Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Hardback. The end of the world is a seemingly interminable topic D at least, of course, until it happens. Environmental catastrophe and planetary apocalypse are subjects of enduring fascination and, as ethnographic studies show, human cultures have approached them in very different ways. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JHM; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509503971
- ISBN
- 9781509503971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. The Energy Reader presents a series of readings that examine the energy problem from an anthropological perspective and look at energy holistically, including social and cultural components and long term implications for global and social environmental change. Editor(s): Nader, Laura. Num Pages: 574 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHM; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 32. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 574
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199841
- ISBN
- 9781405199841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.60
€ 56.60
The Energy Reader presents a series of readings that examine the energy problem from an anthropological perspective and look at energy holistically, including social and cultural components and long term implications for global and social environmental change. Editor(s): Nader, Laura. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 186 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1146.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199834
- ISBN
- 9781405199834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 156.21
€ 156.21
Paperback. This book examines all techniques used in the thermal and materials sciences, fluid engineering and engineering mechanics to foster an understanding of the engineering design process from the recognition of a need and the definition of design objectives through product certification and manufacturing of a prototype. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KN; RN; TBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 190 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471136996
- ISBN
- 9780471136996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 289.78
€ 289.78
Hardcover. Using as its background the successful landscape design of the Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway in Jiangsu Province, China, which opened to traffic in 2007, this book includes reference to all aspects of the landscaping of highways, including interchanges, embankments, central reservations, bridges, service and toll station areas, and drainage systems. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: RPT; TNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118332979
- ISBN
- 9781118332979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.63
€ 159.63
Paperback. Examines the development of urban environments, and urban environmentalism, in the United States over four centuries. This book focuses on the evolution of the city, the emergence of elite reformers, the framing of environmental problems, and responses to perceived breakdowns in social order. Num Pages: 640 pages, 24 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; JFSG; RNK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 39. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344513
- ISBN
- 9780822344513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 35.58
€ 44.99
€ 35.58
Paperback. Focusing on the practical aspects of using economic incentives to achieve environmental goals, this book analyzes the design and implementation of market based programs and identifies critical issues for creating successful programs in the future. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: RNP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780964687400
- ISBN
- 9780964687400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.00
€ 75.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Haenn, Nora; Wilk, Richard; Harnish, Allison. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479876761
- ISBN
- 9781479876761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Paperback. As the world's largest polluter and its wealthiest country, the United States has a potentially enormous impact on international efforts to protect the environment. This book examines how US foreign policy affects and is affected by global environmental change. Editor(s): Harris, Paul Gordon. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408337
- ISBN
- 9780878408337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.12
€ 75.12
Hardcover. Examines the economics of green consumerism, the reality of saving the environment, how historical cultures may have influenced environmental damage, and how being ecologically correct may have a more damaging effect on our environment. This book offers real-time strategies and alternatives to enhance our natural resources and our environment. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: KCN; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813808697
- ISBN
- 9780813808697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.48
€ 102.48
Hardback. This book shows how sociologists have responded to the challenge of environmental issues such as global warming, ozone depletion, biodiversity loss and marine pollution. It also covers sociological ideas such as risk, interpretations of nature, environmental realism, and globalization. It assumes no specialist knowledge on the part of readers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JH; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634326
- ISBN
- 9780745634326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. This book shows how sociologists have responded to the challenge of environmental issues such as global warming, ozone depletion, biodiversity loss and marine pollution. It also covers sociological ideas such as risk, interpretations of nature, environmental realism, and globalization. It assumes no specialist knowledge on the part of readers. Num Pages: 202 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634333
- ISBN
- 9780745634333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Paperback. Presents a perspective on the link between economic growth and environmental change. The text covers key issues in environmental economics, including: industry creation and environmental change; air, water and toxic pollution; and ethics and the limits of environmental economics. Series: Routledge Advances in Social Economics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KCN; KCP; RNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 453. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012768
- ISBN
- 9780415169912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 1FBH; 1KBB; JF; JPWF; RNB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271017754
- ISBN
- 9780271017754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.82€ 87.95
€ 105.82
€ 87.95
Paperback. With the environmental crisis comes a crisis of the imagination, a need to find new ways to understand nature and humanity's relation to it. This is the challenge the author takes up in this book, using Thoreau's "Walden" as a touchstone. Num Pages: 600 pages, 4 fine line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBF; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674258624
- ISBN
- 9780674258624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.24
€ 43.99
€ 36.24
Hardcover. A renaissance in railways and the formal recognition of environmental priorities are both features of the last quarter of the twentieth century, but relatively little has been published about the individual and collective environmental impacts of railways. There is an urgent need to address the subject comprehensively. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; KNGT; RNF; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 236 x 169 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471948285
- ISBN
- 9780471948285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 345.84
€ 345.84
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Learning
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781429255240
- ISBN
- 9781429255240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.54€ 94.33
€ 97.54
€ 94.33
Paperback. Written in an accessible style, this comprehensive yet concise text book gives students essential background and contextual information supported by practical and applied discussion to help even those with no planning law knowledge engage in the subject and understand planning in the real world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: LAY; LNKW; RPC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 239 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447324461
- ISBN
- 9781447324461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.01
€ 33.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. Series: Rural Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 b&w illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3J; HBTB; RNT; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271019512
- ISBN
- 9780271019512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.78
€ 40.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. Giving you new reflections on global environmental issues, this title looks at issues such as climate change, sustainable development and biodiversity preservation, and sensitively addresses global developments such as the Summits at Durban on climate and at Nagoya on biodiversity. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Global Ethics. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748654819
- ISBN
- 9780748654819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.39
€ 40.99
€ 35.39
Paperback. Series: Texts in Regional Geography. Num Pages: 432 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1D; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593853846
- ISBN
- 9781593853846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.42
€ 83.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 235 colour illustrations, 27 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; PSAF; RBK; RNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 261 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1178.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498742900
- ISBN
- 9781498742900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.84
€ 96.84
Hardback. Based on evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions - such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems - impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 58 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KCZ; LAZ; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136042
- ISBN
- 9780691136042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 42.58
€ 53.53
€ 42.58
Paperback. Gull chicks beg for food from their parents. Peacocks spread their tails to attract potential mates. Meerkats alert family members of the approach of predators. But are these sometimes dishonest? This book probes such question by reviewing the empirical data and game theory models available, and by asking how well theory matches data. Series: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology. Num Pages: 288 pages, 45 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070957
- ISBN
- 9780691070957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.22€ 68.68
€ 89.22
€ 68.68