Once applied only to problems of mining-reserves assessment or petroleum-reservoir characterization, geostatistics is now ...
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"Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation" presents the latest developments and case studies ...
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The influence of initial stresses, pore water pressures and seismic forces has been explored not only on performance indicators ...
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Geological characteristics of giant metallic deposits and their setting and the politico-economic constraints of access to ...
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Most of the world’s population lives close to the coast and is highly dependent on coastal resources, which are being exploited ...
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Mountain regions occupy about a quarter of the global terrestrial land surface and provide goods and services to more than ...
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The interactions between environmental change and human societies have a long, complex history spanning many millennia, but ...
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offers an authoritative analysis of the challenges that have arisen as a result of modern technologies. It covers several ...
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This book takes a critical and international perspective to the mainstreaming of the Global Citizenship Concept and analyses ...
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The purpose of the book is to summarize existing information and assess the level of these uncertainties. We want to stimulate ...
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offers an authoritative analysis of the state-of-the art in energy and climate research and policy. It starts by describing ...
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This book innovative risk governance framework, the careful reviews it received from internationally recognized scientists, ...
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In the global-warming debate, definitive answers to questions about ultimate causes and effects remain elusive. In Global ...
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This book contiants chapters address the theoretical, philosophical, ethical and religious and spatial context of security; ...
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Globalization is affecting regional economies in a broad spectrum of aspects, from labor market conditions and development ...
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A characteristic of the present global ecological situation is increasing instability or— put another way—a crisis in ...
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Focusing specifically on water, this book talks about the core elements of governance, and analyses the linkages between ...
Lire la suiteThis book will aid regional water authorities and other relevant stakeholders interested in governance assessment, whether ...
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This is a result of the Dalhousie-led research project Safe Navigation and Environment Protection, supported by a grant ...
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In this book we suggest an alternative model for the origin of granite in terms of in-situ meltingintracrustal convection ...
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