Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Books
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Without Ever Reaching the Summit A Journey
Book Synopsis
£18.39
HarperCollins Publishers Inc American Moonshot John F Kennedy and the Great
Book Synopsis
£19.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Paradise Found
Book SynopsisFriday Night Lights meets Unbroken. —Tony Reali One of the most profound stories you will ever read. —Ian O''Connor Plaschke delivers a masterpiece. —Jeff PearlmanFrom L.A. Times columnist and ESPN Around the Horn panelist Bill Plaschke, a story of tragedy, triumph, and the remarkable power of high school football in one small California townOn November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire ravaged the town of Paradise, California. The fire, which burned up to 80 acres per minute, killed 86 people, and nearly every building and home in the town was reduced to ashes. In a single day, Paradise, a proud working-class town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, saw its population fall from 25,000 to 2,000.The Paradise High football team had long been the town’s source of joy and inspiration. But in the wake of the fire, their season was abruptly cancelled on the eve
£21.74
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Fragile Earth
Book SynopsisA New York Times New & Noteworthy Book One of the Daily Beast’s 5 Essential Books to Read Before the ElectionA collection of the New Yorker’s groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change—including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and moreJust one year after climatologist James Hansen first came before a Senate committee and testified that the Earth was now warmer than it had ever been in recorded history, thanks to humankind’s heedless consumption of fossil fuels, New Yorker writer Bill McKibben published a deeply reported and considered piece on climate change and what it could mean for the planet. At the time, the piece was to some speculative to the point of alarmist; read now, McKibben’s work is heroically prescient. Since then, the
£23.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Under the Open Skies
Book Synopsis
£22.94
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Masters of the Lost Land
Book Synopsis?Gripping. ... Araujo's accretion of detail has a powerful effect, demonstrating how deeply the culture of violence has seeped into the social fabric of Amazonia and how hard it will be to eradicate.? New York Times Book ReviewA raw account of the critical struggle between law and lawlessness on the world's last great frontier. Christian Science MonitorIn the tradition of Killers of the Flower Moon, a haunting murder mystery revealing the human story behind one of the most devastating crimes of our time: the ruthless destruction of the Amazon rain forest and anyone who stands in the wayDeep in the heart of the Amazon, the city of Rondon do Para, Brazil, lived for decades in the shadow of land barons, or fazendeiros, who maintained control of the region through unscrupulous land grabs and egregious human rights violations. They razed and burned the jungle, expelled small-scale farmers and Indigenous tribes from their lands, and treated their farmhands as slaves all with impunity. The only true opposition came from Rondon's small but robust farmworkers' union, led by the charismatic Dezinho, who fought to put power back into the hands of the people who called the Amazon home. But when Dezinho was assassinated in cold blood, it seemed the farmworkers' struggle had come to a violent and fruitless end.What no one anticipated was that this event would bring forth an unlikely hero: Dezinho's widow. Against great odds, and at extreme personal risk, Maria Joel, now a single mother of four young children, used her ingenuity and unwavering support from union members to bring her husband's killer to account in court. Her campaign gained unexpected momentum, helping to bring international attention to the dire situation in Rondon, from Brazil's president Lula to international celebrities and civil rights groups.Maria Joel's fight for justice had far-reaching implications: it unearthed a chilling world of corruption and lawlessness rooted in Brazil's quest to turn the largest rain forest on earth into an economic frontier. As more details came out, it began to look increasingly likely that Dezinho's killer, a reluctant and inexperienced gunman, was just one piece of a larger criminal consortium, with ties leading all the way up to one of the region's most powerful and notorious fazendeiros of all.Featuring groundbreaking revelations and exclusive interviews, this gripping work of narrative nonfiction is the culmination of journalist Heriberto Araujo's years-long investigation in the heart of the Amazon. Set against the backdrop of appalling deforestation rates and resultant superfires, Masters of the Lost Land vividly reveals the human story behind the loss of and fierce crusade to protect one of our greatest resources in the fight against climate change and one of the last wild places on earth.
