Geography

Why our cats are a danger to species diversity and human healthIn 1894, a lighthouse keeper named David Lyall arrived on Stephens Island off New Zealand with a cat named Tibbles.

Brazil is the world's sixth-largest economy, and for the first three-quarters of the twentieth century was one of the fastest-growing countries in the world.

Why do some cities grow economically while others decline?

The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "e;Circumnavigation of the Red Sea,"e; is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.

A nonpartisan plan of action for fixing the global economy from fifteen of the world's leading economistsIn the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists-representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion-gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake.

The economy is so powerful in determining the results of U.

During the 1990s, the United States underwent a dramatic transformation: investing in stocks, once the province of a privileged elite, became a mass activity involving more than half of Americans.

"e;Economists agree about many things--contrary to popular opinion--but the majority agree about culture only in the sense that they no longer give it much thought.

It's a Wonderful World is a celebration of ordinary people whose lives cross in extraordinary ways at different parts of the world.

Inequalities are central to the public debate and social science research.

Inequalities are central to the public debate and social science research.

Naming the places of the world is an essential human act of territorialization.

Naming the places of the world is an essential human act of territorialization.

Our societies have become very crisis-prone.

Our societies have become very crisis-prone.

One of the major challenges facing the world today is the interaction between demographic changes and development.

One of the major challenges facing the world today is the interaction between demographic changes and development.

A beach-goer's pocket companion for lazy days on the shore, or for the armchair beachcomber recalling the feel of sand between their toes.

It is considered a simplified reference in one of the modern sciences that has a comprehensive impact on the lives of peoples, their defense, and their economies, which is atmospheric science (or meteorology), or as some call it (meteorology), to fill that deficiency in this area, and presents the results of the latest findings of research and scientific discovery in this field.

Introduce students to the diversity embraced by the discipline of biogeography, revised and updated throughout Biogeography: Space, Time and Life provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of large-scale geographic distributions of life, focusing on ecology, evolution, physical geography and conservation.

Cengage Learning's FUNDAMENTALS OF WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY brings course concepts to life with interactive learning, study, and exam preparation tools along with comprehensive text content for one semester/quarter courses.

How fossilized reefs hold clues to the survival of corals in the AnthropoceneWith rising global temperatures, pollution, overfishing, ocean acidification, and other problems caused by humans, there's no question that today's coral reefs are in trouble.

How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world historyAre mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality?

Athens, Greece May Day 2010.

Most African cities are human settlements that lack the systems needed for effective land use planning.

Most African cities are human settlements that lack the systems needed for effective land use planning.

Our current situation, marked simultaneously by the Anthropocene, global warming, digitization and exponential artificial intelligence, leads us to sudden and total change in global civilization and, de facto, to rebuilding the foundations of the international economy.

Our current situation, marked simultaneously by the Anthropocene, global warming, digitization and exponential artificial intelligence, leads us to sudden and total change in global civilization and, de facto, to rebuilding the foundations of the international economy.

Cities have become the major habitat for human societies.

Cities have become the major habitat for human societies.

Maps and mapping are fundamentally political.

Maps and mapping are fundamentally political.

Part of The Geological Field Guide Series, Basic Geological Mapping, 5thEdition is an essential basic guide to field techniques in mapping geology.

Part of The Geological Field Guide Series, Basic Geological Mapping, 5thEdition is an essential basic guide to field techniques in mapping geology.

Coastal Geomorphology, Second Edition is a comprehensive and systematic introduction to this subject and demonstrates the dynamic nature of coastal landforms, providing a background for analytical planning and management strategies in coastal areas that are subject to continuing changes.

Classics in Cartography provides an intellectually-driven reinterpretation of a selection of ten touchstone articles in the development of mapping scholarship over the last four decades.

This fourth and full colour edition updates and expands a widely-used textbook aimed at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in remote sensing and GIS in Geography, Geology and Earth/Environmental Science departments.

Geographic Visualization: Concepts, Tools and Applications is a 'state-of-the-art' review of the latest developments in the subject.

Geographic Information Science and Technology (GISc&T) has been at the forefront of education innovation in geography and allied sciences for two decades.

Geographic Information Science and Technology (GISc&T) has been at the forefront of education innovation in geography and allied sciences for two decades.

Mediterranean mountains exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of progress in the general area of fluvial remote sensing with a specific focus on its potential contribution to river management.

One of the major challenges facing the world today is the interaction between demographic change and development.

One of the major challenges facing the world today is the interaction between demographic change and development.

The Anthropocene refers to all societies current era of environmental challenges.

The Anthropocene refers to all societies current era of environmental challenges.

The recent progress in analytical methods, aided by bringing in a wide range of other disciplines, opens up the study to a broader field, which means that biogeography now goes far beyond a simple description of the distribution of living species on Earth.

The recent progress in analytical methods, aided by bringing in a wide range of other disciplines, opens up the study to a broader field, which means that biogeography now goes far beyond a simple description of the distribution of living species on Earth.

The articulation between persistence and change is relevant to a great number of different disciplines.

The articulation between persistence and change is relevant to a great number of different disciplines.