MANUAL OF SOIL ANALYSIS

Springer
ISBN-10 3-540-25346-7
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005

Book Description,
The increasing use of soil bioremediation technologies requires new concepts and methods to assess the feasibility of a remediation technology and to monitor the success of the treatment. The knowledge of the reaction of the soil microflora to contamination facilitates the optimization of biodegradation. Manual of Soil Analysis – Monitoring and Assessing Soil Bioremediation differs from other books on soil analysis in that the monitoring and assessing of soil bioremediation are the central themes.

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HANDBOOK OF POLITICAL ECONOMY

Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN 0–19–927222-0 978–0–19-927222-8
© the several contributors 2006

Book Description,
In this Handbook, we view political economy as a grand (if imperfect) synthesis of these various strands. In our view, political economy is the methodology of economics applied to the analysis of political behavior and institutions. As such, it is not a single, unified approach, but a family of approaches. Because institutions are no longer ignored, but instead are often the subject matter of the investigation, this approach incorporates many of the issues of concern to political sociologists. Because political behavior and institutions are themselves a subject of study, politics also becomes the subject of political economy.

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ECONOMICS A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION

Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN 978–0–19–285345–5
© Partha Dasgupta 2007

Book Description,
Writing an introduction to economics is both easy and hard. It’s easy because in one way or another we are all economists. No one, for example, has to explain to us what prices are – we face them every day. Experts may have to explain why banks offer interest on saving deposits or why risk aversion is a tricky concept or why the way we measure wealth misses much of the point of measuring it, but none of these is an alien idea. As economics matters to us, we also have views on what should be done to put things right when we feel they are wrong.

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SOIL ENGINEERING

CRC Press
ISBN 0-8493-2294-4
©2000 CRC Press LLC

Book Description,
This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reprinted
material is quoted with permission, and sources are indicated. A wide variety of references are listed. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and the publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or for the consequences of their use. Neither this book nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.

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RENEWABLE ENERGY CANNOT SUSTAIN A CONSUMER SOCIETY

Springer
ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-5548-5
© 2007 JupiterImages Corporation

Book Description,
There are two vital problems for renewable energy, the provision of electricity and of liquid fuels. Renewable energy can meet various needs very well, or perfectly in many regions, such as heating and cooling space via simple “solar passive” designs whereby the structure captures and stores solar energy. However renewables face formidable problems with respect to the two forms of energy which consumer society demands in enormous quantities, viz. electricity and liquid fuels. The fundamental issue in both cases has to do with the quantity of energy that can be delivered reliably, not dollar cost or “energy return”.

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