Category Archives: Public Policy

Fuel Oxygenates (The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry / Water Pollution)

This book deals mainly with the problems associated with the contamination of groundwater by MTBE and TBA, but ETBE is also considered. The book, written by recognized specialists in the field, is organized in sections covering state-of-the-art analytical methods, including … Continue reading

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Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks

Following the success of the first edition, this pioneering study of pharmaceuticals in the environment has been updated and greatly extended. It includes the status of research on pharmaceuticals in soil, with attention to terrestrial and aquatic environments as well … Continue reading

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The Earth’s Atmosphere: Its Physics and Dynamics

The book entitled “Atmospheric science and Global Warming” coversa wide area of the atmospheric science, focussing particularly on those physical and dynamical aspects of our environment which tend to create heat sources and sinks in the earth-atmosphere system and which … Continue reading

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Are Liberty and Equality Compatible? (For and Against)

Are the political ideals of liberty and equality compatible? This question is of central and continuing importance in political philosophy, moral philosophy, and welfare economics. In this book, two distinguished philosophers take up the debate. Jan Narveson argues that a … Continue reading

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Continental Scientific Drilling: A Decade of Progress, and Challenges for the Future

This volume provides a review and synthesizes the accomplishments of the past decade of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program. More importantly, it defines opportunities for scientific advancement through future drilling projects addressing a broad range of disciplines in the … Continue reading

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American Criminal Justice Policy: An Evaluation Approach to Increasing Accountability and Effectiveness

American Criminal Justice Policy examines many of the most prominent criminal justice policies on the American landscape and finds that they fall well short of achieving the accountability and effectiveness that policymakers have advocated and that the public expects. The … Continue reading

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Physical Oceanography of the Dying Aral Sea (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences)

Physical Oceanography of the Dying Aral Sea describes the background, present crisis state, and possible future of this peculiar inland water body from the physical oceanographic standpoint. Based on a wide range of material, a large part of which was … Continue reading

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Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture

Based on an International Workshop held in New Delhi, India, this work should be of interest to all organizations and agencies interested in improved risk management in agriculture. In many parts of the world, weather and climate are one of … Continue reading

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Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaptation?

The European Union (EU) has emerged as a leading governing body in the international struggle to govern climate change. The transformation that has occurred in its policies and institutions has profoundly affected climate change politics at the international level and … Continue reading

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Rural Analysis and Management: An Earth Science Approach to Rural Science

This handbook presents the foundations of modern rural analysis. The first part of the book presents a comprehensive description of the elements of rural analysis, providing the basis for a synthetic view of rural landscapes in the second part. Included … Continue reading

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