Earth-Science/Environment

About the Book Carbon is the political challenge of our time. While critical to supporting life on Earth, too much carbon threatens to destroy life...

About the Book Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions do not only warm our planet but also acidify our oceans. It is currently unclear to which deg...

About the Book A Companion to Environmental Geography is the first book to comprehensively and systematically map the research frontier of 'human-e...

EARTH’S FURY Natural disasters are any catastrophic loss of life and/or property caused by a natural event or situation. This definition could inc...

Applying tools for data analysis to the rapidly increasing volume of data about the Earth An ever-increasing volume of Earth data is being gathere...

The impact of natural disasters has become an important and ever-growing preoccupation for modern societies. Volcanic eruptions are particularly fe...

ATLAS OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF REMOTE SENSING IMAGES An extensive compilation of case studies in structural...

An updated treatment of management and geomorphology of large rivers around the world The newly revised Second Edition of Large Rivers: Geomorphol...

INVESTIGATING FOSSILS INVESTIGATING FOSSILS A HISTORY OF PALAEONTOLOGY Investigating Fossils – A History of Palaeontology is a concise and access...

Introduction to Sustainability, Second Edition, reviews all the major themes in the cutting-edge field of sustainability. The book is suitable for ...

People have been interested in caves for a very long time. Our distant ancestors used them for shelter, as sources of water, and as places in which...

Explores how the management of wetlands can influence carbon storage and fluxes. Wetlands are vital natural assets, including their ability to tak...

A rigorous mathematical problem-solving framework for analyzing the Earth’s energy resources GeoEnergy encompasses the range of energy technologie...

In-situ monitoring is the use of portable analytical instruments. This work evaluates the developments of the 1980s and 1990s which will form the b...

This volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the discipline of human geography. Unparalleled in scope, the companion offers an in...

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography presents students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of the field, put together by a...

**Named a 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title** Combining coverage of key themes and debates from a variety of historical and theoretical persp...

We live in a world that is increasingly difficult to understand. It is not just changing: it is metamorphosing. Change implies that some things cha...

The seventh edition of this classic student text explores the multitude of impacts that humans have had over time upon vegetation, animals, soils, ...

The Human Footprint is a global, thematic, and multi–disciplinary history of the planet, from its earliest origins to its current condition. Avoidi...

The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of global policy on climate and the envi...

The Globalization and Environment Reader features a collection of classic and cutting-edge readings that explore whether and how globalization can ...

This fully-revised comprehensive fourth edition covers the whole field of physical geography including climate and atmosphere, geomorphology, bioge...

The pursuit of sustainability has generated lifestyle changes for individuals across the globe; innovations within the arts and sciences, business,...

The pursuit of sustainability has generated lifestyle changes for individuals across the globe, widespread initiatives within civil society and bus...

Dedicated to remote sensing images, from their acquisition to their use in various applications, this book covers the global lifecycle of images, i...

Featuring updates and revisions to reflect rapid changes in an increasingly globalized world, Readings in Planning Theory remains the definitive re...

The updated and expanded guide for handling industrial wastes and designing a wastewater treatment plant The revised and updated second edition of...

Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding offers innovative theoretical and conceptual frameworks relating to the ways that actors create...

This book seeks to illuminate the organizational and social dimensions of Global Information Systems. It provides a broad and historical perspectiv...

The Times (Obituaries, 4 August 2008) reported that “John Thornes was one of the most eminent and influential physical geographers of his generatio...

At a time when people use more and more geographic information and tools, the management of geographical information in software systems still hold...

Today’s global energy system faces two major challenges: how to secure the supply of reliable and affordable energy; and how to rapidly transform t...

Geographies of Media and Communication systematically analyzes the relationship between geography and communication and shows how geographical appr...

The first book to focus exclusively on the subject, Geodiversity, Second Edition describes the interrelationships between geodiversity and biodiver...

Climate change, habitat loss, rising extinction rates - such problems call for more than just new policies and practices. They raise fundamental qu...

Ecosystem Dynamics focuses on long-term terrestrial ecosystems and their changing relationships with human societies. The unique aspect of this te...

If the whole world wanted to live like people in the United Kingdom we would need the resources of three planets like Earth. If the United States w...

Ecological Applications presents a broad range of methods and techniques for managing environmental sustainability. This book examines ecological t...

Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to m...

This bold and important new book presents current and emerging thinking on the social dimensions of climate change. Using clear language and powerf...

A new edition of a unique textbook that provides an exhaustive treatment of the world's different coasts―with focus on climate change sea-level ris...

Basin Analysis is an advanced undergraduate and postgraduate text aimed at understanding sedimentary basins as geodynamic entities. The rationale o...

This essential guide to studying geography has been updated to ensure it remains a valuable resource for all those on geography courses, as well as...

This up-to-date and comprehensive reference presents the fundamentals of environmental planning, incorporating theory, practice and case studies. T...

This volume provides students with a series of critical insights into the economic, political, social, cultural and ecological dimensions of change...

A Companion to Economic Geography presents students of human geography with an essential collection of original essays providing a key to understan...