Experimental Geographical Ecology
Problems and Methods
This book sets out a paradigm of experimental geographical ecology and its core—landscape ecology—providing a number of empirical statistical models and ecological geographical concepts developed on the basis of these. It highlights the mechanisms of formation of regional- and local-level landscape-ecological systems, their natural and anthropogenic dynamics, and their evolutionary trends. It presents numerical methods of making landscape-ecological forecasts and assessing forest sustainability, and provides quantitative estimates of local and regional biotic regulation of the carbon cycle according to the scenarios of modern temperature growth and mitigation of warming, set…
This book on experimental landscape ecology provides statistical models to understand landscape systems. It presents methods for making ecological forecasts, assessing forest sustainability, and estimating carbon cycle regulation according to modern climate change scenarios.
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The Punctuated Evolution of Civilisations
How Climate Pulsations Shaped History
Investigating societal responses toward climate pulsations, this book explores environmental challenges through a timeframe of climate pulsations and response patterns in different civilizations. This “societal-climate-society” approach helps to establish the relationship between climate and civilization. It argues that history is a collection of repeated decisions toward challenges in different climate cycles. As an application of Darwinian evolutionary theory on human societies, Ellsworth Huntington’s theory of climate pulsation is modified and tailored to explain Samuel Huntington’s theory of the clash of civilizations, which discloses the invisible hand behind war and peace.
This book explores the relationship between climate and civilization, arguing that history is shaped by societal responses to climate pulsations. This theory helps to explain the clash of civilizations, disclosing the invisible hand behind war and peace.
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A Geographical Exploration of Urban Risk and COVID-19
An Innovative and Systematic Approach
The term ‘health’ covers physical, social, mental, emotional, and environmental health. Good health helps us to lead a peaceful and happy life. Human health is a fundamental right which is closely linked to the functions and lifestyles of the people in the urban and peri-urban areas. This book addresses the situation of COVID-19 and its implications for other health issues, providing the solutions to science and society which can be applied for sustainable policy and decision making. It shows that we must enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience, reduce vulnerability,…
This book addresses COVID-19 and its health implications, providing solutions for sustainable policy. It shows how to enhance resilience and reduce vulnerability through a science-policy interface for a sustainable future. A guide for planners, policymakers, and scientists.
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Spaces and Places in the Fantastic
Exploring Fantastic Geographies
This book is an interdisciplinary collection of essays examining the spaces and places central to fantasy, science fiction, and horror across literature, film, television, art, and video games. By employing new and interdisciplinary approaches, this volume highlights the intricate interplay between setting, imagination, and cultural context in the fantastic. Through its diverse themes and texts, it provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research on how spaces both function in and shape fantastic storytelling. What unites these essays is their sharp observations of the complex workings of fantastic geographies and their…
This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines the spaces central to fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It explores how fantastic geographies—from digital worlds to bodies as spaces—shape identity, reflect social ideas, and challenge our perceptions of the real world.
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Cartographies of Cloth
Mapping the Veil in Culture and Contemporary Art
As we must know, the hijab has been historically considered in Euro-America a symbol of difference between east and west. The hijab was also mostly seen and described as awful regarding gender, politics, visuality, and the conception of self. Even France still has a law against it. Surprisingly, the Muslim woman's veil constitutes a common site in Euro-American visual culture. Contemporary veil art has helped inspire some scholarship which has begun to broach the topic of the veil specifically, examining its role in colonial, modernist, feminist, and Muslim discourses, probing…
This book maps the veil in contemporary art to challenge mainstream representations. Arguing for the veil’s multivalence, it explores its myriad meanings and its link to the wider issues of gender, politics, and identity, offering important alternative narratives.
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Introductory Fish Biology
An Ecophysiological Approach
Drawing on the author’s 35 years of experience in teaching freshman biology, fish biology, shark biology, ichthyology, physiology, and oceanography, as well as over 40 years as a researcher of shark biology, this book brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to bear on the topic of the biology of fishes. Written with an emphasis on clarity, the book contains almost 300 high-quality photographs, figures, and diagrams, as well as over 450 primary literature sources. It reflects the most recent research and trends in fish biology, and will be a…
Master the biology of fishes with clarity. Drawing on over 40 years of experience, this guide blends the latest research with nearly 300 vibrant photographs and figures, making it an essential resource for any introductory course.
