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Natural Disasters in a Global Environment
Wiley 2013; US$ 38.95Natural Disasters in a Global Environment is a transnational, global and environmental history of natural and man-made disasters. Detailed case studies of past and present events are presented in a historical narrative, making use of the most recent scholarship. Examines a range of disasters including volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, landslides,... more...
Arid Dune Ecosystems
Springer 2008; US$ 199.99Sand dune dynamics plays a key role in many arid deserts. This volume provides a synthesis of a specific sand dune ecosystem, the Nizzana site in the Negev Desert. Describing its climate and geophysical/geochemical properties of soils, geological history, flora and fauna, and past/present land-use patterns, it elucidates ecological and geomorphological... more...
Basin Analysis
Wiley 2009; US$ 119.95Basin Analysis is an up-to-date overview of the essential processes of the formation and evolution of sedimentary basins, and their implications for the development of hydrocarbon resources. The new edition features: A consideration of the fundamental physical state of the lithosphere. A discussion on the major types of lithospheric deformation... more...
Taming the Sahara
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 119.00Borowiec surveys North African history and current efforts to halt the movement of the Sahara into surrounding countries. He shows how efforts in Tunisia are making headway against this ecological disaster, which confronts not only North Africa but Southern Europe and possibly the world in general.||Veteran North African observer Andrew Borowiec surveys... more...
Deserts
Greystone Books 2009; US$ 22.95Next to rain forests, deserts are the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth. In fact, a desert is never a single ecosystem but a concentration of dozens, ranging from arid flatlands to high mesas to canyons, and oases. Filled with unexpected life and unforgiving conditions, the desert evokes a vivid and passionate response from those who experience... more...
Stadtstrände: Südseefeeling in deutschen Großstädten
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 24.81Seit einigen Jahren sprießen jeden Frühling auf ein Neues weiße Sandstrände aus den Betonböden der deutschen Großstädte. Jedes Jahr wächst ihre Anzahl und der Duft nach Sonnencreme und die Klänge südländischer Musik durchziehen die bundesdeutschen Metropolen. Doch was sind Stadtstrände genau? Wo finden sie ihren Ursprung und ihre Daseinsberechtigung?... more...
Extreme Events
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 38.00A textbook that describes how to deduce accurate hazard risk assessments from long-term records. more...
The World's Beaches
University of California Press 2011; US$ 31.95Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of the planet?s most dynamic environments?from tourist beaches to Arctic beaches strewn with ice chunks to steaming hot tropical shores. The World?s Beaches tells how beaches work, explains why they vary... more...
100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet
A&C Black 2010; US$ 7.80In this exciting book, children learn how to face and survive the world's most dangerous situations. From natural disasters and wild weather, to getting lost in the wild and fighting off dangerous animals, readers learn the skills needed to combat 100 real life dramas. Each danger is rated in terms of how likely you are to meet it, and how likely... more...
The Earth's Land Surface
SAGE Publications 2010; US$ 59.00Lively, engaging introduction to geomorphology and earth surface processes, written by one of the world's leading experts in the field. more...









