Carbon Management, Technologies, and Trends in Mediterranean Ecosystems / / edited by Sabit Erşahin, Selim Kapur, Erhan Akça, Ayten Namlı, Hakkı Emrah Erdoğan |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 158 p. 58 illus., 41 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 662.6 |
Collana | The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science |
Soggetto topico |
Fossil fuels
Ecosystems Energy policy Energy and state Climate change Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture) Energy Policy, Economics and Management Climate Change Management and Policy |
ISBN | 3-319-45035-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Soil Carbon Impacts on Functionality and Environmental Sustainability -- New World Atlas of Desertification and Issues of Carbon Sequestration, Organic Carbon Stocks, Nutrient Depletion and Implications for Food Security -- Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics as Influenced by Land Use and Climate -- EU Emissions Trading Scheme Application in Bulgaria, Greece and Romania from 2008 to 2012 -- Indigenous Egyptian Nubians and Climate Change Mitigation. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155306403321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
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Carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and adaptation / / by David A. N. Ussiri, Rattan Lal |
Autore | Ussiri David A. N |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 549 p. 57 illus., 53 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 577.27 |
Soggetto topico |
Climate change
Soil science Soil conservation Agriculture Climate Change Soil Science & Conservation |
ISBN | 3-319-53845-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction: Climate Overview -- Chapter 2: Variability and Change In Climate.-Chapter 3: Introduction to Global Carbon Cycling: An Overview of the Global Carbon Cycle -- Chapter 4: The Global Carbon Inventory -- Chapter 5: Historical Perspectives of the Global Carbon Cycle -- Chapter 6: The Modern Carbon Cycle -- Chapter 7: Historical and Contemporary Global Methane Cycling -- Chapter 8: Mitigation of Climate Change: Introduction -- Chapter 9: Introduction to Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration -- Chapter 10: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Under Agriculture and Livestock Landuse -- Chapter 11: Global Forests Management for Climate Change Mitigation -- Chapter 12: The Role of Bioenergy in Mitigating Climate Change -- Chapter 13: Carbon Capture and Storage in Geologic Formations. |
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Ussiri David A. N
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Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Ecosystems / / by Klaus Lorenz, Rattan Lal |
Autore | Lorenz Klaus |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XII, 392 p. 26 illus., 14 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 630 |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Soil science Soil conservation Climate change Soil Science & Conservation Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts |
ISBN | 3-319-92318-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1 Agricultural Land Use and the Global Carbon Cycle -- 2 Soil Carbon Stock -- 3 Carbon Sequestration in Cropland Soils -- 4 Carbon Sequestration in Grassland Soils -- 5 Carbon Sequestration in Wetland Soils -- 6 Agroforestry Systems -- 7 Biomass and Bioenergy.-8 Biochar -- 9 Importance of Soils of Agroecosystems for Climate Change Policy -- Conclusions: The Way Forward. |
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Lorenz Klaus
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The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change [[electronic resource] /] / by Yoram Bauman, Grady Klein |
Autore | Bauman Yoram |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Climate change
Climate Change Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Climate Change Management and Policy |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Graphic novels.
Graphic novelsUnited States. |
ISBN | 1-61091-570-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part one -- Observations -- Introduction -- A Brief History of PLANET EARTH -- The Ice Ages -- Carbon Dioxide -- Energy -- Climate Science. Part two -- Predictions -- Global warming -- Water -- Life on Earth. Beyond 2100 -- Uncertainty. Part three -- Actions -- The Tragedy of the Commons -- Techno-Fix -- Putting a Price on Carbon -- Beyond Fossil Fuels -- The Challenge -- Glossary. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298368303321 |
Bauman Yoram
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Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2014 | ||
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Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Intensification of the Humid Highland Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa / / edited by Bernard Vanlauwe, Piet van Asten, Guy Blomme |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina |
551.6
570 577 630 |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Climate change Ecosystems Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts |
ISBN | 3-319-07662-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Theme 1 – System characterization -- Bridging the soil map of Rwanda with the ‘farmer’s mental soil map’ for an effective Integrated and Participatory Watershed Management research model -- Intensification of crop–livestock farming systems in East Africa: A comparison of selected sites in the highlands of Ethiopia and Kenya -- Rapid assessment of potato productivity in Kigezi and Elgon Highlands in Uganda -- Farmers’ knowledge and perception of climbing beans-based cropping systems in Rwanda -- Securing crop phosphorus availability in the humid tropics: Alternative sources and improved management options - A review -- Theme 2 – System components -- A decade of agricultural research in Rwanda: Achievements and the way forward -- Do commercial biological and chemical products increase crop yields and economic returns under smallholder farmer conditions? -- Enhanced utilization of