Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Hardcover. This book surveys drivers, consequences and challenges of land use change in mountainous areas of Southeast Asia, shows how innovation processes can address them and how knowledge creation can help sustainably develop mountain lands and people's livelihoods. Editor(s): Frohlich, Holger L.; Schreinemachers, Pepijn; Stahr, Karl; Clemens, Gerhard. Series: Springer Environmental Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 500 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; RNU; RPG; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642333767
- ISBN
- 9783642333767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.47
€ 70.47
Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance
. Ed(S): Crescenzi, Riccardo; Percoco, Marco
hardcover. This book discusses "traditional features" of regional science, and topics such as innovation and agglomeration economies. It demonstrates that, contrary to recent assertions, both geography and institutions (or culture) are relevant for local development. Editor(s): Crescenzi, Riccardo; Percoco, Marco. Series: Advances in Spatial Science. Num Pages: 444 pages, 40 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KCS; KJMV6; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642333941
- ISBN
- 9783642333941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.25
€ 121.25
Hardcover. This book examines coastal dune restoration studies and activities from a global perspective, examining successes as well as failures. It shows that coastal dune restoration has many definitions and thus leads to many different actions. Editor(s): Martinez, M. L.; Gallego-Fernandez, Juan B.; Hesp, Patrick A. (Louisiana State University). Series: Springer Series on Environmental Management. Num Pages: 347 pages, 61 black & white illustrations, 38 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTS; RBGD; RNF; RNK; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642334443
- ISBN
- 9783642334443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.29
€ 182.29
Paperback. The environmental problems caused by petroleum-based plastic and plastic waste have led to an increasing demand for biobased and biodegradable plastics, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). This book highlights the potential of plant oils, especially palm oil, as a feedstock for PHA production. Series: SpringerBriefs in Microbiology. Num Pages: 138 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PNNP; PSG; RNU; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 239 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642335389
- ISBN
- 9783642335389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.52
€ 73.52
hardcover. As well as detailed theoretical discussion of how waves interact with sea-beds-a vital issue in coastal zone management-this book includes fully worked derivations, models, and applications that offer marine engineers an invaluable practical resource. Series: Springer Environmental Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RB; RGBP; TN; TTSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 627.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642335921
- ISBN
- 9783642335921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.09
€ 182.09
Hardcover. Editor(s): Varma, Ajit; Kost, Gerhard; Oelmuller, Ralf. Series: Soil Biology. Num Pages: 410 pages, 86 black & white illustrations, 38 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSG; PSQ; PSTL; RBGB; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642338014
- ISBN
- 9783642338014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.52
€ 182.52
Hardcover. Featuring pioneering research on fungi's recently established agency in soil remediation, this volume opens new vistas in biochemistry and enzymology, exploring the capacity of filamentous fungi to tackle contaminants as dangerous as radioactive heavy metals. Editor(s): Mohammadi Goltapeh, Ebrahim; Rezaee Danesh, Younes; Varma, Ajit. Series: Soil Biology. Num Pages: 500 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSG; PSQ; RBGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642338106
- ISBN
- 9783642338106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 234.69
€ 234.69
Technology Management for Sustainable Production and Logistics
. Ed(S): Golinska, Paulina; Kawa, Arkadiusz
hardcover. Technology Management for Sustainable Production and Logistics Editor(s): Golinska, Paulina; Kawa, Arkadiusz. Series: EcoProduction. Num Pages: 229 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 42 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; RNU; TD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642339349
- ISBN
- 9783642339349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.43
€ 119.43
Hardcover. Applied Geothermics Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences. Num Pages: 751 pages, 183 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHVG; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1264.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642340222
- ISBN
- 9783642340222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.35
€ 237.35
Hardback. This outstanding thesis makes an invaluable contribution to land surface process modeling n arid and semi-arid zones, using a two-phase heat- and mass-transport model that incorporates the essential but previously neglected effects of vapor convection. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642340727
- ISBN
- 9783642340727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.42
€ 118.42
Ship and Offshore Structure Design in Climate Change Perspective
Bitner-Gregersen, Elzbieta Maria; Eide, Lars ...
