Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Hardback. Num Pages: 442 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 190 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231037334
- ISBN
- 9780231037334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.54
€ 238.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RPC; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231051651
- ISBN
- 9780231051651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.48
€ 47.48
Hardback. Offers a physical explanation of the Coriolis force. This book is useful for studying the hydrodynamics of the ocean and atmosphere. It also presents many aspects of classical mechanics/dynamics physics. It explains the complexities of this force, about which many scientists have had lingering uncertainties since it was first described in 1831. Num Pages: 297 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PHVJ; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231066365
- ISBN
- 9780231066365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.70
€ 154.70
Hardback. Using a case study of tropical deforestation in the upper reaches of the Amazon Basin, this study argues that small landholders and peasants play an active role in the destructive process only when they pool their resources or join with corporations to open up new regions for settlement. Series: Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation. Num Pages: 234 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; RGBL; RNF; RNPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080446
- ISBN
- 9780231080446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.61
€ 180.61
Hardback. Each of the contributors to this book addresses a major issue in arthropod diversity by reviewing evidence of key fossils from a common perspective, and examining the interplay between extinct and extant species through inference of the structure of the arthropod evolutionary tree. Editor(s): Edgecombe, Gregory D. Num Pages: 347 pages, 51 illus,17 photos. BIC Classification: GBC; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 264 x 27. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096546
- ISBN
- 9780231096546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.36
€ 137.36
Late Paleocene-Early Eocene Biotic and Climatic Events in the Marine a...
. Ed(S): Aubrey, Marie-Pierre; Lucas, Spencer...
Hardback. This book is a comprehensive collection of the best scholarship available on the transition between the Paleocene and Eocene epochs-when the earth experienced the warmest climatic episode of the Cenozoic era. These 21 contributions detail the major turnover among marine and terrestrial organisms that resulted from sudden global warming. Editor(s): Aubrey, Marie-Pierre; Lucas, Spencer G.; Berggren, William A. Num Pages: 508 pages, 154 illus, 34 photo. BIC Classification: RBG; RBX; WNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1679.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102384
- ISBN
- 9780231102384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.33
€ 199.33
Hardback. This photographically rich volume provides a synthetic overview of a wide sample of Lagerstatten from marine environments reaching back in time to the Precambrian, more than 500 million years ago. These occurrences of exceptional fossil preservation are providing scientists with a new source of evidence to understand how life has evolved in the Earth's oceans. Editor(s): Bottjer, David J.; Etter, Walter; Hagadorn, James W.; Tang, Carol M. Series: The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology. Num Pages: 424 pages, 78 photos, 22 maps, 30 illus. BIC Classification: PSPM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102544
- ISBN
- 9780231102544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.80
€ 196.80
Paperback. This book presents ideas and methods for directly optimizing the spatial layout of the landscape features in which an ecosystem functions. There is rich discussion of wildlife habitat issues as well as chapters on recreation, timber management, water runoff, and pest management. Series: Complexity in Ecological Systems. Num Pages: 320 pages, 48 illus. BIC Classification: RNC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106375
- ISBN
- 9780231106375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.50
€ 69.50
Paperback. Brazil's environmental problems, especially Amazon deforestation, have attracted considerable attention, particularly in the developed world. Peter May brings a sharper and more critical focus to bear on this topic by offering a general overview and seven microeconomic case studies on particular problems in the Brazilian environment. Editor(s): May, Peter H. Series: Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 table, 25 equations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108270
- ISBN
- 9780231108270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.77
€ 63.77
paperback. Addressing the history of the earth in terms of geological process and the resolution of the fossil record, Martin presents a lucid report on the current state of knowledge of a group of interconnected themes-process, scale and hierarchy, and methodologies of historical sciences. Series: The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 64 illus. BIC Classification: RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231109055
- ISBN
- 9780231109055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.70
€ 69.70
Hardback. The breakup of the Pangean super-continent in the Triassic-Jurassic age left great rift basins with a record of the physical and biological conditions of the time. This title discusses the data concerning structural geology, tectonics and colcanisms of CAM. Editor(s): LeTourneau, Peter M.; Olsen, Paul E. Num Pages: 240 pages, 93 line, 10 H/T. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3B; RBG; RBX; RGBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111621
- ISBN
- 9780231111621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.93
€ 141.93
Paperback. Focusing on national environmental organizations, including Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, The Wilderness Society, and Environmental Defense Fund, Voices and Echoes for the Environment demonstrates how the demands of organizational maintenance encroach on the goal of effective policy influence. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 300 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JPA; JPWD; RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113557
