Physical geography and topography

This book interrogates the impact of tourism on local lives and environments along the southern Pacific Coast of Nicaragua.

Nothing new from the Ice Age?

In addition to being a fundamental concept for planning the water infrastructure which supports extensive agricultural economies across Southeast Asia, knowledge of the Mekong River's hydrological catchments has calibrated the control of land, resources and people.

Written for researchers, university lecturers and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in all fields of archaeological and anthropological study, this collection features new research from different excavation sites around Indonesia together with pioneering expert analysis.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the hydrology of the Nile River, especially the ecohydrological degradation and challenges the basin is facing, the impact of climate change on water availability and the transboundary water management issues.

This textbook shows all the existing knowledge about coastal geology and its implications for coastal management.

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.

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Statistics are important tools for validating theory, making predictions and engaging in policy research.

This book investigates how actors organize in order to solve a water quality problem.

GIS for Environmental Applications provides a practical introduction to the principles, methods, techniques and tools in GIS for spatial data management, analysis, modelling and visualisation, and their applications in environmental problem solving and decision making.

Climate hazards are the world's most widespread, deadliest and costliest natural disasters.

This book provides an overview of newly gathered material focusing on the opening and closure of The Neuquen Basin.

Over 50 full-colour world maps and graphics break down hardcore statistics to provide a compelling analysis of all the political, social, economic and ecological nightmares that keep us awake at night.

*Shortlisted for the Lukas Prize Project*The tree was poached in a two-part operation.

A definitive natural history of the Wye Valley covering the geology, geomorphology, conservation and ecological history of this diverse area of outstanding natural beauty.

This book provides undergraduates with a step-by-step guide to successfully carrying out an independent research project or dissertation.

With urbanization as a global phenomenon, there is a need for data and information about these terrains.

Focusing on the three Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, Policy Learning from Canada is a systematic study of the international relevance of the Canadian immigration and integration policy model.

Rivers are the great natural arteries that run through our lives.

In the tradition of Eiger Dreams, In the Zone: Epic Survival Stories from the Mountaineering World, and Not Without Peril, comes a new book that examines the thrills and perils of outdoor adventure in the "e;East's greatest wilderness,"e; the Adirondacks.

The iconic and beautiful Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world.

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle beckon curious beachcombers with miles of wave-swept Gulf coastline.

Can we prevent the destruction of the world's tropical forests?

This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview on soils of Greece.

This book unravels the profound implications of biodiversity offsetting for nature-society relationships and its links to environmental and social inequality.

This volume provides a versatile introduction to the study of drainage basin evolution, morphology, drainage basin hydrology and sedimentology, human interference, natural and anthropogenic hazards and various management techniques.

This book presents relevant and timely endogenous procedures for addressing the challenge of transforming ideas into sustainable opportunities in Africa.

This book, first published in 1981, provides an excellent introductory analysis to plate tectonic theory.

This book presents the latest advances in the field of karst hydrogeology and carbonate reservoirs.

Bestselling Van Life author Foster Huntington shares his experiences - as well as others - living by his own rules in this aspirational book filled with awe-inspiring photographs of unique homes in unexpected places.

The book focuses on environment and conservation issues pertaining to the Himalayas, spanning Pakistan, Nepal, India, Bhutan and Myanmar.

This edited volume is based on the best papers accepted for presentation during the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018.

Pictures of Time Beneath examines three celebrated heritage landscapes: Adelaide’s Hallett Cove, Lake Callabonna in the far north of South Australia, and the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region of New South Wales.

A study of how encounters between forestry bureaucrats and indigenous forest managers in Mexico produced official knowledge about forests and the state.

This book provides a framework for understanding the components of woodland wellbeing.

Views on the dynamics of tropical forests are changing rapidly with the recognition that their environment is variable on the decadal to century scale.

The first systematic and comprehensive account of the vegetation types of this country.

This book explores the link between climate change and resiliency on each continent of the world.

Always awe-inspiring, mountainous areas contain hundreds of millions of years of history, stretching back to the earliest continental landforms.

Aimed at those at the forefront of social ecological thinking, this book presents a practice-oriented process to navigate the complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time.

Universities across North America and beyond are experiencing growing demand for off-campus, experiential learning.

River Basin Management is a collection of papers presented at a conference on implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive, held in Budapest in May 2005.

First published in 1969, Water, Earth, and Man, was written to demonstrate the advantages of adopting a unified view of the earth and social sciences.

Winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Award in the memoir/autobiography category!

THE "e;LITTLE ICE AGE"e;: LOCAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES P.

It is increasingly recognized that the economic value of forests is not merely the production of timber.

In Field Guide to Rivers & Streams, Dr.

Originally published in 1965 and with a second edition in 1970.

This book discusses the Lagoa Santa Karst, which has been internationally known since the pioneering studies of the Danish naturalist Peter Lund in the early 1800s.