Climate Change and World Food Security (Nato ASI Subseries I:, #37) (NATO ASI, v. 37)
In the last half decade since sustainable development became a serious objective, what have we achieved? Are livelihoods more secure? Are nations wealthier and more resilient? Is environmental quality being restored or maintained? These are essential questions of development. Their answers are many, varied between communities and regions, even between individuals. Two years ago, in the aftermath of the Earth Summit and ratification of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, but before the fi...
Zusammenfassung des Buchs Bevölkerungsgeographie von Jürgen Bähr
by Martin Eder
Exploring the streets of London, Manchester, Belfast, Edinburgh or Cardiff, one cannot help but notice the striking transformations taking place in the urban landscapes. This prominent regeneration of urban areas in the UK and around the world has become an increasingly important issue amongst governments and populations. The growing concern has been a result of the impacts of the decline of cities since the collapse of manufacturing industries and the heightening of global competition. A range...
Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society; 3
Meteorology, or Weather Explained (Classic Reprint)
by John Gordon M'Pherson
Arthur Holmes's "Principles of Physical geology" is recognized as a seminal work which has influenced generations of geology students from many countries in its first three editions. But in the light of continuing new discoveries from sophisticated geophysical exploration methods, deep drilling in the oceans and on land, and satellite imagery, much of the theoretical aspects now requires substantial revision. This fourth edition returns to the three-part structure of the original book. After a p...
Geology and Confinement of Toxic Waste/ Geologie Et Confinement Des Dechets Toxiques
The papers presented in this volume are devoted to the confinement of toxic wastes in geological formations. Aspects pertaining to the natural geological environment, the improvement of its containment properties, the surface isolation systems, as well as new confinement concepts, are described.