Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

To meet human energy needs, the use of fossil fuels is set to continue well into the second half of the 21st century.

Silent Spring catalyzed an environmental movement in the 1960s and achieved a ban on DDT, but are the alternatives any less toxic?

Ocean Wave Dynamics is the most up-to-date book of its kind on the three main processes responsible for the generation and evolution of ocean waves: (i) atmospheric input from the wind, (ii) wave breaking and (iii) nonlinear interactions.

Poems vivifying nature have gripped people for centuries.

Piechocki calls for an examination of the idea of Europe as a geographical concept, tracing its development in the 15th and 16th centuries.

This book describes challenges in the policy and practices of the various water sectors in the Philippines that have led to water conflicts.

In 1999, off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, the first gray whale in seven decades was killed by Makah whalers.

An essential, up-to-date look at the critical interactions between biological diversity and climate change that will serve as an immediate call to action The physical and biological impacts of climate change are dramatic and broad'ranging.

The untold story of the rise of the new scientific field of ancient DNA research, and how Jurassic Park and popular media influenced its development Ancient DNA research-the recovery of genetic material from long-dead organisms-is a discipline that developed from science fiction into a reality between the 1980s and today.

The history behind our growing water crisis: "e;A gem .

A beautifully written exploration of how cooperation shaped life on earth, from its single-celled beginnings to complex human societiesIn this rich, wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated volume, Egbert Leigh explores the results of billions of years of evolution at work.

This invaluable volume set of Advances in Geosciences continues the excellent tradition of the Asia-Oceania scientific community in providing the most up-to-date research results on a wide range of geosciences and environmental science.

'Cities are not just brick and mortar; they represent the dreams, aspirations, and hopes of societies.

An intimate and candid account of our national parks and their strengths, vulnerabilities, and essential role in American life Part memoir, part critique, and paean to the value of national parks, American Covenant distills the experience and insights from two long careers in conservation.

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Andean Structural Styles: A Seismic Atlas is a comprehensive reference illustrating the variability in structural styles and hydrocarbon traps that exist in the Andean chain.

Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation provides a comprehensive picture of global UHI micro-thermal interaction in different built environments.

European Glacial Landscapes: Last Deglaciation brings together relevant experts on the history of glaciers and their impact on the landscape of the main European regions.

Reservoir Characterization of Tight Gas Sandstones: Exploration and Development is essential reading for those working in oil and gas exploration (both in industry and academia) as it contains chapters that help them further understand all aspects of tight gas reservoirs.

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What does faith look like when cynicism seems more plausible?

Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications discusses the fundamental principles of atmospheric remote sensing and their applications in different research domains.

The skeptic's guide to everything you thought you knew about life outside.

This volume has been compiled with the help of materials taken from Mr.

Indian cities are surrounded by traditional villages with their own unique residential and behavioural patterns.

This book showcases how innovative state policy in Korea transformed Seoul from one of the world's most impoverished, polluted, and congested cities into a  global leader in green urban planning, smart city innovations, and social economy initiatives that have dramatically improved the local quality of life.

The Covid-19 pandemic is a repeating biophysical shock yet one for which our current socio-economic structure was not prepared.

This festschrift, running into two volumes, attempts to analyse the various aspects of earth system sciences.

The study highlights the process of agglomeration of people and their activities under the impact of the technological revolution which has greatly changed the urban size of major Indian cities.

Encyclopaedia of Geological Science and Technology broadly covers various aspects of geology with illustration.

A spectacularly illustrated journey into the intimate communities that native trees share with animals, insects, fungi, and microbesYou can tell a lot about a tree from the company it keeps.

This book explores the notion of whether we can be friends with machines in a philosophically meaningful way.

Class insecta is numerically the largest class of the largest phylum outnumbering the total number of all the other known species of the rest of the animal kingdom.

This book contains a collection of papers devoted to the problems of body, mind and soul in medieval Europe between 1200 and 1420.

This compendium of twelve papers, presented at a national seminar on River Systems in the North Eastern India and their impact upon the Region's Environmental Development, held at St.

This textbook is intended to be used in an upper-level international environmental issues class as part of the American Environmental Studies and Sciences book series.

This volume has been compiled with great assistance from the Report on the Settlement of the Sadar subdivision of the Puri district, by Mr.

This monograph discusses the dispute in geographical naming of the sea between Korea and Japan, which has been a long-lasting issue in East Asia and beyond.

This book incorporates an in-depth and detailed study of glacial and fluvial processes and forms of Lidder Valley, Kashmir.

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This book introduces a planning support system called Strategic Spatial Plan Support System (SSP-SS) to visualize population growth and predict energy demand, land use, and waste discharge resulting from urbanization.

Systematic structural and behavioural changes are essential to institutionalize district development planning as a full-fledged and viable system within the framework of multilevel planning.

This book attempts to explore the possibility of rediscovering the roots of unity of the South Asian countries.

An exciting look at the essential roles that parasites play in Earth's ecosystemsThis book looks at the weird and wonderful world of parasites, the most abundant form of life on Earth.

This volume examines how local communities respond and adapt to ecological changes and disasters resulting from climate change.

This book examines local zoning policies and suggests reforms that states and the federal government might adopt to counter the negative effects of exclusionary zoningIn this book, Robert Ellickson asserts that local zoning policies are the most consequential regulatory program in the United States.

In this book, a more detailed analysis is performed on the basis of quarter-hourly time series of the supply of wind energy and photovoltaics.

Petrus van Stijn's world is besieged by two prime engines of destruction: massive geomagnetic storms caused by unprecedented solar storms - protracted coronal mass ejections (CME), and climate change wreaking unprecedented, but predictable collapse of the Antarctic ice shelves.

This volume draws upon one of the first comprehensive studies on the regional variations of services for aging persons in China to provide an empirical and theoretical understanding of the impact of China's rapidly growing aging population on the country's socioeconomic, cultural, and political systems.

This book is to provide an exhaustive matter tor those in earth sciences who like to use statistical techniques for analysis data in their respective fields-in this context the book provides a large number of statistical techniques both in parametric and non-parametric mode whatever is the scale measurement for the data Lcpllects, he gets a suitable ; technique for analysis.