Los 繳ltimos espasmos de la locura nuclear
La locura, como expresi籀n m獺xima de la irracionalidad que afecta a los actos del ser humano, se muestra como un rasgo esquivo y de dif穩cil aprehensi籀n, incluso en una era como la nuestra en la que la digitalizaci籀n imperante es, parad籀jicamente, muestra de l籀gica y de orden. La exposici籀n de la humanidad al factor nuclear durante los 繳ltimos setenta y cinco a簽os ha dado lugar a un nuevo tipo de locura, exacerbada, extrema, contagiosa y autodestructiva, en la que la civilizaci籀n se ha puesto a s穩 misma al borde de la extinci籀n debido a la consecuci籀n del m獺s importante avance en la historia de la ciencia, el dominio de las poderosas fuerzas albergadas en el interior del n繳cleo del 獺tomo. Aquello que en la naturaleza es fuente de creaci籀n y que se encuentra en el origen de la vida ha sido empleado para proceder a la extinci籀n de lo propio y de lo extra簽o, en una carrera desenfrenada tutelada por seres que desprecian tanto su vida como la misma existencia del mundo que les sostiene. Si la ausencia de juicio es signo distintivo de la locura, la perversi籀n de ese mismo juicio es el que se encuentra en la base de la locura nuclear, sirviendo de justificaci籀n para la adopci籀n de las decisiones que m獺s se oponen al orden natural de las cosas en el que, en 繳ltima instancia, descansa la esencia de la existencia de la humanidad.
Theory and Practice in Sustainable Planning and Design
Global warming and the resulting climate change affect the cities most. With the decrease of rural areas in recent years, migration to cities has increased. With the rapid migration, an orderly structuring occurred in the cities, and as a result, the quality of the urban environment has started to decrease. In order to mitigate this issue, planners and designers have started to use different approaches to make cities more sustainable and livable. This book contains new theories, approaches and practices that scientists devise for physical planning and design.
Sun, Cloud And Snow in the Western Highlands - From Glencoe to Ardnamurchan, Mull and Arran
This early work will delight lovers of Scotland with its conversational style. It provides a window into a bygone era. Nonetheless, modern day visitors to Scotland will recognise the landscapes and views that Gardner depicts. Over one hundred full page black and white photographs of the region's stunning mountains, valleys, lakes and rivers accompany the text. With chapters on Ballaghulish and Glencoe; Aardgour, Sunart and Ardnamurchan; Mull and Iona; The Hills of Arran. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
Urban Ecology
Urban Ecology covers the latest theoretical and applied concepts in urban ecological research. This book covers the key environmental issues of urban ecosystems as well as the human-centric issues, particularly those of governance, economics, sociology and human health. The goal of Urban Ecology is to challenge readers' thinking around urban ecology from a resource-based approach to a holistic and applied field for sustainable development. There are seven major themes of the book: emerging urban concepts and urbanization, land use/land cover change, urban social-ecological systems, urban environment, urban material balance, smart, healthy and sustainable cities and sustainable urban design. Within each section, key concepts such as monitoring the urbanization phenomena, land use cover, urban soil fluxes, urban metabolism, pollution and human health and sustainable cities are covered. Urban Ecology serves as a comprehensive and advanced book for students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers in urban ecology and urban environmental research, planning and practice.
Diseases and Pests of Ornamental Plants
This vintage book contains comprehensive guide to plant diseases and pests that commonly affect ornamental plants and flowers in the garden by Bernard O. Dodge. Including detailed descriptions as well as step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams, this fantastic handbook constitutes a must-have for those who grow or wish to grow beautiful and healthy flowers in their gardens. Contents include: "The Control of Plant Diseases", "The Nature of Plant Diseases", "Diseases of Vegetables", "Diseases of Fruit", "Diseases of Rose", "Virus Diseases", "Pests of Fruit and Roses", "Fruit Pests", "Pests of Roses", and "Insecticides". Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.
