All ebooks in the collection "Nato Science Series: IV:" - Springer

Impact of the Environment on Human Migration in Eurasia

Andrey Yu. Alekseev , E. M. Scott , Ganna Zaitseva

This book is a collection of the articles presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW 979859) held in St. Petersburg, from the 15-18 November 2003 in the Hermitage Museum. The title of the workshop was “The impact of the environment on Human Migration in...

Tree Species Effects on Soils: Implications for Global Change

Dan Binkley , Oleg Menyailo

Almost 50% of the total area of Austria is forested, and the forests are dominated by commercially valuable stands of Norway spruce ( (Picea abies). The few remaining forests that resemble the natural vegetation composition are located in forest reserves with restricted...

The Current Role of Geological Mapping in Geosciences

Stanislaw R. Ostaficzuk

The book contains private views of experts from various countries on the role of geological mapping in sustainable development. New technologies and concepts are presented, which are either awaiting for recognition by Geological Surveys, or are gradually applied in some...

Directions in Strong Motion Instrumentation

John G. Anderson , Polat Gülkan

Strong ground motion measuring and recording instruments play a major role in mitigation of seismic risk. The strong ground motion near the source of an earthquake describes the effects that endanger our built environment, and is also the most detailed clue concerning...

The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics and Hazards

Collectif

Tectonic motion of the Adria microplate exerts a first-order control on the tectonics, geology, seismology, resource distribution, and the geological hazards across a broad zone of south-central Europe and the north-central Mediterranean. Since its first application to...

Past and Present Water Column Anoxia

Lev N. Neretin

Advances in Air Pollution Modeling for Environmental Security

István Faragó , Krassimir Georgiev , Ágnes Havasi

The protection of our environment is one of the major problems in the society. More and more important physical and chemical mechanisms are to be added to the air pollution models. Moreover, new reliable and robust control strategies for keeping the pollution caused by...

Modern Tools and Methods of Water Treatment for Improving Living Standards

Alexander Omelchenko , Alexander A. Pivovarov , W. Jim Swindall

Providing the population of the Earth with safe drinking water is one of the biggest challenges of modern society. In recognition of this problem the United Nations Organization and UNESCO declared 2003 to be the International Year of Freshwater. On November 19-22,...

Transboundary Water Resources: Strategies for Regional Security and Ecological Stability

Nikolai Dobretsov , Hartmut Vogtmann

After the sovjet era and since their independence the new Central Asian countries are rebuilding a system of water resources management: an important challenge for the development of the whole region. The NATO workshop held on 25-27 August 2003 by the Federal Agency for...