Geography

This book highlights the first comparative long-term analysis of the negative impacts of large dams on riverine communities and on free-flowing rivers in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

As a legacy of the socialist state with central planning, Five-Year Planning (FYP) is very important in regulating socio-economic and spatial development even in post-reform China.

This book systematically introduces Point-of-interest (POI) recommendations in Location-based Social Networks (LBSNs).

This book presents basic knowledge and key objectives of research of geological, geochemical, and microbial properties and processes in travertines, carbonate deposits precipitated from calcareous hot springs.

The book examines the extent to which the sustained population growth of Australia's heartland regional centres has come at the expense of demographic decline in their own hinterlands, and, ultimately, of their entire regions.

This book examines the forced displacement of public housing residents in Sydney's Millers Point and The Rocks communities.

This book highlights the development of lake systems and water reservoirs as well as the impact of climate change on water resources in Central Asian countries.

This book explores the leading role that cities can play in shaping progressive policies in collaboration with various stakeholders.

These proceedings present selected research papers from CSNC 2018,  held during 23rd-25th May in Harbin, China.

These proceedings present selected research papers from CSNC 2018,  held during 23rd-25th May in Harbin, China.

These proceedings present selected research papers from CSNC 2018,  held during 23rd-25th May in Harbin, China.

This book systematically illustrates the underlying mechanisms of spatial variation in ecosystem carbon fluxes.

The book embarks on the tasks to systematically analyze the macro background of the spatial patterns of China's urban development, the theoretical foundations and framework, and its changing trajectory.

This book integrates the analyses of organic carbon and carbonate accumulation in soil and lake sediment in a typical arid region of China that has experienced significant climate and land-use changes.

This book highlights studies of differentiation problems of natural geosystems because of anthropogenic impact.

This book highlights the application of Geographical Information System (GIS) and nature based algorithms to solve the problems of water and water based renewable energy resources.

This book is the first to cover the research of whole aspects of international mobility to and from Taiwan of both skilled and unskilled workers.

This book presents the outcome of the Towards Sustainable Land Use in Asia (SLUAS) project, which was the pilot undertaking for development in a series of projects on land use.

These proceedings present selected research papers from CSNC2017,  held during 23th-25th May in Shanghai, China.

These proceedings present selected research papers from CSNC2017, held during 23th-25th May in Shanghai, China.

These proceedings present selected research papers from CSNC2017, held during 23th-25th May in Shanghai, China.

This proceedings volume introduces recent work on the storage, retrieval and visualization of spatial Big Data, data-intensive geospatial computing and related data quality issues.

This book presents detailed information on the production and properties of carbon fibers derived from lignin precursors.

The two volume proceedings of CCIS 698 and 699 constitutes revised selected papers from the 4th International Conference on Geo-Informatics in Resource Management and Sustainable Ecosystem, GRMSE 2016, held in Hong Kong, China, in November 2016.

The two volume proceedings of CCIS 698 and 699 constitutes revised selected papers from the 4th International Conference on Geo-Informatics in Resource Management and Sustainable Ecosystem, GRMSE 2016, held in Hong Kong, China, in November 2016.

This book highlights the aeolian processes in the desert zone of Kazakhstan and Central Asian Deserts, and analyzes the current status of dust and sand storms in Central Asia and Kazakhstan.

Based on a detailed analysis of the signal model of the moving target, this thesis focuses on the theories and applications of ground moving target indicator (GMTI) and ground moving target imaging (GMTIm) algorithms in synthetic aperture radar/ ground moving target indicator (SAR/GMTI mode), wide-area surveillance ground moving target indication (WAS-GMTI) mode and frequency modulated continuous wave synthetic aperture radar (FMCW SAR) systems.

This book offers a systematic investigation of the ecological and environmental issues related to the land cover changes in Nepal by researchers from both China and Nepal.

This book is devoted to fill the 'urban economics niche' and conceptualize a framework for valuing the urban configuration via local housing market.

This book summarizes the key findings of a five-year interdisciplinary research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF).

This book studies the historical changes of the cityscape of Nanjing from the point of view of geographical systems.

TheseProceedings present selected research papers from CSNC2016, held during18th-20th May in Changsha, China.

TheseProceedings present selected research papers from CSNC2016, held during18th-20th May in Changsha, China.

TheseProceedings present selected research papers from CSNC2016, held during18th-20th May in Changsha, China.

This Brief identifies various aspects of energy challenges faced by the Chinese central/local governments, and also provides an opportunity to study how best to achieve green growth and a low-carbon transition in a developing country like China.

This book gives readers new information to understand the mechanism of agarwood induction and therefore eradicate the myths surrounding agarwood formation.

This Brief identifies various aspects of energy challenges faced by the Chinese central/local governments, and also provides an opportunity to study how best to achieve green growth and a low-carbon transition in a developing country like China.

Thisbook provides a fresh look at measuring negative externalities in theurbanization process.

This book contains papers presented at the 6th Global Workshop on Digital SoilMapping, held 11-14 November 2014 at the Institute of Soil Science, ChineseAcademy of Sciences of Nanjing, China.

This book explores the interplay between African archaeology and geospatial methods from three broad perspectives.

This book is the first to cover the research of whole aspects of international mobility to and from Taiwan of both skilled and unskilled workers.

This book is based on research carried out by the author in Greece, addressed initially to Greek readers, mainly researchers of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, National Technical University of Athens, where he served for a long time as professor.

This volume comprehensively discusses marine bioprospecting and its applications in the marine bioeconomy, specifically in clean energy generation, and in biomedical, industrial and agricultural sectors.

What would our lives look like if there were no (good) maps?

This book brings together a comprehensive overview of gender and energy to provide an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners.

This book summarizes the outcomes of research results based on field works and recent studies related to soil cover of the dried Aral seabed in Kazakhstan.

The book provides a unique analysis of current air pollution in Germany by correlating results from chemical transport modelling and accumulation monitoring by moss.

This book places the contemporary fear of climate change in historical perspective, showing that throughout human history the dominant perspective on the future has been one of fear.