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  • Eco-History. an Introduction to Biodiversity and Conservation.
    D. Rotherham Ian / DRotherham Ian / Ian D. Rotherham / Ian DRotherham
    AN ACCESSIBLE INTRODUCTION TO BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION AND THE ECO-CULTURAL NATURE OF LANDSCAPESKey issues are addressed in short, focused chapters, supported by a detailed thousand-year timeline based on the British Isles.Rotherham is convinced that to conserve wildlife or ecology, and to heal the wounds of human impacts, we must understand our own history and how, over coun...
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    50,84 €

  • Water Planning in Britain
    Dennis J. Parker / Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell
    Originally published in 1980, this book provides a penetrating and scholarly analysis of the planning of water resources, based on 10 years’ of research into one of Britain’s most vital industries. ...
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    55,44 €

  • World Sea Fisheries
    Robert Morgan
    First published in 1956, World Sea Fisheries gives a general survey of the sea fisheries of the world. It assesses their relative importance at a time when the growing world population placed an increasing strain on food supplies. It examines the forces which mould the character of sea fisheries in any region. ...
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    56,52 €

  • Recreation Research and Planning
    Thomas L. Burton
    First published in 1970, Recreation Research and Planning brings together some of the pioneering work done in Britain in response to the problems that have arisen from the growth of mass recreation since 1955. It will be particularly useful for students and researchers of geography and planning. ...
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    55,54 €

  • Whole Onflow
    Cameron Duff / Gavin J. Andrews / Keith Woodward
    This book describes ’whole onflow’ which is, at once, the emergence and becoming of the entirety of the world/universe and any actual, unique position whatsoever in it ’now’. ...
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    77,16 €

  • Soundscapes of Life
    Mike Edwards
    This book showcases the importance of the soundscape for understanding the environmental crises that we face. It is also about the lost art of listening. This is crucial if we are to start building deeper resonances between human and more-than-human worlds. ...
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    77,56 €

  • The Literature and Study of Urban and Regional Planning
    Brenda White
    First published in 1974, The Literature and Study of Urban and Regional Planning discusses the processes of spatial planning and the range of subject knowledge which is required to contribute to it. ...
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    55,72 €

  • Water Resources in the Arid Realm
    Clive Agnew / Ewan Anderson
    Originally published in 1992, this book dispels some of the myths that surround water resource problems of arid lands and the notion that there are simple ’once and for all’ solutions. ...
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    55,20 €

  • Life Before the Drought
    Earl Scott
    Little attention had been paid to the realities of life in the Savanna-Sahel of West Africa before the drought of 1968-74, but this book, originally published in 1984 provides a set of authoritative accounts of the way in which the inhabitants cope with what outsiders perceive as a harsh environment. ...
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    55,84 €

  • Future Challenges of Cities in Asia
    The ten essays in this book engage with some of the most critical urban questions of the near future across Asia. ...
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    82,46 €

  • The Hard State, Soft City of Singapore
    This book examines Singapore through its imaginative representations, revealing a vital perceptual layer beyond physical structures and engineered spaces. ...
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    82,41 €

  • Religious Responses to Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption Disasters
    Angus Duncan / David Chester / John Duncan
    This book argues that, although secular and religious perspectives on disasters have often conflicted, today there are grounds for believing that the world’s major faiths have much to contribute to the processes of post-disaster recovery and future disaster risk reduction (DRR). ...
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    75,90 €

  • Colonial Geographies, Tourist Imaginaries, and Mystical Landscapes
    Sophia Rose Arjana
    The first study to examine the intersection between imaginative geographies and mystical tourism, this book presents a detailed discussion of how tourism is linked to mystical experience, consumer products and wellness resorts. ...
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    63,32 €

  • Mapping Legalities
    This book maps the interactions between informal workers and the law within the urban and spatial environment. It focuses on access to physical space, revealing the punitive ways in which globally law regulates space and informal work which relies on space. ...
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    75,69 €

  • Sculpted Ambiances in Africana Landscape
    George Joshua Orwel
    Sculpted Ambiances in Africana Landscape centers on ambiance as it affects the expanded sculptural field, particularly filling a gap in aesthetics left by a lack of focus on sculptures and installations in the Africana world and elsewhere. ...
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    76,45 €

