Physical geography and topography

Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among the most destructive yet fascinating aspects of climate variability.

Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among the most destructive yet fascinating aspects of climate variability.

People want to create a better world and planet; however, where, and how to start remains the question.

This book presents the fundamentals of polarimetric radar remote sensing through understanding wave scattering and propagation in geophysical media filled with hydrometers and other objects.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

The supply of reliable and safe water is a key challenge for developing countries, particularly India.

The supply of reliable and safe water is a key challenge for developing countries, particularly India.

The Zambezi river is the fourth longest in Africa, crossing or bordering Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

The Zambezi river is the fourth longest in Africa, crossing or bordering Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

For all introductory physical geology courses.

An unrivalled, comprehensive introduction to the natural processes in our world.

For Introductory Physical Geology Courses From the renowned Lutgens/Tarbuck/Tasa team, the 12th Edition of Essentials of Geology continues to elevate its readability, art program, focus on basic principles and instructor flexibility.

An unrivalled, comprehensive introduction to the natural processes in our world.

A cutting-edge introduction to coastal wetlands and their applications, for students on related earth and life science courses and researchers.

An exploration of the biodiversity status of coastal habitats worldwide, emphasising their importance to society, major threats and conservation challenges.

The Hudson River Estuary, first published in 2006, is a scientific biography with relevance to similar natural systems.

An accessible account of how forest fires work, the ecological effects they have, and why and how we fight fires.

A modern, quantitative, process-oriented approach to geomorphology and the role of Earth surface processes in shaping landforms, starting from basic principles.

An accessible account of how forest fires work, the ecological effects they have, and why and how we fight fires.

A modern, quantitative, process-oriented approach to geomorphology and the role of Earth surface processes in shaping landforms, starting from basic principles.

A cutting-edge introduction to coastal wetlands and their applications, for students on related earth and life science courses and researchers.

An exploration of the biodiversity status of coastal habitats worldwide, emphasising their importance to society, major threats and conservation challenges.

Provides the conceptual backbone and specific information necessary for the ecologically sound restoration and sustainable development of boreal ecosystems.

Provides the conceptual backbone and specific information necessary for the ecologically sound restoration and sustainable development of boreal ecosystems.

A state-of-the-art assessment of how geomorphology contributes to the comprehension, mapping and modelling of hazardous Earth surface processes.

A systems-based approach to physical geography written in an easy-to-understand narrative style that is closely integrated with clear, single-concept illustrations.

A systems-based approach to physical geography written in an easy-to-understand narrative style that is closely integrated with clear, single-concept illustrations.

Richly illustrated and packed with numerous examples, this unique global perspective introduces wetland ecology from basic principles to advanced applications.

Richly illustrated and packed with numerous examples, this unique global perspective introduces wetland ecology from basic principles to advanced applications.

This book offers an overview of the natural and human history of island environments from early settlement to current challenges in island management.

This book offers an overview of the natural and human history of island environments from early settlement to current challenges in island management.

This edited volume provides a critical discussion of particular trends that are widely recognised to influence water management by comparing them with what is actually happening in the field.

This book argues that a variety of policies will be required to create synergies between the water-energy-food nexus sectors while reducing trade-offs in the development of a green economy.

This book presents lively case studies of tourism developments in the European High North from diverse perspectives.

This book offers new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably.

This book addresses the enormous global challenge of providing balanced and sustainable solutions to urgent water problems.

This book examines the role and practical dynamics of governmental environmental law enforcement agencies and individuals who combat environmental crime.

In this book, a celebration of the work of the sociologist Peter Dickens serves as the catalyst for exploring the relationship between human 'internal nature' (our health and psychological well-being) and 'external nature' (the environment on which we depend and which we collectively transform).

The climate over the Indian subcontinent is influenced by complex interactions between the atmosphere, ocean, and land, along with human interventions that are influencing heat extremes, changing monsoon patterns, sea-level rise, and posing serious threats to lives and livelihoods among populations in India.

Launching the landmark Performing Landscapes series, Performing Mountains brings together for the first time Mountain Studies and Performance Studies in order to examine an international selection of dramatic responses to mountain landscapes.

This book introduces a new approach to environmental sociology, by integrating complexity-informed social science, Marxian ecological theory, and resilience-based human ecology.

This book critically examines both theory and practice around conservation crimes.

Freedom in the Anthropocene illuminates the Anthropocene from the perspective of critical theory.

In this book, Po-Yi Hung uses tea production as a lens to investigate the tension between nature and society under the market economy in frontier China.

Radical Environmentalism: Nature, Identity and More-than-human Agency provides a unique account of environmentalism - one that highlights the voices of activists and the nature they defend.

This book advances a social-ecological theory to reconnect nature and society through sustainable transformation of interacting social and ecological systems.

This book is about places - cities, suburbs and towns - and happiness of people living there.

This book elaborates the need, in a rapidly urbanizing world, for recognition of the ecological communities we inhabit in cities and for the development of an ethics for all entities (human and non-human) in this context.

Beth Edmondson and Stuart Levy examine why it is so difficult for the international community to respond to global climate change.

From climate change over shale gas to the race for the Arctic, energy makes headlines in international politics almost daily.