Physical geography and topography

Our understanding of climate and its role in human affairs has changed markedly over recent years, as have climate observation systems and modelling capabilities.

Global Coastal Changeprovides a comprehensive overview of the environmental factors changing the marine systems of the world including atmospheric changes, sea level rise, alterations in freshwater and sediment use and transport, toxins, overfishing, alien species, and eutrophication.

Coastal defence navies constitute a distinct type of naval force in the world today.

A spectacularly illustrated journey into the intimate communities that native trees share with animals, insects, fungi, and microbesYou can tell a lot about a tree from the company it keeps.

These results from the National Research Programme on Climate Change of the Netherlands offer a synthesis of present knowledge in the fields of: source and sinks of greenhouse gases and aerosols; land-atmosphere interactions; the global energy balance; and radiative forcing and climate variability.

Originally published in 1995, Monitoring Active Volcanoes is a comprehensive text which addresses the importance of volcano surveillance in the context of forecasting eruptive activity and mitigating its effects.

This richly illustrated Element presents many useful tips and tricks to both novices and experts in mapping and planning.

Berge, Täler und die Geschichte der Erde – eine geologische SpurensucheWenn Blandine Pluchet zu einer Wanderung aufbricht, begleitet sie dabei nicht nur der Wunsch, den Gipfel zu erreichen.

The collection of reliable and comprehensive data on the magnitude, composition and distribution of a country's population is essential in order for governments to provide services, administer effectively and guide a country's development.

First published in 1988, this is a reissue of a groundbreaking collection of essays written by Hubert Lamb, one of the world's foremost experts on weather and climate and a uniquely authoritative voice in the history of climatology.

The 50th anniversary of the Disaster Research Center of the University of Delaware provoked a discussion of the field's background, its accomplishments, and its future directions.

A research summary of the causes and effects of megaflooding on Earth and Mars, for hydrologists, planetary scientists and engineers.

Textbook for graduate students and an introduction for researchers to coastal basins through simple hydrodynamics.

This book, first published in 1985, arises from the 14th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium.

Introduction to geologic fracture mechanics covering geologic structural discontinuities from theoretical and field-based perspectives.

In an increasingly global community of researchers and practitioners, new technologies and communication means have made the transfer of policies from one country or region to another progressively more prevalent.

The Connemara region in Western Ireland is world-renowned for its outstanding geology that is blended with spectacular landscapes.

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

A self-contained introduction to tides, explaining the origin of tidal constituents and their wave propagation in oceans and coastal seas.

The study and application of spatial information systems have been developed primarily from the use of computers in the geosciences.

Originally published in 1987 Rates of Evolution is an edited collection drawn from a symposium convened to bring together palaeontologists, geneticists, molecular biologists and developmental biologists to examine some aspects of the problem of evolutionary rates.

This collection is the first exploration into green crime in Mexico, offering a unique critique of the environmental problems facing Mexico today.

Freediver Timo Niessner zeigt in seinem Buch erprobte Atemtechniken und praktische Atemübungen, um endlich wieder richtig durchzuatmen, einen klaren Kopf zu bekommen, die eigene innere Kraft zu entfalten und so mit voller Power Beruf und Alltag zu meistern – auch in stürmischer See.

A beautifully illustrated overview and synthesis of how scientists have used a living forest as an experimental laboratory for more than 50 years For more than 50 years, the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire has been one of the most intensely studied landscapes on earth.

South and Southeast Asian countries are experiencing rapid land cover and land use changes (LCLUC) driven by urbanization, agricultural expansion, deforestation, and infrastructure development.

This book offers a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the Arctic in the era of globalization, or as it is referred to here, the 'GlobalArctic'.

A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems.

The author argues that, after five decades of debate about the interactive of solar wind with the magnetosphere, it is time to get back to basics.

A cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquityThe mountainous character of the Mediterranean was a crucial factor in the history of the ancient Greek and Roman world.

This book explores fluvial processes and their consequences on river dynamics in India.

This book shows an updated overview of research about human geography topics like urban growth/urban challenges, transportation, landscape, land cover, geospatial analysis, regional planning/local development, cultural geography, tourism, and so on.

This second edition covers recent developments around the world with contributors from 33 different countries.

This anthology of studies by the eminent geographer and climate scientist Eduard Bruckner (1862-1927) on anthropogenic climate change and the social, political and economic impact of climate variations on societies in historical times, assembles his pioneering work in English for the first time.

More than thirty years after the collapse of the USSR, the critique of state socialism is still used to deny alternatives to capitalism, irrespective of global capitalist ecological and social devastation.

Mountains have long inspired the wit and daring of the world's most fascinating explorers.

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.

This detailed exposition gives background and context to how modern biogeography has got to where it is now.

This book bridges the gap between economic and ecological theory and practice.

Coastal communities are at the frontline of a changing climate.

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of climate change-related investigations carried out by Indian researchers through initiatives in southern high latitude regions.

Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity.

This book compares and contrasts traditional crime scenes with scenes of climate crisis to offer a more expansive definition of crime which includes environmental harm.

Originally published in 1992, this book dispels some of the myths that surround water resource problems of arid lands and the notion that there are simple 'once and for all' solutions.

Nine nautical miles off the east coast of peninsular Malaysia, strung along the middle arc of the Seribuat Archipelago, the roving eye will spot a clutch of sun-washed islands.

This book is intended as a philosophical introduction to geo-ontologies, in response to their increasing diffusion within the contemporary debate, where philosophy plays a fundamental, though still unexplored, role.

This book explores how social, economic and political factors set the stage for Hurricane Andrew by influencing who was prepared, who was hit the hardest, and who was most likely to recover.

This book is the first to give a comprehensive and detailed overview of the complete geography of Albania in English.

The fourth edition of this highly acclaimed text on the natural environment of the earth has now been thoroughly revised and updated and includes a new chapter on The Organic World, more "e;windows"e;, new illustrations, and a range of other features.

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.