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Managing Environmental Pollution
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 71.95Presents a comprehensive introduction to the nature of pollution, its impact on the environment, and the practical options and regulatory frameworks for pollution control. Sources of pollution, regulatory controls, technological solutions, management and mitigation techniques and assessment tools, are examined in each key area: air, freshwater, and... more...
Environmental and Pollution Science
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 105.00This unique book integrates a large number of subjects in environmental studies and provides a realistic and objective evaluation of pollution as a price we pay for a modern economy. It focuses on the scientific assessment of environmental quality by developing a framework of principles that can be applied to any environmental problem. It addresses... more...
BP - Where Did it All Go Wrong?
Andrews UK 2010; US$ 2.49BP - Where did it all go wrong? is a quick-read business biography; it is a history and current breakdown of British Petroleum. The book introduces the reader to BP, how the company was formed, the chequered past it has, and discusses the recent disaster of one of the biggest oil spills in history. The book is skillfully written by Paul Andrews, who... more...
Air Pollution
CRC Press 2010; US$ 135.95Air pollution is recognized as one of the leading contributors to the global environmental burden of disease, even in countries with relatively low concentrations of air pollution. "Air Pollution: Health and Environmental Impacts" examines the effect of this complex problem on human health and the environment in different settings around... more...
Slow Death by Rubber Duck
Counterpoint 2010; US$ 25.00Pollution is no longer just about belching smokestacks and ugly sewer pipesnow, it’s personal. The most dangerous pollution, it turns out, comes from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces. To prove this point, for one week authors Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie ingested and inhaled a host of things that surround all of us. Using their... more...
Night Fire
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 19.99The Diamond neighborhood was an all-black enclave in the mostly white town of Norco, Louisiana, aptly named for the New Orleans Refining Co., an industrial processing plant. Margie Eugene Richard was raised in the shadow of a giant chemical plant operated by Shell, and witnessed her neighbors fall ill amid the toxic waste the plant emitted year after... more...
Cradle to Cradle
Random House 2009; US$ 12.00'Reduce, reuse, recycle' urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart point out in this provocative, visionary book, this approach only perpetuates the one-way, 'cradle to grave' manufacturing model, dating to the Industrial Revolution, that... more...
Salmon at the Edge
Wiley 2008; US$ 289.95Salmon at the Edge covers, in depth, the problems faced by wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout in estuaries and coastal zones, and in their early weeks at sea. The book also reflects the current precarious state of many migratory salmonid populations and the need for new approaches to a number of threats to these populations. Generated from papers... more...
Korea
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 63.00KOREA . Topics covered:.:.; Pollution Management.; Nature and Biodiversity Management.; Environmental-Economic Interface.; Environmental-Social Interface .; International Co-operation. This book is part of the OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Programme which conducts... more...
Business Resumption Planning
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 319.95Without a disaster recovery plan, there's no second chance. This is a low-cost, turnkey tool to prepare your company for emergencies. Easy-to-follow and concise, Business Resumption Planning is the most up-to-date reference source with answers to the most frequently asked questions about data center recovery, communications recovery, general business... more...









