Physical Geography & Topography

Mining and geological survey work in Jamaica goes back several hundred years and was initiated by the Europeans when they colonized the Island. The...

This book offers a comparative analysis of the experiences, responses, and adaptations of people to climate variability and environmental change ac...

This engaging book presents an insightful look into the contributing factors that have shaped the modern public health system in Jammu & Kashmi...

Climate change is one of the inescapable themes of current times. Climate change confronts society in issues as diverse as domestic and internation...

This book provides an introduction to rocky landscapes through carefully selected images from Google Earth, discussing what they show and provides ...

This book provides in detail assessment of the health of Mahananda river, an important head water river system in the Darjeeling Sub-Himalayas whic...

Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area and many endangered species. This book shows that, rather than being a marg...

When high-magnitude meteorological hazards impact vulnerable human populations, disasters are the inevitable consequence. Through archaeological a...

The book on acid soils offers a thorough analysis of the degree of soil acidity at the global level, information on the biota, chemistry, and behav...

Aquapelagos is a cross disciplinary volume that is geared to a general undergraduate and non-specialist readership while also being rigorous and th...

Aquapelagos is a cross disciplinary volume that is geared to a general undergraduate and non-specialist readership while also being rigorous and th...

This book is concerned with the history of tourism at the Coranderrk Aboriginal Station at Healesville, northeast of Melbourne, which functioned as...

The Handbook provides a supporting guide to key aspects and applications of landscape ecology to underpin its research and teaching. A wide range o...

Radar Hydrology: Principles, Models, and Applications provides graduate students, operational forecasters, and researchers with a theoretical frame...

There has been a recent resurgence of interest in wood energy as part of a sustainable range of renewable energy options. This book addresses the c...

First published in 1967, this book explores the theme of geographical generalization, or model building. It is composed of five of the chapters fro...

Take a literary tour of Maryland's Eastern Shore. Originally published in 1944 as part of the prestigious Rivers of America series, this second e...

The seventh edition of Environmental Hazards provides a much expanded and fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme environmental events that th...

Archaeological 3D GIS provides archaeologists with a guide to explore and understand the unprecedented opportunities for collecting, visualising, a...

Describing sacred waters and their associated traditions in over thirty countries and across multiple time periods, this book identifies patterns i...

This book guides readers through the most iconic geologically significant scenery in the UK, points out features of interest, explains what they ar...

This second edition covers recent developments around the world with contributors from 33 different countries. It widens the handbooks scope by inc...

This book investigates the fundamental role that tropical bioproductivity - or more specifically net primary productivity - has played in shaping t...

This book guides readers through the most iconic geologically significant scenery in the UK, points out features of interest, explains what they ar...

'Extraordinary... A fascinating and intelligent book.' Sunday TimesNew islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or terr...

Facing droughts, floods, and water security challenges, society is increasingly forced to develop new policies and practices to cope with the impac...

South of Geneva, Switzerland, the River Aire runs across a plain that for centuries has been agricultural land. From the late 19th century, the wat...

A variety of air pollutants are emitted into the atmosphere from human-caused and natural emissions sources throughout the United States and elsewh...

This book is an educational novella composed from diverse encounters of walking-with a glacier, offering the reader possibilities for wilding ecolo...

Mississippi rivers and creeks have shaped every aspect of the states geology, ecology, economy, settlement, and politics. Mississippi's paddlewaysi...

Colonial Geography charts changes in conceptions of the relationship between people and landscapes in mainland Tanzania during the German colonial ...

The Global Casino is an introduction to environmental issues which deals both with the workings of the physical environment and the political, econ...

The Afrotropical Streams and Rivers: Structure, Ecological Processes and Management is a comprehensive guide that provides assessment of major rive...

This book aims to summarize and report the major research achievements and validation results of the Global Land Cover initiative led by the Group ...