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Start Small, Think Big is a primary-science picture book series that takes young readers from the small and familiar to new areas of knowledge where they need to think big! Flying, Fluffy Seed is about the life cycle of a dandelion plant told clearly and carefully to build knowledge about plants. With a big fold-out map.

A scientific study challenging the prevailing climate change narrative.

Antarctic exploration after the heroic years of Scott, Shackleton and Mawsom but before the technological age. It interweaves a personal story of discovery in Antarctica in the '60s with the lives and deaths of those who were tragically lost and the creation of monuments to them.

An exploration of both the reality and the spectre of waste throughout history.

A bold and compelling new framework for understanding the past, present, and future of our planet, one which explores the development of a technologically enabled planetary brain capable of coordinating ecological functions and peering far into the future and universe.

Designed as a comprehensive overview on all factors and stakeholders impacting coastal and marine pollution, the book is structured into five sections. An overview section introducing the global state of coastal and marine pollution is followed by a section that showcases several different forms of pollution, their sources, distribution, and impacts on the biophysical environment. The third section describes monitoring methods, including ecotoxicological approaches, and proven strategies for managing coastal and marine pollution. The fourth section addresses policy and governance issues, including public awareness and disaster response strategies. The final section presents four different cases studies that highlight chronic as well as accidental sources of pollution and how these may be contained. With its broad and up-to-date coverage, this book serves as a valuable reference for environmental researchers, ecologists, toxicologists, and professionals in marine-related industries.

Strategic City Branding: Insights from Asian Cities brings together concepts, case studies, and strategic management tools for effective city branding. This volume is an essential resource for city branding and marketing practitioners, postgraduate students beginning their research, and undergraduate students new to the topic.

Proximity in Design Research explores four constituents of design: people, processes, products and philosophy, and their potential to bridge contemporary gaps through multilevel synergies.

The book primarily takes a simulation and experimental approach. It takes a comprehensive look at sustainable financial systems as opposed to sustainable finance in general. It will appeal to academics, students and researchers in the fields of economics, finance and banking, business, management and political and social sciences.

This book offers a multidisciplinary analysis of the degradation process of an ecosystem, drawing upon the Mar Menor as a case study to highlight the damage human pressure causes to the environment.

Human Factors in the U.S. Railroad Industry book investigates the human factor behind one of the world's biggest railway networks and synthesizes the body of research that has been produced by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Human Factors in the Railroad industry since 1993.

This volume seeks to discuss the influence of new modes of transportation and their coexistence with older ones by incorporating a comprehensive range of sources written by both European and Asian travellers. It is inspired by the anthropology of the senses, the sociology of travel, post-colonial theory, and the cultural history of transport

Project finance has a critical role in infrastructure development. This book examines the project finance ecosystem, methods, analysis, and key related risks. Its unique contribution to the literature is its focus on Africa, where there is a huge infrastructure investment deficit and the lack of the technical-know-how to bridge this gap.

Focusing on one of the most significant and critical issues facing the world today, this important book explores multiple aspects of climate change through the use of Jungian symbols and "signs" of this environmental shift, while diving deep into the politics of loss in reaction to climate chaos, uncertainty, and ambiguity.

Hydrogen Peroxide: Signalling Mechanisms and Crosstalk in Plant Development and Stress Responses presents a comprehensive overview of hydrogen peroxide's modes of action in plants demonstrating the important role played in plant stress signaling and communication.

This book examines how the principle of ecological integrity in international law and governance can help address our current global crises.

Inspired by decades of archaeological research on the ancestral Maya, Maya Wisdom and the Survival of Our Planet provides a practical roadmap on how to sustainably address climate change and environmental degradation. The author shows how insights of the Maya--past and present--are vital for the survival of our planet and calls for collaborating with rather than dominating the nonhuman world.