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More than a simple monograph, the authors present a comprehensive geomorphic overview of a large tropical region where they show how deciphering the long-term landform evolution helps understanding the present set of landscapes and morphodynamic environments. The...
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Springer
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2015-05-30
Collection :
Springer Earth System Sciences
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This book presents strategies for managing disasters and reducing risks in Asian countries. Given the dynamic changes in the natural environment as well as the patterns of land use and management, the growing populations of the developing nations in Asia, migration...
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Springer
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2015-05-29
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Since the dawn of human civilization, forests have provided us with food, resources, and energy. The history of human development is also one of forest loss and transformation, and yet even in our increasingly urbanized societies we remain surprisingly dependent on...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-05-28
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Since the dawn of human civilization, forests have provided us with food, resources, and energy. The history of human development is also one of forest loss and transformation, and yet even in our increasingly urbanized societies we remain surprisingly dependent on...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-05-28
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6,38€
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In Africa, conflicts between protected areas for fauna and flora and space for their surrounding human populations continue despite years spent trying to find an accommodation between the needs of both parties.
Creating Africas investigates the roots of the current...
Editeur :
Hurst
Parution :
2015-05-21
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A great, rhapsodic, urgent book full of joy, grief, rage and love . . .A must-read' Helen Macdonald, author of H is for HawkNature has many gifts for us, but perhaps the greatest of them all is joy; the intense delight we can take in the natural world, in its beauty, in...
Editeur :
John Murray
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2015-05-21
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This monograph provides valuable lessons in building disaster resilience for rural communities and beyond. With a focus on Florida, the authors present a comprehensive review of the current debates surrounding the study of resilience, from federal frameworks, state...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-05-12
Collection :
Environmental Hazards
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There is nothing better than spotting a bird you have never seen before, so here is a handy way of keeping all your jottings in check. In Matt Sewell's much-loved pop art style, and small enough to pop in your pocket, Our Garden Birds: Spotting and Jotting is the...
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Ebury Digital
Parution :
2015-05-07
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The brilliantly told and gripping story of the most familiar - yet, amazingly, still poorly understood - substance in the universe: Water.The extent to which water remains a scientific mystery is extraordinary, despite its prevalence and central importance on Earth....
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2015-04-30
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See the intimate lives of birds as never before! Laura Erikson and Marie Read document the family lives of more than 50 common North American birds through breathtaking close-up photography. Stunning images of hummingbirds, owls, tanagers, and more showcase different...
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2015-04-21
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This book summarizes all currently available information on the ecology, environmental impacts and control methods of the golden mussel in industrial plants. The golden mussel was introduced in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South America between 1965 and 1990, swiftly...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-04-20
Collection :
Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology
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‘For as long as I stay here, I know I will have to also get to the wild places.’ Robert Macfarlane This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with tips on...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2015-04-09
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This book seeks to provide a comprehensive reconstruction of the 1667 Dalmatia earthquake phenomenon on the basis of eyewitness testimony. At the same time, one of the distinctive features of this book is that the earthquake observations are treated and arranged in time...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-04-03
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
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THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Affectionate, evocative, illuminating. A story of survival - of a flock, a landscape and a disappearing way of life. I love this book' Nigel Slater'Triumphant, a pastoral for the 21st century' Helen Davies, Sunday Times, Books...
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Penguin
Parution :
2015-04-02
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For those who call the outback home, healthy animals are the key to surviving and thriving. So the stakes are high for the smart and spirited vets charged with caring for Australia's rural livestock, wildlife and beloved family pets.Meet Jan Allen, who works with camp...
Editeur :
E-Penguin
Parution :
2015-03-25
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This is the first English-language atlas to systematically introduce the environment, hazard, vulnerability and risk mapping for 11 natural disasters, i.e. earthquake, volcano, landslide, flood, storm surge, sand-dust storm, tropical cyclone, heat wave, cold wave,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-03-11
Collection :
IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series
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How can a place be built and managed so that it is safe for people to live? Ironically, many governments and citizens keep on asking the same question after every new disaster. Why, even with high levels of investment in increasing government’s capacity to manage...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-03-05
Collection :
Environmental Hazards
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This book draws upon case studies and practices of different types of DRR involvement by the private sector from all over the world. The book comprises two parts, Part I: Overview and Regional Cases; and Part II: Country Cases. The regional cases include those from...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-02-13
Collection :
Disaster Risk Reduction
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'I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.' Joseph Addison This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, handy hints and captivating stories and quotes from the world of birds,...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2015-02-12
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This book is a pioneering regional work and provides a balanced approach of theory and practice in disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Pakistan. The book analytically discusses the status of DRR and draws examples and lessons from national and community-level programs and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-01-20
Collection :
Disaster Risk Reduction
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