Textural - Mineralogical Characteristics and Micro Plastic Occurance
The current study intends to provide baseline data on pollution and sedimentological features. This study covers the range of sources of microplastics that build up on beach sands and cause environmental problems in the study region. They damage ecosystems, injure marine life, and take up toxins that may find their way into food chains. For the sake of human health and coastal ecosystems, pollution must be closely observed and addressed.
Protected Species and Biodiversity
This book provides a single source of guidance on the protected-species survey data that accompany planning applications. Comprehensive and clear, it is an essential reference for planners and ecological consultants. New development proposals potentially affect protected species on a daily basis. For the first time, this guide brings together in one place all the key elements needed to collect and interpret survey data for protected species and therefore help determine planning applications. By working through individual species and group tables, even the least experienced planner can begin critically to evaluate the often-variable material provided by ecologists in planning submissions. Chapters cover: the planning system and biodiversity; government guidance and its interpretation; how to secure better quality data; the most recent standing advice; detailed notes on protected species; drawing in data from other surveys, and biodiversity net gain. Packed with information, the book also codifies what a planner expects from ecologists, so that both target audiences are able to work better together, and thus more effectively help safeguard protected species.
Quality of tap and pretreated drinking water in rural taxa
The results of the research allowed to justify a set of hygienic measures aimed at the necessity of priority introduction of the system of social and hygienic monitoring of quality indicators of tap and pre-treated drinking water, to establish their impact on the health status of rural residents; to recommend the introduction of installations for additional treatment of drinking water in the first place in those rural taxa, whose residents do not have access to quality drinking water; to carry out a comparative assessment of quality indicators of tap and pre-treated drinking water. It was found that the majority of rural residents in certain taxa of Dnipropetrovsk region have coverage rates of collective water supply systems 18.5-1.5 times lower than the recommended "National Target Indicators of Ukraine" in 2015, and 34, 6% of rural residents do not have a centralized wastewater disposal system.
Together We Can Turn Tides
WE MUST TURN THE TIDE NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE We live on Planet Ocean. Covering two thirds of our blue planet, the ocean's health is inseparable from our own, whether we realise it or not. Whether we live in a city or on the coast, are young or old, rich or poor, connecting or reconnecting with the ocean is fundamental to our wellbeing. This second edition of the book presents the current state of the ocean and highlights the mass destruction that is taking place. It then sets out a manifesto of how we human beings are capable of doing something positive to protect our ocean. Using the ORCA Gentle Way - we can and should, all help.
We Are Eating the Earth
From the author of New York Times bestseller The New New Deal, a groundbreaking piece of reportage from the trenches of the next climate war: the fight to fix our food system. Humanity has cleared a land mass the size of Asia plus Europe to grow food, and our food system generates a third of our carbon emissions. By 2050, we're going to need a lot more calories to fill nearly 10 billion bellies, but we can't feed the world without frying it if we keep tearing down an acre of rainforest every six seconds. We are eating the earth, and the greatest challenge facing our species will be to slow our relentless expansion of farmland into nature. Even if we quit fossil fuels, we'll keep hurtling towards climate chaos if we don't solve our food and land problems. In this rollicking, shocking narrative, Grunwald shows how the world, after decades of ignoring the climate problem at the center of our plates, has pivoted to making it worse, embracing solutions that sound sustainable but could make it even harder to grow more food with less land. But he also tells the stories of the dynamic scientists and entrepreneurs pursuing real solutions, from a jungle-tough miracle crop called pongamia to genetically-edited cattle embryos, from Impossible Whoppers to a non-polluting pesticide that uses the technology behind the COVID vaccines to constipate beetles to death. It's an often infuriating saga of lobbyists, politicians, and even the scientific establishment making terrible choices for humanity, but it's also a hopeful account of the people figuring out what needs to be done--and trying to do it. Michael Grunwald, bestselling author of The Swamp and The New New Deal, builds his narrative around a brilliant, relentless, unforgettable food and land expert named Tim Searchinger. He chronicles Searchinger's uphill battles against bad science and bad politics, both driven by the overwhelming influence of agricultural interests. And he illuminates a path that could save our planetary home for ourselves and future generations--through better policy, technology, and behavior, as well as a new land ethic recognizing that every acre matters.