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Leonardo da Vinci and Verrazzano’s Royal Discovery of New York (1524-2024)
Codex Cèllere Reassessed
In the archive of Verrazzano Castle in Greve in Chianti, Professor Stefaan Missinne, discoverer of the da Vinci Globe dating from 1504, stumbled upon the 500-year-old travel report by the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano. This led to Windsor Castle, where the only world map dating from c. 1515 portraying an open seaway between Florida, as an island, and Newfoundland, was found among the papers of Leonardo da Vinci. Verrazzano did meet with Magellan in Seville in 1517 prior to his historical departure, but did Leonardo, while…
The discovery of explorer Verrazzano’s 500-year-old travel report led to a world map found among Leonardo da Vinci’s papers. Astonishingly, their families were neighbors. Did Leonardo influence his countryman? This book offers new evidence on their connection.
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Perceptions of Tank Cascade Systems in Sri Lanka
Cascade Ecology
Researchers have studied various aspects of the ancient civilization of Sri Lanka and probed deeply into the subject of village tank clusters (tank cascade systems) during the last 4 decades. A wealth of information was gathered and the knowledge of many components has been updated. This book brings you this updated information. The author brings new definitions of tank cascade systems and cascade ecology. The book begins with the historical perspective and moves on to explain various aspects, step by step, such as geography, geology and geomorphology, soil and climate,…
Drawing on 4 decades of research, this book brings you updated knowledge of Sri Lanka’s ancient tank cascade systems. The author offers new definitions of cascade systems and cascade ecology, exploring history, geology, water management, and the restoration of cascade ecology.
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The tourism industry is striving hard to create attractive worlds for its customers. Both as a necessity and as a challenge, this field is overwhelmed by the imagination economy, but raises several questions about tourists, providing opportunities to move deeper into the understanding of complexities involved in relationships among tourists, tourism sites and their historical structure, and environmental sustainability. As a result of this, a serious academic interest in tourism has developed over recent decades as a complex aspect of investigation into humans and their environment. This volume brings together…
As a result of the recent serious academic interest in tourism as a complex aspect of investigation into humans and their environment, this volume brings together case studies from different parts of the world, focusing on tourism and its interactions with the environment.
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Discover Gt Aide (Global), the freeware that makes learning and exploring Earth science as easy as playing a game through this book. The freeware is designed for students and researchers and offers six powerful modules to guide them through coordinates, gridding, sampling, and more, all without the need of any formal GIS training. Visualize data on Google Earth, master essential geospatial skills, and unlock the potential of geology with Gt Aide. Each module is coded in such way that makes the procedure simple but substantially useful. At the same time,…
Learn Earth science as easily as playing a game with this book and the Gt Aide freeware. Designed for students and researchers, its powerful modules guide you through coordinates, gridding, and sampling—no formal GIS training required. Visualize data and master geospatial skills.
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In recent years, distributed and process-based numerical models have been widely used in the modelling of groundwater flow processes and the prediction of available groundwater resources under different climate and land use conditions. However, aquifer characterisation is a prime requisite for groundwater flow and solute transport modelling. In order to characterise any aquifer of interest, bore well lithologs (from drilling) are essential, and aquifer pump tests can provide data of hydraulic properties. Both methods, however, are time-consuming and very expensive. This volume explores the advantages of geophysical techniques…
Aquifer characterisation is essential for groundwater modelling, but traditional methods are time-consuming and expensive. This volume explores how geophysical techniques overcome these limitations, providing high-resolution subsurface data through detailed case studies.
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In the Mediterranean basin, one of the richest biodiversity hotspots on the planet, evergreen oak woodlands are essential elements. This book facilitates a more detailed ecological understanding of Quercus calliprinos, a lesser-known Mediterranean forest species that could make an important contribution to the struggle to counteract climate change and biodiversity loss. The book also discusses two further crucial species of the Mediterranean evergreen woodlands, Quercus ilex and Quercus suber, focusing on the role of forest management in their conservation.
This book explores the ecology of Mediterranean evergreen oaks, vital for biodiversity. It details Quercus calliprinos’s role in combating climate change and the forest management needed to conserve crucial species like Quercus ilex and Quercus suber.
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This book covers a range of scientific disciplines, from interdependence between low pH and heavy metal stress, to the genesis of the Maldives, and from the importance of globalization in Turkey’s environmental policies on water to Bluetooth-based robotic model platforms for agriculture. Also explored are the fields of architecture and landscape ecology and geography. Contributions in each chapter are prepared by experts in the field, and mirror the advances in their respective approaches. This book contains important recommendations for future tasks within each discipline, and supplies extensive bibliographies at the…
Bridging diverse disciplines from the genesis of the Maldives to robotic agriculture, this book presents cutting-edge research from leading experts. It offers vital recommendations for future work, making it essential for academics, students, and practitioners.
