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Desertification and Risk Analysis Using High and Medium Resolution Satellite Data
Springer 2008; US$ 89.95Collects the results of a practical experience of survey, through the direct control of satellite images from high to medium resolution, over areas subjected to desertification problems. This book reveals that the problems of the local population are closely tied to the equilibrium in the management of the territory. more...
Land Use Policy and Practice on Karst Terrains
Springer 2009; US$ 109.99Land use decisions in karst terrains can have immediate and serious impacts on the local landscape and groundwater resources. This book explores how human settlement patterns and urban systems in karst terrains are affected by land use regulations intended to protect karst resources. more...
Grassroots Indicators for Desertification
International Development Research Centre 1995; US$ 25.00The book documents why grassroots indicators should play a key role in the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting systems for sustainable development and, more specifically, in efforts to reverse desertification and other forms of land degradation. It also shows how their use would encourage local control of the generation and use of knowledge. more...
Subterranean Twin Cities
University of Minnesota Press 2009; US$ 19.00Subterranean Twin Cities is a treasurea book for the Tom Sawyer in all of us. Greg Brick is one of those few persons with the unique talent to write expertly about his adventures, bringing readers along with him on hands and knees. Steve Thayer, author of Saint Mudd and The WeathermanWe tend to send things underground that we... more...
Deserts
Chicago Review Press 2004; US$ 11.95This activity guide introduces children to the wild and often misunderstood environment of the desert and the people and cultures that thrive in and around them. Information is included on all types of deserts?hot and dry, coastal, semiarid, and polar. Kids learn what defines a desert and the creative ways plants and animals have adapted to survive... more...
Karst Environments
Springer 2010; US$ 99.99With a focus on karren formation in high mountains, and specifically in the European Alps, this text summarizes the scientific results of systematic observations made during field trips, as well as the interpretation, using modern analytical methods, of the data collected. Márton Veress, who has been working in different types of karren landscapes... more...
GLACIAL LANDSYSTEMS
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2005; US$ 75.00Exceptional value paperback edition of this comprehensive reference text on glacial landsystems. more...
Advances in Research in Karst Media
Springer 2010; US$ 139.99"The Malaga Symposia Series" provides an international forum for scientific debate on the progress made in research into karst environments. The 2010 meeting of the 4th International ISKA presents 80 papers in four key areas: karst hydrogeology and investigations, karst landscape and ecosystems, human interaction with karst environments,... more...
The Frozen Earth
Cambridge University Press 1989; US$ 42.00This book describes the effects of cold climates on the surface of the earth. more...









