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Hardback. Acknowledging both the use of animal-derived medicinal products since ancient times, and today's sustainability imperative, this book surveys the role of animals in traditional folk medicine and contemporary implications for wildlife conservation. Editor(s): Alves, Romulo; Rosa, Ierece Lucena. Num Pages: 508 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSV; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 919.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642290251
- ISBN
- 9783642290251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.13
€ 197.13
Hardback. Covering sustainable business model transformations with the goal of improving or sustaining a firm's profitability, this book offers and analyzes illustrative examples from management practice, and proposes a general management framework for green businesses. Series: Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJJ; KJMV6; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642288470
- ISBN
- 9783642288470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.33
€ 196.33
hardcover. The Society of Earth Scientists presents this book to stress the need for integrated understanding of the Earth system. It focuses on natural disasters, especially climate change, its effects in Asia and its significance in light of the paleo-climatic record. Editor(s): Sinha, Rajiv; Ravindra, Rasik. Series: Society of Earth Scientists Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHVG; RBG; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642288449
- ISBN
- 9783642288449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardback. This complete guide to the use of noble gases in terrestrial geochemistry offers applications ranging from high temperature processes deep in the Earth, to tracing climatic variation using noble gases trapped in ice cores, groundwaters and modern sediments. Editor(s): Burnard, Pete. Series: Advances in Isotope Geochemistry. Num Pages: 391 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHM; RBGK; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642288357
- ISBN
- 9783642288357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.31
€ 252.31
Hardback. Featuring the results of decades of research in the field, and written by a renowned expert, this volume covers the environmental and nutritional consequences of major nuclear accidents, such as those in 1986 in Chernobyl and in 2011 in Fukushima. Series: Environmental Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PNF; PNR; RNQ; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642287404
- ISBN
- 9783642287404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardback. Solid waste is not just an issue for city authorities, but also for doctors, psychologists, economists, and climatologists, among others. This new book covers the full panoply of topics in solid waste management and offers an overview of relevant literature. Series: Environmental Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNH; TQSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642286803
- ISBN
- 9783642286803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 340.30
€ 340.30
Hardback. This book covers all aspects of seaweed: acclimation in the abiotic environment, biotic interactions in seaweed communities, structure and function of seaweed systems, environmental changes and seaweed aquaculture. Includes industrial and economic aspects. Editor(s): Wiencke, Christian; Bischof, Kai. Series: Ecological Studies. Num Pages: 528 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTD; PSTV; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 949.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642284502
- ISBN
- 9783642284502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 429.66
€ 429.66
Ecology of Faunal Communities on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
. Ed(S): Venkataraman, K.; Raghunathan, C.; S...
Hardback. This book examines the fascinating faunal communities of The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, known for their rich biodiversity and a very high degree of endemicity in all taxa. It provides the fundamentals for their conservation and environmental management. Editor(s): Venkataraman, K.; Raghunathan, C.; Sivaperuman, C. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKAS; PSAF; PSVS; RNCB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 695.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642283345
- ISBN
- 9783642283345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.66
€ 195.66
Sustainable Rural and Urban Ecosystems: Design, Implementation and Ope...
. Ed(S): Geller, Gunther; Glucklich, Detlef
Hardback. This book helps practitioners dealing with human-based rural and urban settlement-ecosystems, in key steps towards their realization, covering energy savings, reuse, natural resources and holistic quality management, as well as regulation, licensing and more. Editor(s): Geller, Gunther; Glucklich, Detlef. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMVD; RNC; RNPG; RNU; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642282607
- ISBN
- 9783642282607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardback. Provides an overview of the occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants, and, discusses advanced chemical analysis methods, toxicological and ecotoxicological effects as well as human exposure. Editor(s): Barcelo, Damia. Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Num Pages: 480 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMR; PNF; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 877.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642281310
- ISBN
- 9783642281310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 373.71
€ 373.71
Hardback. A monograph that addresses a problem of stochastic analysis based on the uncertainty assessment by simulation and application of this method in ecology and steel industry under uncertainty. It defines the Monte Carlo (MC) method and random variables in stochastic models. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBWH; PBWL; PSAF; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 441.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642280559
- ISBN
- 9783642280559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardback. This book offers a new context for the sustainability governance debate, transforming classical questions into new options for societal decision making and identifying starting points and strategies for effective governance of transitions to sustainability. Editor(s): Meuleman, Louis. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP; KJVX; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642280085
- ISBN
