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  • bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment  (28)
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    Transition Engineering (2023)
    Taylor & Francis | CRC Press
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Description: Transition Engineering: Building a Sustainable Future examines new strategies emerging in response to the mega-issues of global climate change, decline in world oil supply, scarcity of key industrial minerals, and local environmental constraints. These issues pose challenges for organizations, businesses, and communities, and engineers will need to begin developing ideas and projects to implement the transition of engineered systems. This work presents a methodology for shifting away from unsustainable activities. Teaching the Transition Engineering approach and methodology is the focus of the text, and the concept is presented in a way that engineers can begin applying it in their work.
    Keywords: building life-cycle cost analysis;energy policies;environmental costs;global climate change;input-output analysis;local environmental constraints;resource management;sustainability;transition engineering;world oil supply ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RP Regional & area planning::RPC Urban & municipal planning ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics::PHD Classical mechanics::PHDY Energy ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TG Mechanical engineering & materials::TGB Mechanical engineering
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    Planification spatiale marine en Atlantique tropical (2023)
    IRD Éditions
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    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Description: Aménager les usages de l’espace marin pour réduire les tensions entre les activités humaines et la santé des écosystèmes marins, telle est la promesse de la planification spatiale marine. Le défi est d’ampleur tant les océans cristallisent aujourd’hui des intérêts toujours plus nombreux, variés et complexes, au carrefour d’enjeux de conservation de la biodiversité, de régulation du changement climatique, de développement économique et de sécurité alimentaire. S’inscrivant dans le champ des sciences de la durabilité, cet ouvrage vise à explorer de manière interdisciplinaire les opportunités et les limites de la planification spatiale marine, actuellement développée dans des pays du Nord, dans de possibles déclinaisons tropicales, plus particulièrement au Brésil, au Sénégal et au Cabo Verde. Face à un océan commun, les communautés d’acteurs doivent transcender les regards disciplinaires (partie 1 de cet ouvrage) et faire converger intelligences et connaissances pour avancer vers un but commun de durabilité. Le développement de cette intelligence collective dans les recherches sur les écosystèmes marins tropicaux se positionne dans le cadre d’enjeux locaux, étatiques et internationaux (partie 2) et s’appuie sur le développement d’outils interdisciplinaires et innovants (partie 3). À l’usage des décideurs, des chercheurs, et plus généralement de tout usager des espaces marins, cet ouvrage met en lumière les points de vigilance à considérer lors de la mise en place d’une démarche de planification spatiale marine.
    Keywords: politique publique ; conservation de la nature ; aménagement de l’espace ; zones maritimes ; ressources marines ; environnement marin ; activités marines ; activités humaines ; planification spatiale marine ; zones côtières ; socio-écosystèmes marins ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    Trajectoires de recherches en Amazonie brésilienne (2023)
    IRD Éditions
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-06
    Description: Issu d’un travail collectif, cet ouvrage présente les travaux menés en Amazonie brésilienne par l’IRD et ses partenaires depuis plus de trente ans. Les différents thèmes et projets de recherche sont retracés dans une perspective historique et évolutive : d’abord axées sur les inventaires et les connaissances des espèces ou des réseaux hydrologiques, les recherches se sont ensuite ouvertes à la gestion des ressources et à la protection de la biodiversité. Désormais, pour répondre aux enjeux sociaux et environnementaux, les approches disciplinaires s’hybrident, les scientifiques établissent le dialogue et s’engagent auprès des populations locales. Chacun des chapitres met ainsi en lumière le rôle de la science dans la gestion durable des écosystèmes amazoniens et l’accompagnement des politiques publiques. Cette science engagée, impliquée dans le dialogue avec les sociétés, dessine les bases de voies d’adaptation durables en Amazonie brésilienne.
    Keywords: population indigène ; biodiversité ; politique publique ; santé environnementale ; climat ; protection de l’écosystème ; gestion de l’environnement ; sol ; forêt ; gestion des ressources ; gestion des ressources en eau ; système alimentaire ; ichtyologie ; réseaux hydrologiques ; hydrosystème ; agrosystème ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPQ Central government::JPQB Central government policies ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    The Carbon Chain in Carbon Dioxide Industrial Utilization Technologies (2023)
    Taylor & Francis | CRC Press
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Description: A shift towards implementation of renewable energy has disadvantages, such as power availability, storage capacity, and accompanying costs, and therefore the potential of clean fossil fuel technologies to ensure the stability of electricity generation needs to be reconsidered until these challenges will be overcome. These clean technologies can help prevent the greenhouse effect and, at the same time, guarantee energy security, as coal is a widespread, price-stable raw material that is available in large quantities. This book focuses on the carbon chain, starting from the formation of CO2, through its capture, possible cleaning, to the production of useful products such as dimethylether, methanol, and carbonated cement prefabricates. The comprehensive case study presents the research results of an international team established within the "CCS-CCU technology for carbon footprint reduction using bio-adsorbents" (BIOCO2) project.
