ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Author : Dr. Nafeesa Begum
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 32,38 MB
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ISBN : 0359679285
Wetlands
Author : Ben A. LePage
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 24,40 MB
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9400705514
Book Description
The science of wetlands and our understanding of these complex ecosystems have improved considerably. The emergence of multidisciplinary strategies is providing new opportunities and innovative approaches to address issues such as climate change and coastal protection. This book, with contributions from 19 specialists from academia, government, and industry, provides a trans-disciplinary approach to the understanding wetlands science, drawing together a wide range of expertise. Topics covered include the physical aspects that shape different wetlands around the world, as well as wetlands ecology, regulation, policy, and related social and economic issues. Featuring contributions from some of the world’s leading wetlands researchers and practitioners, this book provides an invaluable resource for undergraduate and post-graduate training in all aspects of wetlands management, conservation, and construction. It is also a useful auxiliary text for researchers working across disciplines in fields such as wetlands science, law, landscape architecture, environmental engineering, conservation ecology, and related disciplines.
Transboundary Water Resources Management
Author : Jacques Ganoulis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 38,5 MB
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 3527636668
Book Description
Based on an international symposium addressing a key issue in global development, this reference includes both the latest methodologies for and practical examples of effective management of transboundary water resources. Its multidisciplinary approach combines hydrology and environmental science with economic and political approaches, in line with new UNESCO and EU recommendations, which have been formulated and implemented with the active involvement of all three editors. By providing a theoretical framework as well as abundant case studies from southern Europe, Africa, Asia and South America, this handbook provides hydrologists, geologists, engineers and decision-makers with all the knowledge they need for their daily work.
Knowledge For The Anthropocene
Author : Carrillo, Francisco J.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 18,64 MB
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 180088429X
Book Description
With human-induced environmental impacts disrupting human life in deeper ways and at a wider scale than anything previously experienced, this multidisciplinary book looks at the ways that current knowledge bases seem inadequate to help us deal with such realities. It offers a critical appraisal of the current knowledge infrastructure, including science, technology, innovation, education and informal knowledge systems.
Machine Learning Methods in the Environmental Sciences
Author : William W. Hsieh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 34,49 MB
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0521791928
Book Description
A graduate textbook that provides a unified treatment of machine learning methods and their applications in the environmental sciences.
Environmental Sustainability in Transatlantic Perspective
Author : Manuela Achilles
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 29,62 MB
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137334487
Book Description
Experts from business, academia, governmental agencies and non-profit think tanks to form a transnational and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the combined challenges of environmental sustainability and energy security in the United States and Germany.
Climate Change
Author : William James Burroughs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 11,70 MB
Release : 2001-05-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521567718
Book Description
Climate Change: a Multidisciplinary Approach provides an up-to-date, concise and comprehensive presentation of our current knowledge of climate change and its implications for society. The book begins by giving a balanced coverage of the physical principles of the global climate, its behaviour on all timescales, and the evidence for and consequences of past change. It then reviews how we measure climate change and the statistical methods for analysing data, before exploring its causes and how we can model this behaviour. The final sections discuss predictions of future climate change and the economic and political debate surrounding its prevention and mitigation. This is a valuable undergraduate textbook for a wide range of courses, including meteorology, oceanography, environmental science, earth science, geography, history, agriculture and social science. It will also appeal to a wider general audience of readers in search of a better understanding of climate change.
City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis
Author : Carrillo, Francisco J.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 12,14 MB
Release : 2021-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1800883668
Book Description
Exploring the ways that contemporary urban life takes the Holocene for granted, this multidisciplinary book warns that anthropogenic environmental impacts are on course to challenge the viability of most human settlements. It highlights how, despite increased warnings, most cities appear to be in denial of the potential impending catastrophes and remain ill-prepared to handle major disruptions.
Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
Author : Gunilla Oberg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 45,79 MB
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 1444348337
Book Description
Environmental issues are inherently interdisciplinary, and environmental academic programs increasingly use an interdisciplinary approach. This timely book presents a core framework for conducting high quality interdisciplinary research. It focuses on the opportunities rather than the challenges of interdisciplinary work and is written for those doing interdisciplinary work (rather than those studying it). It is designed to facilitate high quality interdisciplinary work and the author uses illustrative examples from student work and papers published in the environmental literature. This book's lucid, problem-solving approach is framed in an accessible easy-to-read style and will be indispensable for anyone embarking on a research project involving interdisciplinary collaboration. Readership: graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and researchers involved in the interface between human and natural environmental systems
Extreme Events and Climate Change
Author : Federico Castillo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 23,36 MB
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 1119413621
Book Description
An authoritative volume focusing on multidisciplinary methods to estimate the impacts of climate-related extreme events to society As the intensity and frequency of extreme events related to climate change continue to increase, there is an urgent need for clear and cohesive analysis that integrates both climatological and socioeconomic impacts. Extreme Events and Climate Change provides a timely, multidisciplinary examination of the impacts of extreme weather under a warming climate. Offering wide-ranging coverage of the methods and analysis that relate changes in extreme events to their societal impacts, this volume helps readers understand and overcome the methodological challenges associated with extreme event analysis. Contributions from leading experts from across disciplines describe the theoretical requirements for analyzing the complex interactions between meteorological phenomena and the resulting outcomes, discuss new approaches for analyzing the impacts of extreme events on society, and illustrate how empirical and theoretical concepts merge to form a unified plan that enables informed decision making. Throughout the text, innovative frameworks allow readers to find solutions to the modeling and statistical challenges encountered when analyzing extreme events. Designed for researchers and policy makers alike, this important resource: Discusses topics central to understanding how extreme weather changes as the climate warms Provides coverage of analysis methods that relate changes in extreme events to their societal impacts Reviews significant theoretical and modeling advances in the physical aspects of climate science Presents a comprehensive view of state of the science, including new ways of using data from different sources Extreme Events and Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach is an indispensable volume for students, researchers, scientists, and practitioners in fields such as hazard and risk analysis, climate change, atmospheric and ocean sciences, hydrology, geography, agricultural science, and environmental and space science.
