Earth Sciences

Terrestrial Biosphere tries to pose the questions which underlie the  many-sided debate of how to respond to and influence change: How should we view nature? What do we do for the best - how should we act - what are we trying to achieve and what should we be guided by?In doing so the book introduces..

Posing the questions which underlie the many-sided debate of how to respond to and influence change, this text covers both scientific and sociological aspects of ecosystem management. It also includes discussion of the response of soils and vegetation to human impact...

This updated edition includes an appendix of criteria for the identification of ichnotaxa and covers all aspects of tiering, trace fossil diversity and ichnoguilds...

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Examining global water issues and how to solve them, Water Crisis: Myth or Reality challenges the premise that the planet is heading towards a global water crisis. It looks at the issues and tries to unravel which conditions are permanent and unchangeable and which are remediable and changeable. The..

The history of water reviewed in the context of this Seminar will help understand the importance water has had in every possible context and civilization in the past. The ultimate goal of this book is "to learn from history", approaching the problem from a pragmatic point of view, far from the polit..

This book applies poststructuralist ideas to landscape representation. Drawing upon the themes of discourse, text and metaphor, the contributors examine a wide range of different geographical writings...