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Student World Atlas
The new fifth edition of National Geographic's award-winning atlas is more fascinating and fact-filled than ever! It's the definitive atlas for middle and high-school students to explore and use in the classroom, college prep, and at home.
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Nature‐based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas
This open access book brings together research findings and experiences from science, policy and practice to highlight and debate the importance of nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation in urban areas. Emphasis is given to the potential of nature-based approaches to create multiple-benefits for society.
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Space A Visual Encyclopedia
This space encyclopedia for children presents the entire Universe in one stunning book. Let the countdown begin as you launch into space to view the many wonders of the Solar System. Ride a rocket like an astronaut, take your first steps on the Moon, feel the rocky red surface of Mars, and run rings around Saturn. Travel further into deepest, darkest space and be dazzled by the biggest and brightest stars millions of light years away. Packed with amazing images from NASA missions
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The Ecology Of Trees in Tropical Rainforest
Current knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, yet a good understanding of the trees is essential to unravelling the workings of the forest itself. This book aims to summarise contemporary understanding of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees.
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Essentials of Ecology
Essentials of Ecology, 4th Edition presents introductory ecology in an accessible, state-of-the-art format designed to cultivate the novice student's understanding of and fascination with the natural world. In a concise, engaging style, this text outlines the essential principles of ecology from the theoretical fundamentals to their practical applications. Full color artwork, simple pedagogical features and a wide range of carefully-chosen examples make this book an ideal introduction to ecology for students at all levels.
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The Physical Geography Of SouthEast Asia
The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia examines the complex mosaic of physical environments which comprise Southeast Asia, and the current environmental problems and management practices which have arisen in this part of the world. The book is in three sections. The first section introduces the basic environmental components (geology, landforms, rivers, vegetation, and others) across the entire region.
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Earth Science 2015-2016
Whether hiking along a mountain trail, driving down a highway, or making a decision about their energy usage, instructors want their students to see and assess the physical world they live in with more informed eyes. Through the most contemporary and applied text
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Deserts
Deserts make up a third of the planet's land surface, but if you picture a desert, what comes to mind? A sandy wasteland? A drought-parched dust bowl? An alien landscape devoid of all life forms?
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Britain's Oceanic Empire
This pioneering comparative study of British imperialism in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds draws on the perspectives of British newcomers overseas and their native hosts, of metropolitan officials and corporate enterprises, migrants and settlers. Leading scholars examine the divergences and commonalities in the legal and economic regimes that allowed Britain to project imperium across the globe.
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Environmental Policy And Public Health
Environmental Policy and Public Health examines the main sources of pollution and threats to environmental integrity and explores the consequences of pollution on the environment and the population. Throughout the book, noted environmental policy expert William N. Rom explains the legal basis for environmental action, beginning with the Clean Air Act, the Wilderness Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and international treaties. In addition to providing information about existing laws.
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Encyclopedia of human geography
Human geography focuses on the ways that humans interact with each other and with the environment, illuminating the complex processes and nature of our global society.
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Atlas of Challenges and Opportunities in European neighbourhoods
This atlas provides a macro-regional overview of the areas that surround the European Union, from the Sahara to the Middle East, Western Balkans to European Russia, Turkey to the Arctic.
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Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas
Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas analyses changing ecosystem services in deltas; the health and well-being of people reliant on them; the continued central role of agriculture and fishing; and the implications of aquaculture in such environments.
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Geography (tutorials point)
Geography is a comprehensive subject that includes a wide range of topics like the location of geographic regions; weather system; soils; physical features such as mountains, rivers, and other relief features; population composition; infrastructure; diversity of nature as well as people and their cultures, and many ...
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Geography a visual encyclopedia
Created in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, Geography: A Visual Encyclopedia explores every aspect of our world, from the North to the South Pole, and from the outer atmosphere to the fiery core and from natural processes to human impact.
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Indian Geography
Summary of Indian Geography. Page 1. Indian Geography India : General Introduction Sindhu (Persian) becomes Hindu Bharata Varsha (Legendry King Bharata, or Bharata tribe ) European =India Location : Latitude : Northern Hemisphere, from 604' to 37o6, N latitude Longitude : Eastern Hemisphere ...
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Knowing the Salween River: Resource Politics of a Contested Transboundary River
This open access book focuses on the Salween River, shared by China, Myanmar, and Thailand, that is increasingly at the heart of pressing regional development debates. The basin supports the livelihoods of over 10 million people, and within it there is great socio-economic, cultural and political diversity. ...
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models theory & systems analysis in geography
Models, theories and systems analysis provide important tools of explanation in ... pictures and a direct description of the logical characteristics of our ... enough to suggest novel hypothesis and speculations in the primary field of investigation'.
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Nature‐based Solutions to Climate Change adaption in urban areas
This open access book brings together research findings and experiences from science, policy and practice to highlight and debate the importance of nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation in urban areas. .
