Desalination : a national perspective / Committee on Advancing Desalination Technology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Historical and contemporary context for desalination -- Water for the future -- State of the technology -- Environmental issues -- The costs and benefits of desalination -- Implementation issues -- A strategic research agenda for desalination.…”
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Preventing school violence / Dartmouth/Hitchcock Medical Center.

Table of Contents: “…Destructive Behavior in Schools (3:46) -- Characteristics of Violent Kids (3:51) -- Environmental Factors Lead to Violence (3:21) -- Developing Emotional Intelligence (5:00) -- Community Involvement (2:46) -- Substance Abuse (2:41) -- Warning Signs for Violence (2:40) -- Preventing Violence (2:36)…”
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This sacred earth : religion, nature, environment / edited by Roger S. Gottlieb.

Table of Contents: “…Book cover; half title; title; copyright; dedications; contents; preface and acknowledgments; acknowledgments for the second edition; introduction: religion in an age of environmental crisis; introduction to the second edition; part i: the moment of seeing: selections from nature writers linking nature and spirit; selections from the haibun of matsuo basho; "on the lure of the country"; from "walking"; "nature"; from thousand-mile walk to the gulf; from a sand county almanac; "nature"; "seeing the light"; "the kill hole"; ii: how have traditional religious viewed nature?…”
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Sociology, environmentalism, globalization : reinventing the globe / Steven Yearley. by Yearley, Steven

Table of Contents: “…The Sociology of Globalization -- 2. Environmental Issues and the Compression of the Globe -- 3. …”
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Green China : Seeking Ecological Alternatives. by Cook, Ian G.

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface; China's environmental crisis: an overview; Ancient legacies; Politics in command; Market forces unleashed; Urban demographic and consumerist pressures; The Sanxia dam; Moving the waters; Ecological tramplings; Pollution on the periphery; Environmental policies; Whither China? …”
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Ergonomics : foundational principles, applications, and technologies / Pamela McCauley Bush. by McCauley, Pamela

Table of Contents: “…Foundational ergonomics -- Systems of the human body -- Senses of the human body and measurement of environmental factors -- Muscular work and nervous control of movements -- Anthropometry -- Design of workplaces and hand tools -- Work-related musculoskeletal disorders -- Heavy work and evaluating physical workloads and lifting -- Information ergonomics, controls, and displays -- Warning labels, instructions, and product liability.…”
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The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of The Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety. by Essau, Cecilia A.

Table of Contents: “…; Influence of Genetic and Environmental Factors Over Time; Comorbidity.…”
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Pastoral Accounting in Colonial Australia : a Case Study of Unregulated Accounting. by Carnegie, Garry

Table of Contents: “…Accounting Development and Environmental Factors; Accounting Development; Accountability Considerations; Colonialism; Environmental Factors; Classification of Environmental Factors; Culture; Summary.…”
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The California naturalist handbook. by De Nevers, Greg

Table of Contents: “…California natural history and the role of naturalists -- Geology, climate, and soils -- Water -- Plants -- Forest, woodland, and range resources and management -- Animals -- Energy and global environmental issues -- Interpretation, collaboration, and citizen science.…”
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The physical geography of the Mediterranean / edited by Jamie Woodward.

Table of Contents: “…Process and Change in Specific Environments; III. Hazards; IV. Environmental Issues in the 21st Century; Index.…”
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The design thinking life playbook : empower yourself, embrace change, and visualize a joyful life / Michael Lewrick, Jean-Paul Thommen, Larry Leifer. by Lewrick, Michael, Thommen, Jean-Paul, Leifer, Larry J.

Table of Contents: “…-- Our procedural model -- Do we know our abilities, values, and motivating environmental factors? -- Which values are important to us? …”
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The physics of rock failure and earthquakes / Mitiyasu Ohnaka. by Ōnaka, Michiyasu, 1940-2021

