Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Hardcover. Historically, the conservation of forests and wildlife has focused on the creation of national parks and reserves. However, only 9% of protected areas are larger than 14,000 hectares, likely making them too small to conserve ecosystem services and prevent loss of wide-ranging keystone species such as elephant and leopard. Editor(s): Clark, Dr. Connie J.; Poulsen, Dr. John R. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QMT; PSAF; RNK; RNPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673737
- ISBN
- 9780470673737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.79
€ 136.79
Paperback. Environmental Biotechnology: Theory and Applications, 2nd Edition is designed to draw together the microscopic, functional level and the macroscopic, practical applications of biotechnology and to explain how the two relate within an environmental context. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: RN; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470684177
- ISBN
- 9780470684177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.33
€ 79.33
Hardcover. Security of Energy supply is a major concern for all modern societies, intensified by skyrocketing demand in India and China and increasing international competition over fossil fuel deposits. Energy Security: An Interdisciplinary Approach gives A comparative analysis from both consumers' and producers' perspectives. Editor(s): Bahgat, Gawdat. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNF; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470689042
- ISBN
- 9780470689042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.59
€ 112.59
Hardcover. Desertification offers a comprehensive overview of the subject and clearly emphasizes the link between local and global desertification processes and how past and current policy has affected arid environments and their populations. This text adequately applies the research undertaken during the last 15 years on the topic. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGD; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 174 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470714485
- ISBN
- 9780470714485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.09
€ 174.09
Hardcover. Editors and contributors are experts in the field of kernel methods (KMs) for remote sensing. Provides state of the art knowledge, analysing the methodological and practical challenges related to the application of KMs to remote sensing problems. Editor(s): Camps-Valls, Gustavo; Bruzzone, Lorenzo. Num Pages: 434 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 176 x 29. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470722114
- ISBN
- 9780470722114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.43
€ 144.43
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
€ 157.07
€ 157.07
Hardcover. * Focuses on an important and newly reinvigorated topic, and one that has growing relevance to many researchers across many social science and humanities disciplines. * The breadth of coverage will uniquely address key topics within the field of mapping. Editor(s): Dodge, Dr. Martin; Perkins, Chris; Kitchen, Rob. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 204 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470742839
- ISBN
- 9780470742839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.53
€ 131.53
Hardcover. Simulation models are an established method used to investigate processes and solve practical problems in a wide variety of disciplines. Central to the concept of this second edition is the idea that environmental systems are complex, open systems. Editor(s): Mulligan, Mark; Wainwright, John. Num Pages: 494 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RN; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 120 x 29. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470749111
- ISBN
- 9780470749111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.32
€ 156.32
Hardcover. Biological Diversity takes a fresh, innovative approach to the teaching of biodiversity. Rather than detailing and cataloguing the major taxa and their evolutionary relationships, the authors have selected 18 groups of organisms and used these as a framework in which to discuss the species and their interactions with man and each other. Num Pages: 436 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; PS; RB; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 205 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470778067
- ISBN
- 9780470778067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.97
€ 179.97
Hardcover. Geosimulation is hailed as 'the next big thing' in geographic modelling for urban studies. This book presents readers with an overview of field by introducing the spatial modelling environment and describing the research and development using cellular automata and multi agent systems. It also covers urban geosimulation. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470843499
- ISBN
- 9780470843499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.04
€ 110.04
Hardcover. Public and private sector organisations look towards spatial analysis and what it can do for their business or organisation. This book, structured in two complementary parts to convey this public private focus, provides readers with various global applications from business and local/national government. Editor(s): Stillwell, John; Clarke, Graham P. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: RGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 36. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470844090
- ISBN
- 9780470844090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.24
€ 209.24
Hardcover. Practical Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists provides an introductory guide to the principles and application of statistical analysis in context. This book helps students to gain the level of competence in statistical procedures necessary for independent investigations, field-work and other projects. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PBT; PDE; RG; TBJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470849149
- ISBN
- 9780470849149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.34
€ 186.34
Paperback. Environmental understandings and actions are complex. Environmental responses include both our responses to environmental change and responses of environments induced by human actions, and cover technical measures and tools of evaluation, environmental policy and regulation, and environmental politics. Editor(s): Blowers, Andrew; Hinchliffe, Steve. Series: Ou-Wiley Environment. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. maps. BIC Classification: RNC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470850053
- ISBN
- 9780470850053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.42
€ 116.42
Paperback. Spatial information users and providers are increasingly concerned about the legal implications relating to the use and dissemination of geographic information for which there are no right or wrong methods of practice, and no one source of information. Series: Mastering GIS: Technology, Applications & Management. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470850107
- ISBN
- 9780470850107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.26
€ 111.26
Paperback. Explores, by means of computer simulations, the key areas of population dynamics through time. Using exercises, this laboratory manual teaches the programming and analysing skills students need for creating their own models of population change. Num Pages: 170 pages, graphs, glossary, index. BIC Classification: JHBD; PSAF; RNT; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470851487
- ISBN
- 9780470851487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 148.25
€ 148.25
Hardcover. Submerged soils and the wetlands they support are of huge practical importance: in global element cycles, as centres of biodiversity, in global food production. This book shows how they are also uniquely interesting scientifically because of their peculiar biogeochemistry and the adaptations of plants and microbes to it. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: PN; RBGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470863015
- ISBN
- 9780470863015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 307.40
€ 307.40
Hardcover. Part of the Mastering GIS series, this invaluable one-stop reference work explores the tremendous potential that lies along the interface between GIS and remote sensing for activating seamless databases and instigating information interchange. Series: Mastering GIS: Technology, Applications & Management. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: RGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470864098
- ISBN
- 9780470864098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.00
€ 203.00
Paperback. Dragons and Tigers: A Geography of South, East, and Southeast Asia, Third Edition is the only book that covers all three regions South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. It is the most comprehensive book on the market for a Geography of Asia course. Num Pages: 524 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470876282
- ISBN
- 9780470876282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 235.32
€ 235.32
Hardcover. The book clearly explains the concepts of the drilling engineering and presents the existing knowledge ranging from the history of drilling technology to well completion. Series: Wiley-Scrivener. Num Pages: 786 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 263 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470878170
- ISBN
- 9780470878170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 286.43
€ 286.43
Hardcover. The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is shaping up to be the largest offshore oil spill in history and an ecological nightmare of epic proportions. Emergency Response Management of Offshore Oil Spills is intended to aid in the response of this tragic disaster by providing, in one volume, information to rapidly orient response workers. Num Pages: 530 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PN; RN; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470927120
- ISBN
- 9780470927120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 222.09
€ 222.09