At the outset of this book, it is important to articulate clearly what we mean by ‘coast’, because the term means different things to different people. For most holidaymakers, the coast is synonymous with the beach. For birdwatchers, the coast generally refers to the intertidal zone; while for cartographers, the coast is simply a line on the map separating the land from the sea. Coastal scientists and managers tend to take a broader view.According to our perspective, the coast represents that region of the Earth’s surface that has been affected by coastal processes, i.e. waves and tides, during the Quaternary geological period (the last 2.6M years).

Данная монография открывает серию «Уникальные природные территории Липецкой области» и посвящена описанию природных ресурсов долины р. Воргол. Впервые представлены обобщенные данные по геологии, ландшафтам, флоре и растительности, микобиоте, энтомофауне, позвоночным животным этой территории; рассматриваются процессы ее заселения и различные аспекты природопользования.
Для специалистов в области природопользования и охраны окружающей среды, биологии и экологии, истории, краеведения.

RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE (RFF) is an independent nonprofit organization engaged in research and public education on natural resource and environmental issues. Its mission is to create and disseminate knowledge that helps people make better decisions about the conservation and use of their natural resources and the environment. RFF neither lobbies nor takes positions on current policy issues. Because the work of RFF focuses on how people make use of scarce resources, its primary research discipline is economics. However, its staff also includes social scientists from other fields, ecologists, environmental health scientists, meteorologists, and engineers. Staff members pursue a wide variety of interests, including forest economics, recycling, multiple use of public lands, the costs and benefits of pollution control, endangered species, energy and national security, hazardous waste policy, climate resources, and quantitative risk assessment. <...>

We are facing a global mineral resource crisis. In fact, we have two of them. First, Earth has a finite supply of minerals for a population that is growing faster than at any time in history
(Figure 1.1). Second, mineral consumption is growing even faster than the population. Until recently, we were deeply concerned that most minerals were used in more developed countries (MDCs) with smaller consumption in less developed countries (LDCs) (Table 1.1).

Hydrophobic Agglomeration of Fine Particles

Electrokinetic Behaviour of Sulphide Minerals: A Contribution to the Chemistry of Flotation

Bacterial Leaching of Minerals

Legal Framework for Environmental Protection in Mineral Processing Activities

Air-Pollutant Emissions and Imissions from Metallurgical Industry

Electrochemical Approach to Pollutants Removal and Destruction

В соответствии с Законом РФ «О недрах» природные ресурсы недр включают как непосредственно полезные ископаемые, так и отходы их производства, а также полезные свойства недр и геологическую информацию о недрах.

Increasing population density and industrialization are creating a high strain on the natural environment and resources of many countries. Therefore, precautionary measures to protect the environment and remedial action to repair the damages of the past have high priority. Resources to be protected are surface water and groundwater, soil and air. Hazards to these resources are landfills and industrial sites as well as mining facilities, including tailings, conditioning plants, and smelters, oil refineries, distribution facilities and pipelines, gas stations and other areas used by humans (e.g., military training sites).

Коллективная монография посвящена развитию методических (конструктивных) идей геоморфологии городских территорий. Исследование направлено на изучение современного рельефа и антропогенно-геоморфологических систем (АГМС) разного уровня, закономерностей их формирования в различных природных условиях, их свойств, организованности, особенностей функционирования.

Когда стали обращать больше внимания на экологические проблемы разработки месторождений полезных ископаемых, выяснилось, что экологические факторы оказывают серьезное влияние на финансово-экономическую оценку месторождений. В частности, именно эти факторы во многом определяют бортовые содержания полезных компонентов в рудах. <...>