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Time, Space, and Society
Geographical Societal Perspectives
Av A. Kellerman
Inbunden, 1989
1093 kr
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Time and space are two of the most basic dimensions of human life. They envelop all human beings from birth to death. As such, they provide the context for human existence. At the same time, however, time and space also serve as major influencing factors in mankind's actions. Hence, a vast …
Recreational Uses of Coastal Areas
A Research Project of the Commission on the Coastal Environment, International Geographical Union
Av P. Fabbri
Inbunden, 1989
1636 kr
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Human clustering in coastal areas The coastal zone has gained a solid reputation as a place vocated for recreational activities and this is generally related to the presence of the sea. The relationship, however, does not appear univocal or simple: the sea can be perceived as a hostile element by …
Taming the Yellow River: Silt and Floods
Proceedings of a Bilateral Seminar on Problems in the Lower Reaches of the Yellow River, China
Av L.M. Brush, M. Gordon Wolman
Inbunden, 1989
3265 kr
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About four years ago Dr. Gilbert White visited China and sowed the seeds of this project through conversations with Drs. Huang and Gong of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Mr. Long of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission. After some additional rounds of communications by letter, the plan for …
Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning
Av Henk J. Scholten, John Stillwell
Inbunden, 1990
1636 kr
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In August 1989, a Summer Institute was held at the Academie van Bouwkunst, the seventeenth century home of Amsterdam's School of Architecture, Town Planning and Landscape. The meeting brought together experts in Geographical Information Systems from throughout the world to address an international …
Land Use Changes in Europe
Processes of Change, Environmental Transformations and Future Patterns
Av F.M. Thomas Brouwer, M.J. Chadwick m. fl.
Inbunden, 1991
875 kr
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Golden Century of Oil 1950–2050
The Depletion of a Resource
Inbunden, 1991
1636 kr
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oil is the lifeblood of the World's economy. It was a critical element in two World Wars and in the Cold War, and, as recent events in the Middle East confirm, people are willing to fight for it. The cheap energy it provides, especially for transport and agriculture, was one of the main factors …
Randstad: A Research and Policy Laboratory
Inbunden, 1992
1093 kr
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Randstad Holland is the urbanized western part of the Netherlands. It contains the four largest cities of the country: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. The name Randstad (rim city) refers to the distinctive shape of the conurbation, a horseshoe of cities around an open agricultural and …
Oceanic and Anthropogenic Controls of Life in the Pacific Ocean
Proceedings of the 2nd Pacific Symposium on Marine Sciences, Nadhodka, Russia, August 11–19, 1988
Av V.I. Ilyichev, V.V. Anikiev
Inbunden, 1992
1636 kr
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This volume presents a collection of multidisciplinary papers written by scientists from the various countries of the Pacific rim. The major topics covered are the origins of life in the marine environment, the changing distribution of biological parameters, hydrophysical and hydrochemical …
Perspectives on Planning and Urban Development in Belgium
Inbunden, 1992
1093 kr
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This book gives a comprehensive overview in the English language of Belgian planning and urban development. As such it satisfies a void in the planning literature about developments in an increasingly important country of northwest Europe. Belgium and its capital, Brussels, are the administrative …
Implicate Relations
Society and Space in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Inbunden, 1992
1093 kr
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In his beautiful booklnvisible eities Italo Calvino writes about the two cities ofValdrada, the one which lies on the shores of a lake, and the other which is reflected in the lake and contains not only the exterior of Valdrada on the shores, but also its interior, and probably its inhabitants. …
CIS Energy and Minerals Development
Prospects, Problems and Opportunities for International Cooperation
Av James P. Dorian, Pavel A. Minakir m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
875 kr
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The former Soviet Union possessed some of the world's largest reserves of energy and mineral resources. With the dissolution of the country in 1991, the former Soviet republics are now exercising complete control over their mining industries. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) consists of …
Tourism vs Environment
The Case for Coastal Areas
Av P.P. Wong
Inbunden, 1993
1093 kr
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While coastal tourism has been treated from many perspectives, this book offers the first substantial examination of the environmental basis of coastal tourism. The first part of the book examines some of the basic aspects and various methodologies of the coastal environment for tourism. Drawing …
Geography, History and Social Sciences
Av Georges B. Benko, Ulf Strohmayer
Inbunden, 1995
1093 kr
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The complex relations between territory and the social sciences are explained by investigators from different disciplines: geography, economy, sociology and history among them. The current ferment in the social sciences has assigned an increasingly important role to the concept of space. In this …
Rule and Order Dutch Planning Doctrine in the Twentieth Century
Av A. Faludi, A.J. van der Valk
Inbunden, 1994
2396 kr
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This book is about an art in which the Netherlands excels: strategic planning. Foreign observers will need little convincing of the merits of Dutch planning. They will want to know whether routine explanations (small country, industrious, disciplined people hardened by the perennial fight against …
Neural Nets
Applications in Geography
Av Bruce C. Hewitson, Bruce C. Hewitson m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
875 kr
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Neural nets offer a new strategy for spatial analysis, and their application holds enormous potential for the geographic sciences. However, the number of studies that have utilized these techniques is limited. This lack of interest can be attributed, in part, to lack of exposure, to the use of …
