Human Geography


"Frontiers"

Histories of Civil Society and Nature

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Presents an examination of human engagement with nature and its exploitation by market forces, including cases in the Spanish Pyrenees, mid-nineteenth-century English-speaking Canada, coastal Ecuador, the Yucatan peninsula, and the Mexican Caribbean coast. This work also presents five cases in which civil societies emerged in frontier areas. With 11 illustrations. Hardback, 248 pages. Size: 240 x 186 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author:  Redclift, Michael
ISBN:  0262182548
Publisher:  Mit Press Ltd
Date:  2006  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Human Geography

"Frontiers"

Histories of Civil Society and Nature

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Presents an examination of human engagement with nature and its exploitation by market forces, including cases in the Spanish Pyrenees, mid-nineteenth-century English-speaking Canada, coastal Ecuador, the Yucatan peninsula, and the Mexican Caribbean coast. This work also presents five cases in which civil societies emerged in frontier areas. With 11 illustrations. Paperback, 248 pages. Size: 231 x 186 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  Redclift, Michael
ISBN:  0262681609
Publisher:  Mit Press Ltd
Date:  2006  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Human Geography

"Time-Space Compression"

Historical Geographies

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"Routledge Studies in Human Geography" series; If geography is the study of how human beings are stretched over the earth's surface, a vital part of that process is how we know and feel about space and time. This book explores how various social institutions and technologies historically generated enormous improvements in transportation and communications. With 25 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables, 25 black & white line drawings. Hardback, 272 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 545g.
Author:  Warf, Barney
ISBN:  0415418038
Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Human Geography

"Continental Scientific Drilling"

A Decade of Progress and Challenges for the Future

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A Decade of Progress and Challenges for . With 64 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 7 black & white tables, 16 black & white ha. Hardback, 376 pages. Size: 235 x 155 mm. Weight: 752g.
Author:  (Harms, Ulrich E., ed.)
ISBN:  3540687777
Publisher:  Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
Date:  2007  (Germany)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Hydrology & the Hydrosphere

"Integrated Assessment of Water Resources and Global Change"

A North-South Analysis

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The pressing water problems must be tackled from an integrated perspective taking into account environmental, human and technological factors and especially their interdependence. This volume contains key papers from the Bonn conference which focus on the challenges of integrated assessment of water resources in the context of global change. With illustrations, maps. Hardback, 380 pages. Size: 235 x 155 mm. Weight: 769g.
Author:  (Craswell, Eric, ed.)
ISBN:  1402055900
Publisher:  Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Date:  2007  (Netherlands)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Hydrology & the Hydrosphere

"Thirsty Planet"

Strategies for Sustainable Water Management

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By the year 2025, nearly 2 billion people will live in regions with absolute water scarcity. Given this global water crisis, how should the planet's water be used and managed? This book suggests that only by making the conservation of nature an absolute priority will we have water in the future. With charts, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 216 x 135 mm. Weight: 612g.
Author:  Hunt, Constance Elizabeth
ISBN:  1842772430
Publisher:  Zed Books Ltd
Date:  2004  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Hydrology & the Hydrosphere

"Water"

The Element of Life

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Spock, M. (trans.) With yes. Paperback, 264 pages. Size: 215 x 140 mm. Weight: 386g.
Author:  Schwenk, Theodor Schwenk, Wolfman
ISBN:  0880102772
Publisher:  Anthroposophic Press Inc.,U.S.
Date:  1989  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Hydrology & the Hydrosphere

"Water Resources and Hydrometeorology of the Arab Region"

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"Water Science and Technology Library" series; Deals with climate and hydrology of the Arab Region. This book comprises an historical introduction, physiographic features and geological settings of the region, climate, analysis of precipitation, evaporation and evapotranspiration, river basins and flow, wadi basins and flow, erosion and sedimentation, groundwater resources, and more. With 300 black & white illustrations. Mixed Media Product, 607 pages. Size: 240 x 160 mm. Weight: 1212g.
Author:  Shahin, Mamdouh M.A.
ISBN:  1402045778
Publisher:  Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Date:  2007  (Netherlands)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Hydrology & the Hydrosphere

