Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Paperback. This study of exploration during the Renaissance shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so far afield. This text was awarded the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize in 1993. Num Pages: 296 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBLH; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 205 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674618763
- ISBN
- 9780674618763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.49
€ 51.99
€ 43.49
Paperback. This highly accessible introduction to dinosaurs places scientific method at the crux of the studies, teaching students about scientific research and principles as they learn about dinosaurs. Num Pages: 576 pages, 79 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 272 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405134132
- ISBN
- 9781405134132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.54
€ 79.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 pages of color and B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 34. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pegasus
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605987033
- ISBN
- 9781605987033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.85
€ 21.99
€ 19.85
Hardcover. The question of how genetic resources ought to be owned and controlled has become a controversial international political issue. The authors examine this issue from a normative perspective, discussing the four principles that govern the debate over genetic resource control. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPVH; LB; LNR; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333745021
- ISBN
- 9780333745021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Paperback. As it has grown in length and level through successive edtions, the same author's Introduction to Ore Geology (now Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals) has left behind its original audience: first- and second -ear students. This new textbook, designed to fill that niche , was written specifically for introductory courses. Num Pages: 376 pages, 173 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGL; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865428768
- ISBN
- 9780865428768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.75
€ 103.75
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415996891
- ISBN
- 9780415996891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.66
€ 200.66
Paperback. An unflinching look at the aspiring city-builders of our smart, mobile, connected future. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349788
- ISBN
- 9780393349788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.76
€ 18.99
€ 18.76
Paperback. The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History, Second Edition, presents a multidisciplinary global history of Earth from its origins to the present day. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118912461
- ISBN
- 9781118912461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.34
€ 55.34
Hardback. This thoughtful collection exposes the gap between rhetoric and performance in Canada's response to environmental challenges. Editor(s): Lee, Eugene; Perl, Anthony. Num Pages: 288 pages, figures, tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPQ; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809856
- ISBN
- 9780774809856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Hardcover. A textbook providing a quantitative approach to the petrologic principles of igneous and metamorphic rocks in a new edition. Num Pages: 684 pages, 504 b/w illus. 18 tables 192 exercises. BIC Classification: RBGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 222 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2092. 686 pages, 504 b/w illus. 18 tables 192 exercises. A textbook providing a quantitative approach to the petrologic principles of igneous and metamorphic rocks in a new edition. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: RBGG. Dimension: 278 x 222 x 36. Weight: 2224.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 684
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521880060
- ISBN
- 9780521880060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.01
€ 111.01
Serengeti IV: Sustaining Biodiversity in a Coupled Human-Natural Syste...
Anthony R. E. Sinclair (Ed.)
Paperback. Explores our species role as a source of both discord and balance in Serengeti ecosystem dynamics. This book shows how the people and landscapes surrounding crucial protected areas like Serengeti National Park can and must contribute to Serengeti conservation. Editor(s): Sinclair, Anthony R. E.; Metzger, Kristine L.; Mduma, Simon A.R.; Fryxell, John M. Num Pages: 832 pages, 84 halftones, 100 line drawings, 66 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; RNCB; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226196169
- ISBN
- 9780226196169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.62€ 56.67
€ 66.62
€ 56.67
Hardback. Investigates the EU policy-making process and why this process has taken major steps to advance environmental regulation in some areas and not others. The book develops a framework emphasizing decision-making modes, which provide a more nuanced understanding, compared to traditional EU theoretical approaches, of how EU actors make decisions. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFF; JPQB; JPSN2; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333722145
- ISBN
- 9780333722145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. In the face of our receding connection to nature and the loss of our direct experience of the world, this book proposes a different kind of environmentalism. It argues that we must restore our link with the 'more-than-human' world, bringing wilderness, animals, and the Earth closer to individuals and into daily life. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 330. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392372
- ISBN
- 9781566392372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. The 'Chipko Movement' drew world attention to the struggle over forest rights. Arguing that the hype took control away from local people, this book says that issues of forest control and sustainable forest use have to be seen in the context of concerns about social and economic development, regional autonomy and the futures of the local people. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: GTF; JHMC; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Seagull Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905422524
- ISBN
- 9781905422524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.66
€ 30.99
€ 24.66
Hardback. The book explains what have we learned regarding UA in one part of the world that may be applicable elsewhere. It also examines, quite fundamentally, why do people farm in the city and how can UA contribute to more sustainable cities in both the GN and GS? Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; KNAC; RNF; TVF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 172. .
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780647326
- ISBN
- 9781780647326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.97
€ 117.97
Hardcover. This is the first and only book that explains in non-technical terms how to use pocket, portable and laboratory instruments to identify diamonds and coloured gems and to separate them from imitations and 'look-alikes'. Num Pages: 288 pages, 76 colour illustrations, 43 line drawings, 48 b&w illustrations, 16 tables. BIC Classification: GBC; PNV; RBGK; WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719802515
- ISBN
- 9780719802515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.04
€ 33.99
€ 29.04
Hardcover. Editor(s): Krause, Anton; Weir, Erich. Num Pages: 284 pages, colour & b/w photos, tables & charts. BIC Classification: KNSG; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608767243
- ISBN
- 9781608767243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.02€ 108.27
€ 157.02
€ 108.27
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dubois, Anton N. Num Pages: 215 pages, tables, charts & illus. BIC Classification: RBGB; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 187 x 20. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604561449
- ISBN
- 9781604561449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.91€ 162.43
€ 237.91
€ 162.43
Hardcover. Desertification offers a comprehensive overview of the subject and clearly emphasizes the link between local and global desertification processes and how past and current policy has affected arid environments and their populations. This text adequately applies the research undertaken during the last 15 years on the topic. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGD; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 174 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470714485
- ISBN
- 9780470714485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.22
€ 174.22
Paperback / so. Series: Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur F. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: RG; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 3. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1959
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663030201
- ISBN
- 9783663030201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.19
€ 70.19
Paperback. This volume presents a collection of papers mainly originating from a workshop on Seismic Microzoning, organized during the 23rd General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society in Nice, France, in April 1998. Editor(s): Roca, A.; Oliveira, C. Series: Pageoph Topical Volumes. Num Pages: 368 pages, 104 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHVG; RBC; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764366520
- ISBN
- 9783764366520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.72
€ 68.72
Hardback. Upcycling goes upscale in this beautiful, elegant and global collection that showcases what today's designers are creating out of yesterday's materials. Num Pages: 256 pages, 275. BIC Classification: AKP; AKR; RNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 279 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1476.
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783791349503
- ISBN
- 9783791349503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.03
€ 43.99
€ 31.03
Hardback. The book investigates the complexity of the Latin American mega cities and the multiple commitments of the apparatus of the state with a focus on the failures of the public water sector. It offers an innovative interpretation of large-scale urbanization, one of the most challenging questions affecting Latin American governments and society. Series: Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNFD; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137468666
- ISBN
- 9781137468666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Wildland Fires: A Worldwide Reality (Environmental Remediation Technol...
António José Bento Gonçalves
Hardcover. Editor(s): Goncalves, Antonio Jose Bento; Bat, Antonio Avelino. Num Pages: 243 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 261 x 18. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634833974
- ISBN
- 9781634833974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 290.26€ 216.89
€ 290.26
€ 216.89