A Watershed Moment
The American West is often portrayed as a place of rugged, unending landscapes presenting us with boundless opportunities. But the land is more fragile and resources more finite than popular perceptions acknowledge. This collection of essays, A Watershed Moment, reveals tensions between a culture of economic growth and personal freedom and the ecological, economic, and social constraints set by community values and the land itself. As Westerners and their communities come up against these limits, the volume editors highlight issues of sustainability endemic to the region and to the nation as a whole. The volume presents practical approaches to land use, land management, and community planning that are motivated by philosophical views on justice, quality of life, and sustainability in the American West. The contributors are policymakers, government employees, land and water managers, urban planners, biologists, tribal members, writers, and academics from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. The result is a compelling vision of place-based, policy-oriented sustainability across the West.
Artificial Intelligence and Systems of the Earth
Artificial Intelligence and Systems of the Earth is a book about the potential and capabilities of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for studying the Earth. It aims to serve as an eye-opener on new avenues of scientific research that can be enabled by AI/ML and acts as a "what if" book, rather than a "how to" book.
A Watershed Moment
The American West is often portrayed as a place of rugged, unending landscapes presenting us with boundless opportunities. But the land is more fragile and resources more finite than popular perceptions acknowledge. This collection of essays, A Watershed Moment, reveals tensions between a culture of economic growth and personal freedom and the ecological, economic, and social constraints set by community values and the land itself. As Westerners and their communities come up against these limits, the volume editors highlight issues of sustainability endemic to the region and to the nation as a whole. The volume presents practical approaches to land use, land management, and community planning that are motivated by philosophical views on justice, quality of life, and sustainability in the American West. The contributors are policymakers, government employees, land and water managers, urban planners, biologists, tribal members, writers, and academics from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. The result is a compelling vision of place-based, policy-oriented sustainability across the West.
Slow Down
"Accessible and convincing."--Sally Rooney "[A] well-reasoned and eye-opening treatise . . . [Kohei Saito makes] a provocative and visionary proposal." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Saito's clarity of thought, plethora of evidence, and conversational, gentle, yet urgent tone . . . are sure to win over open-minded readers who understand the dire nature of our global situation . . . A cogently structured anti-capitalist approach to the climate crisis." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Why, in our affluent society, do so many people live in poverty, without access to health care, working multiple jobs and are nevertheless unable to make ends meet, with no future prospects, while the planet is burning? In his international bestseller, Kohei Saito argues that while unfettered capitalism is often blamed for inequality and climate change, subsequent calls for "sustainable growth" and a "Green New Deal" are a dangerous compromise. Capitalism creates artificial scarcity by pursuing profit based on the value of products rather than their usefulness and by putting perpetual growth above all else. It is therefore impossible to reverse climate change in a capitalist society--more: the system that caused the problem in the first place cannot be an integral part of the solution. Instead, Saito advocates for degrowth and deceleration, which he conceives as the slowing of economic activity through the democratic reform of labor and production. In practical terms, he argues for: the end of mass production and mass consumptiondecarbonization through shorter working hoursthe prioritization of essential labor over corporate profitsBy returning to a system of social ownership, he argues, we can restore abundance and focus on those activities that are essential for human life, effectively reversing climate change and saving the planet.
Morphometric Characterization of the Microbasins of the Ape繳 River, Par獺, Brazil
The management of river basins and water resources follows the law of the National Water Resources Policy, which, aided by software, statistical techniques and concepts of geomorphology, helps to analyze the physical parameters of the environmental system in a GIS environment. The aim of this study is to apply multivariate analysis to morphometric parameters extracted from the automatic delimitation of micro-drainage basins, allowing them to be characterized as management units in land management. The methodology follows the steps: photointerpretation of the drainage digitalization; production of the corrected MDE; delimitation and extraction of the automatic hydrography; and multivariate statistical analysis of the parameters. This resulted in the automatic delimitation of the micro-basins and drainage of the Ape繳 river basin. The parameters Average Basin Slope, Shape Factor and Circularity Index had the greatest influence on the total variation in morphometric data. The cluster analysis made it possible to generate management units with similar characteristics, as well as to define the relevant parameters in their formation, enabling planning and territorial management actions in the area.
