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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning

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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning

Paperback. This work examines theories (models) of how systems (those of humans, nature, and combined human-natural systems) function, and attempts to understand those theories and how they can help researchers develop effective institutions and policies for environmental management. Editor(s): Gunderson, Lance H.; Holling, C. S. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559638579
ISBN
9781559638579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.85

Paperback. The first Europeans to set foot on North America stood in awe of the natural abundance before them. Drawing on historical narrative and scientific inquiry, this title brings this spectacular environment back to life. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JB; RN; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226583419
ISBN
9780226583419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. Drawing on extensive research, this study provides an overview of the causes and consequences of the loss of natural resources. It explores key ecosystems (forests, marine systems, wetlands) and examines the management challenges involved in protecting these systems from destruction. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0012531
ISBN
9781853831812
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Draws together a description of how parasites and pathogens affect vertebrate and invertebrate behaviors. This book describes the information about the mechanisms involved including hormonal influences, as well as the role of the nervous system in invoking such changes. Num Pages: 359 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSVS; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1997th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780412074011
ISBN
9780412074011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.14

Hardback. Recent technological advances have made feasible new and improved approaches for organizing and delivering local passenger transportation. This book draws on a selection of papers presented at the International Paratransit Conference in Monterey in October 2014 to capture these exciting developments. Editor(s): Mulley, Corinne; Nelson, John D. Series Editor(s): Shaw, Jon; Ison, Stephen. Series: Transport and Sustainability. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 239 x 31. Weight in Grams: 786.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786352262
ISBN
9781786352262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.08

Hardback. This book adds to the debate with respect to parking covering the issues of supply and demand, the various policy measures, namely economic, regulatory, regional wide or organisational in addition to carefully selected case studies, along with the future direction of parking policy. Series: Transport and Sustainability. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: RNU; RPT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783509195
ISBN
9781783509195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.23

Hardcover. Parrots' colour and charisma, coupled with the fact that they mimic human speech, make them fascinating to many people. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: RNKH1; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 217 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2098.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145522
ISBN
9781868145522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.06

paperback. The poets nearest to us in time often seem the most remote and difficult. Helen Vendler closes the distance. She keeps the poet in view not only as thinker and artist, but as a man or woman whose humanity never disappears in her analysis. With her penetrating critical gift, Vendler assesses American poets from T. S. Eliot to Charles Wright. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674654761
ISBN
9780674654761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.67
€ 48.43

Hardcover. Geotechnique Symposium in Print 2011: The theme of this symposium blends together two areas of research which relate to the effects of suction and partial saturation on soil behaviour and the study of compaction as a method of soil improvement. The recurring interest in these areas of research, together with the recent increase in the number of int Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGD; TNCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
ICE Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727757753
ISBN
9780727757753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.26

Hardback. Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib. Series: Disaster Risk Reduction. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 52 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; PST; RNF; RNPG; TVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9784431564799
ISBN
9784431564799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.55

Hardback. This book is intended for applications of online digital mapping, called mashups (or composite application), and to analyze the mapping practices in online socio-technical controversies. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781848216617
ISBN
9781848216617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.52

Paperback. This work looks at the argument that fossil fuels are the major culprit in the production of particle air pollution. It cites studies on animals and epidemiological studies, and includes models describing mechanisms by which the effects of the particulates can be induced. Editor(s): Spengler, John D.; Wilson, Richard. Num Pages: 266 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH2; RNP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674240773
ISBN
9780674240773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.47

Hardcover. The public health risks posed by automotive particulate emissions are well known. Such particles are sufficiently small to reach the deepest regions of the lungs; and moreover act as carriers for many potentially toxic substances. Series: RSP. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: RNP; TRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 175 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1016.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470724552
ISBN
9780470724552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: PSAF; RN; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892817412
ISBN
9780892817412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. Dealing with the imminent decline of cheap oil, this book shows how oil and war have been closely related in the 20th century. Tracing the crucial role of fossil fuels in the rise of industrialism, it discusses the degree to which energy alternatives can compensate for oil, and recommends a global programme of resource conservation and sharing. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: RNF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514. Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies. 320 pages. Dealing with the imminent decline of cheap oil, this book shows how oil and war have been closely related in the 20th century. Tracing the crucial role of fossil fuels in the rise of industrialism, it discusses the degree to which energy alternatives can compensate for oil, and recommends a global programme of resource conservation and sharing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: RNF; RNT. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight: 518.
Publisher
TEMPLE LODGE PUBLISH
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905570003
ISBN
9781905570003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Okuda, Ted; Manokaran, N. (Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Petaling Jaya Selangor, Malaysia); Matsumoto, Y. (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan); Niiyama, K. (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan); Thomas, S.C. (University of Toronto, ON, Canada); Ashton, P.S. (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA). Num Pages: 628 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 34. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
628
Condition
New
SKU
V9784431670100
ISBN
9784431670100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.50

Hardback. The first in-depth study of the impact of federalism on Canadian environmental policy, this book takes a detailed look at the ongoing debate on the subject and traces the evolution of the role of the federal government in environmental policy and federal-provincial relations concerning the environment from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JPH; JPQB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774805575
ISBN
9780774805575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.08

Hardcover. .
Publisher
CRC Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789067641869
ISBN
9789067641869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 341.86
€ 48.96

Hardcover. Editor(s): Riede, Felix. Num Pages: 279 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 304 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1428.
Publisher
Aarhus Univ Pr
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771242324
ISBN
9788771242324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.79

Paperback. Examines how the lives of pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia are deeply affected by the creation of mutually exclusive ethnic territories and proposes ways to reverse this trend. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 191 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGK; JHMC; RGCP; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011299
ISBN
9781847011299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.75

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