Liberalist and Marxist concepts of wealth are problematic to geographic understandings. Rather than producing integrative analyses of complex relationships, among often distant people, and between people and their worlds, wealth as conceived in these two traditions enforces the …
The saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea [Engelm.] Britton and Rose) is a long-lived, columnar cactus and a keystone species in Sonoran Desert ecology. The saguaro is an iconic symbol of the U.S. American Southwest with a long and deep ethnobotanical history. In the northern Sonoran Dese…
India's sustained and rapid economic growth offers an opportunity to lift millions out of poverty. But this may come at a steep cost to the nation's environment and natural resources. This insightful book analyzes India's growth from an economic perspective and assesses whether …
Modelling radioactivity in the environment
by Scott, E. M.
fromRadioactivity in the environment
Bjorn Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace, challenges widely held beliefs that the global environment is progressively getting worse. Using statistical information from internationally recognized research institutes, Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmen…
"This textbook presents an understanding of how basic physical descriptions can be translated into mathematical analogues that provide an opportunity to investigate environmental processes. Examples come from a range of hydrologic, atmospheric, and geophysical problems. The emph…
Site-specific art is mushrooming across the world. This book contains an illustrated exploration of international site-specific artworks.
Site-specific art is mushrooming across the world. This book contains an illustrated exploration of international site-specific artworks.