- 9783642280085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.02
€ 85.02
Paperback. 2012 International Conference on Environment Science and 2012 International Conference on Computer Science (ICES 2012/ICCS 2012) will be held in Australia, Melbourne, on 15 and 16 March, 2012. This title contains some results in computational environment science. Editor(s): Lee, Gary. Series: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing (Closed). Num Pages: 392 pages, 73 black & white illustrations, 113 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RB; RN; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642279560
- ISBN
- 9783642279560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.81
€ 250.81
Paperback. A monograph on Bombax ceiba, popularly known as the Red Silk Cotton Tree. It covers all relevant aspects of this plant, from its historical and spiritual importance, to its botanical characterization, pharmacognostical details and ethnobiological uses, to its scientific validation in various animal and human studies. Series: SpringerBriefs in Pharmacology and Toxicology. Num Pages: 94 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MMG; MQP; MX; PSTS; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642279034
- ISBN
- 9783642279034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.57
€ 59.57
Hardback. This book reports on investigations which were carried out to monitor and analyse landslide characteristics in the Swabian Alb region, and to develop a prototype early warning system and a decision support system allowing for quick calculation of stability. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGD; RBGL; RGB; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642275258
- ISBN
- 9783642275258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardback. Editor(s): M'Sirdi, Nacer; Namaane, Aziz; Howlett, Robert J.; Jain, Prof. Lakhmi C. Series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies. Num Pages: 671 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNU; THX; TN; TQD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1280.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 671
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642275081
- ISBN
- 9783642275081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 376.38
€ 376.38
Hardback. This book covers all major issues of CO2 in power systems. It gives readers state of the art information on all aspects of power systems modeling and optimization. Editor(s): Zheng, Qipeng P.; Rebennack, Steffen; Pardalos, Panos M.; Pereira, Mario V. F.; Iliadis, Niko A. Series: Energy Systems. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNP; THR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642274305
- ISBN
- 9783642274305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.86
€ 129.86
Hardback. This book offers insights on the effects of rapid climate change at the poles, one of which is that ecosystems adapted to polar environments are likely to be vulnerable as the climate warms. The editors recognize the outstanding contribution of Marine Biology. Editor(s): Verde, Cinzia; Prisco, Guido di. Series: From Pole to Pole. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ; RNCB; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642273513
- ISBN
- 9783642273513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardback. This book discusses organisms from bacteria and ciliates to higher vertebrates that live on polar continental shelves, slopes and deep sea. Discussion includes shrinking sea ice, and organisms adapted to cold climates that are now vulnerable to rapid warming. Editor(s): Verde, Cinzia; Prisco, Guido di. Series: From Pole to Pole. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNCB; RNPG; TQD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642273483
- ISBN
- 9783642273483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardback. Includes: "Progress and Future of Pyrethroids", "Pyrethrin Biosynthesis and Its Regulation in Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium", "Recent Advances of Pyrethroids for Household Use", "The Biological Activity of a Novel Pyrethroid: Metofluthrin", and, "Advances in the Mode of Action of Pyrethroids". Editor(s): Matsuo, Tokuro; Mori, Tatsuya. Series: Topics in Current Chemistry. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSB; PST; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642273452
- ISBN
- 9783642273452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 249.78
€ 249.78
Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System
Lau, William K.M.; Waliser, Duane E.
Paperback. This updated second edition features multi-author, comprehensive and authoritative reviews of intra-seasonal variability. It has a balance of observation, theory and modeling and is a single-source reference for those interested in this key phenomenon. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Environmental Sciences. Num Pages: 614 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 614
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642271359
- ISBN
- 9783642271359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 286.64
€ 286.64
Paperback. This book looks at how tropical rain forest ecology is altered by climate change. It explores the long term occupation of tropical systems, the influence of fire and the future climatic effects of deforestation, together with anthropogenic emissions. Editor(s): Bush, Mark; Flenley, John R.; Gosling, William. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 488 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 169 x 24. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642271335
- ISBN
- 9783642271335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 251.86
€ 251.86
Paperback. This wide-ranging book considers the origins and rise of science and technology before moving on to discuss the state of our world and its possible futures, addressing the main challenges for social and economic development in the context of global change. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; PBW; PDZ; PSAF; RN; TH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642271267
- ISBN
- 9783642271267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.79
€ 73.79
Paperback. Complementing the growing body of literature that explores the relationships between arts and cartography, this book is distinguished by its focus on the multiple ways of representing a database, in this case, environmental issues in the city of Montreal. Editor(s): Caquard, Sebastien; Vaughan, Laurene; Cartwright, William. Series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RGV; RGW; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642271144
- ISBN
- 9783642271144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05