Kudankulam
Since the 1980s, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu has faced multiple forms of resistance. Women and men from different walks of life -- fishers, farmers, environmentalists, activists, writers, scholars, teachers, journalists, doctors, and lawyers among many others -- have come together to combat the deadly radioactive repercussions and repression that come with the development of a high-security nuclear installation. Drawing upon their experiences, this historical and ethnographic study accounts for the anti-nuclear campaign's part in 'right-to-lives' movements while engaging with the (re)production of knowledge and ignorance in the understanding of radiation, and efforts to create an evidence base in response to the otherwise unavailable or insufficient data on the environment and public health in India. Tracing the grassroots struggle for 'energy justice' off- and on-line, the author looks into the larger questions of development, democracy, and nationalism. These have marked not just parts of India identified for large-scale constructions, but also other regions of the world where state functionaries have much to gain from corporate collaborations at the cost of local residents who lose their livelihoods, and are forcibly displaced, persecuted, or even killed in order to execute governmental designs in the name of the nation.
Fire
This book is devoted to the complex nature of fire, the intricasies of the combustion process, the influence of chemical and physical properties of fuels, and the proper means of fire extinguishment. It lists sequentially the various factors in the combustion process.
Environmental Sustainability
In 1994, representatives from all over the world met in Costa Rica to discuss the impact of ecological economics on developing countries. That groundbreaking conference laid the foundation for this new collection of research on environmental sustainability.
Introduction to Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling for Ecological Data
Making statistical modeling and inference more accessible to ecologists and related scientists, this book gives readers a flexible and effective framework to learn about complex ecological processes from various sources of data. It shows how Bayesian statistical modeling provides an intuitive way to organize data, test ideas, investigate competi
Risk Assessment with Time to Event Models
This volume is the first comprehensive treatment of time to event methodology as it relates to ecological risk assessment. Leading Experts from industry, academia, and government regulatory agencies explain how these methods can be used to extract more useful information from laboratory data than can be gained from the use of simple summary statist
Microbiological Aspects of Biofilms and Drinking Water
Focusing on the future of drinking water and its associated health hazards, Microbiological Aspects of Biofilms and Drinking Water highlights the microbiological aspects relating to the development of biofilms. It provides a deeper understanding of biofilms and how they provide a haven for pathogens and water related diseases. The book includes a g
Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Dairy Farms
Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Dairy Farms presents an innovative environmental proposal. While chiefly focusing on dairy farms, the environmental solution it describes is applicable to the entire livestock sector. The book is divided into five chapters, the first of which addresses the carbon footprint of dairy farms. Chapter two provides an overview of the animal production system, focusing on the physiology of the ruminant stomach and the greenhouse gases emitted by dairy cows. In turn, the third chapter covers dairy farm systems, explaining both intensive and extensive husbandry systems. The book's final two chapters present the-state-of-art in CO2 capture, and describe a new and innovative CO2-RFP strategy. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to chemists, biologists, biotechnologists, and researchers active in agriculture and food-related areas, as well as those working in the food and dairy industry.
Integrated Life-Cycle and Risk Assessment for Industrial Processes and Products
The book covers the use of life-cycle assessment, risk assessment, and a combined framework of the two in the evaluation of environmental damages and sustainability constraints. The new edition will take into account new developments in the last 10 years and will extend the scope of the book to cover also products.
Pesticides in the Atmosphere
Pesticides in the Atmosphere focuses on the review and interpretation of direct measurements of pesticides in the environment.
Ground Water Quality and Agricultural Practices
This outstanding reference book deals with effects of various agricultural practices on ground water quality and usage; and ground water management strategies for protection of ground water affected by agriculture.
Resource Recovery Economics
This critical volume addresses an important contemporary issue, how to determine themost cost-effective approach to solid waste disposal. Based on wide-ranging, practicalexperience, this time-saving work details a systems approach to feasibility studies, providingthe basis for accurate, efficient analysis.
Gold Metallurgy and the Environment
This book gives an overview of all the gold extraction processes along with their mechanistic study and environmental impact. Different approaches in gold extraction are discussed including traditional pyrometallurgy, amalgamation, leaching by cyanide or non-cyanide lixiviants and emerging bioleaching using micro-organisms, in detail.
