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  • Dendroclimatic Studies

    Tree Growth and Climate Change in Northern Forests

    by Rosanne D'Arrigo, Nicole Davi, Rob Wilson, Greg Wiles, Gordon Jacoby ...
    Series series Special Publications
    A top priority in climate research is obtaining broad-extent and long-term data to support analyses of historical patterns and trends, and for model development and evaluation. Along with directly measured climate data from the present and recent past, it is important to obtain estimates of long past climate variations spanning multiple centuries and millennia.Dendroclimatic Studies at the North ... Read more

    $58.00 USD

  • The Citizens at Risk

    From Urban Sanitation to Sustainable Cities

    by Pedro Jacobi, Marianne Kjellen, Gordon McGranahan, Charles Surjadi, Jacob Songsore ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    Local environments such as cities and neighbourhoods are becoming a focal point for those concerned with environmental justice and sustainability. The Citizens at Risk takes up this emerging agenda and analyses the key issues in a refreshingly simple yet sophisticated style.Taking a comparative look at cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the book examines: the changing nature of urban ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    Lost Sci-Fi Books 181 thru 200 - Twenty Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s

    by Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Clifford D. Simak, Murray Leinster, Fritz Leiber, E. M. Forster, Hal Clement, Lynn Venable, Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds, Margaret St. Clair, Gordon R. Dickson, Carl Jacobi, Paul MacNamara, Robert F. Young ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi 20 Book Box Sets

    Unabridged

    13 hours 54 min

    Lost Sci-Fi Books 181 thru 200 - Twenty Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60sTime Enough at Last by Lynn VenableThe Deadly Dust by Murray LeinsterHappy Ending by Fredric Brown and Mack ReynoldsLiving Space by Isaac AsimovJokester by Isaac AsimovThe Machine Stops by E. M. ForsterBreakfast at Twilight by Philip K. DickThe Magnificent Possession by Isaac AsimovFlowering Evil by M ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Storm World

    Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming

    by Chris Mooney ...
    An investigation into climate change and increasingly dangerous hurricanes from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Republican War on Science.A leading science journalist delves into a red-hot debate in meteorology: whether the increasing ferocity of hurricanes is connected to global warming.In the wake of Katrina, Chris Mooney follows the careers of leading scientists on either side of ... Read more

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  • More Urban Less Poor

    An Introduction to Urban Development and Management

    by Goran Tannerfeldt, Per Ljung ...
    A world more urban...The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the developing world, within 15 years. This historic shift is producing dramatic effects on human well-being and the environment....but less poorUnplanned shanty-towns without basic services are not an inevitable consequence of urbanization and ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Rethinking Place Branding

    Comprehensive Brand Development for Cities and Regions

    Edited by Mihalis Kavaratzis, Gary Warnaby, Gregory J. Ashworth ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    As Place Branding has become a widely established but contested practice, there is a dire need to rethink its theoretical foundations and its contribution to development and to re-assert its future. This important new book advances understanding of place branding through its holistic, critical and evidence-based approach. Contributions by world-leading specialists explore a series of crucially ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

  • Category 5

    The Story of Camille, Lessons Unlearned from America's Most Violent Hurricane

    by Judith A. Howard, Prof. Ernest Zebrowski Jr. ...
    ". . . the authors sound a pessimistic note about society's short-term memory in their sobering, able history of Camille" --Booklist"This highly readable account aimed at a general audience excels at telling the plight of the victims and how local political authorities reacted. The saddest lesson is how little the public and the government learned from Camille. Highly recommended for all public ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Planning London for the Post-War Era 1945-1960

    by Emmanuel V. Marmaras ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book deals with the formation of the post-Second World War reconstruction and planning machinery in Great Britain, the re-planning efforts undertaken in post-war London, and in particular the redevelopment programme regarding its central area in the form of the comprehensive development projects. Originating from a PhD Thesis, the book recreates the atmosphere following step by step arguments ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Weather Observer's Handbook

    by Stephen Burt ...
    This handbook provides a comprehensive, practical, and independent guide to all aspects of making weather observations. The second edition has been fully updated throughout with new material, new instruments and technologies, and the latest reference and research materials. Traditional and modern weather instruments are covered, including how best to choose and to site a weather station, how to ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Chinese Village, Global Market

    New Collectives and Rural Development

    by T. Saich, B. Hu ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The story of one village, Yantian, and its remarkable economic and social transformation, this book shows how outcomes are shaped by a number of factors such as path dependence, social structures, economic resources and local entrepreneurship. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Citizen’s Right to the Digital City

    Urban Interfaces, Activism, and Placemaking

    Edited by Marcus Foth, Martin Brynskov, Timo Ojala ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Edited by thought leaders in the fields of urban informatics and urban interaction design, this book brings together case studies and examples from around the world to discuss the role that urban interfaces, citizen action, and city making play in the quest to create and maintain not only secure and resilient, but productive, sustainable and viable urban environments. The book debates the impact ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Atmosphere

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Paul I. Palmer ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The atmosphere is the thin, diffuse fluid that envelops the Earth's surface. Despite its apparent fragility, the existence of this fluid is vital for human and other life on Earth. In this Very Short Introduction Paul Palmer describes the physical and chemical characteristics of different layers in the atmosphere, and shows how the interactions where the atmosphere is in contact with land, ocean, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD