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  • GIS in Sustainable Urban Planning and Management

    A Global Perspective

    The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.1201/9781315146638, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.GIS is used today to better understand and solve urban problems. GIS in Sustainable Urban Planning and Management: A Global Perspective, explores and illustrates the capacity that geo ... Citiți mai mult

    Gratuit

  • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

    The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

    de Bill Gates ...
    In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and ... Citiți mai mult

    66,26 lei

  • Not the End of the World

    How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

    This "eye-opening and essential" book (Bill Gates) will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems—and explains how we can solve them.It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won’t be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, and that we should reconsider ... Citiți mai mult

    54,60 lei

  • The Grid

    The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future

    One of Bill Gates's Favorite Books of 2016A revelatory look at our national power grid--how it developed, its current flaws, and how it must be completely reimagined for our fast-approaching energy future.America's electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, is turning out to be a poor fit for the present. It's not just that the grid has grown old and is now in dire need of ... Citiți mai mult

    67,48 lei

  • How Infrastructure Works

    Transforming our shared systems for a changing world

    de Deb Chachra ...
    'Pulsing with wisdom and humanity... a masterpiece' ED YONG'A hopeful, lyrical - even beautiful - hymn to the systems of mutual aid we embed in our material world' CORY DOCTOROW'An extraordinary book' MARK MIODOWNIK'You won't see the world the same after reading this book!' AUSTIN KLEONEvery day, we are granted the power to travel at high speeds, fly, see in the dark, summon water from ... ... Citiți mai mult

    66,26 lei

  • The Allegheny Woodrat

    Ecology, Conservation, and Management of a Declining Species

    Editat de John Peles, Janet Wright ...
    A decline in populations of Allegheny woodrats (Neotoma magister) was first noticed in the 1980s. Since that time, woodrats have become extirpated from at least two states and have declined dramatically in several others. Recent evidence suggests that the decline of this species may be proceeding further south to include states where woodrat populations were previously considered to be stable.The ... Citiți mai mult

    520,36 lei

  • Certifications of Critical Systems – The CECRIS Experience

    In recent years, a considerable amount of effort has been devoted, both in industry and academia, to the development, validation and verification of critical systems, i.e. those systems whose malfunctions or failures reach a critical level both in terms of risks to human life as well as having a large economic impact.Certifications of Critical Systems – The CECRIS Experience documents the main ... Citiți mai mult

    Gratuit

  • Opportunities in Engineering

    Opportunities in Engineering is a comprehensive guide authored by Charles M. Horton, designed to illuminate the vast and varied prospects available within the engineering profession. First published in the early 20th century, the book serves as both an inspirational and practical resource for students, young professionals, and anyone considering a career in engineering. Horton explores the ... Citiți mai mult

    119,96 lei

  • Passive Seismic Monitoring of Induced Seismicity

    Fundamental Principles and Application to Energy Technologies

    The past few decades have witnessed remarkable growth in the application of passive seismic monitoring to address a range of problems in geoscience and engineering, from large-scale tectonic studies to environmental investigations. Passive seismic methods are increasingly being used for surveillance of massive, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing and development of enhanced geothermal systems. The ... Citiți mai mult

    402,92 lei

  • Ambient Integrated Robotics

    Automation and Robotic Technologies for Maintenance, Assistance, and Service

    The new research field of Ambient/Active Assisted Living (AAL) is quickly evolving. Ambient Integrated Robotics provides an easy-to-understand medical perspective to architects, designers, and engineers, bridging the different disciplines and showing how they fuse together to create the future of AAL technology. Using robotics as an example, the book illustrates how embedding its subsystems ... Citiți mai mult

    606,38 lei

  • Think, Do, and Communicate Environmental Science

    Many students find it daunting to move from studying environmental science, to designing and implementing their own research proposals. This book provides a practical introduction to help develop scientific thinking, aimed at undergraduate and new graduate students in the earth and environmental sciences. Students are guided through the steps of scientific thinking using published scientific ... Citiți mai mult

    191,24 lei

  • Environmental Protection Strategies for Sustainable Development

    Seria seria Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The environment of our planet is degrading at an alarming rate because of non-sustainable urbanization, industrialization and agriculture. Unsustainable trends in relation to climate change and energy use, threats to public health, poverty and social exclusion, demographic pressure and ageing, management of natural resources, biodiversity loss, land use and transport still persist and new ... Citiți mai mult

    1.040,61 lei

  • Coastal Zone Management Imperative for Maritime Developing Nations

    Seria Cartea 3 - Coastal Systems and Continental Margins
    Anthropogenic transformation of the coastal zone continues at a steady pace, especially in the developing maritime countries, where coastal resources are often crucial to national economies. However, exploitation of these resources is often indiscriminate, ill planned, or carried out without adequate scientific knowledge. This leads to rapid resource depletion, and often irreversible environmental ... Citiți mai mult

