Environmental Sciences

  • International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change
    International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change
    Editor Stephen S. Young and Steven E. Silvern
    ISBN 978-953-307-815-1
    488 pages, February, 2012
    Downloads: 1620
    Environmental change is increasingly considered a critical topic for researchers across multiple disciplines, as well as policy makers throughout the world. Mounting evidence shows that environments in every part of the globe are undergoing tremendou ...
  • Earth Sciences
    Earth Sciences
    Editor Imran Ahmad Dar
    ISBN 978-953-307-861-8
    648 pages, February, 2012
    Downloads: 1802
    The studies of Earth's history and of the physical and chemical properties of the substances that make up our planet, are of great significance to our understanding both of its past and its future. The geological and other environmental processes on ...
  • Bioethanol
    Bioethanol
    Editor Marco Aurelio Pinheiro Lima and Alexandra Pardo Policastro Natalense
    ISBN 978-953-51-0008-9
    290 pages, February, 2012
    Downloads: 1607
    Recent studies have shown strong evidence of human activity impact on the climate of the planet. Higher temperatures and intensification of extreme weather events such as hurricanes are among the consequences. This scenario opens up several possibili ...
  • Evapotranspiration - Remote Sensing and Modeling
    Evapotranspiration - Remote Sensing and Modeling
    Editor Ayse Irmak
    ISBN 978-953-307-808-3
    514 pages, January, 2012
    Downloads: 1519
    This edition of Evapotranspiration - Remote Sensing and Modeling contains 23 chapters related to the modeling and simulation of evapotranspiration (ET) and remote sensing-based energy balance determination of ET. These areas are at the forefront of t ...
  • Sustainable Natural Resources Management
    Sustainable Natural Resources Management
    Editor Abiud Kaswamila
    ISBN 978-953-307-670-6
    166 pages, January, 2012
    Downloads: 1675
    Natural resources conservation is one of the dilemmas currently facing mankind in both developed and the developing world. The topic is of particular importance for the latter, where the majority depend on terrestrial ecosystems for livelihood; more ...
  • Relevant Perspectives in Global Environmental Change
    Relevant Perspectives in Global Environmental Change
    Editor Julius Ibukun Agboola
    ISBN 978-953-307-709-3
    154 pages, December, 2011
    Downloads: 1075
    Over the years, environmental change has sharpened significant dynamic evolution and knowledge in organizational structures of organisms, from cellular/molecular to macro-organism level including our society. Changes in social and ecological systems ...
  • Ecosystems Biodiversity
    Ecosystems Biodiversity
    Editor Oscar Grillo and Gianfranco Venora
    ISBN 978-953-307-417-7
    464 pages, December, 2011
    Downloads: 2033
    Ecosystems can be considered as dynamic and interactive clusters made up of plants, animals and micro-organism communities. Inevitably, mankind is an integral part of each ecosystem and as such enjoys all its provided benefits. Driven by the increasi ...
  • Tsunami - A Growing Disaster
    Tsunami - A Growing Disaster
    Editor Mohammad Mokhtari
    ISBN 978-953-307-431-3
    232 pages, December, 2011
    Downloads: 970
    The objective of this multi-disciplinary book is to provide a collection of expert writing on different aspects of pre- and post- tsunami developments and management techniques. It is intended to be distributed within the scientific community and amo ...