First Published in 1953, Geography from the Air is the first book in English to explain and illustrate fully the use of air photographs in the study of geography.
The new edition of this well-established introductory cartography textbook is updated to respond to the demand for critical engagement with new technologies, the passion for inclusive design, and for preparing students to build competence in fundamental skills.
First-PlaceWinner, Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary AwardExploring and chronicling a restored river in the heart of FloridaTheKissimmee Valley, which includes the Kissimmee chain of lakes and KissimmeeRiver, covers an area from Orlando to Lake Okeechobee.
The book unravels the complexity of Pakistan's physical terrain, from the Arabian Sea coast to the Himalayan heights, focusing on its bio-climatic environment.
This book presents selected papers from the International Geographical Union (IGU) Thematic Conference 2022, which was held at the Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, India, November 24-25, 2022.
A comprehensive collection of contributions from the Middle East and Japan, dealing with pressing problems concerning sustainability in arid zones, this time with the accent on environmental science and engineering.
The book unravels the complexity of Pakistan's physical terrain, from the Arabian Sea coast to the Himalayan heights, focusing on its bio-climatic environment.
This book aims to summarize and report the major research achievements and validation results under the global land cover (GLC) initiative led by the Group Earth Observation (GEO).
Der Bergbau hat Deutschland über Jahrtausende geprägt – von den ersten prähistorischen Feuersteinminen bis hin zu den imposanten Kohlezechen der Moderne.
Radar Hydrology: Principles, Models, and Applications provides graduate students, operational forecasters, and researchers with a theoretical framework and practical knowledge of radar precipitation estimation.
This accessible shortform book describes storm surge forecasting to enable port managers and practitioners to forecast these and mitigate their effects.
This book explores a platform for insightful discussions and scientific discourse on various aspects of landslides and their risk management, with insights focused on the Himalayan states at a sub-regional level.
Originally published in 1994, this book analysed land developments, deforestation and pasture substitution, colonisation schemes and spontaneous settlement during the latter part of the 20th Century.
Originally published in 1953, this book was compiled to provide students of forestry with a simple outline of what the management of forests involves, and of the way in which forestry operations are organized and controlled.
Originally published in 1994, this book analysed land developments, deforestation and pasture substitution, colonisation schemes and spontaneous settlement during the latter part of the 20th Century.
In 1984, when this book was originally published the need to take forestry outside the forests and involve local people in tree growing was widely recognised.
The book offers a wide range of research topics that are addressed with the aim of contributing to the knowledge of geomorphological hazards in the Himalaya.
The book offers a wide range of research topics that are addressed with the aim of contributing to the knowledge of geomorphological hazards in the Himalaya.
»Swiss Machine«, »Der schnellste Mann am Berg«, »Gipfelstürmer«… Wenn es um die Leistungen des Schweizer Bergsteigers Ueli Steck geht, überschlagen sich die Beobachter in Superlativen.
Originally published in 1986, this book provides a detailed examination of programmes to introduce improved charcoal making techniques throughout the developing world.
Originally published in 1984, Stoves and Trees asks whether better stoves really help the two billion people in the developing world who rely on wood and charcoal for cooking and heating their homes.
Originally published in 1986, this book provides a detailed examination of programmes to introduce improved charcoal making techniques throughout the developing world.
In 1984, when this book was originally published the need to take forestry outside the forests and involve local people in tree growing was widely recognised.
Originally published in 1984, Stoves and Trees asks whether better stoves really help the two billion people in the developing world who rely on wood and charcoal for cooking and heating their homes.
Originally published in 1953, this book was compiled to provide students of forestry with a simple outline of what the management of forests involves, and of the way in which forestry operations are organized and controlled.
This book presents an overview of different data collection methods and approaches that have been used to identify and analyse institutions associated with natural resource governance.
Gathering its waters from the plains of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska, the Kaw is truly Americas prairie river; the only one to arise entirely on the Great Plains and traverse all three major grasslandsshortgrass, mixed-grass, and tallgrass prairies.
'An immersive and lyrically personal journey through deep-time and modern tides' RAYNOR WINN'Wondrous, elegant and haunting, Lost to the Sea is a fascinating alternative history of the fractured, flooded and eroded edges of Britain and Ireland' PHILIP HOAREMedieval kingdoms.
First published in 1981, Introductory Spatial Analysis uses ideas from dimensional analysis and stochastic process theory to provide a consistent, logical framework for map analysis.