£19.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Endless Forms
Book Synopsis
£23.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Return to Nature
Book SynopsisDiscover the new science and ancient wisdom on why nature makes us healthier and happier in body and soul from the co-author of The Spirit Almanac and mindbodygreen’s Senior Sustainability Editor.For centuries, we have known that getting outside is good for us. Yet we have become increasingly disconnected from the earth that nourishes us, with most of us spending 87% of our days indoors. In response, writer and environmentalist Emma Loewe demonstrates the power of nature’s healing properties in a guidebook organized by eight landscapes. In each chapter, you''ll find research-backed ways to explore that landscape right now and protect it in the future, so that it can be healthy and nurturing for generations to come. Drawing off modern science and innate wisdom, she uncovers: Why being by the ocean makes you measurably happier How living near greenery helps you lives longer The staggering, illuminating st
£22.94
HarperCollins Publishers Inc In Search of a Kingdom
Book Synopsis
£23.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Silent Earth
Book Synopsis“A terrific book…A thoughtful explanation of how the dramatic decline of insect species and numbers poses a dire threat to all life on earth.” (Booklist, Starred Review)In the tradition of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking environmental classic Silent Spring, an award-winning entomologist and conservationist explains the importance of insects to our survival, and offers a clarion call to avoid a looming ecological disaster of our own making.Drawing on thirty years of research, Goulson has written an accessible, fascinating, and important book that examines the evidence of an alarming drop in insect numbers around the world. “If we lose the insects, then everything is going to collapse,” he warned in a recent interview in the New York Times—beginning with humans’ food supply. The main cause of this decrease in insect populations is the indiscriminate use of chemical pestici
£17.09
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Pests
Book SynopsisAn engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural worldA squirrel in the garden.Trade Review"👍!" — Mary Roach, author of Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law “Deeply reported and vividly told, Brookshire’s exploration of our most reviled animal neighbors will forever change how you see nature and our relationship to it. Elephants and boas and bears, oh my! Pests is natural history writing at its best.” — Riley Black, author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World “Brookshire convincingly argues that many of the problems we blame on pests arise not from the creatures themselves but from our own self-centered ways of looking at the world. A fascinating look at how culture, traditions, and human behavior shape the way people coexist or come into conflict with the animals that share their habitats.” — Christie Aschwanden, author of Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery “As human populations expand and the climate changes, these animals are not going away. Brookshire has a magnificent ability to bring the ecological context of our epic conflicts with everything from snakes to elephants down to the entertaining and personal.” — John Shivik, author of The Predator Paradox: Ending the War with Wolves, Bears, Cougars, and Coyotes “A deeply thoughtful yet entertaining tour of our thorny and morally complicated relationships with the creatures we consider pests. Integrating first-rate storytelling with ecology, natural history, wildlife management, cultural anthropology, and ethics, Pests provides a compelling perspective on a misunderstood aspect of human-animal interactions.” — Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals “In this scintillating, searching, and surprisingly funny debut, Brookshire weaves together history, research, and Indigenous knowledge to reveal our complicity in creating animal conflict—and argues for a new model of coexistence in which neither we nor the animals have to end up as the villains.” — Maryn McKenna, author of Big Chicken, Superbug, and Beating Back the Devil "[An] excellent natural history...the author delivers fascinating accounts of a score of widely deplored pests...Outstanding, possibly mind-changing natural history." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “…An eye-opening account of why certain animals are demonized…Animal lovers will adore this clever survey.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) "An entertaining and pensive perusal of the human-wildlife conflict problem that calls to mind Mary Roach's Fuzz." — Booklist
£19.00
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Pests
