Physical geography and topography

The demand for water resources is increasing day by day due to ever increasing population, mostly from developing countries.

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

By the end of the 1960s, it became acutely apparent that major problems existed with the quality of both surface and subsurface waters on a world-wide scale.

Casual readers of the title of this book might be forgiven for thinking that it is a little esoteric, far-removed from the pressing day-to-day concerns of humans and wildlife in the drylands of the world.

Flood damages are increasing as a result of frequent occurrence of large floods in many parts of the world, existing and continuing encroachment of development onto flood plains and aging flood protection structures.

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Despite their importance in sustaining livelihoods for many people living along some of the world's most populous coastlines, tropical mangrove forests are disappearing at an alarming rate.

In the USA, Asia and Europe, as well as worldwide, trade is growing rapidly and much of it depends on shipping.

Most of the world's population lives close to the coast and is highly dependent on coastal resources, which are being exploited at unsustainable rates.

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

Reports of natural disasters fill the media with regularity.

This book contains a selection of papers from the International Military Geology and Geography Conference, held at the U.

This volume is a synthesis of the NASA funded work under the Land-Cover and Land-Use Change Program.

The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plantMonarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico.

Why our cats are a danger to species diversity and human healthIn 1894, a lighthouse keeper named David Lyall arrived on Stephens Island off New Zealand with a cat named Tibbles.

From icy polar tundra to lush tropical rainforests, readers can explore the wonders of the planet we call home in this spectacular visual guide.

Increasingly used to represent climatic, biogeochemical, and ecological systems, computer modeling has become an important tool that should be in every environmental professional's toolbox.

Deterministic Methods in Systems Hydrology presents the basic theory underlying the multitude of parameter-rich models which dominate the hydrological literature.

From an historical perspective, this text presents an entirely non- mathematical introduction to astronomy from the first endeavours of the ancients to the current developments in research enabled by cutting edge technological advances.

Mathematical modelling has become an indispensable tool for engineers, scientists, planners, decision makers and many other professionals to make predictions of future scenarios as well as real impending events.

Over the last five centuries, plantation crops have represented the best and worst of industrialized agriculture - "e;best"e; through their agronomic productivity and global commercial success, and "e;worst"e; as examples of exploitative colonialism, conflict and ill-treatment of workers.

Over the last five centuries, plantation crops have represented the best and worst of industrialized agriculture - "e;best"e; through their agronomic productivity and global commercial success, and "e;worst"e; as examples of exploitative colonialism, conflict and ill-treatment of workers.

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

The impact of mining is too big to ignore in a world of oversubscribed water.

The impact of mining is too big to ignore in a world of oversubscribed water.

China and its neighbours face a series of water security issues, in which international law plays a vital role.

China and its neighbours face a series of water security issues, in which international law plays a vital role.

Bringing together a multidisciplinary set of scholars and diverse case studies from across the globe, this book explores the management, governance, and understandings around water, a key element in the assemblage of hydrosocial territories.

Bringing together a multidisciplinary set of scholars and diverse case studies from across the globe, this book explores the management, governance, and understandings around water, a key element in the assemblage of hydrosocial territories.

The Mekong Basin in Southeast Asia is one of the largest international river basins in the world.

The Mekong Basin in Southeast Asia is one of the largest international river basins in the world.

Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area and many endangered species.

Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area and many endangered species.

This book addresses groundwater governance, a subject internationally recognized as crucial and topical for enhancing and safeguarding the benefits of groundwater and groundwater-dependent ecosystems to humanity, while ensuring water and food security under global change.

This book addresses groundwater governance, a subject internationally recognized as crucial and topical for enhancing and safeguarding the benefits of groundwater and groundwater-dependent ecosystems to humanity, while ensuring water and food security under global change.

Spatial Thinking in Environmental Contexts: Maps, Archives, and Timelines cultivates the spatial thinking "e;habit of mind"e; as a critical geographical view of how the world works, including how environmental systems function, and how we can approach and solve environmental problems using maps, archives, and timelines.

Spatial Thinking in Environmental Contexts: Maps, Archives, and Timelines cultivates the spatial thinking "e;habit of mind"e; as a critical geographical view of how the world works, including how environmental systems function, and how we can approach and solve environmental problems using maps, archives, and timelines.

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

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

This book provides a detailed description of how Python can be used to give insight into the flow of groundwater based on analytic solutions.

This book provides a detailed description of how Python can be used to give insight into the flow of groundwater based on analytic solutions.

Does participatory governance benefit the environment?

Does participatory governance benefit the environment?

A beach-goer's pocket companion for lazy days on the shore, or for the armchair beachcomber recalling the feel of sand between their toes.

Visual Spatial Enquiry explores visual and textual ways of working within spatial research.

This volume contains the ten most cited articles that have appeared in the journal Atmosphere-Ocean since 1995.

This volume contains the ten most cited articles that have appeared in the journal Atmosphere-Ocean since 1995.

Presenting a broad range of case studies, this book explores rural social movements contesting natural resource development initiatives.