Environmental Science - I - Oxford Bibliographies
India and the Environment
Sunayana Ganguly
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
India and the EnvironmentIntroductionEnvironment as a concept is so overarching that each of the sub-topics could easily have its own bibliography. Th...
Industrial Contamination, Case Studies in
Devra L. Davis, Sarina T. Scott
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Case Studies in Industrial ContaminationIntroductionEvaluating the public health impact of industrial contamination is one of the most challenging sub...
Institutions
Ramiro Berardo, Jeffrey W. Hanlon
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-10-26
Institutions Introduction There is widespread consensus among environmental scientists that a holistic understanding of how natural resources ...
Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) for Climate Change
Zili Yang, Yi-Ming Wei, Zhifu Mi
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2016-04-28
Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) for Climate ChangeIntroductionIntegrated assessment models (IAMs) for climate change refers to a broad category of...
International Land Grabbing
Paolo D'Odorico, M. Cristina Rulli
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2014-11-25
International Land Grabbing Introduction In recent years, some food crises have threatened food security worldwide. These episodes were induce...
Karst Caves
Mario Parise
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Karst CavesIntroductionKarst refers to the processes of chemical dissolution and mechanical erosion acting on soluble rocks (mainly carbonates and eva...
Key Figures: North American Environmental Scientist Activists
Ellen Wohl
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2016-11-28
Key Figures: North American Environmental Scientist ActivistsIntroductionEnvironmental scientist activist is not an established phrase. Here it design...
Lakes: A Guide to the Scientific Literature
Warwick F. Vincent
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Lakes: A Guide to the Scientific LiteratureIntroductionLakes are aquatic ecosystems of wide-ranging cultural, economic, and scientific importance, and...
Land Use, Land Cover and Land Management Change
Wim Thiery, E.L. Davin, S.I. Seneviratne
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2018-09-25
Land Use, Land Cover and Land Management Change: Definitions, Scenarios, and Role in the Climate SystemIntroductionUsing land resources in fulfilment ...
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Kristina Hill
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2018-08-28
Landscape Architecture and Environmental PlanningIntroductionThe design and planning of landscapes is an ancient human activity. The Epic of Gilgamesh...
Large Wood in Rivers
Ellen Wohl
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Large Wood in RiversIntroductionLarge wood consists of downed, dead pieces of wood. Although different size definitions have been proposed, the most w...
Legacy Effects
L. Allan James
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Legacy Effects Introduction Legacy effects are environmental changes resulting from antecedent human disturbances. The disturbance may be a re...
Lidar in Environmental Science, Use of
Adrian Harpold
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-10-26
Use of Lidar in Environmental Science Introduction Light detection and ranging (lidar) is a technology that allows construction of three-dimen...
Management, Australia's Environment
I.D. Rutherfurd
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2018-07-24
Australia’s Environment and Its ManagementIntroductionThe Southern Hemisphere island continent of Australia (7 million km2) is old, flat, stable, and ...
Mangroves
Daniel Friess
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
MangrovesIntroductionIntertidal mangrove forests are a wetland ecosystem composed of halophytic tree and shrub species and associated terrestrial and ...
Marine Mining
Andrew David Thaler
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-11-30
Marine Mining Introduction In his underwater epic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1869), Jules Verne speculated that the seafloor would one day ...
Marine Protected Areas
Elizabeth De Santo
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2019-10-30
Marine Protected AreasIntroductionMarine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a key tool in ecosystem-based management, implementing a spatial approach to biodi...
Mediterranean Environments
Harriet D. Allen
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Mediterranean EnvironmentsIntroductionMediterranean environments are found in the Mediterranean Basin itself, California (including Baja-California, M...
Mountain Environments
Ellen Wohl
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2018-03-28
Mountain EnvironmentsIntroductionMountain ranges occur on every continent, at latitudes from the equator almost to both poles. A region is defined as ...
Muir, John
Eve-Lyn S. Hinckley
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
John MuirIntroductionJohn Muir (b. 21 April 1838–d. 24 December 1914) was one of the foremost naturalists in the United States, widely known for his e...
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