Book SynopsisAn engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals ?pests? and others not?from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons?and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural worldA squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild places. When animals pop up where we don?t expect or want them, we respond with fear, rage, or simple annoyance. It?s no longer an animal. It?s a pest.At the intersection of science, history, and narrative journalism, Pests is not a simple call to look closer at our urban ecosystem. It?s not a natural history of the animals we hate. Instead, this book is about us. It?s about what calling an animal a pest says about people, how we live, and what we want. It?s a story about human nature, and how we categorize the animals in our midst, including bears and coyotes, sparrows and snakes. Pet or pest? In many cases, it?s entirely a question of perspective.Bethany Brookshire?s deeply researched and entirely entertaining book will show readers what there is to venerate in vermin, and help them appreciate how these animals have clawed their way to success as we did everything we could to ensure their failure. In the process, we will learn how the pests that annoy us tell us far more about humanity than they do about the animals themselves.Trade Review"👍!" — Mary Roach, author of Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law “Deeply reported and vividly told, Brookshire’s exploration of our most reviled animal neighbors will forever change how you see nature and our relationship to it. Elephants and boas and bears, oh my! Pests is natural history writing at its best.” — Riley Black, author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World “Brookshire convincingly argues that many of the problems we blame on pests arise not from the creatures themselves but from our own self-centered ways of looking at the world. A fascinating look at how culture, traditions, and human behavior shape the way people coexist or come into conflict with the animals that share their habitats.” — Christie Aschwanden, author of Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery “As human populations expand and the climate changes, these animals are not going away. Brookshire has a magnificent ability to bring the ecological context of our epic conflicts with everything from snakes to elephants down to the entertaining and personal.” — John Shivik, author of The Predator Paradox: Ending the War with Wolves, Bears, Cougars, and Coyotes “A deeply thoughtful yet entertaining tour of our thorny and morally complicated relationships with the creatures we consider pests. Integrating first-rate storytelling with ecology, natural history, wildlife management, cultural anthropology, and ethics, Pests provides a compelling perspective on a misunderstood aspect of human-animal interactions.” — Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals “In this scintillating, searching, and surprisingly funny debut, Brookshire weaves together history, research, and Indigenous knowledge to reveal our complicity in creating animal conflict—and argues for a new model of coexistence in which neither we nor the animals have to end up as the villains.” — Maryn McKenna, author of Big Chicken, Superbug, and Beating Back the Devil "[An] excellent natural history...the author delivers fascinating accounts of a score of widely deplored pests...Outstanding, possibly mind-changing natural history." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “…An eye-opening account of why certain animals are demonized…Animal lovers will adore this clever survey.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) "An entertaining and pensive perusal of the human-wildlife conflict problem that calls to mind Mary Roach's Fuzz." — Booklist
£13.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Amur River
Book SynopsisA gripping read with fascinating political insight. (Sunday Times, London)Elegant, elegiac and poignant...Thubron is an intrepid traveler, a shrewd observer and a lyrical guide... to the river, much of it along the border between these two powers at a time of rapid and tense reconfiguration of global geopolitics. (Washington Post)The most admired travel writer of our time—author of Shadow of the Silk Road and To a Mountain in Tibet—recounts an eye-opening, often perilous journey along a little known Far East Asian river that for over a thousand miles forms the highly contested border between Russia and China.The Amur River is almost unknown. Yet it is the tenth longest river in the world, rising in the Mongolian mountains and flowing through Siberia to the Pacific. For 1,100 miles it forms the tense border between Russia and China. Simmering with the memory of land-grabs and unequal
£17.10
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Deepest Map
Book SynopsisTrade Review"There is no doubt in my mind that the ocean plays the most massive role in our past, present, and future—from transportation to planet health to long term sustainability. The Deepest Map shines a light on this massive yet ever-changing force and helps bring into focus so many unanswered questions, while giving us a beautiful reminder of how important it is to educate and protect these waters to the best of our abilities." — Garrett McNamara, Big Wave surfer, co-creator of the documentary series 100 Foot Wave and author of Hound of the Sea "Wow, what a great adventure story. Shipwrecks, octopus gardens, coral reefs as tall as the Empire State Building, 11,000 year-old sponges, deep sea robots—it’s a trip to another world, right here on Earth. This is not just a book about the epic quest to map the ocean floor, but an exploration of the mysteries