Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Hardcover. Written for teams of engineers, transportation planners, landscape architects, and urban planners, this book provides a broad overview of the growing approach towards complete and sustainable street design. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMVD; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 257 x 23. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470903810
- ISBN
- 9780470903810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.30
€ 106.30
Paperback. Foreword by Kai Curry-Lindahl. The first book in English to describe Viktor Schauberger's prophetic work. Num Pages: 162 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BG; RNA; RNK; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717133901
- ISBN
- 9780717133901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.38
€ 22.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, colour illustrations, colour tables, maps, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 245 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US) United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780131424470
- ISBN
- 9780131424470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 175.17
€ 175.17
Fire, both inevitable and ubiquitous, plays a crucial role in North American ecosystems. But, as necessary as fire is to maintaining healthy ecosystems, it threatens human lives and livelihoods in unacceptable ways. This volume explores the uncharted terrain at the intersection of fire policy, fire science, and fire management. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255890
- ISBN
- 9780520255890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.99
€ 44.99
€ 39.99
Paperback. A call to live with the coast, as opposed to living at the coast; unless Florida coastal communities conserve beaches and mitigate storm impacts, the future of the beach-based economy is in question Series: Living with the Shore S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 106 b&w photos, 23 tables, 56 maps. BIC Classification: RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3895 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332893
- ISBN
- 9780822332893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.90
€ 41.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870717482
- ISBN
- 9780870717482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.47
€ 40.47
Paperback. An extensively revised edition of Tim Jeal's classic biography published to mark the bicentenary of the great explorer Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp. b&w illustrations section. BIC Classification: 1HF; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 34. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised, Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300191004
- ISBN
- 9780300191004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Hardback. Editor(s): Benson, Mitchell. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633211704
- ISBN
- 9781633211704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.09€ 133.76
€ 195.09
€ 133.76
Paperback. Based on the empirical analysis of the effectiveness of four provincial centres for the diffusion of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a market mechanism for emission reductions, Miriam Schroder scrutinizes the strengths and weaknesses of hybrid actors' performance on the local Chinese carbon market." Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA; JPS; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349337217
- ISBN
- 9781349337217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Based on the empirical analysis of the effectiveness of four provincial centres for the diffusion of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a market mechanism for emission reductions, Miriam Schroder scrutinizes the strengths and weaknesses of hybrid actors' performance on the local Chinese carbon market. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; KCN; KCP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301610
- ISBN
- 9780230301610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. An account of one of the world's most extensive and successful experiments in decentralization. Launched in 1996, the campaign mobilized over three million of Kerala's 30 million people and resulted in bottom-up development planning in all 1052 of its villages and urban neighbourhoods. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JPHV; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516076
- ISBN
- 9780742516076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.88
€ 74.88
Hardback. An account of one of the world's most extensive and successful experiments in decentralization. Launched in 1996, the campaign mobilized over three million of Kerala's 30 million people and resulted in bottom-up development planning in all 1052 of its villages and urban neighbourhoods. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JPHV; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516069
- ISBN
- 9780742516069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.76
€ 194.76
Hardback. Supports the possibility of constructing a theory of local development. This book says that there is no single development model operating at a given time and valid for all places, but that it is more correct to talk of multiple development paths that co-exist in the same place at the same time (multiplicity of development paths). Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368298
- ISBN
- 9780792368298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.49
€ 133.49
Hardback. Disasters cause economic as well as human losses, and the magnitude of this is ever increasing. This can largely be attributed to climate-related disasters, which intensify vulnerability in the poorest areas of the world. In this book, approaches to disaster risk management in developing countries are discussed, with particular focus on Costa Rica. Editor(s): Tsuneki, Hori; Shaw, Rajib. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; RNPG; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783509355
- ISBN
- 9781783509355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.81
€ 135.81
Hardcover. The globalized economy depends on local and context-specific factors. This edited volume addresses local-global nexuses via case studies of global interactions in developed and developing areas, and of particular firms' approaches to these issues. The chapters build up a prospectus on how best to create globally capable localities. Editor(s): Dallago, Bruno; Guglielmetti, Chiara. Num Pages: 304 pages, 44, 25 black & white tables, 17 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: KCG; KCM; KJH; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480. 304 pages, 44, 25 black & white tables, 17 figures, 2 maps. Editor(s): Dallago, Bruno; Guglielmetti, Chiara. The globalized economy depends on local and context-specific factors. This edited volume addresses local-global nexuses via case studies of global interactions in developed and developing areas, and of particular firms' approaches to these issues. The chapters build up a prospectus on how best to create globally capable localities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KCG; KCM; KJH; RGCM. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 23. Weight: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252721
- ISBN
- 9780230252721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
In the wake of evidence demonstrating the irreparable damage humans have inflicted on the planet, some have adopted a defeatist attitude toward environmental crises. This book illustrates how local groups in both Japan and the United States are refusing to surrender the earth to a depleted and polluted fate. Editor(s): Karan, Pradyumna P.; Suganuma, Unryu. Num Pages: 336 pages, 60 photographs, 17 illustrations, 29 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; RGL; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124889
- ISBN
- 9780813124889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.75
€ 54.75
hardcover. This book has been developed from a report of the cross-national 'PRIDE' (Partnerships for Rural Integrated Development in Europe) research project. The research focused on the public and private sector rural development experience of six member states of the European Union, namely Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK. Editor(s): Moseley, Malcolm J. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibiliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSF; RPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780851996578
- ISBN
- 9780851996578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.55
€ 118.55
Paperback. Local Planning for Terror and Disaster gives voice to experts in key fields involved with local preparedness, assessing the quality of preparedness in each field, and offering directions for improvement. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 177 x 14. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118112861
- ISBN
- 9781118112861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.79
€ 125.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: LNKJ; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606929315
- ISBN
- 9781606929315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.04€ 45.36
€ 63.04
€ 45.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Urban Institute Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877667803
- ISBN
- 9780877667803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.94
€ 49.94