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  • Geo-Spatial Technologies in Urban Environments Geo-Spatial Technologies in Urban Environments
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    Geo-Spatial Technologies in Urban Environments

    Ryan R. Jensen

    This book expands the current frame of reference of remote sensing and geographic information specialists to include an array of socio-economic and related planning issues. Using remotely sensed...
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  • Basement Regions Basement Regions
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    Basement Regions

    Alain Godard

    A major area of interest in French geomorphology during the last quarter of a cen­ tury has been to understand denudation chronologies and the legacies of environ­ mental change in shield regions...
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  • Landscape Balance and Landscape Assessment Landscape Balance and Landscape Assessment
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    Landscape Balance and Landscape Assessment

    Rudolf Krönert

    The book's aim is to present recommendations for sustainable land use and management. The authors follow a hierarchical approach that is inherent in landscape structures and processes as well as in...
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  • Dynamics of Rockslides and Rockfalls Dynamics of Rockslides and Rockfalls
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    Dynamics of Rockslides and Rockfalls

    Theodor H. Erismann

    Mass movement of rocks in high mountains can severely injure the population and damage man-made structures in these areas. This book focuses on the understanding of the mechanisms of rockslides and...
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  • Modelling Spatial Processes Modelling Spatial Processes
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    Modelling Spatial Processes

    Michael Tiefelsdorf

    A novel methodology is put forward in this book, which empowers researchers to investigate and identify potential spatial processes among a set of regions. Spatial processes and their underlying...
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  • Innovation, Networks and Localities Innovation, Networks and Localities
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    Innovation, Networks and Localities

    Manfred M. Fischer

    The relationship between innovation, networks and localities is of central concern for many nations. However, despite increasing interest in the components of this research triangle, efforts in these...
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  • Self-Organization and the City Self-Organization and the City
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    Self-Organization and the City

    Juval Portugali

    This book integrates the theories of complex self-organizing systems with the rich body of discourse and literature developed in what might be called 'social theory of cities and urbanism'. It uses...
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  • Bayesian Inference with Geodetic Applications Bayesian Inference with Geodetic Applications
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    Bayesian Inference with Geodetic Applications

    Karl-Rudolf Koch

    This introduction to Bayesian inference places special emphasis on applications. All basic concepts are presented: Bayes' theorem, prior density functions, point estimation, confidence region,...
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  • Developments in Four-Dimensional Geodesy Developments in Four-Dimensional Geodesy
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    Developments in Four-Dimensional Geodesy

    Fritz K. Brunner

    This selection of papers emphasizes the advances in the field and covers a wide range of topics in geophysics, geodynamics, and oceanography to which modern geodesy is contributing.
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  • Water Shall Flow from the Rock Water Shall Flow from the Rock
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    Water Shall Flow from the Rock

    Arie S. Issar

    Many times when the author saw the bedouins of southern Sinai excavate their wells in the crystalline rocks, from which this part of the peninsula is built, the story of Moses striking the rock to...
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  • The Interdisciplinary Role of Space Geodesy The Interdisciplinary Role of Space Geodesy
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    The Interdisciplinary Role of Space Geodesy

    Ivan I. Mueller

    This volume is the result of the dedicated effort undertaken by an international group of scientists and administrators, who have contemplated the challenge of the future of space-based earth science...
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  • Trade, Networks and Hierarchies Trade, Networks and Hierarchies
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    Trade, Networks and Hierarchies

    Geoffrey Hewings

    In 1989, after several years of discussion and negotiation, the Regional Econornics Applications Laboratory (REAL) was formed. This unique relationship between the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and...
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  • Baltic Coastal Ecosystems Baltic Coastal Ecosystems
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    Baltic Coastal Ecosystems

    Gerald Schernewski

    Between November 20 and 23, 2000, the workshop "Baltic Coastal Ecosystems - Structure, Function and Coastal Zone Management" took place in Rostock, Ger­ many. The workshop was organised by the...
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  • Pasture Landscapes and Nature Conservation Pasture Landscapes and Nature Conservation
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    Pasture Landscapes and Nature Conservation

    B. Redecker

    One of the main problems and aims of nature conservation in Europe is to protect semi-open landscapes. The development during the past decades is characterized by an ongoing intensivation of land use...
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  • The Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostok The Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostok
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    The Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostok

    Igor A. Zotikov

    The first book on the subject, this monograph examines the phenomenon of a huge sealed, freshwater lake, isolated from the rest of the world by kilometers' thick ice. The existence of melting ice at...
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  • Commercial Satellite Imagery Commercial Satellite Imagery
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    Commercial Satellite Imagery

    Bhupendra Jasani

    This will be the first book that deals with the use of commercial satellite imagery to monitor non-proliferation of nuclear weapons non-intrusively from space by an international organisation. The...
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  • Migration of Organisms Migration of Organisms
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    Migration of Organisms

