Catálogo de libros: Ciencia, ingeniería y tecnología medioambientales

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  • Proposal for a Marquee Inspection Standard
    Cecília de Castro Bolina / Kamilla Debora Mendes da Cruz
    Using as a theoretical basis various laws, bills, decrees, standards and national building codes in force, as well as photographic records that illustrate the state of deterioration of various marquees in the capital, this book presents a proposal for a standard for inspecting marquees in the metropolitan region of Goiânia (GO), the main objective of which is to prevent these e...
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    54,05 €

  • Global Perspectives on Climate Change, Social Resilience, and Social Inclusion
    The world is confronting the reality of climate change, which transcends geographical boundaries, necessitating a multidisciplinary approach. Effective mitigation strategies for climate change demand diversity, inclusion, equity, and collaboration as paramount considerations in the formulation and execution of mitigation strategies. Global Perspectives on Climate Change, Social...
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    360,27 €

  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS
    David Wells Roland-Holst / DAVID WELLS ROLAND-HOLST SCOTT KAPLAN / David Zilberman / Scott Kaplan
    Modern society is currently facing a cascade of environmental crises. Moving forward, it will be the job of current and future generations to develop sound and creative approaches to addressing them. This book attempts to provide insight into the ways in which society can confront modern agricultural, environmental, and resource challenges. In particular, it provides an economi...
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    169,70 €

  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS
    David Wells Roland-Holst / DAVID WELLS ROLAND-HOLST SCOTT KAPLAN / David Zilberman / Scott Kaplan
    Modern society is currently facing a cascade of environmental crises. Moving forward, it will be the job of current and future generations to develop sound and creative approaches to addressing them. This book attempts to provide insight into the ways in which society can confront modern agricultural, environmental, and resource challenges. In particular, it provides an economi...
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    84,98 €

  • Environmental Legacy of the Manhattan Project
    Ed Struzeski
    The Manhattan Project began a new era in warfare, one that has a far-reaching impact on the health of the environment and human society. In this detailed book, an environmental engineer with more than 50 years of experience in this sector describes the layers of nuclear weapons production and how they continue to change and shape the world we live in. This book describes the hi...
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    18,61 €

  • Refinery(ies) / Works for Social Compensation
    Jessica Cruel
    It is currently state policy and the policy of the State Oil Company of Ecuador to intervene in the remediation and compensation works in the neighbourhoods affected by pollution, which is briefly described in detail in this project, taking into account the objectives of the social, health, citizen welfare and compensation work that has been carried out. The object of the study...
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    53,60 €

  • Analysis of the influence of layout organisation on a construction site
    Gustavo Araújo Alves
    A detailed assessment of the costs of moving materials, equipment and people on a construction site tends to be difficult to realise, and is often only estimated in a generalised way. Some factors can be listed as reducing the ability to forecast these costs, such as: difficulties in cataloguing what will be moved, the quantity of materials to be moved, the number of people in ...
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    53,60 €

  • Promoting Sustainable Management Through Technological Innovation
    The world is facing unprecedented environmental and social challenges that threaten our ability to achieve a sustainable future for all. Issues like climate change, resource depletion, and social inequality require urgent action, but technology, while a potential solution, also introduces new risks. Promoting Sustainable Management Through Technological Innovation offers a comp...
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    393,00 €

  • Textile Concrete (CT)
    Ana Paula da S. S. Costa / Lucas Pereira de Almeida / Lunara de Andrade S.
    Textile concrete (TC) is a composite made of fine-grained hydraulic concrete structured with a non-metallic material, which can be alkali-resistant glass fibre, carbon or aramid. This composite has a number of advantages over conventional reinforced concrete, one of which is that there is no need for an extra concrete cover to protect the steel, which saves on the mass of the c...
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    73,38 €

  • Proposal for resilience management of the La Vaca wetland
    Paula Fernanda Angel Ortiz
    This report consists of a description of the socio-ecological system of the La Vaca wetland and an analysis of the natural and socio-economic conditions of the system, which allows us to determine the main effects that generate the loss of its identity. One of the effects that has generated the greatest impact is the illegal urbanization that has occurred over time in the wetla...
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    53,79 €