Table of Contents: “…3.4.3 Dependence of breakdown stress drop on environmental factors -- 3.4.4 Dependence of breakdown displacement on environmental factors -- 4 Constitutive laws for earthquake ruptures -- 4.1 Basic foundations for constitutive formulations -- 4.2 Rate-dependent constitutive formulations -- 4.3 Slip-dependent constitutive formulations -- 4.4 Depth dependence of constitutive law parameters -- 5 Earthquake generation processes -- 5.1 Shear failure nucleation processes observed in the laboratory -- 5.1.1 Introduction -- 5.1.2 Experimental method -- 5.1.3 Nucleation phases observed on faults with different surface roughnesses -- Rough fault -- Smooth fault -- Extremely smooth fault -- 5.1.4 Scaling of the nucleation zone size -- 5.2 Earthquake rupture nucleation -- 5.2.1 Seismogenic background -- 5.2.2 Physical modeling and theoretical derivation of the nucleation zone size -- 5.2.3 Comparison of theoretical relations with seismological data -- 5.2.4 Foreshock activity associated with the nucleation process -- 5.3 Dynamic propagation and generation of strong motion seismic waves -- 5.3.1 Slip velocity and slip acceleration in the breakdown zone -- 5.3.2 The cutoff frequency fs max of the power spectral density of slip acceleration at the source -- 5.3.3 Environmental factors for the generation of high-frequency strong motion at the source -- 6 Physical scale-dependence -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Scaling property incorporated into the slip-dependent constitutive law -- 6.3 Root cause of scale-dependence -- 6.4 Physical scaling of scale-dependent physical quantities -- 6.4.1 Scaling relationships between Xc and Dc, and between Lc and Dc -- 6.4.2 Physical scaling of the duration time of shear rupture nucleation -- 6.4.3 Scale-dependence of apparent shear rupture energy -- 6.5 Fault heterogeneity and the Gutenberg-Richter frequency-magnitude relation.…”
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All in a Days Work : Careers Using Science (An NSTA Press Journals Collection). by Sullivan, Megan

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; Careers-Alphabetical List; About the Author; Teacher; Animal Kingdom; Artistic Endeavors; Environmental Issues; Health and Fitness; Let's Investigate; Research and Development; Technology-and Toys; What We Eat; References.…”
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Landscape : from knowledge to action / Martine Berlan-Darqué, Yves Luginbühl, Daniel Terrasson. by Berlan-Darqué, Martine

Table of Contents: “…The landscape, between social and environmental issues -- section 2. Public spaces in the cityscape -- section 3. …”
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Conserving the environment / Douglas Dupler, book editor.

Table of Contents: “…-- Earth faces an environmental crisis / Kenny Ausubel -- Earth does not face an environmental crisis / Joseph Bast -- Global warming poses a serious threat / Ross Gelbspan -- Global warming does not pose a serious threat / Sallie Baliunas -- Deforestation threatens the environment / Derrick Jensen, George Draffan -- Deforestation does not threaten the environment / Bjorn Lomborg -- What energy sources can conserve the environment? …”

For love of matter : a contemporary panpsychism / Freya Mathews. by Mathews, Freya, 1949-

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Coming of Age : Women's Colleges in the Philippines During the Post-Marcos Era. by Purcell, Francesca

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Original Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Review of the Literature; Chapter Three Institutional Profiles; Chapter Four Influential Environmental Factors; Chapter Five Adaptations and Processes of Adaptation; Chapter Six Current and Future Roles of Miriam College and St. …”
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Youth violence : theory, prevention, and intervention / Kathryn Seifert ; with chapters by Karen Ray, Robert Schmidt. by Seifert, Kathryn

Table of Contents: “…Youth violence : prevalence and trends -- Demographic factors in youth violence -- Types of youth violence -- Theoretical perspectives on youth violence -- Individual factors that impact youth violence -- Environmental factors that impact youth violence -- Bullying -- Youth suicide -- Violence risk assessments for children and adolescents -- Youth violence prevention programs -- Interventions -- Youth violence : policy implications.…”
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Green Marketing : How Green Is It? / Java (Firm).

Table of Contents: “…Understanding Green Washing (2:01) -- Industrial Green Washing Trend (3:07) -- Misleading Consumers (2:59) -- Exposing False Advertising (2:56) -- Legal Loopholes for Greening Products (3:03) -- Challenging Green Washing (1:43) -- Socially Responsible Investing (2:04) -- False Eco-Finance Advertising (2:27) -- Exposing Financial Green Washing (5:31) -- Legal Fight against Green Washing (4:05) -- Areva's Mining Coverup (3:11) -- Testing for Radiation in Mounana (5:42) -- Exposing Areva's Environmental Disaster (4:54) -- Human Price of Green Washing (2:11) -- Credits: Green Marketing: How Green Is It? …”
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Life cycle assessment in the built environment / Robert Crawford. by Crawford, Robert, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Global environmental issues and the built environment -- Towards a sustainable built environment -- Life cycle assessment -- Quantifying environmental impacts of the built environment -- Case studies -- Opportunities for reducing the environmental impact of the built environment.…”
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