Geography

Future Climate Change

Edited by Mark Maslin, Samuel Randalls

Series: Critical Concepts in the Environment

In recent years, future climate change has increasingly been recognized as one of the most important issues of the twenty-first century, challenging the very structure of our global society. No longer just an abstruse scientific concern, it prompts difficult choices for both individuals and...

Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge

Practical Handbook for Wetland Identification and Delineation, Second Edition

By John G. Lyon, Lynn Krise Lyon

Series: Mapping Science

Wetland identification, although theoretically straightforward, is not cut and dry as a practice. Despite the time and expense, it is an economic and environmental necessity. The Definitive Guide to the Practice of Wetland Identification The second edition of the bestselling Practical Handbook...

Published March 20th 2011 by CRC Press

Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction

Edited by Ben Wisner, J.C. Gaillard, Ilan Kelman

The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual,...

Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge

A Handbook of Global Freshwater Invasive Species

Edited by Robert A. Francis

Invasive non-native species are a major threat to global biodiversity. Often introduced accidentally through international travel or trade, they invade and colonize new habitats, often with devastating consequences for the local flora and fauna. Their environmental impacts can range from damage to...

Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge

The Natural History of Earth

Debating Long-Term Change in the Geosphere and Biosphere

By Richard John Huggett

Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Geography and Environment

Using a broad selection of classic and current sources, The Natural History of the Earth probes selected discussions within biology, climatology, geology, and geomorphology and explores a selection of debates about Earth and life history, considering their origins and their present state-of-play....

Published August 2nd 2006 by Routledge

Dynamics of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa During the Holocene: Past – Present – Future

Palaeoecology of Africa, An International Yearbook of Landscape Evolution and Palaeoenvironments, Volume 28

Edited by J. Runge

Series: Palaeoecology of Africa

This book consists of scientific papers resulting from an international workshop: ‘Environmental and Cultural Change in West- and Central Africa’ organized by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, March 2006. Problems of Holocene and Late Pleistocene modifications of the rain...

Published October 3rd 2007 by Taylor & Francis

Representing, Modeling, and Visualizing the Natural Environment

Edited by Nick Mount, Gemma Harvey, Paul Aplin, Gary Priestnall

Series: Innovations in GIS

The explosion of public interest in the natural environment can, to a large extent, be attributed to greater public awareness of the impacts of global warming and climate change. This has led to increased research interest and funding directed at studies of issues affecting sensitive, natural...

Published December 21st 2008 by CRC Press

Principles of Modeling Uncertainties in Spatial Data and Spatial Analyses

By Wenzhong Shi

When compared to classical sciences such as math, with roots in prehistory, and physics, with roots in antiquity, geographical information science (GISci) is the new kid on the block. Its theoretical foundations are therefore still developing and data quality and uncertainty modeling for spatial...

Published September 29th 2009 by CRC Press