Physical geography and topography

This unusual encyclopedia brings together in-depth information on more than 450 natural geographic features from around the world and offers an array of creative tools to promote critical thinking and classroom discussion.

Wetlands are an important, and sadly diminishing, habitat in many parts of the world.

This contributed volume focuses on the sustainability of mountain ecosystems in the face of a changing climate.

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs) are designated areas in geographical regions of global socio-ecological significance.

This book describes the observation of urban climates in Latin-American and their relationships with urban sprawl, the economic emergence of Latin American countries, social segregation, urban ecology, disasters and resilience.

This book highlights both the diversity of perspectives and approaches to Arctic research and the inherent interdisciplinary nature of studying and understanding this incomparable region.

The new edition of Arid Zone Geomorphology aims to encapsulate the advances that have been made in recent years in the investigation and explanation of landforms and geomorphological processes in drylands.

The Zambezi river is the fourth longest in Africa, crossing or bordering Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Drawing from military geography's spatial roots, its embrace of dynamic systems, and integration of human and biophysical environments, this book helps in understanding the value of analyzing patterns, processes and systems, and cross-scale and multi-disciplinary ways of acting in a complex world, while making the case for a resurgence of strategic and military geography in Australia.

This book presents an overview of modeling and simulation of environmental systems via diverse research problems and pertinent case studies.

This book assesses the construction of security in the context of climate change, with a focus on the Arctic region.

Written by a career geologist with decades of experience in the field, North America's Natural Wonders provides everything the reader needs to understand the landscape.

This edited volume establishes a forum for international experts to explore cutting-edge questions associated with the land use and biomass production.

This book describes the challenges for the natural environments and local communities in the future.

Along with windstorms, floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters.

Mississippi rivers and creeks have shaped every aspect of the state's geology, ecology, economy, settlement, and politics.

Lightweight and small enough to fit in your pocket or tucked into your backpack, Survive Snow Country is the must-have item to keep with you in case you find yourself in a snowy survival situation.

Climate change, a familiar term today, is far more than just global warming due to atmospheric greenhouse gases including CO2.

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

Pascal Kremer analysiert die Einflüsse der durch den Klimawandel veränderten Jahreswitterungsverläufe auf die Produktionsbedingungen für die Landwirtschaft im Allgemeinen und den Zuckerrübenanbau im Speziellen.

The Jornada Basin LTER is located in the Chihuahuan Desert, the largest in North America.

Tidepools and rocky shores are among the most physically stressful environments on earth.

This book presents the first empirically tested, comprehensive study on shifting cultivation in Mizoram.

Wetlands are an important, and sadly diminishing, habitat in many parts of the world.

This book, first published in 1985, is a comprehensive guide to the main ideas in the history of geomorphology.

This book integrates the analyses of organic carbon and carbonate accumulation in soil and lake sediment in a typical arid region of China that has experienced significant climate and land-use changes.

Today, there is much discussion about the dangers of water contamination to human health.

The senses are made, not given.

Seit jeher wurden Bäume als kraftvolle Seelenbegleiter und Verbündete des Menschen verehrt.

Dive into the dynamic world of environmental stewardship with "e;Soil, Water Pollution, and Mitigation Strategies: A Spatial Approach.

This book collects the review papers from both technical sessions and three discussion panels of the 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS).

Along a tiny spring in a narrow canyon near Death Valley, seemingly against all odds, an Inyo Mountain slender salamander makes its home.

This book shows how to successfully adapt entropy measures to the complexity of environmental data.

This book describes the mountain forests of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan), the tree layers of which contain different species of the genus Fagus.

About one-third of the Earth's land surface experiences a desert climate, and this area supports approximately 15% of the planet's population.

This book discusses the reality of implementing sustainable forest management measures.

Since 1980, our understanding of the factors and processes governing the distribution of soils on the Earth's surface has increased dramatically, as have the techniques for studying soil patterns.

The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is the next-generation multispectral imaging instrument to fly on US operational, polar-orbiting meteorological satellites.

This book discusses the problems and challenges of environmental-ecological conditions in Africa, amidst the current craze of economic growth and 'development'.

THE NEW AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF THE MOUNTAIN"e;Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesb "e; - Massimo Vincenz, La Repubblica.

Estuaries occur along many of the world's coastlines irrespective of geologic setting, energy regime, and depositional environment.

This book includes invited contributions presenting the latest research on the oceanography and environment of the Red Sea.

Gathering its waters from the plains of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska, the Kaw is truly Americas prairie river; the only one to arise entirely on the Great Plains and traverse all three major grasslandsshortgrass, mixed-grass, and tallgrass prairies.

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Updated textbook on climate change for courses in meteorology, oceanography, environmental science, earth science and geography.

Estuarine and coastal waters are acknowledged centres for anthropogenic impacts.

Physical Geography: The Key Concepts is a thought-provoking and up-to-date introduction to the central ideas and debates within the field.

A comprehensive introduction to coastal storms and their associated impacts Coastal Storms offers students and professionals in the field a comprehensive overview and groundbreaking text that is specifically devoted to the analysis of coastal storms.

Updated textbook on climate change for courses in meteorology, oceanography, environmental science, earth science and geography.