and life of a planet we hardly know. The Deepest Map is one of those rare books that will change the way you see our world." — Jeff Goodell, author of The Water Will Come "A riveting ocean of a book, packed with gripping adventures, high-stakes exploration and political intrigue. Trethewey leads us to the bottom of the sea and deftly shows why it all matters so much." — Helen Scales, author of The Brilliant Abyss "The Deepest Map is a fascinating, poetic love letter to our planet and to the scientists and explorers risking their lives to understand its unconscious. With exhaustive reporting, Trethewey takes us on an awe-inspiring and humbling adventure that makes us realize how much we still have to learn about our home." — Jaimal Yogis, author of All Our Waves Are Water "An engrossing look at deep-sea exploration. Essential reading for environmentalists, armchair adventure divers, and those who care about the world’s oceans." — Kirkus (Starred Review) "Trethewey’s sharp eye for character brings out the humanity in the marine moonshot. It’s worth exploring." — Publishers Weekly
£21.25
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Silent Spring Revolution CD
Book Synopsis
£56.25
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Heart to Heart A Conversation on Love and Hope
Book Synopsis
£19.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Human Nature
£16.07
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Rise and Reign of the Mammals
Book Synopsis
£28.79
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Earl and the Pharaoh
Book Synopsis
£23.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Ship Beneath the Ice
Book Synopsis
£31.50
HarperCollins The Edge of the Sea
£15.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc More and More and More
£20.47
HarperCollins Horizons
£17.94
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Oil Spill
Book SynopsisRead and find out about oil spills in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.Did you know that an oil spill occurs somewhere in the world almost every day of the year? Oil spills can have many different causes, but the result is the same. Oil harms plants and wildlife that make the oceans and coastlines their home. Scientists are learning the best ways to combat oil spills. Learn how you can help, too!This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It''s a Level 2 Let''s-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are: hands-on and visual acclaimed and trusted great for classrooms Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs: Entertain and educate at the same time Have appealing, child-centered topics<
£9.38
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Essentials of World Regional Geography
Book SynopsisEssentials of World Regional Geography, 3e gives readers an approach that combines fundamental geographical elements, internal regional diversity, and contemporary issues. This approach allows serious discussion of cultural and environmental issues, as well as political and economic issues. White Essentials of World Regional Geography, 3e encourages students to consider what it means to be part of a global community and to develop their geographical understandings of world events. Essentials of World Regional Geography has chapter openings with a physical features map of the region, which includes short accounts of people or events to provide a personal flavor of the region, an outline of the chapter contents, and a short section placing the region in its wider global context. Each regional chapter is consistently organized by three sections. The first section summarizes the distinctive physical and human geographies of the region; the second section exploresTable of Contents1 Essentials of World Regional Geography2 Europe3 Russia and Neighboring Countries4 East Asia5 Southeast Asia6 South Asia7 Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia8 Sub-Saharan Africa9 Australia, Oceania and Antarctica10 Latin America11 North America
£143.34
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Laboratory Manual for Physical Geology
Book Synopsis
£177.76
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Glencoe Earth Science Geology the Environment and
Book Synopsis
£131.32
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Glencoe Earth Science Geu Science Notebook HS
Book Synopsis
£19.34
McGraw Hill LLC Geography The Human and Physical World Chapter
Book Synopsis
£55.58
McGraw-Hill Education Enger Environmental Science 2016 14e Reinforced
Book Synopsis
£164.57
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Glencoe Physical Science Student Edition
Book Synopsis
£133.57
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Physical Geography Lab Manual
