This book provides a comprehensive overview of the present state of environmental perturbations in mangrove ecosystems, with special focus on the Indian Sundarbans, one of the most biologically productive, economically potential, aesthetically cel...Loe edasi...
This book provides insight into advancing GIS and remote sensing technology in the field of mangrove ecosystem monitoring, offering traditional as well as advanced techniques for mangrove types, biophysical and biochemical parameters, retrieval, spe...Loe edasi...
Mangrove Ecosystem Dynamics presents a comprehensive account of the various functions of mangrove habitats, from spatial dynamics of intertidal ecosystems to nutrient and biogeochemical cycling in sediments, tidal and coastal waters, and de...Loe edasi...
This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the role of constructed wetlands in sustainable wastewater treatment and their contribution to the emerging concept of the biocircular economy. The book is divided into three parts. Part I covers the...Loe edasi...
This book unveils the critical role of Amazonian mangroves in the global fight against climate change in this groundbreaking exploration of blue carbon dynamics. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the carbon storage and emission processes in...Loe edasi...
Sari: Wetlands: Biodiversity, Livelihoods and Conservation
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Feb-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-13: 9781394307135)
A comprehensive survey of exemplary wetlands that highlights their importance for local livelihoods as well as for global biodiversity Covering a number of different regions across the Americas, Wetlands of Tropical and Subtropical So...Loe edasi...
This book explores how flow attenuation due to dams influences the hydrogeomorphic dynamics of wetlands and their ecohydrological transformation. The International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) (2021) reported that around 58,700 large dams and th...Loe edasi...
This SpringerBrief uses geospatial techniques to assess shoreline change dynamics in the Indian Sundarban, a unique region located in the delta of three major rivers - the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna in India and Bangladesh. It is one of the lar...Loe edasi...
Tropical peatlands are found mostly in South East Asia, but also in Africa and in Central and South America. These and peat-swamp forests store large amounts of carbon and their destruction, particularly through the development of plantations for...Loe edasi...
Waterlogged Wealth was first published in 1986 and did much to raise awareness of the importance of wetlands to people, wildlife, and environmental quality, despite the limitations of appropriate scientific research at that time. The last twent...Loe edasi...
Waterlogged Wealth was first published in 1986 and did much to raise awareness of the importance of wetlands to people, wildlife, and environmental quality, despite the limitations of appropriate scientific research at that time. The last twent...Loe edasi...
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the influence that the papyrus plant has had on African wetlands, with a particular focus on the Nile, in the past and how this may change with the oncoming threats of climate change. The papyrus plant...Loe edasi...
Unique in its scope, this book provides for the first time a Southern European perspective on prehistoric wetland settlements and their natural environment. These are dwellings originally built in humid locations, i.e. on shores and in shallow wat...Loe edasi...
Peatlands – bogs, fens and heaths – are part of the Irish soul. Neither water nor land and yet both, they were once considered gateways to the otherworld. Bleak and beautiful, they are time capsules that hold a record of history going back thousands...Loe edasi...
It provides an interdisciplinary overview of the place, value and significance of wetlands, presenting perspectives from both environmental and social sciences. It is an essential resource for students and scholars of wetland management, environme...Loe edasi...
Sari: Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Jul-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031919817)
The diversity of wetland bio resources is crucial for addressing global challenges they face. Despite being vital for biodiversity, water quality and flood control, wetlands suffer from human-induced degradation. This compendium addresses conserva...Loe edasi...
Beneath their huge and spectacular skies, the Fenlands of East Anglia are in dynamic flux. Emerging as dense woodland from the retreating glaciers of the last ice age, the forests were drenched beneath a rising water table to become a vast, impene...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Apr-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-13: 9781394235247)
A comprehensive survey of exemplary wetlands that highlights their importance for local livelihoods as well as for global biodiversity Covering 17 different regions, Wetlands of Tropical and Subtropical Asia and Africa provides de...Loe edasi...
Tatiana Lobato-de Magalhães, Kevin Murphy, Marinus L. Otte, Eugenio Molina-Navarro
Sari: Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Apr-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031807701)
This book is the second volume of a compendium of the global distribution of some 3500 aquatic macrophyte species occurring in inland freshwater and brackish waterbodies worldwide, highlighting aspects of their ecology including endemism, world ra...Loe edasi...
This book offers an in-depth examination of wetland ecosystems, delving into their intricacies from three critical perspectives—limnological, bio-geochemical, and economic. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, seamlessly merging insights from l...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781032598963)
This book studies the governance of multiuse wetlands in India. It provides an exhaustive analysis of rural, peri-urban and urban human-made wetlands. The Ramsar Convention was established in 1971 to ensure the conservation and wise...Loe edasi...
Sari: Wetlands: Biodiversity, Livelihoods and Conservation
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Feb-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-13: 9781394235209)
Wetlands provide numerous ecosystem services including carbon sequestration, water filtration, nutrient retention and flood mitigation, thereby maintaining the ecological health of the surrounding ecosystems. As the understanding of their importance...Loe edasi...
Nicholas M. Hill, Sarah Hines, Nelson J. O'Driscoll
Sari: Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Jan-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031713439)
This book provides an overview of the history of this site and the complex effects of the hydrological and ecological changes through the landscape changes, vegetation adaptation, biovector contamination, and ultimately habitat restoration. Big Me...Loe edasi...
