Physical geography and topography

'Sometimes it feels as though the whole planet has been so polluted and ravaged that there are no Edens left, but they are there to be found by those who step off the beaten track.

The purpose of this book is to present a range of cases and comparison of the issues, insights and cases emerging from the Sustainable Energy Mix Summit in the Galapagos that offer a better understanding of energy mix in fragile environments from a variety of International locations and contexts including the Galapagos.

This book explains vessels' ability to overcome ice on the Northern Sea Route, as well as the criteria of safe speed and maneuvering of vessels on ice.

This unique treatment of geomorphology, first published in 1986, provides a comprehensive work to enable students to see the subject as a whole.

Disaster Relief Aid: Changes and Challenges provides a comprehensive analysis of disaster relief efforts undertaken globally during the last several decades, and examines the changes and challenges that have emerged over time.

This book provides an introduction to sustainable aquaculture practices, focusing on how we develop social, economic and environmental resilience.

This volume provides readers with the tools to unlock the potential of Earth observation (EO) technologies to transform coastal zone management.

Water scarcity is not simply the result of what nature has to offer but always involves power relations and political decisions.

The vocabulary and discourse of water resource management have expanded vastly in recent years to include an array of new concepts and terminology, such as water security, water productivity, virtual water and water governance.

The Great Lakes have been central to the development of eastern North America.

Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The Journey Through Wales describes his eventful tour of the country as a missionary in 1188.

This book studies the historical changes of the cityscape of Nanjing from the point of view of geographical systems.

This book discusses what it means for cities to work toward and achieve resilience in the face of climate change.

In 1947, British India-the part of South Asia that is today's India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh-emerged from the colonial era with the world's largest centrally managed canal irrigation infrastructure.

Universities across North America and beyond are experiencing growing demand for off-campus, experiential learning.

This edited volume summarizes information about the situational context, threats, problems, challenges and solutions for sustainable pastoralism at a global scale.

Rocky outcrops are landscape features with disproportionately high biodiversity values relative to their size.

This book provides an overview of covered karst types, covered karst features, functioning of covered karst features, the evolution of covered karst features and the development of covered karst reliefs.

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.

First published in 1966 these collected papers, written by the distinguished and visionary climatologist Hubert H.

Geophysical and Astrophysical Convection collects important papers from an international group of the world's foremost researchers in geophysical and astrophysical convection to present a concise overview of recent thinking in the field.

Until recently, the prevailing view of marine life at high latitudes has been that organisms enter a general resting state during the dark Polar Night and that the system only awakens with the return of the sun.

This book demonstrates that there is much about the New Deal that can be characterized as environmental, once one substitutes the word 'environmental' for 'conservation'.

The landscapes of Namibia are of world-class quality in beauty, diversity and interest.

This book provides a detailed description of fluvial processes and their influence on urban sites.

Accurate prediction of hydrological variables is essential for efficient water resources planning and management.

Environmental Hazards in the British Isles (1981) offers a comprehensive account of the various hazards affecting Britain.

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.

Coral reefs represent the most spectacular and diverse marine ecosystem on the planet as well as a critical source of income for millions of people.

Focuses on practical application of spectral analysis of time series, with examples from environmental, engineering and physical sciences.

This book offers an extensive study of indigenous communities in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, and their methods of forest conservation, along with an exploration of the impact of forestry operations in the islands and the wide scale damage they have incurred on both the land and the people.

This comprehensive study explores the landscapes and heritage of past conflicts along with defensive and offensive structures.

Climate, Change and Risk presents an overview of 'extreme' weather related events and our ability to cope with them.

This book analyzes the issues associated with climate change in the Himalayas.

This book deals with institutional reforms in response to a mounting environmental crisis in Vietnam.

Data Presentation with SPSS Explained provides students with all the information they need to conduct small scale analysis of research projects using SPSS and present their results appropriately in their reports.

A dramatically illustrated book, by leading international scientists, which describes Antarctica''s central role in global scientific research.

This volume is entirely devoted to the life and work of the world's most famous geomorphologist, William Morris Davis (1850-1934).

Significant progress has been made by industrial countries to reduce emissions from the use of fossil fuels, but as the economies of the less-developed regions of the world begin to expand, they too will face similar challenges.

This book presents new research on policy innovations that promote the development of the circular water economy.

This book, based on extensive international collaborative research, highlights the state-of-the-art design of "e;smart living"e; for metropolises, megacities, and metacities, as well as at the community and neighbourhood level.

Rhythm of the Heart is a compelling memoir about Kim Heacox's 30+ year relationship with the most iconic landscape in Alaska, a sister book to his 2005 Lyons book The Only Kayak, a PEN USA Literary Award finalist now in its seventh printing.

First published in 2004.

Why, despite two decades of climate policy, have affluent democracies made so little progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions?

Originally published in 2007, this comprehensive book provides a clear, theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics and forest insect outbreaks.

A summary of our understanding of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees, with particular emphasis on comparative ecology.

At present, we have been living in an ice age for around 2.

Computer Modeling Applications for Environmental Engineers in its second edition incorporates changes and introduces new concepts using Visual Basic.

How is the vegetation distribution influencing the erosion and surface formation in the different eco zones of Chile?