Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Hardcover. Explores "The First Kamchatka Expedition", a classic among the voyages of discovery, famous for the discovery of the Bering Strait between Asia and North America. This journal is the only official document that preserves its history in detail, day by day. It includes introductory articles and commentary by specialists, a glossary, and maps. Editor(s): Urness, Carol L.; Fedorova, Tatiana S.; Sedov, Viktor G. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour illus & tables. BIC Classification: 1QSPN; 3JF; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1162.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779343146
- ISBN
- 9788779343146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.49
€ 25.49
Paperback. Containing papers presented at and inspired by the 4th Sahel Workshop held in Denmark in 1992, this work covers economical, social, political, agricultural and ecological sustainability in the Sahel. Editor(s): Jorgensen, Agnete; Lykke, Anne Mette; Tybirk, Knud. Series: AAU Reports. Num Pages: 132 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1HBX; GTF; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Aarhus Universitet, Afdeling for Systematisk Botanik Denmark
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788787600385
- ISBN
- 9788787600385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.17
€ 26.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Brimer, Leon; Krogh, Lars; Meyer, Marlene. Num Pages: 232 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1HBX; 1HFD; GTF; JFF; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Landbohojskolen, Institut for Farmakologi og Patobiologi Denmark
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788798467106
- ISBN
- 9788798467106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.92
€ 19.92
Hardcover. Plant nutrition in greenhouse cultivation differs from field production, and this volume details specific information about testing methods for soils and substrates in a greenhouse environment. It does so while offering a universally applicable analysis. Num Pages: 431 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PST; RBGB; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048125319
- ISBN
- 9789048125319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 374.02
€ 374.02
Hardcover. This introductory text uses basic concepts in soil mechanics to investigate geotechnical failures. It presents case studies of failures from the areas of Settlement, Bearing Capacity and Excavation and analyzes them from the perspective of soil mechanics. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGL; TNCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048135301
- ISBN
- 9789048135301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.55
€ 95.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 401 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QSP; 3B; JFFN; RBKC; RGB; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010. Corr. 2nd printing 2010
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048138258
- ISBN
- 9789048138258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.63
€ 197.63
Hardcover. Addresses the question: Why Finland succeeded to stop deforestation a century ago and why not the same is feasible in the contemporary tropical countries? This book presents a novel integrated theory within which this case study on Finland and contemporary modeling of underlying causes of tropical deforestation are developed. Series: World Forests. Num Pages: 464 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KNAL; RNF; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048138951
- ISBN
- 9789048138951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.42
€ 252.42
Hardcover. Here is an essential guide for communicating complex information to groups not familiar with scientific material. It addresses the entire process, from message planning, audience analysis and media relations to public speaking. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KNT; MMR; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048139866
- ISBN
- 9789048139866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.54
€ 200.54
Hardcover. 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; RBGB; RBGL; RNP; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048193271
- ISBN
- 9789048193271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.24
€ 251.24
Hardcover. This comprehensive and practically orientated book deals with many aspects of flood risk management. Using many real-world examples, the book will be useful for scientists and practitioners at different levels and with different interests. Editor(s): Schumann, Andreas H. Num Pages: 279 pages, 30 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: RBK; RGB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048199167
- ISBN
- 9789048199167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.88
€ 129.88
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- World Health Organization Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 129
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789275115756
- ISBN
- 9789275115756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.16
€ 63.16
Hardcover. This second publication in a series by the same author examines human influence on sand dunes in the main temperate coastal habitats. The volume explores the latest management options as well as their likely socio-economic and environmental outcomes. Series: Coastal Research Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: RGBP; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400747302
- ISBN
- 9789400747302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.29
€ 162.29
Hardcover. This detailed analysis of flash floods examines forecasting and monitoring techniques, rainfall-runoff and river modelling, approaches to issuing flood warnings, and some of the societal and behavioural aspects of providing an effective emergency response. Num Pages: 386 pages, 43 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: RBK; RBP; RNPG; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 243 x 21. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400751637
- ISBN
- 9789400751637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.25
€ 230.25
Hardcover. This textbook explains all the fundamentals and the methods involved in advanced simulation models of pollutant transport in rivers and streams. With a wealth of illustrations and examples, it is a vital primer on generating this increasingly important data. Series: Water Science and Technology Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, 84 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RBK; RNP; TBJ; TQSW; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400755086
- ISBN
- 9789400755086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardcover. This book offers a new approach to mapping populations, infrastructures and communities at risk, using remote sensing, GIS and census data to better grasp flood vulnerability in megacities of developing countries. Includes a case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Series: Springer Geography. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations, 37 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: RGW; RNR; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400758742
- ISBN
- 9789400758742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardcover. This book documents the systematic, multi-step process used to identify environmental priorities and the detailed methods used to quantify the disease burden attributable to each risk. The robust methods it presents can be applied to any country or region. Series: Environmental Science and Technology Library. Num Pages: 489 pages, 86 black & white illustrations, 23 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: LNKJ; MBN; MMR; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400759244
- ISBN
- 9789400759244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.74
€ 198.74
Hardcover. The Application of Neural Networks in the Earth System Sciences Series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library. Num Pages: 189 pages, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: RB; UYQN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400760721
- ISBN
- 9789400760721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardcover. Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research. Num Pages: 383 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 129 colour illustrations, 39 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; RBGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400763104
- ISBN
- 9789400763104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.76
€ 195.76
Hardcover. This book examines radiation-induced adaptation as processes produced in cells, tissues, and populations. It demonstrates the radiation-induced adaptation processes that continue even when the radiation itself is no longer at a critical background level. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNS; MMR; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400766297
- ISBN
- 9789400766297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Paperback. This unique exploration of biodiversity breaks down the distinctions between science and economics, dissenting from the prevailing view in challenging the widely cherished assumptions that underpin the seemingly unassailable arguments of environmentalists. Series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics. Num Pages: 575 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; K; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400770997
- ISBN
- 9789400770997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 374.71
€ 374.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNF; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 205 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401047593
- ISBN
- 9789401047593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Series: Environment & Policy. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JPA; KCN; LNKJ; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 238 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401059268
- ISBN
- 9789401059268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPQB; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442217973
- ISBN
- 9781442217973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.98
€ 30.98
Hardback. Helps you explore ecological patterns and processes of what does not burn within boreal wildfires. Following a brief introduction to the boreal forest biome, this book discusses the processes that form wildfire residuals; how they are studied, with various approaches and methods; and types, extent, and ecological functions of wildfire residuals. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: PSTS; RGBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444336535
- ISBN
- 9781444336535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.37
€ 120.37