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Extremes in Nature

The study of the statistics of extreme events is an essential first step in the mitigation of natural catastrophies, that ...

Famine Early Warning Systems and Remote Sensing Data

This book describes the interdisciplinary work of USAID’s Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) and its in uence ...

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. ...

Fish, Fishing and Community in North Korea and Neighbours Vibrant Matter(s)

This book explores the histories and geographies of fishing in North Korea and the surrounding nations.

Flood Risk Management in Europe

This valuable edition brings together 26 peer reviewed articles on technical, socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects ...

Flood Risk Management: Hazards, Vulnerability and Mitigation Measures

Floods are of increasing public concern world-wide due to increasing damages and unacceptably high numbers of injuries. Previous ...

Flood Warning, Forecasting and Emergency Response

This book provides a comprehensive account of flood warning, forecasting and emergency response processes, including techniques ...

Flow and Transport Processes with Complex Obstructions

The NATO Advanced Study Institute “Flow and Transport Processes in Complex - structed Geometries: from cities and vegetative ...

Fluid and thermodynamics ; Volume 1: basic fluid mechanics

Simple, yet precise solutions to special flows are also constructed, namely Blasius boundary layer flows, matched asymptotics ...

Fog and Boundary Layer Clouds

The e?ect of fog on human life was recognized in the early ages of mankind but its impact has signi?cantly increased during ...

Forecasting and Assessing Risk of Individual Electricity Peaks

The overarching aim of this open access book is to present self-contained theory and algorithms for investigation and prediction ...

Forest Policies and Social Change in England

The book stresses how values and perceptions shape policies, and conversely how policies can modify perceptions, and also ...

Forest and Rangeland Soils of the United States Under Changing Conditions A Comprehensive Science Synthesis

This book synthesizes leading-edge science and management information about forest and rangeland soils of the United States. ...

Fossil Earthquakes: The Formation and Preservation of Pseudotachylytes

This book encompass the principl results of field investigations, analyses of meso-scale and micro-scale textures and structures, ...

Fostering Transformative Change for Sustainability in the Context of Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)

This book is a compilation of case studies that provide useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground activities ...

Fractal Behaviour of the Earth System

In this volume a collection of - pers considers the fractal behavior of the Earth's continental crust. Surface gravity anomalies ...

Framing in Sustainability Science Theoretical and Practical Approaches

This book offers both conceptual and empirical descriptions of how to “frame” sustainability challenges. It defines ...

Freshwater Governance for the 21st Century

The objective of this book is to broadly illustrate the key aspects of water governance, mapping the spectrum of decision-making ...

From Disaster Response to Risk Management

In 1992 Australia’s Commonwealth and State governments announced the introduction of a National Drought Policy adopting ...

Frontiers of Geographic Information Technology

Although designed primarily for desktop mapping and analysis, Geographic Information Systems have, for some years, been ‘coupled’ ...

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