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Geography for nongeographers [[electronic resource] /] / Frank R. Spellman
| Geography for nongeographers [[electronic resource] /] / Frank R. Spellman |
| Autore | Spellman Frank R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Government Institutes, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910/.02 |
| Collana | Science for Nonscientists |
| Soggetto topico |
Geography
Earth sciences |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-52364-3
9786612523649 1-60590-687-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | front matter; contents; preface; part 1; chapter 1; part 2; chapter 2; chapter 3; chapter 4; chapter 5; chapter 6; chapter 7; chapter 8; part 3; chapter 9; part 4; chapter 10; part 5; chapter 11; part 6; chapter 12; appendix a; appendix b; index; about the author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459119003321 |
Spellman Frank R
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| Lanham, : Government Institutes, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geography for nongeographers [[electronic resource] /] / Frank R. Spellman
| Geography for nongeographers [[electronic resource] /] / Frank R. Spellman |
| Autore | Spellman Frank R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Government Institutes, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910/.02 |
| Collana | Science for Nonscientists |
| Soggetto topico |
Geography
Earth sciences |
| ISBN |
1-282-52364-3
9786612523649 1-60590-687-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | front matter; contents; preface; part 1; chapter 1; part 2; chapter 2; chapter 3; chapter 4; chapter 5; chapter 6; chapter 7; chapter 8; part 3; chapter 9; part 4; chapter 10; part 5; chapter 11; part 6; chapter 12; appendix a; appendix b; index; about the author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792430103321 |
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Spellman Frank R
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| Lanham, : Government Institutes, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The nature of the environment [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew Goudie
| The nature of the environment [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew Goudie |
| Autore | Goudie Andrew |
| Edizione | [4th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (578 p.) |
| Disciplina |
910.02
910/.02 |
| Soggetto topico |
Physical geography
Geography |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-23721-7
9786612237218 1-4443-1234-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Nature of the Environment: Fourth Edition; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: The Global Framework; 1: Global Geological Background; 1.1 The Ancient Earth; 1.2 Core, Mantle and Crust; 1.3 The Nature of the Ocean Floors; 1.4 The Surface of the Land; 1.5 Earthquakes; 1.6 The Shape of the Continents; 1.7 The Question of Plates; 1.8 Microplates and Exotic Terranes; 1.9 The Earth's Rock Types; 1.10 The Subdivisions of the Earth's History; 1.11 Conclusions; Key Terms and Concepts; Points for Review; FURTHER READING; 2: Global Climatic Background
2.1 A Vertical Profile through the Atmosphere2.2 Global Climate; 2.3 World Patterns of Precipitation; 2.4 World Patterns of Temperature; 2.5 The Major Climatic Zones; 2.6 The Hydrological Cycle; 2.7 Ocean Currents; 2.8 Ocean-atmosphere Interactions; 2.9 Climatic Change; 2.10 Causes of Long-term Climatic Change; 2.11 Sea-level Changes; 2.12 Future Climates; 2.13 Conclusions; Key Terms and Concepts; Points for Review; FURTHER READING; 3: The Organic World; 3.1 Major Vegetation Types; 3.2 Human Modification of Major Vegetation Types; 3.3 Floral Realms; 3.4 Faunal Realms 3.5 The World's Great Soil Orders3.6 Human Modifications of Soil; 3.7 Climatic Geomorphology: The Influence of Climate, Soil and Vegetation; Key Terms and Concepts; Points for Review; FURTHER READING; Part II: Major World Zones; 4: Cold Environments; 4.1 Polar Climates; 4.2 Vegetation and Wildlife; 4.3 Glacier Types; 4.4 The Formation of Glacier Ice; 4.5 How Glaciers Move; 4.6 Glacial Erosion; 4.7 Glacial Deposits; 4.8 Glacier Ice and Sea-level Change; 4.9 Permafrost; 4.10 Ground Ice; 4.11 Thermokarst; 4.12 Ice Segregation and Frost Heaving; 4.13 Frost Shattering and Soil Formation 4.14 Slope Processes, Avalanches and River Regimes4.15 Environmental Problems and Hazards for Tundra Development; Key Terms and Concepts; Points for Review; FURTHER READING; 5: The Mid-latitudes; 5.1 The Westerlies; 5.2 Cyclones and Anticyclones; 5.3 Air Masses; 5.4 Cool Temperate Climates; 5.5 Western Margin Warm Temperate Climates (the Mediterranean Type); 5.6 Eastern Margin Warm Temperate Climates; 5.7 Boreal Forest; 5.8 Deciduous Forest; 5.9 Mid-latitude Grassland; 5.10 Mediterranean Evergreen Woodland; 5.11 Soils of Cool Temperate Climates; 5.12 Soils of Warm Temperate Climates 5.13 The Impact of Climatic Change on the Landscape5.14 Loess Sheets; 5.15 Dry Valleys and Mis-fit Streams; 5.16 Tors; 5.17 Natural Hazards in Western Europe; Key Terms and Concepts; Points for Review; FURTHER READING; 6: Deserts; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 What Causes Aridity?; 6.3 Desert Rainfall; 6.4 Desert Temperatures; 6.5 Past Climates in Deserts; 6.6 Desert Vegetation and Animals; 6.7 Soils and Surface Materials; 6.8 Insolation and Salt Weathering; 6.9 Wind Action In Deserts; 6.10 Sand Deposition - Dunes; 6.11 The Work of Rivers; 6.12 Desert Slopes; 6.13 Groundwater 6.14 Dams, Reservoirs and Inter-basin Water Transfer |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454878503321 |
