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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning

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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning

Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction, Mark Maslin looks at all aspects of climate, from the physical and chemical factors that drive it and how climate differs from weather, to how climate has affected human settlements and the cyclic features of it. He ends with a look at climate change and our current approaches to solving it. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199641130
ISBN
9780199641130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
SteinerBooks, Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584200949
ISBN
9781584200949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Lipsig-Mumme, Carla. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KCFM; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552665640
ISBN
9781552665640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.71

hardcover. Global change is caused mainly by climatic variation and change and activities of human societies. This book aims to describe these facts from the various space scales - global, regional and local - and addresses many of the issues raised in the debate on climate change. Editor(s): Yoshino, Masatoshi. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 408 pages, 43 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: RBKF; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 769.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
1997th Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792343240
ISBN
9780792343240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.01

Hardcover. This book fills a significant gap in the climatological literature; comprehensive assessment of the climates of the southern hemisphere. It is the first book of its type to provide a consolidated view of the climates of southern Africa, Australia, South America and Antarctica, addressing past and future climates as well as those in the present. Series: Belhaven Studies in Climatology. Num Pages: 318 pages, figures, table, plates, index. BIC Classification: 1MT; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 201 x 23. Weight in Grams: 806.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471949268
ISBN
9780471949268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 245.88

Hardback. Covers such diverse areas as shifts in precipitation patterns in a global climate, the implications for floods or drought, and considerations of managing water resources stressed by poor management practices, overexploitation, and climatic change. This book is intended for advanced academic research, from PhD or post-doctoral levels and beyond. Editor(s): Beniston, Martin. Series: Advances in Global Change Research. Num Pages: 504 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402004445
ISBN
9781402004445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 250.33

Effects of global warming on the physical, chemical, ecological structure and function and biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems are not well understood and there are many opinions on how to adapt aquatic environments to global warming in order to minimize the negative effects of climate change. Editor(s): Goldman, Charles R.; Kumagai, Michio; Robarts, Richard D. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: RBKF; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 920.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119968665
ISBN
9781119968665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.25

hardcover. This volume provides an in-depth view of past, present and potential future climatic change in mountain regions, and in particular on the mechanisms which are responsible for this change. Editor(s): Diaz, Henry F.; Beniston, Martin; Bradley, R. S.; Diaz, Henry F. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Reprinted from CLIMATIC CHANGE, 36:3-4, 1997
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792346784
ISBN
9780792346784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 76 pages, graphs, diagrams. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617616617
ISBN
9781617616617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.83
€ 44.90

Hardback. A multidecadal cooling is known to have occurred in Europe in the final decades of the sixteenth-century. It is open to debate as to what might have caused the underlying shifts in atmospheric circulation and how these changes affected societies. This book argues that witches at that time were burnt as scapegoats for climatic change. Editor(s): Pfister, Christian; Brazdil, Rudolf; Glaser, Rudiger. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792359340
ISBN
9780792359340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.80

Hardcover. Editor(s): Herveoux, Adam; Suthland, Eric. Num Pages: 169 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 238 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621003229
ISBN
9781621003229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.35
€ 115.01

Paperback. Climatology -- particularly the study of difficult and demanding weather conditions -- is of major importance to pilots now that aeroplanes fly over previously unavailable routes such as the North Pole and take direct routes over very large oceans. Num Pages: 296 pages, 100. BIC Classification: RBP; TRPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780632052950
ISBN
9780632052950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 107.30

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

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC1; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Beacon Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780807047316
ISBN
9780807047316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Editor(s): Masuilovich, Bayanov Ilmir. Num Pages: 120 pages, tables, charts & illus. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612095271
ISBN
9781612095271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.83
€ 44.90

Paperback. Editor(s): Thelin, Marta; Maheux, Julienne. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSG; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624178566
ISBN
9781624178566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.86
€ 87.72

Hardback. When co-operation is embedded in environmental policy, it becomes a means to achieve the environmental objectives of the state. This volume explores this option in environmental governance: the nature of the approach, the preconditions and its chances of success. It analyzes theoretical issues and practical experiences in a number of countries. Editor(s): Glasbergen, Pieter. Series: Environment & Policy. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792351481
ISBN
9780792351481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.80

Paperback. The common denominator of environmental governance is co-operation between public and private parties. In co-operative environmental governance the parties commit themselves, through a more or less binding agreement, to resolve specific environmental difficulties. This book explores environmental governance. Editor(s): Glasbergen, Pieter. Series: Environment & Policy. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 950.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792351498
ISBN
9780792351498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 188.25

Paperback. An introduction to the global carbon cycle and the human-caused disturbances to it that are at the heart of global warming and climate change. Num Pages: 240 pages, 39 figures. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262515214
ISBN
9780262515214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.18

Hardback. By exploring how the security dimensions of energy were not intrinsically linked to a particular source of power but rather to political choices about America's role in the world, Shulman ultimately suggests that contemporary global struggles over energy will never disappear, even if oil is someday displaced by alternative sources of power. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11, 1 colour illustrations, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPS; RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417066
ISBN
9781421417066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.98
€ 47.03

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