Agricultural greenhouse gases from Sub-Saharan Africa -- Greenhouse gas exchange from agriculture in Italy -- Greenhouse gas fluxes of agricultural soils in Finland -- Greenhouse gas emissions from viticulture in Romania -- Greenhouse gas exchange from a perennial energy crop on different soil types in Finland -- Rooftop Solar Power Generation- An Opportunity to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions …
The Systems Approach: History and Schools of Thinking -- Systems and Systems Theory -- Schools of Systems Thinking - Development Trends in Systems Methodology -- Systems Analysis in Sweden - Examples of Projects Using a Systems Approach -- Systems Analysis in Geography -- Multi-Agent Systems, Time Geography, and Microsimulations -- Analyzing Biological Systems: The Brain as an Example -- Defini…
1.Introduction -- 2.Conceptual Framework: Compliance and Compliance Mechanism -- 3.Theoretical Perspectives and Explanatory Models of Compliance -- 4.Compliance Mechanisms: A General Overview -- 5.Case Study I: Ozone Layer Depletion -- 6.Case Study II: Climate Change -- 7.Conclusion.This book discusses options for an improved compliance system under the Paris Climate Agreement by addressing cur…
Chapter1: Introduction- The practice of spatial analysis -- Chapter2: Pavlos Kanaroglou, his McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics and Research Contributions to the City of Hamilton (2007-2016) -- Chapter3: An ontological framework for spatial socioeconomic units -- Chapter4: Spatial microsimulation and agent-based modelling -- Chapter5: Spatial Patterns of Accessibility between I…
Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter2: Foundations For Land-Use Planning Projects Determines Sustainability -- Chapter3: Site Selection With Attention To Susceptibility To Natural And Human Caused Hazards -- Chapter4: Strategic Palnning For Urban Centers: Present and Future -- Chapter5: Planning For Existing Polluting Industries And Parks Zoned For Industrial Development -- Chapter6: Curtailing Ag…
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Location and Methods of Investigation -- Chapter 3. Research of Aerosol Optical Depth and Urban Heart Island in Lanzhou City by Means of Earth Remote Sensing -- Chapter 4. Study of Air Pollution in Lanzhou City in 2003-2012 -- Chapter 5. Level of Pollutants Concentration in the Atmosphere of Lanzho -- Chapter 6. Analysis of the Causes of Influencing Factors…
and Basic Theory -- Biotechnology for Air Pollution Control — an Overview -- Environmental Laws and Regulations Related to Odor and Waste Gas Contaminants -- Methods of Odor and VOC Control -- Selection of Bioreactor Media for Odor Control -- Microbiology of Bioreactors for Waste Gas Treatment -- Biological Reactor Technologies -- Biofilter Technology -- Biotrickling Filter Technology -- Bios…
Sustainable Consumption and the Public’s Room to Maneuver in Energy Use -- Targets of Intervention for Sustainable Consumption -- Energy, Environment, and Society -- Field Study with Computer-Aided Interviews -- Achievements, Open Questions, and Lessons Learned.Origin of this book In 1998 the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) initiated the 2000 Watt Society, a University-wide resear…
Averaging, Detrending, and Filtering of Eddy Covariance Time Series -- Coordinate Systems and Flux Bias Error -- Uncertainty in Eddy Covariance Flux Estimates Resulting from Spectral Attenuation -- Low Frequency Atmospheric Transport and Surface Flux Measurements -- Measurements of Trace Gas Fluxes in the Atmosphere Using Eddy Covariance: WPL Corrections Revisited -- Concerning the Measurement …
The subject, the players, and the principle basis -- History of the notion of global warming -- Conclusions of the IPCC (Working Group I) -- Science, media, politics... -- Greenhouse effect — water effect -- Causes of climate change -- Models and climate -- The general circulation of the atmosphere -- The lessons of the observation of real facts -- The observational facts: Past climates -- Th…