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101 rules of thumb for low energy architecture / Huw Heywood

Sets out the essential elements of low-energy architecture in a fresh, intuitive way. Where ever-changing technology and ...

A Visual Atlas for Soil Micromorphologists

This atlas is an up-to-date visual resource on the features and structures observed in soil thin sections, i.e. soil micromorphology.

Acid in the Environment

This book is the result of a conference held biannually at the Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental ...

Agricultural Biodiversity and Biotechnology in Economic Development

The topics addressed in this book are of vital importance to the survival of humankind. Agricultural biodiversity, encompassing ...

Agroecological Transitions: From Theory to Practice in Local Participatory Design

There is wide agreement on the need to change the prevalent agricultural models, given their negative impacts and their incompatibility ...

An Introduction to Architectural Conservation : Philosophy, Legislation and Practice / Nick Lee Evans

An Introduction to Architectural Conservation introduces non-specialist architects to the principles behind legislation concerning ...

An Introduction to Soil Mechanics / Arnold Verruijt

Offers a superb introduction to theoretical and practical soil mechanics. Special attention is given to the risks of failure ...

Analysis and Numerics for Conservation Laws

The physical and chemical mechanisms as well as the sizes of these processes are quite different. So are the motivations ...

Applied Research in Environmental Economics

Sustainable development, climate policy, and biodiversity conservation are examples of issues on the current political agenda ...

Architectural Tiles : Conservation and Restoration / Lesley Durbin

It not only contains new and up to date information on materials, practical methods, and historical research but also reflects ...

Asia-Pacific Fishing Livelihoods

Where fishing livelihoods come from and where they are going are simple questions with no simple answers. Using examples ...

Assessing Recent Soil Erosion Rates through the Use of Beryllium-7 (Be-7)

This book is the first comprehensive guideline for the beryllium-7 (Be-7) technique that can be applied to evaluate short-term ...

Beetle Conservation

Interest in beetle conservation has long been evident, with many papers treating these abundant, ecologically important and ...

Biodiversity Conservation and Phylogenetic Systematics : Preserving our evolutionary heritage in an extinction crisis

This book brings an updated state of the art of phylogenetic diversity in conservation biology. Nineteen chapters written ...

Biodiversity and Conservation in Europe

This book brings together a selection of original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address biodiversity ...

Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change

This book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. ...

Biodiversity of Angola

The book identifies Angola as one of the most biologically diverse countries in Africa, but notes that its fauna, flora, ...

Bioeconomic Modelling and Valuation of Exploited Marine Ecosystems

This book offers an environmental-economic analysis of exploited ecosystems with a clear policy orientation. The study tries ...

Bioenergetics : Energy Conservation and Conversion

The present book addresses fundamental questions of biological energy transformation and conservation, with a focus on those ...

Biological Invasions in South Africa

This book presents a comprehensive account of all aspects of biological invasions in South Africa, where research has been ...

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