    Keywords: Bio-adsorbents;CO2 capture;CO2 purification;carbon capture;emission standards;Fixed-beds reactors;Fluidized-bed reactors;flue gas purification;Hydrothermal carbonization;Pyrolysis;recycled cement;Slurry reactors ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology
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    Patrimonios alimentarios en América Latina (2022)
    IRD Éditions
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    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Description: En los últimos años, el uso de la noción de «patrimonio alimentario» se generalizó en América Latina, tanto entre los actores públicos como en las asociaciones y académicos. Con el objetivo de discutir esta noción, los autores de las contribuciones que conforman este libro produjeron reflexiones críticas para evitar la trampa de utilizar el «patrimonio alimentario» como un elemento de lenguaje cargado de romanticismo, como suele ser el caso, a veces, en los círculos de activistas y en los discursos de gobiernos. Desde diferentes enfoques disciplinarios, los trabajos empíricos publicados en este libro, producto de investigaciones llevadas a cabo en Argentina, Cuba, Bolivia, Brasil, Ecuador y México, constituyen un aporte clave para los estudios sociales que articulan los temas de la alimentación y del desarrollo. Así, la presente reflexión colectiva busca impulsar nuevas investigaciones y nuevos debates acerca de la utilidad de valorizar la diversidad de las prácticas alimentarias en América Latina a fin de enfrentar los desafíos de la soberanía alimentaria y de la economía local, de conocer mejor la biodiversidad y sus beneficios, y de reconocer la diversidad cultural regional a favor de una mayor inclusión social de los grupos étnicos y de las minorías marginalizadas.
    Keywords: patrimonios ; alimento ; prácticas de alimentación ; desarrollo ; economía ; Ciencias Humanas ; cultura ; Argentina ; Bolivia ; Cuba ; Brasil ; Ecuador ; México ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
    Language: Spanish
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    Biodiversité au Sud (2022)
    IRD Éditions
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    Publication Date: 2022-12-15
    Description: Destiné à un large public, cet ouvrage présente les recherches les plus illustratives de l’Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) en faveur de la biodiversité et du développement durable. De tous les grands enjeux environnementaux contemporains, la protection de la biodiversité est sans doute l’un des plus complexes, car cette biodiversité que l’on veut préserver ne peut être appréhendée hors des interactions avec les sociétés humaines qui vivent avec, l’utilisent, la gèrent, la détruisent et la protègent parfois. Ainsi, les exemples qui ponctuent ces pages attestent que la biodiversité ne peut plus être envisagée scientifiquement dans une vision disciplinaire et sectorielle. Elle doit au contraire être croisée avec les principales dynamiques, humaines et non humaines, qui déterminent les changements à la fois globaux et localisés auxquels nous faisons face aujourd’hui. En cela, cet ouvrage témoigne de l’engagement de l’IRD et de ses partenaires pour une science capable de produire des savoirs utiles et mobilisables au Sud, une science de la durabilité au sens fort du terme, qui puisse rendre la Terre durablement vivable.
    Keywords: Afrique ; Asie ; Amérique latine ; biodiversité ; conservation ; déforestation ; alimentation ; changement climatique ; santé globale ; écologie ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale (2022)
    IRD Éditions
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    Publication Date: 2022-07-01
    Description: Destiné à la fois à un large public et aux spécialistes, ce guide permet d’identifier les 81 espèces de serpents actuellement connues en Afrique occidentale soudano-sahélienne et saharienne (Sénégal, Mauritanie, Gambie, Mali, Burkina Faso et Niger). Des clés de détermination facilitent l’identification des familles et des espèces. Une fiche fournit, pour chaque espèce, une présentation détaillée des caractères distinctifs ainsi que des précisions sur l’écologie et le risque potentiel pour l’homme. Chaque fiche est illustrée en couleur et comprend également une carte de répartition géographique ainsi qu’un schéma de l’écaillure de la tête. Un chapitre est consacré spécifiquement au problème des morsures de serpents et à leur prise en charge. Synthèse de quinze années de recherches, ce guide, qui présente des photographies d’espèces rares ou méconnues publiées pour la première fois, apporte des informations scientifiques nouvelles sur la composition et la répartition de la faune des serpents d’Afrique occidentale.
    Keywords: serpent ; Afrique occidentale ; faune ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    Nouvelle-Calédonie (2022)
    IRD Éditions
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    Publication Date: 2022-07-01
    Description: Avec 40000 km2 de récifs et de lagons et plus de 15 000 espèces, la Nouvelle-Calédonie abrite la deuxième plus grande barrière corallienne du monde. À l'heure où les récifs coralliens figurent parmi les écosystèmes les plus menacés de la planète, face aux activités humaines, au réchauffement climatique et à l'acidification des océans, il est devenu impératif de préserver cet exceptionnel héritage environnemental et culturel inscrit au Patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco. Associant des chercheurs de diverses disciplines (sciences de la nature, sciences humaines et sociales) et des acteurs en charge de la gestion des récifs et lagons néo-calédoniens, cet ouvrage présente l'état des connaissances les plus actuelles sur ces espaces. Il permet d'appréhender l'extraordinaire diversité de ces milieux en lien avec l'histoire de l'environnement marin, ainsi que la complexité des relations entre les différents organismes qui les composent. Il accorde également une large place à la manière dont ces écosystèmes offrent aux populations des ressources essentielles et constituent l'un des socles de la culture kanak. Enfin, il interroge la capacité de résilience de ces milieux très vulnérables face aux changements environnementaux globaux et présente les dispositifs mis en place pour leur protection. Rédigé dans un style accessible à tous et très richement illustré, cet ouvrage s'adresse à tout lecteur intéressé par ce patrimoine exceptionnel et, au-delà, il sensibilisera le large public aux enjeux de conservation de la biodiversité, de l'environnement et des cultures.
