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  1. Oil Spill Remote Sensing

    Mervin Fingas, Carl Brown in Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
    Living reference work entry 2018

  2. The Idea of Infinite in Indian and Western Art: Perceiving It Through the Intangible Cultural Identity

    The cultural identity of any society is unique and is shaped by its beliefs and ideas. These ideas are expressed through the art, craft, language,...
    Vandana Sehgal in Understanding Built Environment
    Conference paper 2017

  3. Basic Principles: “Sustainability” in Context

    Concern for the health of outdoor places is a central theme in landscape architecture and landscape contracting, and has been since long before...
    Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson in Sustainable Landscape Construction
    Chapter 2018

  4. Soil aggregate and organic carbon distribution at dry land soil and paddy soil: the role of different straws returning

    Agriculture wastes returning to soil is one of common ways to reuse crop straws in China. The returned straws are expected to improve the fertility...

    Rong Huang, Muling Lan, ... Ming Gao in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
    Article 08 October 2017

  5. Spectral band decomposition combined with nonlinear models: application to indoor formaldehyde concentration forecasting

    This paper proposes a new approach for forecasting continuous indoor air quality time series and in particular the concentration of a common air...

    Rachid Ouaret, Anda Ionescu, ... Olivier Ramalho in Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment
    Article 17 January 2018

  6. Object Oriented Models vs. Data Analysis – Is This the Right Alternative?

    I analyze the new emerging role of mathematics for extracting structure from data. This role is different from the traditional role of mathematics as...
    Jürgen Jost in Mathematics as a Tool
    Chapter 2017

  7. Dike Risk: Revealing the Academic Links Between Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Migration

    This chapter uses the term “dike risk” to demonstrate the interrelations between sustainable development, disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate...
    Patrick Pigeon in Identifying Emerging Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction, Migration, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
    Chapter 2017

  8. The creativity process: freedom and constraints

    Creativity cannot be defined with simple, easily acceptable words. It has complex aspects that must be discussed from different angles. Anatomically,...

    Ernesto Carafoli in Rendiconti Lincei
    Article 20 January 2016

  9. Foundry Sands as Supports for Heterogeneous Photocatalysts

    Foundry sands from the iron foundry industry were employed as a support source for photocatalysts. TiCl 4 was used as the titanium precursor in the...

    Greice Vanin Oliveira, William Leonardo da Silva, ... João H. Z. dos Santos in Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
    Article 08 September 2016

  10. Expression

    We return to the question that began this book: Are we engaging in art or ecology? Up to this point this book has focused on strategies and...
    Margie Ruddick in Wild By Design
    Chapter 2016

  11. Surface storm flow prediction on hillslopes based on topography and hydrologic connectivity

    Background

    Hillslopes provide critical watershed ecosystem services such as soil erosion control and storm flow regulation through collecting,...

    Dennis W. Hallema, Roger Moussa, ... Steven G. McNulty in Ecological Processes
    Article Open access 08 September 2016

  12. Respect the Waters of Life

    Water covers nearly 70 percent of the globe, and makes up almost 99 percent of the human body. Essential to life, it is also a powerful force of...
    Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson in Sustainable Landscape Construction
    Chapter 2018

  13. Heterogeneity Theory and Ecological Restoration

    Natural ecosystems are heterogeneous; their physical, chemical, and biological characteristics display variability in space and time. In trying to...
    Daniel J. Larkin, Gregory L. Bruland, Joy B. Zedler in Foundations of Restoration Ecology
    Chapter 2016

  14. Phytoextraction of Cd and Zn as single or mixed pollutants from soil by rape (Brassica napus)

    This paper analyses the capacity of the rape ( Brassica napus ) to extract Cd and Zn from the soil and the effect of these metals on the morphometric...

    Paula Cojocaru, Zygmunt Mariusz Gusiatin, Igor Cretescu in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
    Article 17 February 2016

  15. Zero Emissions and Bio-refineries for Natural Fibres, Biomaterials and Energy: Genesis of Concepts. Review

    Depletion of world recourses, increasing pollution, and climate change make us to shift from linear economy to system economy—an economy of...
    Janis Gravitis, Valery Ozols-Kalnins, ... Andris Veveris in Sustainable Development, Knowledge Society and Smart Future Manufacturing Technologies
    Chapter 2015

  16. Quantitative Modelling of Occupational Exposure to Airborne Nanoparticles

    It is important to quantify the exposures experienced by workers in order to implement procedures to reduce exposure as well in the short-term but...
    Laura MacCalman, Araceli Sánchez-Jiménez, ... John Cherrie in Indoor and Outdoor Nanoparticles
    Chapter 2016

  17. Rapid start-up and improvement of granulation in SBR

    Background

    The aim of this study is to accelerate and improve aerobic granulation within a Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) by cationic polymer addition.

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    Sajjad Jalali, Jalal Shayegan, Samira Rezasoltani in Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering
    Article Open access 25 April 2015

  18. Modelling the Release, Transport and Fate of Engineered Nanoparticles in the Aquatic Environment – A Review

    Engineered nanoparticles, that is, particles of up to 100 nm in at least one dimension, are used in many consumer products. Their release into the...
    Adriaan A. Markus, John R. Parsons, ... Remi W. P. M. Laane in Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 243
    Chapter 2016

  19. Simple model of sludge thickening process in secondary settlers

    In wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), a secondary settler acts as a clarifier, sludge thickener, and sludge storage tank during peak flows and...

    Yuankai Zhang, Hongchen Wang, ... Songzhu Jiang in Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering
    Article 22 November 2014

  20. Incorporating within- and between-patch resource selection in identification of critical habitat for brood-rearing greater sage-grouse

    Introduction

    Incorporating information on animal behavior in resource-based predictive modeling (e.g., occurrence map**) can elucidate the...

    Matthew R Dzialak, Chad V Olson, ... Jeffrey B Winstead in Ecological Processes
    Article Open access 27 February 2015
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