Land Treatment Systems for Municipal and Industrial Wastes, 1st Edition

Author: Ronald W. Crites

Subject: Waste engineering | Wastewater engineering | Construction engineering

Land Treatment Systems for Municipal and Industrial Wastes, 1st Edition

Author: Ronald W. Crites

Subject: Waste engineering | Wastewater engineering | Construction engineering

Law and Ecology : New Environmental Foundations

Author: Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas

Subject: Law

Law and Ecology : New Environmental Foundations

Author: Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas

Subject: Law

Law of Marine Insurance

Author: Hodges, Susan

Subject: Law

This book provides a critical and comprehensive study of the law of marine insurance. The book explores the relationship and interaction between the Marine Insurance Act 1906, the common law and the terms of the Institute Clauses.

Law, Ecology, and the Management of Complex Systems : The Case of Water Governance

Author: Paloniitty, Tiina

Subject: Environmental Studies; Economics; Engineering: Environmental; Engineering

Law, Ecology, and the Management of Complex Systems : The Case of Water Governance

Author: Paloniitty, Tiina

Subject: Environmental Studies; Engineering; Engineering: Environmental; Economics

This book addresses the role of law in the adaptive management of socio-ecological systems. Recent years have witnessed a rise in discussion over the relation between adaptivity and law, as if after decades of insouciance, legal scholars have finally started to understand the impacts of the scientific paradigm called ‘adaptive management’ on the legal sphere. Even though the complicated relations between law and the adaptive management of socio-ecological systems have become more debated, a thorough examination of the scientific and theoretical fundamentals of such endeavours has yet to be presented. Using the illustrative example of European Union water governance and its path toward embracing adaptive management, this book emphasises the legal significance of properly understanding the manner in which scientific knowledge of the environment is produced. Though always pivotal, rigorously apprehending science is especially crucial when dealing with the management of complex ecosystems as the ‘normative’ is created gradually before law begins to examine the ‘facts’ of the matter. After examining the roots of adaptive management, this book argues that the legal needs to understand itself as an integral part of the process of the socio-ecological management of complex systems and not merely an external umpire resolving disputes. As a whole, the book offers new insights into the EU regulator’s approaches to scientific realities, making it an interesting read not only to academics and legal scholars but also to regulators striving to deepen their understanding or pondering which approach to adopt in the face of new regulatory challenges, and to scientists interested in the science and law aspects of their work.

Law, Migration, and Human Mobility : Mobile Law

Author: Kmak, Magdalena

Subject: Law

This book analyses the multifaceted ways law operates in the context of human mobility, as well as the ways in which human mobility affects law. Migration law is conventionally understood as a tool to regulate human movement across borders, and to define the rights and limits related to this movement. But drawing upon the emergence and development of the discipline of mobility studies, this book pushes the idea of migration law towards a more general concept of mobility that encompass the various processes, effects, and consequences of movement in a globalized world. In this respect, the book pursues a shift in perspective on how law is understood. Drawing on the concepts of ‘kinology’ and ‘kinopolitics’ developed by Thomas Nail as well as ‘mobility justice’ developed by Mimi Sheller, the book considers movement and motion as a constructive force behind political and social systems; and hence stability that needs to be explained and justified. Tracing the processes through which static forms, such as state, citizenship, or border, are constructed and how they partake in production of differential mobility, the book challenges the conventional understanding of migration law. More specifically, and in revealing its contingent and unstable nature, the book reveals how human mobility is itself constitutive of law. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to those working in the areas of migration and refugee law, citizenship studies, mobility studies, legal theory, and sociolegal studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. Funded by University of Helsinki and Åbo Akademi University.

Law, Technology and Dispute Resolution : The Privatisation of Coercion

Author: Koulu, Riikka

Subject: Business/Management; Law

The use of new information and communication technologies both inside the courts and in private online dispute resolution services is quickly changing everyday conflict management. However, the implications of the increasingly disruptive role of technology in dispute resolution remain largely undiscussed. In this book, assistant professor of law and digitalisation Riikka Koulu examines the multifaceted phenomenon of dispute resolution technology, focusing specifically on private enforcement, which modern technology enables on an unforeseen scale. The increase in private enforcement confounds legal structures and challenges the nation-state’s monopoly on violence. And, in this respect, the author argues that the technology-driven privatisation of enforcement – from direct enforcement of e-commerce platforms to self-executing smart contracts in the blockchain – brings the ethics of law’s coercive nature out into the open. This development constitutes a new, and dangerous, grey area of conflict management, which calls for transparency and public debate on the ethical implications of dispute resolution technology.

