Physical geography and topography

Do you feel happier on a sunny day?

The innovation in space technologies has generated a new method for observing and monitoring tsunamis from space.

The innovation in space technologies has generated a new method for observing and monitoring tsunamis from space.

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.

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 is an invitation to readers to ponder universal questions about human relations with rivers and water for the precarious times of the Anthropocene.

This is an invitation to readers to ponder universal questions about human relations with rivers and water for the precarious times of the Anthropocene.

This volume discusses gardens as designed landscapes of mediation between nature and culture, embodying different levels of human control over wilderness, defining specific rules for this confrontation and staging different forms of human dominance.

This volume discusses gardens as designed landscapes of mediation between nature and culture, embodying different levels of human control over wilderness, defining specific rules for this confrontation and staging different forms of human dominance.

Written by leading academics, this book is an invaluable 'how to .

Written by leading academics, this book is an invaluable 'how to .

Effective coastal engineering is expensive, but it is not as costly as neglect or ineffective intervention.

Effective coastal engineering is expensive, but it is not as costly as neglect or ineffective intervention.

First published in 1987, Maritime Boundaries and Ocean Resources is a collection of essays which examines the political jurisdiction of ocean boundaries and the affects that this has on the world's oceans.

First published in 1987, Maritime Boundaries and Ocean Resources is a collection of essays which examines the political jurisdiction of ocean boundaries and the affects that this has on the world's oceans.

In this second edition, the authors present new developments in the sustainability discussion and argue that a new understanding of sustainability is needed if we are to truly serve future generations ecologically, economically, and equitably.

In this second edition, the authors present new developments in the sustainability discussion and argue that a new understanding of sustainability is needed if we are to truly serve future generations ecologically, economically, and equitably.

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the assessment and management of potentially dangerous infectious diseases, quarantined pests, invasive (alien) species, living modified organisms and biological weapons, from a multitude of perspectives.

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the assessment and management of potentially dangerous infectious diseases, quarantined pests, invasive (alien) species, living modified organisms and biological weapons, from a multitude of perspectives.

Legal mechanisms for the management, development and protection of water resources have evolved over the years and have reached unprecedented levels of complexity and sophistication.

Legal mechanisms for the management, development and protection of water resources have evolved over the years and have reached unprecedented levels of complexity and sophistication.

The Lake Chilwa Basin Climate Change Adaptation Programme was a seven-year research and development programme in Malawi that concluded in March 2017.

The Lake Chilwa Basin Climate Change Adaptation Programme was a seven-year research and development programme in Malawi that concluded in March 2017.

This book provides the first comprehensive economic valuation of U.

This book provides the first comprehensive economic valuation of U.

Natural decadal climate variability (DCV) and its interactions with anthropogenic climate change (ACC) are vitally important to understand to predict the future of the Earth's climate.

Natural decadal climate variability (DCV) and its interactions with anthropogenic climate change (ACC) are vitally important to understand to predict the future of the Earth's climate.

A tense, twisty destination thriller, perfect for reading by the pool on hot summer days, from the author of FIVE NIGHTS.

This guide will help you to survive and thrive during your degree and on into the workplace.

This guide will help you to survive and thrive during your degree and on into the workplace.

Our changing climate and more extreme weather events have dramatically increased the number and severity of floods across the world.

Our changing climate and more extreme weather events have dramatically increased the number and severity of floods across the world.

This volume is a collection of papers, preceded by an introductory essay, on coastal physiography.

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

Recognizing that sound information is vital to the progress of conservation, IUCN have gathered together a visual portfolio of maps of rain forests in Africa.

The first of a series designed to cover all tropical rain forests in the world.

The previously unpublished correspondence of T.

Efficient and equitable water, wastewater and stormwater management for the megacities is becoming an increasingly complex task.

Efficient and equitable water, wastewater and stormwater management for the megacities is becoming an increasingly complex task.

This volume covers the language situation in Hong Kong, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion and the roles of non-indigenous languages.

This volume covers the language situation in Hong Kong, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion and the roles of non-indigenous languages.

The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues.

The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues.

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

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

Nature conservation has become increasingly important in Britain over the last three decades.

Nature conservation has become increasingly important in Britain over the last three decades.

First published in 1992, this title offers an experienced and constructive evaluation of the ways in which water resources have been developed in Africa.

First published in 1992, this title offers an experienced and constructive evaluation of the ways in which water resources have been developed in Africa.