Geography Books

British interest in the Arctic has returned to heights not seen since the end of the Cold War; concerns about climate change, resources, trade, and national security are all impacted by profound environmental and geopolitical changes happening in the...

This book paints an intimate portrait of an overlooked kind of city that neither grows nor declines drastically. In fact, New Bedford, Massachusetts represents an entire category of cities that escape mainstream urban studies' more customary attention to...

This book explores the concept of cyberplace as a mode of inhabiting the contemporary world. As a result, it suggests that, for many communities, unlocking cyberspace and inhabiting cyberplaces is now an integral part of their...

This book provides comparative, multi-disciplinary research on the surplus food distribution in Europe and its relation to food poverty, with a focus on the interaction of for-profit and non-profit organisations. It offers an informed and rich discussion...

This book pulls together major critiques of contemporary attempts to explain nature-society relations in an environmentally deterministic way. After defining key terms, it reviews the history of environmental determinism's rise and fall within geography...

This book investigates the gender revolution in urban planning and public policy. Building on feminist urban studies, it introduces the concept of genderfication as a means of understanding the consequences of post-Fordist gender notions for the city. It...

This book examines Warren, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, as a shrinking city facing a crisis of economic downturn, automotive restructuring, high unemployment, and real estate foreclosures. The author explores Warren's attempt to develop...

This book examines the urban legacy of the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil across the seven cities that hosted matches. The authors, all experts and natives of South America, analyse the context and impacts of hosting the World Cup for each of the...

This book explores the aesthetic practices used by Dickens to make the space which we have come to know as the Dickensian City. It concentrates on three very precise techniques for the production of social space (counter-mapping, overlaying and troping)...

This textbook is one of the first to explain the fundamentals and applications of remote sensing at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Topics include definitions and a brief history of payloads and platforms, data acquisition and specifications,...

This book introduces Python scripting for geographic information science (GIS) workflow optimization using ArcGIS. It builds essential programming skills for automating GIS analysis. Over 200 sample Python scripts and 175 classroom-tested exercises...

This book is an empirically rich case-study of what is currently the most popular alternative-fuel vehicle in the history of motorization - the electric two-wheeler (e-bike). The book provides sociological insights into e-bike mobility in China and...

This book explores the link between individual lives and significant environmental issues affecting millions of people around the world. Zolnikov offers a novel perspective on the environment and human health through autoethnographic stories. Each...

There is a growing recognition of the contact we need with nature to be happy, healthy and to lead meaningful lives. We need that nature daily, if not hourly, and so it must be nearby to where we live and work. This is central to the concept of...

"A remarkable book," Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the greatest Polar explorer in our lifetime.Winner of multiple book and audiobook awards.Here is the story of the life-and-death decisions made by the early Antarctic explorers. Historically accurate, complete...

Acacia, a Squirrel Glider, is rescued as a tiny joey and raised by human wildlife carers. When she is released in the wild she travels to a nearby forest, meeting and learning about native plants and animals, and how important the forest is to them. She...

The worlds developing countries will be experiencing massive increases in their urban populations over the 21st century. If managed intelligently and humanely, this growth can pave the way to sustainable development; otherwise, it will favour higher...

Over many decades spent on Tybee Island and other beautiful Georgia barrier islands, the author, a naturalist and Disney-trained animator, pens and illustrates his nature observations on the beaches, in the woods and of the marshes. Taking inspiration...

Collected here in this omnibus edition are Henry David Thoreau's most important works including A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers; The Selected Essays of Henry David Thoreau, including Civil Disobedience; and of course, Walden. A Week on the...

Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who served in wars against the United States and Napoleonic France. He led three expeditions into the Canadian Arctic in 1819, 1825, and 1845. In his last expedition to...

Why write a book about leadership in times of crisis? Because it is needed. Disaster and large-scale incidents are growing in size, scope, and intensity on the American landscape. With this growth comes the commensurate need for good leadership during...

For those of us who know the area, the Lake Erie Islands are a beautiful and special place that can more than compete with any other islands as a place to live or visit. But much of their history has been difficult to find for a long time. There are many...

This antiquarian book contains a comprehensive critique and field study of mountain geography. Complete with a wealth of tables, diagrams, photographs, and interesting information, this is a text that will greatly appeal to anyone with an interest in the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. ...

Title: Beitrag zur Geschichte der Ardennen. [With maps.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding...

Title: Over the Sea and far away, being a Narrative of wanderings round the world ... With ... illustrations, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the...

Title: Sketches in the Pyrenees; with some remarks on Languedoc, Provence and the Cornice. By the author of "Slight Reminiscences of the Rhine," etc. [Mrs. Boddington.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the...

Title: The Useful Geography.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all...

Title: Discoveries in Asia Minor, including a description of the ruins of several ancient cities, and especially Antioch of Pisidia. [With plates and a map.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library...

Title: Routes in Abyssinia. (Compiled at the Topographical and Statistical Department ... by Lieut.-Col. A. C. Cooke.).Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of...

Title: The Atlantic Islands as Resorts of Health and Pleasure ... Illustrated.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries...

Title: Geography of Palestine: historical and descriptive. On a new and competitive system, for young people in schools and families, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of...

Title: Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statistical account of that kingdom, and geographical notices of other parts of the interior of Africa. [With plates and maps.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print...

Title: Autumn Rambles in North Africa ... With illustrations from the sketches of the author.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research...

Title: Descriptive Account of Mauritius, its scenery, statistics, &c. ... Preceded by elements of geography, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is...

Title: Explorations and adventures in Equatorial Africa; with accounts of the manners and customs of the people and of the chace of the gorilla, crocodile, leopard, elephant, hippopotamus and other animals. (Second edition.).Publisher:...

Title: Wild Life under the Equator. Narrated for young people, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over...

Title: A Classical Tour through Italy ... Fourth edition, ... illustrated with a map of Italy, plans, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of...

Title: France.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known...

Title: Across the Carpathians. [By Georgina M. M. Mackenzie and Adeline P. Irby. With a map.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's...

Title: New Handbook for the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, with miscellaneous subjects for sail and steam, Mauritius cyclones and currents, moon observations and sail-making. [With plates and maps.]Publisher: British...

Title: Papers and Despatches relating to the Arctic Searching Expeditions of 1850-51. Together with a few remarks as to the probable course pursued by Sir John Franklin, etc. [Compiled by James Mangles. With maps.]Publisher: British Library, Historical...

Title: The Adirondack; or, life in the woods.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150...