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Design of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants MOP 8, Fifth Edition
McGraw-Hill Education 2012; US$ 350.00Contemporary Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Design Methods Fully revised and updated, this three-volume set from the Water Environment Federation and the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers presents the current plant planning, configuration, and design practices of wastewater engineering... more...
The River of Life: Sustainability in a Native American Context
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 140.00Sustainability defines the need for any society to live within the constraints of the land's capacity to deliver all natural resources the society consumes. This book compares the general differences between Native Americans and western world view towards resources. It will provide the ?nuts and bolts? of a sustainability portfolio designed by indigenous... more...
An Ecosystem Approach to the Management of Sediment and Sediment Liabilities
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 168.00The ecological health and economic value of rivers and estuaries depend upon a physical "infrastructure" that includes clean sediment, clean water and stable hydrology. Problems involving sediment quantity or sediment quality are typically highly complex and require consideration of the physical, biological and social systems to solve.If approached... more...
Sustainable Biofuels
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 168.00As oil resources reach their limits biofuel have become increasingly attractive. This bookprovides a detailed description of the ecological implications of biofuel crop production, beginning with an introduction to the importance of ecological sustainability alongside economic viability. It then describes the theoretical foundations of various biological-based... more...
Invisible Nature
Prometheus Books 2013; US$ 11.99A revolutionary new understanding of the precarious modern human-nature relationship and a path leading to a healthier, more sustainable world. Polls show that most Americans care about environmental quality, yet they often behave as if they do not. Empty houses heated to tropical warmth in the dead of winter and huge car dealerships ablaze with security... more...
Impact of Climate Change on Water and Health
CRC Press 2012; US$ 129.95Since the hydrological cycle is so intricately linked to the climate system, any change in climate impacts the water cycle in terms of change in precipitation patterns, melting of snow and ice, increased evaporation, increased atmospheric water vapor and changes in soil moisture and run off. Consequently, climate change could result in floods in some... more...
Sustainable Solid Waste Management
CRC Press 2012; US$ 99.95This book compiles many different treatment options and best practices for the treatment and recycling of municipal solid waste from all over the globe, factoring in cost-effectiveness, sanitation, and environmental degradation. Important to professors, researchers, students, policymakers, and municipal offices, this informed book looks into innovative... more...
The Future of Energy
Scientific American 2013; US$ 3.99Since the Industrial Revolution our civilization has depended on fossil fuels to generate energy ? first it was coal; then petroleum. But there are two problems: the first is that petroleum isn't an infinite resource; and the second is that burning coal and oil puts billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, trapping heat. Temperatures... more...