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Physical geography
It examines the basic physical elements of Earth and the processes that affect climate, water, soils, vegetation, landforms, how humans and the environment interrelate, the fundamentals of Earth/Sun relationships and cartography
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AGE 301: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
It builds on the knowledge of the atmosphere introduced in Physical Geography I and introduces the basic concepts of Biogeography, mainly concerned with the factors that determine the distribution of living organisms and their impact on the environment.
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An introduction to geography
An Introduction to Geography SIMPLE LESSONS ON GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS AND ELEMENTARY NOTIONS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY LONDON ... 10, 11, correspond respectively to Raleigh Geography Readers IV, V, VI, VII. ... He exerted himself to the utmost; but not the least sign of a shadow of the poplar-tree ...
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IAS 100 Indian geography
The Chronicle of GEOGRAPHY Indian & the World for Civil Services Examinations. by Chronicle Editorial Team | 1 January 2021. Explained Samajik Aarthik Vikas. Hindi Edition | by Chronicle Editorial Team | 1 January 2021. CHRONICLE 9 YEARS SOLVED SAMANYA ADHYAN CIVIL SEVA prarambhik PARIKSHA.
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The Ancient Geography Of India
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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A Companion To Environmental Geography
A Companion to Environmental Geography is the first book to comprehensively and systematically map the research frontier of 'human-environment geography' in an accessible and comprehensive way.
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Approaches To Human Geography
Approaches to Human Geography is the essential student primer on theory and practice in Human Geography. It is a systematic review of the key ideas and debates informing post-war geography, explaining how those ideas work in practice. Avoiding jargon - while attentive to the rigor and complexity of the ideas that underlie geographic knowledge – the text is written for students who have not met philosophical or theoretical approaches before. This is a beginning guide to geographic research and practice.
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Atlas Of Challenges And Opportunities In European Neighbourhood
This atlas provides a macro-regional overview of the areas that surround the European Union, from the Sahara to the Middle East, Western Balkans to European Russia, Turkey to the Arctic. Detailing key socio-economic data as well as developmental trends, the maps provide a comprehensive territorial analysis at a local scale and explore the potential for regional integration and cooperation
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China's Geography :Second Edition : Globalization and The Dynamics Of The Political,Economic and Social Change
Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition that offers the only sustained geography of the reform era, this book traces the changes occurring in this powerful and ancient nation across both time and space
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Ecosystem Services For Well-Being In Deltas
This book answers key questions about environment, people and their shared future in deltas. It develops a systematic and holistic approach for policy-orientated analysis for the future of these regions. It does so by focusing on ecosystem services in the world’s largest, most populous and most iconic delta region, that of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh. The book covers the conceptual basis, research approaches and challenges, while also providing a methodology for integration across multiple disciplines, offering a potential prototype for assessments of deltas worldwide.
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Encyclopedia Of Geography Terms, Themes And Concepts
This handbook offers a broad coverage of terminology and concepts, serving as both an encyclopedic dictionary of geography terms and an approachable overview to the human and physical aspects of world geography. Approximately 150 geographic terms and concepts are defined and discussed, providing an accessible reference for anyone who requires a deeper knowledge of the language and ideas that are important to geography as a discipline.
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Geography & Geographers
Geography and Geographers continues to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of human geography available. It provides a survey of the major debates, key thinkers and schools of thought in the English-speaking world, setting them within the context of economic, social, cultural, political and intellectual changes. It is essential reading for all undergraduate geography students.
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Geography And Revolution
Geography and Revolution examines the ways that place and space matter in a variety of revolutionary situations. David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers assemble a set of essays that are themselves revolutionary in uncovering not only the geography of revolutions but the role of geography in revolutions.
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Geography G121 : Introduction to Human Geography
To Learn Abot Human Geography,Geography G110: Introduction to Human Geography is the best book out there
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Geography
Geography is a comprehensive subject that includes a wide range of topics like the location of geographic regions; weather system; soils; physical features such as mountains, rivers, and other relief features; population composition; infrastructure; diversity of nature as well as people and their cultures, and many more.
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Encyclopedia Of Human Geography
This Encyclopedia, on this relatively new strand of geography, considers all these new developments and helps to further establish this field.
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Facets of Social Geography
Facets of Social Geography: International and Indian Perspectives provides a breadth of information on the nature, scope, history and evolution of social geography along with a good representation of approaches and techniques used in this field.
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Geographical Thought : An Introduction to Ideas In Human Geography
Geographical Thought provides a clear and accessible introduction to the key ideas and figures in human geography.
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Geography Course Companion: Second Edition
Prepare IB learners to achieve and progress. Developed directly with the IB for the revised syllabus first examined 2019, this Course Book fully supports all the SL and HL themes. Integrating concept-based learning and with even more support for EAL learners, this text helps you truly deliver the IB approach to learning Geography.
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Geography A Visual Encylopedia
Created in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, Geography: A Visual Encyclopedia explores every aspect of our world, from the North to the South Pole, and from the outer atmosphere to the fiery core and from natural processes to human impact.
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Glencoe: World Geography
The only high school geography text co-authored by the National Geographic Society, Glencoe World Geography offers not only a fascinating view of the world, enlivened by but also a meticulous, accurate presentation. This program focuses on the development of geographic literacy. Features: Unequalled Authorship-!
