Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Hardback. Studies of pedestrian behaviour have gained attention in a variety of disciplines. Different technologies have been used to collect data about pedestrian movement patterns. This book aims to document these developments in research and modelling approaches. It includes modelling approaches such as cellular automata models and fluid dynamics. Editor(s): Timmermans, Harry. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848557505
- ISBN
- 9781848557505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.56
€ 175.56
Paperback. Considering peatlands as a whole ecosystem, Peatland Systems and Environmental Change provides a unique, timely look at the consequences of the functioning of peatlands to the paleoenvironmental record, carbon cycling, and conservation issues. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: RBGB; RNF; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 244 x 19. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470844106
- ISBN
- 9780470844106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 139.51
€ 139.51
Hardback. Editor(s): Draguhn, Claudio; Ciarimboli, Nigel. Num Pages: 173 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 173
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621001621
- ISBN
- 9781621001621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.07€ 111.99
€ 164.07
€ 111.99
Hardcover. Hardback, in good condition. With dustjacket.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1927
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- SKU
- KRF0040243
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Water is our most precious resource. Former BBC journalist Alexander Bell innovatively explores how the control of fresh water has built and allowed civilisation to grow. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: RNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906817718
- ISBN
- 9781906817718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Cultu...
Matthew Schneider-Mayerson
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226285436
- ISBN
- 9780226285436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.65
€ 39.65
Paperback. The 20th century saw unprecedented growth in population, food production and energy consumption. As the population shifted from rural areas to urban cities, the human impact on the environment increased dramatically. This book addresses various cultural, psychological and practical changes we need to make as nature rapidly dictates our new limits. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402. Waking Up to the Century of Decline in Earth's Resources. 224 pages, Illustrations. The 20th century saw unprecedented growth in population, food production and energy consumption. As the population shifted from rural areas to urban cities, the human impact on the environment increased dramatically. This book addresses various cultural, psychological and practical changes we need to make as nature rapidly dictates our new limits. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: RNF. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight: 402.
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570133
- ISBN
- 9781905570133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91
Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118549421
- ISBN
- 9781118549421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.15
€ 183.15
Paperback. Timely ecology of the Peace-Athabasca Delta-home of wildlife, indigenous cultures, and Alberta's booming oilsands. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 209 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1912.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- Fol Pck Pa
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888647306
- ISBN
- 9780888647306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.96€ 72.29
€ 88.96
€ 72.29
Paperback. Unravels the entangled relationships between nature and culture. This title includes around 100 entries by leading names in geography and related disciplines that focus on various objects in the landscape - from beaches to battlefields, bees to horses, police stations to post-offices, trees to tractors. Editor(s): Thrift, Nigel; Harrison, Stephan; Pile, Steve. Num Pages: 312 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RGC; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891815
- ISBN
- 9781861891815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.45
€ 30.45
Paperback. A new edition of a book that takes a comprehensive look at the ways economic processes affect global environmental outcomes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNC; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262515825
- ISBN
- 9780262515825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.55
€ 43.99
€ 37.55
Hardback. Pandemics, epidemics and food borne diseases have become one of the key challenges for contemporary global society. The central claim of Pathological Lives is that any solution offered to these kinds of emerging and often communicable diseases requires a broad-based geographical scrutiny. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: RGC; RNP; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118997598
- ISBN
- 9781118997598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.28
€ 94.28
Paperback. Pandemics, epidemics and food borne diseases have become one of the key challenges for contemporary global society. The central claim of Pathological Lives is that any solution offered to these kinds of emerging and often communicable diseases requires a broad-based geographical scrutiny. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: RGC; RNP; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118997604
- ISBN
- 9781118997604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.05
€ 32.99
€ 32.05
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
€ 33.80
€ 33.80
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
€ 35.88
€ 35.88
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
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
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€ 14.19
€ 17.99
€ 14.19
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
€ 188.57
€ 188.57
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
€ 30.67
€ 30.67
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
€ 164.95
€ 164.95
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
€ 138.82
€ 138.82
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
€ 72.41
€ 72.41
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
€ 108.62
€ 108.62
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
€ 216.68
€ 216.68