Catálogo de libros: Geografía

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  • WATER SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION IN TARKA LGA, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
    Bartholomew Terfa Dansoho / Esther Nguper Dansoho / Oryina Ikpenge
    This study ’Water Supply and Consumption in Wannune, Tarka LGA, Benue State, Nigeria’ was conducted to find out the major sources of water supply and consumption among the populace of Wannune. The study also examined the state of water supply in the area and investigated the water consumption pattern of the populace. The following research questions are formulated to guide this...
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    54,38 €

  • A GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF IRRIGATION PATTERNS IN SOLAPUR DISTRICT
    Dr. Bhupal Patil
    The intricate relationship between irrigation practices and agricultural land use has long captivated the attention of geographers, agronomists, and policymakers. This study focuses on exploring this relationship specifically within the Solapur district of Maharashtra, India. Solapur’s diverse climate and varied topography offer a unique opportunity to examine how irrigation af...
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    76,86 €

  • Urban dynamics and land issues in secondary towns
    Ousmane Gueye
    In Senegal, the current urban trend shows the emergence of a new category of city that plays a full part in the country’s territorial balance. These towns, characterized as secondary towns by the important functions they play in their environment, provide a link between the countryside and regional capitals, and even between the rest of Senegal and the capital. Bambey, a second...
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    99,65 €

  • The Institutionalisation of Civic Initiatives
    Francesco Campagnari
    The book examines two civic initiatives in Europe and analyses their evolution through the institutionalisation of their practices, local public effects, and established models for action at broader scales. ...
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    227,79 €

  • Territory, protected areas and traditional populations
    Lucas Grisolia
    This monograph presents an analysis based on the geographical concept of territorial interpretation. It analyses the extent to which the creation and implementation of a conservation unit contributes to maintaining the culture of traditional populations. The case of the Juatinga Ecological Reserve, located on the south coast of Rio de Janeiro, in the municipality of Paraty/RJ, ...
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    68,34 €

  • Diversity and distribution of mammals in Pomene National Reserve
    Arão Raimundo Finiasse / Nelson Honiasse Pulaze Luís / Sérgio Alfredo Bila
    The study on the Diversity and Distribution of Medium-Large Mammals was carried out in the Pomene National Reserve, with the aim of studying the diversity and distribution of medium-large mammal species in the 3 habitats (Dense Miombo, Open Miombo and Shrub Prairie) of the RNP. To collect data using the direct method, all the observation paths in each habitat were walked, in th...
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    53,04 €

  • Thermal comfort in the classroom
    Jean Carlos Feltrin
    The growth of cities and the occupation of urban land have had a negative impact on thermal comfort. The aim was therefore to analyze and compare thermal comfort from October to December 2015 in some classrooms at the Dante de Mosconi Polyvalent State School, in the city of Jataí in the Microregion of Southwest Goiás, classified as Zone 6 (bioclimatic strategies) defined as H -...
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    48,42 €

  • Staging Interspaces in Contemporary British Theatre
    Vicky Angelaki
    This open access book considers how relationships to place and spatial ecologies more broadly are becoming redefined in light of intersecting climate, health, identity and care crises. Through an interdisciplinary, intersectional discourse it investigates how spaces of liminality frame contemporary human conditions in their interactional modes with both human and non-human ecol...
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    70,62 €

  • Payment for Environmental Services
    Elisab... Regina Alves Cavalcanti Silva / Elisabeth Regina Alves Cavalcanti Silva / José Gustavo da Silva Melo / Josimar Vieira dos Reis
    This study is based on the main aspects of payment for environmental services (PES). Payment for Environmental Services (PES) is considered a promising mechanism for solving some problems related to the degradation of ecosystems due to anthropogenic action. PES occurs when beneficiaries are willing to pay providers who adopt conservation practices or preserve forested areas. Th...
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    48,30 €

  • GUARATIBA AND ITS GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
    Marcio Luis Fernandes
    Domains, limits, borders and obstacles are issues that are often focused on in geographical studies. As we have argued in this book, the boundaries of Guaratiba concern different spaces and/or places. These, in turn, have characteristics that are similar - especially those related to their shared history, what I call the ’original Guaratiba’ - and singularities that differentia...
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    98,54 €

  • The Sustainable Development Master Plan for Porto Nacional - TO
    Adão Francisco / Geovanny Guilherme / Ordália Dias da Silva Guilherme
    A study of urban environmental management, using the laws that institutionalize it as a parameter, is of great importance. Porto Nacional has a Master Plan that emphasizes caring for the environment in order to guarantee its availability for future generations. Thus, this work seeks to discuss, through a diagnosis, the effectiveness of the discourse drawn up from this plan. ...
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    67,44 €

  • Weathering Change
    Dr. Madanlal V. Suryawanshi / Dr. Namdev V. Kachare
    Rainfall is an important component of both weather and climate. It is liquid water that falls as raindrops at a specific location and time and it is the main source of fresh water on the Earth’s surface. Rain has a significant impact on man’s socioeconomic development. It provides favorable conditions for Earth’s living organisms. The effects of various rainfall methods of anal...
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    99,51 €

  • Pororoca
    Ripley Jones
    Dive into the captivating world of Pororoca and explore its geological formation, physical characteristics, diverse flora and fauna, cultural significance, environmental impacts, and future directions. This comprehensive guide offers insights into this awe-inspiring phenomenon, highlighting its historical, scientific, and ecological importance in a way that is both informative ...
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    105,33 €