Emerging Developments in Constructed Wetlands aims to provide comprehensive, up-to-date information on recent trends and advances in the domain of constructed wetlands. The book contains consolidated insights into distinctive research areas wi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Nov-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031527791)
Unique in its scope, this book provides for the first time a Southern European perspective on prehistoric wetland settlements and their natural environment. These are dwellings originally built in humid locations, i.e. on shores and in shallow wat...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Nov-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031695896)
This book is about the contribution of urban wetlands in livable cities. Urban wetlands are very valuable blue-green infrastructure spaces for human settlements, yet they are disappearing as a result of urbanization. This phenomenon is worldwide,...Loe edasi...
Miguel Clüsener-Godt, Hiroyuki Matsuda, Benno Böer, Ronald A. Loughland
Sari: Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Sustainable Development
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031695520)
Blue carbon ecosystems are of tremendous value toward the utilization of high-salinity water, such as seawater, as well as hyper-saline soils, and salt-tolerant biota for the production of biomass, for food, feed, fiber, fuel, other economic purpo...Loe edasi...
Sari: Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Sep-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031676901)
Mangroves are among the most productive and diverse ecosystems on Earth, providing a range of ecosystem services that benefit millions of people and support global sustainability goals. However, mangroves are also highly vulnerable to climate...Loe edasi...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2023 for Nature WritingExquisite, luminous and quietly radical . . . utterly unique and refreshing Lucy JonesWhere nothing grows,...Loe edasi...
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the present state of environmental perturbations in mangrove ecosystems, with special focus on the Indian Sundarbans, one of the most biologically productive, economically potential, aesthetically cel...Loe edasi...
This book provides insight into advancing GIS and remote sensing technology in the field of mangrove ecosystem monitoring, offering traditional as well as advanced techniques for mangrove types, biophysical and biochemical parameters, retrieval, spe...Loe edasi...
Mangrove Ecosystem Dynamics presents a comprehensive account of the various functions of mangrove habitats, from spatial dynamics of intertidal ecosystems to nutrient and biogeochemical cycling in sediments, tidal and coastal waters, and de...Loe edasi...
This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the role of constructed wetlands in sustainable wastewater treatment and their contribution to the emerging concept of the biocircular economy. The book is divided into three parts. Part I covers the...Loe edasi...
This book unveils the critical role of Amazonian mangroves in the global fight against climate change in this groundbreaking exploration of blue carbon dynamics. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the carbon storage and emission processes in...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469694795)
Wetlands—particularly swamps—have evoked contradictory responses from different groups in the United States from the early republic to the end of World War I. White, enslaved, and Indigenous peoples alternately envisioned swamps as f...Loe edasi...
This monograph presents the results of excavations at an Iron Age wetland settlement at Black Loch of Myrton (BLM), located on the Machars peninsula in Wigtownshire, Scotland. Although first noted in the 1880s, the site remained unexamined until its...Loe edasi...
A report on the archaeological excavation and analysis of a well-preserved wetland settlement dating to the earlier Iron Age in South-West Scotland, UK. This monograph presents the results of excavations at an Iron Age wetland settlement at B...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Feb-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469694801)
Wetlands—particularly swamps—have evoked contradictory responses from different groups in the United States from the early republic to the end of World War I. White, enslaved, and Indigenous peoples alternately envisioned swamps as f...Loe edasi...
Sari: Wetlands: Biodiversity, Livelihoods and Conservation
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Feb-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-13: 9781394307135)
A comprehensive survey of exemplary wetlands that highlights their importance for local livelihoods as well as for global biodiversity Covering a number of different regions across the Americas, Wetlands of Tropical and Subtropical So...Loe edasi...
This book explores how flow attenuation due to dams influences the hydrogeomorphic dynamics of wetlands and their ecohydrological transformation. The International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) (2021) reported that around 58,700 large dams and th...Loe edasi...
This SpringerBrief uses geospatial techniques to assess shoreline change dynamics in the Indian Sundarban, a unique region located in the delta of three major rivers - the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna in India and Bangladesh. It is one of the lar...Loe edasi...
Tropical peatlands are found mostly in South East Asia, but also in Africa and in Central and South America. These and peat-swamp forests store large amounts of carbon and their destruction, particularly through the development of plantations for...Loe edasi...
Waterlogged Wealth was first published in 1986 and did much to raise awareness of the importance of wetlands to people, wildlife, and environmental quality, despite the limitations of appropriate scientific research at that time. The last twent...Loe edasi...
Waterlogged Wealth was first published in 1986 and did much to raise awareness of the importance of wetlands to people, wildlife, and environmental quality, despite the limitations of appropriate scientific research at that time. The last twent...Loe edasi...
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the influence that the papyrus plant has had on African wetlands, with a particular focus on the Nile, in the past and how this may change with the oncoming threats of climate change. The papyrus plant...Loe edasi...
Unique in its scope, this book provides for the first time a Southern European perspective on prehistoric wetland settlements and their natural environment. These are dwellings originally built in humid locations, i.e. on shores and in shallow wat...Loe edasi...
A compelling book that explores the conflict between beavers and human development, urging us to rethink our approach to environmental management.In this intriguing little book, Glynnis Hood tells the remarkable story of beavers—natu...Loe edasi...
Peatlands – bogs, fens and heaths – are part of the Irish soul. Neither water nor land and yet both, they were once considered gateways to the otherworld. Bleak and beautiful, they are time capsules that hold a record of history going back thousands...Loe edasi...