    Keywords: biodiversité ; écosystème ; environnement ; écologie ; changement climatique ; récif corallien ; barrière corallienne ; lagon ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    Ecology and Applied Environmental Science (2022)
    Taylor & Francis | CRC Press
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Description: Ecology and Applied Environmental Science addresses the impact of contemporary environmental problems by using the main principles of scientific ecology. It offers a brief yet comprehensive explanation of ecosystems based on energy, populations, and cycles of chemical elements. The book presents a variety of scientific ecological issues and uses these to examine a range of environmental problems while considering potential engineering, scientific, and managerial solutions. It takes an engineering approach and avoids excessive biological detail, while introducing ecology with a systemic approach. The book examines categories of organisms as well as the physical and chemical processes that affect them. It refers to the dynamics of populations and analysis of their major mutual influences, elaborates on the roles of primary production, limiting factors, energy flow, and circulation of chemical substances in the ecosystems, and presents the basic functions of aquatic ecosystems. The author considers important issues related to environmental degradation of forests, aquatic habitats, coastal zones, other natural landscapes, and urban areas, includes a survey of problems related to waste and toxic and radioactive substances, and presents the greenhouse effect and impacts from climate change. He discusses environmental management prospects and the potential for technological control of pollution from liquid, solid, and gaseous waste. He also highlights existing tools for environmental management, ecological and social aspects of biodiversity and landscape protection, and the contrast between development and environment in combination with ideas about sustainability. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
    Keywords: Biodiversity and Landscape Protection ; Ecological Systems ; Environment and Development ; Fundamentals of Environmental Problems ; Management of Environmental Problems ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TD Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies::TDC Industrial chemistry ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TN Civil engineering, surveying & building
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    Biodiversity in the Global South (2022)
    IRD Éditions
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    Publication Date: 2022-12-15
    Description: Designed to reach the widest possible audience, this volume showcases some of the research projects which best illustrate the commitment of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) to biodiversity and sustainable development. Among today’s many pressing environmental challenges, protecting biodiversity is probably one of the most complex, since it cannot be understood independently of its interactions with the human societies who live with it, use it, manage it, destroy and, occasionally, protect it. As the examples contained herein demonstrate, biodiversity can no longer be confined by narrow academic boundaries. On the contrary, it is a subject inextricably linked with all of the major dynamics, human and non-human, which shape the global and local changes we currently face. In this respect, the present volume is testament to the commitment demonstrated by IRD and its partners to a vision of scientific endeavour which yields tangible, utilisable knowledge for the Global South, sustainability science in the strongest sense of the term, allowing our planet and its biodiversity to thrive in the long term.
    Keywords: biodiversity ; conservation ; deforestation ; nutrition ; climate change ; global health ; ecology ; Afrique ; Asie ; Amérique latine ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
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    Hommes et plantes de Maré (2022)
    IRD Éditions
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    Publication Date: 2022-07-01
    Description: Depuis 3 000 ans, les hommes installés sur l’île de Maré en Nouvelle-Calédonie ont su tirer profit au mieux de leur environnement végétal pour se nourrir, se loger et se soigner. À travers divers mythes et représentations, leur univers social et spirituel est ainsi émaillé de références au monde végétal. La langue des habitants de Maré, les si Nengone, est riche de nombreux termes qui renvoient aux plantes et à leurs usages. Or aujourd’hui, l’influence de la société de consommation et de la mondialisation semble avoir sonné le glas de ces savoirs ancestraux, pourtant si précieux. Si certaines de ces « plantes utiles » sont encore employées quotidiennement, beaucoup sont déjà tombées en désuétude. Pour remédier à la perte de ces savoirs traditionnels, cet ouvrage recense et décrit les principaux usages du patrimoine végétal de Maré. Fruit d’un méticuleux travail de terrain et de l’exploitation de données botaniques et anthropologiques vérifiées et réactualisées, il présente plus de 300 espèces de plantes. Chacune fait l’objet d’une fiche illustrée décrivant son habitat, sa répartition, ses usages ainsi que ses caractéristiques chimiques et ses propriétés pharmacologiques. Avec l’aide de nombreux informateurs maréens, les auteurs ont porté une attention particulière aux usages des plantes dans la médecine traditionnelle. Rédigé dans la perspective d’une réappropriation par la communauté si Nengone de son patrimoine culturel, cet ouvrage s’adresse également aux médecins, ethnopharmacologues, botanistes et à tout public intéressé par l’environnement végétal de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de l’Océanie.
    Keywords: Maré ; faune ; flore ; îles Loyauté ; Nouvelle-Calédonie ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    Nature in Common (2022)
    IRD Éditions
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    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Description: A landmark text in global biodiversity governance, the Nagoya Protocol was intended to put an end to the uncompensated exploitation of natural resources and knowledge originating in the Global South. Its stated objectives were to establish greater justice and equity between providers and users of genetic resources, to foreground the contributions and knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities, and to decolonise research, all while promoting the conservation of biodiversity. Thirty years on from the Convention on Biological Diversity from which it originated, the authors examine the legal and practical outcomes of this virtuous framework, which came into force in 2014. Although it has certainly fostered greater recognition of the plurality of knowledge and advanced the traceability of resources, the Protocol has also helped to impose a narrowly market-oriented understanding of nature and knowledge, exacerbating demands for recognition and ownership in the Global South, and effectively restricting access to biodiversity in an era of globalised research. This book presents an interdisciplinary dialogue informed by the experiences of researchers and conservation stakeholders (local communities, managers of collections and natural parks). Looking beyond the Nagoya Protocol, it invites us to question the relationships between societies and nature in light of the ecological emergency. It is intended for anyone with an interest in the economics of biodiversity and environmental justice.
