Science and Technology

Every culture, irrespective of its simplicity or complexity, has its own beliefs and practices. It is, therefore, important to study in depth the v...

The field of human rights and the environment has grown phenomenally during the last few years and this textbook will be one of the first to encour...

India is the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, which makes it an important player whose climate mitigation actions and inactions are close...

Indoor Air Quality: The Latest Sampling and Analytical Methods, Third Edition is a practical, user-friendly guide to the identification and assessm...

Environmental stories have all the elements that make for a good drama-villains that plunge us into danger, and heroes that fight for positive chan...

At a time when people use more and more geographic information and tools, the management of geographical information in software systems still hold...

This up-to-date and comprehensive reference presents the fundamentals of environmental planning, incorporating theory, practice and case studies. T...

This book examines the issues of ecological crisis and sustainable development through critical reading of literary texts. By analysing writings of...

Introducing Human Geographies is a ‘travel guide’ into the academic subject of human geography and the things that it studies. The coverage of the ...

The new edition presents the themes of geopolitical structures and agents in an engaging and accessible manner, with no previous knowledge of theor...

There is a growing concern about the change in composition of the atmosphere, depletion of the ozone shield, pollution of marines and rapid populat...

Minerals may be located very near Earth’s surface or may lie at great depths below the surface. In both cases, mining methods involve the removal o...

The Times (Obituaries, 4 August 2008) reported that “John Thornes was one of the most eminent and influential physical geographers of his generatio...

This book is an exciting reappraisal of the role and practice of biodiversity monitoring, showing how new technologies and software applications ar...

The Ramsar Convention was established in 1971 to ensure the conservation and wise use of wetlands across the world. India joined the Convention in ...

Over the years, the interactions between land, ocean, biosphere and atmosphere have increased, mainly due to population growth and anthropogenic ac...

Providing both a theoretical background and practical examples of natural resource conflict, this volume explores the pressures on natural resource...

This book examines the concept of neighbourhood over space and time and understands how neighbourhoods can impact human health and well-being. It d...

Economic minerals are minerals of commercial value. Limestone, gypsum, phosphoric ore and marble are amongst important economic minerals as are var...

Economic minerals are minerals of commercial value. Limestone, gypsum, phosphoric ore and marble are amongst important economic minerals as are var...

Economic minerals are minerals of commercial value. Limestone, gypsum, phosphoric ore and marble are amongst important economic minerals as are var...

Economic minerals are minerals of commercial value. Limestone, gypsum, phosphoric ore and marble are amongst important economic minerals as are var...

This book seeks to illuminate the organizational and social dimensions of Global Information Systems. It provides a broad and historical perspectiv...