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The book aims to initiate a sustainable use of land and water resources in Central Asia by the transfer of scientific methods. It deals with the most advanced methods worldwide for better monitoring and management of water and land resources. We offer an array of...
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Springer
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2013-10-04
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The first book to focus exclusively on the subject, Geodiversity, Second Edition describes the interrelationships between geodiversity and biodiversity, the value of geodiversity to society, as well as current threats to its existence. Illustrated with global case...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-08-19
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This introductory level text explores various theoretical approaches to human-environment geography, demonstrating how local dynamics and global processes influence how we interact with our environments. Introduces students to fundamental concepts in environmental...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-08-06
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A sustainable world can only be achieved by an open collaboration between science, business and the public. That is why we create the Green Village: an innovative, lively, interactive & challenging environment where entrepreneurs, innovators, companies, artists,...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2013-07-15
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The book provides a collection of individual chapters from the participants in the OEPI project, which represent a mix of academic and practical chapters and contributions.The first part of the book is dedicated to a theoretical introduction to Organisations'...
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Springer
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2013-06-13
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Die Beiträge dieses Bandes beschäftigen sich mit den Essensgewohnheiten, die sich bei vielen Menschen durch die Industrialisierung im 19. Jahrhundert sehr verändert haben. So erweitert Susanne Finsterer den Forschungsansatz von Spiekermann, Essen kulturell zu...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-01
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This book is intended to support the forestry institutions in the tropical countries in the planning, assessment and systematic observation of forests required to fulfill their obligations as laid in international conventions such as the CBD and UNFCCC. Following the...
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Springer
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2013-04-18
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This book is based on the findings of a long-term (2000-2014) interdisciplinary research project of the University of Hohenheim in collaboration with several universities in Thailand and Vietnam. Titled Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Areas in...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-04-03
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Sustainable Geography recalls the system and laws of geographical space production, tackles the hardcore of geography and presents models and organizations through a regional analysis and the dynamics of territorial structures and methods. The book also describes the...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2013-03-04
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Energy storage examines different applications such as electric power generation, transmission and distribution systems, pulsed systems, transportation, buildings and mobile applications. For each of these applications, proper energy storage technologies are foreseen,...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2013-03-04
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Hurricanes are nature's most destructive storms and they are becoming more powerful as the globe warms. Hurricane Climatology explains how to analyze and model hurricane data to better understand and predict present and future hurricane activity. It uses the open-source...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-02-04
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Factor X: Re-source—Designing the Recycling Society explores the role of recycling in efforts to achieve the sustainable world envisioned in the Federal Environment Ministry’s Resource Efficiency Programme, known as ProgRess. The chapters build a roadmap to a Recycling...
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Springer
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2013-02-01
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This book is an academic essay about the urban regeneration policies which have been changing the physical - and partly social - outlook of many English cities during the last 10-15 years, eventually giving birth to a process which is also known as ‘Urban Renaissance’....
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Springer
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2013-01-12
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Serengeti is arguably the most well-known and highly treasured conservation area in the world. In 1972 the United Nations meeting on National Parks and Protected Areas agreed to set up World Heritage Sites, now supervised by UNESCO, and at that meeting they voted...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-11-22
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Serengeti is arguably the most well-known and highly treasured conservation area in the world. In 1972 the United Nations meeting on National Parks and Protected Areas agreed to set up World Heritage Sites, now supervised by UNESCO, and at that meeting they voted...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-11-22
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Mountain agriculture is a socially and culturally unique system, but also a regionally important economic sector. In a globalising world, it is clear that fertile areas on all continents will always be used to produce large quantities of agricultural products in order...
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Springer
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2012-11-08
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There is also a large and growing consensus in the scientific community that resolving the environmental crisis will require massive changes in our political and economic institutions and new standards for moral and ethical behavior. In this groundbreaking book, Robert...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-11-06
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'Compelling' OBSERVER'Humphrys' level-headedness makes the arguments all the more powerful' SUNDAY TIMES'A concise, no-nonsense assessment of the true cost of cheap food: to the environment, the livestock, and the nation's long-term health' DAILY MAIL'A passionate...
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Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2012-09-27
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Islands have an irresistible attraction and an enduring appeal. Naturalist Roger Lovegrove has visited many of the most remote islands in the world, and in this book he takes the reader to twenty that fascinate him the most. Some are familiar but most are little known;...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-09-13
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Islands have an irresistible attraction and an enduring appeal. Naturalist Roger Lovegrove has visited many of the most remote islands in the world, and in this book he takes the reader to twenty that fascinate him the most. Some are familiar but most are little known;...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-09-13
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