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Books in Agricultural and natural resource economics

This portfolio provides a comprehensive overview of resource management, environmental sustainability, and agricultural markets. It supports researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in addressing global food security, conservation, and sustainable development challenges. Featuring innovative research, policy analysis, and case studies, these resources explore the economic dynamics of natural resources and rural economies, enabling informed decision-making and strategies for balancing economic growth with environmental preservation.

  • Plate Heat Exchanger Enhancement Techniques

    In Support of the Energy Transition and a Circular Economy
    • 1st Edition
    • Sasan Zahmatkesh + 2 more
    • English
    Plate Heat Exchanger Enhancement Techniques: in Support of the Energy Transition and a Circular Economy provides fundamental knowledge on the applications of the plate heat exchanger (PHE) and how it can be optimized to make energy conversion more efficient. In addition, it introduces relevant studies that explain the heat transfer mechanism of the PHE, its design, and how developing more compact and evolved heat exchangers contributes to a sustainable, cleaner, and more energy-efficient future. Researchers, scientists, engineers, professionals, and students working in nanotechnology, materials science, and sustainability will find this volume valuable to their work.

  • Sustainability

    A Multidisciplinary Endeavour
    • 1st Edition
    • Liliana Mammino
    • English
    Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Endeavour offers a comprehensive overview of the contributions of various disciplines to sustainability, along with possible synergies that could develop among them. The first part of the book covers sustainability science from each related scientific discipline, such as environmental science, engineering, and medicine and economy, highlighting cross disciplinary pathways. The second half of the book offers insights into how each of the green sciences relate to each other and to education on sustainability. This framework is ideal for scientists and researchers in adjacent areas of sustainability.

  • Environmental Meteorology and Climate Manipulation

    Solving Climate-Geoengineering Technology Problems
    • 1st Edition
    • John R. Vacca
    • English
    Environmental Meteorology and Climate Manipulation: Solving Climate-Geoengineeri... Technology Problems serves as a complete and concise view of climate engineering, where geoengineering is an umbrella term for human interventions that change and modify the earth's climate system. The book offers in-depth coverage of how human activity is shaping the earth more than natural forces; where it can be seen as a way of redesigning and modifying the atmosphere of the planet. It offers more viable solutions for climate engineering through theory, technology, and practice, as they relate to established technologies as well as recent and future advancements.

  • Advanced Geospatial and Ground Based Techniques in Forest Monitoring

    • 1st Edition
    • Pavan Kumar + 5 more
    • English
    Advanced Geospatial and Ground Based Techniques in Forest Monitoring provides insights into advanced geospatial technology in the field of forestry. The book provides both traditional and special techniques for monitoring the forest, including biophysical and biochemical parameters, retrieval, species identification, mapping, and classification. In addition, it covers the latest technologies using SAR data, hyperspectral data, and the integration of datasets for the enhanced accuracy of the results and its outcome. This book will benefit the academic and research communities with the latest research ideas and problem-solving skills in forestry and land management.

  • Plastics in Coastal and Marine Environments

    • 1st Edition
    • Nelson Guillermo Rangel Buitrago
    • English
    Plastics in Coastal and Marine Environments: A Global Crisis is the first foundational reference book focused on plastics and their impacts on coasts and oceans. Plastic litter is one of the most pervasive and fastest-growing anthropogenic alterations of the world's coasts and oceans and its magnitude, distribution, and collateral effects have been suggested as a geological indicator of the Anthropocene stage and specifically of the Plasticene age.The chapters of the book are arranged to follow a narrative that will allow readers to understand the plastic problem in coastal and marine environments. The book begins with the invention of plastics and finishes with their indelible mark on Earth through new types of rocks generated by plastic production and use (the Plasticene era). It concludes with possible strategies to tackle the inexorable rising of plastic litter in coastal and marine environments.Combini... core theory and diverse strategies and case studies, Plastics in Coastal and Marine Environments: A Global Crisis is an essential reference for researchers in oceanographers, geology, and biologists

