Geowissenschaften

Beach Management

Beach Management

Global Warming Survival Kit

Brian Clegg

Petroleum Geology of the North Sea

Since the 3rd edition of this publication, emphasis within the petroleum industry has shifted from exploration to appraisal and development of existing hydrocarbon resources. This change is reflec...

Sequence Stratigraphy

The innovation and refinement of the techniques and concepts of sequence stratigraphy has been one of the most exciting and profound developments in geology over the past thirty years. Seismic str...

Landslide Disaster Mitigation in Three Gorges Reservoir, China

Water Quality

Elizabeth Leigh Vanderklein / Jim Perry

Once a purely technical sub-discipline of hydrology, water quality management is now a social and political discipline, with concerns ranging from ensuring adequate health standards to preserving ...

The Nature of the Environment

Andrew S. Goudie

The fourth edition of this highly acclaimed text on the natural environment of the earth has now been thoroughly revised and updated and includes a new chapter on The Organic World, more "wind...

Seaweeds of India

Bhavanath Jha / C.R.K. Reddy / Mukund C. Thakur / M. Umamaheswara Rao

India has 7,500 km of coastline with diverse habitats and rich biota. Coastal ecosystems, unfortunately, are experiencing wide range of pressures due to siltation, eutrophication, coastal developm...

Dynamic and Transient Infinite Elements

Chongbin Zhao

Geodetic Reference Frames

Geodetic reference frames are the basis for The programme of the Symposium was divided three-dimensional, time dependent positioning according to the Sub-commissions, Projects in all global, regio...

Environmental Justice in the New Millennium

F. Steady

Environmental Justice is one of the most important human rights challenges today. It refers to inequitable environmental burdens born by groups such as racial minorities, residents of economically...

Phenology of Ecosystem Processes

Terrestrial carbon balance is uncertain at the regional and global scale. A significant source of variability in mid-latitude ecosystems is related to the timing and duration of phenological phase...

Biokraftstoffe der ersten und zweiten Generation

Tobias Bühler

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung:Der Energiesektor befindet sich in einer Phase des Wandels. Die bestehenden Strukturen, basierend auf einer zentralistischen Energieversorgung mit fossilen Energieträgern...

Seabed Fluid Flow

Martin Hovland

Potenziale der Photovoltaik in der Stadt- und Regionalplanung

Samuel Hufnagel

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung:?Brüder, zur Sonne, zur Freiheit?.Die globale Energiewirtschaft befindet sich zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts im Umbruch; und so ist das einstige Arbeiterlied mit einer kl...

Nullemissionswohnquartier 'Am Müggenberg', Arnsberg-Neheim

Eike Musall

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung:Prognostizierte Klimaveränderungen, das EU-Klimaschutzpaket 2020 und die Tatsache, dass ein Großteil deutscher Klimagase durch Haushalte ausgestoßen wird, beschreiben d...

Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere

<P>Mercury, primarily because of its existence and bioaccumulation as methylmercury in aquatic organisms, is a concern for the health of higher trophic level organisms, or to their consumers...

Handbook of Road Technology, Fourth Edition

M. G. Lay

This fully revised fourth edition of Max Lay's well-established reference work covers all aspects of the technology of roads and road transport, and urban and rural road technology. It forms a...

Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics

Jerry M. Straka