Physical geography and topography

This book takes a critical look at solar geoengineering as an acceptable means for addressing climate change.

Originally published in 2000, The Arctic provides a comprehensive overview of the region's rapidly changing physical and human dimensions, and demonstrates the importance of communication between natural scientists, social scientists, and local stakeholders in response to the tremendous challenges and opportunities facing the Arctic.

This highly illustrated volume is a compendium of evidence and examples of change on Heard Island, a World Heritage Site near Antarctica and one of the most remote places on earth.

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the soils of Spain gathered by a variety of Spanish experts in the field.

This book introduces what sclerotia grains are, and where and how they exist in soils, by compiling the results obtained from the studies on fungal sclerotia formed by Cenococcum geophilum (Cg) and related species, the visible black small grains persistent for a few thousand to ten thousands of years in forest soils and sediments.

Award-winning photographer Craig Varjabedian has spent decades photographing the many moods of the magnificent and ever-changing landscape of New Mexico's White Sands National Monument.

As technology continues to saturate modern society, agriculture has started to adopt digital computing and data-driven innovations.

A multidisciplinary review of salt marshes, describing how they function and respond to external pressures such as sea-level rise.

Degradation of agricultural catchments due to water erosion is a major environmental threat at the global scale, with long-lasting destructive consequences valued at tens of billions of dollars per annum.

A comprehensive overview of interaction of the major hydrological and meteorological processes in mountain areas ie Cryosphere and Climatic Change, Snow Melt and Soil Water, Run-off and Floods, Water fluxes and Water Balance, Hydro-meteorological Coupling and Modelling.

The revitalizing and restoration of rivers, creeks and streams is a major focus of urban conservation activity throughout North America and Europe.

A rare collection of photographs that are the heart of The Springs of Florida was obtained over a period of many years.

An impassioned meditation on American identity and its ebb and flow through the Capitals great waterwayAs she walks the length of the Potomac River, clambering up its banks and sounding its depths, Charlotte Taylor Fryar examines the geography and ecology of Washington, D.

Written by a career geologist with decades of experience in the field, North America's Natural Wonders guides readers through the most iconic, geologically significant scenery in North America, points out features of interest, explains what they are seeing, and describes how these features came to be.

Originally published in 1988 Deforestation examines deforestation as a major environmental and development problem.

Over the past decade the significant advances in real-time ocean observing systems, ocean modelling, ocean data assimilation and super-computing has seen the development and implementation of operational ocean forecast systems of the global ocean.

Although numerous books have been written on both monitoring and modelling of coastal oceans, there is a practical need for an introductory multi-disciplinary volume to non-specialists in this field.

Urban forests, trees and greenspace are critical in contemporary planning and development of the city.

At present, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment are a widely used technology for treatment of various types of wastewaters.

Den Tibetern gilt der Cho Oyu als heilig; in Europa wurde seine Existenz erst 1921 bekannt.

This book studies the application of green roofs in ecoregions of the western United States and Canada.

This book explores urban futures in the making, as seen through the lens of urban infrastructure.

From Uluru to the Great Dividing Range, The Geology of Australia explores the timeless forces that have shaped this continent.

Booderee National Park at Jervis Bay, 200km south of Sydney, attracts over 450,000 visitors each year.

This book delves into the everyday spaces, diverse mobilities and affective potency of weather.

At Copenhagen in December 2009, the international community agreed to limit global warming to below two degrees Celsius to avoid the worst impacts of human-induced climate change.

Taiwan experienced a highly successful economic transformation in the last 50 years that produced one of Asia's genuine 'miracles' of modern development, in terms of improvement in per capita income and overall quality of material well being for its citizens.

This book asks how we are to understand the relationship between capitalism and the environment, capitalism and food, and capitalism and social resistance.

A clear, concise discussion of today's hottest topics in climate change, including adapting to climate change and geo-engineering to mitigate the effects of change, Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition takes on the tough questions of what to do and offers real solutions to the practical problems caused by radical changes in the Earth's climate.

This textbook introduces physical geodesy.

This book presents research on how geography as a science, as a university degree and as a school subject can get ready for the "e;future.

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This book outlines the transitions between cultured and natural land cover/vegetation types and their implications in the search for alternatives to reverse the trend of anthropogenic environmental degradation.

This authored brief discusses how to conceptualize the socio-material complexity of contested energy spaces in the Canadian North, specifically in the context of indigenous communities that have allowed industrial developments to occur on their lands despite the environmental and lifestyle consequences.

This book summarizes the outcomes of research results based on field works and recent studies related to soil cover of the dried Aral seabed in Kazakhstan.

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

The edited book deals with climate change and its response to river system which is one of the most burning issues of the Global environment.

This book presents chapters, written by leading coastal scientists, which collectively depict the current understanding of the processes that shape barrier islands and barrier spits, with an emphasis on the response of these landforms to changing conditions.

This book seeks to showcase the ongoing challenges of water resource and its management through innovative and cutting-edge approaches (flooding and droughts and their respective impacts; spatial and urban planning; early warning systems; estimation of losses; water resource in the age of global climate change; risk communication; meteorology; integrated analysis; risk mitigation; infrastructures; nature-based management; watershed management; transport; legal assessment; vulnerability analysis; public participation; or case studies).

A dramatically illustrated book, by leading international scientists, which describes Antarctica''s central role in global scientific research.

This book offers a proven approach for reliable mapping of soil-landscape relationships to derive information for policy, planning and management at scales ranging from local to regional.

This book discusses the concept and practice of a smart metropolitan region, and how smart cities promote healthy economic and spatial development.

This books gives a complete overview of the Soils of Slovenia, from soil research history, climate, geology, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil propoerties, classification, fertility, land use and vegetation, soil management, soils and humans, soils and industries and future soils issues.

This is the first English language book to systematically introduce basic theories, methods and applications of disaster risk science from the angle of different subjects including disaster science, emergency technology and risk management.

Die Faszination des Waldes erleben und weitergeben – doch wie gelingt das auf nachhaltige und inspirierende Weise?

This unique survey of the environmental history of the grasslands in the United States explores the ecological, social, and economic networks enmeshing humans in this biome over the last 10,000 years.

Originally published in 1975 and in a second edition in 1980, Plant Geography was the first text in biogeography that provided an adequate treatment of modern plant population theory.

Modern design of berm breakwaters began about thirty years ago.