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Books in Environmental sciences

The Environmental Sciences titles present critical research and insights into the complex interactions within natural ecosystems, climate systems, and human impacts on the environment. Covering areas such as biodiversity, sustainability, climate change, and resource management, these titles support scientific discovery and practical solutions for addressing today’s most pressing environmental challenges. This collection is essential for researchers, policymakers, and students dedicated to advancing environmental understanding and stewardship

  • Introduction to Natural Disasters

    • 1st Edition
    • Saeid Eslamian + 2 more
    • English
    Introduction to Natural Disasters provides a thorough understanding of the various natural disasters that occur around the world. The book emphasizes real-world examples and case studies from different regions and time periods. By examining past disasters and their aftermath, it offers insight into the measures taken to mitigate future risks. This textbook covers a wide range of disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, wildfires, and volcanic eruptions. It encompasses the scientific aspects of natural disasters as well as their societal, economic, and environmental impacts. Each chapter delves into the causes, characteristics, and effects of a specific disaster, offering a holistic view.Initial chapters of the book explore the concept and classification of natural hazards and disasters and then describe hydro-meteorologic disasters, wildland fires, climate change, and natural and man-made hazards. The closing chapters focus on risk assessment and modeling, disaster preparedness, emergency response and recovery and reconstruction. This is a useful resource for undergraduate and graduate students and researchers in the fields of geology, meteorology, emergency management, environmental sciences, geography, civil engineering, water resources and natural resources.

  • Urban Air Pollution and Plant Responses

    The Critical Connection Between Urban Air Quality and Plants
    • 1st Edition
    • Ansuman Sahoo + 1 more
    • English
    Urban Air Pollution and Plant Responses: The Critical Connection Between Urban Air Quality and Plants examines how plants are affected by air pollutants in urban environments. The book's chapters cover various plant responses to urban air pollution, including physiological, morphological, and biochemical reactions. Additionally, the book addresses the impact of urban air pollution on agriculture and discusses the role of plants in producing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their effects on air pollution. Sustainable urban planning strategies, innovations in urban greening, and policy and management approaches are explored as means to improve air quality and create healthier urban landscapes.An expert group of contributing authors explores the nature and sources of urban air pollutants, highlighting the challenges posed by poor air quality in urban areas. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the critical connection between urban air quality, air pollution, and plant health, offering insights and solutions for achieving sustainable, cleaner growth in urban areas.

  • Microplastics in Aquatic Systems

    Detection, Impact, and Remediation
    • 1st Edition
    • Pasquale Avino + 1 more
    • English
    Microplastics in Aquatic Systems: Detection, Impact, and Remediation provides a multidisciplinary perspective on the latest advancements in microplastic research, with a particular focus on technological innovations and their applications in aquatic environments. The book explores novel approaches that integrate AI and sensor technologies to enable faster and more efficient microplastic detection, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Designed for students, researchers, policymakers, and environmental professionals, each chapter includes a Materials and Methods section that clearly describes the research methodology and information collection processes, whether for experimental studies, theoretical approaches, or practical applications.All chapters feature a Discussion section to highlight research innovations, and insights while offering different perspectives on the topic. Additionally, a dedicated section on Future Perspectives and Innovation explores potential developments and emerging research directions. By bridging scientific research, technological innovation, and socio-economic considerations, this book aims to provide valuable insights for those working towards sustainable solutions to microplastic pollution in aquatic systems.

  • Sustainability and Construction

    The Global Context and the New Zealand Perspective
    • 1st Edition
    • Kamal Dhawan + 3 more
    • English
    Sustainability and Construction: The Global Context and the New Zealand Perspective explores various dimensions of sustainability in construction. It commences with a comprehensive discourse on the sustainability concept and its construction context.Next, it examines sustainability across the various phases of a typical construction project—from inception, through operationalization, to end-of-life management—on one hand, and, on the other, the sustainability of associated processes and domains such as supply chains, logistics, delivery models, and waste management. The narrative is extended through sustainability rating schemes, regenerative built environment, and the context of technology in construction. A strategic organizational viewpoint is presented through an integrated treatment of corporate sustainability, its assessment, reporting, and benchmarking, against the backdrop of the sustainability imperative. Stakeholder perspectives and the “wickedness” of sustainable construction in New Zealand conclude the work.The unique treatment of the overarching themes impacting sustainability in the global construction industry and their intersection with the New Zealand standpoint delivers a well-balanced and thoroughly researched resource. It is a value-added, highly visual text for engineers, students, researchers, policy makers, and industry stakeholders alike.

  • Environmental Microbiology

    • 4th Edition
    • Ian Pepper + 3 more
    • English
    Environmental Microbiology, Fourth Edition is the revised edition of a key, foundational text for the field of environmental microbiology which hits all the pillars of the field and takes into account the tremendous advances in environmental microbiology over past decade. It provides comprehensive information on traditional methodologies utilized to study environmental microbes, as well as state-of-the-art technologies. Emphasis is placed on molecular and bio-informatic approaches to the study of environmental microbes, including nucleic acid and ‘omic methodologies. The book is divided into seven parts that stretch across microbiology concepts, microbial environments, microbial methods and technologies, microbial transport, biogeochemistry, and bioremediation, water and foodborne pathogens, wastewater treatment and distribution, and urban microbiology. 1) “Environmental Microbiology” is the study of microbes within all habitats, and their beneficial and detrimental impacts on human health and welfare. This book illustrates the significance of environmental microbes in our daily lives in terms of not only the overall health of the planet, but also: what infects us; what heals us; what we drink; what we eat; and what we breathe.

  • Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Water Purification

    Advances and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Edison Ang Huixiang
    • English
    Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Water Purification: Advances and Applications explores the transformative potential of 2D nanomaterials in enhancing water purification technologies, covering a wide range of applications, including filtration membranes, membrane distillation, solar evaporation, photocatalytic treatment, antibacterial strategies, adsorption, and capacitive deionization. The book begins with an overview of the fundamental separation mechanisms, design configurations for various purification technologies, and material characterization techniques specific to 2D nanomaterials. The following chapters discuss computational approaches, advanced fabrication methods, and performance comparisons, all while emphasizing sustainability in water treatment. This comprehensive resource provides researchers and engineers with valuable information about the potential applications and future directions of 2D nanomaterial-based water purification technologies.

  • Wetlands: Biodiversity, Health and their Role in Ecosystem Services

    • 1st Edition
    • Inderjeet Tyagi + 2 more
    • English
    Wetlands: Biodiversity, Health, and their Role in Ecosystem Services offers a comprehensive exploration of the vital roles that wetlands play in our global ecosystem. This insightful volume adopts a holistic approach to examine the rich biodiversity, water and soil quality, and the community structures that sustain these unique environments. The book, split into four sections, delves into various ecosystem services provided by wetlands, including groundwater recharge, nutrient cycling, water and wastewater treatment, and their cultural, recreational, and tourism values. Authored by experts in the field, the chapters follow a clear structure, with step-by-step advanced monitoring techniques to address wetlands' significant role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Taking into account the contribution of wetlands towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the book explores innovative biodiversity assessment techniques, the impact of environmental stressors, and the critical roles of flora, fauna, and migratory birds in maintaining wetland ecological health. With case studies illustrating practical applications, this is an indispensable resource for students of environmental science, conservationists, and researchers, offering actionable insights and recommendations for safeguarding these critical ecosystems.

  • Biotic Interactions across Gradients and Scales

    • 1st Edition
    • Wesley Dáttilo + 1 more
    • English
    Biotic Interactions across Gradients and Scales provides a valuable exploration of the intricate connections of the web of life, including foundational ecological principles to current macroecological perspectives. The book examines the various dimensions of biotic interactions across spatiotemporal gradients in terrestrial and aquatic environments. Its integrated approach is crucial to understanding the potential responses of ecological networks to unprecedented stressors, including climate change, anthropogenic impacts, and loss of connectivity and functional redundancy. Written by renowned subject matter experts from the global North and South, this book introduces the concept of biotic interactions before delving into the physical factors influencing ecological networks.Central chapters describe the tools, methods, and history of study of biotic interactions. Latter chapters explore such networks across aquatic and terrestrial domains, before concluding chapters discuss disruptive stressors and open science opportunities for future research endeavors. Case studies, boxed elements, and end chapter review questions ensure student mastery of content.

  • Botanical Microbiomes

    Sustainable Practices in Agriculture and Ecosystem Management
    • 1st Edition
    • Shobhit Raj Vimal + 2 more
    • English
    Botanical Microbiomes: Sustainable Practices in Agriculture and Ecosystem Management explores sustainable agricultural practices in response to environmental challenges, diving into the relationships between plants and their microbiomes, and how these interactions can impact crop sustainability and soil health management. By utilizing nature-derived resources, the book explores innovative solutions and next-generation agricultural challenges. Sections examine developments in plant microbiome research and its applications in addressing environmental and agricultural challenges, while also exploring how the phyto-microbiome, endo-microbiome, and rhizo-microbiome contribute to plant health by regulating phytohormones, metabolites, antioxidants, and osmoprotectants.Fina... microbial metabolites and soil microbiome engineering for stress management in plants is explored. This book serves as an essential resource for upper-level undergraduate students, researchers, and professionals in advanced plant pathology, botany, environmental microbiology, and ecology. It also includes supplementary educational materials, such as PowerPoint slides, to enhance learning and practical application in agricultural practices.

  • The Manila Clam Ruditapes philippinarum

    Science and Significance of a Globalised Species
    • 1st Edition
    • John Humphreys
    • English
    The Manila Clam Ruditapes philippinarum: Science and Significance of a Globalised Species is an indispensable volume offering the only comprehensive account of the species. From a native range centred on China, Japan and Korea, the species is now found in the USA, Canada, in western Europe from Portugal to Sweden with all countries between, and in the Mediterranean from France to Turkeyi. A general survey of the science and global spread of this successful species provides the basis for an examination of broader issues of biological globalization, food security and the exploitation of nature, posing significant questions and challenges for conservation policy and sustainable development in the anthropocene. Drawing on a multidisciplinary range of literature, this book provides essential information for those in the fields of marine biology, aquaculture and fisheries, marine conservation and malacology.

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