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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Ecology of Threatened Semi-Arid Wetlands: Long-Term Research in Las Ta...
. Ed(S): Sanchez-Carrillo, Salvador; Angeler,...
paperback. This book discusses the complexity of the interacting abiotic and biotic environment of wetlands across different spatial and temporal scales. It reveals how management based on poor knowledge causes more damage than repair. Editor(s): Sanchez-Carrillo, Salvador; Angeler, David G. Series: Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTS; RBGB; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732896
- ISBN
- 9789400732896
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Condition: New
€ 184.03
€ 184.03
Paperback. By providing a synthesis of taxonomic and ecological information on New Zealand's freshwater fish, this book connects the country's geological past to contemporary distribution patterns. It distinctly separates the roles of history and ecology in a fauna. Series: Fish & Fisheries Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSA; PSAF; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 718.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732902
- ISBN
- 9789400732902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 239.24
€ 239.24
paperback. Provides a current overview of all facets of urban soils worldwide. Contaminant sources, physical and chemical properties influencing the soil contamination, and assessment are presented. Series: Environmental Pollution. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAF; RBGB; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732919
- ISBN
- 9789400732919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 239.48
€ 239.48
Paperback. This book presents bootstrap resampling as a computationally intensive method able to meet the challenges posed by the complexities of analysing climate data. It shows how the bootstrap performs reliably in the most important statistical estimation techniques. Series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library. Num Pages: 474 pages, 47 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; RB; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400733138
- ISBN
- 9789400733138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.11
€ 250.11
Paperback. This book presents a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art in atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) research. It focuses on experimental ABL research and discusses new subjects such as micro-rain radars and the use of ceilometers for ABL profiling. Series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library. Num Pages: 188 pages, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHD; RBP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400733213
- ISBN
- 9789400733213
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Condition: New
€ 120.80
€ 120.80
Paperback. This transdisciplinary book represents the latest research findings in all the major aspects of food and water security issues in Asia. It combines presentations from symposia on food and water sustainability held recently in Macau, China. Editor(s): Fukushi, Kensuke; Hassan, K. M.; Honda, R.; Sumi, Akimasa. Series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries. Num Pages: 466 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNPG; TDCT; TQSW; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400733282
- ISBN
- 9789400733282
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Condition: New
€ 186.70
€ 186.70
Paperback. This book highlights recent advances in a range of vent and seep-related topics, including cases of host-symbiont coevolution, worms living on frozen methane, and a fossil record providing insights into the history of these ecosystems since the Paleozoic. Editor(s): Kiel, Steffen. Series: Topics in Geobiology. Num Pages: 504 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 765.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400733398
- ISBN
- 9789400733398
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Condition: New
€ 239.55
€ 239.55
Paperback. This book discusses strategic spatial planning but emphasizes the role that values, ideas and dynamics play in the planning. The material covers theory and practice and includes different methodologies and approaches to support collaborative decision making. Editor(s): Cerreta, Maria; Concilio, Grazia; Monno, Valeria. Series: Urban and Landscape Perspectives. Num Pages: 452 pages, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; RGC; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400733435
- ISBN
- 9789400733435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.43
€ 186.43
Paperback. This book describes the new European Union directive EuP-directive and standard IEC 62430, which requires manufacturers of electronic equipment to incorporate Ecodesign in product development, and provides a management path to achieving the needed CE-marking. Series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNF; TBC; TBD; TJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400733480
- ISBN
- 9789400733480
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Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Geospatial Technologies in Environmental Management
. Ed(S): Hoalst-Pullen, Nancy; Patterson, Mar...