Working Watersheds
A personal narrative, an examination of literary texts, and a history of the Lackawanna Valley region, Bill Conlogue's Working Watersheds explores how water has circulated in the former anthracite capital of the world. Conlogue not only recounts water's use in anthracite mining and textile making, but also investigates its resulting pollution. He delves into the current natural gas boom, which threatens groundwater, and concludes with hopes of environmental renewal and restoration. Offering a fresh way to think about the Anthropocene, this distinctive history of water and coal in the Lackawanna Valley discusses how both water abundance and scarcity might play out as global temperatures rise. Working Watersheds is designed to trigger debates about the nature of history, the significance of literature, and the importance of linking person, place, and planet in an era of climate change.
Working Watersheds
A personal narrative, an examination of literary texts, and a history of the Lackawanna Valley region, Bill Conlogue's Working Watersheds explores how water has circulated in the former anthracite capital of the world. Conlogue not only recounts water's use in anthracite mining and textile making, but also investigates its resulting pollution. He delves into the current natural gas boom, which threatens groundwater, and concludes with hopes of environmental renewal and restoration. Offering a fresh way to think about the Anthropocene, this distinctive history of water and coal in the Lackawanna Valley discusses how both water abundance and scarcity might play out as global temperatures rise. Working Watersheds is designed to trigger debates about the nature of history, the significance of literature, and the importance of linking person, place, and planet in an era of climate change.
Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on Gboko Town of Benue State
This research assessed the impact of rural-urban migration on Gboko town of Benue state. Specifically, the study analysed the socio-economic characteristics of migrants in Gboko town, analyze the effects of rural-urban migration, and identify measures to decrease it. The study was anchored on the Push-Pull theory, New economics of labour migration theory and Rational Choice Theory. The study adopted survey research method using a questionnaire as data gathering instrument. Sample size of 400 was determined using Taro Yamane's formula out of the estimated population of 488,162 respondents. The study used the stratified, purposive and simple random sampling techniques in selecting respondents for the study.
Effects of Hydraulic Ram Pumps Use to the Living Standards
This study investigated how hydraulic ram pumps help raise the standard of living for those who live in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). This study's primary goal was to determine how hydraulic ram pumps in the Yatta Sub County of Machakos, Kenya, contributed to raising the standard of living for residents in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). The specific objectives were to evaluate how Hydraulic Ram Pumps have contributed to reducing hunger in Yatta Sub County in Machakos County, assess the contribution of hydraulic Ram Pumps to minimizing poverty in Yatta Sub County in Machakos County, and investigate the contribution of hydraulic pumps towards alleviation of water scarcity alleviation in Yatta Sub County in Machakos County. The following research questions guided the researcher: How do Hydraulic Ram Pumps reduce hunger in the Yatta Sub-county in Machakos County?
Responsible Production and Consumption
Zero Hunger (SDG-2) and Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG-12) of the United Nations are very crucial aspects for any economy in the world.
Academic Writing for Geographers
There are many 'how-to' books on writing for academics; none of these, however, relate specifically to the discipline of geography. In this book, the author identifies the principle modes of academic writing that graduate students and early-career faculty will encounter - specifically focusing on those forms expected of geographers, that is, those modes that are reviewed by academic peers. This book is readily accessible to senior undergraduate and graduate students and early-career faculty who may feel intimidated by the process of writing. This volume is not strictly a 'how-to' or 'step-by-step' manual for writing an article or book; rather, through the use of real, concrete examples from published and unpublished works, the author de-mystifies the process of different types of scholarly pieces geographers have to write with the specific needs and challenges of the discipline in mind. Although chapters are thematic-based, e.g., stand-alone chapters on book reviews, articles, and books, the manuscript is structured around the concept of story-telling, for it is the author's contention that all writing, whether a 'scientific' study or more humanist essay, is a form of story-telling.
Contribution to the study on maintaining food security
Eradicating food insecurity remains the overriding goal of any state seeking to improve the well-being of its population. Food insecurity is a scourge that affects the whole of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kinshasa in particular, even though the country has all the assets needed to face up to this scourge, with its abundance of animal and plant species that are useful for consumption, but which remain unexploited in sufficiently large quantities to meet the need.The fight against hunger is a major preoccupation of many countries in their fight against poverty, and is of course also the object of several international organizations. To better tackle this obstacle of food insecurity, it is therefore up to the State to make a firm commitment in its policy, which should guide the achievement of all the objectives agreed thanks to the close collaboration it should maintain.
Earth System Modeling, Data Assimilation and Predictability
Data Assimilation methods are now applied to many areas of prediction and forecasting. This second edition introduces readers to applications across Earth systems and coupled Earth-Human Systems. It's indispensable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners working in weather forecasting and climate prediction.
