Geography

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241322922Author Thomas CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint 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 9781013274855Author Susan E HansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Attitudes in Britain to forests and trees are changing. Plantation forests - the product of the 'strategic reserve of timber' vision that held sway in the early twentieth century, and was turned into a physical reality by the Forestry Commission - are no...

Although there is considerable historical literature describing the social and economic impact of drought on the prairies in the 1930s, little has been written about the challenges presented by drought in more contemporary times. The drought of 2001-02...

The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida's long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875800097Author Charles RandallFormat HardbackPage Count 277Imprint Northern Illinois University PressPublisher Cornell University PressWeight(grams)...

The devastation brought upon New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent levee system failure has forced urban theorists to revisit the fundamental question of urban geography and planning: What is a city? Is it a place of memory embedded in...

We experience, learn about, and enjoy nature throughout our lifetimes in woods close to home. In the spirit of Walden, author Kevin Patrick spent a year connecting with White's Woods, a 500-acre tract in the Allegheny National Forest adjacent to his home...

In his widely acclaimed The Pennsylvania Barn, Robert Ensminger provided the first comprehensive study of an important piece of American vernacular architecture-the forebay bank barn, better known as the Pennsylvania barn or the Pennsylvania German barn...

Exploring Physical Geography promotes inquiry and science as an active process. It encourages student curiosity and aims to activate existing student knowledge. One way this is done is by employing a learning-cycle approach where students' exploration...

Through original research conducted in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Places of Possibility shows how community land ownership can open up the political, social, environmental, and economic terrain to more socially just and sustainable possibilities than...

This groundbreaking book brings the study of whiteness and postcolonial perspectives to bear on debates about urban change. A thought-provoking contribution to debates about urban change, race and cosmopolitan urbanismBrings the study of whiteness to...

In this book, top Chinese demographers introduce the reader to Chinese population policy, assess its effects and project future consequences. Explains the background to china's population policy. Discusses of Socio-economic impacts on employment,...

Tanga Region, Tanzania, is an area of persistent rural poverty with a long history of drought, floods, food shortages, famine, and social and economic disruption. Though farmers have been cultivating the land there for hundreds of years, they have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815621430Author John H. ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Syracuse University PressPublisher Syracuse University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815601616Author William ChazanofFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Syracuse University Publications in Continuing EducationPublisher Syracuse...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990880899Author Andres VarelaFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Soccertowns LLCPublisher Soccertowns LLCWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm *...

Inspired by a year of hiking 120 desert canyons, Where the Rain Children Sleep is nature writing in the best tradition of Edward Abbey, Ellen Meloy, and Craig Childs. Much more than one man's memoir of his time in these canyons, it is an eclectic,...

Taking the Chinese context seriously, this book provides critical reflections and policy-informed accounts of how and why old industrial cities generate uneven resilience in the face of crisis. It offers unconventional conceptualizations and...

Computer-mediated participation is at the crossroads. In the early heady days of the digital revolution, access to "high" technologies such as GIS promised the empowerment of marginalized communities by providing data and information that was previously...

This book reflects a profound change that has taken place in the practice of landscape architecture and planning in the past twenty years. Traditional modes of representation - pen, pencil, watercolor, marker, et al - have been supplanted by digital...

DECOLONISING GEOGRAPHY? “This book presents an extraordinarily sensitive account of geography’s histories in five African countries subjected to British colonial rule. Craggs and Neate draw together political and imaginative processes of decolonisation,...

Originally published in 1990 and designed as a student text, The British Seas is a clear introduction to the oceanography and resources of the region. It is unique in providing a detailed review of the resources of the north-west European continental...

Originally published in 1981, this book describes and interprets the physical nature of British rivers and is authored by leading authors from universities, the Institute of Hydrology and a water Authority. The contents include data on river regimes and...

Originally published in 1980, this book provides a penetrating and scholarly analysis of the planning of water resources, based on 10 years’ of research into one of Britain’s most vital industries. At the time of original publication Britain had a...

The archipelago of the Philippines is well endowed with nonferrous mineral resources, and in recent years the Philippine government, acting under the influence of the dominant and seemingly ubiquitous neoliberal development paradigm, has liberalized its...

The latest in the series that includes best-selling That's Not in My American History Book and That's Not in My Science Book, this book brings geography to life exploring the "who" behind the discovery of various lands and the "what" behind how our world...

Take a guided tour of more than 15,000 years of life in Texas Mr. Marcom has authored a volume that makes the incredibly diverse archaeological record of Texas accessible to interested laypersons and beginning avocational archaeologists.ReviewsThe...

Urban planning is not just about applying a suite of systematic principles or plotting out pragmatic designs to satisfy the briefs of private developers or public bodies. Planning is also an activity of imagination: a stock of wisdom and an array of...

In Meaningful Pasts, Russell Johnston and Michael Ripmeester explore two strands of identity-making among residents of the Niagara region in Ontario, Canada. First, they describe the region's official narratives, most of which celebrate the achievements...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781486304837Author Malte EbachFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint CSIRO PublishingPublisher CSIRO PublishingWeight(grams) 493g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781260430462Author Mark BjellandImprint McGraw-Hill EducationPublisher McGraw-Hill EducationWeight(grams) 5g

In 1951 UNESCO launched an Arid Zone Programme with the object of promoting research into arid regions from every relevant scientific point of view. This book, originally published in 1966, represents the range of research undertaken and gives a general...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780666381415Author United States Coast GuardFormat HardbackPage Count 55Imprint Forgotten BooksPublisher Forgotten Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780366448487Author Donald W. McAndrewFormat HardbackPage Count 31Imprint Forgotten BooksPublisher Forgotten Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780366380039Author Manes BartonFormat HardbackPage Count 49Imprint Forgotten BooksPublisher Forgotten Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780366316861Author United States Soil Conservation ServiceFormat HardbackPage Count 31Imprint Forgotten BooksPublisher Forgotten Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780364786758Author United States Department of AgricultureFormat HardbackPage Count 39Imprint Forgotten BooksPublisher Forgotten Books

By placing the global and the intimate in near relation, sixteen essays by prominent feminist scholars and authors forge a distinctively feminist approach to questions of transnational relations, economic development, and intercultural exchange. This...

Cretaceous Sea Level Rise delves into the question of whether the observed short-term sea-level changes are regional (tectonic) or global (eustatic) and determines their possible relation to climate cycles; to assess the role of feedback mechanisms, i.e...