Physical geography and topography

A digital elevation model (DEM) is a digital representation of ground surface topography or terrain.

Some atmospheric disturbances produce the kind of extreme weather events making the national and international new headlines on a regular basis.

Bringing together the analysis of a diverse team of social scientists, this book proposes a new approach to environmental problems.

This book provides insights into the benefits of using remote sensing data from a geoscientist's perspective, by integrating the data with the understanding of Earth's surface and subsurface.

Discover the existential threats facing 50 unique places across the globe and the possible solutions that may save them from vanishing forever.

2011 Outstanding Title, University Press Books for Public and Secondary School LibrariesWinner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association AwardBefore Forks, a small town on Washingtons Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyers Twilight book series, it was the self-proclaimed Logging Capital of the World and ground zero in a regional conflict over the fate of old-growth forests.

A comprehensive consolidation of data for the world, this book gives a short precis of each nation, each nation's history, its topography and a chronology of the development of geodetic surveying and coordinate systems for that specific nation.

Groundwater Science, Third Edition covers physical and chemical aspects of groundwater science, with emphasis on applications in the hydrologic cycle and in water supply, including contamination, mining, and construction issues.

This book describes the importance of water resources for socio-economic and ecological development including geomorphic and ecological environments.

The Routledge Handbook of the Polar Regions is an authoritative guide to the Arctic and the Antarctic through an exploration of key areas of research in the physical and natural sciences and the social sciences and humanities.

This book addresses the complex socio-political context of natural resource management in coastal and marine environments throughout the contemporary Pacific Islands and provides lessons that can be applied around the globe.

From an historical perspective, this text presents an entirely non- mathematical introduction to astronomy from the first endeavours of the ancients to the current developments in research enabled by cutting edge technological advances.

Experts from business, academia, governmental agencies and non-profit think tanks to form a transnational and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the combined challenges of environmental sustainability and energy security in the United States and Germany.

Burgeoning population and climate change are among the most critical challenges facing the 21st century.

At a time when the Colorado River and all those who depend on it are in peril, this urgent book offers both a love song and a paean of regret to America's most spectacular river (Denver Post) and a plea to save [it] before it's too late (The Wall Street Journal).

Ecological restoration is a rapidly evolving discipline that is engaged with developing both methodologies and strategies for repairing damaged and polluted ecosystems and environments.

Cottonwood and the River of Time looks at some of the approaches scientists have used to unravel the puzzles of the natural world.

Identifying efficient solutions to protect coastal regions from marine pollution requires expertise from a range of specialties and strategic approaches.

The opening of the England Coast Path means that anyone will be able to walk and wild camp along the entire 3,000-mile length of the English coast.

First published in 1967, this book explores the theme of geographical generalization, or model building.

Rock climbers have an inherent interest in geology.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Hans Florine embodies the genius of andcollaborative and competitive, fast and safe, audacious and disciplined, visionary and quantitative.

In the Anthropocene, the thawing of frozen earth due to global warming has drawn worldwide attention to permafrost.

This cutting-edge summary combines ideas from several sub-disciplines to provide an understanding of sediment routing systems and Earth surface dynamics.

First published in 1966, Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland has established itself as the standard crop husbandry text for students and practitioners alike.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Landscapes and Landforms of Switzerland.

This book provides an introduction to rocky landscapes through carefully selected images from Google Earth, discussing what they show and provides references to the sites portrayed so that readers can go deeper if they wish.

The economic paradigms currently dominating the world are not sustainable.

Waste management has become a great challenge for cities and urban areas, especially in countries with a high population density.

This textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of various types of outdoor recreation, and how these can be best managed.

For introductory courses in physical geology.

This book discusses the historic range of variation (HRV) in the types, frequencies, severities and scales of natural disturbances, and explores how they create heterogeneous structure within upland hardwood forests of the Central Hardwood Region (CHR).

Stemming from an 11-year DFID funded programme under its Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS), Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture: Putting Research into Low Income Countries reviews part of this programme as a case study of a broader issue of technology development for Africa.

Anyone who has ever experienced a sporting event in a large stadium knows the energy that emanates from stands full of fans cheering on their teams.

A world expert on how trees chemically affect our environment, Diana Beresford-Kroeger has woven together ecology, ancient myth, horticulture, spirituality, science and alternative medicine in The Global Forest to capture their enormous significance to us - and our future.

Er fuhr als erster Mensch auf Skiern vom Everest und bezwang fast alle Achttausender.

When and how did we humans lose our connection with nature - and how do we find it again?

Sie kletterten zusammen im Himalaja und Karakorum, im Yosemite-Nationalpark und in den Dolomiten, in Patagonien und der Antarktis – die sympathischen Brüder Alexander Huber und Thomas Huber, auch als »Huberbuam« weltbekannt, gehören mit ihren extremen Routen seit mehr als 25 Jahren zu den Protagonisten der vertikalen Revolution.

A new poetry collection by 2010 Texas Poet Laureate, karla k.

This book explains how you can profitably raise grain and livestock while regenerating your Prairie Soil back to Natural Health and Productivity.

Die Zukunft liegt in unseren HändenSpringende Flussdelfine, himmelhohe Baumriesen, Hausboote auf dem Amazonas: Rund um die Stadt Manaus wartet der Dschungel.

A SPELLBINDING MASTERPIECE.

Familiar modes of problem solving may be efficient, but they often prevent us from discovering innovative solutions to more complex problems.

From the greatest record-breaking heights to hidden peaks beneath the sea Eyewitness Everest is an original and exciting new guide to the enthralling challenges of life and death on the world's greatest mountain ranges.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WAINWRIGHT BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 POLARI FIRST BOOK AWARD'This is a book to get lost in .

No one sees clearer than an individual whose life is hanging by the finger tips on the edge of an abyss.

Familiar modes of problem solving may be efficient, but they often prevent us from discovering innovative solutions to more complex problems.