    1.087,57 lei

  • How Can We Save Our World? Sustainable Transportation

    de Cath Senker ...
    Seria seria How Can We Save Our World?
    How Can We Save Our World looks at how the idea of sustainable development is having an increasing influence on a wide range of human activities. The books examine the environmental costs and unsustainable nature of modern life, and discuss ways in which society can progress toward a more sustainable future.Sustainable Transportation describes the development of modern transportation systems and ... Citiți mai mult

    24,76 lei sau gratuit cu Kobo Plus

  • Handbook of Geospatial Approaches to Sustainable Cities

    Editat de Qihao Weng ...
    Seria seria Imaging Science
    This comprehensive handbook presents the current state of knowledge on geospatial technologies, techniques, and methods that are imperative for providing solutions to sustainable cities. It addresses the role of geospatial big data and AI techniques and how they are applied when analyzing the sustainability of urban development, land use, urban planning, and resource management, as well as ... Citiți mai mult

    1.165,71 lei

  • Environmental Pollution and Community Rebuilding in Modern Japan

    Seria seria Social Sciences (R0)
    This book describes how modern industry affected people in Japan and their communities by polluting their living environment with toxic emissions. It also shows how the populace endeavored not only to restore their once-clean environment but also to rebuild communities that had been damaged by pollution and its accompanying effects.Environmental pollution is usually referred to in Japan as kogai, ... Citiți mai mult

    676,42 lei

  • Projetos Eletrônicos para o Bem Estar e Saúde

    Ao longo de sua carreira o autor desenvolveu dezenas de projetos eletrônicos que visam melhorar o bem estar das pessoas, com efeitos benéficos à saúde e com resultados importantes para as pessoas. Estes projetos estão espalhados ao longo dos anos em publicações técnicas, livros e também no site do autor. Assim, encontrá-los não é uma tarefa simples e muitos leitores nos escreveram para ... Citiți mai mult

    10,36 lei sau gratuit cu Kobo Plus

  • Mantenimiento preventivo de redes de distribución de agua y saneamiento. ENAT0108

    Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo. ... Citiți mai mult

    31,25 lei sau gratuit cu Kobo Plus

  • Coastal and Marine Geo-Information Systems

    Applying the Technology to the Environment

    Seria seria Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The emphasis now placed on the concept of sediment cells as boundaries for coastal defence groups, and the development of SMPs, should help CPAs realise the importance of natural processes at the coast when designing defence and protection schemes. However, this will only be the case where defence groups exist, and where CPAs take up the challenge of developing SMPs. Coastal landscapes have been ... Citiți mai mult

    1.763,89 lei

  • Actioning the Global Goals for Local Impact

    Towards Sustainability Science, Policy, Education and Practice

    Seria seria Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book highlights the value of sustainability science in newly emerging and innovative approaches to research, education, capacity building and practice in order to transform rhetoric into impact sustainability. Presenting case studies from various industries, sectors and geographical contexts targeting the seventeen (Sustainable development Goals (SDGs) outlined in the 2030 Agenda, it provides ... Citiți mai mult

    468,30 lei

  • 15th International Congress on Agricultural Mechanization and Energy in Agriculture

    ANKAgEng’2023

    Seria seria Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This volume highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of agricultural technologies engineering, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 15th International Congress on Agricultural Mechanization and Energy in Agriculture (ANKAgEng), held in Antalya, Turkey on October 29 – November 1, 2022. It covers a diverse range of topics such as ... Citiți mai mult

    1.659,88 lei

  • Sustainable Earth and Beyond

    Proceedings of EGRWSE 2022

    Seria seria Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents select proceedings of the Third International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering (EGRWSE-2022). It covers state-of-the-art research on environmental geotechnology, sustainability, and use of recycled waste materials for civil infrastructure along with latest accomplishments, trends, concerns, innovations, practical ... Citiți mai mult

    1.087,57 lei

  • Desalination Engineering: Planning and Design

    An in-depth guide to reverse osmosis desalinationThis Water Environment Federation and WateReuse Association publication provides comprehensive information on the planning and engineering of brackish and seawater desalination projects for municipal water supplies. After a brief overview of widely used desalination technologies, Desalination Engineering focuses on reverse osmosis desalination. The ... Citiți mai mult

    835,15 lei

  • Zero-Carbon Energy Kyoto 2011

    Special Edition of Jointed Symposium of Kyoto University Global COE "Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming" and Ajou University BK21

    Editat de Takeshi Yao ...
    Seria seria Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    Since 2008, the Global Center of Excellence (COE) at Kyoto University, Japan, has been engaged in a program called “Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming—Toward a CO2 Zero-Emission Energy System.” Its aim is to establish an international education and research platform to foster educators, researchers, and policy makers who can develop technologies and propose policies for establishing a CO2 ... Citiți mai mult

    1.040,61 lei