Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Rainfall: Risks and Vulnerability to Hydro-Meteorological Hazards in the Eastern Caribbean
(Antonio R. Joyette, Leonard A. Nurse, and Roger S. Pulwarty – Centre for Resources Management and Environmental Services, University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados, et al.)
Chapter 2. Sustainable Nanoporous Carbonaceous Adsorbents for Carbon Dioxide Capture
(Edward Gomez-Delgado, Gisel Nunell, Héctor Rodriguez-Ortiz, Ana Lea Cukierman and Pablo Bonelli – Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Depto. de Tecnología Farmacéutica, Cátedra de Tecnología Farmacéutica II. Junín 956. Buenos Aires, Argentina, et al.)
Chapter 3. Groundwater – Its Key Role in Urban Water-Supply Security
(Stephen Foster – University College London, UK, et al.)
Chapter 4. Cultural Burning: A Key Component in the Future Management of Dwindling Biodiversity and Mitigation against Climate Change Driven Natural Disasters
(Francine M. Pritchard and Kathryn M. Gow – University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, et al.)
Chapter 5. Numerical Modelling of the Releases from Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident in the Pacific Ocean: From Local to Oceanic Scales
(R. Perianez – Dpt Fısica Aplicada I, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)
Index