Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Paperback. La Selva, a nature reserve and field station in Costa Rica, has been the focus of research on rainforest ecology for over 30 years. This volume reviews this research, covering La Selva's geographical history and physical setting, its plant and animal life, and agricultural development and land use. Editor(s): McDade, Lucinda A.; etc.; Bawa, Kamaljit S. (Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA); Hespenheide, Henry A. (Associate Professor of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA); Hartshorn, Gary S. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 halftones, 17 maps, 69 line drawings, 79 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; RGBL; RNC; RNPD; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226039527
- ISBN
- 9780226039527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.42
€ 82.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPL; KC; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679621
- ISBN
- 9780816679621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.31
€ 29.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 34 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JFS; JHMC; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679829
- ISBN
- 9780816679829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.31
€ 29.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. In this unique travelogue, William H. Calvin takes us around the globe and back in time, showing how such cycles of cool, crash and burn provided the impetus for enormous increases in the intelligence and complexity of human beings. Num Pages: 352 pages, 46 halftones, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: RBP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226092034
- ISBN
- 9780226092034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.04
€ 29.04
Paperback. This text studies the ecology of animals, plants and their habitats and promotes awareness of pressing environmental issues. The eight informative chapters deliver environmental messages and supply insights into the natural world and the ecologists who investigate its many mysteries. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSTS; PSVS; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817309190
- ISBN
- 9780817309190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.89
€ 25.89
Hardcover. This volume celebrates Alabama's wetlands, with photographs and data-rich text that illustrates the natural beauty of these special places and also examines their vital role in filtering toxins, nourishing aquifers and preventing flooding. It sounds a warning for fragile, dwindling wetlands. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; PSAF; RGBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1025.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817311711
- ISBN
- 9780817311711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.97
€ 41.99
€ 37.97
Hardcover. Celebrates the health and diversity of Alabama woodlands. Featuring 100 color photographs, this title provides an introduction to the ecological, geological, and biological richness of Alabama's forests, their evolution through history, their contribution to the state's economy, and the modern perils they face. Illustrator(s): Falls, Robert P. Num Pages: 120 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; RGBL; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 254 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817315252
- ISBN
- 9780817315252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.97
€ 41.99
€ 37.97
Hardcover. "Heart of Palms "is a clear-eyed memoir of Peace Corps service in the rural Panamanian village of Tranquilla through the eyes of a young American woman trained as a community forester. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; BM; RGBL; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318185
- ISBN
- 9780817318185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.05
€ 31.99
€ 27.05
Hardback. The latest in the NBER's influential Studies in Income and Wealth series, which has played a key role in the development of national account statistics in the United States and other nations, this book explores collaborative solutions between academics, policy researchers, and official statisticians to economic measurement challenges. Editor(s): Jorgenson, Dale W.; Landefeld, J. Steven; Schreyer, Paul. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth. Num Pages: 808 pages, 80 line drawings, 121 tables. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCM; KCP; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 808
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226121338
- ISBN
- 9780226121338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.57
€ 172.57
Paperback. Footprints in Stone is the definitive guide to the Steven C. Minkin (Union Chapel) Paleozoic Footprint Site in northwest Alabama, the discovery of whose vast quantity of 310-million-year-old fossil tetrapod footprints and other traces is one of the most significant developments in modern paleontology. Num Pages: 318 pages, 45 colour & 109 back & white illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: HDDA; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817358440
- ISBN
- 9780817358440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.13
€ 50.99
€ 46.13
Hardback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226141398
- ISBN
- 9780226141398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Hardback. 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; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226195834
- ISBN
- 9780226195834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.28
€ 198.28
Hardback. Fresh water has become scarce and will become even more so in the coming years, as continued population growth places ever greater demands on the supply of fresh water. This book draws on historical sources to trace the emergence of the current framework for resolving water-rights issues to California in the 1850s, during the Gold Rush. Series: Markets and Governments in Economic History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 halftones, 21 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; LNCR; RNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226258676
- ISBN
- 9780226258676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226285269
- ISBN
- 9780226285269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.84
€ 121.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226298542
- ISBN
- 9780226298542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.87
€ 137.87
Paperback. The marshes along the Ohio shore of Lake Erie represent less than ten percent of the vast wetlands that were there two hundred years ago. This book explores both the human and natural history of the marshes between Toledo and Port Clinton, Ohio. Num Pages: 262 pages, Colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; RGM; RNC; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press Ohio
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821410943
- ISBN
- 9780821410943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.19
€ 42.19
Hardback. Mapping how each state came to have its shape, and how the nation itself formed within its present borders, this title provides historians, geographers, and general readers alike with the story behind those fifty distinctive jigsaw-puzzle pieces that together form the United States. Num Pages: 384 pages, 317 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPSL; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226355917
- ISBN
- 9780226355917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.01
€ 98.01
hardcover. Editor(s): Beissinger, Steven R.; Ackerly, David D; Doremus, Holly; Machlis, Gary E. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226422954
- ISBN
- 9780226422954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.00
€ 171.00
hardcover. Editor(s): Van Horn, Gavin; Hausdoerffer, John. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: RNKH; WNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226444666
- ISBN
- 9780226444666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.25
€ 122.25
Hardcover. Presents a collection of eighteen essays that explore the advantages and disadvantages that Pittsburgh and its surrounding region face in the global economy, from the perspectives of technology, natural resources, workforce, and geography. This book shows how other cities can learn from the steps Pittsburgh has taken. Editor(s): Scarpaci, Joseph L.; Patrick, Kevin J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 96 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBTK; RGCM; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822942825
- ISBN
- 9780822942825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.94
€ 75.94
Hardcover. From its founding in 1758, Pittsburgh has experienced several epic transformations. Remade as a thriving twenty-first-century city and an international center for science, medicine, biotechnology, and financial services, Pittsburgh is now routinely acclaimed as one of the most promising and livable of America's cities. This title shows us why. Num Pages: 480 pages, 320 colour photos, 20 colour maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AMVD; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1315.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822943716
- ISBN
- 9780822943716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.83
€ 46.99
€ 44.83
Hardcover. Series: History of the Urban Environment. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBT; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944270
- ISBN
- 9780822944270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.38
€ 69.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 146 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822959588
- ISBN
- 9780822959588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.74
€ 83.74
Paperback. Angelique Bamberg provides the first book-length study of the community of Chatham Village in Pittsburgh. She establishes its historical significance to urban planning and reveals the complex development process, social significance, and breakthrough construction and landscaping techniques that shaped this idyllic community. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, dia. BIC Classification: AMX; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822962786
- ISBN
- 9780822962786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.34
€ 31.99
€ 29.34