Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Seattle Monorail Project
Author: Southwest Harbor Cleanup and Redevelopment Project
Author: Proceedings from the Technical Sessions of the Regional Conference Nonpoint Source Pollution: the Unfinished Agenda for the Protection of Our Water Quality
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nonpoint source pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Nonpoint Source Control Plan for the Lowes Creek Priority Watershed Project
Author: Wisconsin Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Abatement ProgramPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lowes Creek Watershed (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Sustainable Watershed Management: Illusion or Reality?
Author: Subha VishnudasPublisher: Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
ISBN: 9059721543
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Landscaping at the Water's Edge an Ecological Approach
Author: Catherine NealPublisher: Unh Cooperative Extension
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A manual for New Hampshire landowners and landscapers.
Land Use and Society, Revised Edition
Author: Rutherford H. PlattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Land Use and Society is a unique and compelling exploration of interactions among law, geography, history, and culture and their joint influence on the evolution of land use and urban form in the United States. Originally published in 1996, this completely revised, expanded, and updated edition retains the strengths of the earlier version while introducing a host of new topics and insights on the twenty-first century metropolis. This new edition of Land Use and Society devotes greater attention to urban land use and related social issues with two new chapters tracing American city and metropolitan change over the twentieth century. More emphasis is given to social justice and the environmental movement and their respective roles in shaping land use and policy in recent decades. This edition of Land Use and Society by Rutherford H. Platt is updated to reflect the 2000 Census, the most recent Supreme Court decisions, and various topics of current interest such as affordable housing, protecting urban water supplies, urban biodiversity, and "ecological cities." It also includes an updated conclusion that summarizes some positive and negative outcomes of urban land policies to date.
Soil and Culture
Author: Edward R. LandaPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048129605
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
SOIL: beneath our feet / food and fiber / ashes to ashes, dust to dust / dirt!Soil has been called the final frontier of environmental research. The critical role of soil in biogeochemical processes is tied to its properties and place—porous, structured, and spatially variable, it serves as a conduit, buffer, and transformer of water, solutes and gases. Yet what is complex, life-giving, and sacred to some, is ordinary, even ugly, to others. This is the enigma that is soil. Soil and Culture explores the perception of soil in ancient, traditional, and modern societies. It looks at the visual arts (painting, textiles, sculpture, architecture, film, comics and stamps), prose & poetry, religion, philosophy, anthropology, archaeology, wine production, health & diet, and disease & warfare. Soil and Culture explores high culture and popular culture—from the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch to the films of Steve McQueen. It looks at ancient societies and contemporary artists. Contributors from a variety of disciplines delve into the mind of Carl Jung and the bellies of soil eaters, and explore Chinese paintings, African mud cloths, Mayan rituals, Japanese films, French comic strips, and Russian poetry.
Detoxification of Heavy Metals
Author: Irena SherametiPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642214088
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Heavy metals are severe environmental pollutants, and many of them are toxic even at very low concentrations. With industrial development, soil pollution with heavy metal elements have dramatically increased. The uptake of heavy metals via plants that are exposed to contaminated soils is a risk for human health and a major hazard for the ecosystem as a whole, including soil microorganisms. On the other hand, plants may be used in the decontamination of soils. The topics presented in this book include: sources of heavy metals contaminants in soils; plant species that can grow on contaminated soils; the phytoremediation of contaminated soils; tolerance, accumulation and detoxification mechanisms of zinc, copper, arsenic, cadmium and vanadium in plants; the critical role of sulfur metabolism in heavy metal tolerance; the role of aquatic macrophytes, plant growth-promoting bacteria, sugar crops and earthworms in detoxification; and heavy metal stabilization by promoting zeolite synthesis in soils.
Geology and Ecosystems
Author: Igor S. ZektserPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387292934
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
This book was prepared for publication by an International Working Group of experts under the auspices of COGEOENVIRONMENT - the Commission of the International Union of Geological Sciences (lUGS) on Geological Sciences for Environmental Planning and lUGS-GEM (Commission on Geosciences for Environmental Management). The main aim of the Working Group "Geology and Ecosystems" was to develop an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the mechanisms and special features within the "living tissue - inert nature" system under different regional, geological, and anthropogenic conditions. This activity requires international contributions from many scientific fields. It requires efforts from scientists specializing in fields such as: environmental impacts of extractive industries, anthropogenic development and medical problems related to geology and ecosystem interaction, the prediction of the geoenvironmental evolution of ecosystems, etc. The Working Group determined the goal and objectives of the book, developed the main content, discussed the parts and chapters, and formed the team of authors and the Editorial Board. The Meetings of the Working Group (Vilnius, Lithuania, 2002 and Warsaw-Kielniki, Poland, 2003) were dedicated to discussion and approval of the main content of all chapters in the Book.