International Environmental Standards Handbook
Lack of knowledge about, and noncompliance with, international standards can result in loss of sales and partnership opportunities as well as possible legal action. The International Environmental Standards Handbook provides the necessary historical background to understand the current status of international environmental standards. It contains co
A Practical Guide to Understanding, Managing, and Reviewing Environmental Risk Assessment
Written by industry experts, this dynamic new book concentrates on the successful management and creation of a risk assessment report. A Practical Guide to Understanding, Managing and Reviewing Risk Assessment Reports provides team leaders and team members with a strategy for developing reports that are accurate, useful, and adaptable for an indust
Voluntary Environmental Management
This text explores how business and industry have already adopted environmental auditing and management tools; examines the deficiencies of government-imposed environmental regulations; and shows how organizations can become more proactive.
The Reuse and Recycling of Contaminated Soil
This book presents a new way of viewing contaminated soil-as a resource that in many instances can be recovered. The Reuse and Recycling of Contaminated Soils addresses the waste problem associated with contaminated soil and considers alternatives that are environmentally sound, cost-effective, and time efficient.
Sustainable Retrofitting of Commercial Buildings
Authoritative volume on issues and solutions for retrofitting of commercial buildings in cool climates
The Suburban Squeeze
The Suburban Squeeze: Land Conversion and Regulation in the San Francisco Bay Area is a landmark study of how local land use policies and environmental regulations reshaped one of the country's fastest-growing metropolitan regions. David E. Dowall traces the historical arc of Bay Area suburbanization after World War II and demonstrates how restrictive zoning, slow-growth ordinances, and fiscal constraints--especially after Proposition 13--contributed to rising housing costs and deepening jobs-housing imbalances. Through detailed case studies of six Bay Area cities and a comprehensive survey of local planning departments, the book reveals how well-intentioned growth controls have produced cumulative regional effects: higher land prices, constrained residential supply, and escalating pressures on industry and infrastructure. Balancing rigorous quantitative analysis with lucid narrative, Dowall situates the Bay Area as both a cautionary tale and a national bellwether. He documents the direct costs of land use controls on new housing, the indirect spillovers in markets, and the broader social consequences of the suburban squeeze. By pairing cities with contrasting land use regimes, the book effectively constructs a "natural experiment" in urban planning, offering rare empirical evidence of how regulations shape metropolitan economies. For planners, policymakers, and scholars of housing and urban development, The Suburban Squeeze remains a vital resource--one that underscores the high costs of inaction while calling for more integrated regional approaches to reconcile environmental quality with the urgent need for affordable homes. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.
Handbook of Pesticides
This handbook provides a systematic description of the principles, procedures, and technology of the modern analytical techniques used in the detection, extraction, clean up, and determination of pesticide residues in the environment. Analyzing the historical background of pesticides and emerging trends in pesticide regulation, it discusses vari
Ecologies of the Early Garden City
This is a study of the inaugural decade (1903-1913) of the first Garden City at Letchworth, in Hertfordshire, employing theories derived from landscape ecology and assemblage theory. The early Garden City movement, as represented by the writings of Ebenezer Howard--particularly his book Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898)--was a concerted attempt to redefine many urban practices. The Garden City strove to unite town and country through the garden, it emerged as a direct response to what were perceived to be the evils of the large industrial cities of the nineteenth century. The field of landscape ecology provides a structural method for examining the behavior of landscapes, by focusing on flow, patch, and boundary systems. These are examined in the urban context, along with the broad topic of agency. Ecological factors are complemented by Gilles Deleuze and F矇lix Guattari's concept of "assemblage," with its emphasis on territorial, cultural, and formal factors. This provides the material for a study of the theories of Ebenezer Howard and the early history of Letchworth Garden City. This includes exploring the central role of gardens, farms, and the greenbelt in the Garden City model, along with agents such as the gardener, farmer, and manager. The Garden City also pioneered modern town-planning, and contributed in such areas as planned neighborhoods, housing design, streetscape composition, architectural controls, controlled growth, urban zoning, greenspace organization, and regional responsiveness.
