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Geodesy

The fifth edition of this textbook has been completely revised and significantly extended in order to reflect the revolution of geodetic ...

Climate and Society in Europe - The Last Thousand Years

A richly illustrated book on the history of climate change in Europe.Two perspectives, one unique book: two leading experts, a historian ...

The lives of a cell (notes of a biology watcher)

The Crossing of Antarctica

Environmental Impact Statement Directory - The National Network of EIS-Related Agencies and Organizations

This book sets out to provide a useful directory to writers, reviewers, and citizens interested in the environmental impact statement (EI...

Our World in Numbers - An Encyclopedia of Fantastic Facts

Learn about everything in the world from animals to art with this book of extraordinary figures and number-based facts for children aged ...

Geographic Information System (GIS) applied to Environmental Assessment - Investigation of exploratory techniques in water nutrient data for environmental quality analysis

After the oil spill that occurred in January 2000 in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Petrobras developed a research project for th...

Biofuels and Sustainability - Holistic Perspectives for Policy-making

This open access book presents a comprehensive analysis of biofuel use strategies from an interdisciplinary perspective using sustainabil...

WATER IS LIFE - 50 Years of the IHP and 60 Years of Water Sciences at UNESCO

Anlässlich des 50-jährigen Bestehens des Zwischenstaatlichen Hydrologischen Programms (IHP) und 60 Jahren UNESCO-Wasserwissenschaften geb...

Power in a Warming World - The New Global Politics of Climate Change and the Remaking of Environmental Inequality

An examination of shifting global power dynamics in climate change politics, and how this affects our ability to achieve equitable and su...

Upscaling Relative Permeability for Stratified Reservoir Waterflooding - Using Fractional Flow Theory

This book presents an improved procedure for generating pseudo relative permeability curves for stratified waterflooding using either con...

Emerging and Innovative Arsenic Removal Technologies for a Sustainable Future

This book presents an overview of the techniques available today to remove arsenic contamination, pollutants, and species from water. Tra...

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve - From Local Thinking to Global Actions

This open access book addresses the following topics for the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve (BR) in the Colombian Archipelago of San Andrés,...

History of Terrestrial Mammals in South America - How South American Mammalian Fauna Changed from the Mesozoic to Recent Times

This book takes a non-technical approach in covering the evolution of South American mammalian fauna throughout geological history, and d...

Water - Our Sustainable and Unsustainable Use

A holistic approach to humanity's global use and management of water resources In Water: Our Sustainable and Unsustainable Use, distingui...

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Climate Change Adaptation - Adapting to Flood Risk

Introduction.- Part I: Climate Change and Flood Disaster: Current Global Context and Theory of Climate Disaster Risk Assessment and Green...

Approaching Regeneration of the Built Environment - Between Research, Innovation and Challenges

This book approaches three important aspects related with urban regeneration such as research, innovation and challenges. In light of its...

The Earth - Space Travels

About 80 years ago, it was possible for the first time to confirm what modern science had suggested for centuries: Earth shows its spheri...

Solutions For Sustainability Challenges - Technical Sustainability Management and Life Cycle Thinking

The book is intended as a primary resource for Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs), all professionals with interest in sustainability as...

Mining and the Law in Africa - Exploring the social and environmental impacts

¿The mining sector has been an integral part of economic development in many African countries. Although minerals have been exploited for...

Hydrometeorology - Forecasting and Applications

An award-winning text introducing the latest operational hydrometeorological forecasting and warning techniques for flood, drought, reser...

Album of Porous Media - Structure and Dynamics

Climate Security - The Role of Knowledge and Scientific Information in the Making of a Nexus

This book presents an empirical study of the role of knowledge in the making of the climate-security nexus.

Understanding climate change - with Sketchnotes

UAVs for the Environmental Sciences - Methods and Applications

The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in Asia and the Pacific - The Pacific

Atmospheric Ozone as a Climate Gas - General Circulation Model Simulations

One of the major findings in the 1992 IPCC report and the 1994 World Meteorological Organization's Ozone Assessment report was the identi...

The groundwater - surface water interaction - Case study: A pilot area in Bucharest City, Romania

The interaction between groundwater and surface water is one of the main topics of interest in hydrogeology. It is recognized that such i...

The Planet Remade - How Geoengineering Could Change the World

We Have No Idea - A Guide To The Unknown Universe

PHD Comics creator Jorge Cham and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson have teamed up to spelunk through the enormous gaps in our cosmologi...

The Conservation and Sustainable Development of Architectural and Urban Heritage - Acknowledgement, Protection and New Uses for Military, Modern and Industrial Landscapes

This book offers a rich, cross-disciplinary examination of military, modern, and industrial heritage through fresh perspectives on interp...

