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Mercury Pollution - A Transdisciplinary Treatment - Bog - Hardback

Mercury Pollution - A Transdisciplinary Treatment - Bog - Hardback

Using mercury pollution as an example, this book illustrates the interdisciplinary approach required for solving environmental problems. It explains the details of the natural cycling of mercury in and on the earth and discusses how humans have dramatically disrupted its exchange among the earth¿s soil, air, and water. The chapters discuss history, media, and politics in relation to mercury and contain links to established websites with specific resources for readers. Also included are smaller case..

DKK 2201.95
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Reforming Regulatory Impact Analysis - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Inc - Plusbog.dk

Reforming Regulatory Impact Analysis - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Inc - Plusbog.dk

Over the past decades, considerable debate has emerged surrounding the use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to analyze and make recommendations for environmental and safety regulations. Critics argue that CBA forces values on unquantifiable factors, that it does not adequately measure benefits across generations, and that it is not adaptable in situations of uncertainty. Proponents, on the other hand, believe that a well-done CBA provides useful, albeit imperfect, information to policymakers precisely because of the standard metrics that are applied across the analysis. Largely absent from the debate have been practical questions about how the use of CBA could be improved. Relying on the assumption that CBA will remain an important component in the regulatory process, this new work from Resources for the Future brings together experts representing both sides of the debate to analyze the use of CBA in three key case studies: the Clean Air Interstate Rule, the Clean Air Mercury Rule, and the Cooling Water Intake Structure Rule (Phase II). Each of the case studies is accompanied by critiques from both an opponent and a proponent of CBA and includes consideration of complementary analyses that could have been employed. The work''s editors - two CBA supporters and one critic - conclude the report by offering concrete recommendations for improving the use of CBA, focusing on five areas: technical quality of the analyses, relevance to the agency decision-making process, transparency of the analyses, treatment of new scientific findings, and balance in both the analyses and associated processes, including the treatment of distributional consequences.

DKK 391.00
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Introduction to Green Chemistry - Albert Matlack - Bog - Taylor & Francis Inc - Plusbog.dk

Introduction to Green Chemistry - Albert Matlack - Bog - Taylor & Francis Inc - Plusbog.dk

In the nearly 10 years since the publication of the bestselling first edition of Introduction to Green Chemistry, interest in green chemistry and clean processes has grown so much that topics, such as fluorous biphasic catalysis, metal organic frameworks, and process intensification, barely mentioned in the first edition, have become major areas of research. In addition, government funding has ramped up the development of fuel cells and biofuels. It reflects the evolving focus from pollution remediation to pollution prevention. Copiously illustrated with over 800 figures, this second edition provides an update from the frontiers of the field. New and expanded research topics: - - Metal-organic frameworks - Solid acids for alkylation of isobutene by butanes - Carbon molecular sieves - Mixed micro- and mesoporous solids - Organocatalysis - Process intensification and gas phase enzymatic reactions - Hydrogen storage for fuel cells - Reactive distillation - Catalysts in action on an atomic scale - Updated and expanded current events topics: - - Industry resistance to inherently safer chemistry - Nuclear power - Removal of mercury from vaccines - Removal of mercury and lead from primary explosives - Biofuels - Uses for surplus glycerol - New hard materials to reduce wear - Electronic waste - Smart growth - The book covers traditional green chemistry topics, including catalysis, benign solvents, and alternative feedstocks. It also discusses relevant but less frequently covered topics with chapters such as Chemistry of Longer Wear and Population and the Environment . This coverage highlights the importance of chemistry to everyday life and demonstrates the benefits the expanded exploitation of green chemistry can have for society.

DKK 1211.00
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Metal Ions in Biological Systems - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Inc - Plusbog.dk

Metal Ions in Biological Systems - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Inc - Plusbog.dk

This volume is devoted to the research area regarding the biological properties of metal alkyl derivatives, offering an authoritative account of this subject by 16 scientists. In 11 chapters, Biological Properties of Metal Alkyl Derivatives highlights, in detail, derivatives of germanium, tin, lead, arsenic, antimony, selenium, tellurium, cobalt (vitamin B12 derivatives) and nickel (coenzyme F430), including the role of (mainly) micro-organisms in their formation. The derivatives of indium, thallium, bismuth, various transition metals and mercury are also covered to some extent, as are those of the non-metals silicon, phosphorus and sulfur, and the haloperoxidase route of the biogenesis of halomethanes by fungi and plants. The properties of these alkyl derivatives, their biosynthesis, including mechanistic aspects, their appearance in waters (rivers, lakes, oceans) and sediments, and their physiological and toxic effects are summarized.

DKK 979.00
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Legacies of Love - Winston Wilde - Bog - Taylor & Francis Inc - Plusbog.dk

Legacies of Love - Winston Wilde - Bog - Taylor & Francis Inc - Plusbog.dk

Legacies of Love: A Heritage of Queer Bonding presents a fascinating study of human relationships through the remarkable love stories of famous gays and lesbians around the world and throughout history. Winston Wilde, sexologist and psychotherapist author, examines human bonding patterns using factual case studies of famous same-sex relationships. Expertly weaving reference and narrative, Wilde shows a spectrum of authentic, unembellished, and captivating gay and lesbian relationships that defied cultural, generational, and social barriers. His encyclopedic book covers both well known and surprising same-sex affairs of renowned figures like Oscar Wilde, Margaret Mead, Rita Mae Brown, Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander the Great, Freddie Mercury, Lawrence of Arabia, and Danny Kaye. An engaging and thouroughly researched account of queer bonding, Legacies of Love shatters the false and negative notion that love is exclusively heterosexual. It is a true gift to LGBT people everywhere who have been denied the truth of their history of love.

DKK 323.00
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Not So Golden After All - Larry N. Gerston - Bog - Taylor & Francis Inc - Plusbog.dk

Not So Golden After All - Larry N. Gerston - Bog - Taylor & Francis Inc - Plusbog.dk

Quality public education, modern highway systems, and reasonably priced housing—these are just some of the qualities that once made California one of the most desirable places to live. Just a few decades later, the state finds itself with an education system that is failing its citizens, one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, and a quickly evaporating dream of home ownership. Illustrating each step of the breakdown that led to its current state of dysfunction, Not So Golden After All: The Rise and Fall of California provides insight into a system gone amuck. It addresses complicated topics in an engaging manner to help the public and leaders alike understand how to make policies that balance expectations with outcomes. Key political themes covered include disconnected institutions, perpetually unbalanced budgets, immigration, voter ignorance, interest group influence, and dysfunctional institutions. Investigating the gridlock that has become all too common within the state’s legislature, the book: - - Demonstrates the impact of the state’s inability to generate sufficient revenue, particularly for public education and an under-trained workforce - Highlights the problems created by poor land use planning —from suburban sprawl and government waste to inefficient use of agricultural land - Examines how interest groups have been able to wrest control of the processes that were created to keep them in line - Identifies the duplication of efforts and other inefficiencies at the state and local levels - Author Larry Gerston leaves no stone unturned in his discussion of California''s economy, position on the Pacific Rim, cultural diversity, land and water issues, and its relationship with the federal government. He examines the state’s infrastructure, natural resources, immigration issues, education, finance, healthcare, civil rights, planning and development, security, laws, political parties, and power structures to provide civic leaders and policy makers with the understanding required to restore the sheen to this once glistening paradise. The Contra Costa Times discussed Larry Gerston''s recent Commonwealth Club lecture in a May 17, 2012 article. Read an interview with Larry Gerston in The Mercury News.

DKK 770.00
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