Physical geography and topography

Empirical research needs a profound theory to be successful.

This book provides an attractive and informative overview of Colombian landscapes and their geological evolution, including comprehensive descriptions of seventeen key selected sites in the country.

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canada's aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem.

In 1951 UNESCO launched an Arid Zone Programme with the object of promoting research into arid regions from every relevant scientific point of view.

This book, first published in 1985, conveys the flavours of geomorphology and the bases of its ideas.

The book on acid soils offers a thorough analysis of the degree of soil acidity at the global level, information on the biota, chemistry, and behaviour of acid soils, as well as the mechanisms by which plants tolerate soil acidity.

Fifty years ago, urban waterfronts were industrial, polluted, and diseased.

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

This book presents essential case studies on the integrated modelling of ecosystem services and land-use change in the field of landscape ecology.

The Volta River Basin (VRB) is an important transboundary basin in West Africa that covers approximately 410,000 square kilometres across six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo.

David Knighton's best-selling book looks at the wide range of forms developed by natural rivers and the processes responsible for that development.

This book calls for a collective strengthening of the progressive dimension of climate action in the face of continued myopic governmental response.

Wetlands - swamp, marsh, bayou, tundra and bog - are places that are rarely visited and often misunderstood but they have, in fact, conspicuous roles in the physical, biological and cultural geography of the world.

This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies.

The North American Forests: Geography, Ecology, and Silviculture describes where, why, and how the many kinds of trees found on this continent grow in silvical associations - called forest cover types.

Beyond the Mountains explores the ways in which Appalachia often served as a laboratory for the exploration and practice of American conceptions of nature.

Originally published in 1964, and extensively illustrated with figures and charts, this volume gives an overview of both physical and human geography of the former USSR.

Qanat is a gently sloping subterranean canal, which taps a water-bearing zone at a higher elevation than cultivated lands.

Originally published in 1969, the contributors to this volume examine the natural and social environments of selected areas in Africa and study in detail some particular problems and their solutions.

Mountains have forever been steeped in poetry, symbolism and mystery, inspiring everyone from the explorers who wish to scale every peak to those who wish to walk in the valleys, ski the slopes or take in the crisp air and feel renewed once more.

This book provides a non-technical, accessible primer on sustainable agricultural development and its relationship to sustainable development based on three analytical pillars.

The book compares different approaches to urban development in Singapore and Seoul over the past decades, by focusing on community participation in the transformation of neighbourhoods and its impact on the built environment and communal life.

An Introduction to Numerical Weather Prediction Techniques is unique in the meteorological field as it presents for the first time theories and software of complex dynamical and physical processes required for numerical modeling.

The Physical Geography of South America, the eighth volume in the Oxford Regional Environments series, presents an enduring statement on the physical and biogeographic conditions of this remarkable continent and their relationships to human activity.

"e;Wetlands"e; has become a hot word in the current environmental debate.

Originally published in 1986, this book provides a detailed examination of programmes to introduce improved charcoal making techniques throughout the developing world.

This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the emerging concept and framework of telecoupling and how it can help create a better understanding of land-use change in a globalised world.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent development of Chinese cities.

This book provides an appealing and informative overview of the outstanding landforms and landscapes of Scotland.

A comprehensive guide for students and researchers to the physical processes inside volcanoes that control eruption frequency, duration, and size.

Winner: Midwestern International Society of Arboriculture Authors Award of ExcellenceChoice Outstanding Academic TitleWith its high plains, rolling hills, and river valleys, Kansas is home to a surprisingly diverse flora, and among these riches are the 166 species of trees, shrubs, and woody vines identified, described, and pictured in this handy guide.

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

With numerous real-world examples, Modelling and Quantitative Methods in Fisheries, Second Edition provides an introduction to the analytical methods used by fisheries' scientists and ecologists.

This book presents research on precipitation partitioning processes in vegetated ecosystems, putting them into a global context.

Besides having a fascinating geology, the North Kent Coast bears the marks of most periods of our history.

Lagoons and estuaries are transition spaces between earth and sea.

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

The Karakoram contains the greatest concentration of glaciers and most of the largest ice masses outside high latitudes.

"e;Transforming Agricultural Management for a Sustainable Future: Climate Change and Machine Learning Perspectives"e; is an essential read for anyone interested in the future of agriculture and the role that technology can play in mitigating the impact of climate change.

This book deals with institutional reforms in response to a mounting environmental crisis in Vietnam.

This second edition covers recent developments around the world with contributors from 33 different countries.

This book explores how natural landscapes are linked to positive mental wellbeing.

This book discusses how to collect data and analyze databases in order to map risk zones, and contributes to developing a conceptual framework for coastal risk assessment.

This book is a state-of-the-art review of the physical, chemical and mineralogical properties of anthropogenic soils, their genesis morphology and classification, geocultural setting, and strategies for reclamation, revitalization, use and management.

accommodate terrestrial flooding.

This monograph explores traditional farming communities in French-speaking areas of the western Alps for the period 1500-1914 and how they endured in such an environment despite the many problems and risks which it posed for their subsistence and welfare.

While historians have given ample attention to stories of entrepreneurship, invention, and labor conflict, they have told us little about actual work-places and how people worked.