Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
paperback. Tackles the factors affecting people's understandings of their environment, not just the natural environment, but landscapes shaped by humans, and the social and cultural contexts. This book considers the impact of local events with analyses, and also evaluates the political-economic forces that operate at regional and global levels. Editor(s): Carrier, James G. Series: Globalization and the Environment. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 184 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759105638
- ISBN
- 9780759105638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.15
€ 58.15
Hardcover. With petroleum-related spills, explosions, and health issues in the headlines almost every day, the issue of remediation of petroleum and petroleum products is taking on increasing importance, for the survival of our environment, our planet, and our future. Series: Energy and Environment. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PSG; RNP; TQK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470938492
- ISBN
- 9780470938492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.79
€ 225.79
Hardcover. A timely, hands-on guide to environmental issues and regulatory standards for the petroleum industry Environmental analysis and testing methods are an integral part of any current and future refining activities. Today's petroleum refining industry must be prepared to meet a growing number of challenges, both environmental and regulatory. Series: Chemical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and its Applications. Num Pages: 349 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RN; THFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471679424
- ISBN
- 9780471679424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.73
€ 219.73
Hardcover. The perfect primer for both the layperson and the engineer, for the new hire and the old hand, describing, in easy-to-understand language, one of the biggest and most lucrative industries in the world. There is only one substance known to mankind that can cause wars, influence global economies, and make entire countries rich: petroleum. Num Pages: 334 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNBP; RNF; THFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118012994
- ISBN
- 9781118012994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.53
€ 99.53
Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118549421
- ISBN
- 9781118549421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.01
€ 187.01
Hardcover. Biomass is a renewable resource whose utilization has received great attention due to environmental considerations and the increasing demands of energy worldwide. This volume discusses the environmental impacts and social concerns of energy production in its various forms, offering comprehensive coverage of the many available biofuels. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNF; THX; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118233719
- ISBN
- 9781118233719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.99
€ 217.99
Hardback. Providing reader with the necessary information about testing and analyzing coal, this book relays the advantages and limitations in understanding the quality and performance of coal. It explains the meaning of test results and how these results can predict coal behavior and its corresponding environmental impact during use. Series: Chemical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and its Applications. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PNF; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118369241
- ISBN
- 9781118369241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.30
€ 150.30
Paperback. Provides an introduction to the ethics of climate change. This book considers a climate science and moral philosophy, ultimately finding a way into the many possible positions associated with climate change. It is also a call for doing something about the moral demands placed on both governments and individuals by the fact of climate change. Series: Think Now. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222. Right and Wrong in a Warming World. Series: Think Now. 192 pages. Provides an introduction to the ethics of climate change. This book considers a climate science and moral philosophy, ultimately finding a way into the many possible positions associated with climate change. It is also a call for doing something about the moral demands placed on both governments and individuals by the fact of climate change. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPQ; RNPG. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight: 226.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826497376
- ISBN
- 9780826497376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.43
€ 31.99
€ 22.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 218 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 19 black & white halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JWK; KNG; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810886414
- ISBN
- 9780810886414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.79
€ 123.79
Paperback. This work demonstrates the advantages of macroecology for conservation, showing how it allows scientists to look beyond endangered species and ecological communities in order to consider the long history and large geographic scale of human impacts. Num Pages: 304 pages, 65 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: RNC; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226076157
- ISBN
- 9780226076157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
hardcover. A cultural and ecological history of the Mediterranean region and humankind's broken covenant with nature Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 b/w illus. BIC Classification: RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- YALE UNIV PR
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300197464
- ISBN
- 9780300197464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.39
€ 19.99
€ 9.39
hardcover. A cultural and ecological history of the Mediterranean region and humankind's broken covenant with nature Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 b/w illus. BIC Classification: RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 688. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Old price sticker on front cover, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- YALE UNIV PR
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031553
- ISBN
- 9780300197464
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 19.99€ 9.39
€ 19.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. In this richly illustrated account, James Hamilton explores the scientific and cultural history of the volcano. The book moves from Greek and Roman myth to the earliest-known wall painting of an erupting volcano in 6200 BC, to the distinctive colours of Andy Warhol, to Michael Sandle's exploding mountains of the 1980s. Series: Earth. Num Pages: 208 pages, 85 colour illustrations, 104 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RBC; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861899170
- ISBN
- 9781861899170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.35
€ 21.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. An urgent and provocative call to action from the world's leading climate scientist. Num Pages: 336 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: RNC; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 274. The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity. 336 pages, B&W. Deals with global warming. This book paints a realistic picture of what happens if we continue to follow the course we're on. It also shows that there is still time to take the urgent, strong action needed to save humanity. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: RNC; RNP. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight: 274.
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408807460
- ISBN
- 9781408807460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Space and time have been compressed and globalization has become a by-word for many of the processes and patterns in economic, political and cultural change. This book explores the nature of space in our lives. It looks at how we engage space and are engaged by it. Editor(s): Hourihane, James. Num Pages: 144 pages, col. Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KEX0219991
- ISBN
- 9781843510345
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Space and time have been compressed and globalization has become a by-word for many of the processes and patterns in economic, political and cultural change. This book explores the nature of space in our lives. It looks at how we engage space and are engaged by it. Editor(s): Hourihane, James. Num Pages: 144 pages, col. Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220232
- ISBN
- 9781843510345
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Space and time have been compressed and globalization has become a by-word for many of the processes and patterns in economic, political and cultural change. This book explores the nature of space in our lives. It looks at how we engage space and are engaged by it. Editor(s): Hourihane, James. Num Pages: 144 pages, col. Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220233
- ISBN
- 9781843510345
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Space and time have been compressed and globalization has become a by-word for many of the processes and patterns in economic, political and cultural change. This book explores the nature of space in our lives. It looks at how we engage space and are engaged by it. Editor(s): Hourihane, James. Num Pages: 144 pages, col. Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220378
- ISBN
- 9781843510345
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. After the Factory expores the challenges and opportunities facing the smaller industrial cities of America's heartland as they seek to reinvent themselves. It offers a unique, multidisciplinary look at communities often ignored by conventional urban studies and urban history scholarship. Editor(s): Connolly, James J. Series: Comparative Urban Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739148235
- ISBN
- 9780739148235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.05
€ 146.05
Hardback. Provides a multidimensional perspective on Klamath Mountains region and asks, how can we most effectively steward this spectacular landscape toward a sustainable future? This title introduces the Klamath's ecosystems, including its geology and diverse flora and fauna, and then discusses its native cultures and inhabitants. Num Pages: 306 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 18 line illustrations, 7 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KBBWR; RNK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 320 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251250
- ISBN
- 9780520251250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Offers an approach to the world of environmental planning. This book introduces both the method and the tools necessary to environmental planning. It integrates the planning technologies and methodologies, such as GIS and computer modelling, to offer the information for students and environmental professionals. Num Pages: 240 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: RN; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 14. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632043460
- ISBN
- 9780632043460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.55
€ 109.55
Hardcover. Sustainable Solutions for Water Resources provides a basic overview of water resources, hydrology, the current problems involving water resources, and the potential impact of global warming and climate change. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RNFD; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 208 x 28. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470529621
- ISBN
- 9780470529621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.63
€ 110.63
Paperback. Demonstrates how research has benefited rice growers and increased production. The book describes the life cycle of a rice crop and explains how research is conducted and how the results end up growing in a farmer's field. The text focuses on Asia and Latin America. Num Pages: 204 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KLC; 1KLS; GTF; KNAC; RNU; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228294
- ISBN
- 9780807845936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164481
- ISBN
- 9780231164481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94