    Keywords: biodiversity ; governance ; convention ; natural resources ; conservation ; natural parks ; environment ; genetic ; economy ; justice environmental ; ecology ; local knowledge ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    Jardins d'Océanie (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2022-12-15
    Description: En Océanie, et tout particulièrement au Vanuatu, les jardins sont les témoins d'une tradition rurale ancestrale où la plante alimentaire est à la fois une ressource indispensable, le symbole d'une communauté et un objet d'échange. Les Vanuatais vouent une véritable passion à leurs jardins dans lesquels ils réunissent, sélectionnent et diversifient un riche patrimoine végétal. À travers cet ouvrage abondamment illustré, le lecteur découvrira toute la diversité des plantes alimentaires océaniennes ainsi que les nombreuses espèces introduites par les grands explorateurs du xvie siècle. Chaque espèce fait l'objet d'une fiche descriptive qui présente entre autres la variabilité, la morphologie, le mode de culture et de production ainsi que les différents usages de la plante. Le cédérom qui accompagne le livre apporte des informations plus détaillées qui intéresseront le spécialiste : références bibliographiques, bases de description des ignames et des taras, photos de variabilité morphologique... Afin de mieux préserver cet exceptionnel patrimoine végétal, cet ouvrage attire l'attention d'un large public sur les jardins du Vanuatu et sur cette agriculture océanienne qui combine avec originalité différents apports multiculturels.
    Keywords: plantes ; jardins ; agriculture ; alimentation ; soins ; Océanie ; patrimoine ; ethnobotanique ; botanique ; Vanuatu ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d’Afrique occidentale et du Sahara (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2022-07-01
    Description: Cet ouvrage présente pour la première fois l’ensemble des espèces de lézards, crocodiles et tortues rencontrées dans les quinze pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, ainsi qu’au Tchad et dans les régions sahariennes, il comprend plus de 700 photographies en couleurs et 175 cartes de répartition ainsi que les clés de détermination illustrées permettant l’identification des espèces. Un chapitre est consacré à la description de nouvelles espèces de lézards découvertes par les auteurs, ainsi qu’à la révision du statut de certaines espèces dans la systématique. Pour chacune, une fiche individuelle indique les caractères distinctifs les plus remarquables, ainsi que les principales données sur l’écologie et la répartition géographique. Sans équivalent, l’ouvrage s’adresse aux naturalistes, aux étudiants, enseignants, chercheurs et gestionnaires de la faune africaine. Il constitue un ouvrage de référence complet et accessible sur les reptiles africains.
    Keywords: lézard ; crocodile ; tortue ; Afrique occidentale ; Sahara ; faune ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    Biodiversité des écosystèmes intertropicaux (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2022-07-01
    Description: Dans un monde confronté aux changements climatiques et à des pandémies en lien avec la destruction des milieux naturels, les enjeux liés à la préservation de la biodiversité sont dorénavant bien connus et ont donné lieu à des accords internationaux majeurs, comme le protocole de Nagoya. Dans ce contexte mondial, les recherches menées au Sud sont primordiales. Les contributions rédigées ici par des chercheurs dʼAfrique, de lʼocéan Indien, dʼAsie du Sud-Est et dʼEurope traduisent la vigueur de la recherche sur la biodiversité dans les pays intertropicaux francophones. Documenter la diversité des écosystèmes végétaux locaux, mieux connaître les savoirs traditionnels et les utilisations populaires des plantes ou des champignons, valoriser le rôle des collections botaniques, identifier des chaînes de valorisation économique responsables, gérer durablement les écosystèmes et leurs ressources, élaborer des outils stratégiques pour une gouvernance environnementale basée sur la science et, enfin, montrer la nécessité de lʼimplication citoyenne et de lʼensemble des acteurs concernés, tels sont les grands thèmes déclinés ici. Cet ouvrage collectif intéressera tous ceux qui travaillent sur la biodiversité des écosystèmes intertropicaux. Il souligne la nécessité dʼune science de lʼaction au service du développement durable.
    Keywords: plantes ; champignons ; collections botaniques ; développement ; écologie ; savoirs traditionnels ; valorisation ; médicaments ; alimentation ; gestion environnementale ; Afrique ; Madagascar ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    La nature en partage (2022)
    IRD Éditions
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    Publication Date: 2022-07-01
    Description: Accord international majeur pour une gouvernance mondiale de la biodiversité, le protocole de Nagoya devait permettre d’en finir avec l’exploitation sans contrepartie des ressources naturelles et des savoirs des pays du Sud. Son objectif était d’assurer une plus grande justice et équité entre fournisseurs et utilisateurs de ressources génétiques, de rendre visibles les apports et savoirs des communautés autochtones et locales et de décoloniser la recherche, tout en assurant la conservation de la biodiversité. Trente ans après la Convention sur la diversité biologique qui lui a donné naissance, les auteurs s’interrogent sur les traductions juridiques et pratiques de ce cadre vertueux, entré en vigueur en 2014. S’il a permis de reconnaître la pluralité des savoirs et d’établir une traçabilité des ressources, il a également contribué à imposer une vision marchande de la nature et des savoirs, à exacerber les revendications identitaires et à complexifier l’accès à la biodiversité à l’heure d’une recherche mondialisée. L’ouvrage présente un dialogue interdisciplinaire à partir de retours d’expérience de chercheurs et d’acteurs de la conservation (communautés locales, gestionnaires de collections et de parcs naturels). Au-delà du protocole de Nagoya, il invite à s’interroger sur les relations entre les sociétés et la nature à la lumière de l’urgence écologique. Il s’adresse à tout public intéressé par l’économie de la biodiversité et la justice environnementale.
