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Pollution & threats to the environment

hardcover. In 1958, Charles David Keeling began measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. His project kicked off a half century of research that has expanded our knowledge of climate change. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: RNA; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295993683
ISBN
9780295993683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801476518
ISBN
9780801476518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

hardcover. This book conducts a comprehensive investigation of how much business influences agenda building and environmental policymaking in the United States over time. Num Pages: 348 pages, 21 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; RNF; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748155
ISBN
9780804748155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.58

hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804762571
ISBN
9780804762571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.51

hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w illus., 5 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253025937
ISBN
9780253025937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. An engaging critical account of the aviation industry, which debunks a number of misconceptions and self-justifying myths. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: KNAC; KNAF; RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745330327
ISBN
9780745330327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.07

paperback. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JPWD; RNB; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816621750
ISBN
9780816621750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

hardcover. Contains scenarios of geophysical and economic impacts from global warming beyond a doubling of greenhouse gases. This work examines geophysical, ecological, and economic impacts, alternative scenarios with and without policy intervention, institutional change, political-economic barriers to effective policy, and prescriptions for change. Editor(s): Hall, Darwin C.; Hall, Jane Vise; Howarth, Richard B. Series: Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources S. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCN; RNF; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780762303052
ISBN
9780762303052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.94

Paperback. Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming disaster. In The Perfect Moral Storm, Stephen Gardiner illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an ethical failure. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 518 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; RNP; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199985142
ISBN
9780199985142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.54

hardcover. Environmental problems associated with these of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and the disposal of wastes have become major policy issues in many countries. This book provides a review and guide to policy options and their economic, administrative and political merits. Editor(s): Shortle, J.S.; Abler, D. (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, USA). Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAC; RNP; TQK; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Publication date
2001
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851993997
ISBN
9780851993997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.55

hardcover. Written by international experts, this book is a comprehensive examination of the potential effects climate change, particularly greenhouses gases, will have on agrosystems. It also reviews the effects such systems have on climate change itself. Editor(s): Reddy, K. R.; Hodges, H.F. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RNPG; TQ; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1021.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
1.
SKU
V9780851994390
ISBN
9780851994390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.39

paperback. This text has been developed from a workshop on "Technological Change in Agriculture and Tropical Deforestation" organized by the Center for International Forestry Research and held in Costa Rica in March, 1999. It explores how intensification of agriculture affects tropical deforestation. Editor(s): Angelsen, A.; Kaimowitz, David. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QMT; RNPD; TVB; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Publication date
2001
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851994512
ISBN
9780851994512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 104.53

paperback. The purpose of this short book is to provide a review of: information on the scale of manufacture, import, export and use of chemical pesticides; examples of direct risks to human welfare; and examples of problems with storage of obsolete stocks of pesticides in developing countries. Series: Biopesticides S. Num Pages: 90 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAC; KNDC; MBN; RNP; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
Publication date
2000
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851994765
ISBN
9780851994765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 53.09

hardcover. This text examines the importance of air pollution for the forests of rapidly industrializing countries and regions. The problems presented by air pollution are placed within the more general context of sustainable development and the historical legacy that they are attempting to deal with. Editor(s): Innes, J. L.; Haron, A.H.; Hassan, Haron Abu (Institute of Foresters, Malaysia). Series: IUFRO Research S. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KL; 1QFG; RGBL; RNP; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Publication date
2000
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851994819
ISBN
9780851994819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.94

hardcover. Nitrate is ubiquitous. It is present in water, soil, plants food, and is also a normal human metabolite. The main external sources of nitrate are vegetables and drinking water. This book examines the relationship between nitrates and human health. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; RNP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Publication date
2001
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851995663
ISBN
9780851995663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.94

paperback. There has been widespread public concern about the effects of nitrate, particularly derived from agricultural fertilizers, on water quality and public health. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Publication date
2005
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851999135
ISBN
9780851999135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.21

hardcover. The principles of environmental toxicology are clearly presented here for university students and professionals in related fields. The book explains basic concepts such as the fate of toxic chemicals in the body, then goes on to discuss specific environmental problems. Editor(s): Zakrzewski, Sigmund F. Num Pages: 351 pages, numerous figures. BIC Classification: MMGT; PSBT; RNP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
351
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195148114
ISBN
9780195148114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.07

Paperback. Traces the issue of radioactive waste in Western countries from the end of World War II to the blossoming of the environmental movement in the early 1970s. This book looks at the myriad mishaps and subsequent cover-ups that were born out of the dilemma of where to house deadly nuclear materials. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; RNP; TQSR3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813546742
ISBN
9780813546742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
First
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851991825
ISBN
9780851991825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.11

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
First
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851993768
ISBN
9780851993768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.55

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