  • The Danube River and The Western Black Sea Coast

    Complex Transboundary Management
    • 1st Edition
    • Jürg Bloesch + 4 more
    • English
    The Danube River and The Western Black Sea Coast: Complex Transboundary Management is a brand-new volume in the Elsevier Ecohydrology from Catchment to Coast series. The book focuses on the second largest river in Europe and the most transboundary river basin that encompasses 19 countries. Chapters focus on changes to the area in the past decade and a way forward. Made up of three parts, the book starts with an overview, covers The Danube River and its recipient, the Black Sea, including sediment balance, water quality, hydromorphology and aquatic biodiversity.Section two covers the key pressures and implementation of transboundary water management such as aquatic resources, invasive species, climate change, and stakeholder participation. Section three assess visions for a sustainable future in the Danube River Basin with a look to applicable sustainability, ecosystems, human interaction, and improving biodiversity through floodplains. The book concludes with a summary and outlook.

  • Smart City Code

    Governance Handbook for Digital Transformation Managers in the Public Sector
    • 1st Edition
    • Luca Mora + 4 more
    • English
    Smart City Code: Governance Handbook for Digital Transformation Managers in the Public Sector explores how to govern the planning, implementation, and maintenance operations in smart city projects and transitions, and the urban digitalization processes that may potentially trigger. It provides readers with the evidence-based knowledge they need to approach the complexity of smart city governance, responding to the United Nations’ call for more advanced strategic and technical support on urban digital transformations to national, regional, and local governments. The book uses a comprehensive framework that details what configuration of multi-level components should be considered in the governance of smart city transitions.

  • From Crops and Wastes to Bioenergy

    Current Status and Challenges
    • 1st Edition
    • Electo silva lora + 2 more
    • English
    From Crops and Wastes to Bioenergy: Current Status and Challenges is a comprehensive volume on all aspects of biomass utilization for bioenergy, from the fundamentals to the latest commercial and regulatory issues. The book examines all aspects of biomass utilization, from technologies and processes to products. Sections examine the role of biomass in the energy transition, land availability for bioenergy projects, biomass logistics and supply chain, and assesses the lifecycle of bioenergy systems. Chapters are dedicated to each energy conversion route, including thermochemical, biochemical, and chemical, biofuels synthesis, hydrogen from biomass, biorefineries, electricity generation, and waste-to energy.Policy and regulatory issues are also considered. Each chapter reviews the state-of-the-art, discusses disruptive technological approaches, and concludes with specific recommendations on how to achieve commercial competitiveness. Case studies provide examples of real-world applications in each chapter.

  • Earth Observation for Monitoring and Modeling Land Use

    • 1st Edition
    • Daniela Fernanda Da Silva Fuzzo + 4 more
    • English
    Earth Observation for Monitoring and Modeling Land Use presents a practical guide and theoretical overview of the latest techniques and Earth observation technologies applied to land use and land cover change through qualitative assessment of Earth observation technologies. The book's chapters include detailed case studies, Earth observation datasets, and detailed applications of the technologies covered that are presented in a way that each chapter is a self-contained guide on a specific application of Earth observation technologies to land use problems, ensuring all technical and background information is provided on each subject without the need for cross-referencing or searching for other sources.The book spatializes the understanding of monitoring land cover and use, and quantifies the challenges faced, allowing analysis of the dynamics of the territory in terms of occupation processes, land use, and its transformations. It focuses on practical applications of using remote sensing and modeling that support new research in relation to monitoring of land use and spectral modelling, elucidating the importance of advanced methodologies in the coverage and use mappings of the Earth.

  • Algal Bioreactors

    Vol 2: Science, Engineering and Technology of Downstream Processes
    • 1st Edition
    • Eduardo Jacob-Lopes + 2 more
    • English
    Algal Bioreactors: Science, Engineering and Technology of Downstream Processes, Volume Two, is part of a comprehensive two-volume set that provides the knowledge needed to design, develop, and operate algal bioreactors for the production of renewable resources. Supported by critical parameters and properties, mathematical models and calculations, methods, and practical real-world case studies, readers will find everything they need to know on the upstream and downstream processes of algal bioreactors for renewable resource production.Bringing together renowned experts in microalgal biotechnology, this book will help researchers, scientists, and engineers from academia and industry overcome barriers and advance the production of renewable resources and renewable energy from algae. Students will also find invaluable explanations of the fundamentals and key principles of algal bioreactors, making it an accessible read for students of engineering, microbiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, and environmental sciences.

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