  • Uneven Real Estate Development in Romania at the Intersection of Deindustrialization and Financialization
    This book examines the progression of real estate development within the deindustrialization-financialization nexus. It explores the roles it has in semi-peripheral contexts such as Romania. ...
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    75,87 €

  • Regional Drift
    This book examines the Southern Indian Ocean corridor as a geographic, geological, and atmospheric space, taking a critical oceanic humanities approach while never losing sight of the land and water interface. ...
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    76,46 €

  • Frontier Thinking and Human-Nature Relations
    E. C. H. Keskitalo
    This book builds a compelling critique of ’frontier thinking’ and demonstrates its pernicious amplification in contemporary human affairs. It will be of wide interest to a range of academics and students in the fields of geography, anthropology, environmental studies, sociology, political science and development studies, amongst others. ...
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    76,27 €

  • Cross Border Security in the Southern African Region
    Inocent Moyo
    This book provides a sophisticated analysis of cross-border challenges and problems in the southern African region. It advances explanations that transcend the state-centric narrative that has nationalised cross border security. ...
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    76,46 €

  • Understanding Cultural Landscapes
    Ben Garlick / Rachel Hunt
    Understanding Cultural Landscapes provides an introduction to the range of approaches characterising the study of landscape and culture. This textbook discusses the origins, underpinnings, and practical applications of social science and humanities scholarship concerning landscape, and its theorisation. ...
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    77,07 €

  • The Kenyan Cut Flower Industry & Global Market Dynamics
    Andreas Gemählich
    Investigates the production, trade and consumption of the bouquets sold in European supermarkets and the consequences of this for the globalised economy.From a macro-perspective, it appears that the cut flower industry has changed into a buyer-driven value chain with corporate retailers as the new lead firms. Yet, as this book shows, this is insufficient to explain how new trad...
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    26,54 €

  • Relações Disfuncionais
    Elias Daher
    Este livro tem o propósito de ajudar pessoas a compreenderem a experiência de uma relação tóxica, para que possam atenuar as marcas emocionais impostas pela convivência abusiva. Quem passa por isso, geralmente apresenta sintomas duradouros e intensos do trauma.A partir da experiência clínica, vamos abordar os principais aspectos que identificam um relacionamento disfuncional, b...
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    14,04 €

  • Underwater Hotels
    April Vannini / Phillip Vannini
    This book chronicles the first research project ever conducted at underwater hotels. ...
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    77,71 €

  • Reflecting on Ben Wisner’s Contributions to Scholarship and Scholars
    This book is a festschrift in tribute to Ben Wisner’s contributions to disaster studies and adjacent fields of scholarship such as political ecology, development, and sustainability. ...
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    77,19 €

  • Luz, Erótica Terra Do Sul
    Sílvia Dos Santos
    Num cenário encantador à beira-mar, a pacata Vila da Luz torna-se o palco de uma história de amor intensa e arrebatadora. Safira, uma mulher enigmática em busca de paz interior, e Andrew, um homem atormentado por segredos do passado, vêem-se envolvidos numa relação que desafia as suas próprias limitações e medos. Entre passeios pelos recantos escondidos da vila e noites de paix...
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    17,16 €

  • Environmental, Social, and Governance Strategies in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
    Ki-Joon Back
    This book provides an overview of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESGs) concepts in the hospitality and tourism industry. As EGS become more prevalent as a strategic management and development tool, there is need to understand a holistic picture of ESG practices. ...
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    77,11 €

  • Inequalities, Youth and the Labour Market
    Stelios Gialis / Thanasis Kizos / Theodoros Iosifides
    This book thoroughly examines the socio-economic and labor market paths of young NEETs, particularly migrants and women, in the disadvantaged regions of Mediterranean Southern Europe-specifically, the island, coastal, and peripheral areas of Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and Spain. ...
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    76,42 €

  • Routledge Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Disaster Risk Management
    This Handbook provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the intersections between cultural heritage and disaster risks. ...
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    84,92 €

  • Home and International Law
    Henrietta Zeffert
    This book deploys the concept of home in order to open up and explore a new vantage point on international law. ...
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    76,02 €

  • The Institutionalisation of Civic Initiatives
    Francesco Campagnari
    The book examines two civic initiatives in Europe and analyses their evolution through the institutionalisation of their practices, local public effects, and established models for action at broader scales. ...
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    76,29 €