Book SynopsisLemke et al: Physical Geography Laboratory Manual is a comprehensive introductory manual for students without a previous science background. An abundant set of 21 exercises assures that every professor will find a complete set of preferred labs for a semester-long course. Lemke/Ritter/Heywood wrote this lab manual in order to provide equal coverage of the four spheres of the environmentâthe atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. The lab manual was written independent of any specific textbook and will work with available physical geography texts.Table of ContentsEXERCISES1. Earth-Sun Geometry and Insolation2. Radiation and Energy Balance at the Earth's Surface3. Atmospheric Temperature4. Atmospheric Pressure, Circulation and Wind5. Water in the Atmosphere6. Lapse Rates, Adiabatic Processes, and Cloud Development7. Midlatitude Weather and Weather Map Interpretation8. Climate Classification and Regional Climates9. Soil Moisture Budgets10. Analysis of Soil Moisture Properties11. Climate, Net Primary Production, and Decomposition12. Vegetation Form and Range13. Bioclimatic Transects14. Coincident Climates, Vegetation, and Soils15. Hawai'i Rainforest Regeneration16. Introduction to Topographic Maps17. Igneous Landforms18. Drainage Basin Analysis19. Fluvial Landforms20. Glacial Landforms21. Coastal LandformsAppendix A. Units of Measure and ConversionsAppendix B. Drawing IsolinesAppendix C. Constructing ProfilesAppendix D. Using Pocket StereoscopesAppendix E. Exercise Maps and PhotosAppendix F. Thematic World Maps
£113.40
McGraw Hill LLC Geography Connectplus 1Semester Access Card
Book Synopsis
£102.14
McGraw Hill LLC Connect Access Card for Essentials of World
Book Synopsis
£102.14
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Field and Laboratory Activities for Environmental
Book SynopsisThe major objectives of this manual are to provide students with hands-on experiences that are relevant, easy to understand, applicable to the studentâs life, and presented in an interesting, informative format. Ranging from field and lab experiments to conducting social and personal assessments of the environmental impact of human activities, the manual presents something for everyone, regardless of the budget or facilities of each class. These labs are grouped by categories that can be used in conjunction with any introductory environmental textbook.Table of Contents1. Primary Productivity2. Habitat and Niche3. Community Structure4. Estimating Population Size5. Population Dynamics6. Historical Changes in Human Population Characteristics7. Human Population Dynamics8. Plate Tectonics9. Soil Characteristics and Plant Growth10. Stream Ecology and Assessment11. Personal Energy Consumption12. Insulating Properties of Building Materials13. The Effects of Radiation on the Germination and Growth of Squash Seeds14. Evaluating Renewable Energy Sources15. Toxicity Testing (LD50)16. Effects of Salinization on Plants17. Dissolved Oxygen and Biochemical Oxygen Demand18. Air Pollution19. Global Indicators of Climate Change20. Evaluating Ecological Footprint Calculations21. Land-Use Planning on Campus22. Solid Waste Assessment Appendix 1 The Successful Field Trip Appendix 2 Suggestions for Field Trips and Alternative Learning Activities
£109.19
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Loose Leaf Version for Essentials of World
Book Synopsis
£140.40
McGraw-Hill Education Environmental Geology WCB GEOLOGY
Book SynopsisReichard's Environmental Geology third edition continues to emphasize how humans interact with the environment within a geological context. The writing style holds the interest of non-major students and includes recent, relatable geologic events. Each chapter incorporates student activities and discussion questions designed to give students a personal connection to the topic.
£165.59
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Laboratory Studies in Earth History
Book SynopsisUtilizing actual case studies and field photographs, this successful lab manual covers the full spectrum of historical geology sediments, plate tectonics, paleontology, and petrology in flexible, self-contained units. This manual has been developed for use in both non-majors and combined courses in historical geology. The exercises emphasize the principles and methods by which geologists discover the origins and changing nature of our planet. These exercises or "studies" will help students understand how ancient conditions can be read from rocks and fossils, how geologic forces at the surface and within the planet can alter the environment, and how events of the past can be placed within an integrated chronological sequence. The exercises are designed for students who may not intend to specialize in geology. This does not mean, however, that the treatment is superficial, nor that it cannot give adequate preparation for students pursuing an academic major in the earth sciences.Table of Contents1 Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks2 Textural Clues to the History of Sediment3 Sedimentary Rocks under the Microscope4 Ancient Sedimentary Environments5 Tectonic Settings 6 Sea-Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics7 Age Relations and Unconformity8 Rock Units and Time-Rock Units9 The Advance and Retreat of Ancient Shorelines10 Fossils and Their Living Relatives: Protists, Sponges, Corals, Bryozoans, and Brachiopods11 Fossils and Their Living Relatives: Mollusks, Arthropods, Echinoderms, Graptolites, and Plants12 Fossil Indicators of Age, Environment, and Correlation13 A Brief Survey of the Vertebrates14 Geologic Maps and Geologic Structures15 Canadian Shield and Basement Rocks of North America16 Mountain Belts of North America17 The Interior Plains and Plateaus18 Identification of Minerals19 Igneous Rocks20 Metamorphic RocksList of TablesList of ColorplatesList of PlatesPreface
