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Spatial Distribution and Trend Estimation of Tropospheric Formaldehyde: A Space-Borne Observation Over South Asia
This chapter deals with the distribution and recent changes of tropospheric formaldehyde as measured from space borne sensors aboard Aura/OMI...
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Bioremediation Approaches for Curbing the Potential of Toxic Element for Sustainable Agriculture
With increasing urbanization, industrialization and adaptation of modern agricultural practices, soil contamination has become a prime concern. Soil...
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Watery Introductions
The book’s introductory chapter outlines its ambitions, aims and objectives. Fish, fishing and fishing communities are perhaps among the most opaque...
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Metropolitanism, Its Filiations, and Its Consequences
By analyzing a series of territorial paradigms proposed by theorists, critics, and designers, this chapter offers a critical overview of the recent...
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Urban Growth
Nepal is rapidly urbanizing. Until 2014, only 20% of the total population lived in urban areas, but in 2015, over 65% of people were classified as...
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Scientific Feasibility of Collaborative Country Studies
In this chapter, the core of my argument, the scientific feasibilityFeasibility, scientific of collaborative country-studiesTechnical feasibility of...
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Propinquity
One defining attributes of the city is propinquity. Propinquity, defined as the state of physical proximity to another individual, can also develop...
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Dry Deposition of Reactive Nitrogen Species in Tropics
With the rising demand for food and energy security across the globe, the reactive nitrogen species (Nr) has undergone a rapid accumulation as...
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Transport Policy Transfer in ‘Tiger Cub’ City-Regions
This chapter discusses the findings of the study. It is structured in accordance with the six facets (the 6D’s) of the analytical framework set forth...
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Research Areas
The focus of this section is summarized in Fig. 2.1, which depicts a sample of the more exemplary research areas studied by the author since 1973....
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Land Rights in Ethiopia
Land is the source of all material wealth; it provides us with all our needs to sustain on. It is also a major economic asset from which people and...
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Characterizing Shanghai’s Creative Industries and Districts
In this chapter, I primarily focus on characterizing Shanghai’s creative industries and its spatiality. To begin with, the background for the...
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An Introduction to Measurements of Atmospheric Composition
This chapter reviews the basic concepts under the measurements of atmospheric composition. The major challenges are discussed, including the low...
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Applications of Satellite Observations of Tropospheric Composition
A striking feature of the field of tropospheric composition is the sheer number of chemical species that have been detected and measured with...
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Conclusions and Perspectives
The final Chap. 10, draws the book together by highlighting the main scientific results and emphasising the scientific needs identified by the...
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Tropospheric Remote Sensing from Space
The study of the distributions and amounts of trace constituents in the troposphere, using satellite instruments orbiting some 800 km above in space,...
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Development and Management of Transport Systems
The cities in Asia are in different stages of economic development and have diversified historical background and cultural heritage. However, there...
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Space-time Green functions for diffusive radiation transport, in application to active and passive cloud probing
Clouds are a feast for the eye but, when contemplating their fluid beauty, it is important — at least for scientists — to bear in mind that they are...
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A Perspective on the Biology of Florida Keys Coral Reefs
South Florida is a unique enclave of the Caribbean thanks to the nexus of geography and environmental factors. Tropical mangrove, sea grass, coral...