Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Disposition of Offshore Platforms 
Disposal of Offshore Platforms [PDF ebook] 

Timber sourcing is shifting from extraction from natural forests to forms of cultivation that are increasingly agricultural in nature. This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to examine the soci …

A unique look at how the adoption of sustainable farming methods is being pursued throughout the world. This comprehensive book provides clear insight into research and education needs and the many p …

Saving the environment is our collective duty. With each passing day, climate change is causing Pacific islands to disappear into the sea, accelerating the extinction of species at alarming proportio …

Offers thorough coverage of the remediation of soils contaminated by hazardous wastes, including materials, analytical techniques, cleanup design and methodology, characterization of geomedia, monito …

The first book to critically examine how monitoring can be an effective tool in participatory resource management, Negotiated Learning draws on the first-hand experiences of researchers and developme …

The Rio Summit has pointed to the urgency for the development of an international conservation policy; and the post-Maastricht debates in Europe have highlighted the need for the EU to reassess struc …

This book explains over 3, 000 terms (over 200, 000 words) and contains over 200 professionally drawn line illustrations. This practical handbook is intended for day to day use as a reference or as a …

Building Services Design Methodology clearly sets out and defines the building services design process from concept to post-construction phase. By providing a step-by-step methodology for students an …

First published in 1972, this first volume of Professor Lamb”s study of our changing climate deals with the fundamentals of climate and climatology, as well as providing global data on the contempor …