Ecological Risk Assessment
The definitive reference on ecological risk assessment, this second edition was completely rewritten to detail advances in science and practice since 1992. Coverage now includes more discussion of the application of ecological risk assessment (ERA) to agents other than chemical contaminants. The author has re-organized the material, presenting a un
Environmental Management
More than 200 structured problems presented in the book are meant to elicit a sound understanding of the basics of environmental monitoring, assessment and control.
Waste Production and Utilization in the Metal Extraction Industry
Metal waste treatment for resource recovery and recycling are major contributors to sustainable economic advancement. This book provides a holistic approach to metal waste management, reuse, and recycling in the mining and beneficiation processes, pyro metallurgical and hydrometallurgical processes, metal finishing and manufacturing, and post-co
Landscape Ecology
The growing science of landscape ecology quantifies the ways ecosystems interact. Landscape Ecology: A Top-Down Approach serves as a general introduction to this emerging area of study. The authors give a historical perspective in order to assess and critique current conservation management practices. They provide insight into landforms and geomorp
Hydraulic Fill Manual
This thoroughly researched book, written by noted experts, takes the reader step-by-step through the complex development of a hydraulic fill project.
Principles of Environmental Thermodynamics and Kinetics
This book is about applications of chemical thermodynamics and kinetics to various environmental problems related to air, water, soil, and biota. The new edition contains substantial updates and a new table of contents. The applications are new and extended to include current events in environmentally-based challenges. Demonstrates the theoretic
Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries
This book provides basic guidelines for a holistic approach to achieving sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) systems in developing countries. It covers all the fundamental concepts of MSWM; the various component systems, such as collection, transportation, processing, and disposal; and their integration. Various component technol
Sustainable Retrofitting of Commercial BuildingsWarm Climates
Presents a methodology for retrofitting existing commercial buildings in warm climates, using bioclimatic design
Bioaerosols Handbook
This comprehensive handbook provides up-to-date knowledge and practical advice from established authorities in aerosol science.
Planet EarthThe Latest Weapon of War - Enhanced Edition
As weaponry and warfare have become more sophisticated, so their long-term effects have become more insidious and deadly. Whilst it is easy to identify the visible aftermath of war, how can we gauge less obvious costs such as poverty, famine, environmental problems and civil unrest? Each year governments pump huge amounts of money into military research programs but what do we really know about the long-term consequences?In Planet Earth, Rosalie Bertell proposes that the key to understanding the impact of future wars lies in a close analysis of the past. She shows how the quest for military power has destabilized the delicate natural balance of the Earth's ecosystem, causing widespread devastation in environmental, economic and social terms and calls for a new approach to security, which rises above national agendas to seek global solutions to a global problem."I hope this book will give readers some inspiration as to how they might become involved in helping our planet evolve to its full potential. Despite years of abuse, it is still an amazing and beautiful creation. It deserves our best efforts. Enjoy it, love it, and save it!"Rosalie Bertell
A Natural History of ColorANatural History of ColorThe Science Behind What We See and How
A star curator at the American Museum of Natural History widens the palette and shows how the physical, natural, and cultural context of color are inextricably tied to what we see right before our eyes. Is color a phenomenon of science or a thing of art? Over the years, color has dazzled, enhanced, and clarified the world we see, embraced through the experimental palettes of painting, the advent of the color photograph, Technicolor pictures, color printing, on and on, a vivid and vibrant celebrated continuum. These turns to represent reality in "living color" echo our evolutionary reliance on and indeed privileging of color as a complex and vital form of consumption, classification, and creation. It's everywhere we look, yet do we really know much of anything about it? Finding color in stars and light, examining the system of classification that determines survival through natural selection, studying the arrival of color in our universe and as a fulcrum for philosophy, DeSalle's brilliant A Natural History of Color establishes that an understanding of color on many different levels is at the heart of learning about nature, neurobiology, individualism, even a philosophy of existence. Color and a fine tuned understanding of it is vital to understanding ourselves and our consciousness.
Biofiltration for Air Pollution Control
The number-one environmental threat to public health, air pollution remains a pressing problem-made even more complicated by the massive quantity and diversity of air pollution sources.
