Environmental Sciences

This book presents innovative methods to design and evaluate optimum monitoring networks. The performance of water systems is maximised by optimising the information content that can be obtained from monitoring networks. This is done through the combination of models and the concepts of Information ..

A major difficulty in environmental science is that much of the information is scattered in the specialized chemical, microbiological, and biological literature. Coverage of all these areas in a single volume, coherence supplied by cross-references, and extensive references to the literature make Or..

This book focuses on chemical labels-the regulations behind them, the content and format, and how they are used...

This book introduces the reader to various types of chemical models and their development. It focuses on the process of development of such models. It discusses various simulation approaches for solving equations illustrated through examples from a wide range of applications...

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters._x005F_x000D_ Environmental science integrates physical and biological sciences to the study of the environment, with the goal of solving today’s environmental challenges. Many of these challenges tie into a greater concept of using the earth’s re..

Focussing on structural reliability methods, reliability-based optimization, structural system reliability and risk analysis, lifetime performance and various applications in civil engineering. Invaluable to all concerned with structural system reliability and optimization, especially students, engi..

Bringing together experts in the field of remote sensing of glaciers, this book covers topics ranging from early terrestrial photogrammetry to the latest airborne laser and satellite radar methods for investigating glacier change. Providing important background information on instruments and techniq..

Talks about a dissertation which presents a methodology of short-cutting the phosphorus cycle in urban ecosystems. A phosphorus calculator has been developed, based on studies of monthly P-fluxes and stocks, in a high-density suburb of Harare in Zimbabwe, where agriculture is an established activity..

This book is directed to the interests of workers on soil aeration...

This book focuses on soil development in restoration of post-mining sites. The authors address the role of biota, including plants, microorganisms, invertebrates, and their various interactions, during the process of soil formation. The book largely deals with sites created by open-cast mining, as t..

Sustainability and the Rights of Nature: An Introduction is a much-needed guide that addresses the exciting and significant paradigm shift to the Rights of Nature, as it is occurring both in the United States and internationally in the fields of environmental law and environmental sustainability. Th..

Sustainability Science: Key issues is a comprehensive textbook for undergraduates and postgraudates from any disciplinary background studying the theory and practice of sustainability science...