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Theoretical and Empirical Analysis in Environmental Economics (New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives (34))

Springer, 2019

This monograph presents potential remedies for some of the current environmental issues in developed countries in a theoretical or empirical manner with the interdisciplinary approaches of economics, statistics, and engineering. The book illustrates effective economic and environmental policies for environmental challenges and factors...

Oceans in Decline

Copernicus, 2019

What is happening in our oceans? By describing their main elements, this book shows how and why the oceans are being transformed, and suggests possible future scenarios to address this complex, yet often-asked, question. The ocean is being dramatically transformed, but the magnitude of this transformation remains unclear since the...

Development of a Society on Wheels: Understanding the Rise of Automobile-dependency in China (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path)

Springer, 2018

Using quantitative research, this volume investigates the characteristics, problems and trends of the automobile society in China’s mega cities and large cities. It also addresses topics related to cars and cities, traffic safety and cars’ consumption.

China has experienced more than 30 years of rapid...

Applications and Challenges of Geospatial Technology: Potential and Future Trends

Springer, 2018

This book advances the scientific understanding and application of space-based technologies to address a variety of areas related to sustainable development; including environmental systems analysis, environmental management, clean processes, green chemistry, and green engineering. Geo-spatial techniques have gained considerable interest in...

Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Risk toward Healthier Environment for All (Current Topics in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)

Springer, 2019

This volume discusses the effects of indoor air environment and pollution in modern buildings on human health. Highlighting epidemiological studies and the determining factors, it offers proposals for improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in different environments. Focusing not only on homes and offices, but also vehicles and aircrafts,...

Transformation Processes of Metals in Urban Road Dust: Implications for Stormwater Reuse (SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology)

Springer, 2019

This book discusses the physicochemical changes (transformations) that metals deposited on urban road surfaces undergo during dry weather periods, in order to provide insights into their potential impacts on stormwater quality. Based on extensive field experiments, and laboratory and data analyses, it examines transformation characteristics of...

Global Challenges in Energy and Environment: Select Proceedings of ICEE 2018 (Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering)

Springer, 2019

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Energy and Environment - Global Challenges (ICEE 2018). The book focuses on applications of green technologies in chemical and biochemical engineering, wastewater treatment, energy and environmental sustainability. It covers current environmental issues such as...

Electric Machines: Steady State, Transients, and Design with MATLAB®

CRC Press, 2009

Ubiquitous in daily life, electric motors/generators are used in a wide variety of applications, from home appliances to internal combustion engines to hybrid electric cars. They produce electric energy in all electric power plants as generators and motion control that is necessary in all industries to increase productivity, save...

Graphs and Networks: Multilevel Modeling

John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Completely updated and containing two new chapters, this title covers spatial analysis and urban management using graph theory simulation. Highly practical, the simulation approach allows readers to solve classic problems such as placement of high-speed roads, the capacity of a network, pollution emission control, and more.

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Stochastic Analysis in Production Process and Ecology Under Uncertainty

Springer, 2012

The monograph addresses a problem of stochastic analysis based on the uncertainty assessment by simulation and application of this method in ecology and steel industry under uncertainty. The first chapter defines the Monte Carlo (MC) method and random variables in stochastic models. Chapter two deals with the contamination transport in porous...

Applications of Mathematics in Models, Artificial Neural Networks and Arts: Mathematics and Society

Springer, 2010

The book shows a very original organization addressing in a non traditional way, but with a systematic approach, to who has an interest in using mathematics in the social sciences.

The book is divided in four parts: (a) a historical part, written by Vittorio Capecchi which helps us understand the changes in the relationship between...

The Motor Car: Past, Present and Future (Mechanical Engineering Series)

Springer, 2014

This book is an introduction to automotive engineering, to give freshmen ideas about this technology. The text is subdivided in parts that cover all facets of the automobile, including legal and economic aspects related to industry and products, product configuration and fabrication processes, historic evolution and future developments.

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