    Ashraf M.T. Elewa

    Why do some animals migrate? How does migration affect the gene pool? This book discusses these questions and more, in light of the high evolutionary costs and risks of mass movement. The editor...
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  • Frontiers of Geographic Information Technology Frontiers of Geographic Information Technology
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    Frontiers of Geographic Information Technology

    Sanjay Rana

    Originally intended for desktop mapping and analysis, Geographic Information Systems have been coupled to other technologies, due to the limitations in commercially available systems, and has...
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  • Regional Disparities in Small Countries Regional Disparities in Small Countries
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    Regional Disparities in Small Countries

    Daniel Felsenstein

    1 2 Daniel Felsenstein and Boris A. Portnov 1 Department of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 2 Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Haifa,...
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  • Wild Urban Woodlands Wild Urban Woodlands
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    Wild Urban Woodlands

    Ingo Kowarik

    This book provides a first overview of the phemonemon of post-industrial urban wilderness: urban landscapes once shaped by heavy industry that are being re-colonized naturally by forests. These new...
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  • Mountain Ecosystems Mountain Ecosystems
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    Mountain Ecosystems

    Gabriele Broll

    This volume focuses on interaction between vegetation, relief, climate, soil and fauna in the treeline ecotone, and the effects of climate change and land use in North America and Europe.
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  • Spatio-Temporal Databases Spatio-Temporal Databases
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    Spatio-Temporal Databases

    Rita de Caluwe

    Spatio-Temporal Databases explores recent trends in flexible querying and reasoning about time- and space-related information in databases. It shows how flexible querying enhances ...
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  • Constraint Databases and Applications Constraint Databases and Applications
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    Constraint Databases and Applications

    Bart Kuijpers

    The ?rst International Symposium on the Applications of Constraint Databases (CDB2004) took place in Paris, France, on June 12-13, 2004, just before the ACM SIGMOD and PODS conferences. Since the...
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  • Spatial Interaction Modelling Spatial Interaction Modelling
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    Spatial Interaction Modelling

    John R. Roy

    In this book, the author's strong commitment to the multi-disciplinary field of regional science emerges to provide a unifying framework between spatial modelling traditions from quantitative...
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  • Economic Opening Up and Growth in Russia Economic Opening Up and Growth in Russia
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    Economic Opening Up and Growth in Russia

    Evgeny Gavrilenkov

    After a decade of sharp economic decline, Russia switched to an impressive period of economic growth. Yet the economic record is still mixed, and many key problems remain unresolved, both in the...
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  • Kunst Macht Stadt Kunst Macht Stadt
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    Kunst Macht Stadt

    Philipp Rode

    Sphären (‚Migrantenviertel' und ‚SOHO Viertel') als weitgehend isoliert v- einander erlebt werden. Die architektonische Gestaltung und Funktionalisierung einzelner Neubauprojekte verstärkt diesen...
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  • Reducing Burglary Reducing Burglary
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    Reducing Burglary

    Andromachi Tseloni

    Domestic burglary has fallen significantly over the past 20 years in many countries, but still remains a high volume crime. On top of substantial financial loss and property damage, burglary also...
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  • Vegetation of Central Asia and Environs Vegetation of Central Asia and Environs
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    Vegetation of Central Asia and Environs

    Dilfuza Egamberdieva

    Central Asia is a large and understudied region of varied geography, ranging from the high passes and mountains of Tian Shan, to the vast deserts of Kyzyl Kum, Taklamakan to the grassy treeles...
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  • Urban Galapagos Urban Galapagos
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    Urban Galapagos

    Thomas Kvan

    This book addresses the future of urbanisation on the Galapagos Islands from a systems, governance and design perspective with the competing parameters of liveability, economic and ecological, using...
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  • Mediterranean Cities and Island Communities Mediterranean Cities and Island Communities
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    Mediterranean Cities and Island Communities

    Anastasia Stratigea

    This book addresses the issue of smart and sustainable development in the Mediterranean (MED) region, a distinct part of the world, full of challenges and risks but also opportunities. Above all, the...
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  • Human Geographies Within the Pale of Settlement Human Geographies Within the Pale of Settlement
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    Human Geographies Within the Pale of Settlement

    Robert E. Mitchell

    This study suggests how traditional language-rich narrative histories of the Pale of Settlement can benefit from drawing on the large vocabularies, questions, theories and analytical methods of human...
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  • Facing the Challenges of Water Governance Facing the Challenges of Water Governance
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    Facing the Challenges of Water Governance

    Simon Porcher

    Access to water is one of the most pressing global issues of the twenty-first century, particularly when set against the background of a rapidly growing global population. This book provides a...
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  • Irish Urban Fictions Irish Urban Fictions
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    Irish Urban Fictions

    Maria Beville

    This collection is the first to examine how the city is written in modern Irish fiction. Focusing on the multi-faceted, layered, and ever-changing topography of the city in Irish writing, it brings...
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