Earth-Science/Environment

Agriculture and Environment: Debates in the Central Legislature of India, 1937–1957 is based on a simple truism: the same crop cannot be grown ever...

The agendas of those trying to reduce poverty and those trying to protect the environment have been at odds in the past. But they are coming togeth...

Minerals existed long before any forms of life, playing a key role in the origin and evolution of life; an interaction with biological systems that...

In this Very Short Introduction Jamie Woodward examines the environmental shifts that took place during the Great Ice Age of the Quaternary Period....

Ruddiman’s textbook presents an overview of the record of early human effects on landscapes and climate, from the beginnings of agriculture develop...

For those so-minded, the aftermath of an earthquake presents opportunities to intervene. Thus, in Gujarat, following the disaster of 2001, leaders ...

The pace of revolution in analytical chemistry in the field of Geosciences has been dramatic over the recent decades and includes fundamental devel...

In this wide-ranging Very Short Introduction to climate, Mark Maslin considers all aspects of the global climate system, exploring and explaining t...

Emphasizing the interconnected nature of environmental geology and the multidimensional processes of the Earth, this new edition of Merritt's class...

Antarctica: India s Journey to the Frozen Continent' is about a journey, a challenging mission, an adventure and a dream, establishing the scientif...

Both authors have created this textbook to show students how sedimentary strata serves geologists as a continuous record of Earth's history. Writte...

Long acclaimed as the definitive introductory botany text, Raven Biology of Plants stands as the most significant revision in the book's history.

This book discusses recent advances in the use of nucleic acid based biosensors and related bioanalytical assays for environmental monitoring.

This professionally edited and well organized book is the first in a series which will archive key presentations from the annual conferences sponso...

By leading experts, this is an up-to-date view of the strategies essential for an effective response to water contamination emergencies.

Modern Geography has come a long way from its historical roots in exploring foreign lands, and simply mapping and naming the regions of the world. ...

... "Included on the Choice list with the outstanding academic Earth Sciences titles 2008" ... This volume describes simplified dynamic analyses t...

For generations, the ground beneath the feet of our ancestors seemed solid and unchanging. Around 30 years ago, two things happened that were to re...

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 book is about building and maintaining involved, sustainable, and inclusive communities from the ground up during a period of unprecedented gr...

An Introduction to the Blue Humanities is the first textbook to explore the many ways humans engage with water, utilizing literary, cultural, histo...

Environmental Sociology and Social Transformation demonstrates how sociological theory and research are critical for understanding the social drive...

Ecological Restoration and Environmental Change presents an introduction to the practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ...

This edited textbook explores the 17 UN SDGs through 12 works from the humanities, including films, novels, and photographic collections. It provid...

This new textbook provides an accessible introduction to sustainable aquaculture through its relationship with three key pillars: the environment, ...

This book provides an introduction to sustainable aquaculture practices, focusing on how we develop social, economic and environmental resilience. ...

This comprehensively updated third edition explores the nature and role of environmental management and offers an introduction to this rapidly expa...

The Companion to Development Studies is essential reading in the field of development studies. This indispensable resource offers succinct, up-to-d...

Extensively revised and updated, Planning in the USA, fifth edition, continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory, and...

Global climate change poses a genuine risk to the survival of the human species and raises questions regarding human existence on the planet. The S...

The book focuses on atmospheric processes that directly influence human environments within the lower 100–1000 meters of the atmosphere, spanning r...

This textbook on geophysics is a translated and revised editon from its third German edition Einführung in die Geophysik - Globale physikalische Fe...

In Climate Obstruction: How Denial, Delay and Inaction are Heating the Planet, Kristoffer Ekberg, Bernhard Forchtner, Martin Hultman and Kirsti Jyl...

Wild Treasures and Adventures: A Forester's Diary is a series of thrilling episodes from the author's life as an Indian Forest Service Officer. Fro...

This textbook covers all important aspects of mountain glaciers, from their formation and their importance as water reservoirs to the threat posed ...

Explores postcolonialism through the geographies of imagination, knowledge and power, analyses the history of western representations of the "Other...

This Lab Manual is a companion to the textbook Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing with R. It covers examples of natural resource data anal...

This bestselling dictionary contains over 3,000 entries on both physical and human geography, covering topics such as cartography, surveying, meteo...

This book examines the role of local food movements, enterprises and networks in the transformation of the currently unsustainable global food syst...

This book provides foundational knowledge of environmental review in the US as carried out at federal, state, and local levels, with detailed infor...

This textbook provides basic quantitative models allowing researchers and decision makers to a) assess viability of threatened populations and eval...

Every manager and every employee in every function can embed climate solutions and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This book, written by experts i...

This textbook presents an extensive manual of crystallography, including geometric crystallography, crystallochemistry, and crystallophysics. Illus...

Python is used in a wide range of geoscientific applications, such as in processing images for remote sensing, in generating and processing digital...

Africa: Diversity and Development introduces and de-mystifies Africa's diversity and dynamism, and considers how its peoples and environments have ...