Pacific Northwest Coastal Environments
Pacific Northwest Coastal Environments: Earthquakes and Sea Level Rise investigates the potential impacts of changes in global sea level by examining historical sea and land levels, projected future levels, and by determining how those changes may affect future tides and storm surges to inform their potential to cause harmful impacts.
Report to the President of the Oversea Settlement Committee of the Delegates Appointed to Enquire as to Openings in Canada for Women From the United Kingdom. April-September, 1919
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Eco-Types
Why acknowledging diverse eco-social relationships can help us overcome the political polarization that undermines our ability to protect the environment When we picture the ideal environmentalist, we likely have in mind someone who dedicates herself to reducing her own environmental footprint through individual choices about consumption--driving a fuel-efficient car, for example, or eating less meat, or refusing plastic straws. This is a benchmark that many aspire to--and many others reject. In Eco-Types, Emily Huddart Kennedy shows that there is more than one way to care about the environment, outlining a spectrum of eco-social relationships that range from engagement to indifference. Drawing on three years of interviews and research, Kennedy describes five archetypal relationships with the environment: the Eco-Engaged, often politically liberal, who have an acute level of concern about the environment, a moral commitment to protect it, and the conviction that an individual can make a difference; the Self-Effacing, who share the Eco-Engaged's concerns but not the belief in their own efficacy; the Optimists, often politically conservative, who are confident in their relationship with the environment, doubt the severity of environmental problems, and resent insinuations that they don't care; the Fatalists, who are pessimistic about environmental decline and feel little responsibility to adopt environment-friendly habits; and the Indifferent, who have no affinity for any part of the environmental movement. Kennedy argues that when liberals feel they have a moral monopoly on environmental issues, polarization results. If we are serious about protecting the planet, we must acknowledge that we don't all need to care about the environment in the same way.
Wildlifer
Neil F. Payne has spent nearly his entire adult life working as a "wildlifer" throughout North America. With several books, articles, and research studies to his credit, Payne closes his estimable career by guiding readers through an analysis of wildlife management as a profession. From the influence of Aldo Leopold and John Muir, to wildlife education, habitat diversity, and the value of conservation, Payne provides an exhaustive study of not only a profession, but also a way of life, and how it must be preserved.
Florida's Water
Florida's Water poses fundamental questions about water sustainability in the United States' fourth largest state. Florida has long-standing water quality problems. Global climate change threatens to intensify Florida's floods and droughts, make hurricanes more common or more damaging, and eventually submerge much of low-lying Florida, including the Everglades. How can Florida meet these extraordinary challenges? And what lessons does the Florida experience hold for other states? This book fully integrates the many diverse responsibilities of water management into a readable and compelling combination of interesting narratives and deep analysis. Author Tom Swihart's unique, intimate knowledge of Florida's successes and failures in water management brings out both the novelty of Florida's water situation and the features that it has in common with other states.
Community Food Initiatives
This book examines a diverse range of community food initiatives in light of their everyday practices, innovations and contestations.
Extinction and Memorial Culture
This book considers how we encounter and make meaning from extinction in diverse settings and cultures.
Controlling International Shipping and Aviation Emissions
This book assesses the extent to which two specialized UN agencies- the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal - have been able to regulate environmental pollution in the global commons.
Restoring Climate
The first stage of climate change was the prehistoric to present deforestation, which leads to desertification and stops water from reducing the heat generated by solar radiation. This heat is the driver behind global warming, which is amplified by the greenhouse effect of carbon gases, as we all know.By stopping net deforestation and properly revegetating low latitude areas, we can rebalance the water cycle, restore the climate, and capture carbon in new trees.This book offers not only rational debate and quantitative justifications, but also new solutions for climate restoration, environmental protection, urban planning, transportation, agriculture, land development, and general human well-being.Everyone interested in climate can find valuable new insights in this book.
Assessment of water erosion using the aggregation method
Climate hazards refer to "extreme phenomena and physical trends associated with climate or their physical impacts". They are seen as an external climatic signal with significant impacts on human life, and more specifically on soil degradation. The document "Evaluation of water erosion by the aggregation method", takes stock of water erosion study techniques and proposes a new qualitative erosion estimation method. The method complements the concept of erodibility to climate change. It is based on the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the IPCC Working Group II (WGII). The method is evaluated according to four sub-methods: the structure of an impact chain of erodibility factors, the min-max method, the aggregation method, remote sensing and GIS mapping of actual erosion forms and processes. The method is based on a practical evaluation study in the Nariarl矇 sub-watershed, Nakanb矇 basin, Burkina Faso.
