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Changes in Flood Risk in Europe
Published:
April 30, 2012
Editor(s):
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
Floods are the most prevalent natural hazard in Europe. Has flood risk increased in the continent? How, where, and why? Are climate change impacts apparent? How do socio-economic trends and associated land-use and land-cover change impact flood risk? This book considers national and regional …
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The Metabolism of Arsenite
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April 20, 2012
Editor(s):
Joanne M. Santini; Seamus A. Ward
Up to 200 million people in 70 countries are at risk from drinking water contaminated with arsenic, which is a major cause of chronic debilitating illnesses and fatal cancers. Until recently little was known about the mobility of arsenic, and how redox transformations determined its movement into …
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Introduction to Systems Ecology
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April 17, 2012
Author(s):
Sven Jorgensen
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Possibly the first textbook to present a practically applicable ecosystems theory, Introduction to Systems Ecology helps readers understand how ecosystems work and how they react to disturbances. It demonstrates—with many examples and illustrations—how to apply the theory to explain observations …
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Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon
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March 19, 2012
Author(s):
Peter J. Cook
With the general reader in mind, Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon outlines the global challenge of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. It covers the changing concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide through time and its causes, before considering the promise and the limitations of a wide range …
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Application of Hydrodynamic Cavitation in Environmental Engineering
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March 06, 2012
Author(s):
Janusz Ozonek
Containing the state-of-the-art in hydrodynamic cavitation, the book consists of two parts. The first part presents the physical basis of cavitation and a systematic classification of various kinds of cavitation and their formation sources. Special attention is paid to a group of factors that …
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Transport of multiple Escherichia coli strains in saturated porous media: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
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February 07, 2012
Author(s):
George Lutterodt
Prediction of microbial transport distances are usually based on the sticking efficiency, a parameter in the classical colloid filtration theory. This parameter represents the interaction between colloid and collector surfaces resulting in deposition. According to the theory, the sticking …
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New Techniques and Technologies in Thin Coal Seam Exploitation: International Mining Forum 2011
Published:
December 16, 2011
Editor(s):
Artur Dyczko; Jerzy Kicki; Michal Myszkowski; Zbigniew Stopa; Andrzej Tor
Provides an up-to-date overview of the Polish and international experience in the area of thin coal seam mining with an emphasis on implementation of the plow technology in mining. The implementation of the plow technology in Poland is performed by young engineers for whom the …
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Predicting Storm Surges: Chaos, Computational Intelligence, Data Assimilation and Ensembles: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
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December 16, 2011
Author(s):
Michael Siek
Accurate predictions of storm surge are of importance in many coastal areas in the world to avoid and mitigate its destructive impacts. For this purpose the physically-based (process) numerical models are typically utilized. However, in data-rich cases, one may use data-driven methods aiming at …
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From Landfill Gas to Energy: Technologies and Challenges
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December 15, 2011
Author(s):
Vasudevan Rajaram; Faisal Zia Siddiqui; Mohd Emran Khan
Converting old landfills to energy producing sites, while capturing emitted greenhouse gases, has faced numerous technical, financial and social challenges and developments lately. Also, the re-mining of landfills to recover useful land in dense urban areas and proper landfill closure has been a …
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Climate Management Issues: Economics, Sociology, and Politics
Published:
December 14, 2011
Author(s):
Julie K. Gines
Despite all the controversy and hype that climate change has generated, there now exists an overwhelming body of scientific evidence that the problem is real and that its effects are already being felt on a global scale. Part of what makes this a volatile and controversial issue is that it is not …
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