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This book details geophysical techniques with description of physics involved in different methodologies of magnetotellurics (MT). The chapters describe conceptual background of MT geophysical methods along with the instrumentation, illustrations and applicability of the individual methodology supported by successful case histories.

The Handbook of Sustainable Industrial Wastewater Treatment is an indispensable resource for addressing the pressing challenges of wastewater management through innovative and sustainable technologies.

A unique homage to the fighter aircraft that won the Battle of Britain, marrying the story of how the author - an aeronautical obsessive - built a replica Spitfire in his back garden with an account of the development and operational history of an aeroplane that became a national icon and design classic.

"When the Bosque Ran Clear: Life Along the River from Prehistory to the Civil War presents a history of early people and their environments along the Bosque River valley in North Central Texas. Spanning from the Pleistocene, thousands of years ago when the earliest peoples arrived in the cool and rainy river valley, to the time of the Comanche in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Dan Young describes how peoples' lives were shaped by climate-driven changes in the landscape. Global fluctuations in climate brought changes to the river's environment, forcing new lifestyles to develop in response to new environmental conditions, impacting foodstuffs and the presence or absence of bison. In response to centuries of alternating climates, lifeways successfully adapted in the Bosque Valley. Evidence of these inhabitants is found in the soil; stone tools and weapons, pollen, chemical signatures, and other organic matter, as discussed in archaeological and paleoclimatological studies, provide scientific evidence to support Young's insights on climate change, human occupation, and folk botany. Presented in ten chapters with forty-one original black and white illustrations, the book begins with the natural history of the river that flows through the Western Cross Timbers, the Blackland Prairies, and into the Brazos River at Waco. Beginning with the Pleistocene, Young's narrative then continues through the Early Archaic (8,000-6,000 years ago), Middle Archaic (6,000-4,000 years ago), and the Wet Centuries (5,000-2,150 years ago), with the climate-induced disappearance of bison and the arrival of the Spanish and their horses. Young concludes with a chapter on the establishment of Scots-Irish settlements in 1854 and the destruction of the Native American communities and lifeways through the new settlers' farming and ranching practices"--

"Fire lookout towers are enjoying a retrospective rebirth, attracting the curious and the adventurous, as Americans seeking escape for moments of solitude rediscover the structures' national significance. Though the Civilian Conservation Corps' national fire control policies and reforestation efforts have been covered elsewhere, each state's legacy is as unique as its people, forest conditions, traditions, and legislative history. In Texas, what emerges is a story that shaped national policies and examines the ethos of a generation. Edward Cavallerano's Fire in the Piney Woods develops several parallel stories. The first describes the Piney Woods and the antecedent conditions that necessitated fire prevention, forest fire detection, and the development of Texas' fire lookout network. Second, through collected stories, poetry, and primary accounts, it pays tribute to a generation of Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees, foresters, surveyors, and dedicated, self-sufficient lookouts who redeveloped or protected the forestlands of Texas and educated rural communities about the value of their natural resources. Finally, it describes the location and design of the lookout towers and associated structures in Texas by consolidating a decade of observations. In this effort, Cavallerano introduces methodologies to assess tower characteristics that may be useful to workers in other regions. Taken together, the book shares an appreciation of the past and celebrates the heritage these sites still possess. Fire in the Piney Woods preserves the history of forest fire protection in Texas, enhances readers' recreational experiences, and builds a compelling case among Texans to preserve the lookout towers that still stand"--

This book explores the historical and theoretical classification of True Cost Accounting (TCA) and its business-oriented ways of implementation. It will interest students and scholars of environmental economics and inspire practitioners in sustainable supply chain management and social accounting.

A Cold Colonialism reframes exploration as a modern enterprise - one through which southern Canadians and Americans sought to exert control over northern peoples and their lands.

The case for an eco-emancipatory politics to release the Earth from human domination and free us all from lives that are both exploitative and exploitedHuman domination of nature shapes every aspect of our lives today, even as it remains virtually invisible to us. Because human beings are a part of nature, the human domination of nature circles back to confine and exploit people as well-and not only the poor and marginalized but also the privileged and affluent, even in the world's most prosperous societies. Although modern democracy establishes constraints intended to protect people from domination as the arbitrary exercise of power, it offers few such protections for nonhuman parts of nature. The result is that, wherever we fall in human hierarchies, we inevitably find ourselves both complicit in and entrapped by a system that makes sustainable living all but impossible. It confines and exploits not only nature but people too, albeit in different ways. In Eco-Emancipation, Sharon Krause argues that we can find our way to a better, freer life by constraining the use of human power in relation to nature and promoting nature's well-being alongside our own, thereby releasing the Earth from human domination and freeing us from a way of life that is both exploitative and exploited, complicit and entrapped. Eco-emancipation calls for new, more-than-human political communities that incorporate nonhuman parts of nature through institutions of representation and regimes of rights, combining these new institutional arrangements with political activism, a public ethos of respect for nature, and a culture of eco-responsibility.

One of the most deeply ingrained beliefs of our age is that perpetual economic growth is the solution to most, if not all, of society's problems. In Slow Down or Die, French economist Timothée Parrique brilliantly challenges this myth, demonstrating how producing more won't solve climate change, poverty, or inequality. In fact, our obsession with growth is accelerating social and ecological collapse.Parrique proposes a different vision - a "post-growth" economy where decisions are made collectively and democratically. Instead of infinitely accumulating wealth, our goal must be a just, equitable, and sustainable society. Accessible and inspiring, Slow Down or Die is a radical call to embrace a future of shared prosperity, where slowing down is the key to a better, sustainable future.

Walking tours of Britain's nuclear power stations, exploring the history of the sites they occupy and their social, ecological, and cultural impact on the landscape.The United Kingdom has sixteen nuclear power stations. Most go under the radar, but their presence is enormous, both physically and culturally. They divide opinion like nothing else. Are they relics of a past era, or a crucial part of our futures? Are they cathedrals of science or temples of doom? Atomic Albion is a journey around Britain's nuclear power stations and the country itself. From the Essex marshes to the Anglesey coast, from the Dungeness shingle to the far north of Scotland, Tom Bolton explores how nuclear sites shape the places around them, and enters the impossible world of nuclear power and weapons.

You've seen the fires. You've seen the floods. You've read the news reports. And now you want to do something about it. But what? And how?Four out of five people want to do more to protect the planet in the face of a climate emergency, and yet there is no comprehensive and accessible guide to help concerned people work out what they can do. Instead a mixture of inertia, terror or a sense that no individual can make a difference has frozen most of us into doing little or nothing at all.WHAT ONE PERSON CAN DO is the one book that anyone wanting to act on climate change needs. It is uniquely broad in scope, going beyond the usual focus on reducing our environmental footprints, to consider how to talk persuasively about the crisis with others, how to transform the organisations and communities we're part of, how to upgrade our broader society through campaigning and activism, and how to look after ourselves as we do so.

The authoritative guide on what we can do to save the planet, from scientist and activist Charlie Gardner