Leadership Mystique: Leading Behavior in the Human Enterprise, Second Edition, The

Author: Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

Subject:

Lean Maintenance Repair and Overhaul: Changing the Way You Do Business, 1st Edition

Author: Mandyam M. Srinivasan Ph.D.

Subject: Maintenance engineering | Operations management | Production engineering

Legumes in Cropping Systems

Author: Murphy-Bokern, Donal;Stoddard, Fred;Watson, Christine

Subject: Agriculture

Based on contributions from members of the Legumes Future research consortium and complemented by articles from other research teams, this book provides a comprehensive overview of knowledge relevant to developing legume-supported cropping systems in Europe. It reflects the growing interest in using legumes to improve cropping and the current debate over the imbalance in European farming systems where the low use of legumes has caused concern in the agricultural policy community. This book supports informed debate and decision-making that addresses the associated challenges.

Level Set Segmentation and Volume Visualization of Vascular Trees

Author: Läthén, Gunnar

Subject:

Liberation Sociology

Author: Feagin, Joe R.;Vera, Hernan

Subject: Social Science

Liberation Sociology

Author: Feagin, Joe R.;Vera, Hernan;Ducey, Kimberly

Subject: Social Science

Life Cycle Management

Author: Sonnemann, Guido

Subject: Environmental Studies; Business/Management

This book provides insight into the Life Cycle Management (LCM) concept and the progress in its implementation. LCM is a management concept applied in industrial and service sectors to improve products and services, while enhancing the overall sustainability performance of business and its value chains. In this regard, LCM is an opportunity to differentiate through sustainability performance on the market place, working with all departments of a company such as research and development, procurement and marketing, and to enhance the collaboration with stakeholders along a company’s value chain. LCM is used beyond short-term business success and aims at long-term achievements by minimizing environmental and socio-economic burden, while maximizing economic and social value.

Linear Selection Indices in Modern Plant Breeding

Author: Céron-Rojas, J. Jesus;Crossa, José;Gianola, Daniel

Subject: Science; Science: Biology/Natural History

Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook, 14th Edition

Author: Thomas M. Shoemaker (deceased)

Subject: Electronics engineering | Power engineering

Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications, 4th Edition

Author: Doug Abbott

Subject:

Long-Term Ecosystem Changes in Riparian Forests

Author: Sakio, Hitoshi

Subject: Science: Biology/Natural History; Science

Looking east looking west : Organic and quality food marketing in Asia and Europe

Author: Haas, Rainer

Subject: Economics; Business/Management

This book represents a unique collection of European and Asian perspectives on the production, trade and consumption of high quality food. The rapidly growing demand for organic and quality food in Europe imposes new challenges on competing food value chains. Europe, as the biggest worldwide food importer, attracts many developing and developed countries in Asia. Prospering Chinese and Thai food markets offer new opportunities for European operators. Wealthy and informed consumers on both continents search for trustworthy high quality food products. Farmers, operators and retailers from distant cultures are coping with different standards, facing the ever increasing necessity for mutual understanding. This publication is the output of Bean-Quorum, a European funded Asia-Link project. Bean-Quorum represents a consolidated network of researchers working together with the business sector and NGOs to enhance European Asian understanding about organic and quality food. This book describes global trends in organic and quality food trade and connects them with recent developments in Asian and European market structures. Selected case studies illustrate the impact of organic and quality food production on topics ranging from sustainable rural development, to the potential of exotic new plant varieties to purchase decisions of European or Asian retail managers. Selected European markets are mirrored by the situation in Chinese and Thai markets. Finally, environmental issues concerning global trade of quality food are addressed.

Low-Cost Methods for Molecular Characterization of Mutant Plants : Tissue Desiccation, DNA Extraction and Mutation Discovery: Protocols

Author: Till, Bradley J.;Jankowicz-Cieslak, Joanna;Huynh, Owen A.;Beshir, Mayada M.;Laport, Robert G.;Hofinger, Bernhard J.

Subject: Engineering; Engineering: Chemical