Geowissenschaften

Spatial Planning and Climate Change

Jake Piper

Spatial Planning and Climate Change

Jake Piper

Foundation Engineering Handbook 2/E

Robert W. Day

Legacy

David Suzuki

In this expanded version of an inspiring speech delivered in December 2009, David Suzuki reflects on how we got where we are today and presents his vision for a better future. In his living memory...

ECODESIGN -- The Competitive Advantage

Wolfgang Wimmer / Kun Mo LEE / Ferdinand Quella / John Polak

Dealing with environmental issues should no longer be considered simply as a cost of doing business. Effective environmental improvements to a company’s products and services can be turned into ...

In Situ Remediation of Chlorinated Solvent Plumes

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, our nation began to grapple with the legacy of past disposal practices for toxic chemicals. With the passage in 1980 of the Comprehensive Envir- mental Response,...

Abyssal Channels in the Atlantic Ocean

Eugene G. Morozov / Alexander N. Demidov / Roman Y. Tarakanov / Walter Zenk

This book is dedicated to the study of structure and transport of deep and bottom waters above and through underwater channels of the Atlantic Ocean. The study is based on recent observations, ana...

Mountain Weather

David Pedgley

The third edition of this popular guidebook aimed at helping walkers and climbers to plan their activities so as to avoid the inconvenience, or even danger, posed by bad weather in the UK mountain...

European Energy Markets Observatory (2008)

The 10th edition of the European Energy Markets Observatory covers the full year 2007 and the winter 2007/08. The key findings include:-Oil price increase in 2007 and H1 2008 exacerbated fundament...

Groundwater Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

European Energy Markets Observatory (2009)

The eleventh edition of the European Energy Markets Observatory covers the full year 2008 and the winter 2008/2009. Key messages developed in the report: -The crisis has put the Utilities sector u...

Drought Assessment

R. Nagarajan

<p>Information-based decision-making during drought, often brings out some of the excellent practices that are prevalent in society / individuals. This book is designed to provide informatio...

Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions

The ‘Year’ That Changed How We View the North This book is about a new theoretical approach that transformed the field of Arctic social studies and about a program called International Polar Y...

The Rise of the Green Left

Derek Wall

Climate change and other ecological ills are driving the creation of a grassroots global movement for change. From Latin America to Europe, Australia and China a militant movement merging red and ...

Surface-Based Remote Sensing of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Stefan Emeis

<P>The book presents a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) research. It focuses on experimental ABL research, while most of the boo...

UV Radiation in Global Climate Change

<P>Numerous studies report that ultraviolet (UV) radiation is harmful to living organisms and detrimental to human health. Growing concerns regarding the increased levels of UV-B radiation t...

Woods and People

David Foot

It seems that forests have never been more in the news than they are today. The part played by the tropical forests in sustaining the world's climate is well understood, but they are in drasti...

Forest Phoenix

2011 Whitley Award Commendation for Ecological ZoologyThis book tells the story of ecological forest recovery in the wet forests of Victoria following major wildfires in February 2009. It also foc...

Forest Phoenix

2011 Whitley Award Commendation for Ecological ZoologyThis book tells the story of ecological forest recovery in the wet forests of Victoria following major wildfires in February 2009. It also foc...

European Energy Markets Observatory (2007)

The 9th edition of European Energy Markets Observatory covers the full year 2006 and the winter 2006-2007. Key findings include:-The EU Climate Change 2020 objectives of 3x20% is an ambitious and ...