Natural disasters books

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Through a delicate balance between photosynthesis and respiration, terres­ trial ecosystems, and in particular forests,...  Read More >>

Finally, shortly before arriving at the Indian Ocean, one encounters the Eastern Arc Mountains, a series of isolated...  Read More >>

They show first approaches for the inclusion of factors of the landscape balance into planning procedures and new...  Read More >>

An understanding of such pulsing systems is only possible by studying both phases and linking the results into an...  Read More >>

Mass movement of rocks in high mountains can severely injure the population and damage man-made structures in these...  Read More >>

Therefore, Biodiversity - A Challenge for Development Research and Policy was chosen as the title for an international...  Read More >>

During recent decades, large-scale effects of pollution on marine estuaries and even entire enclosed coastal seas...  Read More >>

In this thoroughly updated third edition, the authors have provided a series of carefully designed and tested field...  Read More >>

This review of boreal mire ecosystems includes discussion of peat soil properties, mire hydrology, carbon and nutrient...  Read More >>

The general interest and attention paid to the use of the renewable natural resources of the world have increased...  Read More >>

The role of predation, whether limiting or regulating prey (ungulate, rodent, shrew, bird, and amphibian) populations,...  Read More >>

Arid lands require that organisms inhabiting them be well-adapted to thrive or even just to survive. Following a...  Read More >>

Presents estimates on the rate of change of major land classes. This title offers innovative developments and applications...  Read More >>

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But also in natural habitats and communities, migration of animals, plants and microorganisms plays a key role in...  Read More >>

This volume of Light Scattering Reviews describes some recent advances in a broad area of light scattering media...  Read More >>

This text focuses on heavy metals that have damaged the ecosystem Earth and its life forms. It characterizes natural...  Read More >>

Focuses on the earthquake source materials produced or deformed by both seismic faulting and a seismic creep within...  Read More >>

Uncertainties of information on the problems of global climatology are a principal barrier to understanding the...  Read More >>

The scientific work described in this book is the result of an international coopera­ tion of over 60 researchers...  Read More >>

Urban areas are major sources of air pollution. However, neither modelling nor monitoring can solve urban air pollution...  Read More >>

Given their importance, complexity and vulnerability mountainous regions pose a demanding and new challenge for...  Read More >>

With the Symposium on ""Water of the Middle East and North Africa: Resources, Protection and Management"" in Frankfurt...  Read More >>