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Environment and development : basic principles, human activities, and environmental implications /
This book focuses on the adverse impacts of human activities and development on both natural and inhabited environments. It covers associated problems and solutions for achieving harmonic sustainable development in a range of environments and presents the latest research findings in global environme...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands :
Elsevier,
2016.
�2016 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Environment and development : |b basic principles, human activities, and environmental implications / |c edited by Stavros G. Poulopoulos, Vassilis J. Inglezakis. |
| 260 | |a Amsterdam, Netherlands : |b Elsevier, |c 2016. | ||
| 264 | 4 | |c �2016 | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; List of Contributors; Chapter 1. Introduction to Environment and Development; 1.1. Man and Environment: A Relation of Competition; 1.2. Global Environmental Problems: Our Common Future; 1.3. Case Study 1: Easter Island's Human Extinction; 1.4. Public Participation; 1.5. Case Study 2: European Commission's Public Consultation on Air Pollution; 1.6. Case Study 3: Three Cases of Environmental Activism in China; 1.7. Environmental Legislation; 1.8. Synopsis of the Book; Chapter 2. Atmospheric Environment. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2.1. Introduction: The Stratification of Atmosphere2.2. Scales of Atmospheric Pollution; 2.3. Ambient Air Pollution and Health Effects; 2.4. Indoor Air Pollution; 2.5. Noise; Chapter 3. Aquatic Environment; 3.1. Introduction: The Importance of Water; 3.2. The Distribution of Freshwater; 3.3. Conventional and Nonconventional Sources of Drinking Water; 3.4. Hydrological Cycle; 3.5. Water Stressors; 3.6. Climate Change and Freshwater Pressure; 3.7. Water Pollution; 3.8. International Water Policy and Legislation; 3.9. Wastewater as a Resource; 3.10. Wastewater Treatment Technologies. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 3.11. Drinking Water Treatment Technologies3.12. Water Economics and Management; Chapter 4. Soil Environment; 4.1. Introduction: Basic Definitions; 4.2. Soil Threats and Degradation; 4.3. Desertification; 4.4. International Policy; 4.5. Building a Strategy for Soil Protection at Local Scale-The Case of Agricultural Wastes Disposal on Soil; Chapter 5. Urban Environment; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Key Urban Environmental Problems; 5.3. Stress Posed to Natural Sources by Urbanization; 5.4. Measures for Restoration/Conservation of the Urban Environment; 5.5. Transport and Land Use; 5.6. Air Quality. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 5.7. Urbanization and Climate Change5.8. Solid Waste Management; 5.9. Water Resources; 5.10. Conclusion; Chapter 6. Energy and the Environment; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Fossil Fuels; 6.3. Role of Fossil Fuels in the Energy Mix; 6.4. State of the Art in Fossil Fuel Power Generation; 6.5. Emissions; 6.6. R & D Technologies; 6.7. Process Engineering Tools; 6.8. Process Engineering-Thermodynamic Tools; 6.9. Introduction to Renewable Sources; 6.10. State-of-the-Art in Renewable Technologies; 6.11. Role of the Renewable Energy: Economic Trends, Policies, and Incentives; 6.12. Life Cycle Methodology. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 6.13. Introduction to Hydrogen6.14. Hydrogen Production Methods; 6.15. Fuel Cells; 6.16. Emissions; 6.17. Nuclear Energy Production; Chapter 7. Extraterrestrial Environment; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Space Waste; 7.3. Greenhouse Effect in the Solar System; 7.4. Hydrated Minerals in Extraterrestrial Environments and Potential Implications; Chapter 8. Environment and Development; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Conceptual Approaches to Development and Principles of Sustainable Development; 8.3. Economic Growth and Environmental Implications. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a This book focuses on the adverse impacts of human activities and development on both natural and inhabited environments. It covers associated problems and solutions for achieving harmonic sustainable development in a range of environments and presents the latest research findings in global environmental policy. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Sustainable development. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human ecology. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a D�eveloppement durable. |0 (CaQQLa)201-0207835 | |
| 650 | 6 | |a �Ecologie humaine. |0 (CaQQLa)201-0014282 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a sustainable development. |2 aat |0 (CStmoGRI)aat300180396 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a human ecology. |2 aat |0 (CStmoGRI)aat300180724 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS |x Industries |x General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Human ecology |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00962941 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Sustainable development |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01139731 | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Poulopoulos, Stavros G., |e editor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Inglezakis, Vassilis J., |e editor. | |
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