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This is a unique, timely and engaging text with wide ranging geographical coverage. The text brings together, for the first time, information about a vast array of hazards associated with ice and snow, spanning both well known phenomenon (e.g. avalanches) and the less...
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Wiley
Parution :
2011-03-21
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Humanity’s ever-increasing hunger for mineral raw materials, caused by a growing global population and ever increasing standards of living, has resulted in economic geology becoming a subject of urgent importance. This book provides a broad panorama of mineral...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-03-03
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In Chapter 1 the methodological principles of systemization and visualization of multidimensional ecological information for its operational dissemination among potential users are stated. Their realization results in creation of the geographic-and ecologic model of...
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Springer
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2011-02-28
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Excessive groundwater pumping, groundwater contamination, and subsurface thermal anomalies have occurred frequently in Asian coastal cities, greatly disturbing the urban aquifer and the subsurface environment. In this volume, the relationship between the stage of a...
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Springer
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2011-02-24
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Die vielfältigen Nutzungsansprüche an den Außenbereich, von den Erneuerbaren Energien über Anlagen zur Tierhaltung, Standorten für Kraftwerke oder die Anforderungen des europäischen und nationalen Habitat und Artenschutzes, haben in den letzten Jahren den Druck auf die...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-02-21
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This book is part of the International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS) Special Publications. The Special Publications from the IAS are a set of thematic volumes edited by specialists on subjects of central interest to sedimentologists. Papers are reviewed and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-02-18
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A refreshingly innovative approach to charting geographical knowledge.A wide range of authors trace the social construction and contestation of geographical ideas through the sites of their production and their relational geographies of engagement. This creative and...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2011-02-17
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Compared to many other regions of the world, Africa is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and variability. Widespread poverty, an extensive disease burden and pockets of political instability across the continent has resulted in a low resilience...
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Springer
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2011-02-11
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Advances in Global Change Research
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The subjects refer to histories of ancient and modern use of seacoasts; possible macro-projects capable of massive changes in the coastlines of the Dead Sea, Red Sea and Persian Gulf caused by canal and massively scaled hydropower dam installations; relevant...
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Springer
Parution :
2011-02-09
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The new edition of Arid Zone Geomorphology aims to encapsulate the advances that have been made in recent years in the investigation and explanation of landforms and geomorphological processes in drylands. Building on the success of the previous two editions, the Third...
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Wiley
Parution :
2011-02-08
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Berge können auf unterschiedliche Weise entstehen: durch Kollision und Einengung, aber erstaunlicherweise auch durch den gegenteiligen Vorgang, durch Dehnung. Andere finden sich wiederum fernab in Gebieten, in denen schon seit langer Zeit keine tektonischen Bewegungen...
Editeur :
Spektrum Akademischer Verlag
Parution :
2011-02-04
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This book is intended to fill a knowledge gap in the study of contemporary high-rise living. While there has been much documentation on the engineering and technological aspects of tall buildings, relatively little has been written about the social and livability of...
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Springer
Parution :
2011-02-02
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The weathering of historical buildings and, indeed, of monuments and sculptures of natural stone is a problem that has been encountered for hundreds of years. However, a dramatic increase in deterioration in the structure of our built heritage has been observed during...
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Springer
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2011-01-25
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The impact of anthropogenic activities on our atmospheric environment is of growing public concern and satellite-based techniques now provide an essential component of observational strategies on regional and global scales.
The purpose of this book is to summarise the...
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Springer
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2011-01-15
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The book contains the Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Archaeometry, 12th May 2008, Siena, Italy.
The aim of the Symposium is to promote the development and use of scientific techniques in order to extract archaeological and historical information...
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Springer
Parution :
2011-01-15
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Based on the material presented at a conference organized by the Centre d’Océanologie of Marseille, held in 2008, this text covers a wealth of hot topics related to the way mankind interacts with the marine environment. With the state of our oceans and seas becoming an...
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Springer
Parution :
2011-01-12
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This fourth edition builds on the success of previous editions and for the first time is produced in full colour throughout with improved photos and diagrams. It retains its popular pocket size and is an essential buy for all students working in the field. The text...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-01-11
Collection :
Geological Field Guide
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Despite spatial statistics and spatial econometrics both being recent sprouts of the general tree "spatial analysis with measurement"—some may remember the debate after WWII about "theory without measurement" versus "measurement without theory"—several general themes...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-01-11
Collection :
Advances in Geographic Information Science
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The Second Edition of this unique pocket field guide has been thoroughly revised and updated to include advances in physical volcanology, emplacement of magmas and interpreting structures and textures in igneous rocks.The book integrates new field based techniques (AMS...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-01-11
Collection :
Geological Field Guide
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The mountain regions in Southeastern Europe are unique natural regions of great beauty and ecological value, and home of the head waters of major rivers. They constitute a major ecological, economic, cultural, recreational and living environment in Europe, shared by...
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Springer
Parution :
2011-01-05
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