Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Hardback. From the scorching center of Earth's core to the outer limits of its atmosphere, from the gradual process of erosion that carved the Grand Canyon to the earth-shaking fury of volcanoes and earthquakes, this book tells the story of the evolution of our planet and of the science that makes it work. Num Pages: 378 pages, 97 color photos, 101 illus., full color throughout. BIC Classification: PDZ; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1407.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125789
- ISBN
- 9780231125789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.56
€ 109.33
€ 82.56
Paperback. Exploring the geological research, this title explains how advances in the understanding of plate tectonics, seismology, and satellite imagery have enabled us to see the Earth for what it is. It introduces the concepts of continental drift, the earth's structure, sea floor spreading, and the relationship between the atmosphere and the oceans. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; RGB; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192803078
- ISBN
- 9780192803078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Series: Fossils and Strata Monograph S. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures, b. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 211 x 11. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Number 53
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405180146
- ISBN
- 9781405180146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.72
€ 89.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: AMVD; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 181 x 13. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Urban Land Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874209723
- ISBN
- 9780874209723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.46
€ 50.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPSD; JW; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226521497
- ISBN
- 9780226521497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.37
€ 43.99
€ 33.37
Hardcover. Natural disasters bedevil our planet, and each appears to be a unique event. Leading geologist Susan W. Kieffer shows how all disasters are connected. Num Pages: 336 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RB; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393080957
- ISBN
- 9780393080957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.57
€ 27.99
€ 24.57
Paperback. "If you are an amateur weather geek, disaster wonk, or budding student of earth sciences, you will want to read this book."-Seattle Times Num Pages: 336 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RB; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349917
- ISBN
- 9780393349917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
€ 17.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. Presents the fundamental principles constructed from the nature of minerals and rocks to the plate tectonics. Num Pages: 280 pages, over 100 line drawin. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231072311
- ISBN
- 9780231072311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
Hardcover. This monograph sets out to develop a new framework within which the dynamic nature and organization of ecosystems may be understood. It introduces mathematical tools which describe and quantify the importance of spatial and temporal patterns in ecological networks. Num Pages: 280 pages, line drawings, index. BIC Classification: PBW; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 249 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471955702
- ISBN
- 9780471955702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 509.04
€ 509.04
Paperback. Encourages readers to think critically about the role of corporations in everyday life, health, and culture Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JHM; KNDP; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814724736
- ISBN
- 9780814724736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619025325
- ISBN
- 9781619025325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.65
€ 17.99
€ 16.65
Hardback. This is compelling reading for British historians, environmental scholars, historians of technology, and anyone interested in state formation in early modern Europe. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 416 pages, 25, 17 black & white halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 3JD; HBJD1; RGBF; TBX; TNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422008
- ISBN
- 9781421422008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.46€ 51.62
€ 56.46
€ 51.62
Paperback. Tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. This work describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the threat to this diversity is beyond the scope of anything we have known before. It also addresses the explosion of the field of conservation biology and takes a look at the work still to be done. Illustrator(s): Wright, Amy Bartlett; Ward, George. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, maps, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140291612
- ISBN
- 9780140291612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.45
€ 15.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. Tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. This work describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the threat to this diversity is beyond the scope of anything we have known before. It also addresses the explosion of the field of conservation biology and takes a look at the work still to be done. Illustrator(s): Wright, Amy Bartlett; Ward, George. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, maps, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001853
- ISBN
- 9780140291612
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.99€ 12.45
€ 15.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. From the first recorded encounters with the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands in 1341 to Columbus' explorations in 1492 and Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500, western Europeans struggled to make sense of the existence of the people they met. This book explores the social lives of the inhabitants. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLC; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158212
- ISBN
- 9780300158212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. In 2001 an international panel of distinguished climate scientists announced that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last ten millennia, and that warming was caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases from human activity. This book shows how the scientific consensus caught fire among the general world public. Series: New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031890
- ISBN
- 9780674031890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.67
€ 31.99
€ 26.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; 1QMP; HBJQ; HBLL; RGR; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- TouchWood Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771510097
- ISBN
- 9781771510097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.69
€ 27.99
€ 19.69
paperback. This book traces the intertwined histories of disaster experts-specialists in predicting the unpredictable and managing the unmanageable-revealing how their interdisciplinary research and practices over the past century have shaped modern America. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; GPQD; JFFC; RNR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222463
- ISBN
- 9780812222463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.09
€ 37.99
€ 34.09
Paperback. Includes comprehensive coverage of dinosaur systematics, reproduction, and life history strategies, biogeography, taphonomy, paleoecology, thermoregulation, and extinction. This book offers documentation of dinosaur distribution through time and space, and discussion of the interface between geology and biology. Editor(s): Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmolska, Halszka. Num Pages: 880 pages, 330 line illustrations, 28 tables. BIC Classification: RBX; WNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 276 x 52. Weight in Grams: 2460.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 880
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254084
- ISBN
- 9780520254084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.24€ 49.23
€ 58.24
€ 49.23
The Dilemma of Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository (Studies i...
Easterling, D., Kunreuther, Howard
Hardcover. This study explores the dilemma of siting a high-level nuclear waste (HLNW) repository. The authors examine siting conflicts from a variety of perspectives - political, psychological and sociological - and identify the fundamental determinants of public opposition to waste disposal facilities. Series: Studies in Risk and Uncertainty. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576. Series: Studies in Risk and Uncertainty. 295 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. This study explores the dilemma of siting a high-level nuclear waste (HLNW) repository. The authors examine siting conflicts from a variety of perspectives - political, psychological and sociological - and identify the fundamental determinants of public opposition to waste disposal facilities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: KCN; RNH. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 24. Weight: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792394396
- ISBN
- 9780792394396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.92
€ 190.92
hardcover. This fully-revised comprehensive fourth edition covers the whole field of physical geography including climate and atmosphere, geomorphology, biogeography, hydrology, oceans, Quaternary, environmental change, soils, remote sensing and GIS. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; RGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 252 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118782347
- ISBN
- 9781118782347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.53
€ 141.53
Paperback. This fully-revised comprehensive fourth edition covers the whole field of physical geography including climate and atmosphere, geomorphology, biogeography, hydrology, oceans, Quaternary, environmental change, soils, remote sensing and GIS. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; RGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118782330
- ISBN
- 9781118782330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 46.87
€ 47.99
€ 46.87
Hardback. The Dictionary of Human Geography is the definitive guide to issues and ideas, methods and theories in human geography. Now in its fifth edition, this ground-breaking text has been comprehensively revised to reflect the changing nature and practice of human geography and its rapidly developing connections with other fields. Editor(s): Gregory, Derek; Johnston, Ron; Pratt, Geraldine; Watts, Michael; Whatmore, Sarah. Num Pages: 1072 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: GBC; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 250 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Number of pages
- 1072
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405132879
- ISBN
- 9781405132879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.06
€ 158.06
Paperback. The Dictionary of Human Geography is the definitive guide to issues and ideas, methods and theories in human geography. Now in its fifth edition, this ground-breaking text has been comprehensively revised to reflect the changing nature and practice of human geography and its rapidly developing connections with other fields. Editor(s): Gregory, Derek; Johnston, Ron; Pratt, Geraldine; Watts, Michael; Whatmore, Sarah. Num Pages: 1072 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: GBC; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1602.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 1072
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405132886
- ISBN
- 9781405132886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.34
€ 45.34