Paperback. This inaugural volume on an emerging topic of vital interest details a risk-based approach to designing marine structures that accounts for unforeseen weather extremes caused by climate change, applying the principles to oil tanker designs of varying scale. Series: SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies. Num Pages: 69 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RNPG; TNF; TRLD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 145.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 69
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642341373
- ISBN
- 9783642341373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.42
€ 73.42
Hardcover. This book reviews current trends and offers guidance for further research, from a common ground bringing together disciplines and practice, knowledge, experiences, plans and ideas for improving LBS and how it will influence both science and society. Editor(s): Krisp, Jukka M. Series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Num Pages: 492 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RGW; UT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642342028
- ISBN
- 9783642342028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.52
€ 183.52
Hardback. This book builds an integrated framework for analyzing green growth and sustainable development. It provides mathematical solutions of how pollution, biodiversity, exhaustible resources and climate change can be built into endogenous economic growth models. Editor(s): Crespo-Cuaresma, Jesus; Palokangas, Tapio; Tarasyev, Alexander. Series: Dynamic Modeling and Econometrics in Economics and Finance. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642343537
- ISBN
- 9783642343537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.19
€ 119.19
Hardback. This book offers a stable definition of sustainability, which is able to serve as an anchor for further research. It compares new and demanding requisites with existing models (process and network architectures in the field of logistics). Series: Lecture Notes in Logistics. Num Pages: 544 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; RNU; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 937.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642343742
- ISBN
- 9783642343742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.83
€ 183.83
Hardback. This book explores freeze-thaw effects on the accumulation and release of carbon and nitrogen in wetland soils, as a step toward investigating wetland biogeochemical processes in seasonal freeze-thaw areas. Offers strategies aimed at impacts of global warming. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 124 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGB; RBP; RGB; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642344640
- ISBN
- 9783642344640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.25
€ 118.25
Hardback. Editor(s): Bilitewski, Bernd; Darbra, Rosa Mari; Barcelo, Damia. Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Num Pages: 495 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: LNKJ; PNF; RBGK; RNF; RNP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 901.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 495
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642345715
- ISBN
- 9783642345715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 347.20
€ 347.20
paperback. Der Band prasentiert wichtige und aktuelle Ergebnisse aus der geowissenschaftlichen Forschung. Aufschlussreich, spannend und anspruchsvoll schildern die Autoren u. a., warum die Erde die Form einer Kartoffel hat und wie sich das Magnetfeld der Erde verhalt. Series: Naturwissenschaften im Fokus. BIC Classification: RG. Dimension: 190 x 127. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Spektrum
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642347900
- ISBN
- 9783642347900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.34
€ 30.99
€ 25.34
Hardcover. This book is a key step towards a realistic GNSS stochastic model and provides good examples of statistical verification and physical interpretation of results. It gives an overview of the GNSS error effects and details the mathematical models. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 354 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 127 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RGW; TTBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642348358
- ISBN
- 9783642348358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.98
€ 181.98
Hardback. Using a state-of-the-art global microphysics model, this book examines the impact of tropospheric volcanic aerosol on the atmosphere, climate, air quality and human health. It shows that continuously degassing volcanoes exert a major effect on global climate. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMR; RBC; RNP; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642348389
- ISBN
- 9783642348389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.29
€ 118.29
Paperback. Carbonate depositional systems in the Paleozoic geologic time represent fewer studies in paleoecological interactions than the siliciclastic systems. In this book, the author's study involved exploring the Devonian geology and paleontology of a geologic formation of a new unexplored quarry in Ohio, namely Whitehouse Quarry in Lucas County, Ohio. Series: Food Microbiology and Food Safety / Practical Approaches. Num Pages: 74 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 38 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; RBGF; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 74
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642348532
- ISBN
- 9783642348532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57