Paperback. This book explores approaches and applications of geospatial technologies to understand the impacts that environmental policies and management practices have on the landscape. It includes a range of case studies that highlight different environmental aspects. Editor(s): Hoalst-Pullen, Nancy; Patterson, Mark W. Series: Geotechnologies and the Environment. Num Pages: 228 pages, 26 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: RGW; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400733558
- ISBN
- 9789400733558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 173.80
€ 173.80
Paperback. This is the first integrative book on the functioning and ecologically oriented use of floodplain forests in the tropics and sub-tropics. It provides fundamental knowledge for professionals and students on their distribution, evolution and phytogeography. Editor(s): Junk, Wolfgang J.; Piedade, Maria T. F.; Wittmann, Florian; Schongart, Jochen; Parolin, Pia. Series: Ecological Studies. Num Pages: 636 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNC; RNCB; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 879.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 636
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400733633
- ISBN
- 9789400733633
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Condition: New
€ 240.78
€ 240.78
paperback. Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way. This book series analyzes current agricultural issues and proposes alternative solutions. It includes a list of biofuels to counter climate change. Editor(s): Lichtfouse, Eric. Series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PST; RBGB; RNPG; RNU; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400733664
- ISBN
- 9789400733664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.95
€ 185.95
Paperback. Providing a state-of-the-art review of the field, this volume presents current advances in dendroclimatology, and looks ahead to potential future developments. The material is of particular interest to climatologists, hydrologists, ecologists and archeologists. Editor(s): Hughes, Malcolm K.; Swetnam, Thomas W.; Diaz, Henry F. Series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD; RBX; RNPG; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400733930
- ISBN
- 9789400733930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.75
€ 185.75
Paperback. This book presents and analyzes the strong and weak elements of the Cyprus experience in water resource management, thus offering crucial insights and experience to policymakers from similarly arid and semi-arid countries from all over the world. Editor(s): Koundouri, Phoebe. Series: Global Issues in Water Policy. Num Pages: 177 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400734012
- ISBN
- 9789400734012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.73
€ 120.73
Paperback. This book includes work from both new and established researchers who are using laboratory, field and data-base techniques to characterize and quantify the temporal and spatial variation in taphonomic bias. Editor(s): Allison, Peter A.; Bottjer, David J. Series: Topics in Geobiology. Num Pages: 612 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGB; RBGK; RBX; RGM; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 612
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400734036
- ISBN
- 9789400734036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.93
€ 187.93
Paperback. Transforming Water Management in South Africa analyses and documents these experiences for the benefit of water managers and policy makers in the country, the developing world and the international community at large. Editor(s): Schreiner, Barbara; Hassan, Rashid M. Series: Global Issues in Water Policy. Num Pages: 306 pages, 17 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCN; LNKJ; RNF; RNU; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400734050
- ISBN
- 9789400734050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.07
€ 185.07
Paperback. This book's main objective is to decipher for the reader the main processes in the atmosphere, and the quantification of air pollution effects on humans and the environment, through first principles of meteorology and modelling/measurement approaches. Series: Environmental Pollution. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMR; RBP; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 569.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400734180
- ISBN
- 9789400734180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.70
€ 185.70
Paperback. Here are 23 papers from the 2008 IUTAM symposium Rotating Stratified Turbulence and Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans, focusing on the complex nature of fluid flows in Earth's atmosphere and oceans, in other planetary atmospheres and in the Sun's interior. Editor(s): Dritschel, David G. Series: IUTAM Bookseries (Closed). Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHVJ; RBKC; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400734593
- ISBN
- 9789400734593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.18
€ 185.18
Paperback. This book examines strong-motion networks around the globe, covering issues related to designing, maintaining and disseminating information. It details projects carried out within the context of arrays deployed for seismic risk studies in metropolitan areas. Editor(s): Akkar, Sinan; Gulkan, Polat; Eck, Torild van. Series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PHVG; RBP; RNR; THK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400734791
- ISBN
- 9789400734791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.76
€ 121.76
Paperback. Wildfires are likely to become more extensive and more severe with global warming. This book explores the effects of altered fire regimes on landscape, dominant species, plants, animals and human communities. The discussion includes fire management policies. Editor(s): McKenzie, Donald; Miller, Carol; Falk, Donald A. Series: Ecological Studies. Num Pages: 332 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTS; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400734814
- ISBN
- 9789400734814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.50
€ 186.50