"Integrated and Participatory Water Resources Management - Practice"

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"Developments in Integrated Environmental Assessment" series; Presents a participatory and integrated procedure for the planning of water resources. The book provides practicing professionals, decision-makers and scientists with an example of application of the Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) paradigm. It describes the complete development of a real world application of IWRM. With illustrations. Hardback, 426 pages. Size: 240 x 165 mm. Weight: 953g.
Author:  Soncini-Sessa, Rodolfo Cellina, Francesca Pianosi, Francesca Weber, Enrico
ISBN:  0444530126
Publisher:  Elsevier Science & Technology
Date:  2007  (Netherlands)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Hydrology & the Hydrosphere

"Braided Rivers"

Process, Deposits, Ecology and Management

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"International Association of Sedimentologists Series" series; Jarvis, Ian (ed.) Brings together research papers first presented at the Second International Conference on Braided Rivers. This book includes research on the dynamics, deposits and ecology of these rivers. It is intended for earth scientists, engineers and ecologists with a pure and applied interest in the study, modelling and management of braided rivers. With 197 illustrations. Paperback, 396 pages. Size: 275 x 220 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  (Smith, Greg Sambrook, ed.)
ISBN:  1405151218
Publisher:  Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Limnology (Freshwater)

"Changing River Channels"

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This volume provides an international perspective on river geomorphology with examples taken from Britain, Europe and North America. It covers the magnitude and dimensions of river channel adjustments over different timescales, and the processes which influence those adjustments. With illustrationssome col.), maps. Hardback, 460 pages. Size: 250 x 172 mm. Weight: 1000g.
Author:  (Gurnell, A.M., ed.)
ISBN:  0471957275
Publisher:  John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date:  1995  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Limnology (Freshwater)

"Environmental Data Exchange Network for Inland Water"

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Discusses the importance of data exchange and describes why it is essential in the environmental sciences. This book takes the results of the Environmental Data Exchange Network for Inland Water project, and addresses its objectives for ensuring that the needs of citizens and enterprises of the environmental sciences community are met. With illustrations. Hardback, 328 pages. Size: 240 x 165 mm. Weight: 728g.
Author:  (Haastrup, Palle, ed.)
ISBN:  044452973X
Publisher:  Elsevier Science & Technology
Date:  2007  (Netherlands)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Limnology (Freshwater)

"Groundwater"

Resource Evaluation, Augmentation, Contamination, Restoration, Modeling and Management

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Resource Evaluation Augmentation Contamination Restoration Modeling and Management. With 151 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 29 black & white tables. Hardback, 372 pages. Size: 235 x 155 mm. Weight: 703g.
Author:  (Thangarajan, M., ed.)
ISBN:  1402057288
Publisher:  Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Date:  2007  (Netherlands)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Limnology (Freshwater)

"Hydrological Drought"

Processes and Estimation Methods for Stream Flow and Ground Water

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"Developments in Water Science" series; Provides a comprehensive review of processes and estimation methods for streamflow and groundwater drought. This book includes an understanding of drought features and processes, a detailed presentation of estimation methods and tools, practical examples and key aspects of operational practice. With illustrations, (some colour ) maps, (some colour ). Paperback, 579 pages. Size: 286 x 221 mm. Weight: 1112g.
Author:  (Lanen, H. A. J. Van, ed.)
ISBN:  0444517677
Publisher:  Elsevier Science & Technology
Date:  2004  (Netherlands)
Readership:  Research/Professional Limnology (Freshwater)

"Interlinking of Rivers in India"

Issues and Concerns

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India's plan to interlink its rivers (ILR) and to transfer water may, according to one set of views, generate positive benefits through improved and expanded irrigation and may also contribute to flood and drought hazards mitigation for India, although the magnitudes are debatable. This book discusses the issues and concerns of ILR in India. With 67 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white tables. Hardback, 618 pages. Size: 246 x 174 mm. Weight: 719g.
Author:  (Mirza, M. Monirul Qader, ed.)
ISBN:  041540469X
Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Limnology (Freshwater)

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