The environment
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The environment
Paperback. This book details recent advances in radiative transfer and light scattering optics. Coverage includes: scattering of light by irregularly shaped particles suspended in atmosphere, atmospheric radiative forcing, and optical imaging in biological media. Editor(s): Kokhanovsky, Alexander. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 660 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PHJ; PHVG; RB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1103.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 660
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642440304
- ISBN
- 9783642440304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 189.77
€ 189.77
Paperback. The sixth in a series of Springer volumes, this book's specially selected papers by leading researchers in the field focus on light scattering, radiative transfer and the optics of snow. The chapters include the latest results in their respective subjects. Editor(s): Kokhanovsky, Alexander. Num Pages: 358 pages, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PH; RB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642438295
- ISBN
- 9783642438295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.93
€ 185.93
Paperback. Proceedings of the International Conference on Light Pollution, La Serena, Chile, held 5-7 March 2002 Editor(s): Schwarz, Hugo E. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PSAF; RGW; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048162420
- ISBN
- 9789048162420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.70
€ 185.70
Paperback. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 943 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; RNP; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 943
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401570589
- ISBN
- 9789401570589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 539.81
€ 539.81
Paperback. Light pollution - Responses and Remedies Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 282 pages, 123 black & white illustrations, 42 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461438212
- ISBN
- 9781461438212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.55
€ 40.99
€ 33.55
A memoir of home, nature, and change in the American West, Light in the Trees makes cultural and environmental topics personal through a narrator's travels between past and present, rural and urban. Growing up on a mountain foothill in western Washington, Gail Folkins offers a small-town viewpoint of the Pacific Northwest. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BM; RN; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896729513
- ISBN
- 9780896729513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.17
€ 36.99
€ 31.17
Paperback. A memoir of home, nature, and change in the American West, Light in the Trees makes cultural and environmental topics personal through a narrator's travels between past and present, rural and urban. Growing up on a mountain foothill in western Washington, Gail Folkins offers a small-town viewpoint of the Pacific Northwest. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BM; RN; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896729520
- ISBN
- 9780896729520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.91
€ 26.99
€ 22.91
paperback. 'Modernisation' was one of the most pervasive ideologies of the twentieth century. Focusing on a case study of the Kariba Dam in central-southern Africa and based on an array of primary sources and interviews the book provides a nuanced understanding of development in the turbulent late 1950s, a time when most colonies moved towards independence. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; JHB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349443611
- ISBN
- 9781349443611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.90
€ 131.90
Paperback. Life's Work is a study of the shifting spaces and material practices of social reproduction in the global era. The volume blurs the heavily drawn boundaries between production and reproduction, showing through case studies of migration, education and domesticity how the practices of everyday life challenge these categorical distinctions. Editor(s): Mitchell, Katharyne; Marston, Sallie A.; Katz, Cindi. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHBD; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405111348
- ISBN
- 9781405111348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Hardback. This book analyzes the immediate and prolonged effects of major storms and catastrophic events on humans. Topics include how families make meaning out of disaster, disaster recovery in the workplace, and recovery services for the frail and elderly. Editor(s): Cherry, Katie E. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; MMJ; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441903921
- ISBN
- 9781441903921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.42
€ 70.42
Paperback. Aims to present a provocative meditation on bioregionalism and what it means to live, work, eat and play in relation to naturally defined areas. This work gives a textured portrait of the author's own home, the Putah-Cache watershed in California's Sacramento Valley, demonstrating how bioregionalism can be practiced in everyday life. Num Pages: 317 pages, 38 b/w photographs, 12 line illustrations, 14 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AMV; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236288
- ISBN
- 9780520236288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. Lifelines chronicles the value of rivers, documents the modern day problems affecting them, and reports on key solutions for better stewardship. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNK; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742531390
- ISBN
- 9780742531390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.38
€ 63.38
Hardback. Lifelines chronicles the value of rivers, documents the modern day problems affecting them, and reports on key solutions for better stewardship. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742531383
- ISBN
- 9780742531383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.25
€ 163.25
Paperback. Series: Quadrant Book. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27 black and white illustrations and 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPQB; KN; RND; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677856
- ISBN
- 9780816677856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Life-cycle Cost Approach for Management of Environmental Resources: A ...
Reddy, V. Ratna, Kurian, Mathew, Ardakanian, ...
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Num Pages: 74 pages, 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; RNF; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 172 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319062860
- ISBN
- 9783319062860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.22
€ 70.22
Paperback. Aims to modify various aspects of the Gaia hypothesis in light of geochemical, geophysical, mathematical, and paleontological data that were either ignored or unavailable at the time the hypothesis was developed. This book presents an argument that the Earth's climatic temperature is regulated amidst the backdrop of volcanic outgassing. Num Pages: 272 pages, 66 illus. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBP; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102131
- ISBN
- 9780231102131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.18
€ 50.99
€ 36.18
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776607726
- ISBN
- 9780776607726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.63
€ 31.99
€ 30.63
Paperback. Examines the failure of the money-based global economy and how we might live in more sustainable, equitable ways. A textbook and manifesto for change. Editor(s): Nelson, Anitra; Timmerman, Frans. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: KCP; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745331652
- ISBN
- 9780745331652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.51
€ 37.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. The fascinating story of our exploitation of birds - and their exploitation of us - told from first-hand experience and with a treasure chest of examples from around the world. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16pp colour section. BIC Classification: RNKH; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 241 x 13. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849950282
- ISBN
- 9781849950282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.44
€ 23.99
€ 21.44
Paperback. The revised edition of this book uses case studies on genetically modified food, animals in research, nanotechnology and climate change to probe the relationship of ethics to religion and show the relevance of ethical reasoning to land, food and technology. Editor(s): Comstock, Gary L. Num Pages: 511 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSA; RN; TVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 777.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 511
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793200
- ISBN
- 9789400793200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.78
€ 102.78
Paperback. Argues that the Earth is confronting a disaster in the making - an ecological crisis that, if left unresolved, could lead to mass extinction on the scale of that which killed the dinosaurs. This book reviews evidence for this "biodiversity crisis"�', showing that species are dying out at an unnaturally rapid rate. Illustrator(s): Wynne, Patricia J. Num Pages: 240 pages, 36 line illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: PSAD; PSAK; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050096
- ISBN
- 9780691050096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43
Hardback. A ground-breaking, practical, and, above all, positive vision of life in twenty-first-century Canada. Editor(s): Robinson, John Bridger. Series: Sustainability & the Environment. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSX; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774805629
- ISBN
- 9780774805629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.47
€ 101.47
Paperback. On April 26, 1986, Unit Four of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in the Soviet Ukraine. More than 3.5 million people in Ukraine alone, not to mention many citizens of surrounding countries, are suffering the effects. This title examines the vexed political, scientific, and social circumstances that followed the disaster. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 halftone. 2 line illus. 2 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; JFFC; RNQ; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New introduction by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151663
- ISBN
- 9780691151663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hauschild, Michael Z.; Huijbregts, Mark A.J. Series: LCA Compendium - The Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment. Num Pages: 339 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, 32 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: RNF; RNP; RNU; TQK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401797436
- ISBN
- 9789401797436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.23
€ 218.23