Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Hardback. Demonstrates the link between physical models of the environment and policy analysis in support of policy making. This book addresses three general areas of environmental policy - non-point source pollution in the agricultural sector, pollution generated in the extractive industries, and transboundary pollutants from burning fossil fuels. Editor(s): Martin, Professor Wade E.; McDonald, Lisa A. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; RNA; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398554
- ISBN
- 9780792398554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.60
€ 184.60
Hardback. This volume addresses the state of the art, practical experience, and future perspectives for climate and environmental database systems, and may be used as a text for a graduate level course on the subject or as a reference for researchers or practitioners in industry. Editor(s): Lautenschlager, Michael; Reinke, Manfred. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBP; UN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398325
- ISBN
- 9780792398325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.52
€ 184.52
Hardback. Bringing together and expanding on research on energy security that has been conducted in the past, this work examines the assessment of energy security externalities for policy purpose and the wisdom of using energy security as an argument for government intervention in energy markets. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792396857
- ISBN
- 9780792396857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.00
€ 122.00
Paperback. Explores the dilemma of siting a high-level nuclear waste (HLNW) repository. This book examines siting conflicts from different perspectives: political, psychological, and sociological and identifies the fundamental determinants of public opposition to waste disposal facilities as a means of designing better approach to solve the siting dilemma. Series: Studies in Risk and Uncertainty. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792395843
- ISBN
- 9780792395843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 183.85
€ 183.85
Hardback. Addresses various challenges and opportunities related to product differentiation in the electric power industry. This book aims to review the implementing of reliability differentiated electric services and addresses the process for developing and implementing reliability differentiated product menus. Editor(s): Oren, Shmuel S.; Smith, Stephen A. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792393191
- ISBN
- 9780792393191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.23
€ 187.23
Hardback. Offers methods and techniques for detecting and delineating generic objects in images of complex scenes, and applies them to the specific task of building detection and delineation from monocular aerial imagery. This book is suitable as a textbook for a graduate-level course, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RGW; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792386810
- ISBN
- 9780792386810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.90
€ 185.90
Hardback. Focuses on the areas of engineering and about the different decision components within the project planning process. This book highlight the ability of Multicriteria Decision Aid to reconcile the economic, technical and environmental dimensions of the projects for its planners. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNF; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792386476
- ISBN
- 9780792386476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.12
€ 123.12
Hardback. Presents the principles of human health risk analysis as they are applied in environmental decisions. This book balances the discussion of scientific theory and methods, philosophical analysis, and applications in regulatory decisions. It is designed around a series of detailed case studies of environmental risk analysis. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792386247
- ISBN
- 9780792386247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.43
€ 123.43
Hardback. Environmental biotechnology refers to the use of micro-organisms and other living systems to solve current environmental problems such as the detoxification of pollutants and clean-up of oil tanker spills. Beginning with an introduction to microbial growth, this work provides the non-specialist with an overview of environmental biotechnology. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNH; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385691
- ISBN
- 9780792385691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.13
€ 122.13
Flexible Incentives for the Adoption of Environmental Technologies in ...
. Ed(S): Casey, Frank; Schmitz, Andrew; Swint...
Hardback. Identifies and structures more flexible economic incentives for the achievement of environmental goals in agriculture. This work provides a conceptual framework and presents case studies that analyze how flexible incentives can address environmental problems that are caused by agricultural production. Editor(s): Casey, Frank; Schmitz, Andrew; Swinton, Scott M.; Zilberman, David. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNF; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385592
- ISBN
- 9780792385592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.93
€ 187.93
Hardback. Provides an introduction to geostatistics with an emphasis on explanations of methods that are parsimonious, nonredundant, and through the test of time have proved to work satisfactorily for various attributes and sampling schemes. This book uses real data sets to illustrate the application of the methodology. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385233
- ISBN
- 9780792385233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.62
€ 186.62
hardcover. Offers practicing engineers and scientists a theoretical background, numerical methods, and computer codes for the modeling of fluid flows in subsurface media. This book presents a systematic derivation of governing equations and boundary conditions of subsurface fluid flow. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBG; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384908
- ISBN
- 9780792384908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.27
€ 124.27
Environmental Metal Pollutants, Reactive Oxygen Intermediaries and Gen...
Ariza, Maria E.; Bijur, Gautam N.; Williams, ...
Hardback. Humans are exposed daily to low concentrations of metals that are released into the environment by both natural and industrial processes. This book examines concerns about the acute and/or chronic exposure of humans to concentrations of these metals that are below the threshold levels established by various federal regulatory agencies. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH2; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384489
- ISBN
- 9780792384489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.30
€ 184.30
Hardback. Geographic information systems have developed rapidly, and are a major class of software, with applications that include infrastructure maintenance, resource management, agriculture, Earth science, and planning. This book tells about efforts to improve the ability of GISs to interoperate. Editor(s): Egenhofer, Max J.; Fegeas, Robin; Kottman, Cliff. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 509 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RGW; UN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2040.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 509
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384366
- ISBN
- 9780792384366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.10
€ 250.10
Hardback. Describes the relationship between subjective and objective elements in Life Cycle Impact Assessment. This title offers a framework that allows people to master the problems associated with LCA: the difficulty of separating subjective from objective elements, and the tendency for impact assessment to record 'phantoms' rather than actual damages. Num Pages: 484 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792383772
- ISBN
- 9780792383772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.92
€ 196.92
Hardback. Aims to introduce a variety of energy-environmental modeling concepts, and to provide an overview of these modeling concepts. This book also deals with the application of management science techniques to energy and environment policy issues. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KNB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792383482
- ISBN
- 9780792383482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.42
€ 184.42
Hardback. Dry sulfurization processes offer the advantages of low capital and low operating costs. This book presents the research for development of technologies that use coal in an economic, environmentally-sound manner. It identifies various areas for research, including reaction mechanisms, sorbent material, transport effects, and process development. Editor(s): Toole-O'Neil, Barbara. Num Pages: 862 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNP; TGBN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1437.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 862
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792383468
- ISBN
- 9780792383468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.52
€ 238.52
Hardback. Deals with atomic energy costing on three levels: patterns, parameters, and politicization of atomic energy costing. The Introduction to this book provides an overview of some of the debates on the early costing of atomic energy. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 125 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KNB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792383291
- ISBN
- 9780792383291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.45
€ 121.45
Hardback. Developing some guiding principles to be used when evaluating alternative proposals for reorganizing the US electric power industry, this text contains preliminary versions of papers that were presented at a Workshop convened by the Electric Power Research Institute at Stanford University in 1997. Editor(s): Chao, Hung-Po; Huntington, Hillard C. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792382829
- ISBN
- 9780792382829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.12
€ 123.12
Hardback. Dispelling many of the myths surrounding water markets, this text gives readers a comprehensive picture of the way that markets have developed in different parts of the world. Editor(s): Easter, K. William; Rosegrant, M.W. (International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA); Dinar, Ariel. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792382560
- ISBN
- 9780792382560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.62
€ 186.62