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The Shale Renaissance
Although a technique for hydraulic fracturing - more commonly known as fracking - was developed and implemented in the 1970s in Texas, fracking of the Marcellus Shale formation …
Mining and its Environmental Impact
This first Issue in the series contains nine articles written by leading British and American experts from the mining industry, regulatory authorities, and academia, and …
Illegal Logging in the Tropics
Examine why illegal logging is so pervasiveand how this problem can be addressedIn March 2002, the Yale chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters brought together …
Mercury - Cadmium - Lead Handbook for Sustainable Heavy Metals Policy and Regulation
Although this is a handbook for policy and regulation, the major part of it is filled with data on the three heavy metals that served as examples: mercury, cadmium and lead. …
Biodiversity-Health-Sustainability Nexus in Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)
This is an open access book. It is a compilation of case studies that provide useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground activities and contribute to policy …
Environmental Toxicology, Economics and Institutions
This work stems from the activities carried out under the European Science Foundation's Environmental Toxicology Programme and its daughter programme, Environmental Damage and …
Field Measurements for Forest Carbon Monitoring
In the summer of 2003, a workshop was held in Portsmouth, NH, to discuss land measurement techniques for the North American Carbon Program. Over 40 sci- tists representing …
Chemometrics in Environmental Chemistry - Applications
Pattern recognition and other chemometrical techniques are important tools in interpreting environmental data. This volume presents authoritatively state-of-the-art applications of …
Chlorinated Solvent Source Zone Remediation
The purpose of this book is to help engineers and scientists better understand dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) contamination of groundwater and the methods and technology …
Biological Assessment of Natural and Anthropogenic Ecosystems
This new volume, Biological Assessment of Natural and Anthropogenic Ecosystems: Trends in Diagnosis of Environmental Stress, diverse methods and achievements in assessing the …
Tools for Land Use Analysis on Different Scales
Regional development is intrinsically related to the way in which the land is used. Given the rising awareness of the multifunctionality of the world's land resources, policy …
Risk and Society: The Interaction of Science, Technology and Public Policy
Life in the last quarter of the twentieth century presents a baffling array of complex issues. The benefits of technology are arrayed against the risks and hazards of those same …