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This book is an introduction to Systems Geography, which has been rapidly developing in recent years. It comprehensively discusses phenomena and processes in the environment, allowing the reader to understand the fundamental principles and cause-and-effect relationships in geosystems within the science of geography. The publication contains information that has only become available as a result of the growth of knowledge in recent years. Such information, also obtained from related sciences and research results on a wide range of studies from different countries, will certainly be useful not only for beginners,…
An introduction to the rapidly developing field of Systems Geography, this book explains the fundamental principles and cause-and-effect relationships in environmental geosystems. It contains recent information, making it useful for beginners and experienced researchers alike.
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This book highlights marine pollution in the Bizerte Lagoon in Tunisia, offering insights into the distribution and source of contamination in the marine environment. It presents, for the first time, the study of the pesticides in the different compartments of the aquatic ecosystem: surface water, sediment, suspended particles and sediment cores. It provides an assessment of the quality of the lagoon environment by comparing the results found in other studies in the world and with the levels set by the Global Organization of Human Health.
This book highlights marine pollution in Tunisia’s Bizerte Lagoon, offering insights into contamination sources. It presents the first study of pesticides in the aquatic ecosystem, assessing the lagoon’s environmental quality against global health standards.
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Theoretical Geography
Outlining the Unified Theory of Geography
A distinctive feature of the current development of geographical science is the change in ideas and overcoming uncertainty in the study of geographical perception of the surrounding world. In addition, new opportunities for such research and the use of new tools of knowledge appear. Such approaches presuppose not only a traditional description of the surrounding world, but also a definition of how such a description should be carried out. The representation of the surrounding world in the form of a unified geographical space leads to consequences around the need to…
Geographical science is changing. By studying the world as a unified geographical space, researchers analyze natural and social structures to identify the fundamental patterns of their development and formulate the general laws of nature that govern them.
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This textbook will appeal to students and graduates making their first steps in the application of both microfossils and stratigraphy. It presents, in detail, the historical development of microfossil biostratigraphy, from its birth to the emergence of sequence stratigraphy, including its roots in classical biostratigraphy. The interplay between the academic and economical challenges, on one hand, and developments in microfossil biostratigraphy, on the other, is explored thoroughly. The book also presents an introduction to the scientific concepts used in microfossil biostratigraphy practice, and the uses in microbiostratigraphy of 25 groups…
For students and graduates, this textbook details the history of microfossil biostratigraphy and its core scientific concepts. It presents the practical uses of 25 microfossil groups and provides a numerical method to calculate their biostratigraphical resolution.
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This book deals with the relationship between São Paulo and its water resources from the birth of the city to the present day. It discusses the consequences of technological choices and applications on the urban environment and its landscape, in the processes of reconfiguration and artificialization of natural water courses to expand the offer of urban lands.
This book deals with the relationship between São Paulo and its water resources, from the city’s birth to the present. It discusses the consequences of reconfiguring natural water courses for urban expansion and its impact on the urban environment and landscape.
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Geodiversity, Geoheritage and Geotourism
Concepts and Examples in João Pessoa, Brazil
The present book emerges at a crucial moment for the appreciation of the abiotic resources that shape the planet. The book offers a comprehensive approach to the interconnectedness between geology, culture and tourism, highlighting how geoheritage can be sustainably integrated into geotourism. The city of João Pessoa, NE of Brazil, with its rich geoheritage, is used as an inspiring example to demonstrate how tourism can be a tool for promoting environmental preservation and cultural appreciation. With clarity and depth, the book combines theory and practice, exploring real cases that show…
This book connects geology, culture, and tourism, showing how geoheritage can create sustainable geotourism. Using João Pessoa, Brazil as an example, it shows how tourism can preserve environments, enrich visitor experiences, and support local communities.
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Plants experience stress due to environmental changes, either in biotic or abiotic form, during their life cycle. Non-heritable modifications in morphological, physiological or biochemical characteristics tend to reduce or decrease growth and productivity, and sometimes lead to death. This book presents an exhaustive overview of the specific effects and modifications that could occur in this regard, and will serve to consolidate the ideas to promote standardization of plant adaptation to these changes in the environment. This book returns to the facts of both biotic and abiotic stress, detailing an essential…
Plants experience stress from environmental changes. This book is a comprehensive reference on plant responses to both biotic and abiotic stress, consolidating topics that other books cover only in isolation. It details this essential aspect of plant life and adaptation.
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