Mit Biotracks Zur Biodiversit瓣t
Vor dem Hintergrund fehlender Naturerfahrungen sowie der zunehmend digital gepr瓣gten Lebenswelt der Lernenden entwickelt Luise Knoblich ein didaktisches Verfahren mit Schwerpunkt Biodiversit瓣t f羹r den Biologieunterricht an au?erschulischen Lernorten unter Nutzung von Smartphones. Die praktische Umsetzung der aus dem zehnschrittigen Verfahren resultierenden biologisch basierten GPS-Touren ("Biotracks") hat gezeigt, dass Biotracks positive Wirkungen auf die Umweltbildung, speziell die Umwelteinstellungen, das Umweltwissen und -handeln der Lernenden haben k繹nnen. Durch das Biotrack-Verfahren werden neue Lehr- und Lernmethoden erweitert. Weitere Kennzeichen sind die breite Anwendbarkeit, der Beitrag zur Forschung sowie die ?ffentlichkeitsarbeit.
Contamination of Groundwaters
This book discusses methodology and modeling dealing with both inorganic and organic contaminants. It presents case studies--there are scenarios for contamination with both inorganic and organic chemicals including agriculturally-related constituents, such as the nitrates.
Nepa and Environmental Planning
A tool for predicting environmental impacts, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) can also be used to predict the impacts of natural disasters and potential terrorist attacks. This book demonstrates how to use NEPA as a framework to support decision-making. It includes examples that demonstrate how NEPA can be efficiently integrated with ot
Mine VentilationA Concise Guide for Students
Fundamental Concepts of Fluid Mechanics for Mine Ventilation.- Environmental Conditions in the Mine.- Flow Rates and Pressure Measurements.- Mine Ventilation Networks.- Main Ventilation.- Fans and Flow Control Devices.- The Role of Ventilation in Fires and Explosions.- Secondary Ventilation.
Ocean Pollution
This book concentrates on data from the Atlantic coast of the United States, attempts to assemble what was known about pollution-associated diseases of marine animals and encompasses quantitative effects of pollution on resource populations and public health aspects of coastal pollution.
Workbook of Atmospheric Dispersion Estimates
This completely updated and revised Second Edition of the popular Workbook of Atmospheric Dispersion Estimates provides an important foundation for understanding dispersion modeling as it is being practiced today.
Environmental Waste Management
This book promotes the proper management and utilization of industrial waste, delivering in-depth, state-of-the-art information on the physicochemical properties, chemical composition, and environmental risks associated with industrial waste from the sugar, pulp and paper, tanning, distilling, textile, petroleum hydrocarbon, and agrochemical sec
Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface
Forests at the wildland-urban interface are at increasing risk due to the impacts of urbanization. This text provides information, strategies, and tools to enhance natural resource management, planning, and policymaking at the wildland-urban interface, and demonstrates effective ways to conserve and manage interface forestlands for continued ecolog
A Systems Approach to the Environmental Analysis of Pollution Minimization
Written by an international authority, A Systems Approach to the Environmental Analysis of Pollution Minimization details the characteristic and common features of different systems of environmental interest.
Green Leviathan
Offering an essential insight into the complexities of policy-making, this volume builds on comparative case studies on air and water pollution to examine how governance structure affects environmental policy performance in the US, Switzerland, Canada and the European Union.
OECD Principles on Water Governance
The science-policy interface is critical to the design and implementation of water policies. In theory, scientists provide policy makers with robust facts and data that can help guide decision making, and lessons from the political economy of reforms can push scientific boundaries further to trigger further research for wise solutions. While evidence-based policy is obviously desirable, in practice such a connection is not always straightforward. Another assumption behind the science-policy gap is the discrepancy between scientists and policy makers in terms of culture, process, timing, language and expected outcome. This book tries to reconcile this discrepancy through a multi-stakeholder approach to authoring its different articles. This joint initiative between the OECD - particularly its Water Governance Initiative - and the International Water Resources Association seeks to provide a canvas for grounding water policy in science, and vice versa. The objective of this book, devoted to the OECD Principles on Water Governance, is to use the OECD Principles as a common thread across the articles to draw lessons from theoretical work and practical experiences in water governance reforms; but also to only feature papers authored by groups of diverse stakeholders from different institutional backgrounds. This book was originally published as a special issue of Water International.
