Ciencias de la tierra, geografía, medioambiente, planificación

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  • Better NOT Bigger
    Eben Fodor
    Contrary to accepted wisdom, rapid urban growth can leave communities permanently scarred, deeply in debt, with unaffordable housing, a lost sense of community, and sacrificed environmental quality.In Better NOT Bigger, Fodor explodes the fundamental myth that growth is good for us and that more development will bring in more tax money, add jobs, lower housing costs, and reduce...
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    47,01 €

  • Philosophy and Geography III
    A growing literature testifies to the persistence of place as an incorrigible aspect of human experience, identity, and morality. Place is a common ground for thought and action, a community of experienced particulars that avoids solipsism and universalism. It draws us into the philosophy of the ordinary, into familiarity as a form of knowledge, into the wisdom of proximity. ...
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    81,74 €

  • Divided Europe
    Allan M Williams / Ray Hudson
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    277,50 €

  • Behindertentourismus auf der Insel Sylt
    Stephanie Philipp
    Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: 'Niemand darf wegen seiner Behinderung benachteiligt werden.' (GG, Art. 3 Abs. 3 Satz 2) Dieses Gleichstellungsgesetz, das erst im September 1994 im Grundgesetz verankert wurde, ist bislang noch keine Garantie dafür, daß behinderte Menschen ebenso behandelt werden wie Nichtbehinderte. Vielmehr sind behinderte Menschen in unserer Gesellschaft immer no...
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    45,84 €

  • Women and Work in Mexico’s Maquiladoras
    Altha J. Cravey / Altha JCravey
    The emergence of global assembly plants is closely linked to the creation of a global female industrial labor force. Women and Work in Mexico’s Maquiladoras examines this larger process in Mexico, where the maquiladora factories have turned to predominantly female labor. Exploring this dramatic shift, this book convincingly demonstrates how gender restructuring in workplaces an...
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    57,38 €

  • Our Only Star and Compass
    Peter C. Myers / Peter CMyers
    In Our Only Star and Compass, Peter C. Myers reexamines the role of Locke in liberal political philosophy. Myers considers Locke’s philosophy in relation both to contemporary liberalism and to the great works of classical and modern political philosophy. ...
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    62,52 €

  • The Geology of Cornwall
    The geology of Cornwall has been the subject of continuing investigation since the end of the seventeenth century. A literature of great historical interest exists, and this is analysed in this book alongside a wide-ranging review of the current position and assessments of the environmental consequences of rock and mineral exploitation. ...
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    43,98 €

  • The Geology of Cornwall
    The geology of Cornwall has been the subject of continuing investigation since the end of the seventeenth century. A literature of great historical interest exists, and this is analysed in this book alongside a wide-ranging review of the current position and assessments of the environmental consequences of rock and mineral exploitation. ...
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    134,86 €

  • The History, Psychology, and Pedagogy of Geographic Literacy
    Malcolm P. Douglass / Malcolm PDouglass
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    121,97 €

  • The Social Organization of Law
    M.P. Baumgartner
    Talks about the work done in the sociology of law, a field dedicated to the study of the influence of social factors on legal behavior. This book looks at the operation of the justice systems and at various stages of the legal process. It also illustrates the advances in jurisprudential, moral, and practical applications of legal sociology. ...
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    158,35 €

  • Scale Dependence and Scale Invariance in Hydrology
    Garrison Sposito
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    205,63 €

  • A Plague of Sheep
    Elinor G. K. Melville / Elinor GKMelville
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    38,33 €

  • Shells
    Cheryl Claassen
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    82,31 €

  • Theoretical Global Seismology
    F. A. Dahlen / FADahlen / Jeroen Tromp
    After every major earthquake, the Earth rings like a bell for several days. These free oscillations of the Earth and the related propagating body and surface waves are routinely detected at broad-band seismographic stations around the world. In this book, F. A. Dahlen and Jeroen Tromp present an advanced theoretical treatment of global seismology, describing the normal-mode, bo...
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    140,39 €

