Physical geography and topography

Bringing together the analysis of a diverse team of social scientists, this book proposes a new approach to environmental problems.

Written by leading authorities from Australasia, Europe and North America, this book examines the dynamic conflicts and synergies between nature conservation and human development in contemporary Cambodia.

Este libro es una invitación a conocer, estudiar, adentrarse en lageografía de Colombia.

This fully updated second edition presents a conceptual framework of outdoor recreation management in the form of a series of management matrices.

This book breaks the ground in Geographical texts by transcending a strictly regional or topical focus.

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

Annie Dillard observes "e;The best of Edward Hoagland is the best in the land.

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

There is an affirming transformation, basically in the form of core methodology, in recent geomorphological studies.

Originally published in 1993, Active Lavas looks at the practical aspects of monitoring uncontrolled streams of molten rock and how field data can be applied for theoretical modelling and forecasting the growth of lava flows.

A guide to exploring 325 of the most scenic, wildlife-rich and historically significant woodlands in Wales.

This book explores the types of conflicts that occur over marine and coastal resources, the underlying causes, and attempts to prevent them.

This book analyses the regional complexes of climate security in the Pacific.

The 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail is the largest inland water trail in the United States.

This book explores the latest advances in our understanding of the evolution of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta, examining the Damodar basin, Bhagirathi-Hooghly basin and Jalangi basin from historical, quantitative and applied geomorphology perspectives.

A guide to exploring 365 of Scotland's most scenic, wildlife-rich and historically significant woodlands.

First published in 1995.

This volume synthesizes critical environmental challenges of dynamic earth and human environment systems in South Asia emphasizing geographical dimensions.

Based on the most recent scientific data, and without neglecting historical publications, Fishes in Lagoons and Estuaries in the Mediterranean 3 comprehensively details Mediterranean lagoonal marine migratory fish.

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

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

The story of invasive species in New Zealand is unlike any other in the world.

First published in 1997, this volume examines wastewater treatment plants in the UK and their counterparts in Germany in the wake of the International Study of the Effectiveness of Environmental Assessment (1996).

Increased yields, markets, and profitability have led to changes in crop husbandry.

This book explores how natural landscapes are linked to positive mental wellbeing.

It is increasingly recognized that the economic value of forests is not merely the production of timber.

Urban Drainage and Storage Practices focuses on the latest developments in urban stormwater design methods using drainage and storage approaches for both water quality and quantity control.

Recent claims regarding convergence and divergence between land change science and political ecology as approaches to the study of human-environment relationships and sustainability science are examined and analyzed in this innovative volume.

This new handbook brings together various views and experiences of the impacts of flooding and its management in Africa, Asia and Latin America by drawing from traditional and modern approaches adopted by communities, homeowners, academics, project managers, institutions and policy makers.

Many coastal communities have built structures at their beaches and added quantities of sand in contoured designs to combat erosion.

Originally published in 1986, this book discusses the value of weather and climate information in government and business decision-making.

Much of the world's population lives within thirty miles of a coast, and beaches are perhaps the most popular tourist destinations worldwide.

Soil Management and Greenhouse Effect focuses on proper management of soils and its effects on global change, specifically, the greenhouse effect.

The acclaimed guide to the ecology and natural history of the American tropics-now fully updated and expandedThe New Neotropical Companion is the completely revised and expanded edition of a book that has helped thousands of people to understand the complex ecology and natural history of the most species-rich area on Earth, the American tropics.

Beyond the Megacity connects and reconnects the global debate on the contemporary urban condition to the Latin American tradition of seeing, considering, and theorizing urbanization from the margins.

This book highlights the development of lake systems and water reservoirs as well as the impact of climate change on water resources in Central Asian countries.

Floods occur in most parts of the world and range from being welcomed annual occurrences, to natural disasters which have countless physical and societal impacts.

Interest in the environment has never been greater, yet how much do each of us understand and engage with it?

First published in 1977, the second volume of Climate: Present, Past and Future covers parts 3 and 4 of Professor Hubert Lamb's seminal and pioneering study of climatology.

This book provides undergraduates with a step-by-step guide to successfully carrying out an independent research project or dissertation.

The new edition of this well-established introductory cartography textbook is updated to respond to the demand for critical engagement with new technologies, the passion for inclusive design, and for preparing students to build competence in fundamental skills.

Since the publication of the bestselling second edition 5 years ago, vast and new globally-relevant geographic datasets have become available to cartography practitioners, and with this has come the need for new ways to visualize them in maps as well as new challenges in ethically disseminating the visualizations.

This book brings together in compact form a broad scientific and sociopolitical view of US wetlands.

The first comprehensive natural history guide to the Connecticut River and its environs, with more than 750 illustrations The Connecticut River, New England's longest and most historic river, originates in northern New Hampshire and wends more than four hundred miles to Long Island Sound.

This book explores the current notion and definition of property, and its interpretation and implementation in relation to the environment.

How desert dunes are formed, how they change, their environmental significance and the role of climate change - these issues are examined through extensive case studies drawn from South Africa, India, Northern Europe and Australia.

Ein Leben für die BergeHelma Schimke, Alpinistin, Architektin und Mutter dreier Kinder, erzählt in »Über allem der Berg« von aufsehenerregenden Touren und spannenden Anekdoten ihrer Erlebnisse am Berg aus den Pioniertagen des Alpinismus.

This book, first published in 1984, deals authoritatively with the nature and management of slope failures and sediment movement and their impact on the hazardous landscape of Los Angeles county.

Recent claims regarding convergence and divergence between land change science and political ecology as approaches to the study of human-environment relationships and sustainability science are examined and analyzed in this innovative volume.