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This open access book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience in the face of climate risk. It is based on experiences in sub-Saharan Africa through the Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) applied research programme. It begins...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-01-19
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This volume describes the construction of the territorial identity of the southern end of South America and analyzes the cartographic territorialization of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the “Terra Australis” continent. Different spatial representations and territorial...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-01-19
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The Latin American Studies Book Series
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Ethohydraulik agiert an der Schnittstelle zwischen Verhaltensforschung (Ethologie) und dem Strömungsverhalten (Hydraulik). Ethohydraulische Untersuchungen helfen, das hydraulisch-reaktive Verhalten von Wassertieren zu verstehen. Aus den Befunden lassen sich Grenz- und...
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Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2021-01-15
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Seedeiche stellen ein wichtiges Element des deutschen Küstenschutzes dar. Bei der Planung und Konstruktion von Seedeichen werden die hydraulischen Belastungen (d. h. Wasserstände und Wellenparameter) sowie die geotechnischen (z. B. Bodenparameter) und lokalen...
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Springer Vieweg
Parution :
2021-01-06
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This book presents an overview of the hydrometeorological and hydrological studies and assists in tackling challenges posed by climate and land use land cover changes. The Ganga River is one of the major living streams on the planet earth and very important river system...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-01-04
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This book explores the relationship between rivers and ethics in China, with a particular focus on the health of the Yellow River and China’s sustainable development. Though the book falls into the category of East Asian History, it is an interdisciplinary academic work...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-01-04
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This book comprehensively reviews the historical background of speleology and cave research in the contexts of archeology and natural sciences. It also offers a summary of selected topics related to the karstic terrain of Turkey. Covering 40 % of the country's surface...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-01-04
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This book addresses the importance of cultural values, local knowledge and identity in building community resilience in place based contexts. There is a growing impetus among policy makers and practitioners to support and empower capacities of communities under changing...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-30
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This book provides a complete and current overview of the correlation between ocean conditions and human health, publishing comprehensively for the first time on the direct interactions among oceanography, marine biology and impacts on human health. Specifically the...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-12-29
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The phenomenon of migration, whose boundaries cannot be drawn, is not only a process that needs to be resolved economically, but also a multidimensional phenomenon that encompasses many areas in political, cultural, legal and social terms. Although the people built...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-12-24
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This volume provides international case studies of practical and advanced methods using satellite images integrated with other airborne, drone images and field data to monitor infrastructure. The book...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-12-23
Collection :
Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
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Reservoir management is fundamental to the efficient and responsible means of extracting hydrocarbons, and maximising the economic benefit to the operator, licence holders and central government.? All stakeholders have a social responsibility to protect the local...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-12-22
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This book provides a detailed explanation of the exposed rocks in the Cyrenaica Basin, NE Libya. The authors integrate isotope stratigraphy for building a high-resolution age for the exposed rocks of the basin.
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-12-19
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
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This book provides a critical update of the most recent and innovative developments of avalanche science. It aims at re-founding avalanche science on clear scientific bases, from field observations and experiments up to mathematical and physical analysis and modeling....
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-12-18
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Dieses Buch begleitet Sie auf einer Reise, die bei den Grundlagen von Grubenwasser beginnt und Sie weiter über die korrekte Probenahme für eine Planung bis hin zu den aktiven und passiven Reinigungssystemen führt. In den jeweiligen Kapiteln erfahren Sie die wichtigsten...
Editeur :
Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2020-12-18
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This book describes the urgent challenge faced by cities worldwide to become resilient to climate change impacts.This challenge goes further than the ability to resist the impacts of extreme weather conditions. Coping with climate impacts and the ability to recover from...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-17
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This book employs a suite of remotely sensed products and advanced technologies to provide the first comprehensive space-based sensing of Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest freshwater lake that supports a livelihood of more than 42 million people, modulates...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-12-17
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Georgia’s territory represents a real “natural geological laboratory,” exposing magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, ranging from the Neoproterozoic to the Quaternary. After a brief presentation ofGeorgia’s history and culture, the authors present the...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-12-12
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This book focuses on the survey technology, post-processing technology, mapping technology and scientific application of the submarine topography and geomorphology in detail. High-resolution submarine geomorphology is a frontier branch of marine...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-12-07
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Chile is a privileged country in terms of water resources, with an average annual runoff of approximately 50,000 m3/person. However, water availability varies enormously in space, as less than 1,000 m3/person are available for more than 50% of the population. The...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-12-03
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