Geography

Lidar or laser radar, the depth-resolved remote measurement of atmospheric parameters with optical means, has become an important tool in the field of atmospheric and environmental remote sensing. In this volume the latest progress in the development of...

This book explores the issues of transformation phenomena of the urban dimension (regionalization processes) that traditional scientific literature fails to describe appropriately. So far, scholars have adopted a widespread dominant perspective that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789388373050Author Disha ExpertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Disha PublicationPublisher Disha Publication

Large river systems throughout the planet have been dramatically transformed due to river control projects such as large dams and embankments. Unlike other major human impacts like anthropogenic climate change, the alteration of river systems has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241505127Author Thomas Woodbine HinchliffFormat PaperbackImprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241506490Author John BiglandFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

With the launch of very high-resolution satellite sensors at the beginning of this decade (e.g. IKONOS, OrbView, QUICKBIRD) many important new remote se- ing applications have been developed. Major progress has been demonstrated in the accurate...

This is the first study of the karst areas of China to be carried out by a Western geomorphologist, and almost all the sources are from Chinese works, as yet unpublished in the West. Karst areas are sensitive to environmental influences and Chinese...

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. Aimed at the general reader, they combined a comprehensive approach to various...

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. Aimed at the general reader, they combined a comprehensive approach to various...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659741777Author Ramamohana Rao PFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

This book focuses on emerging issues related to internal displacement in Africa. The six principal issues discussed are climate change, technology, xenophobia, harmful practices, generalized violence and development projects. Increasingly, the need to...

This book focuses on the implementation of slum upgrading projects and the last generation of citywide programmes that define the future urban configuration of informal settlements, from a citywide perspective, in the Earth's tropical region. The book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241521912Author George F R S S a ChalmersFormat PaperbackPage Count 952Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241495015Author William Henry BartlettFormat PaperbackPage Count 548Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639112832Author Kriengsak RojnkureesatienFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

A novel methodology is put forward in this book, which empowers researchers to investigate and identify potential spatial processes among a set of regions. Spatial processes and their underlying functional spatial relationships are commonly observed in...

This book contains a collection of studies on the interactions between businesses in Africa and Global Value Chains (GVCs) in terms of social, environmental and economic sustainability. This is particularly pertinent given the asymmetrical power...

This book offers original interdisciplinary insights into cities as a diachronic creation of urban art. It engages in a sequence of historical perspectives to examine urban space as an object of apparent quasi-cycles and processes of constitution,...

The Anthropocene is the human-dominated modern era that has accelerated social, environmental and climate change across the world in the last few decades. This open access book examines the challenges the Anthropocene presents to the sustainable...

This book provides a significant contribution to the literature on land reform in various African contexts. While the economic evidence is clear that secure property rights are a necessary condition for catalysing broad-based economic development, the...

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. Aimed at the general reader, they combined a comprehensive approach to various...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788183565578Author Rajeev TyagiFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Discovery Publishing HousePublisher Discovery Publishing House

The author, experienced in industry and academia, presents a set of 15 recent review essays which identify and examine critical current issues of environmental management. Topics covered include environmental accounting, economics and taxation,...

Interest in relations between knowledge, power, and space has a long tradition in a range of disciplines, but it was reinvigorated in the last two decades through critical engagement with Foucault and Gramsci. This volume focuses on relations between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241334260Author AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 872Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781240918560Author AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 526Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682800645Author Baby ProfessorFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Baby ProfessorPublisher Baby ProfessorWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781240924349Author Samuel R BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Asian studies, cultural industries, economic geography, and related areas of study. It discusses the results of a microscopic survey focusing on topics such as how animation studios form business...

This book elaborates on the Khazan ecosystems of Goa, India. Khazans are human-managed ecosystems, which are reclaimed from coastal wetlands, salt marshes and mangrove areas, where tidal influence is regulated through a highly structured system of dykes,...

This book discusses that disasters, whether natural or man-made, are essentially a human phenomenon. When a city becomes gridlocked and its resources depleted, the collective resilience of those who remain on the ground becomes critical to its immediate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241416607Author Professor of Politics Anthony ForsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 518Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241697938Author Henry HarrisseFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241352257Author George PhilipFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

Given the increasing uncertainty due to catastrophic climate events, terrorist attacks, and economic crises, this book addresses planning for resilience by focusing on sharing knowledge among policy-makers, urban planners, emergency teams and citizens...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781240916146Author John StowFormat PaperbackPage Count 470Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781240912209Author AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781240906772Author William F R G S HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781240905850Author William HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...