  • Understanding Environmental Pollution
    Marquita K. Hill
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    88,33 €

  • Perspectives on Global Biodiversity Scenarios and Environmental Services in the 21st Century
    Quantitative models are increasingly being used to assess the impact of socioeconomic development pathways on biodiversity and environmental services. Regardless of the scenario, the decline of biodiversity will continue throughout the 21st century. Land-use changes drive biodiversity changes in terrestrial systems, while overfishing drives changes in marine systems, and climat...
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    327,65 €

  • Perspectives on Global Biodiversity Scenarios and Environmental Services in the 21st Century
    Quantitative models are increasingly being used to assess the impact of socioeconomic development pathways on biodiversity and environmental services. Regardless of the scenario, the decline of biodiversity will continue throughout the 21st century. Land-use changes drive biodiversity changes in terrestrial systems, while overfishing drives changes in marine systems, and climat...
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    248,74 €

  • Solid waste in building construction
    Caroline das Graças Roth
    The solid waste produced by the construction industry causes a great deal of damage to society. These problems are the result of deficiencies in the management of this waste, which also implies its lack of treatment and inadequate disposal, which end up causing environmental, economic and social impacts. Actions aimed at reducing solid waste directly at the source are therefore...
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    75,08 €

  • Solar concentrator for water desalination
    Hosmina Sabrina Lins de A. Sá
    The aim of this book is to develop an alternative to better meet the needs of people who need drinking water in their homes. It presents a cylindrical parabolic concentrator. By experimenting with solar energy, we can see that it would be a viable alternative for many people. A solar concentrator is a device that directs the sun’s rays towards a certain region of the equipment ...
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    53,60 €

  • Crafting a Sustainable Future Through Education and Sustainable Development
    In an era where the planet faces unprecedented environmental challenges, such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, and water scarcity, sustainable development has become paramount. Crafting a Sustainable Future Through Education and Sustainable Development delves into the crucial role of educational institutions in shaping a sustainable future from economic, social, and env...
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    216,12 €

  • Production of Building Materials Based on Industrial Waste
    Karimova Muxtasar / Yo’ldasheva Muhayyo
    This book contains information about the production of construction materials based on industrial waste. Today, the environment is significantly damaged due to the industrial waste of many enterprises, so the production of construction materials containing industrial waste is a solution to the global problem. Effective use of industrial waste improves the environment, prevents ...
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    53,73 €

  • PHYTOSTABILIZATION OF LEAD IN Atriplex canescens Pursh, Nutt.
    Pravda Luz Aguilar Hernández
    The objective of this research was to analyze the application of phytostabilization techniques in lead-contaminated soil with a potential plant species planted in twelve different percentages of jal to evaluate lead retention in roots. The first study consisted of the evaluation of plant emergence by seeds of Atriplex canescens Pursh, Nutt. The second study evaluated the growth...
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    118,38 €

  • Evaluation of turbidity toxicity in Daphnia similis
    Bruno Villardi
    Toxicology is a science that encompasses fields such as biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and the environment. This book presents more than ninety articles on toxicity in aquatic organisms, international standards on the subject and a discussion of ways to measure suspended solids in water bodies. This book is aimed at toxicological studies without the use of chemical ag...
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    76,44 €

  • Mortar Incorporated with Micronised Polyethylene Terephthalate
    Diego Lima Dantas / Felipe de B. Aranha / Matheus Oliveira Lira
    Urban development is directly related to an increase in waste production. It is therefore necessary to develop techniques to ensure that this growth takes place in a sustainable manner, so as to reduce waste production and provide it with an appropriate destination. Among the most industrially produced materials are polymers, the most common of which is polyethylene terephthala...
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    54,90 €

