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Regional geography
In the wake of evidence demonstrating the irreparable damage humans have inflicted on the planet, some have adopted a defeatist attitude toward environmental crises. This book illustrates how local groups in both Japan and the United States are refusing to surrender the earth to a depleted and polluted fate. Editor(s): Karan, Pradyumna P.; Suganuma, Unryu. Num Pages: 336 pages, 60 photographs, 17 illustrations, 29 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; RGL; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124889
- ISBN
- 9780813124889
Condition: New
€ 52.34
€ 52.34
Hardback. This relevant book reviews the sources of the air pollutants responsible for building damage and the mechanisms involved. It successfully combines the results of recent research with practical information for environmental managers. Editor(s): Watt, John; Tidblad, Johan; Kucera, Vladimir; Hamilton, Ronald S. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMC; AMVD; JFC; RGL; RNF; RNP; TNKX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 701.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387848921
- ISBN
- 9780387848921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.80
€ 187.80
Hardback. Managing the water supply to an urban population set to increase to five billion by 2030 is a critical task. Diverse chapter authors here offer an interdisciplinary perspective on the urban water environment, from drinking water to aesthetics to recreation. Editor(s): Baker, Lawrence A. Num Pages: 324 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: LNKJ; PSTS; RGL; RNF; TN; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387848907
- ISBN
- 9780387848907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.48
€ 187.48
Hardcover. "This book is adapted from the German manuscript 'Die Rote Linie. Eine Geschichte der Veterinèar- und Siedlungsgrenze in Namibia (1890er-1960er Jahre),' completed in 2009 and published in 2012 by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien in Switzerland Series: Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBTD; HBTQ; JFC; JHM; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337480
- ISBN
- 9780230337480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.50
€ 65.50
paperback. In this multifaceted study, Gay Gomez explores the interaction of the land, people, and wildlife of the Chenier Plain in Louisiana, revealing both the uniqueness of the region and the challenges it faces. Num Pages: 286 pages, 57 halftones, 4 maps, 1 figure, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; RGL; RGM; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292728127
- ISBN
- 9780292728127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.22
€ 33.99
€ 30.22
Paperback. The first complete translation into English of this Tibetan text, together with the informative commentary by the 8th century master Buddhaguhya. This text is of seminal importance for the history of Buddhist Tantra, especially as very little has been published concerning the origins of Tantra in India. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; GTB; HP; HRA; RGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1065.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138980150
- ISBN
- 9781138980150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.72
€ 60.72
Paperback. Series: Keystone Book. Num Pages: 208 pages, 67 illustrations, 55 diagrams, 4 charts, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AMV; HBJK; JFSF; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271021089
- ISBN
- 9780271021089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.36
€ 45.99
€ 35.36
Paperback. A lavishly illustrated, comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of the natural and human elements that comprise the Upper Connecticut River watershed Editor(s): Brown, Rebecca A. Num Pages: 284 pages, 206 illus. (178 colour), 32 colour figures, 51 col. BIC Classification: 1KBBEH; 1KBBEV; RBKF; RGL; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 254 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1451.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584657651
- ISBN
- 9781584657651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.18
€ 36.99
€ 29.18
Hardback. This volume's contributors examine the ways the legacies of socialism continue to shape and inform China's capitalist present, contending that contemporary China is shaped by an overlapping mix of socialist and capitalist institutional strategies, political procedures, legal regulations, religious rituals, and everyday practices. Editor(s): Rojas, Carlos; Litzinger, Ralph A. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; KCM; KCP; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361770
- ISBN
- 9780822361770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.81
€ 117.81
Hardback. The landscapes of the Middle East have captured our imaginations throughout history. This title examines culturally constructed views of the environmental history of the Middle East and suggest that they have often benefitted elites at the expense of the ecologies and the people of the region. Editor(s): Davis, Diana K.; Burke, Edmund, III. Series: Ecology & History. Num Pages: 280 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; RGL; RNC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821419748
- ISBN
- 9780821419748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.88
€ 92.88
Paperback. Including an entire chapter of new material, 85 new illustrations, and updates to previous chapters, this edition of Ensminger's classic work will appeal to students and scholars in cultural and historical geography, folklore and vernacular architectural history, and American studies, as well as to general readers. Num Pages: 368 pages, 200 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMK; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801871344
- ISBN
- 9780801871344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.62
€ 42.99
€ 35.62
Hardback. This wide-ranging history of Georgian Bay examines changing cultural representations of landscape over time, shifts between resource development and recreational use, and environmental politics of place -- stories central to the Canadian experience. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 35 colour photographs, 10 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; HBJK; RGL; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774810982
- ISBN
- 9780774810982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.64
€ 119.64
Hardback. Offers an account of a French woman's impressions of America in the late nineteenth century that reveals an unusual cross-cultural journey through fin de siecle Paris, Chicago, and New York. This translation includes an introductory essay that situates the author's account in the larger context of European visitors to Chicago in the 1890s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252035135
- ISBN
- 9780252035135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
Paperback. This study explores the patterns of international conflict and co-operation in four geographical subsystems: the Horn of Africa, the Persian/Arabian Gulf, the South Asian subcontinent and south-east Asia. Each area is scrutinized in terms of its individual dynamics over a period of time. Num Pages: 338 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JPR; JPS; RGCP; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780231078610
- ISBN
- 9780231078610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.15
€ 36.99
€ 27.15
A Frenchman´s Year in Suffolk: French Impressions of Suffolk Life in ...
François De La Rochefoucauld
Paperback. French Impressions of Suffolk Life in 1784. Series: Suffolk Records Society. 272 pages, 38, 38 black and white. Editor(s): Scarfe, Norman. 'A fascinating account of provincial life and manners.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBLL; RGL. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight: 458. Translator(s): Scarfe, Norman.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843836759
- ISBN
- 9781843836759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.25
€ 26.99
€ 23.25
Paperback. A critical introduction to the ways in which the concept of the region has been, is, and could be used to make sense of spatial organisation and real variation in human activities. The author examines both economic and policy issues and relates these to culture, regional identity and ecology. Includes examples from all over the world. Translator(s): Thompson, Ian. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557867339
- ISBN
- 9781557867339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.25
€ 61.25
Paperback. * Transnational spatial relations offer a key point from which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization. * This book assesses the possible cross-fertilization between two of the most notable analytical frameworks - the world city network framework and the global commodity chain framework. Editor(s): Derudder, Ben; Witlox, Frank. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrations , maps. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444335873
- ISBN
- 9781444335873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.83
€ 28.83
Hardback. DRAFT (to be approved by sponsor): The Guarani and Their Missions on the South American Frontier is a socioeconomic history of the Guarani and their missions in the frontiers of the Rio de la Plata. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785976
- ISBN
- 9780804785976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.06
€ 86.06
Hardcover. The fascinating stories behind their design, construction, and marketing reveal in rich detail how these buildings became cultural symbols that shaped the urban landscape. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 48, 46 black & white halftones, 1 black & white halftones, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; PDR; PDX; RGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899874
- ISBN
- 9780801899874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.94€ 57.06
€ 62.94
€ 57.06
Paperback. as well as a popular reference work for scholars, students, and lay readers. Num Pages: 504 pages, 196, 138 black & white halftones, 58 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 36. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- a
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801865671
- ISBN
- 9780801865671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.40
€ 48.99
€ 40.40