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Sustainable Development Authoritative and Leading Edge Content for Environmental Management Edited by Sime Curkovic

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Sime Curkovic
Sime Curkovic

Western Michigan University, United States of America

PublishedAugust 1st, 2012

Doi10.5772/2562

ISBN978-953-51-0682-1

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-5309-2

Copyright year2012

Number of pages602

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1. Oil Exploration and Climate Change: A Case Study of Heat Radiation from Gas Flaring in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria

By A.S. Abdulkareem, A.S. Afolabi, J. Abdulfatai, H. Uthman and J.O. Odigure

3,460
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2. Oil Pollution and International Marine Environmental Law

By Ekaterina Anyanova

6,404
2
3. Use of Remote Sensing in Wildfire Management

By Brigitte Leblon, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez and Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz

3,399
17
4. GIS for Environmental Problem Solving

By Koushen Douglas Loh and Sasathorn Tapaneeyakul

12,607
5. Environmental Management in Businesses: Does It Make Money? An Accounting Perspective

By Maria J. Masanet-Llodra

2,360
1
6. A Bottom Up Approach to Modeling Habitat Connectivity Dynamics Through Networks Analysis

By Paulo Morgado, Marina Toger, Patricia Abrantes and Jérémy Fiegel

2,043
2
7. Electronic Waste Management in Ghana - Issues and Practices

By Martin Oteng-Ababio

5,748
16
8. Remote Sensing Based Crop Coefficients for Water Management in Agriculture

By Jorge Rocha, António Perdigão, Raquel Melo and Cristina Henriques

2,818
10
9. Certification and Integration of Environment with Quality and Safety - A Path to Sustained Success

By Gilberto Santos, Manuel Rebelo, Síria Barros and Martinha Pereira

4,900
8
10. Uncovering the Relation Between Environmental Damage and the Rate of Rainfall Received Through a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Study on Potable Water Production in Malaysia

By Amir Hamzah Sharaai, Noor Zalina Mahmood and Abdul Halim Sulaiman

2,294
11. Integrated Water Management Around a Large Chemical Platform

By Cristian Teodorescu, Margareta Nicolau, Adriana Cuciureanu, Marinela Petrescu, Doina Guta, Ciprian Tetiu and Rodica Baciu

1,677
12. Knowledge-Based Development in Small Communities - Efficient Management Based on Local Expertize

By Cristian Teodorescu, Lucian Constantin, Margareta Nicolau, Aurelia Ballo and Cristiana Cosma

1,525
13. Industrial Clusters and Environmental Management

By Massimo Battaglia, Tiberio Daddi and Francesco Testa

2,121
2
14. Overview of Past and Ongoing Experiences Dealing with the Environmental Management at Cluster Level

By Francesco Testa, Tiberio Daddi, Fabio Iraldo and Marco Frey

1,906
15. Beach Erosion Management with the Application of Soft Countermeasure in Taiwan

By Ray-Yeng Yang, Ying-Chih Wu and Hwung-Hweng Hwung

4,266
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16. The Economic and Financial Feasibility of a Biodigester: A Sound Alternative for Reducing the Environmental Impact of Swine Production

By Antonio Zanin and Fabiano Marcos Bagatini

1,433
17. Overview of Environmental Management by Drill Cutting Re-Injection Through Hydraulic Fracturing in Upstream Oil and Gas Industry

By Mansoor Zoveidavianpoor, Ariffin Samsuri and Seyed Reza Shadizadeh

7,346
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18. A Geologic and Geomorphologic Analysis of the Zacatecas and Guadalupe Quadrangles in Order to Define Hazardous Zones Associated with the Erosion Processes

By Felipe de Jesús Escalona-Alcázar, Bianney Escobedo-Arellano, Brenda Castillo-Félix, Perla García-Sandoval, Luz Leticia Gurrola-Menchaca, Carlos Carrillo-Castillo, Ernesto-Patricio Núñez-Peña, Jorge Bluhm-Gutiérrez and Alicia Esparza-Martínez

2,226
1
19. Evaluation of Soil Quality Parameters Development in Terms of Sustainable Land Use

By Danica Fazekašová

3,507
6
20. The Compost of Olive Mill Pomace: From a Waste to a Resource - Environmental Benefits of Its Application in Olive Oil Groves

By Beatriz Gómez-Muñoz, David J. Hatch, Roland Bol and Roberto García-Ruiz

3,846
4
21. Social-Ecological Resilience and Maize Farming in Chiapas, Mexico

By Nils Max McCune, Francisco Guevara-Hernández, Jose Nahed-Toral, Paula Mendoza-Nazar, Jesus Ovando-Cruz, Benigno Ruiz-Sesma and Leopoldo Medina-Sanson

2,725
22. Methodology for the Regional Landfill Site Selection

By Boško Josimović and Igor Marić

5,156
10
23. Land Degradation, Community Perceptions and Environmental Management Implications in the Drylands of Central Tanzania

By Richard Y.M. Kangalawe

6,172
1
24. Developing a South-European Eco-Quarter Design and Assessment Tool Based on the Concept of Territorial Capital

By Stella Kyvelou, Maria Sinou, Isabelle Baer and Toni Papadopoulos

2,792
6

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