- ISBN
- 9780231113557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.84
€ 47.84
Hardback. This book deals with practical ways to reach a more sustainable state in urban areas through such tools as strategic environmental assessment, sustainability assessment, direction analysis, baseline setting and progress measurement, sustainability targets, and ecological footprint analysis. Editor(s): Devuyst, Dimitri. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RNF; RNP; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 180 x 32. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118026
- ISBN
- 9780231118026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.28
€ 178.28
Hardback. The marine Eocene-Oligocene transition of 34 million years ago was a critical turning point in Earth's climatic history, when the warm, high-diversity 'greenhouse' world of the early Eocene ceded to the glacial, 'icehouse' conditions of the early Oligocene. This book surveys the advances in stratigraphic and paleontological research. Editor(s): Prothero, Donald R.; Ivany, Linda C.; Nesbitt, Elizabeth A. Num Pages: 560 pages, 186 line, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231127165
- ISBN
- 9780231127165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.69
€ 146.69
Paperback. By focusing on a set of critical issues and case studies, this book explores of the polarized debate over production-oriented forestry and the chances of achieving forest conservation through sustainable management. Editor(s): Zarin, Daniel J.; Alavalapati, Janaki R. R.; Putz, Frances E.; Schmink, Marianne. Series: Biology and Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 46 illus. BIC Classification: RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129077
- ISBN
- 9780231129077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.21
€ 71.21
Hardback. This book places into modern context the information by which North American mammalian paleontologists recognize, divide, calibrate, and discuss intervals of mammalian evolution known as North American Land Mammal Ages. Editor(s): Woodburne, Michael O. Num Pages: 400 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: RBGH; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130400
- ISBN
- 9780231130400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.82
€ 167.82
Hardback. Beginning with the precolonial land-use practice of Native Americans and concluding with twenty-first century concerns over our global ecological crisis, this book addresses issues such as preservation of wilderness, expulsion of native peoples from national parks, and population growth, and considers formative forces of gender, race, and class. Series: Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures. Num Pages: 504 pages, 43 black and white figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140348
- ISBN
- 9780231140348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.55
€ 130.55
Paperback. An informative--and beautiful--exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps. Editor(s): Krieger, Alex; Cobb, David. Num Pages: 292 pages, 100 colour and 137 b&w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; RGS; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 292 x 305 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262611732
- ISBN
- 9780262611732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.21
€ 33.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Bradley, Gordon A. Num Pages: 235 pages, 24 photos. BIC Classification: RNF; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295974392
- ISBN
- 9780295974392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.25
€ 37.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: KJM; RNKH; TVT; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295974750
- ISBN
- 9780295974750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.82
€ 36.82
Paperback. Talks about how we can develop community and create convivial and sustainable places in the face of disjointed and fast-paced growth. This work offers strategies for reclaiming and repairing our neighborhoods and cities, which are increasingly dominated by fear and disintegration and the automobile. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 344 pages, 80 photos. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295975900
- ISBN
- 9780295975900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.76
€ 52.76
Paperback. Author Stephen Pyne traces the impact of fire in Australia, from its influence on vegetation to its use by Aborigines and European settlers. "Stephen Pyne is a great storyteller, and here he weaves as fine a tale as one could imagine about a phenomenon as seemingly ordinary as fire".--NATURAL HISTORY. A Weyerhaeuser Environmental Book. 14 photos. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 548 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: JKSW2; RNF; TNKF; TVR; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976778
- ISBN
- 9780295976778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.92
€ 45.92
Paperback. Addresses the need for a solid understanding of fluvial processes and aquatic ecology in order to predict both river and salmonid response to restoration projects. This volume will be of interest to geomorphologists, aquatic biologists, civil engineers, planners, and all those interested in the interface of science and policy. Editor(s): Montgomery, David; Bolton, Susan; Booth, Derek; Wall, Leslie. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295982953
- ISBN
- 9780295982953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.28
€ 60.28
Paperback. Examines the negotiations and controversies that took place during the planning and construction of The Dalles Dam and the profound impact the project had on both the Indian community of Celilo Village and the non-Indian town of The Dalles, intertwined with local concerns that affected the entire American West. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; JFSL9; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 351.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985466
- ISBN
- 9780295985466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.14
€ 26.99
€ 23.14