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The environment
Hardback. Based on the case studies from varied agricultural and ecological regions in Asia and Africa, this book discusses the need for adopting new paradigms between rainfed and irrigated agriculture, catchment/micro-watershed management approaches, upgrades in science-based development and more investments in rainfed areas. Editor(s): Wani, S.P.; Rockstorm, J.; Oweis, Theib. Series: Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RNFD; TVDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845933890
- ISBN
- 9781845933890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 264.05
€ 264.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138928084
- ISBN
- 9781138928084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.18
€ 31.18
Paperback. Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. This book describes a dangerous confluence of shortages - of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge - combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 line illustrations, 3 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFFR; RNF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376. The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid it. 264 pages, illustrations. Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. This book describes a dangerous confluence of shortages - of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge - combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFFR; RNF; RNT. Dimension: 154 x 223 x 17. Weight: 370.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271234
- ISBN
- 9780520271234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. The Pleistocene was the age of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Shepard sets out to show how much of what we call "culture" can be traced back through our evolution from that formative stage. Num Pages: 237 pages, tables. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559635905
- ISBN
- 9781559635905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.19
€ 34.99
€ 33.19
Hardcover. Now fully revised, this second edition of Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application builds on its highly successful predecessor, now the leading textbook for wind energy degree courses. Num Pages: 704 pages, ill. BIC Classification: RNF; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 175 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470015001
- ISBN
- 9780470015001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.48
€ 102.48
Paperback. Offers information on ecology, conservation and management for Scottish native woodlands. This book helps the reader understand and value these irreplaceable natural resources, at a time when they are being called upon to produce an ever wider range of services to Scotland's people, while facing threats from climate change, pests and disease. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 b&w illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, 8 b&w tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; RNF; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 174 x 244 x 18. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748692859
- ISBN
- 9780748692859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.38
€ 46.99
€ 39.38
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Nyhus, Philip J. Series: Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes. Num Pages: 644 pages. BIC Classification: PSVW7; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Publisher
- Snow Leopards: Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780128022139
- ISBN
- 9780128022139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.42
€ 123.42
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprinted from WATER, AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, 64:
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792318057
- ISBN
- 9780792318057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.46€ 58.53
€ 166.46
€ 58.53
Paperback. It is becoming feasible to take carbon dioxide from power stations and industry, and lock it away safely before it can enter the atmosphere. But can carbon capture compete with other low-carbon technologies, is it safe and environmentally-friendly, and will people and governments accept it? This book examines the need for carbon capture. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNPG; TQK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040341
- ISBN
- 9781849040341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. An ethnographic account of the rapid mobilization of Chinese peasants into large cities, this text traces the profound transformations of space, power relations and social networks within a mobile population that has broken through the constraints of the government's household registration system. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742061
- ISBN
- 9780804742061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. The best book for the ordinary reader on the global environmental and economic crisis. Num Pages: 409 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; KCX; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 409
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846945144
- ISBN
- 9781846945144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Hardcover. Brings together the best of the author's newpaper and magazine dispatches, alongside unpublished essays, in a poetic and evocative journal that inspires and delights. Jameson's prose is fresh and in places irreverent, with a hint of mischief and a dash of wit. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: RNKH; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 202 x 28. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Pelagic Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907807763
- ISBN
- 9781907807763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.35
€ 21.35
Paperback. Series: Duke Press global issues series. Num Pages: 207 pages, M. BIC Classification: JPQB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150. . Keywords: "Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Government & Politics,Subjects - Science & Nature - Environment & Ecology,Subjects - Scientific, Technical & Medical - Environment"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 207
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- SKU
- KHS0059682
- ISBN
- 9780822306214
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This anthology of poetry which celebrates fields, compiled by Common Ground, forms part of Common Groundas campaign to encourage greater awareness and celebration of the field a commonplace but much undervalued part of our countryside which demonstrates the relationship between nature and culture over thousands of years. Editor(s): King, Angela; Clifford, Susan. Series: Trees, Rivers and Fields. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; RNA; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Green Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870098731
- ISBN
- 9781870098731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Hardback. * Original and innovative guide to the sociology of the environment. * Covers all the key issues and debates including: society, nature and the enlightenment; industry and environmental transformation; commodification; consumption; the network society and human identity; human biology; citizenship; and new social movements. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH; RNA; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 253 x 28. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627953
- ISBN
- 9780745627953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Hardback. Describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita energy consumption, and how the First Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century - fueled by coal and steam engines - redrew the economic, social, and geopolitical map of Europe and the world. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 472 pages, 15 halftones. 87 line illus. 89 tables. BIC Classification: KCZ; RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143620
- ISBN
- 9780691143620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Paperback. In addition to extensive revisions based on the latest research, this new edition includes photographs from Hughes's worldwide excursions, a new chapter on warfare and the environment, and an updated bibliography. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 74, 44 black & white halftones, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; RGC; RNC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412115
- ISBN
- 9781421412115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.00
€ 36.99
€ 36.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141079
- ISBN
- 9780231141079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardcover. Series: The Ladybird Expert Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 120 x 177 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718185855
- ISBN
- 9780718185855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807078044
- ISBN
- 9780807078044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77