Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Hardback. Why is the sky blue? Parents don't know what to say when their children ask. This illustrated work answers this ancient and surprisingly complex question. It takes the reader on a historical and scientific journey to show the various ways people in different times and places have explained why the sky looks blue. Translator(s): Stewart, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 color plates. 35 halftones. 76 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 169 x 28. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124537
- ISBN
- 9780691124537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. Desert degradation is one of the great environmental problems which has become a matter of international concern. This volume reviews some of the technological solutions that could be applied to improve the status and productivity of arid lands. Series: Environmental Monographs and Symposia: A Series in Environmental Sciences. Num Pages: 286 pages, 29 tables, 15 half-tones, 29 line drawings, index. BIC Classification: RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471921790
- ISBN
- 9780471921790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 678.40
€ 678.40
Hardback. Based on keynote addresses presented at the International Aeolian Conference in Oxford in July 1998, this book is the latest title in the British Geomorphological Research Group series. Editor(s): Goudie, Andrew S.; Livingstone, Ian; Stokes, Stephen. Series: British Geomorphological Research Group Symposia Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RBG; RGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471985730
- ISBN
- 9780471985730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 414.66
€ 414.66
Paperback. From the heights of the Fells and Snowdonia to the flat fenlands of East Anglia, from the bleakness of Dartmoor to the abundance of the Weald -- England and Wales show a variety of landscape unparalleled in the world. Num Pages: 404 pages, 113 figures, 32 plates, maps, tables, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; RBG; RGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631163671
- ISBN
- 9780631163671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.99
€ 76.99
Paperback. A textbook found in environmental science and physical geography courses is "The Human Impact". This reader has been designed to be used with this text as a resource for students. It consists of key papers on landform, hydrological and ecological processes, and on cases from around the world. Num Pages: 496 pages, 0. BIC Classification: RNP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199816
- ISBN
- 9780631199816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Paperback. The fourth edition of this highly acclaimed text on the natural environment of the earth has now been thoroughly revised and updated and includes a new chapter on The Organic World, more "windows", new illustrations, and a range of other features. Please visit the accompanying website at: http://www. blackwellpublishers. co. Num Pages: 560 pages, 120. BIC Classification: RBG; RBKF; RBP; RGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200697
- ISBN
- 9780631200697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.02
€ 91.02
Paperback. Enriched with nearly 100 beautiful color photographs, Floods of Fortune offers the first holistic view of the conservation drama unfolding in the Amazonian floodplain. Num Pages: 184 pages, 90 color photos, 3 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; RNC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 212 x 12. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104210
- ISBN
- 9780231104210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. This text offers practising engineers and scientists a theoretical background, numerical methods, and computer codes for modelling contaminant transport in subsurface media. It also serves as a textbook for senior and graduate course on reactive chemical transport in subsurface media. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBKF; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792372332
- ISBN
- 9780792372332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.48
€ 134.48
hardcover. Offers practicing engineers and scientists a theoretical background, numerical methods, and computer codes for the modeling of fluid flows in subsurface media. This book presents a systematic derivation of governing equations and boundary conditions of subsurface fluid flow. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBG; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384908
- ISBN
- 9780792384908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.61
€ 133.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 153
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606920558
- ISBN
- 9781606920558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.05€ 43.89
€ 60.05
€ 43.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 74 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 74
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604564884
- ISBN
- 9781604564884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 35.00
€ 52.99
€ 35.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Government Accountability Office. Num Pages: 109 pages, colour maps & tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KFFN; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604567175
- ISBN
- 9781604567175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.05€ 43.77
€ 60.05
€ 43.77
Hardcover. Num Pages: 62 pages, tables & colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; RGBP; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604569520
- ISBN
- 9781604569520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.05€ 43.77
€ 60.05
€ 43.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 93 pages, tables, charts & photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; L; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 93
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606920565
- ISBN
- 9781606920565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.05€ 43.77
€ 60.05
€ 43.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 143 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: RNF; TNKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 11. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606920763
- ISBN
- 9781606920763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.05€ 43.77
€ 60.05
€ 43.77
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 35. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226332734
- ISBN
- 9780226332734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.82€ 45.21
€ 51.82
€ 45.21
Hardcover. Globalism, colonialism, and consumerism have caused unjust suffering (han), for the earth's exploited peoples and the exploited lands. To reverse this tragedy, we need to work for a safer, sustainable planet and renew our inspiration from God as the transforming Spirit who gives, sustains and empowers life to all. Num Pages: 112 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRCM; JFFT; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346681
- ISBN
- 9781137346681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
paperback. Num Pages: 378 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816635818
- ISBN
- 9780816635818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.72
€ 18.99
€ 18.72
Hardcover. Questions of national identity have long dominated China's political, social, and cultural horizons. This title uses the development of modern geology to explore this complex relationship between science and nationalism in Republican China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFN; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226090405
- ISBN
- 9780226090405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.30
€ 54.99
€ 43.30
International Development Policy: Energy and Development
Graduate Institute Of International And Devel...
Paperback. Co-published with The Graduate Institute, this book examines how energy issues have intensified with modern development, how they shape geopolitics and access to energy in Africa, and how inconsistent energy governance really is. It discusses energy policy options in developing and emerging countries and questions the role of development aid. Editor(s): Carbonnier, Gilles. Series: International Development Policy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JPSL; KNB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282483
- ISBN
- 9780230282483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.49
€ 72.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AM; JFSG; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 255 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Phoenix Edition 1980
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109459
- ISBN
- 9780226109459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.96
€ 35.99
€ 28.96
Hardback. This volume explores sporting mega-events, their social, political, and cultural characters, the value systems that they inscribe and draw on, the claims they make on us and the claims the organisers make for them, the spatial and ethical relationships they create, and the responses of civil societies to them. Editor(s): Hayes, Graeme; Karamichas, John. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSG; JHBS; RN; WSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244177
- ISBN
- 9780230244177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.88
€ 67.88
Hardback. A reference resource on the practice of merging the science of meteorology with the service of agriculture. Presents examples of clinical applications (methods, techniques, models, and services) in varying climates and agricultural systems. Num Pages: 447 pages, index. BIC Classification: RBP; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560229728
- ISBN
- 9781560229728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.95
€ 136.95
Hardback. Map Projections Num Pages: 961 pages, 283 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHVG; RGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 64. Weight in Grams: 2876.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 961
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642364938
- ISBN
- 9783642364938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 278.53
€ 278.53