Geography Books

This book discusses Nature and Human Communities in the historical and social background of Asia. Part 1 deals with the problems of coexistence among human beings. Part 2 explores coexistence between human beings and nature...

This book tackles the challenging issues raised by the growth of large megacities from diverse perspectives and approaches. The central question raised by the growth of megacities is what effect their growth will have on the ability of the global...

This book presents a life-oriented approach, which is an interdisciplinary methodology proposed for cross-sectoral urban policy decisions such as transport, health, and energy policies. Improving people's quality of life (QOL) is one of the common goals...

This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Asian studies, cultural industries, economic geography, and related areas of study. It discusses the results of a microscopic survey focusing on topics such as how...

This book outlines disaster risk reduction (DRR) approaches in Bangladesh, drawing examples and lessons from the national and community-level programs, projects, and relevant experiences of the country. The content is based on a selection of available...

PrefacePart I Ignored Linkage between Surface and Sub-surface Environments Part II Transboundary Linkage of Land and OceanPart III Impacts of Human-made BoundariesPart IV Challenge for New Management beyond the BoundariesIndexList of AuthorsKey...

This book presents landslide studies using the geographic information system (GIS), which includes not only the science of GIS and remote sensing, but also technical innovations, such as detailed light detection and ranging profiles, among others. To...

The major emphasis of this book is on physical mechanisms and sources of the ULF/ELF natural electromagnetic fields noises. In the course of this text, some of these mechanisms of magnetospheric origin will be treated in detail...

Excessive groundwater pumping, groundwater contamination, and subsurface thermal anomalies have occurred frequently in Asian coastal cities, greatly disturbing the urban aquifer and the subsurface environment. In this volume, the relationship between the...

This book discusses modern aspects of Japanese religion in terms of cultural geography. To understand the function of religion, it is essential to examine it in the context of local societies. One of the distinguishing...

The aim of this book is to describe what is currently occurring in the Mongolian grasslands, to analyze how various factors creating environmental problems interact, and to suggest solutions for sustainable management of the...

This book examines current trends and developments in the methods and applications of geospatial analysis and highlights future development prospects. It provides a comprehensive discussion of remote sensing- and geographical...

I. Allgemeiner Teil.- Die Höhenstufen.- Das Klima der Alpen.- a) Druck.- b) Wärme.- c) Strahlung.- d) Wind.- e) Niederschläge.- Die ökologische Bedeutung der Klimafaktoren.- Die Geschichte der alpinen Tierwelt.- II. Besonderer Teil.- 1. Die Fische des...

Die Spread-Spectrum Technik ist ein störungstolerantes Modulationsverfahren, das in gestörter Umgebung, wo konventionelle Übertragungssysteme keine akzeptable Bitfehlerrate mehr erreichen, wirkungsvoll einsetzbar ist.

Das vorliegende Handbuch soIl iiber den heutigen Stand der wissenschaft­ lichen und angewandten Photographie unterrichten. Durch zweckmiiJ3ige Unter­ teilung des Stoffes, durch Heranziehung erster Fachleute auf den in Betracht...

Tibetforschung im Wettstreit der Nationen Die Erforschung Tibets ist bis zum heutigen Tage nicht abgeschlossen. Riesige Berge, Wüsten und Hochsteppen stellen sich dem Reisenden entgegen. Hochlandstürme, Frost und Schnee...

Value distribution theory studies the behavior of mermorphic maps. Let f: M - N be a merom orphic map between complex manifolds. A target family CI ~ (Ea1aEA of analytic subsets Ea of N is given where A is a connected. compact...

Georessourcen sind die Elemente des gesellschaftlichen Stoffwechsels mit der Natur: mineralische Rohstoffe, fossile Energieträger, Wasser, Luft, Böden und in einem weiteren Sinn auch die Biosphäre und das Klima. Mit der Inwertsetzung und Nutzung dieser...

Mit dem zweibändigen Werk liegt das erste deutschsprachige Lehrbuch zur Geographiedidaktik vor, welches konkret zum kreativen und praxistauglichen Verknüpfen von fachwissenschaftlichen und fachdidaktischen Bezügen anregt. Mit Hilfe eines „Didaktischen...

In this interdisciplinary textbook, which bridges the gap between the natural and social sciences both, the scientific principles of restoration ecology and practical aspects of ecosystem restoration are comprehensively presented. The diversity of...

This book deals with phenology, the study of recurring biological life cycle stages, and especially their timing and relationships with biotic and abiotic forces.  Given the theoretical and methodological innovations involved, the chapters on...

This book provides a pragmatic analytical model grounded on the solid idea that technologies and the accompanying implementation efforts only make sense if they are successfully deployed in markets. The analytical model also provides an exhaustive...

How to interpret meteorological measurements made at a given level over a surface with regard to characteristic properties such as roughness, albedo, heat, moisture, carbon dioxide, and other gases is an old question which goes back to the very...

This book is based on multidisciplinary research focusing on low-carbon healthy city planning, policy and assessment. This includes city-development strategy, energy, environment, healthy, land-use, transportation, infrastructure, information and other...

The book introduces tourism earth-science as a new scientific discipline by applying the principles of earth-science in the study of natural and human tourism resources. It involves studying the geo-scientific characteristics of these tourism resources...

This book examines the nature and consequences of strategic competition between the US and China, which affects the global security landscape and the emerging security architecture across the broader Asia-Pacific region. The author illustrates the...

This book analyzes extensive data on the world's rapidly changing and growing access to, use and geographies of information and communications technologies. It studies not only the spatial differences in technology usage worldwide, but also examines...

In the face of increasingly serious resource and environmental challenges, the world has already accepted low-carbon development as the main way forward for future city construction. Chinese cities have encountered many problems during their development,...

This book represents the most important academic achievements won by Dr. Renzhi Hou, one of the founding fathers of and pioneering researchers in the modern historical geography of China. His collected papers and speeches, spanning from the 1940s to the...

​This book examines the formation trajectory and development path of China's newly formed urban areas, which was the result of an unprecedented massive urbanization process. The analysis is based on the case of Dezhou, Shandong Province. This book...

This book concerns the Beijing Hutong and changing perceptions of space, of social relations and of self, as processes of urban redevelopment remove Hutong dwellers from their traditional homes to new high-rise apartments. It...

Die Beitragsautoren dieses Bandes thematisieren das Quartier in seiner zunehmend wichtigen Funktion für die Gesundheit der Bevölkerung. Sie gehen der Frage nach, wie die Verbindung zwischen Quartiersentwicklung und Gesundheitsförderung konzeptualisiert...

Die Beiträge des Bandes befassen sich  mit den ständigen Veränderungsprozessen, denen Städte unterworfen sind. Sie sind geprägt von Aufbau und Zerfall, Chaos und Planung. In ihnen kumuliert das soziokulturelle und technische Gefüge moderner...

Die Autoren dieses Bandes eröffnen Zugänge, Perspektiven und Standpunkte zu einer Architektur- und Planungsethik für Menschen in einer bebauten und bewohnten Welt, die auch in Zukunft bewohnbar bleiben soll. Den Beiträgen ist gemeinsam, dass sie von...

If you've ever had a special attachment to a film, and also an attachment to the city it was shot in, Xiaofei Haos book will give you a fresh eye on how the city is expressed in the film by the filmmaker. From the perspective of social science, each face...