Methods in Human-Animal Studies
This timely book provides a methodological guide for how to conduct and theorize research in human-animal studies. In response to critiques of the anthropomorphic slant to human-animal research, and the increasing political relevance of animals in contemporary environmental debates.
Introduction to Ocean Circulation and Modeling
Introduction to Ocean Circulation and Modeling provide basics for physical oceanography. Covering ocean properties, ocean circulations and their modeling, the book is divided into two parts explaining concepts of oceanic circulation and basic implementation framework for ocean models, discussion of different models.
Rivers of the Asian Highlands
This book introduces readers to the intersecting headwaters of Asia's eight largest rivers, focusing on the upper reaches of two river systems: the Brahmaputra's highland tributaries in the eastern Himalayan Mountains and the Dri Chu, which descends from the Tibetan Plateau's east through the Hengduan Mountains.
Temporal analysis of land use and occupation
The aim of this book is to understand the relationship between urban growth and the reduction in vegetation as a result of subnormal urban development, where several neighbourhoods have been created without planning or land management, which has altered the use and coverage of the land. In this sense, the neighbourhood chosen as a case study was Imbiribeira, because it is an area close to streams and bodies of water, where the lack of vegetation would have a greater impact because it acts as riparian forest, thus reducing anthropogenic interference, in addition to checking the entire vegetation strip located within the neighbourhood in question, verifying the green percentage, which also serves to reduce the temperature of the region's microclimate. Other ranges of land use and occupation were also stratified, showing the nuances in the years 1984 to 2016 between ranges of images acquired from the INPE website, where they were georeferenced with the help of an orthorectified image, showing the advances of the urban area, which is a characteristic present in metropolitan regions, to the detriment of vegetation areas and exposed soil in the region analysed.
Spatial-Temporal Analysis Water Quality Framework
Realising the attraction I had for teaching and the need for further training, I took a master's degree in Geography at the Federal University of Goi獺s (UFG/CAJ), in the area of Environmental Analysis, with a scholarship from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). This work is a complement to my master's thesis.
The Ecological Management and Sustainable Development of Forests
In the context of climate change and rapid urbanization, it is urgent to investigate the ecological conditions of forests, analyze their ecological process, assess their ecological status, and explore effective measurements and policies to ensure their ecological management and sustainable development. This Reprint, entitled "The Ecological Management and Sustainable Development of Forests", presents 12 high-quality original research papers, including both micro- and macro-scale studies, that are critical to clarifying the mechanisms that alter the structure and function of forest ecosystems, strengthening ecosystem restoration and conservation and supporting the achievement of the SDGs. At the micro-scale, the included authors carried out field experiments and surveys, investigated the characteristics of the forestry economy, and explored the mechanisms and influencing factors in the alteration of trees or forests. At the macro-scale, this Special Issue discusses three aspects of forest ecosystem characteristics and management, i.e., characteristic identification, mechanism analysis, and optimization management.
Falling in Love with Nature
Winner, 2025 Catholic Media Association Book Awards: Inclusion in the ChurchExplores the contours of Latinx Catholic environmentalism Home-based conservationist measures such as cultivating backyard gardens, avoiding consumerism, and limiting waste are widespread among Spanish-speaking Catholics across the United States. Yet these home-based conservationist practices are seldom recognized as "environmental" because they are enacted by working-class immigrant communities and do not conform to the expectations of mainstream environmentalism. In Falling in Love with Nature, Amanda J. Baugh tells the story of American environmentalism through a focus on Spanish-speaking Catholics, shedding light on environmental actors who have been hidden in plain sight. While dominant narratives about environmental activism include minorities, primarily in the realm of environmental racism and injustice, Baugh demonstrates that minority communities are not merely victims of environmental problems. They can be active agents who express love for nature based on inherited family traditions and close relationships with the land. Baugh shows that Spanish-speaking Catholics have values that have been overlooked in global discourses, grassroots movements, and the highest echelons of the US Catholic Church. By drawing attention to the environmental knowledge that is already abundant within Spanish-speaking Catholic communities, Falling in Love with Nature challenges readers to rethink their assumptions about who can be an environmental leader and what counts as environmentalism.
