Physical geography and topography

Radar Hydrology: Principles, Models, and Applications provides graduate students, operational forecasters, and researchers with a theoretical framework and practical knowledge of radar precipitation estimation.

It is an honor and pleasure for me to write the foreword of this book comprising the of Forest Resources for proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on the Improvement Recyclable Forest Products.

Another volume in the widely-read New Naturalist series, this book is an in-depth study of the natural developments and history of Galloway and surrounding areas.

The book looks at the factors influencing the level of preparedness of communities exposed to flooding.

This is the first comprehensive book on the rivers of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta.

This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management.

Mountains represent one of the most inspiring and attractive natural features on the surface of the earth.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent development of Chinese cities.

Originally published in 1965 and with a second edition in 1970.

Shallow Seas are the most biologically rich and productive areas of the world ocean.

This book covers the various ways in which rivers discharge water and sediment load, which is characteristic of the current situation caused by both human activity and the natural riverine environment.

First-PlaceWinner, Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary AwardExploring and chronicling a restored river in the heart of FloridaTheKissimmee Valley, which includes the Kissimmee chain of lakes and KissimmeeRiver, covers an area from Orlando to Lake Okeechobee.

This book offers a critical analysis of core concepts that have influenced contemporary conversations about environment-society relations in academic, political, and civil circles.

The world's coastlines represent a myriad of dynamic and constantly changing environments.

This book examines how crop diversification strategies can help to ensure sustainable agricultural development across different land-size categories, with a focus on Malda District in West Bengal, India.

This book, first published in 1978, provides a comprehensive guide to soil properties in any major world region.

Most government agencies and private companies are investing significant resources in the production and use of geographical data.

This book systematically discusses the vegetation dynamics in northern China since the LGM, with a focus on three dominant tree species (Pinus, Quercus and Betula).

This volume is the first comprehensive description of the most spectacular landforms of Hungary.

Growing scarcity of freshwater worldwide brings to light the need for sound water resource modeling and policy analysis.

Originally published in 1969, the contributors to this volume examine the natural and social environments of selected areas in Africa and study in detail some particular problems and their solutions.

The first systematic and comprehensive account of the vegetation types of this country.

Burgeoning population and climate change are among the most critical challenges facing the 21st century.

See the Earth revealed in amazing detail through more than 640 spectacular maps, along with fascinating fact files about countries all over the world.

Originally published in 1970, this book brings together the most significant and pertinent associations between man's economic and social activities, and the variations in the atmospheric environment.

This book synthesises recent research across temperate and tropical forest ecosystems, to present the numerous ways forests are responding to global change.

An Introduction to Numerical Weather Prediction Techniques is unique in the meteorological field as it presents for the first time theories and software of complex dynamical and physical processes required for numerical modeling.

Do you feel happier on a sunny day?

Water is a basic human need, and despite predictions of "e;water wars,"e; shared waters have proven to be the natural resource with the greatest potential for interstate cooperation and local confidence building.

Degradation of agricultural catchments due to water erosion is a major environmental threat at the global scale, with long-lasting destructive consequences valued at tens of billions of dollars per annum.

The Zambezi river basin is the fourth largest river basin in Africa and drains a total of some 1350.

This book, first published in 1982, is a collection of articles aimed at advancing the field of geomorphology.

This book argues that sustainable development, based on sustained growth, has led us to an impasse.

This book, first published in 1985, conveys the flavours of geomorphology and the bases of its ideas.

Originally published in 1984, Stoves and Trees asks whether better stoves really help the two billion people in the developing world who rely on wood and charcoal for cooking and heating their homes.

';If we mean to change our ways, how will we do it?

Quaternary studies provide the essential context for evaluation of what is happening with the earth's climate today, and to clarify our vulnerability to hazardous natural processes.

This undergraduate textbook presents a unique comprehensive overview on Mathematics in Earth Sciences and Geography.

'Dynamic Meteorology: A Basic Course' is an introduction to the physics of the atmosphere.

Minerals, organic matter and microorganisms are the major solid components in soil systems.

In the past decades advances have been made in the research and practice on unsaturated soil mechanics.

This book explores the practice of transdisciplinary research through the narratives of different individuals taking part in a project investigating local water management.

Climate change has an impact on the ability of transboundary water management institutions to deliver on their respective mandates.

For thousands of years, humans have found themselves vulnerable to plagues of desert locusts.

This handbook provides a comprehensive review of communication around rising global environmental challenges and public action to manage them now and into the future.

The provision of a safe and reliable water supply is a major challenge for the world's growing urban populations.

An impassioned case for the importance of ancient forests and their preservationStanding in an old-growth forest, you can instinctively sense the ways it is different from forests shaped by humans.

Conducting Research in Conservation is the first textbook on social science research methods written specifically for use in the expanding and increasingly multidisciplinary field of environmental conservation.

Geographical information systems (GIS) are powerful tools for reporting on the environment, natural resources and social and economic development; modelling the environmental, biophysical, social and economic processes; assessing environmental and social impacts; evaluating environmental, social and economic policies and actions and dissimilating spatial information.