biotechnology research and development innovations in eastern and central Africa for agro-ecological intensification -- Investing in Land and Water Management Practices in the Ethiopian Highlands: Short- or Long-Term Benefits? -- Yield responses of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) varieties to phosphorus fertilizer application across a soil fertility gradient in western Kenyan highlands -- Innovations to overcome staking challenges to climbing beans production by smallholders in Rwanda -- Crop–livestock interaction for improved productivity: Effect of selected varieties of field pea (Pisum sativum L.) on grain and straw parameters -- From standards to practices: The intensive and improved rice (SRI and SRA) systems in the Madagascar Highlands -- Identification of elite, high yielding and stable maize cultivars for Rwandan mid-altitude environments -- Determination of appropriate rate and mode of lime application on acid soils of western Kenya: targeting small scale farmers -- Assessment of fertilizer efficiency in Walungu weathered soil on maize yield -- Improvement of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) production with fertilizer and organic inputs in Rwanda -- Evaluation of sweetpotato varieties for the potential of dual-purpose in different agroecological zones of Kenya -- Theme 3 – Drivers and determinants for adoption -- Livelihoods heterogeneity and water management in Malawi: policy implications for irrigation development -- Access to subsidized certified improved rice seed and poverty reduction: evidence from rice farming households in Nigeria -- Factors influencing the adoption of improved rice varieties in Rwanda: An application of the Conditional Logit Model (CLM) -- Assessing the influence of farmers’ field schools and market links on investments in soil fertility management under potato production in Uganda -- Bean utilization and commercialization in Great Lakes region of Central Africa: The case of smallholder farmers in Burundi -- Enhancing farmers’ access to quality planting materials through community-based seed and seedling systems: Experiences from the Western Highlands of Cameroon -- Returns to production of common bean, soybean, and groundnut in Rwanda -- Theme 4- Knowledge-intensive approaches -- Beyond the pilot sites: Can knowledge-intensive technologies diffuse spontaneously? -- Agricultural innovations that increase productivity and generates incomes: Lessons on identification and testing processes in Rwandan agricultural Innovation Platforms -- ISFM adaptation trials: farmer-to farmer facilitation, farmer-led data collection, technology learning and uptake. |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Trevor Fenning |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (823 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.75 |
Collana | Forestry Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Forestry
Climate change Conservation biology Ecology Forestry management Trees Climate Change Conservation Biology/Ecology Forestry Management Tree Biology |
ISBN | 94-007-7076-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Introduction -- PART 1. Sustainable Forestry & Conservation Objectives -- 1. A Burning Issue: Tropical Forests and the Health of Global Ecosystems -- 2. Silviculture of planted forests managed for multi-functional objectives: lessons from Chinese and British experiences -- 3. Forests for all? Considering the conservation implications of human-species interactions in the context of multifunctional forestry -- 4. Human engagement with forest environments – implications for physical and mental health and wellbeing -- 5. Sustainable Forest Management in China: Achievements in the Past and Challenges Ahead -- 6. The Value of Forest: An Ecological Economic Examination of People’s Perspective -- PART 2. Forest Resources Worldwide -- 7. Global trends and outlook for forest resources -- 8. Save the Forests : Use more wood -- PART 3. Forests, Forestry and Climate Change -- 9. Forests in the global carbon cycle -- 10. Forests, Forestry and Climate Change -- 11. Insect invasions and climate change in forest ecosystems -- PART 4. The Economics of Forestry -- 12. How cost-effective is forestry for climate change mitigation? -- 13. Additionality of climate change mitigation activities -- 14. Different Economic Approaches to Forest Management -- PART 5. Tree Breeding & Commercial Forestry -- 15. A Roadmap to Eucalyptus Breeding for Clonal Forestry -- 16. Conifer Somatic Embryogenesis and Multi-varietal Forestry -- 17. Modern Advances in Tree Breeding -- 18. A reality check in population management -- 19. Seed orchards and aspects on supporting tree breeding -- PART 6. Biotechnological approaches -- 20. Biosafety considerations in the context of deployment of GM trees -- 21. Scientific research related to genetically modified trees -- 22. Forest Biotechnology Futures -- 23. Research and Application of Transgenic Poplar in China -- PART 7. Genomic studies with forest trees -- 24. Genome resequencing in Populus: Revealing large-scale genome variation and implications on specialized-trait genomics -- 25. Comparative and evolutionary genomics of forest trees -- PART 8. Bio-energy, lignin and wood -- 26. Willows as a potential source of renewable fuels and diverse products -- 27. Woodfuel production in the UK - unlocking the existing resource and growing for the future -- 28. Bioenergy opportunities from forests in New Zealand -- 29. Creating the wood supply of the future -- PART 9. Forest Science, including ecological studies -- 30. Planning for the future: Community genetics applications for forest biodiversity and policy -- 31. The long reach of biogenic emissions in the atmosphere -- 32. Ecological aspects of host-insect interactions on the example of Quercus robur and Tortrix viridana -- 33. Forests have survived climate changes and epidemics in the past. Will they continue to adapt and survive? At what cost? -- 34. Horse chestnut bleeding canker – a 21st Century tree pathogen -- 35. The use of small footprint airborne LiDAR for the estimation of individual tree parameters in Sitka spruce stands. |
