Sustainable Development: Principles, Frameworks, and Case Studies
Editor(s): Okechukwu Ukaga;
Chris Maser, Consultant, Corvallis, Oregon, USA;
Michael Reichenbach
Price: $79.95
Cat. #: K11090
ISBN: 9781439820629
Publication Date: January 11, 2010
Binding: Hardback
Coined in the 1970s, the term sustainable development and the ideas behind it have enjoyed varying amounts of popularity over the years. And while dire predictions abound, the full impacts of global warming are not known, nor can they be known. What we do know is that to be sustainable, all...
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Manual of Environmental Analysis
Editor(s): N.C. Aery, University College of Science, Rajasthan, India;
Shruti Kshirsagar, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India
Price: $129.95
Cat. #: AB6915
ISBN: 9781420069150
Publication Date: January 15, 2010
Binding: Hardback
This book presents current methods for determining the impact of pollutants on the biosystem and enzymes, instrumentation, and statistical methods. Encompassing the breadth and depth of the field, this book explores analytical methods for determining physical, chemical, biological, and...
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Capacity Development for Improved Water Management
Editor(s): Maarten Blokland;
Guy Alaerts, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA & UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands;
Judith Kaspersma;
Matt Hare, UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development, Bonn, Germany
Price: $99.95
Cat. #: K11461
ISBN: 9780415573986
Publication Date: January 31, 2010
Binding: Hardback
This collection of papers explains how knowledge and capacity development can contribute to improved, effective water management with a digest of lessons learned in the areas of development of tools and techniques, field applications and evaluation. The authors are prominent practitioners...
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Positive Plant Interactions and Community Dynamics
Editor(s): Francisco Pugnaire, Aria Zones Experiment Station, CSIC, Almeira, Spain
Price: $79.95
Cat. #: K11185
ISBN: 9781439824948
Publication Date: February 04, 2010
Binding: Hardback
Ever since the concept of the "struggle for life" became the heart of Darwin’s theory of evolution, biologists have studied the relevance of interactions for the natural history and evolution of organisms. Although positive interactions among plants have traditionally received little attention,...
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Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning
Editor(s): George Vosselman, Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands;
Hans-Gerd Maas, Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Price: $139.95
Cat. #: N10162
ISBN: 9781439827987
Publication Date: February 15, 2010
Binding: Hardback
Written by a team of international experts, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the major applications of airborne and terrestrial laser scanning. It focuses on principles and methods and presents an integrated treatment of airborne and terrestrial laser scanning technology. After...
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Application of Uncertainty Analysis to Ecological Risks of Pesticides
Editor(s): William J. Warren-Hicks, The Cadmus Group;
Andy Hart, Central Science Laboratory, Defra Sand Hutton, York, UK
Price: $119.95
Cat. #: K10372
ISBN: 9781439807347
Publication Date: February 18, 2010
Binding: Hardback
While current methods used in ecological risk assessments for pesticides are largely deterministic, probabilistic methods that aim to quantify variability and uncertainty in exposure and effects are attracting growing interest from industries and governments. Probabilistic methods offer more...
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Fossil Behavior Compendium
Arthur J. Boucot, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA; George O. Poinar, Jr., Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
Price: $159.00
Cat. #: K10527
ISBN: 9781439810583
Publication Date: February 19, 2010
Binding: Hardback
In this complete and thorough update of Arthur Boucot’s seminal work, Evolutionary Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution, Boucot is joined by George Poinar, who provides additional expertise and knowledge on protozoans and bacteria as applied to disease. Together, they make the Fossil Behavior...
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Systema Naturae 250 - The Linnaean Ark
Editor(s): Andrew Polaszek, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Price: $99.95
Cat. #: 95013
ISBN: 9781420095012
Publication Date: February 24, 2010
Binding: Hardback
The advent of relational databasing and data storage capacity, coupled with revolutionary advances in molecular sequencing technology and specimen imaging, have led to a taxonomic renaissance. Systema Naturae 250 - The Linnaean Ark maps the origins of this renaissance, beginning with Linnaeus,...
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Visualizing Data Patterns with Micromaps
Daniel B. Carr, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA; Linda Williams Pickle, StatNet Consulting, LLC., Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Price: $69.95
Cat. #: C7573
ISBN: 9781420075731
Publication Date: February 24, 2010
Binding: Hardback
A Full-Color Treatment of a Graphical Innovation That Brings Statistics to Life
After more than 15 years of development drawing on research in cognitive psychology, statistical graphics, computer science, and cartography, micromap designs are becoming part of mainstream statistical visualizations....
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