  • In a Hundred Years
    Hanns Günther / Thomas D. Hedden / Thomas Dexter Hedden
    One hundred years ago, scientists and engineers were actively working on alternative energy, not because they wanted to stop burning fossil fuels but because they believed that the world would soon run out of them. It was known that coal reserves were limited, and the giant oil fields in Saudi Arabia had not yet been discovered. This classic 1931 book reviews the sources of alt...
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    16,30 €

  • Muddy Ground
    John William Nelson
    In early North America, carrying watercraft—usually canoes—and supplies across paths connecting one body of water to another was essential in the establishment of both Indigenous and European mobility in the continent’s interior. The Chicago portage, a network of overland canoe routes that connected the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds, grew into a crossroads of interacti...
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    38,02 €

  • Muddy Ground
    John William Nelson
    In early North America, carrying watercraft—usually canoes—and supplies across paths connecting one body of water to another was essential in the establishment of both Indigenous and European mobility in the continent’s interior. The Chicago portage, a network of overland canoe routes that connected the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds, grew into a crossroads of interacti...
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    126,88 €

  • Making concrete using construction waste
    Felipe Dalla Nora Soares
    Construction waste accounts for more than half of all urban waste collected, causing a major environmental impact mainly due to the large quantities generated. Concern for the environment is gaining ground in a number of different areas, and construction could not be any different. Even with technological advances and the modernisation of construction techniques, the generation...
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    75,87 €

  • Development of a 3D digital model using photogrammetry with drones
    David Arturo Ibarra Duarte / Jesus Quintana Pacheco / Marco Antonio Ramos Corella
    Being construction one of the sectors in which more is invested and that, according to the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), contributes 13% of GDP worldwide, curiously it is also one of the activities that shows lower rates of productivity in the last 25 years according to a study prepared by the McKinsey Global Institute (2017).In different stages ...
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    85,72 €

  • SIZING A RAINWATER HARVESTING TANK
    Emmanuel KAZADI CIMANGA / Patrick KALALA MUANISHAYI
    Water is a natural resource that is indispensable to life, and its use extends to all areas of daily life for every living being.In view of its importance to society, some of the world’s developed countries have turned to the reprocessing (purification treatment) of wastewater, in order to make it once again drinkable and effectively meet the needs for which it is used. In the ...
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    61,44 €

  • Carbon Markets
    Diego Hidalgo-Oñate
    Uncover the captivating world of ’Carbon Markets’ a groundbreaking book that takes you on an exhilarating journey through the dynamic landscape of environmental sustainability. In a time when the world’s attention is focused on climate action, this book offers an unparalleled insight into the innovative realm of carbon markets and their pivotal role in shaping our planet’s futu...
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    22,57 €

  • Rendered Obsolete
    Jamie L. Jones
    Through the mid-nineteenth century, the US whaling industry helped drive industrialization and urbanization, providing whale oil to lubricate and illuminate the country. The Pennsylvania petroleum boom of the 1860s brought cheap and plentiful petroleum into the market, decimating whale oil’s popularity. Here, from our modern age of fossil fuels, Jamie L. Jones uses literary and...
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    126,96 €

  • Rendered Obsolete
    Jamie L. Jones
    Through the mid-nineteenth century, the US whaling industry helped drive industrialization and urbanization, providing whale oil to lubricate and illuminate the country. The Pennsylvania petroleum boom of the 1860s brought cheap and plentiful petroleum into the market, decimating whale oil’s popularity. Here, from our modern age of fossil fuels, Jamie L. Jones uses literary and...
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    38,11 €

  • Environmental sanitation in the Barrocas neighbourhood in Mossoró-RN
    Jacqueline C. V. Martins / Marina E. D. Altidis / Mibson M. Santiago Ramos
    Sanitation services are most closely related to health and are therefore considered indispensable for a country’s economy and production. The lack of this basic infrastructure causes serious health risks, mainly because it burdens public coffers. Environmental sanitation in Brazil is still inadequate and Mossoró-RN is an example of this. This research aims to diagnose the envir...
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    54,90 €


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