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Advancing Quality of Life in a Turbulent World

Environmentalissuescontinuedtoloomlargeinthelastdecadeofthetwentiethc- tury,especiallyenvironmentalproblemsrelatedtorisinglevelsofCO ...

Agroforestry in Europe : Current Status and Future Prospects

Brings together some of the most important current research in European agroforestry, and evaluates the current scope and ...

Arabian Deserts

This is the first comprehensive survey of all the deserts of Arabia, based largely on the author's 50 years of experience ...

Arid Dune Ecosystems

Sand dune dynamics plays a key role in many arid deserts. This volume provides a synthesis of a specific sand dune ecosystem, ...

Asian-Pacific Coasts and Their Management: States of Environment : States of Environment

The Asia-Pacific region is home to the world’s largest region of coral reefs and mangroves. It accommodates two-thirds ...

Atlas of Fallen Dust in Kuwait

This book serves as an atlas of deposited dust and dust storms in Kuwait in relation to local and global regions. It features ...

Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Yeasts

In the last few decades more and more yeast habitats that were not investigated earlier, spanning cold climates to tropical ...

Biodiversity of Angola

The book identifies Angola as one of the most biologically diverse countries in Africa, but notes that its fauna, flora, ...

Chasing the Chinese Dream Four Decades of Following China’s War on Poverty

This book explores the historical, cultural and philosophical contexts that have made anti-poverty the core of Chinese society ...

DARPA Grand Challenge

The goal of the new series of Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR) is to bring, in a timely fashion, the latest advances ...

Desert Dust in the Global System

Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world’s drylands, are a vital component of the environment. ...

Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. A Security Issue

This book focuses on two basic concepts: security and desertification in the Mediterranean Region and their linkages. Desertification ...

Earth Observation of Global Change : The Role of Satellite Remote Sensing in Monitoring the Global Environment

Global Change is increasingly considered a critical topic in environmental research. Remote sensing methods provide a relevant ...

Environmental Change and Human Security: Recognizing and Acting on Hazard Impacts

This book focuses on the linkage between human and environmental security and takes both a conceptual and a pragmatic approach ...

First Floridians and Last Mastodons

Over the last 20 years the Aucilla River Prehistory Project has been one of the most f- cinating stories unfolding in Florida. ...

Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants

The Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants, rich in visual images, emergency medical information, botanical descriptions, ...

International conference on: Terrain and geohazard challenges facing onshore oil and gas pipelines: Proceedings of a three day international conference on terrain and geohazard challenges facing onshore oil and gas pipelines, organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers in association with BP Exploration and held at the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, UK, on 2 – 4 June 2004

To access global oil and gas deposits, major pipelines must traverse remote regions with extreme terrains. There are a significant ...

Maine Cottages

this book serves memories relevant to understanding the roots of communities on Mount Desert Island, Maine. The surnames ...

Mass Extinction

The present book combines three main aspects: five major mass extinctions; contributions on some other minor extinctions; ...

Mediterranean Land-surface Processes Assessed from Space

1. 1 Space View and Ground Observations 1 1. 2 Mediterranean Climatic Environment 2 1. 3 Processes at Surfaces 10 1. 3. 1 ...

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