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Handbook of Cultural Geography
The Handbook of Cultural Geography lives up to its name. It is a book about where things are, how people live, what life means and why events happen. It should be carried at all times by anyone who is curious about the world.
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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY : A Concise Introduction
Using the story of the “West and the world” as its backdrop, this book provides for beginning students a clear and concise introduction to Human Geography, including its key concepts, seminal thinkers and their theories, contemporary debates, and celebrated case studies.
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INDIA : A Sacred Geography
India: A Sacred Geography is the culmination of more than a decade's work from the renowned Harvard scholar Diana L. Eck. The book explores the sacred places of India, taking the reader on an extraordinary trip through the beliefs and history of this rich and profound place, as well as providing a basic introduction to Hindu religious ideas and how those ideas influence our understanding of the modern sense of 'Indi' as a nation.
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Indian Geography
It is now a widely read reference book that deals with the relevant features and topics of India’s geographical landscape in a systematic and comprehensive manner. Varied topics covered are resources of India, different types of irrigation, cropping patterns of India, transport and public distribution system and food security. It is also being increasingly referred to by graduates and postgraduates of the subject and by researchers and academicians.
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Indian & World Geography
Right from its first issue, Indian and World Geography has shown a steady increase in its popularity and readership in India as well as in adjacent countries. Geography as a subject continues to have significant importance in the Civil Services Preliminary as well as the Mains examinations. The second and now the third edition of this book have been revised and updated in the light of the course structure and pattern introduced in 2011.
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Knowing The Salween River: Resource Politics Of A Contested Transboundary River
This open access book focuses on the Salween River, shared by China, Myanmar, and Thailand, that is increasingly at the heart of pressing regional development debates. The basin supports the livelihoods of over 10 million people, and within it there is great socio-economic, cultural and political diversity. The basin is witnessing intensifying dynamics of resource extraction
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Models , Theory and Systems Analysis in Geography
It represents one of the major current research frontiers in geography. Models, theories and systems analysis provide important tools of explanation in geography in modern times. very fashionable in geographic research (Harvey, 1969, 141). ... The models link generalizations with theories.
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Certificate Physical and Human Geography
This book is an indispensable tool for preparing core concepts of physical Geography for Civil Services Preliminary Examination. Gives a lucid and crystal clear explanation of concepts.
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Physical Geography_The Basics
Physical Geography: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to the interactions, systems and processes that have shaped, and continue to shape, the physical world around us. This book introduces five key aspects of the study of physical geography. The book features diagrams, maps and a glossary to aid understanding of key ideas and suggestions for further reading to allow readers to develop their interest in the subject – making Physical Geography: The Basics the ideal starting point for anyone new to the study of geography and the environment.
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Political Geography
In 1904 Sir Halford Mackinder published his seminal paper The Geographical Pivot of History demonstrating the central position of political geography in the study of geography as a whole; a century later and political geography is still at the heart of human geography
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Political Geography Seventh Edition
The new and updated seventh edition of Political Geography once again shows itself fit to tackle a frequently and rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. It retains the intellectual clarity, rigour and vision of previous editions based upon its world-systems approach, and is complemented by the perspective of feminist geography. The book successfully integrates the complexity of individuals with the complexity of the world-economy by merging the compatible, but different, research agendas of the co-authors.
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The Geography Of India: Sacred And Historic Places
Describes the physical, historical, and cultural geography of India, from its major physical features, world heritage sites, and cities, to sites in the union territories and Kashmir region.
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The Handy Geography Answer Book : Second Edition
The Handy Geography Answer Book. Handy Geography answers 1,000 common and intriguing questions about the natural features of the world and the ever-changing mark humans make on our planet
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The Revenge Of Geography
Bestselling author Robert D. Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the recent and distant past to look back at critical pivots in history and then to look forward at the evolving global scene. Kaplan traces the history of the world’s hot spots by examining their climates, topographies, and proximities to other embattled lands. He then applies the lessons learned to the present crises in Europe, Russia, China, the Indian Subcontinent, Turkey, Iran, and the Arab Middle East.
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Urban Social Geography_An Introduction: Sixth Edition
The 6th edition of this highly respected text builds upon the successful structure, engaging writing style and clear presentation of previous editions. Examining urban social geography from a theoretical and historical perspective, it also explores how it has developed into the modern day. Taking account of recent critical work, whilst simultaneously presenting well established approaches to the subject, it ensures students are well-informed about all the issues. The result is a topical book that is clear and accessible for students
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An Introduction To Geography
An Introduction to Geography- SIMPLE LESSONS ON GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS AND ELEMENTARY NOTIONS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY was Originally published in 1901.
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World Geography Of Travel And Tourism : A Regional Approach
World Geography of Travel and Tourism addresses the need to understand the cultural, environmental, historical and political context in which international tourism takes place. The expert author team has included major themes and issues in tourism, and positioned them in a regional context. In this way, this text takes a major step into a more analytical approach to global tourism while still providing a clear account of the geography of travel and tourism.