Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

A complete guide and source-book brimming with advice on collecting and preparing gems and minerals.

Earth observation has witnessed a unique paradigm change in the last decade with a diverse and ever-growing number of data sources.

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Deforestation, soil runoff, salination, pollution.

Spider Woman Walks This Land is a lively and accessible introduction to issues of traditional cultural properties and cultural resource management among native peoples in the United States.

While ecological and biophysical sciences have dominated the theory and practice of conservation, practitioners and researchers worldwide know that conservation initiatives have profound social impacts and consequences for local communities and cultures.

Jacques offers a unique analysis of the connections between global marine and atmospheric science to global political phenomena.

In her new book, Gezon argues that local events continuously redefine and challenge global processes of land use and land degradation.

Crate presents the first cultural ecological study of a Siberian people: the Viliui Sakha, contemporary horse and cattle agropastoralists in northeastern Siberia.

In this modern era of global environmental crisis, Sing Chew provides a convincing analysis of the recurring human and environmental crises identified as Dark Ages.

'Our relationship with nature has changed .

Voces Wayuu del Agua y el Viento: Encuentros Ontológicos en la Guajira frente a la Transición Energética es una obra que nos invita a sumergirnos en la cosmovisión Wayuu, un pueblo que entiende el mundo a través de los sueños y el respeto profundo por el agua y el viento.

'An epic of survival' -- MICHAEL PALIN'A "e;grade-A classic"e;' -- SUNDAY TIMES'Utterly enthralling' -- GEOFF DYER, GUARDIAN'Deeply engrossing' -- NEW YORK TIMESLISTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMESThe harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter.

In The Future, former US Vice President Al Gore, explores the political, social and economic forces that are shaping what America and the world will become in ensuing decades.

Starting with a simple question - 'Which way am I looking?

Starting with a simple question - 'Which way am I looking?

We all now know that the arctic is the canary in the coal mine of climate change, but that is only part of the story.

A truly vegan lifestyle is more than just the food you eat, it's the shoes on your feet, the clothes in your wardrobe, the contents of your cupboards and your make-up bag.

Chickens, Cows, Ducks, Sheep, Pigs, Rabbits, Trout, Salmon, Prawns, Lobsters - all of the animal kingdom - are not here for us to eat, we should be looking after them.

The heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful story of an abandoned polar bear cub named Nora and the humans working tirelessly to save her and her species, whose uncertain future in the accelerating climate crisis is closely tied to our own.

Through a mixture of innovation and regulation, a future is being mapped out free of carbon and pollutants.

In the growing debate over eco-friendly living, it seems that everything is as bad as everything else.

The Top Ten BestsellerBlack holes.

We talk about the weather a lot.

THE CONVERGING WORLD tells the incredible story of one community's attempt to change their world for the better.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA'An eloquent elegy on the past of a county she loved so much' THE TIMES'This classic evocation of du Maurier's beloved home ranks as a work of art .

China's huge environmental challenges are significant for us all.

The images of migrants and refugees arriving in precarious boats on the shores of southern Europe, and of the makeshift camps that have sprung up in Lesbos, Lampedusa, Calais and elsewhere, have become familiar sights on television screens around the world.

Relations between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China have oscillated between outright hostility and wary detente ever since the Archipelago seceded from the Communist mainland over six decades ago.

Jerusalem has for centuries been known as the spiritual center for the three largest monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Ecological Politics in and Age of Risk by Ulrich Beck is an original analysis of ecological politics as one part of a renewed engagement with the domain of sub-politics.

The ecological crisis is the most overwhelming to have ever faced humanity and its consequences permeate every domain of life.

We tend to think cities look the way they do because of the conscious work of architects, planners and builders.

It is well known that the world is transitioning to an irrevocable urban future whose epicentre has moved into the cities of Asia and Africa.

Climate change, habitat loss, rising extinction rates - such problems call for more than just new policies and practices.

We live in a world that is increasingly difficult to understand.

In what ways are cities central to the evolution of contemporary global capitalism?

Immigration is the primary cause of population change in developed countries and a major component of population change in many developing countries.

What is environmental history?

Grains - particularly maize, rice, and wheat - are the central component of most people s diets, but we rarely stop to think about the wider role they play in national and international policy-making, as well as global issues like food security, biotechnology, and even climate change.

Waste is one of the planet s last great resource frontiers.

Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem.

Environmentalism has relentlessly warned about the dire consequences of abusing and exploiting the planet's natural resources, imagining future wastelands of ecological depletion and social chaos.

The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new book offshoring is a much more pervasive feature of contemporary societies.

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015In recent years, immigration researchers have increasingly drawn on the concept of social capital and the role of social networks to understand the dynamics of immigrant experiences.

This bold and important new book presents current and emerging thinking on the social dimensions of climate change.

The emergence of modern sciences in the seventeenth century profoundly renewed our understanding of nature.

This book focuses on the work of the great sixteenth-century traveller and map-maker Andre Thevat and explores the interrelations between representation and power in the age of discovery.

tzi the iceman could not do without wood when he was climbing his Alpine glacier, nor could medieval cathedral-builders or today's construction companies.

According to current deabtes, individualization has frequently been proposed as the conceptual counterpart to globalization .