  • The Mystery of the Purple Spheres in Arizona
    Ripley Jones
    On August 18, 2013, Peter G. McCullough was taking a routine stroll through the Sonoran Desert, documenting local flora for his upcoming botanical book, when he stumbled upon something utterly baffling.Among the cacti and scrubland, Peter noticed a cluster of strange, glistening purple spheres scattered across the sandy ground.Intrigued and perplexed, he knelt down to examine t...
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    104,30 €

  • India’s Historical Demography
    Tim Dyson
    When this book was originally published in 1989 here had been virtually no studies of the country’s historical demography. ...
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    59,45 €

  • Africa-EU Relations and the African Continental Free Trade Area
    This book examines the establishment and implementation of the AfCFTA, which is the largest free trade area globally, covering 54 African countries. It explores how this initiative has the potential to reshape Africa-EU relations by promoting intra-African trade, economic integration, and diversification, as well as inter- regional trade. Both continents have potential to serve...
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    193,61 €

  • Hydrological potential of the Pontal stream - PE
    Elisabeth Regina Alves C. Silva
    Irrigated agriculture in Brazil’s semi-arid region is the main economic activity in the region, which is why in recent decades there has been increased competition for the use of water available for irrigation in this area, with the aim of serving other sectors of society. With this in mind, this study sought to make a diagnosis of the Riacho do Pontal-PE Basin in terms of the ...
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    48,30 €

  • Geo-information for Disaster Monitoring and Management
    The objective of this publication is to provide insight into advancing remote sensing techniques dealing with floods, droughts, landslides, earthquakes, permafrost-related hazards, glacial lake outburst floods, forest fires, droughts, tropical cyclones, climate resilience and COVID-19. This publication will incorporate the latest technologies and techniques to illustrate disast...
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    172,68 €

  • Seasonality of Tourism in the Municipality of Guaratuba-PR, Brazil
    Luciane Scheuer
    Studying Guaratuba was, antagonistically, a great challenge and a pleasure. The challenge lies in conducting research into tourism in a city that suffers annually from the impacts of seasonality and a lack of tourism planning, located in one of the most diverse landscape regions in Paraná and with a unique historical, economic and cultural context. A city that daily experiences...
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    78,97 €

  • URBAN SPRAWL
    SANGEETA BORUAH SAIKIA
    The book explores the internal structures of urban centres in North East India, focusing on the central business centers of Tinsukia and Dibrugarh. The region’s urban development initially focused on a focal point in the new market area of Dibrugarh, with two source nuclei: the old railway station in the region and the central market in Tinsukia. Hoyt’s theory is only partially...
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    79,94 €

  • Extreme Precipitation in Western Amazonia
    Vinicius A. Sikora de Souza
    The aim of this study was to estimate the Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) function of extreme rainfall events using rainfall data from rain gauge stations installed in the state of Rondônia, so that this information can later be used to design hydraulic works. We used 41 rainfall stations with historical series of over 10 years, provided by the National Water Agency (ANA). I...
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    48,36 €

  • Modelling the City
    Wiesława Duży
    This book focuses on European towns and cities, analysing the opportunities and limitations of modelling of urban space. It is strongly recommended to readers interested in the linked open data approach to research, data standards in Digital Humanities, urban planning, and old maps. ...
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    242,93 €

  • Planned Management of Forests
    N. V. Brasnett
    Originally published in 1992, this book dispels some of the myths that surround water resource problems of arid lands and the notion that there are simple ’once and for all’ solutions. ...
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    146,33 €

  • The Management of Forests
    F. C. Osmaston
    Originally published in 1968, this book discusses the principles and methods on which forest management has been founded in the past and how these principles and methods still apply or are affected by modern management skills, changing demands, social habits and resources. ...
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    145,65 €

  • Gendered urban violence among Brazilians
    Cathy McIlwaine / Miriam Krenzinger Azambuja / Paul Heritage
    Understanding and theorising the translocational, multiscalar, intersectional nature of urban gendered violence and resistance to it in Rio de Janeiro and London. ...
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    157,19 €

  • Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks, Volume 2
    Stanley D. Brunn
    This book explores journeys in a time context with a focus on places, place meanings, and landscapes. Whether the journey relates to ancient or modern trails, roads, or railroads, or a historical or contemporary pilgrimage or a tourist venture in social contexts, the book addresses the importance of places and environmental settings, whereby time itself is described and define...
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    221,24 €

  • GRADUAL CHANGE OF CITY POPULATION IN UZBEKISTAN
    Xudoyorov Lochinbek
    The development of the science of demography begins in the second half of the 20th century. It includes such important aspects as the birth, death, life expectancy, gender composition, and level of education of the population. Demographic processes in the cities of Uzbekistan have important characteristics. Mandatory cities were created during the former union, and this in turn...
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    75,44 €

  • Socio-Spatial Dynamics in Mediterranean Europe
    This book analyses the most recent socio-territorial trends that are developing in the Spanish metropolitan space. The first part focuses on the most recent metropolitan dynamics and demographic changes in Southern Europe. The second part discusses the most important processes in metropolitan areas: the problems of increasing social and residential vulnerability and the problem...
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    193,61 €

  • Community Energy and Sustainable Energy Transitions
    Vanesa Castán Broto
    This open access book engages with the difficulties of delivering community energy in practice, building on practical experiences in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique. In these countries, where many people lack access to electricity, community energy is an alternative to advance universal energy access. This book argues that, besides providing access, community energy is essenti...
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    73,15 €

  • Landslide
    The book illustrates a geospatial and geostatistical approach to data analysis, modeling, risk assessment, and visualization, as well as landslide hazard management in the hilly region. This book investigates cutting-edge methodologies based on open source software and R statistical programming and modeling in current decision-making procedures, with a particular emphasis on re...
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    210,17 €


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