    Keywords: biodiversité ; droit ; écologie ; économie ; environnement ; génétique ; gouvernance ; savoirs locaux ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    The inland water fishes of Africa (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2022-07-01
    Description: The equilibrium of inland hydrosystems is presently a cause for concern, with species extinction rates there estimated to be 5 times higher than for terrestrial fauna in the 21st century. Urgent measures must be taken to conserve these ecosystems particularly with regard to fishes, which represent an especially rich and diverse evolutionary heritage. Fishes were long unaffected by human activity on the African continent, but anthropogenic pressure has increased in recent decades. Good management of African continental waters is thus of paramount importance in terms of heritage and economics, as fishes are a vital natural resource for the people in sub-Saharan Africa. In view of biodiversity conservation, African fishes are investigated here as a biological model owing to their enormous ecological and genetic diversity. It is essential to know the ecology and structure of various communities, and to understand the impact of human activity. This book discusses the diversity of environments, the origin and evolution of species, survival and adaptive strategies, the structure of fish communities, and the impact of human activity. It also devotes a section to fisheries and fish culture. This ambitious project summarizes the current state of knowledge on African fishes and their populations, highlighting the mechanisms regulating their equilibrium and the causes contributing to their erosion. It is a reference not just for readers involved in African aquatic environments, but for anyone interested in biodiversity conservation in general.
    Keywords: aquaculture ; biodiversity ; biogeography ; water ; ecology ; ecosystem ; evolution ; ressources exploitation ; anthropogenic factor ; hydrobiology ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    Guide illustré de la flore de Patagonie (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2022-07-01
    Description: Partagée entre l’Argentine et le Chili à la pointe australe du continent américain, la Patagonie a de longue date fasciné explorateurs naturalistes et simples voyageurs. Selon l’altitude, l’exposition aux vents et aux précipitations, ou selon la latitude, ce vaste espace peu habité présente une grande variété de milieux et une flore diversifiée. Entre forêt tempérée andinopatagone forêt valdivienne pluvieuse, forêt subantarctique, steppes, végétations rases de haute altitude, la flore de Patagonie est à la fois variée et originale, selon les régions, elle présente des affinités avec la flore du reste de l’Amérique du Sud, de l’Amérique du Nord, mais également avec celle de l’Océanie, et notamment de la Nouvelle-Zélande et elle montre par ailleurs un taux important d’endémisme. Traduit et augmenté à partir d’une première édition bilingue (espagnol/anglais) publiée en 2008 (éditions Vázquez Mazzini Editores, Buenos Aires), ce guide naturaliste offre au non-spécialiste une présentation des familles botaniques les plus caractéristiques de la Patagonie argentine et chilienne. Au total 95 familles sont décrites, avec les principaux genres et espèces et leur habitat spécifique. Chaque famille est illustrée par une ou plusieurs espèces, le plus souvent indigènes. Une invitation à la découverte de l’étonnante richesse botanique de la région la plus australe du monde, avec sa flore originale et encore mai connue.
    Keywords: flore, Patagonie ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    Biogéographie de la flore du Sahara (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Description: Bien que l’imaginaire saharien n’évoque pas a priori la notion de biodiversité, la flore du Sahara est néanmoins bien plus diversifiée qu’il n’y paraît. Tantôt barrière ou relais pour la dispersion des espèces, le Grand Désert est en effet riche d’une histoire biogéographique très originale, dont cet ouvrage donne une première synthèse. Depuis les premières explorations botaniques sahariennes de la fin du xixe siècle, aux travaux pionniers du milieu du xxe siècle, jusqu’aux acquis biogéographiques les plus récents, l’ouvrage met en perspective l’organisation et l’évolution de la flore saharienne au sein d’un environnement changeant, tour à tour savane arborée puis terre d’une extrême aridité. Quelles sont la diversité et l’histoire de ce peuplement végétal peu connu ? Comment les flores méditerranéennes ou tropicales ont-elles pu migrer puis se maintenir dans les massifs sahariens ou sur les façades maritimes ? Quelles sont les conséquences des changements environnementaux passés et actuels ? Face aux enjeux de préservation de ce patrimoine naturel unique, l’ouvrage met l’accent sur la nécessité d’une véritable politique de conservation à l’échelle de cet immense désert. Région naturelle trop négligée par la recherche, le Sahara mérite d’être réinvesti par les sciences du vivant, et ce d’autant qu’il forme un laboratoire exceptionnel pour étudier l’impact des changements globaux en situation environnementale extrême. L’ouvrage, très documenté et abondamment illustré, fournira aux gestionnaires des milieux arides, aux écologues et biogéographes, aux enseignants et étudiants en biologie et en écologie, mais aussi aux naturalistes et simples voyageurs, un éclairage inédit sur la flore saharienne et son histoire.
    Keywords: flore ; biodiversité ; végétal ; patrimoine ; conservation ; environnement ; espèces ; botanique ; biogéographie ; écologie ; histoire ; désert ; aridité ; Sahara ; Afrique ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
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    Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction, Volume 2: Non-Abelian Gauge Theories (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: Volume 2 of this revised and updated edition provides an accessible and practical introduction to the two non-Abelian quantum gauge field theories of the Standard Model of particle physics: quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the Glashow-Salam-Weinberg (GSW) electroweak theory.This volume covers much of the experimental progress made in the last ten y
    Keywords: Nuclear physics ; Physics ; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHN Nuclear physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHQ Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)
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    Permeable Reactive Barrier (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Description: Remediation of groundwater is complex and often challenging. But the cost of pump and treat technology, coupled with the dismal results achieved, has paved the way for newer, better technologies to be developed. Among these techniques is permeable reactive barrier (PRB) technology, which allows groundwater to pass through a buried porous barrier that either captures the contaminants or breaks them down. And although this approach is gaining popularity, there are few references available on the subject. Until now. Permeable Reactive Barrier: Sustainable Groundwater Remediation brings together the information required to plan, design/model, and apply a successful, cost-effective, and sustainable PRB technology. With contributions from pioneers in this area, the book covers state-of-the-art information on PRB technology. It details design criteria, predictive modeling, and application to contaminants beyond petroleum hydrocarbons, including inorganics and radionuclides. The text also examines implementation stages such as the initial feasibility assessment, laboratory treatability studies (including column studies), estimation of PRB design parameters, and development of a long-term monitoring network for the performance evaluation of the barrier. It also outlines the predictive tools required for life cycle analysis and cost/performance assessment. A review of current PRB technology and its applications, this book includes case studies that exemplify the concepts discussed. It helps you determine when to recommend PRB, what information is needed from the site investigation to design it, and what regulatory validation is required.
