This book provides an insight into the practices and ideas of maps and map-making. It draws on a wide range of social theorists, and theorists of cartography, to show how maps and map-making have shaped the spaces in which we live...
Two decades after the Brundtland Commission's Report 'Our Common Future' adopted the concept of 'sustainable development', this book explores the potential for new practices for those involved in sustainability activity. Themes addressed include the provision of a 'next generation perspective', and ..
Two decades after the Brundtland Commission's Report 'Our Common Future' adopted the concept of 'sustainable development', this book explores the potential for new practices for those involved in sustainability activity. Themes addressed include the provision of a 'next generation perspective', and ..
Energy and power are playing pivotal roles in social and economic developments of the modern world. Energy and power engineers have made our lives much more comfortable and affordable. However, due to the demands of the global population on resources and the environment, innovations of more reliable..
This books presents fresh and fascinating insights into our interpretation of the environment and shows how our aesthetic experience encompasses nature rather than art...
This title was first published in 2001. An interdisciplinary team of leading European scholars bring together case studies from Western and Eastern Europe to illustrate and critically analyze the shifting relationships of agricultural, environmental and food policy in Europe...
Applied Geography offers an invaluable introduction to useful research in physical, environmental and human geography and provides a new focus and reference point for investigating and understanding problem-orientated research...
This is the first collection of papers dealing specifically with the incorporation of Asian immigrants in European labour markets. Featuring an impressive list of contributors from across Europe, it explores the phenomenon of Asian immigration in Europe...
This is the first collection of papers dealing specifically with the incorporation of Asian immigrants in European labour markets. Featuring an impressive list of contributors from across Europe, it explores the phenomenon of Asian immigration in Europe...
Presents a non-technical introduction to complex themes and processes of the atmosphere which play such a dominant role in shaping our physical environment and in controlling activities and responses in the cultural environment...
Providing a wide range of techniques for planning inspiring geography lessons, this book shows teachers how they can use current resources in a more innovative way to produce outstanding results. With a strong focus on activating learning and supporting pupils on their individual learning journeys, ..
Enhancing the mutual understanding between the fields of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Engineering, this work appeals to scientists, researches and other academic professionals related to or interested in Biomedical Engineering or Environmental Engineering...