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Global Warmingby John Houghton
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 52.00Houghton's market-leading textbook, now in full colour and with the latest IPCC findings, is the definitive guide to climate change. more...
Comfortably Unawareby Richard A. Oppenlander
Hillcrest Media Group, Inc. 2011; US$ 9.99In Comfortably Unaware, Dr. Richard Oppenlander tackles the crucial issue of global depletion as it relates to food choice. Do you know the true cost of the food you eat every day? What resources were used and what was destroyed in order to get that food to your plate? What does the word sustainable really mean when applied to your food choices and how sustainable is that particular food to your own health? What you choose to eat is killing our planet, says noted lecturer and author Dr. Richard Oppenlander. In Comfortably Unaware, he reveals the truth about food choice and its impact on our world. He doesn't stop at merely identifying the problem. He describes, with clarity, its cultural and political origins and offers a viable solution.... more...
The OECDby Peter Carroll; Aynsley Kellow
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00The book reveals, for the first time, the origins, growth and complex role of the OECD as it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, showing how it has adapted - for the most part successfully - to the changing needs of its members, both large and small. Peter Carroll and Aynsley Kellow provide a comprehensive account and analysis of the origins, development and, most intriguingly, the recent reforms that characterise the OECD. They argue that this increasingly complex organisation has fulfilled its design to be an adaptive, learning organisation and explore how the OECD has spread its wings beyond its European and North American roots to become an increasingly influential body in global governance. Topical chapters include the OECD's work on... more...
Synoptic and Dynamic Climatologyby Roger G. Barry; Andrew M. Carleton
Routledge 2001; US$ 125.00This book provides the first comprehensive account of the dynamical behaviour and mechanisms of the global climate system and its components, together with a modern survey of synoptic-scale weather systems in the tropics and extratropics. more...
Climate, Change and Riskby Thomas Downing; A. Olsthoorn; R.S.J. Tol
Routledge 1998; US$ 248.00Climate, Change and Risk presents an overview of climatic hazards and climate change, focusing on societal responses, insurance and methodologies for analysis. more...
Boundary Layer Climatesby T. R. Oke
Routledge 1987; US$ 76.95Offers a concise description of atmospheric layers sensitively pitched for the non-meteorological specialist in a variety of disciplines: in geography, agriculture, forestry, ecology, engineering, environment and planning. more...
Applied Climatologyby Allen Perry; Russell Thompson
Routledge 1997; US$ 71.95Examines the effects of climate on physical, biological and cultural environments. Specialist contributors examine the impacts of changing climates on the functioning and development of physical biological environments such as glaciers. more...
Global Warming and Global Politicsby Matthew Paterson
Routledge 1996; US$ 52.95Examines the major theories within international relations, and how these can help us understand the emergence of global warming as a political issue. more...
Highway Meteorologyby Ann Coulter; L.J. Symons
Spon Press 1991; US$ 240.00Roads that are safe in all weathers are a prerequisite of modern society, and large amounts of money are spent, especially in winter, to make travel safe. This book brings together international expertise on planning 'weather proof' roads, operating safe road networks in bad weather and coping effectively with accidents. The performance and cost effectiveness of new technology (ice detection systems, thermal mapping, weather radar etc) are reviewed. more...
Climate, History and the Modern Worldby Hubert H. Lamb
Routledge 1995; US$ 67.95With the inclusion of new material, preface and illustrations, this 2nd edition of Lamb's acclaimed book covers issues of past and present climates, impacts on human affairs and an understanding of the problems of forecasting. more...