This book focuses on the present and future challenges of managing ecosystem transformation on a planet where human impacts are pervasive. In this new ...

"Mathematics of the Weather" details the mathematical techniques used to create numerical models of the atmosphere. It explains methods which are currently ...

The study of paleocurrents, since 1963, is now a very routine part of sedimentology, and more and more such studies are finding use in other fields. Thus ...

Die Analyse natUrlich vorkommender Gesteine und technischer Sili­ katverbindungen hat in den letzten Jahren eine zunehmende Bedeu­ tung erhalten. ...

This volume is a comprehensive guide to the use of geographic information systems (GIS) for the spatial analysis of supply and demand for energy in the ...

JOHN L. INNES University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada The interactions between biomass burning and climate have been brought into focus by a ...

Social Theory and the Urban Question offers a guide to, and a critical evaluation of key themes in contemporary urban social theory, as well as a re-examination ...

This book unites studies in the fields of archaeometry, geoarchaeology, and ancient technologies, based on cases from northern Eurasia, and includes archaeometallurgy ...

This open access book is the first to consider the effect of non-uniform fluid pressure in hydraulic fractures. The book covers the key topics in the process ...

This book presents a new paradigm of knowledge and action with respect to urban waterfronts and the "fluid city paradigm," explaining its methodological ...