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Hydrology and Water Resources of India
Springer 2007; US$ 299.99India is endowed with varied topographical features, such as high mountains, extensive plateaus, and wide plains traversed by mighty rivers. Divided into four sections this book provides a comprehensive overview of water resources of India. A detailed treatment of all major river basins is provided. This is followed by a discussion on major uses of... 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...
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...
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...
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...
Textbook of Physical Geography
ABD Publishers 2008; US$ 95.00Understanding the processes and patterns in Natural Environment is the domain of Physical geography. Being a subject encompassing numerous aspects of natural environment, the subject has been divided into many subfields, each dealing with a particular aspect. The present book examines what way Animals and Men are distributed over the world along with... more...
Speleological and Karst Glossary of Florida and the Caribbean
UPF 2006; US$ 24.95Sandra Poucher and Rick Copeland have created this comprehensive karst glossary to correct discrepancies in communications among geologists and biologists, hydrologists and divers, cavers and speleologists, thereby enabling researchers to speak a common language. more...
Karst Management
Springer 2011; US$ 139.99Focusing specifically on the management of karst environments, this volume draws together the world's leading karst experts to provide a vital source for the study and management of this unique physical setting. Although karst landscapes cover 12% of the Earth's terrain and provide 25% of the world's drinking water, the resource management... more...
Water Resources in Mexico
Springer 2011; US$ 179.99Water resources in Mexico are threatened by scarcity, pollution and climate change. In two decades water consumption doubled, producing water stress in dry seasons and semi-arid and arid regions. Water stress rises due to physical and economic stress. In seven parts a multidisciplinary team analyzes hydrological processes in basins and their interaction... more...
Speleothem Science
Wiley 2012; US$ 125.00Speleothems (mineral deposits that formed in caves) are currently giving us some of the most exciting insights into environments and climates during the Pleistocene ice ages and the subsequent Holocene rise of civilizations. The book applies system science to Quaternary environments in a new and rigorous way and gives holistic explanations the relations... more...