£102.96
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Glencoe Earth Science Geology the Environment and
Book Synopsis
£191.18
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Exploring Our World
Book Synopsis
£28.37
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Glencoe Life Iscience Student Edition Glencoe
Book Synopsis
£196.66
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Glencoe Life Iscience Grade 7 Student Edition
Book Synopsis
£122.15
McGraw Hill LLC Glencoe Life Iscience Module F Structure and
Book Synopsis
£34.77
McGraw Hill LLC Glencoe Physical Iscience Module L Energy Matter
Book Synopsis
£34.77
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Glencoe Physical Iscience Module N Interactions
Book Synopsis
£34.81
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Discovering World Geography Student Edition
Book Synopsis
£127.17
Emerald Publishing Limited Shared Risk
Book SynopsisShared Risk is an unparalleled study of how communities at risk respond to major hazards. This book explores the elastic boundary between structure and flexibility that enables modern organizations to function effectively under uncertain, dynamic conditions. It shows how communities and organizations cope with dynamic and unpredicted events.Trade ReviewGene Rochlin, University of California, USA This is a unique project that combines a wealth of informative, in-depth fieldwork with a highly original approach. The author's research on and analysis of responses to recent earthquakes is unparalleled in the existing literature. L. Douglas Kiel, University of Texas at Dallas, USA An excellent and accessible application of the sciences of complexity to the challenges of shared risk. Douglas Paton, Massey University, New Zealand ...this book provides an innovative and comprehensive analysis of a highly complex topic...text contents provide a practical tool for emergency planning for seismic crisis. The Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma StudiesTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. List of tables. List of figures. Part I: Shared Risk in Theory: Context, Concept and Methods of Analysis. Shared risk and self-organizing processes. Models of transition in complex, dynamic environments. Measuring change in nonlinear social systems. The 'Edge of Chaos': creative response in dynamic environments. Part II: Shared Risk in Practice: The Evolution of Response Systems. Nonadaptive systems: San Salvador, Ecuador and Armenia. Emergent adaptive systems: Mexico City, Costa Rica, and Erzincan, Turkey. Operative adaptive systems: Whittier Narrows, California; Loma Prieta, California; and Maharashtra, India. Auto-adaptive systems: self organization or dysfunction in Northridge, California and Hanshin, Japan. Part III: Future Strategies: Managing Risk in Complex, Adaptive Systems. Adaptation to disaster: evolving response systems. Sociotechnical systems and the reduction of global risk. Bibliography. Appendices. Index.
£111.14
Emerald Publishing Limited Handbook of Transport Systems and Traffic Control
Book SynopsisDiscusses transport systems and the implementation of related public policy - a relevant topic with contemporary traffic congestion, environmental intrusion, transport safety, and budget issues. This is a useful resource for both experienced researchers and those new to the field.Table of ContentsIntroduction; K.J. Button, D.A. HensherTransport planning; D. Banister Traffic reduction; P.B. Goodwin Equity versus efficiency in transport systems; C. Nash The concept of optimal transport systems; R. Vickerman The economics of transport networks; K.J. Button Traffic congestion and congestion pricing; R. Lindsey, E. Verhoef Modal diversion; D.A. Hensher Induced travel and user benefits: clarifying definitions and measurement for urban road infrastructure; P.W. Abelson, D.A. Hensher Cost-benefit analysis in transport; P. Mackie, J. Nellthorp Transport subsidies; W. Rothengatter Transportation demand management; J.L. Gifford, O.J. Stalebrink Infrastructure capacity; T.R. Lakshmanan, W.P. Anderson Transport safety; I. Savage Environmental protection; E. Quinet, D. Sperling Transportation and economic development; K. Haynes, K.J. Button Bus services: deregulation and privatisation (lessons for third world cities); A. Armstrong-Wright Transportation in sparsely populated regions; A.E. Andersson Biking and walking: the position of non-motorized transport modes in transport systems; P. Rietveld Traffic calming; R. Brindle Specialized transport; D. Gillingwater, N. Tyler Women and travel; L.A. Schintler Cross-border traffic; K.J. Button Parking and traffic control; W. Young Road vehicle design standards; M.C. Case, M.G. Lay Junction design; R.N. Bird High-occupancy routes and truck lanes; D. Pitfield, R. Watson Urban traffic flow; A.D. May Traffic flow control; L.A. Schintler Traffic control devices and management; K.J. Button Intelligent transport systems; M.A.P. Taylor Transportation information systems; B. Benson Route guidance systems; D. Nelson, P.J. Tarnoff Modeling traffic signal control; M. Smith et al. Railway scheduling; R. Watson Public transport scheduling; A. Ceder Seaport terminal management; B. Thomas Air traffic control systems; G.L. Donohue Airport slot controls; A.M. Khan
£170.99