    Keywords: Barrier ; Groundwater ; Permeable ; Reactive ; Remediation ; Sustainable ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology::TQS Sanitary & municipal engineering::TQSW Water supply & treatment
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    Lie Algebras In Particle Physics (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Description: In this book, the author convinces that Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington had things a little bit wrong, as least as far as physics is concerned. He explores the theory of groups and Lie algebras and their representations to use group representations as labor-saving tools.
    Keywords: Physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    Historical Agriculture and Soil Erosion in the Upper Mississippi Valley Hill Country (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Description: "This thought-provoking book demonstrates how processes of landscape transformation, usually illustrated only in simplified or idealized form, play out over time in real, complex landscapes. Trimble illustrates how a simple landscape disturbance, generated in this case by agriculture, can spread an astonishing variety of altered hydrologic and sedi
    Keywords: Geology - Earth Sciences ; Soil Science ; Ecology - Environment Studies ; ENVIRO ; AGRICULTURE ; SCI-TECH ; GEO ; ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE ; STM ; bank ; coon ; county ; creek ; high ; lower ; main ; terrace ; vernon ; winona ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RB Earth sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TV Agriculture & farming ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology
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    The World in Eleven Dimensions (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: A unified theory embracing all physical phenomena is a major goal of theoretical physics. In the early 1980s, many physicists looked to eleven-dimensional supergravity in the hope that it might provide that elusive superunified theory. In 1984 supergravity was knocked off its pedestal by ten-dimensional superstrings, one-dimensional objects whose v
    Keywords: Nuclear physics ; Physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHN Nuclear physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    Heavy Flavour Physics Theory and Experimental Results in Heavy Quark Physics (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: This book provides a thorough introduction to the phenomenology of heavy flavour physics, those working on the B-factories, LHCb, BTeV, HERA and the Tevatron. It explains how heavy quark theory could be implemented on the lattice, and discusses the status of CP-violation in the neutral kaon system.
    Keywords: Nuclear physics ; Physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHN Nuclear physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    An Introduction to Particle Physics and the Standard Model (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics familiarizes readers with what is considered tested and accepted and in so doing, gives them a grounding in particle physics in general. Whenever possible, Dr. Mann takes an historical approach showing how the model is linked to the physics that most of us have learned in less challenging ar
    Keywords: Nuclear physics ; Physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHN Nuclear physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    Design with the Desert (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Description: Typical development in the American Southwest often resulted in scraping the desert lands of the ancient living landscape, to be replaced with one that is human-made and dependent on a large consumption of energy and natural resources. This transdisciplinary book explores the natural and built environment of this desert region and introduces development tools for shaping its future in a more sustainable way. It offers valuable insights to help promote ecological balance between nature and the built environment in the American Southwest-and in other ecologically fragile regions around the world.
    Keywords: Biodiversity ; Planning ; Ecology - Environment Studies ; ENG ; ENVIRO ; CivilEngineering ; SCI-TECH ; ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE ; STM ; area ; basin ; chihuahuan ; colorado ; great ; metropolitan ; mojave ; phoenix ; river ; sonoran ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TN Civil engineering, surveying & building ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology
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    Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Description: Environmental Life Cycle Assessment is a pivotal guide to identifying environmental problems and reducing related impacts for companies and organizations in need of life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA, a unique sustainability tool, provides a framework that addresses a growing demand for practical technological solutions. Detailing each phase of the LCA methodology, this textbook covers the historical development of LCA, presents the general principles and characteristics of LCA, and outlines the corresponding standards for good practice determined by the International Organization for Standardization. It also explains how to identify the critical aspects of an LCA, provides detailed examples of LCA analysis and applications, and includes illustrated problems and solutions with concrete examples from water management, electronics, packaging, automotive, and other industries. In addition, readers will learn how to: Use consistent criteria to realize and evaluate an LCA independently of individual interests Understand the LCA methodology and become familiar with existing databases and methods based on the latest results of international research Analyze and critique a completed LCA Apply LCA methodology to simple case studies Geared toward graduate and undergraduate students studying environmental science and industrial ecology, as well as practicing environmental engineers, and sustainability professionals who want to teach themselves LCA good practices, Environmental Life Cycle Assessment demonstrates how to conduct environmental assessments for products throughout their life cycles. It presents existing methods and recent developments in the growing field of LCA and systematically covers goal and system definition, life cycle inventory, life cycle impact assessment, and interpretation.