Yeast, Biofuels, and Value-Added Products
This Special Issue brings together the latest research on fermentation processes, with a focus on yeast, biofuels, and value-added products. As the demand for sustainable energy sources continues to rise, biofuel production and the generation of value-added byproducts provide an exciting opportunity for enhancing the efficiency and profitability of production systems. This collection highlights the latest research developments into these fields, offering valuable insights for researchers, industry professionals, and producers seeking to innovate and optimize their operations.
Splintering Towers of Babel
Splintering Towers of Babel focuses on, and redefines, soft infrastructures and critical infrastructure projects. It explores key and issues in contemporary urban studies including town planning histories, architecture, heritage, colonialism and postcolonialism, philosophy and ethics.
Cultural Violence, Stigma and the Legacy of the Anti-Sealing Movement
This book injects nuance into the debate about the moral legitimacy of environmental and animal activism and explores how activism could lead to stigma and destruction of minority group identities, cultural practices, and community structures.
Confronting Climate Coloniality
This timely and urgent collection brings together cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship and ideas from around the world to present critical examinations of climate coloniality.
Higher Education and Sdg2
In a post-COVID-19 pandemic era of cost-of-living crises and global displacements of people due to conflicts and climate challenges, food poverty is a growing and ever-pressing issue across both the Global North and the Global South. Presenting a collection of cases drawn from higher education research, teaching and learning, as well as campus and community-based initiatives, Higher Education and SDG2 addresses food security, nutrition, sustainable and resilient agriculture, and ending hunger for all. Featuring chapters and cases from Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Italy, Malawi, Northern Ireland, Peru, Turkey, the UK, the USA, Vietnam and Zimbabwe, this edited collection demonstrates the fundamental role Higher Education has in helping deliver Zero Hunger. The chapters cover education, research and community engagement initiatives that aim to address how this issue impacts the nations that face the most widespread and severe effects of hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition, and unsustainable food systems. Focusing on opportunities for Higher Education to positively influence academic, innovation, and policy agendas, this synthesis of global approaches is an inspirational call to action for increasing meaningful engagement by universities and colleges to address SDG2 Zero Hunger. Higher Education and the Sustainable Development Goals is a series of 17 books that address each of the SDGs through the lens of higher education. Adopting a solutions-based approach, each book focuses on how higher education is advancing delivery of Agenda 2030. The series is edited by Wendy Purcell, Professor with Rutgers University and Academic Research Scholar with Harvard University; Emeritus Professor and University President Emerita.
Characterization of mangrove forests in the estuary of the Jaboat瓊o River in the state of Pernambuco
The mangrove is a tropical coastal ecosystem that colonizes sedimentary deposits formed by muddy, clayey or sandy vessels, occupying the intertidal region up to the upper limit of the equinoctial high tides. It has a discontinuous distribution along the Brazilian coast, from Amap獺 to Santa Catarina, and can present a continuum of distinct features depending on the profile of the coastline and the frequency and amplitude of the tides. In Jaboat瓊o dos Guararapes/PE, there is around 5.7km簡 of mangrove vegetation, but these areas are heavily impacted by urban sprawl, especially so-called irregular occupations. The aim of this study is therefore to carry out a preliminary analysis of the structure of the mangrove forest on the right bank of the Jaboat瓊o River, in the area known as Ponta Cabo, located on the border between the municipalities of Jaboat瓊o dos Guararapes-PE and Cabo de Santo Agostinho-PE, as well as to identify the main indicators of environmental impacts in the mangrove area. For structural characterization, the multiple plot methodology was adopted, with three plots being demarcated at a single site in the mangrove.
