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“simon james dadson”

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  • Water Science, Policy and Management

    A Global Challenge

    Edited by Simon James Dadson, Dustin E. Garrick, Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell, Jim W. Hall, Rob Hope, Jocelyne Hughes ...
    Provides an in-depth look at science, policy and management in the water sector across the globeSustainable water management is an increasingly complex challenge and policy priority facing global society. This book examines how governments, municipalities, corporations, and individuals find sustainable water management pathways across competing priorities of water for ecosystems, food, energy, ... Read more

    $90.00 USD

  • Statistical Analysis of Geographical Data

    An Introduction

    by Simon James Dadson ...
    Statistics Analysis of Geographical Data: An Introduction provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the theory and practice of statistical analysis in geography. It covers a wide range of topics including graphical and numerical description of datasets, probability, calculation of confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, collection and analysis of data using analysis of variance and ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

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  • Among the Islands

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  • Beyond Smoke and Mirrors

    Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century

    by Burton Richter ...
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    Global climate change is one of the most important issues humanity faces today. This updated, second edition assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions on switching to more sustainable energy provision. Burton Richter is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who has served ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Curbing Catastrophe

    Natural Hazards and Risk Reduction in the Modern World

    by Timothy H. Dixon ...
    What does Japan's 2011 nuclear accident have in common with the 2005 flooding of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina? This thought-provoking book presents a compelling account of recent and historical disasters, both natural and human-caused, drawing out common themes and providing a holistic understanding of hazards, disasters and mitigation, for anyone interested in this important and topical ... Read more

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  • Gold Metallogeny

    in the Sino-Korean Platform

    by Hongsheng Bai, Zhiliang Li, Giulio Morteani, Robert B. Trumbull ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Geology and Tectonics through Earth's history and selected gold deposits of Hebei Province, NE china, are briefly described in this monograph. Additionally, instructive maps, diagrams and photographs as well as aspects of metallogenesis and a proposed metallogenetic model make it valuable for scientists and practitioners working in the field of geology of Precambrian rocks associated with gold ... Read more

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  • Sensitivity of Mangrove Ecosystem to Changing Climate

    by Abhijit Mitra ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Mangroves are basically salt tolerant forest ecosystems found mainly in tropical and sub-tropical inter-tidal regions. Till about 1960s, mangroves were largely viewed as “economically unproductive areas” and were therefore destroyed for reclaiming land for various economic and commercial activities. Gradually, with the passage of time, the economic and ecological benefits of mangroves have become ... Read more

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  • Nuclear Planetary Science: Planetary Science Based On Gamma-ray, Neutron And X-ray Spectroscopy

    by Nobuyuki Hasebe, Kyeong Ja Kim, Kunitomo Sakurai, Eido Shibamura ...
    Series Book 1 - Advances In Planetary Science
    Nuclear planetary science has come to play an important role in our understanding of the origin and evolution of the planetary bodies in our solar system. A newly established branch of planetary science, its study aids in humankind's exploration of the present states of the structures of various planetary bodies (including the Earth), their atmospheres and their satellites, as well as small ... Read more

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  • Non-standard Problems in Basin Modelling

    by Yurii Galushkin ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book details how the GALO system of basin modelling may be used in the analysis of actual, non-standard problems of geology. It begins by addressing the tectonic subsidence of sedimentary basins, and goes on to consider the problems of maturation of organic matter and hydrocarbon generation in the vicinity of intrusions and subtrappean sedimentary complexes. Lastly, the book discusses the ... Read more

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  • Spectroscopy, Luminescence and Radiation Centers in Minerals

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    by A.S. Marfunin ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    The development of mineralogy, the evolutionary changes in compre hending the mineral substance of the earth are closely associated with the progress of research methods. Over a space of more than two and half centuries, from the goniometry of the mineral crystals to microscopic petrography and optical mineralogy, to crystal structure determinations, electron micros copy and electron diffraction ... Read more

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  • Digital Geoarchaeology

    New Techniques for Interdisciplinary Human-Environmental Research

    Edited by Christoph Siart, Markus Forbriger, Olaf Bubenzer ...
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    This book focusses on new technologies and multi-method research designs in the field of modern archaeology, which increasingly crosses academic boundaries to investigate past human-environmental relationships and to reconstruct palaeolandscapes. It aims at establishing the concept of Digital Geoarcheology as a novel approach of interdisciplinary collaboration situated at the scientific interface ... Read more

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