Catálogo de libros: Ciencia, ingeniería y tecnología medioambientales

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  • SIX ENERGY POLICIES TO SAVE THE PLANET
    NEIL A C HIRST
    Hirst provides a wide-ranging account of international energy strategies designed to counter climate change. He argues that six policies hold the key to addressing this global problem: accelerating action on renewables and energy efficiency; making bold investments in new technologies; persuading the public to adapt; taking firm regulatory action; supporting the developing worl...
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    70,76 €

  • SIX ENERGY POLICIES TO SAVE THE PLANET
    NEIL A C HIRST
    Hirst provides a wide-ranging account of international energy strategies designed to counter climate change. He argues that six policies hold the key to addressing this global problem: accelerating action on renewables and energy efficiency; making bold investments in new technologies; persuading the public to adapt; taking firm regulatory action; supporting the developing worl...
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    40,14 €

  • AGROBIOTECHNOLOGY IN PERSPECTIVES
    HON-MING LAM
    Agricultural biotechnology (agrobiotechnology) is endowed with great significance in today’s world, taking up roles of increasing agricultural productivity and farmers’ income, safeguarding food security, improving human health and nutrition, as well as conserving the environment and ecology. It also offers solutions in overcoming critical challenges such as population growth, ...
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    119,94 €

  • Reshaping Environmental Science Through Machine Learning and IoT
    In the face of escalating environmental challenges such as climate change, air and water pollution, and natural disasters, traditional approaches to understanding and addressing these issues have yet to be proven sufficient. Academic scholars are compelled to seek innovative solutions that marry digital intelligence and natural ecosystems. Reshaping Environmental Science Throug...
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    386,97 €

  • Advancements in Climate and Smart Environment Technology
    The world faces escalating environmental and healthcare challenges, from climate change to managing natural resources and providing efficient medical services. These issues are complex, often requiring intricate modeling and intervention from domain experts. Traditional analytical methods need help to cope with the complexity and scale of these challenges, leading to inefficien...
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    386,44 €

  • Reshaping Environmental Science Through Machine Learning and IoT
    In the face of escalating environmental challenges such as climate change, air and water pollution, and natural disasters, traditional approaches to understanding and addressing these issues have yet to be proven sufficient. Academic scholars are compelled to seek innovative solutions that marry digital intelligence and natural ecosystems. Reshaping Environmental Science Throug...
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    294,99 €

  • Advancements in Climate and Smart Environment Technology
    The world faces escalating environmental and healthcare challenges, from climate change to managing natural resources and providing efficient medical services. These issues are complex, often requiring intricate modeling and intervention from domain experts. Traditional analytical methods need help to cope with the complexity and scale of these challenges, leading to inefficien...
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    294,47 €

  • Disaster Ecology and Environment
    Arvind Kumar
    Environmental disaster as well as degradation of natural resource has become the global problem. Accelerated conversion of forests with rapid industrialization and urbanization, intensive agriculture, over-explotation, overgrazing, mining and other human activities have resulted in the degradation of both the land and water resources. Environmental disaster is a key threat to s...
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    83,76 €

  • Advancements in Renewable Energy and Green Hydrogen
    The demand for sustainable energy solutions in rapidly evolving academic and industrial environments is at an all-time high. Challenges faced by those championing sustainability and energy solutions include the integration of green hydrogen, a clean and renewable energy carrier, into hybrid energy systems. Ensuring its traceability, certification, and efficient utilization crea...
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    353,02 €

  • Quality Management for Social Housing
    Nelcimar Cristina Soares P. Ferreira
    Brazil still has a high housing deficit. That’s why it’s so important to carry out studies aimed at solving management problems in housing projects, especially social housing. As one of the most important productive sectors in the production of durable goods, the construction industry plays a fundamental role in the rational materialization of its products, and must pay attenti...
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    62,02 €

  • Physical-mechanical behavior and durability of HPCs
    Djamel Achoura / Yasmina Biskri
    High-Performance Concrete (HPC) is an innovative concrete that has found its place in modern construction. New formulation and design techniques for high-performance concrete have made it possible to improve durability and acquire remarkable mechanical properties compared with conventional concretes, thanks to its improved rheological qualities and very limited porosity. This h...
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    110,35 €

  • Chemical and organic coagulants in effluent treatment
    Débora Capello Thoms
    The concern and demands for the proper treatment of effluents generated in the most diverse processes arising from anthropogenic activities are nothing new these days, and are growing more and more. Among the most commonly used chemical coagulants are aluminum sulfate, ferric chloride, aluminum hydroxychloride and ferric sulfate. These coagulants are used in the primary process...
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    49,74 €

  • Sizing the Fire Prevention and Protection Plan
    Filipe Heringer S. do Amaral
    The aim of this study was to verify, identify, analyse and propose a revision of the Fire Prevention and Combat Plan (PPCI) for the Axel Gomes Building, improving the performance of the most critical locations, taking into account the existing infrastructure and compliance with the standards in force during the process for issuing the Inspection Certificate from the Minas Gerai...
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    49,68 €

  • Strauss Type Deep Foundations
    Júlio Alves
    The aim of this paper is to present the concepts and definitions of the main types of deep foundations and their implications for civil engineering, with reference to the requirements of current standards. Subsequently, the case study of the Strauss pile construction process, located in the municipality of Barbacena/MG, will be presented. We will then highlight the characterist...
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    49,93 €

  • Improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop production
    Professor Cl Wagner-Riddle
    This collection reviews the wealth of research on ways of improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop production as a means of reducing the agricultural sector’s environmental impact and rebalancing the global nitrogen cycle. ...
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    263,05 €

  • Biosorption Processes for Heavy Metal Removal
    Pinki Saini
    Persistent and non-degradable, heavy metals stand as pollutants with the potential for severe ecological repercussions when released into the environment. Municipal and industrial wastewater face a high risk of contamination by these hazardous substances, posing a formidable challenge to water treatment technologies. The imperative is clear: effective and affordable methods for...
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    275,14 €

  • Biosorption Processes for Heavy Metal Removal
    Pinki Saini
    Persistent and non-degradable, heavy metals stand as pollutants with the potential for severe ecological repercussions when released into the environment. Municipal and industrial wastewater face a high risk of contamination by these hazardous substances, posing a formidable challenge to water treatment technologies. The imperative is clear: effective and affordable methods for...
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    360,59 €

  • THEORIES AND MODES OF CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE
    Bo Li / Quanhui Wang / Xiaogang Yin / XIAOGANG YIN QUANHUI WANG FU CH BO LI
    This unique compendium describes the development status and trends of international climate-smart agriculture, research methods and development strategies, monitoring, evaluation and extension, typical cases and their implications for the development of climate-smart agriculture in China.The useful reference text also comprehensively summarizes the relevant achievements and exp...
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    166,76 €

  • Use of Containers as Living Areas for Small Construction Sites
    JAÍNE Vogt / Julio Cardinal
    This book is the result of intense research and discussion, both inside and outside the classroom, bringing up a very current and pulsating topic: working conditions in the construction industry. This work seeks to stimulate a taste for scientific research and also to demystify the idea that this can only be done in centers of excellence. The aim of this volume is also to encou...
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    69,91 €

  • The Essential Guide to Passing the Water Resources and Environmental Civil PE Exam Written in the form of Questions
    Jacob Petro
    This book contains 110 water resources and environmental depth questions along with 50 relevant breadth questions, making a total of 160 questions. Each solution is explained in detail, with theory explanations provided when necessary. Solutions are referenced in an easy-to-understand manner.The book earns its name as a Guide in the form of Questions because it takes you on a j...
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    91,50 €

  • Making Sense of Climate Change
    Don Whitmore
    This book proves global warming is not a hoax and it explains the science in plain language to assure all readers have access to the truth. Climate change impacts are threatening life on the planet and this book explains twelve especially dangerous threats: Extreme Air TemperatureReceding Mountain GlaciersExtreme Precipitation/FloodingMicrobes and DiseaseExtreme DroughtDeforest...
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    21,84 €

  • Operational Research for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environments
    The application of contemporary and emerging operational research optimization methods in renewable energy is vital to creating and maintaining sustainable environments across the planet. More research is needed to understand how modern and innovative technological solutions can enhance accessible global energy. Operational Research for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environm...
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    314,80 €

  • Operational Research for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environments
    The application of contemporary and emerging operational research optimization methods in renewable energy is vital to creating and maintaining sustainable environments across the planet. More research is needed to understand how modern and innovative technological solutions can enhance accessible global energy. Operational Research for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environm...
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    235,88 €

  • The Wild and the Wicked
    Benjamin Hale
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    28,69 €

  • Battery Powered
    Richard Skiba
    In this era of technological advancement and sustainability, an in-depth exploration of lithium-ion batteries unfolds in this book. It covers key aspects such as historical evolution, operational mechanisms, composition, manufacturing processes, applications, challenges, environmental impact, and economic and social implications. The book caters to a diverse audience, includin...
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    22,46 €

  • Protecting natural capital and biodiversity in the agri-food sector
    This collection considers the importance of accounting for and protecting natural capital and biodiversity in the agri-food sector. The book reviews recent advances in natural capital, biodiversity and extinction accounting and how these methods are being applied in different sectors and regions to improve the sustainability of agri-food supply chains. ...
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    269,74 €

  • River Basin Assets Optimization with Climate Variability Analysis
    Anthony Ezemerihe / Luke Chika Eme / Shedrack A. Ume
    Human related activities cause variability in climatic conditions at the river basin. Inadequacy to manage uncertainties, projections and scenarios, financial constraints, lack of logical cost sharing in multipurpose capital projects results to climate change problems and related hazards at the river basin. The study determined the optimal benefits under various objectives in a...
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    134,50 €

  • Exploring Ethical Dimensions of Environmental Sustainability and Use of AI
    Exploring Ethical Dimensions of Environmental Sustainability and Use of AI is a comprehensive and insightful book that delves into the ethical implications and challenges that emerge at the intersection of environmental sustainability and the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI). With a focus on key ethical dimensions such as transparency, equity, privacy, autonomy, unin...
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    347,72 €

  • Microbial Bioremediation
    P Gunasekaran / P Rajendran
    Discover the groundbreaking world of bioremediation with 'Microbial Bioremediation' authored by Dr. P. Rajendran and Dr. P. Gunasekaran. This comprehensive book unveils the power of living organisms, including plants in phytoremediation and microbes such as bacteria, algae, and fungi in microbial bioremediation, as efficient, eco-friendly, and cost-effective alternatives to con...
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    30,82 €

  • Fostering Cross-Industry Sustainability With Intelligent Technologies
    Brojo Kishore Mishra
    In today’s context of intricate global challenges, encompassing climate crises, resource scarcity, and social disparities, the imperative for sustainable development has never been more pressing. While academic scholars and researchers are instrumental in crafting solutions, they often grapple with the intricate balance between theoretical concepts and practical implementation....
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    347,82 €