Dedication -- Thanks -- Preface -- 1 Definitions and Setting -- 2 Magnitude and Sourcing -- 3 Slope Gradients -- 4 Fan Morphometry -- 5 Drainage -- 6 Flows -- 7 Aggradation -- 8 Fan Entrenchment -- 9 Textural and Facies Characteristics -- 10 Pedogenic Processes -- 11 The Tectonic Control -- 12 The Climatic Control -- 13 the Base Level Effect -- 14 Groundwater -- 15 Morphology of the Fan Surface…
Introduction to oceanographic and biological aspects of the Red Sea -- The tides of the Red Sea -- Physical and chemical properties of seawater in the Gulf of Aqaba and Red Sea -- Sources of organic tracers in atmospheric dust, surface seawater particulate matter and sediment of the Red Sea -- Nitrogen, phosphorus and organic carbon in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coastal waters: Behaviour and hum…
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Breakfast -- Chapter 2 Orange Juice -- Chapter 3 Wheat Bread -- Chapter 4 Tea -- Chapter 5 Milk -- Break time -- Chapter 6 Chocolate -- Chapter 7 Bananas -- Chapter 8 Coffee -- Lunch -- Chapter 9 Chicken -- Chapter 10 Rice -- Chapter 11 Maize -- Dinner -- Chapter 12 Potatoes -- Chapter 13 Cod -- Chapter 14 Champagne -- Chapter 15 Conclusion. .Open AccessThis open acces…
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Territorial and spatial effects of dams -- Chapter 2. Human and social consequences -- Chapter 3. Comparison of South-North effects -- Conclusion.The book focuses on the human and social effects of the construction of hydroelectric dams in Brazil. It discusses themes such as forced migrations, how the families of the victims of the dams adapt to new living areas, the …
Chapter 1. Rio de Janeiro: A State in Socio-ecological Transformation -- Chapter 2. Environmental History, Forests and Landscape Uses in Rio de Janeiro State -- Chapter 3. Sustainable Rural Development in Rio de Janeiro State: The RIO RURAL Program -- Chapter 4. The INTECRAL Project -- PART I: Agricultural Management -- Chapter 5. Soil and Water Management for Ecosystem Services Provision in Ag…
Part 1. Background -- Chapter 1. Human Ecology of Climate Change Hazards: Concepts, Literature Review and Methodology -- Chapter 2. Climate change associated hazards, impacts and vulnerability at regional level -- Part 2. Risks for nature and human in lowland -- Chapter 3. Climate Change Hazards and Migration along the Ky Anh coast -- Chapter 4. Gross Costs and Impact on Local Livelihood Capita…
Water resources and impact of climate change on water resources in Central Asia -- Water resources in Kazakhstan -- Lakes in different regions of Kazakhstan -- Lakes in the Central Kazakhstan -- Morphometry and Genesis of lakes in Kazakhstan -- Water balance and Physical and chemical properties of water in lakes of Kazakhstan -- Lake and Sea Basins in Kazakhstan -- Water resources and Lakes in …
Introduction to Environmental Geology -- Geologic Carbon Sequestration: Sustainability and Environmental Risk -- Dam Engineering and its Environmental Aspects -- Desertification and Impact on Human Systems -- Dredging Practices and Environmental Considerations -- Groundwater salinity due to urban growth -- Construction Planning, Environmental Impact of Foundation Studies and Earthquake Issues -…
Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. The definition and meaning of sustainable forest management -- Chapter3. The reasons for the lack of sustainably managed forests at present -- Chapter4. Policy and the political will -- Chapter5. Institutions and policy instruments required to ensure forests are managed sustainably -- Chapter6. Land rights issues and rural poverty -- Chapter7. The sustainabil…
Chapter 1. Introduction: The New Environmental Crisis -- Part I: Locating Disaster Studies -- Chapter 2. Launching the DRC: Historical Context and Future Directions(Thomas E. Drabek) -- Chapter 3. Disaster Studies at 50: Time to Wear Bifocals?(Ben Wisner) -- Part II: Confronting the Second Environmental Crisis -- Chapter 4. The Silence Before the Storm: Advocacy Groups’ Current Perceptions of…