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Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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A Changing Climate for Science / / by Sophie C. Lewis |
Autore | Lewis Sophie C |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 157 p. 5 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 354.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy
Climate change Environmental sociology Environmental Policy Climate Change Management and Policy Environmental Sociology Climate Change Environmental Politics |
ISBN | 3-319-54265-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. The want of any name -- Chapter 2. Neither necessary nor sufficient -- Chapter 3. The pseudo in our science -- Chapter 4. A tribe of scientists -- Chapter 5. The nature peepers -- Chapter 6. Into the hinterland -- Chapter 7. Blue skies and other shades -- Chapter 8. An invitation to the challenge. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910252710303321 |
Lewis Sophie C
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Charting Environmental Law Futures in the Anthropocene [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michelle Lim |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 245 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 344.046 |
Soggetto topico |
International environmental law
Environmental law Environmental policy Climate change International Environmental Law Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Climate Change Environmental Policy |
ISBN | 981-13-9065-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Re-Imagining Systems of Environmental Governance in the Anthropocene -- Part II: The Global Context -- Part III: Transboundary and Regional Challenges -- Part IV: Governance and Implementation -- Part V: Human Rights and Environmental Justice -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910350244403321 |
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 | ||
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Children and Sustainable Development : Ecological Education in a Globalized World / / edited by Antonio M. Battro, Pierre Léna, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Joachim von Braun |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVI, 433 p. 79 illus., 69 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 507.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Science education
Sustainable development Poverty Religion and sociology Well-being Children Climate change Science Education Sustainable Development Development Aid Religion and Society Child Well-being Climate Change Management and Policy |
ISBN | 3-319-47130-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part 1: Environment, Climate and Education -- Chapter 1.Educating Children to Bend the Curve: For a Stable Climate, Sustainable Nature and Sustainable Humanity -- Chapter 2. Children as Agents of Change for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 3. Notes on Child Labor and Education: A Personal Statement -- Chapter 4. Scholas Citizenship -- Chapter 5.Learning, Literacy and Sustainable Development: Inclusion, Vulnerability, and the SDGs -- Chapter 6. Educating Students to Sustainability: The Experience of “La main à la pâte” -- Chapter 7.Evidence Based Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2016-2030 -- Chapter 8. The Sustainable Planet: Towards an Education for Sustainability -- Part 2: How Could Education Evolve in a Diversity of Conteexts? -- Chapter 9. Structures, Processes and Agents of Educational Changes -- Chapter 10. Low Attainers in a Global Knowledge Economy -- Chapter 11. Unequal World, Unequal Education -- Chapter 12. Fe y Alegría and the Educational Challenges and Opportunities of Our World -- Chapter 13. A Bright Star for Every Child Education in Rural China -- Chapter 14. AmritaRITE: A Holistic Model for Inclusive Education in Rural India -- Chapter 15. The Assumpta Science Center Ofekata – Owerri (ASCO) -- Part: 3.Children, Students and Teachers -- Chapter 16 -- Formative Childhood from a Neurobiological Perspective etc. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255135103321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
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Cities and Sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : Issues and Strategic Pathways / / edited by S. Mahendra Dev, Sudhakar Yedla |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.927 |
Collana | Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics |
Soggetto topico |
Regional economics
Spatial economics Sustainable development Climate change Public administration Transportation Energy efficiency Regional/Spatial Science Sustainable Development Climate Change Public Administration Energy Efficiency |
ISBN | 81-322-2310-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Cities and the Sustainability Dimensions -- Chapter 2. Role of Eco-production in managing energy and environmental sustainability in cities: A lesson from Ulsan metropolis, South Korea -- Chapter 3. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Andhra Pradesh: A Stock-Taking -- Chapter 4. Enhancement of eco-production capacity in Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ), Bangladesh employing Korean EIP transition strategy -- Chapter 5. Scenario of Urban Transport in Indian Cities - Challenges and the Way Forward -- Chapter 6. Urban Transportation Planning and Investment in India – Emerging Challenges -- Chapter 7. Role of Non Motorized Transport and Sustainable Transport in Indian Cities -- Chapter 8. Integrating Climate Change in City Planning: Framework and Case Studies -- Chapter 9. Securing Cities for Energy Needs -- Chapter 10. Challenges and Opportunities in SWM in India: A Perspective -- Chapter 11. E - Waste in Indian Cities, Menace, Resource & Strategies for Sustainable Management -- Chapter 12. Air Pollution – Short Lived Climate Forced Ozone in Urban Areas of Kolkata -- Chapter 13. Green Infrastructure – Issues & Recommendations -- Chapter 14. Municipal Convergence for Inclusive Habitat. |
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New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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