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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “david b peakall”
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  • Animal Biomarkers as Pollution Indicators

    Edited by David B. Peakall ...
    Series series Chapman & Hall Ecotoxicology Series
    Ecotoxicology is a relatively new scientific discipline. Indeed, it might be argued that it is only during the last 5-10 years that it has come to merit being regarded as a true science, rather than a collection of procedures for protecting the environment through management and monitoring of pollutant discharges into the environment. The term 'ecotoxicology' was first coined in the late sixties ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Biomarkers: A Pragmatic Basis for Remediation of Severe Pollution in Eastern Europe

    Edited by David B. Peakall, Colin H. Walker, Pawel Migula ...
    Series Book 54 - NATO Science Partnership Subseries
    Many areas of Eastern Europe have been polluted to an extent unknown in the West. Four such sites - Kola Peninsula, northern Bohemia, upper Vistula Basin, and Katowice - have been identified and detailed accounts of the pollution at these sites are given. The current status of the use of biomarkers in hazard assessment is given by several scientists from NATO countries. Four working groups, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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    The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water

    by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke ...
    "Probably the most eloquent call to arms we're likely to hear about the politics of water" ( The Globe and Mail , Toronto).In this "chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging global crisis," Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, two of the most active opponents to the privatization of water show how, contrary to received wisdom, water mainly flows uphill to the wealthy ( In These Times). Our ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds

    by Kenneth N. Brooks, Peter F. Ffolliott, Joseph A. Magner ...
    This new edition is a major revision of the popular introductory reference on hydrology and watershed management principles, methods, and applications. The book's content and scope have been improved and condensed, with updated chapters on the management of forest, woodland, rangeland, agricultural urban, and mixed land use watersheds. Case studies and examples throughout the book show practical ... Read more

    $101.00 USD

  • Engineering Nature

    Water, Development, and the Global Spread of American Environmental Expertise

    by Jessica B. Teisch ...
    Focusing on globalization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jessica Teisch examines the processes by which American water and mining engineers who rose to prominence during and after the California Gold Rush of 1849 exported the United States' growing technical and environmental knowledge and associated social and political institutions. In the frontiers of Australia, South ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Water Management in Italy

    Governance, Performance, and Sustainability

    by Andrea Guerrini, Giulia Romano ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book describes the water sector as it is structured in Italy. The first part describes the legal framework which rules the sector in Italy, its evolution since the last 20 years, and its weaknesses. The second part describes the governance of Italian water utilities, distinguishing full public-owned companies from public-private partnership and private companies. The third part reports ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Role of Interfaces in Environmental Protection

    Edited by Sandor Barany ...
    Series Book 24 - NATO Science Series: IV
    The NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Role of Interfaces in Environmental Protection" has been held on May 27-30, 2002 in Miskolc, Hungary, under leadership of co-directors Prof Sandor Barany from the University ofMiskolc, Hungary, and Prof Nataliya Klymenko, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The objective of the ARW was to highlight colloidal and biocolloidal aspects of environmental ... Read more

    $287.09 USD

  • Urban Hydrology, Watershed Management and Socio-Economic Aspects

    Edited by Vijay P. Singh, Suresh A. Kartha, Rajib K. Bhattacharjya, Arup K. Sarma ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book brings together high-quality research articles on advanced hydrological analysis, advanced computational methods, and the ecological and sociological aspects of urban watershed management under one umbrella. The rapid pace of urbanization, not accompanied by any farsighted, holistic plan, has reduced many cities in the developing world into multi-hazard areas. The most perceptible ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Wastewater Treatment Plants

    Planning, Design, and Operation, Second Edition

    by Syed R. Qasim ...
    Step-by-step procedures for planning, design, construction and operation: * Health and environment * Process improvements * Stormwater and combined sewer control and treatment * Effluent disposal and reuse * Biosolids disposal and reuse * On-site treatment and disposal of small flows * Wastewater treatment plants should be designed so that the effluent standards and reuse objectives, and biosolids ... Read more

    $325.00 USD

  • Monitoring and Remediation Wells

    Problem Prevention, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation

    by Stuart A. Smith ...
    There is a growing problem of performance degradation of wells and associated systems on sites where groundwater quality is monitored or remediation performed. This book acts as a valuable guide in keeping monitoring and pumping well systems operating to their best capacity. It addresses the need for and methods of environmental well maintenance and restoration. This guidebook to the causes of ... Read more

    $385.00 USD

  • Nanohybrid Catalyst based on Carbon Nanotube

    A Step-By-Step Guideline from Preparation to Demonstration

    by Rasel Das ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book introduces carbon nanotubes as a matrix for efficient nanohybrid catalysis. The preparation and use of such materials in ultra-grade water purification is described. Simple chemical methods for purification and functionalization of carbon nanotubes prior to their use is also detailed. The author also discusses the potential use of nanotube-based nanobiohybrid catalysts in the removal of ... Read more

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  • Novel Biomaterials

    Decontamination of Toxic Metals from Wastewater

    by Shalini Srivastava, Pritee Goyal ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Current research revolves around trends to bring technology into harmony with the natural environment and in order to protect the ecosystem. Bioremediation involves processes which reduce the overall treatment costs by using agricultural residues. Regeneration of the biosorbent further increases the cost effectiveness of the process, thus warranting its future success in solving water quality ... Read more

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