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Respirometry for Environmental Science and Engineering
Fundamentals of respirometry: Covers biological growth relationships and their application to respirometry. Features of commercial respirometers: Describes the basis for design and operation of commercial respirometers including discussions of their operating features. Applications of respirometry: Covers biodegradation testing, ...
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Guidance Document on Biodiversity, Impact Asessment & Decision Making in Southern Africa
This document provides guidance for decision-makers on a range of biodiversity principles and issues which confront decision-makers every day when they evaluate impact assessments. It is based on the findings of a Situation Assessment conducted as part of the Capacity Building in Biodiversity and Impact Assessment (CBBIA) Project during 2005. The Situation Assessment made use of the input ...
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The Green Design Brief
- Do you need performance based evidence to back up your sustainable building project to your clients and investors? - Are you looking for applicable guidance, vetted by a sustainable design expert, to support your project’s design choices? - Do you require a ready-to-use specification checklist to follow and hand out to your design teams? - Or do you want a set of locally available green ...
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Children, Citizenship and Environment
When it was first published in 2012, Children, Citizenship and Environment correctly predicted a strong surge in youth activism as children are confronted by four difficult and intersecting challenges: dangerous environmental change, weakening democracies, growing social inequality, and a global economy marked by unprecedented youth unemployment and unsustainable resource ...
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The Architecture of Waste
Global material crises are imminent. In the very near future, recycling will no longer be a choice made by those concerned about the environment, but a necessity for all. This means a paradigm shift in domestic behavior, manufacturing, construction, and design is inevitable.The Architecture of Wasteprovides a hopeful outlook through examining current recycling practices, rethinking initial ...
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Ecosocialism and Climate Justice
This book investigates the broader climate movement to contextualise the role played by its climate justice wing, focussing specifically on the theoretical and practical contributions of ...
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Daoism and Environmental Philosophy
Daoism and Environmental Philosophy explores ethics and the philosophy of nature in theDaodejing, theZhuangzi, and related texts to elucidate their potential significance in our contemporary environmental ...
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Green Productivity and Cleaner Production
Green Productivity and Cleaner Production: A Guidebook for Sustainability focuses on green production processes that could help better achieve global sustainability. It aids readers in realizing the issues with current conventional productivity initiatives and examines the newest methods. Also, it presents numerous real-world applications techniques, which allows users the ability to apply the ...
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Cross-Cultural Challenges in International Management
The development of international business and of globalization in every field of activity requires the interaction of individuals and groups with diverse cultural, religious, ethnic and social characteristics in different institutional contexts. Cross-cultural Challenges in International Management addresses the various difficulties that may impede smooth communication and cooperation of those ...
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M75 Elastomers for Waterworks: Pipes, Valves, and Fittings, First Edition
M75 presents the history and general application of elastomers in waterworks pipes, valves, and fittings. The principles used for evaluating, selecting, testing, and maintaining various seals will be discussed. This document provides guidance on generally available elastomers and their application. This manual will help operators, technicians, and engineers: - Gain a comprehensive overview of ...
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Efficiency oOf Municipal Solid Waste Collection Systems in Ghana
For purposes of establishing a benchmark against which performance of municipal solid waste (MSW) collection systems can be evaluated by sector regulators, investors and managers, this study assessed the cost efficiency of MSW collection systems in Ghana, using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). Data from seventy municipal solid waste collection systems were used to estimate the parameters of a ...
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Solid Waste Management Policies in Kenya: The Silence on the Plight of Women and Children
Building on available evidence that there are differences of exposure to solid waste among men, women and children, it follows that effective solid waste management (SWM) policies need to recognise such variations, as a prelude to rolling out programmes to address associated socio-economic and health risks. However, this logical scenario does not seem to be the case in many middle- and low-income ...
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Effect of Incorporating Tire Rubber Waste on the Mechanical Behaviour of Railway Ballast Layer: Experimental and Modelling Studies
In order to delay the degradation of railway tracks, several techniques have been developed in recent years; the best known of which are: under sleeper pads, geogrid and the use of polymers as elastic elements between ballast particles. The objective of the research described in this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of incorporating tire rubber waste into the ballast layer in reducing its ...
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An Economic, Technical And Environmental Feasibility Study for Slurry Injection for Biosolids Management In the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex
In Dallas Fort Worth (DFW), sewage is treated with a combination of anaerobic digestion, effluent filtration and lime stabilization to create biosolids which are then composted, landfilled, or land applied. The current treatment procedure has certain concerns including emissions or accumulation of odors, pathogens, nutrients, metals, and pharmaceutical ...
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Household Solid Waste Management in Monrovia, Liberia: Influencing Factors, Characteristics, and Management Solutions
The ineffective management of household solid waste (HSW) in most developing cities in Africa including Monrovia has become a major issue threatening the environment and public health. In response to these waste challenges, developed countries have embarked upon major environmental reforms, and have made advances in best practices and sustainable management of their Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). ...
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Selecting Sustainable Technologies for Municipal Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal: An Expert Based Mcdm Approach
Selection of appropriate municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment and disposal technology is a complex multi-criteria process. This paper demonstrates the reliability of the use of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework for the purpose of selecting the best MSW treatment and disposal alternatives. In this paper, a modified fuzzy Delphi-AHP-TOPSIS methodology is developed for the selection ...
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Experimental Research on Construction-Waste-Classification Algorithms for a Hyperspectral-Camera System
A large proportion of construction waste has a high recovery value, and some of the existing recycling-classification methods rely mainly on physical properties for vibration screening. In order to effectively recover construction waste, an industrial near-infrared hyperspectral camera is proposed in this paper to distinguish the spectral characteristics of the objects. The testing results were ...
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Corrosion and Fouling Control in Desalination Industry.
Addresses the corrosion issues facing the conventional and modern water desalination systems. This book addresses two critical problems that plague materials that make up components in both desalination and cooling water systems: corrosion, and fouling. The book addresses various types and components of industrial desalination technologies with solutions for controlling corrosion, scaling and ...
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Let's Talk Safety: 52 Talks on Common Utility Safety Practices for Water Professionals
Stop wondering what to talk about and spending your valuable time preparing presentations. Let’s Talk Safety makes it easy for safety officers to spend a few minutes each week communicating with employees about the critical importance of working safely. This quick and easy book provides 52 short briefings tailored specifically for water utility employees, plus links to additional resources. Each ...
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The harassment of environmental defenders in the EU – a case study report
This harassment of environmental defenders is considered a large issue across the globe. This study, conducted by EEB members Justice and Environment, was designed with the goal of documenting and analysing the harassment of environmental defenders in the European Union. It found that harassment is growing across the studied states and much of it remains without punishment or legal resolution. ...
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