  • Escapism
    Yi-Fu Tuan
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    42,08 €

  • Volcanoes
    Grant Heiken / Jeffrey Hulen / Richard V. Fisher / Richard VFisher
    Whenever a volcano threatens to erupt, scientists and adventurers from around the world flock to the site in response to the irresistible allure of one of nature’s most dangerous and unpredictable phenomena. In a unique book probing the science and mystery of these fiery features, the authors chronicle not only their geologic behavior but also their profound effect on human lif...
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    42,94 €

  • Muleshoe and More
    Bill Bradfield / Clare Bradfield / William HBradfield
    You’ve always wondered about those peculiar and colorful town names. Now here comes the full and often remarkable explanantions. Perfect for new Texans, transplanted Texans, and history buffs, this book blends human interest, curious circumstances, humor and even constroversy with local historical facts surrounding the origins of Texas town names. ...
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    13,83 €

  • Preserving Public Lands for the Future
    William R. Lowry / William RLowry
    Comparing national efforts to preserve public lands, William R. Lowry investigates how effectively and under what conditions governments can provide goods for future generations. Providing intergenerational goods, ranging from balanced budgets to space programs and natural environments, is particularly challenging because most political incentives reward short-term behavior. Lo...
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    40,20 €

  • Redeeming the Time
    Stephen Bede Scharper
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    46,03 €

  • Returning to Nothing
    Peter Read
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    48,63 €

  • Sediments of Time
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    236,67 €

  • The Natural Wealth of Nations
    David Malin Roodman / Worldwatch Institute
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    19,04 €

  • HISTORY IN URBAN PLACES
    DAVID HAMER
    'This is the first book devoted to an examination of the significance of historical districts from a historian’s point of view.' -Urban StudiesHistoric Districts in the United States now number over 8,000; the phenomenon of the Historic District has been of special interest to those concerned with historic preservation and town planning, but there has been no analysis of such d...
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    40,28 €

  • Society in Time and Space
    R. A. Dodgshon / RADodgshon / Robert A. Dodgshon / Robert ADodgshon
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    117,88 €

  • Society in Time and Space
    Robert A. Dodgshon / Robert ADodgshon
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    61,58 €

  • Advances in Human Ecology
    Freese / Lee Freese
    Human ecology is interpreted to include structural and functional changes in human social organization and sociocultural systems. This book features theoretical, empirical and review papers on scientific human ecology. ...
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    200,21 €

  • To Interpret the Earth
    Stanley Alfred Schumm
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    35,94 €

  • Rural Transport Policy
    GStokes / SCullinane / Sharon Cullinane
    Addresses rural transport policy issues in a comprehensive way. The aim of this book is not so much to provide answers to the various transport problems, but to provide a foundation for the formulation of ideas. It sets out to define the key transport issues involved in a rural context, and explores specific policies to deal with the issues. ...
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    294,42 €

  • The Political Ecology of Bananas
    Lawrence S. Grossman / Lawrence SGrossman
    This study of banana contract farming in the Eastern Caribbean explores the forces that shape contract-farming enterprises everywhere--capital, the state, and the environment. Employing the increasingly popular framework of political ecology, which highlights the dynamic linkages between political-economic forces and human-environment relationships, Lawrence Grossman provides a...
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    70,71 €

  • Hydraulisch-hydrochemische Charakterisierung der Grundwasser im Untergrund der Stadt Oppenheim
    Volker Gehrmann
    Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Das Arbeitsgebiet umfaßte den Altstadtbereich von Oppenheim, der von Untergrundeinbrüchen und Setzungsschäden betroffen ist. Unter der Altstadt befindet sich ein weitläufiges Kellersystem, daß über Jahrhunderte angelegt wurde. Diese historisch wertvolle Anlage ist oft mehrgeschossig ausgebildet und teilweise durch ein Gangsystem miteinander verbu...
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    45,28 €