    Keywords: Nature ; Environmental Conservation & Protection ; Science ; Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry ; Environmental) ; Technology & Engineering ; Civil ; General ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TN Civil engineering, surveying & building
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    Sustainability and the Rights of Nature in Practice (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Description: This book, and the intellectual and legal movement summarised within its pages, charts a bold alternative course for humanity. That there are certain ‘rights of Nature’ intrinsic to landscapes and life-forms around the world is a revolutionary assertion, yet an assertion with abundant and venerable precedents. By the logic of this movement, nonhuman beings have intrinsic existential rights and, by extension, should possess certain rights protecting their survival and interests within the evolving legal practices of modern nations. Concepts akin to human rights are thus extended to populations of wild nonhuman species, and to landforms such as mountains or rivers, on which many other lives depend. These entities might then possess rights to representation in legal arenas akin to personhood – so that certain keystone landforms or living beings cannot be destroyed for the profit of human individuals without overwhelmingly compelling reasons, nor damaged without efforts to directly compensate nonhuman ‘claimants’ for damages.
    Keywords: Cameron, Chris, Follette, La, Maser, Nature, Practice, Rights, Sustainability ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNK Environment, transport & planning law::LNKJ Environment law ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology
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    Cosmology in Gauge Field Theory and String Theory (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Description: Cosmology in Gauge Field Theory and String Theory focuses on the cosmological implications of the gauge theories of particle physics and of string theory. The book first examines the universe's series of phase transitions in which the successive gauge symmetries of the higher-temperature phase were spontaneously broken after the big bang, discussing relics of these phase transitions, more generic relics (baryons, neutrinos, axions), and supersymmetric particles (neutralinos and gravitinos). The author next studies supersymmetric theory, supergravity theory, and the constraints on the underlying field theory of the universe's inflationary era. The book concludes with a discussion of black hole solutions of the supergravity theory that approximates string theory at low energies and the insight that string theory affords into the microscopic origin of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. Cosmology in Gauge Field Theory and String Theory provides a modern introduction to these important problems from a particle physicist's perspective. It is intended as an introductory textbook for a first course on the subject at a graduate level.
    Keywords: Physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    Global Forest Monitoring from Earth Observation (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Description: Forests provide a large range of beneficial services, including tangible ones such as timber and recreation, and intangible services such as climate regulation, biodiversity, and watershed protection. On the other hand, forests can also be considered roadblocks to progress that occupy space more productively used for agriculture, making consideration of their regulating services crucial for balancing land use and forest loss. Monitoring forest cover and loss is critical for obtaining the data necessary to help define what is needed to maintain the varying forest service requirements in different parts of the world. There is an increasing need for timely and accurate forest change information, and consequently a greater interest in monitoring those changes. Global Forest Monitoring from Earth Observation covers the very recent developments undertaken for monitoring forest areas from global to national levels using Earth observation satellite data. It describes operational tools and systems for monitoring forest ecosystems, discussing why and how researchers currently use remotely sensed data to study forest cover and loss over large areas. The book introduces the role of forests in providing ecosystem services and the need for monitoring their change over time, followed by an overview of the use of earth observation data to support forest monitoring. It discusses general methodological differences, including wall-to-wall mapping and sampling approaches, as well as data availability. This book provides excellent coverage of the research and applications of forest monitoring, indicator mapping at coarse spatial resolution, sample-based assessments, and wall-to-wall mapping at medium spatial resolution using optical remote sensing datasets, such as MODIS and Landsat. It examines the use of radar imagery in forest monitoring and presents a number of operational systems, from Brazil’s PRODES and DETER products to Australia’s NCAS system. Written by leading global experts in the field, this book offers a launch point for future advances in satellite-based monitoring of global forest resources. It gives readers a deeper understanding of global forest monitoring methods and shows how state-of-the-art technologies may soon provide key data for creating more balanced policies.
    Keywords: Conservation of the environment ; Geographical information systems & remote sensing ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography::RGW Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing
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    Permeable Reactive Barrier (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Description: Remediation of groundwater is complex and often challenging. But the cost of pump and treat technology, coupled with the dismal results achieved, has paved the way for newer, better technologies to be developed. Among these techniques is permeable reactive barrier (PRB) technology, which allows groundwater to pass through a buried porous barrier that either captures the contaminants or breaks them down. And although this approach is gaining popularity, there are few references available on the subject. Until now. Permeable Reactive Barrier: Sustainable Groundwater Remediation brings together the information required to plan, design/model, and apply a successful, cost-effective, and sustainable PRB technology. With contributions from pioneers in this area, the book covers state-of-the-art information on PRB technology. It details design criteria, predictive modeling, and application to contaminants beyond petroleum hydrocarbons, including inorganics and radionuclides. The text also examines implementation stages such as the initial feasibility assessment, laboratory treatability studies (including column studies), estimation of PRB design parameters, and development of a long-term monitoring network for the performance evaluation of the barrier. It also outlines the predictive tools required for life cycle analysis and cost/performance assessment. A review of current PRB technology and its applications, this book includes case studies that exemplify the concepts discussed. It helps you determine when to recommend PRB, what information is needed from the site investigation to design it, and what regulatory validation is required.
    Keywords: Water Science ; Ecology - Environment Studies ; ENVIRO ; WATER ; SCI-TECH ; ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERING ; ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE ; STM ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology::TQS Sanitary & municipal engineering::TQSW Water supply & treatment
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    Area-wide Integrated Pest Management (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Description: Over 98% of sprayed insecticides and 95% of herbicides reach a destination other than their target species, including non-target species, air, water and soil. The extensive reliance on insecticide use reduces biodiversity, contributes to pollinator decline, destroys habitat, and threatens endangered species. This book offers a more effective application of the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach, on an area-wide (AW) or population-wide (AW-IPM) basis, which aims at the management of the total population of a pest, involving a coordinated effort over often larger areas. For major livestock pests, vectors of human diseases and pests of high-value crops with low pest tolerance, there are compelling economic reasons for participating in AW-IPM. This new textbook attempts to address various fundamental components of AW-IPM, e.g. the importance of relevant problem-solving research, the need for planning and essential baseline data collection, the significance of integrating adequate tools for appropriate control strategies, and the value of pilot trials, etc. With chapters authored by 184 experts from more than 31 countries, the book includes many technical advances in the areas of genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, resistance management, and social sciences that facilitate the planning and implementing of area-wide strategies. The book is essential reading for the academic and applied research community as well as national and regional government plant and human/animal health authorities with responsibility for protecting plant and human/animal health.
