Survival and Sustainability
Environmental concerns in the 21st Century
Editors: Gökçekus, Hüseyin, Türker, Umut, LaMoreaux, James W. (Eds.)
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The International Conference on Environment: Survival and Sustainability, held at the Near East University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus 19-24 February 2007, dealt with environmental threats and proposed solutions at all scales. The 21 themes addressed by the conference fell into four broad categories; Threats to Survival and Sustainability; Technological Advances towards Survival and Sustainability; Activities and Tools for Social Change; Defining Goals for Sustainable Societies.
Activities and tools that move the society towards greater sustainability were emphasized at the conference. These included environmental law and ethics, environmental knowledge, technology and information systems, media, environmental awareness, education and lifelong learning, the use of literature for environmental awareness, the green factor in politics, international relations and environmental organizations. The breadth of the issues addressed at the conference made clear the need for greatly increased interdisciplinary and international collaboration the survival and sustainability concept. The exchanges at the conference represent a step in this direction.
- Table of contents (45 chapters)
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Characterization of Serratia sp. K1RP-49 for Application to the Rhizoremediation of Heavy Metals
Pages 3-13
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Predators in ‘Agri-environmental’ Sweden: Rural Heritage and Resistance Against Wolf Propagation
Pages 15-27
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Seas, Ecological Balance and Sustainable Environment. Heavy Metals in the Water of Lake Ohrid and in Fish Species Belbica – Alburnus alburnus alborella de Filippi
Pages 29-36
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Space Analysis and the Detection of the Changes for the Follow-Up of the Components Sand-Vegetation in the Area of Mecheria, Algerie
Pages 37-49
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Biodiversity and Actual Status of Narta and Dukati Lagoons in Albania
Pages 51-60
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Table of contents (45 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Survival and Sustainability
- Book Subtitle
- Environmental concerns in the 21st Century
- Editors
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- Hüseyin Gökçekus
- Umut Türker
- James W. LaMoreaux
- Series Title
- Environmental Earth Sciences
- Copyright
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-540-95991-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-540-95991-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-540-95990-8
- Series ISSN
- 2199-9155
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XLI, 1514
- Number of Illustrations
- 50 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour
- Topics
