Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

Crime Mapping Case Studies: From Research to Practice provides a series of key examples from practice and research that demonstrate applications of crime mapping and its effect in many areas of policing and crime reduction.

Aquaculture and the Environment Second Edition T.

This handy pocket-sized field guide provides practical information and assistance to anyone engaged in small-scale surveys on the ground.

Sustainable Development in Practice: Case Studies for Engineers and Scientists, Second Edition explores the concept of sustainable development and its implications for science and engineering.

This is a unique, timely and engaging text with wide ranging geographical coverage.

A whole host of motivations are driving the development of the renewables industry ranging from the desire to develop sustainable energy resources to the reduction of dangerous greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition, builds on the success of the previous editions to present an unparalleled resource on soil formation and classification.

Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition, builds on the success of the previous editions to present an unparalleled resource on soil formation and classification.

A brief introduction to a complex topic, giving a description of the processes involved in an accidental or emergency release and the resulting downwind transport and dilution of gases, vapors, and aerosols.

The second edition of this essential reference updates and combines two earlier titles to capture the many technological advances for predicting the "e;footprint"e; of a vapor cloud release.

A key component of risk reduction is reducing the potential consequences that could result from toxic or flammable releases.

Dow Chemical developed the Chemical Exposure Index to help its engineers design and operate safer facilities.

This CCPS Guideline book outlines current transportation risk analysis software programs and demonstrates several available risk assessment programs for land transport by rail, truck, and pipeline for consequences that may affect the public or the environment.

How oil volatility may lead to violence among oil powers The world supply of oil is running out.

Praise for NONPROFIT SUSTAINABILITY "e;This is much more than a financial how-to book.

Praise for NONPROFIT SUSTAINABILITY "e;This is much more than a financial how-to book.

An incisive look at the consequences of today's costly and damaging suburban lifestyle In The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome, Bloomberg News' John Wasik exposes the economic, cultural, environmental, and health problems underlying life in suburbia.

An incisive look at the consequences of today's costly and damaging suburban lifestyle In The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome, Bloomberg News' John Wasik exposes the economic, cultural, environmental, and health problems underlying life in suburbia.

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LANDSCAPES A must-have guide for anyone working with landscapes, Sustainable Landscape Management eases the transition of the landscape industry into a new era of green consciousness.

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LANDSCAPES A must-have guide for anyone working with landscapes, Sustainable Landscape Management eases the transition of the landscape industry into a new era of green consciousness.

How oil volatility may lead to violence among oil powers The world supply of oil is running out.

Groundwater is a vital source of water throughout the world.

Encompassing theory and field experience, this book covers all the main subject areas in earthquake risk reduction, ranging from geology, seismology, structural and soil dynamics to hazard and risk assessment, risk management and planning, engineering and the architectural design of new structures and equipment.

This introductory textbook introduces the basics of dating, the range of techniques available and the strengths and limitations of each of the principal methods.

River restoration projects are designed to recreate functional characteristics within a context of physical stability.

The Periglacial Environment, Third Edition, provides an authoritative overview of the world ?

This exciting text provides a mathematically rigorous yet accessible textbook that is primarily aimed at atmospheric science majors.

This carefully structured laboratory manual explores, by means of computer simulations, the key areas of population dynamics through time.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), or polyarenes, are one of the largest and most structurally diverse class of organic molecules known.

Geodemographic classification is big business in the marketing and service sector industries, and in public policy there has also been a resurgence of interest in neighbourhood initiatives and targeting.

In an age of unprecedented proliferation of data from disparate sources the urgency is to create efficient methodologies that can optimise data combinations and at the same time solve increasingly complex application problems.

The Handbook of Water Economics is presented in three sections: theory, methods and applications, providing the latest information in the growing area of water economics and the environment, covering the theory and issues relating to resource management techniques, policy formulation, implementation and evaluation in the water sector.

MDI and TDI are polymer building blocks with a wide range of applications in industry.

The weather can be a cause of disruption, despair and even danger everywhere around the world at one time or another.

The growing potential of GIS for supporting policing and crime reduction is now being recognised by a broader community.

This handy pocket-sized book provides practical information and assistance to anyone engaged in small-scale surveys on the ground.

Remote sensing and geographical information science (GIS) have advanced considerably in recent years.

Location-Based Services (LBS) are the delivery of data and information services where the content of those services is tailored to the current location and context of a mobile user.

Geographical Weighted Regression (GWR) is a new local modellingtechnique for analysing spatial analysis.

Ecotoxicology is the study of the effects of toxicants on ecological systems.

Since the publication of the successful first edition of Earthquake Protection there have been 110 lethal earthquakes, killing 130 000 people; there have also been significant developments in the field of earthquake risk management, particularly in the modelling and analysis of risk for insurance and financial services.

Biophysics is an evolving, multidisciplinary subject which applies physics to biological systems and promotes an understanding of their physical properties and behaviour.

Military Geographies is about how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence, and about how wider geographies are touched by militarism.

The Form of Cities offers readers a considered theoretical introduction to the art of designing cities.

This Reader brings together the exciting and innovative work that has appeared in the last 10 years in the growing field of cultural economy.

Comprising contributions from a range of experts, this volume offers a critical commentary on the government's sustainable transport policy.

Redundant Masculinities?

This book critically interrogates the work of David Harvey, one of the world's most influential geographers, and one of its best known Marxists.

At a time when references to things 'global' have gained more currency than ever, this book explores the nexus of power and space behind the politics of geographical scale.

This original study explores the difference that space and spatiality make to the understanding of power.