Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

Public misperception of radiological risk consistently directs limited resources toward managing minimal or even phantom risks at great cost to government and industry with no measurable benefit to overall public health.

This book addresses the true 'landscape' perspective approach that archaeologists in Italy, and in many parts of the Mediterranean, use to study the archaeology of landscapes, marking a departure from the traditional site-based approach.

This book, bringing together a multi-voiced dialogue between academic scholars and professionals from diverse fields, shares a comprehensive and heterogeneous look at the interdisciplinarity of Galician Studies while examining  a chronologically broad range of subjects from the 1800s to the present.

This book introduces the concept of a semi-closed ecosystem, which is necessary for the social implementation of plant production, such as agriculture, in harmony with the environment.

En el titulo del libro se conjugan dos ideas asociadas al sentido de estar en una ciudad y en un lugar, Bogota y la Tadeo.

A quantitative yet approachable clouds textbook for advanced students, researchers and professionals in atmospheric science, meteorology, environmental sciences/engineering, atmospheric chemistry.

This proceedings volume brings together selected peer-reviewed papers presented at the 2014 International Conference on Frontier of Energy and Environment Engineering.

This book presents both state-of-the art knowledge from Recent coral reefs (1.

This book explores the transnational mobility, everyday life and digital media use of childcare workers living and working abroad.

Authored by international experts from academia, international organizations, governments and NGOs, this book highlights the main environmental security issues in the South-East European (SEE) countries, with a particular focus on climate change and water management.

Water scarcity, urban population growth, and deteriorating infrastructure are impacting water security around the globe.

The book describes the Ankarana plateau and its cave network in Madagascar, depicting the natural environment of the Plateau as well as the natural processes which created the cave network of more than 100km with many galleries, some are very large and draped with different cave formations and underground rivers are inhabited with crocodiles and giant eels.

This book looks at how people in the semi-arid conditions of the Sahel cope with their harsh environment.

An effective response to bushfires relies on accurate predictions of fire behaviour, particularly the rate of spread, intensity and 'spotting'.

The first book to look at this particular subject, The Roman Book of Gardening brings together an extraordinarily varied selection of texts on Roman horticulture, celebrating herb and vegetable gardening in verse and prose spanning five centuries.

Intimate Metropolis explores connections between the modern city, its architecture, and its citizens, by questioning traditional conceptualizations of public and private.

This book addresses the relationship between International Refugee Law and International Human Rights Law.

This book showcases vital lessons learned from research, field projects and best practice examples with regard to climate change adaptation in countries throughout the Pacific region, a part of the planet that is particularly vulnerable to and affected by climate change.

This book makes the case for a pragmatist approach to the practice of social inquiry and knowledge production.

This book focuses on eco-evaluation system monitoring and sensing, carbon-water modeling, mapping, and disaster prediction.

Tourist visits used to be a less common activity in the past.

Central Asian Survey has remained as the premier world-leading peer-reviewed journal for Central Asian studies for four decades.

If planning is understood to be about the nature of place, about the way in which we use land, and about the physical expression of the ordering of society, then it becomes apparent that planning as an activity cannot possibly be divorced from the general cultural traditions that inform it.

This book considers how interdisciplinary conversation, critique, and collaboration enrich and transform humanities and social science education for those teaching and studying traditional Americanist fields.

If your company has an ambitious set of sustainability goals, you'll already know that they can't be achieved from the safety of global headquarters.

Inspired by ethically sourced, sustainable ingredients available from your local suppliers, Vanessa shows how what you cook can make a real difference to those who produce it and to the environment.

Oil Spill Science and Technology, Third Edition delivers a multi-contributed view on the entire chain of oil-spill related topics from oil properties and behaviors to remote sensing through the management side of contingency planning and communicating oil spill risk perceptions.

Current and future prison designs are examined in this book, within the government's prison building programme, and the confines of current penal philosophies and legislation.

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This book is an empirically rich case-study of what is currently the most popular alternative-fuel vehicle in the history of motorization - the electric two-wheeler (e-bike).

The book documents the scientific facts regarding climate change and a brief overview of the key developments in the climate change regime, discussing Kyoto Protocol and beyond.

With the introduction of Industry 4.

Mit den Beiträgen dieses Sammelbandes wird die Absicht verfolgt, die politisch intendierte Natur- und Umweltforschung zur Reflexion über ihre gesellschaftstheoretischen Grundlagen anzuregen.

Provides a comprehensive synthesis of a fundamental phenomenon, the species–area relationship, addressing theory, evidence and application.

This book showcases the different ways in which contemporary forms of data analysis are being used in urban planning and management.

A fascinating account of the problems and possible solutions involved in managing megaprojects.

The fate of the climate change regime hangs in the balance as the UN-led negotiations try to forge a new international strategy for the post-2020 period.

This series in three volumes considers maps as constructions resulting from a number of successive transformations and stages integrated in a logical reasoning and an order of choices.

Soil pollution receives less attention when compared to air pollution and water pollution.

The environmental legacy of past industrial and agricultural development can simultaneously pose serious threats to human health and impede reuse of contaminated land.

From the Preface: In the 18 years since my technical monograph Lightning (McGraw-Hill, 1969; Dover, 1984) was first published, there have been significant advances in our understanding of lightning, but, until now, there has been no new monograph on the subject.

Scene of one of the biggest genocides of the last century Rwanda has become a household word, yet bitter disagreements persist as to its causes and consequences.

Dieses Lehrbuch will, von Beobachtungen und physikalischen Meßergebnissen ausgehend, das Verständnis der physikalischen Grundgesetze anschaulich vermitteln.

Smart City Emergence: Cases from around the World analyzes how smart cities are currently being conceptualized and implemented, examining the theoretical underpinnings and technologies that connect theory with tangible practice achievements.

Despite increasing public awareness of climate change, our behaviours relating to consumption and energy use remain largely unchanged.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of construction engineering and architecture, as presented by researchers at the II International Scientific Conference "e;Recent Advances in Architecture and Construction"e;, held in Kazan, Russia, on May 14-15, 2024.

A classic for our times MONIQUE ROFFEY Haunting, beautiful Anima will live with me for a long time CAL FLYN'A book that mesmerises with its sense of adventure and epic sweep, this is creative non-fiction at its best' GUARDIANOver the course of one summer, Kapka Kassabova lives with perhaps the last true pastoralists in Europe.