Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Results 7801 - 7820 of 19912
Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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
€ 49.99€ 35.52
€ 49.99
€ 35.52
Paperback. When the locals and the rest of the world say 'New York', they mean Manhattan, a crowded island of commercial districts and residential neighborhoods, skyscrapers and tenements, fabulously rich and abjectly poor cheek by jowl. This title tells the story of the dreams that inspired the changes in the landscape and the problems that eluded solution. Editor(s): Rosenzweig, Roy; Benson, Susan Porter; Brier, Stephen; Rozenweig, Roy. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 73 b&w illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMVD; HBJK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 17. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592132355
- ISBN
- 9781592132355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.24
€ 52.99
€ 47.24
Paperback. The little-known story of the systems that bring us our drinking water, how they were developed, the problems they are facing, and how they will be reinvented in the near future Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 b/w illus. BIC Classification: KCN; RNFD; TQSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212679
- ISBN
- 9780300212679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.46
€ 23.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. Presents a historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology. The author shows how the movement was conceived and promoted by a group of paleontologists and examines the intellectual, disciplinary, and political dynamics involved in the ascendency of paleobiology. It offers insight on data-driven approaches in recent science. Num Pages: 440 pages, 42 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226272948
- ISBN
- 9780226272948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.97
€ 41.99
€ 31.97
Paperback. Chronicles the ascendance of the once - maligned science of paleontology to the vanguard of a field. This title includes contributions and overviews from historians and philosophers of science. Editor(s): Sepkoski, David; Ruse, Michael. Num Pages: 584 pages, 29 halftones, 13 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 272 x 33. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226275710
- ISBN
- 9780226275710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.64
€ 45.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. Offers an integrated treatment of those parts of the subject that use the polarizing microscope as the central analytical tool. This book is divided into three parts and a comprehensive glossary/index provides access to the contents of the book. Num Pages: 462 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 651.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412442001
- ISBN
- 9780412442001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 223.83
€ 223.83
Hardback. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 148 pages, 62 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RBGF; RNR; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319394855
- ISBN
- 9783319394855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.25€ 45.06
€ 51.25
€ 45.06
Hardback. With a critical focus on US-Latin American encounters, this book analyses geopolitical issues from a post-colonial perspective. It critically considers the genesis of US power, and interweaves ideas and events, interventions and representations. It also highlights the contribution of Third World intellectuals. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPSL; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214526
- ISBN
- 9780631214526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.74
€ 136.74
Paperback. With a critical focus on US-Latin American encounters, this book analyses geopolitical issues from a post-colonial perspective. It critically considers the genesis of US power, and interweaves ideas and events, interventions and representations. It also highlights the contribution of Third World intellectuals. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPSL; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214533
- ISBN
- 9780631214533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.83
€ 53.83
Hardcover. A top evolutionist uses his science to address the challenges of a typical American city. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10pp of b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFSG; RNA; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316037679
- ISBN
- 9780316037679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.69
€ 27.99
€ 24.69
Hardback. Examining aggregates, placer, precious coral, phosphorites, manganese nodules, manganese crusts and hydrothermal mineral deposits, this volume covers nature and occurrences, case histories and resource potential. Series: Topics in the Earth Sciences Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412292705
- ISBN
- 9780412292705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.49
€ 126.49
hardcover. Supply of sufficient clean drinking water is often taken for granted, but it requires a considerable technical and financial effort to ensure reliable and economic water supply. This volume presents an overview of water supply management and aims at efficient management of water supply schemes rather than design of new works. Series: Water Science and Technology Library. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; RBGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351368
- ISBN
- 9780792351368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.31
€ 192.31
Paperback. Series: Water Science and Technology Library. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; MBN; RBK; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401061575
- ISBN
- 9789401061575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.29
€ 186.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 black & white halftones, 28 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPSL; RGCP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415575508
- ISBN
- 9780415575508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.43
€ 75.43
Paperback. Conservation became the first nationwide political movement in American history to grapple with environmental problems like waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability. This title places conservation in historical context, using the words of participants in and opponents to the movement. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 273 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983752
- ISBN
- 9780295983752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.42
€ 21.99
€ 21.42
Paperback. Collection of documents revealing the significance of the years 1968-1972 to the environmental movement Editor(s): Stradling, David. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; RNB; RNK; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991818
- ISBN
- 9780295991818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.99
€ 29.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 38. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801445101
- ISBN
- 9780801445101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.00
€ 40.00
Paperback. For over two hundred years, the Catskill Mountains have been repeatedly and dramatically transformed by New York City. This book shows the transformation of the Catskills landscape as a collaborative process, one in which local and urban hands, capital, and ideas have come together to reshape the mountains and the communities therein. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990149
- ISBN
- 9780295990149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.37
€ 38.37
Paperback. More serious than global terrorism. More urgent than global warming - the world is running out of oil Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: KNBP; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719564246
- ISBN
- 9780719564246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. The story of the 1882 Palmer Sinai Expedition, a spying and terrorist mission that ended in the murder of its participants and was one of the great cause celebre of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; HBTP; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785352423
- ISBN
- 9781785352423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.22
€ 20.99
€ 19.22