Pollution & threats to the environment
Results 441 - 460 of 756
Pollution & threats to the environment
Hardback. Examines what the United States can do to help prevent climate devastation. This title explores advances made by climate scientists and addresses the various political and economic issues associated with global warming, including the practicality of reducing emissions from automobiles, and the efficacy of taxing energy consumption. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNPG; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137102
- ISBN
- 9780231137102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.64€ 80.49
€ 104.64
€ 80.49
paperback. Bowden's classic study of "mining" the waters of the southwestern United States presents a historical, ethnological, and technological analysis in clean, compelling prose. Num Pages: 206 pages, 36 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RGB; RNK; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 330. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780292743069
- ISBN
- 9780292743069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.93
€ 21.99
€ 20.93
Paperback. What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century, this book provides an account of modern adoption's history. It also details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327600
- ISBN
- 9780226327600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. Editor(s): Vasser, Christophe P. Num Pages: 282 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: KCN; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 183 x 24. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604569834
- ISBN
- 9781604569834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.92€ 95.53
€ 137.92
€ 95.53
Paperback. The Kyoto Protocol, the world's first tentative step towards avoiding the threat of climate change, has failed. This book puts forward a solution. Using a system of finite production rights for greenhouse gases, which would be traded by organisations on a global auction, it seeks to succeed where the original agreement failed. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012583
- ISBN
- 9781848130258
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 131 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: RNF; RNPG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607413622
- ISBN
- 9781607413622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.52€ 81.20
€ 116.52
€ 81.20
Hardcover. Global watming through the enhanced greehouse effect is one of the major and most uncertain forces of global environmental change presently facing the earth. This book is a guide to the scientific and policy debate concerning the roles of agriculture, forestry and other activities leading to global warming. Num Pages: 282 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: RBP; RNF; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471948858
- ISBN
- 9780471948858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 503.84
€ 503.84
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jackson, Carla H. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: RNP; TQSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 188 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634637923
- ISBN
- 9781634637923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 290.12€ 216.89
€ 290.12
€ 216.89
Hardcover. This text aims to enhance the awareness of the regulations, legislation and enforcement powers available to local authorities and other enforcement bodies in the area of noise and vibration. Num Pages: 58 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; KNXC; LNKJ; RNP; TGMD4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 58
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860583070
- ISBN
- 9781860583070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.47
€ 118.47
Lessons from Amazonia: The Ecology and Conservation of a Fragmented Fo...
Jr. (Ed.) Richard Bierregaard
Hardcover. This text presents the results of the a long-running and comprehensive study of forest fragmentation, the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) in central Amazonia. The study includes baseline data from before isolation from continuous forest took place. Editor(s): Bierregaard, Richard, Jr.; Gascon, Claude; Lovejoy, Thomas E., III; Mesquita, Rita. Num Pages: 496 pages, 93 b/w + 13 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; RGBL; RNKH; RNPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300084832
- ISBN
- 9780300084832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.34€ 55.72
€ 71.34
€ 55.72
Paperback. Twenty-nine writers, poets, scientists, and scholars testify on behalf of darkness and against light pollution s diminishment of the night." Editor(s): Bogard, Paul. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874173284
- ISBN
- 9780874173284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.93
€ 38.93
Paperback. Evaluates various options in terms of the degree to which they create a level playing field for US industry, their effectiveness in guarding against emissions leakage, their impact on the cost of emissions reductions to the US economy, and the extent to which they would hurt or support efforts for constructive engagement with other nations. Num Pages: 112 pages, graphs, charts, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881324204
- ISBN
- 9780881324204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: JPH; P; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 86
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833025005
- ISBN
- 9780833025005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.61
€ 20.61
Hardback. A key approach to the issue of livestock production and climate change through three sections: I. Livestock production II. Climate change and III. Enteric methane amelioration. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: PSV; RNPG; TVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780644325
- ISBN
- 9781780644325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.75
€ 68.75
Hardback. Disasters cause economic as well as human losses, and the magnitude of this is ever increasing. This can largely be attributed to climate-related disasters, which intensify vulnerability in the poorest areas of the world. In this book, approaches to disaster risk management in developing countries are discussed, with particular focus on Costa Rica. Editor(s): Tsuneki, Hori; Shaw, Rajib. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; RNPG; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783509355
- ISBN
- 9781783509355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.81
€ 135.81
Paperback. This work demonstrates the advantages of macroecology for conservation, showing how it allows scientists to look beyond endangered species and ecological communities in order to consider the long history and large geographic scale of human impacts. Num Pages: 304 pages, 65 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: RNC; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226076157
- ISBN
- 9780226076157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. Editor(s): Howe, Joshua P. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 colour illustrations, 12 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; RNK; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295741383
- ISBN
- 9780295741383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.81
€ 141.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Howe, Joshua P. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 colour illustrations, 12 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; RNK; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295741390
- ISBN
- 9780295741390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. This work addresses the issues relevant to the investigation and management of contaminated sites, emphasizing problem diagnosis/characterization and the development of site restoration/corrective action clean-up programmes. Num Pages: 254 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: RNF; RNH; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471966333
- ISBN
- 9780471966333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 331.83
€ 331.83
Hardcover. Written for turf managers looking to reduce or eliminate their use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, this guide offers advice and practical steps for earth-conscious solutions to traditional fertilizers and pesticides. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNF; RNP; WSBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471472698
- ISBN
- 9780471472698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.65
€ 94.65