The Human Rights of Climate Change

This book addresses the impact of climate change on human rights, particularly vulnerable populations such as people in the developing wo...

Geoarchaeology

Resilient Shores: Adapting to Climate Change Through Storytelling

This book uses a fictional but realistic story of a coastal community relocating in the face of climate risk to illustrate how to make cl...

Navigating the New Terrain of Military Operations - The Geoscience Compass

This edited collection is mainly based off work presented at the 15th International Conference on Military Geosciences (ICMG24), hosted b...

Ecological Urbanism: Integrating Green Infrastructure, Technological Innovations, and Climate Resilience - Volume 2

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of green infrastructure, technological innovations, and climate adaptation strategies, off...

Towards Sustainable Urban Regeneration: Utilizing Environmental, Cultural, and Social Assets

This book explores innovative approaches to sustainable urban development, focusing on energy efficiency, climate adaptation, green infra...

CITIES: Embracing Inclusivity - Proceedings of the International Conference on Architecture & Design of Built Environment 2024

The conference proceedings from International Conference on Architecture and Design of Built Environment (ADoBE) 2024 encapsulate a dynam...

SDG 13: Climate Action

This book combines didactic approaches for increasing climate protection literacy, the health impacts of climate change, and adaptation s...

Blue Revolution: Sustainable Water Use and Circular Economy Innovations

This book emphasizes sustainable water use through circular economy innovations, addressing the urgent need for efficient water managemen...

Water Resources in Delta Region in India - Water Management, Quality Assessment and Modeling

This book provides in-depth technical insights into water resources management, quality assessment, and modeling in India’s Delta r...

International Governance of the Caspian Sea Legal Regime - Interdisciplinary Approach to Analysis

This book analyses and evaluates the political, legal, negotiating and scientific parameters, which determined and/or influenced the cour...

Sustainable Jewelry - History, Culture and Territory

This book offers a variety of cases detailing developments in jewelry sustainability, highlighting growing consumer awareness and desire ...

Water Resources in Delta Region in India - Remote Sensing, GIS Applications, Simulation and Modeling

This book offers technical insights into the application of remote sensing and GIS in water resources management, simulation, and modelin...

Karst in Macedonia - Basic characteristics of karts phenomena and caves of North Macedonia

This book presents the karts as a global phenomenon. It is very well illustrated with original photographs and illustrations by the autho...

International Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Disaster Risk Management

Disasters – whether natural, technological, or public health-related – are increasing in frequency, scale, and complexity, wi...

Geospatial Innovations in Disaster Management - An Overview of Recent Developments

As we confront increasingly frequent and complex disasters, geospatial information plays a central role in effective disaster management....

The World's Ecoclimates - A New Digital Climate Classification and its Importance for Modelling Future Climate Change

This book provides a quantitative fully reproducible delineation of ecoclimatic boundaries to ecoclimate classification. In contrast to p...

Integrating Design, Ecology, and Engineering for Sustainable Development

This book brings together a multidisciplinary collection of research that highlights innovative approaches to creating more sustainable, ...

Innovations and Challenges in Water and Sustainable Agriculture - Hydrology, Agriculture, Pollution and Climate Change

This book focuses on the thematic areas of water resource, agriculture, and environmental domains. This book covers advances in modelling...

Geosciences for Sustainable World - Proceedings of the GSW 2024 (06-07 March)

This book is a comprehensive exploration of the pivotal role that geosciences play in addressing contemporary global challenges and foste...

Frozen Soil Engineering in Cold Regions

This book covers an overview of the distribution of permafrost in China and its engineering properties as well as its environment protect...

Handbook of Traditional Spirituality and Sustainability

This book explores the intersection of indigenous wisdom, spiritual traditions, and ecological sustainability. It brings together diverse...

Eco-dynamics and Environmental Perturbations in Mangrove Ecosystems - Resilience, Adaptation, and Mitigation for Sustainable Conservation of the Indian Sundarbans

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the present state of environmental perturbations in mangrove ecosystems, with special focu...

From Earth's Ecosystems to Exoplanets - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on BioGeoSciences: Modeling Natural Environments (November 15-17, 2023,Cayo Santa María, Villa Clara, Cuba)

This book features a selection of works presented at the 4th International Conference on Biogeosciences in a unified framework. It focuse...

Anticipate and Secure - Enhancing Resilience Through Effective Business Continuity Management

This open access book an era defined by disruption, such as cyberattacks, global outages, pandemics, and supply chain failures, resilienc...

Water Resources in Delta Region in India - Management of Water-Related Projects

This book provides technical information on management of water resources project in delta region in India, including strategies to be ad...

Evaluations of Individual Scientists and Research Institutions I-II.

A selection of papers reprinted from the journal Scientometrics Scientometrics, i. e. the field of quantitative studies of science is i...

The lonely sea and the sky

The origin of species