, PA. These articles represent... more...
Mining, Society, and a Sustainable World
Springer 2009; US$ 139.99Examines the subject of the minerals industry in relation to sustainable development. more...
Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production
Elsevier Science 2009; US$ 270.00This new Handbook provides a series of reference guides to cleaner production methods, technologies, and practices for key industry sectors. Each volume covers, for each industry sector: * the manufacturing technologies * waste management * pollution * methods for estimating and reporting emissions * treatment and control technologies * worker and... more...