Climate Change Enigma
The quest to save the planet against environmental degradation is not an individual crusade, but a collective effort by all of us. The book Climate Change Enigma: A Delicate Balance delves into the earth's energy imbalances, viz-?-viz what should be done at micro and macro levels. The topics shed light on the repercussions of greenhouse gases on our societal structure that has displaced millions to unchartered regions due to famine, floods, and territorial wars. It's an insight into the present generation's endeavors to make the world a better place to live, as there's still time to mitigate the adversities through responsive actions.About the AuthorDr. Abdulla Belhaif Alnuaimi is a senior fellow at the American University of Sharjah and an honorary professor at Heriot-Watt University, Dubai. His distinguished career spans education, politics, and engineering. As the UAE's Minister of Climate Change and Environment (2020-2021), he established laboratories and centers for research and applied studies in the region. In addition to his ministerial responsibilities, he headed the UAE Council for Climate Change and Environment, led the National Biosecurity Committee, and served as Chairman of the Circular Economy Council.His political career includes serving as Minister of Infrastructure Development (2013-2020). He was also Chairman of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme and the Federal Transport Authority- Land & Maritime (2017-2019).Dr. Abdulla has been Chairman of the Sharjah Consultative Council (2023-Present) and served as Undersecretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, formerly the Ministry of Public Works (2003-2013). In his professional career, he worked as an Engineering Manager at the Department of Civil Aviation in Abu Dhabi (1993-2003) and as Director of the Water Distribution Department at the Ministry of Water andElectricity (1981-1993). He has received several awards and recognitions, including the Who Is Who International Awards in Greece (2024), where he was honored as the World's Eminent Man in Education & Sustainability.He also won the Kanz Al Jeel Awards from the Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi (2023), a Fellowship Certificate from the London Institute of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom (2019), and the UAE's Global Maritime Community Award at the 15th Sea Trade Maritime Awards for the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, and Africa (2018).He holds a PhD in Engineering Project Management from the University of Reading, United Kingdom (1990), and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, United States (1980).A keen poet, Dr. Abdulla has written seven poetry books, including 'A Love Renewed, ' a collection that maintains the authenticity of Nabati poetry, showcasing rich poetic vocabulary and imagery.
Handbook of Irrigation Hydrology and Management
The Handbook of Irrigation Hydrology and Management examines irrigated ecosystems in which water storage, applications, or drainage volumes are artificially controlled in the landscape and the spatial domain of processes varies from micrometers to tens of kilometers, while the temporal domain spans from seconds to centuries.
Exploring Vancouver Naturehoods
Did you know that flies have halters? That hummingbird tail feathers sing? Or that bees have five eyes? The closer you look, the more incredible ordinary things become. Seen through the pages of an artist's sketchbook journal, the extraordinary biodiversity in our city comes into view. Exploring Vancouver Naturehoods takes a closer look at nature wherever you find it in our city, whether in a beautiful park, a tree-lined street, your backyard, or a plant poking through a crack in the sidewalk. These are Vancouver's "naturehoods" - any greenspace in your neighbourhood no matter how big or how small. This local artist uses her sketchbook as an opportunity to discover and explore nature throughout our city and as a portal to connect with community on many levels."
The Routledge Companion to the American Landscape
The Routledge Companion to the American Landscape provides a comprehensive overview of the American landscape in a way fit for the twenty-first century, not only in its topical and regional scope but also in its methodological and disciplinary diversity.
Biology and Ecology of Atlantic Cod
This book provides an overview of Atlantic cod biology and ecology, focussing on regional differences in life-history and stock dynamics that affect productivity and the challenges faced by management.
Kpim of Environment
Kpim of Environment is a superb book crafted from assembled and peer-reviewed articles focusing on the fundamental issues that build, sustain or degrade the environment. There is no doubt, the modern world is seriously faced with diverse challenges, especially that of having a healthy environment. What is it that causes the environment to become a threat? The focus of this book is to interrogate what ought to be the core issue(s) and expectations of making our environment, our world, a better and safer place in the contemporary time or in the era of global heating. Established scholars have explored the various aspects of the complex environment in development and highlighted what the underlying issues are through integral reflection, intersectionality, theory and practice - resilience and sustainability - in the changing world. By working out the issues in their fields of specialization and interest, the authors very insightfully offered instances and strategies to manage the environment in ways that will allow faith, reason and action in discerning policy and outcomes of environmental intelligence and care. The unique voices of the authors are not only revealing, but also irresistible to be ignored on the question of reason, faith and environment. You will discover how philosophical, theological and applied scientific knowledge crisscrossed the weaving of the essays together to strike a meaningful outcome. The book is organized in three sections with running chapters for each article, including a book review on cutting to die, resilience and general conclusion. By scrutinizing the meaning of environment for adaptation and growth through technology, reason and faith, this book offers a glimpse and in-depth analysis of what the competing issues are - and will keep readers and systematic policy work busy for many years ahead.