Asian City: Processes of Development, Characteristics and Planning
Av Ashok K. Dutt, F.J. Costa m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
2179 kr
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In The Asian City the Asian urbanisation processes, nature and characteristics of the 1990s have been analyzed by countries, by comparing different countries and in an international context. The authors are urban specialists from four continents. This volume has been divided into six parts: Part I …
Corporate Geography
Business Location Principles and Cases
Av R. Laulajainen, H.A. Stafford
Inbunden, 1995
2179 kr
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Corporate Geography examines the spatial structures and behaviour of large business organizations. Corporations are key operational units of economies. Each corporation has several locations and connections to suppliers and customers who also operate in geographical space. The effectiveness of …
Construction of Cognitive Maps
Inbunden, 1996
1636 kr
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and processes which are exclusive to humans in their encoding, storing, decoding and retrieving spatial knowledge for various tasks. The authors present and discuss connectionist models of cognitive maps which are based on local representation, versus models which are based on distributed …
Northern Ireland and Beyond
Social and Geographical Issues
Av E. Biagini
Inbunden, 1996
1126 kr
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Northern Ireland's problems are rooted in physical and historical geography - small resource base, peripheral location, violent conquest, repression and ruthless marginalization of the native population by the Protestant settlers. The text argues that Britain would be serving her own interest by …
Southeast Asia: A Ten Nation Regior
Inbunden, 1996
1685 kr
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This text introduces the ten-nation region of Southeast Asia, taking into consideration its diversity, differential development, socio-economic and political changes. Countries included are Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Physical, …
Arid Frontier
Interactive Management of Environment and Development
Av Hendrik J. Bruins, Harvey Lithwick
Inbunden, 1997
1636 kr
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The arid frontier has been a challenge for humanity from time immemorial. Drylands cover more than one-third of the global land surface, distributed over Africa, Asia, Australia, America and Southern Europe. Disasters may develop as a result of complex interactions between drought, desertification …
Species Survival in Fragmented Landscapes
Av J. Settele, Chris Margules m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
2179 kr
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The effects of isolation, area size, and habitat quality on the survival of animal and plant populations in the cultural landscape are central aspects of a research project started in Germany in 1993 (,Forschungsverbund, Isolation, FHichengroBe und BiotopquaIiHit', abbreviated to 'FIFB'). After a …
Climates and Societies - A Climatological Perspective
A Contribution on Global Change and Related Problems Prepared by the Commission on Climatology of the International Geographical Union
Av M. Yoshino, Manfred Domrös m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1636 kr
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This book addresses many of the issues raised in the debate on global change, providing a new point of view on climate which is being integrated into the space and time organization of societies. The volume contains three main parts: climatic changes and fluctuations; climates on a regional scale, …
Evaluating Theory-Practice and Urban-Rural Interplay in Planning
Av Dino Borri, Abdul Khakee m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1126 kr
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This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the second workshop on Evaluation and Planning held at Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Mediterraneennes (CIHEAM) in Valenzano (Bari) in November 1993. The workshop was financially and otherwise supported by the School of …
Regional Hydrological Response to Climate Change
Av J. A. A. Jones, Changming Liu m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
875 kr
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The potential impact of global warming on water resources is of major national and international concern. This book draws together research work aimed at providing global and regional syntheses of the likely hydrological effects of climate change over the coming century. The chapters range from …
Spatial Cognition
Geographic Environments
Av R. Lloyd
Inbunden, 1997
1636 kr
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10.2 Summary of Ideas ..................................................... 256 10.2.1 Spatial Behavior As Rules For Decision Making ................................... 258 10.2.2. Cognitive Mapping ......................................................................... 258 10.2.3. Storing …
Danube: A River Basin in Transition
Av I.L. Murphy
Inbunden, 1997
1093 kr
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International river basins first captured my interest while I worked on water resource issues in the US Department of the Interior during the 1970s and '80s. I was especially intrigued with the way the US resolved long and recurring disputes with Mexico over the shared use of the Colorado River. …
Country on the Move: Migration to and within Israel, 1948–1995
Inbunden, 1998
1093 kr
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Country on the Move presents original research and a comprehensive multidisciplinary analysis of the spatial aspects of migration. It considers the spatial results of two diametrically opposed policies: planning from above to settle the North African and Asian newcomers in the 1950s, and planning …
Multi-Ethnic Metropolis: Patterns and Policies
Av S. Musterd, W. Ostendorf m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1093 kr
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Presenting an international comparison of segregation patterns of immigrants and policy reactions at local and state level, this book sets out to give an insight into the European experience with ethnic segregation in metropolitan areas. European cities have generally become multi-ethnic …
Human Activities and the Tropical Rainforest
Past, Present and Possible Future
Inbunden, 1997
1093 kr
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Arising initially from a conference, the papers published here have been integrated into book form to provide information on human activities and the tropical rainforest in the past and present, and on the possible future of the rainforest, in a unique way. Other books have considered some, but not …
