Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

The relationship between innovation, networks and localities is of central concern for many nations.

Uniting the foundations of physics and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary and integrative book explores life as a planetary process.

Presenting a broad range of case studies, this book explores rural social movements contesting natural resource development initiatives.

This volume includes all aspects of environmental geology, i.

A complete introduction to the theory and practice of contemporary counselling psychology An excellent resource for students at undergraduate or graduate level, Counselling Psychology: A Textbook for Study and Practice provides valuable insights into the key issues associated with theory and practice in this field.

Geoinformatics is a cutting-edge tool that develops and uses information science technology that can have far-reaching implications that include boosting agricultural output, increasing food supply, and reducing hunger-related problems in poor and developing countries.

An Introduction to Sustainability provides students with a comprehensive overview of the key concepts and ideas which are encompassed within the growing field of sustainability.

Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Mitigation and Adaptation focuses on the link between climate change threats and sustainable development goals.

This volume vividly demonstrates the importance and increasing breadth of quantitative methods in the earth sciences.

This book examines domestic extremism and what is popularly referred to as radicalization.

This book, originally published in 1983, drawing material from Europe, the USA, the Soviet Union and the Developing World, provides a comprehensive review of the key issues in medical geography.

China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC 2021) Proceedings presents selected research papers from CSNC 2021 held during 22nd-25th May, 2021 in Nanchang, China.

Census data is widely used by practitioners to understand demographic change, allocate resources, address inequalities, and make sound business decisions.

Originally published in 1974 this volume brings together contributions from lawyers, a nuclear physicist, a landscape architect, biologist, engineers and a former Inspector of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The texts of the book focus on the problems and challenges of urban change, especially in Europe, in the contemporary context of intense mobility.

Once applied only to problems of mining-reserves assessment or petroleum-reservoir characterization, geostatistics is now being used in an increasingly large number of disciplines in environmental sciences.

This timely, comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume advances an original argument about the complex roots and multiple politics of globality.

Water is an essential element in the future of cities.

In the early morning hours of May 18, 1944 the Russian army, under orders from Stalin, deported the entire Crimean Tatar population from their historical homeland.

Urbanization, industrialization, and unethical agricultural practices have considerably negative effects on the environment, flora, fauna, and the health and safety of humanity.

This handbook provides a comprehensive review of the latest scientific developments through authoritative, expertly validated overviews in this field.

An important aspect of the treatment of sludges and slurries is the emission of odour.

One of the core areas of study in civil engineering concerns water that encompasses fluid mechanics, hydraulics and hydrology.

What if you could challenge your fifth-grade students to investigate the role of composting in solid waste management?

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.

This groundbreaking work remains as relevant today as when it was when first published.

How can we help and support people to face climate change?

This book provides an outstanding collection of interdisciplinary and international essays examining the food-place relationship.

In 1878 Karl Marx developed the reproduction schema: his model of how total capital is produced and reproduced.

Islamic Environmentalism examines Muslim involvement in environmentalism in the United States and Great Britain.

From the Amazon Basin to the terraces of Macchu Picchu, here is a complete visual introduction to South America.

Beim Betreiben jeglicher Art von Anlagen zum Umgang mit wassergefährdenden Stoffen ist eine kaum noch zu überschauende Vielzahl von Rechtsvorschriften und Technischen Regeln zu beachten.

This volume discusses the climate responsiveness of sustainable architecture design and technology in China, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea in recent years, addressing concepts and applications in urban planning, building design, and structural performance evaluation.

This book collects the selected papers of the XIV Congress of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment held in Chengdu, Sichuan, China from September 21st - 27th, 2023, with the theme of Engineering Geology for a Habitable Earth.

CLICK HERE to download the first chapter of The Challenge of Rainier, 40th Anniversary Edition * Special 40th anniversary edition* Featuring 125 photos, 90 illustrations, and 15 maps* Original cover art by Dee MolenaarOriginally published in 1971, The Challenge of Rainier is a classic in mountaineering reference and literature, long considered the definitive work on the climbing history of Mount Rainier.

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The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically.

A growing number of animal ethicists defend new omnivorism-the view that it's permissible, if not obligatory, to consume certain kinds of animal flesh and products.

This book reflects the latest research results in computer modelling of landslide-induced debris flows.

Collected essays by two of America's earliest environmental authors retain relevance todayWilliam Summer founded the renowned Pomaria Nursery, which thrived from the 1840s to the 1870s in central South Carolina and became the center of a bustling town that today bears its name.

Cities are under increased pressure to be resilient and resistant to the effects of climate change and rapid urbanisation.

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series.

With 29 contributors from across Europe and beyond, this work represents a unique and important resource that examines the many relationships between tourism and geopolitics, with a focus on experiences drawn from Central and Eastern Europe.

Urban planning is undergoing a period of transformation across Europe, with a major trend towards increased urban competition, national deregulation and greater private sector influence.

A review of clays and clay minerals related to the geological, biological and material sciences in the Critical Zone.