Tous les ebooks de la collection "International Year of Planet Earth" - Springer

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Télécharger le livre : Megacities
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Megacities
Surinder Aggarwal , Martin Coy , Frauke Kraas , Günter Mertins
As urbanization continues, and even accelerates, scientists estimate that by 2015 the world will have up to 60 ‘megacities’ – urban areas with more than five million inhabitants. With the irresistible economic attractions of urban centers, particularly in developing...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-07-12
Collection : International Year of Planet Earth
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94,94 €
Télécharger le livre : Earth and Life
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Earth and Life
John A. Talent
This volume focuses on the broad pattern of increasing biodiversity through time, and recurrent events of minor and major ecosphere reorganization. Intense scrutiny is devoted to the pattern of physical (including isotopic), sedimentary and biotic circumstances through...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-06-28
Collection : International Year of Planet Earth
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168,79 €
Télécharger le livre : Non-Renewable Resource Issues
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Non-Renewable Resource Issues
Richard Sinding-Larsen , Friedrich-W. Wellmer
All the solid fuels fossil energy and mineral commodities we use come out of the Earth. Modern society is increasingly dependent on mineral and fossil energy sources. They differ in availability, cost of production, and geographical distribution. Even if solid fuels,...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-03-30
Collection : International Year of Planet Earth
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94,94 €
Télécharger le livre : Sustaining Groundwater Resources
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Sustaining Groundwater Resources
J. Anthony A. Jones
Burgeoning population and climate change are among the most critical challenges facing the 21st century. Both have critical implications for groundwater resources, especially in many developing countries where resources are already under pressure. Due to low rainfall...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-07-21
Collection : International Year of Planet Earth
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94,94 €
Télécharger le livre : The Black Earth
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The Black Earth
Boris P Boincean , David Dent , Igori Arcadie Krupenikov
Soil is the Earth’s living skin. It provides anchorage for roots, holds water long enough for plants to make use of it and the nutrients that sustain life – otherwise the Earth would be as barren as Mars. It is home to myriad micro-organisms and armies of microscopic...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-03-23
Collection : International Year of Planet Earth
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94,94 €
Télécharger le livre : Changing Climates, Earth Systems and Society
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Changing Climates, Earth Systems and Society
John Dodson
The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was established as a means of raising worldwide public and political awareness of the vast, though frequently under-used, potential the Earth Sciences possess for improving the quality of life of the peoples of the world and...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-09-02
Collection : International Year of Planet Earth
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Télécharger le livre : Medical Geology
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Medical Geology
Jose A. Centeno , Robert B. Finkelman , Olle Selinus
Medical Geology is a rapidly growing field concerned with the relationship between natural geological factors and human and animal health, as well as with improving our understanding of the influence of environmental factors on the geographical distribution of health...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-06-27
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Télécharger le livre : Geophysical Hazards
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Geophysical Hazards
Tom Beer , Tom Beer
The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was established as a means of raising worldwide public and political awareness of the vast, though frequently under-used, potential the Earth Sciences possess for improving the quality of life of the peoples of the world and...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-06-25
Collection : International Year of Planet Earth
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Télécharger le livre : New Frontiers in Integrated Solid Earth Sciences
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New Frontiers in Integrated Solid Earth Sciences
S.A.P.L. Cloetingh , Jorg Negendank
Man’s intensifying use of the Earth’s habitat has led to an urgent need for scientifically advanced ‘geo-prediction systems’ that accurately locate subsurface resources and forecast the timing and magnitude of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and land subsidence. As...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2009-12-01
Collection : International Year of Planet Earth
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94,94 €