    Keywords: Conservation of the environment ; Biology, life sciences ; Insects (entomology) ; Environmental science, engineering and technology ; Zoology: invertebrates ; Botany and plant sciences ; Agriculture and farming ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology & animal sciences::PSVT Zoology: Invertebrates::PSVT7 Insects (entomology) ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology & animal sciences::PSVT Zoology: Invertebrates ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PST Botany & plant sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TV Agriculture & farming
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    Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction, Volume 1 (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: Volume 1 of this revised and updated edition provides an accessible and practical introduction to the first gauge theory included in the Standard Model of particle physics: quantum electrodynamics (QED).The book includes self-contained presentations of electromagnetism as a gauge theory as well as relativistic quantum mechanics. It provides a uniqu
    Keywords: Nuclear physics ; Physics ; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHN Nuclear physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHQ Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)
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    Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improving Air Quality (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Description: "The world’s atmosphere is a common resource. Air quality, along with energy, transportation, and climate change have significant impacts on our lives and this book helps readers understand the changes happening at the nexus of these areas, as they relate to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality. Discussing the transitions to electric vehicles, solar and wind energy for electricity generation, battery developments, smart grids and electric power management, and progress in the electrification of agricultural technology, it also provides the latest information in the context of the United Nations sustainable development goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Features: Includes content on how to improve urban air quality in large cities and urban environments. Effectively addresses the nexus of energy, transportation, air quality, climate change and health. Discusses innovative concepts at the nexus of renewable energy, smart grid, electric vehicles, and electric power management. Describes recent progress in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Written for a wide audience by world experts in sustainability. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emission and Improving Air Quality: Two Interrelated Global Challenges, is an invaluable book for professionals and academics at the center of changes relating to solar and wind energy, electric vehicles, and charging infrastructure, including government officials, community leaders, researchers, students, and interested citizens. It is also an excellent text for classes that address sustainability, particularly for those focused on transportation and energy. "
    Keywords: Air quality, policy;Electricity;Electric vehicles;Batteries;Paris Agreement;Solar energy;Wind energy ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNK Environment, transport & planning law::LNKJ Environment law ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy & protocols ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology::TQK Pollution control
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    Lehrbuch der Electricität und des Magnetismus, Band 1 (1883)
    Berlin : Springer
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    Keywords: Physics ; Vectors ; Electostatics ; Electostatic Instuments ; Conduction ; Resistance ; EMF ; Electolysis ; Conductance
    Description / Table of Contents: "Maxwell is without peer. This printing is an opportunity to become thoroughly acquainted with the thought of the greatest of our electrical scientists." — School Science and MathHere is the final elaboration of Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism, including the systematic and rigorous derivation of his general equations of field theory. These equations continue to occupy a central position in the modern physicist's view of the physical world. They are a magnificent summary of the fundamental advances in electricity and magnetism, and later inspired the theories of Lorentz on the electron and Einstein on relativity. Einstein himself has said that "The formulation of these equations is the most important event in physics since Newton's time." (The Evolution of Physics.) Volume 1, Part 1, "Electrostatics," describes electrostatic phenomena and develops a mathematical theory of electricity. Maxwell discusses electrical work and energy in a system of conductors, mechanical action between two electrical systems, forms of equipotential surfaces and line of flow, spherical harmonics, the theory of electric images, and other topics. Part II, "Electrokinematics," deals with electric current conduction and resistance, electromotive force between bodies in contact, electrolysis, the mathematical theory of the distribution of electric currents, and other topics.
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XX, 528 Seiten)
    URL: http://www.archive.org/details/lehrbuchderelec00maxwgoog
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    Lehrbuch der Electricität und des Magnetismus, Band 2 (1883)
    Berlin : Springer
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    Keywords: Physics ; Magnetism ; Induction ; Solenoids ; Measurements ; Electromagnetism ; Ampere ; Current ; Field ; Units ; Current Sheet ; Instruments ; Coil ; Light
    Description / Table of Contents: "Maxwell is without peer. This printing is an opportunity to become thoroughly acquainted with the thought of the greatest of our electrical scientists." — School Science and MathHere is the final elaboration of Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism, including the systematic and rigorous derivation of his general equations of field theory. These equations continue to occupy a central position in the modern physicist's view of the physical world. They are a magnificent summary of the fundamental advances in electricity and magnetism, and later inspired the theories of Lorentz on the electron and Einstein on relativity. Einstein himself has said that "The formulation of these equations is the most important event in physics since Newton's time." (The Evolution of Physics.) Volume 1, Part 1, "Electrostatics," describes electrostatic phenomena and develops a mathematical theory of electricity. Maxwell discusses electrical work and energy in a system of conductors, mechanical action between two electrical systems, forms of equipotential surfaces and line of flow, spherical harmonics, the theory of electric images, and other topics. Part II, "Electrokinematics," deals with electric current conduction and resistance, electromotive force between bodies in contact, electrolysis, the mathematical theory of the distribution of electric currents, and other topics.
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    URL: http://www.archive.org/details/lehrbuchderelec01maxwgoog
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