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Goudie Andrew
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| Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, 2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The nature of the environment / / Andrew Goudie
| The nature of the environment / / Andrew Goudie |
| Autore | Goudie Andrew |
| Edizione | [4th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 544 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Disciplina | 910/.02 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geography
Physical geography |
| ISBN |
9781444312348
1444312340 |
| Classificazione |
450.9
910/.02 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Nature of the Environment: Fourth Edition -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: The Global Framework -- 1: Global Geological Background -- 1.1 The Ancient Earth -- 1.2 Core, Mantle and Crust -- 1.3 The Nature of the Ocean Floors -- 1.4 The Surface of the Land -- 1.5 Earthquakes -- 1.6 The Shape of the Continents -- 1.7 The Question of Plates -- 1.8 Microplates and Exotic Terranes -- 1.9 The Earth's Rock Types -- 1.10 The Subdivisions of the Earth's History -- 1.11 Conclusions -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- 2: Global Climatic Background -- 2.1 A Vertical Profile through the Atmosphere -- 2.2 Global Climate -- 2.3 World Patterns of Precipitation -- 2.4 World Patterns of Temperature -- 2.5 The Major Climatic Zones -- 2.6 The Hydrological Cycle -- 2.7 Ocean Currents -- 2.8 Ocean-atmosphere Interactions -- 2.9 Climatic Change -- 2.10 Causes of Long-term Climatic Change -- 2.11 Sea-level Changes -- 2.12 Future Climates -- 2.13 Conclusions -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- 3: The Organic World -- 3.1 Major Vegetation Types -- 3.2 Human Modification of Major Vegetation Types -- 3.3 Floral Realms -- 3.4 Faunal Realms -- 3.5 The World's Great Soil Orders -- 3.6 Human Modifications of Soil -- 3.7 Climatic Geomorphology: The Influence of Climate, Soil and Vegetation -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- Part II: Major World Zones -- 4: Cold Environments -- 4.1 Polar Climates -- 4.2 Vegetation and Wildlife -- 4.3 Glacier Types -- 4.4 The Formation of Glacier Ice -- 4.5 How Glaciers Move -- 4.6 Glacial Erosion -- 4.7 Glacial Deposits -- 4.8 Glacier Ice and Sea-level Change -- 4.9 Permafrost -- 4.10 Ground Ice -- 4.11 Thermokarst -- 4.12 Ice Segregation and Frost Heaving -- 4.13 Frost Shattering and Soil Formation.
4.14 Slope Processes, Avalanches and River Regimes -- 4.15 Environmental Problems and Hazards for Tundra Development -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- 5: The Mid-latitudes -- 5.1 The Westerlies -- 5.2 Cyclones and Anticyclones -- 5.3 Air Masses -- 5.4 Cool Temperate Climates -- 5.5 Western Margin Warm Temperate Climates (the Mediterranean Type) -- 5.6 Eastern Margin Warm Temperate Climates -- 5.7 Boreal Forest -- 5.8 Deciduous Forest -- 5.9 Mid-latitude Grassland -- 5.10 Mediterranean Evergreen Woodland -- 5.11 Soils of Cool Temperate Climates -- 5.12 Soils of Warm Temperate Climates -- 5.13 The Impact of Climatic Change on the Landscape -- 5.14 Loess Sheets -- 5.15 Dry Valleys and Mis-fit Streams -- 5.16 Tors -- 5.17 Natural Hazards in Western Europe -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- 6: Deserts -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 What Causes Aridity? -- 6.3 Desert Rainfall -- 6.4 Desert Temperatures -- 6.5 Past Climates in Deserts -- 6.6 Desert Vegetation and Animals -- 6.7 Soils and Surface Materials -- 6.8 Insolation and Salt Weathering -- 6.9 Wind Action In Deserts -- 6.10 Sand Deposition - Dunes -- 6.11 The Work of Rivers -- 6.12 Desert Slopes -- 6.13 Groundwater -- 6.14 Dams, Reservoirs and Inter-basin Water Transfer -- 6.15 Land Degradation -- 6.16 Problems of the Desert Realm -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- 7: The Tropics -- 7.1 The General Atmospheric Circulation -- 7.2 The Wet Tropics -- 7.3 Tropical Seasonal Climates -- 7.4 Monsoons -- 7.5 Tropical Disturbances -- 7.6 Tropical Rainforest -- 7.7 Secondary Forest -- 7.8 Tropical Seasonal Forest and Savanna -- 7.9 Mangrove Swamps -- 7.10 Coral Reefs -- 7.11 Weathering of Rocks -- 7.12 Slope Movements -- 7.13 Some Problems of the Humid Tropics -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review. FURTHER READING -- Part III: Mountain and Maritime Environments -- 8: Mountains -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Mountain Climates -- 8.3 Snow and the Snow-line -- 8.4 Mountain Vegetation -- 8.5 The Timber-line -- 8.6 Alpine Tundra -- 8.7 Mountain Hazards -- 8.8 Changing Climates -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- 9: Coasts -- 9.1 Coastlines -- 9.2 Waves -- 9.3 Barrier Beaches and Related Forms -- 9.4 Tides -- 9.5 Stonn Surges -- 9.6 Estuaries -- 9.7 Coastal Dunes -- 9.8 Salt Marshes -- 9.9 Coast Erosion -- 9.10 The Human Impact on the Coastline -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- Part IV: Landscapes and Ecosystems -- 10: Plants and Animals -- 10.1 Ecology and Ecosystems -- 10.2 Plants and their Habitats -- 10.3 Life in the Oceans -- 10.4 Community -- 10.5 Succession -- 10.6 Dispersal and Migration of Plants -- 10.7 Dispersal and Migration of Animals -- 10.8 The Importance of Area -- 10.9 Human Impact on Plants and Animals -- 10.10 Domestication -- 10.11 Introductions -- 10.12 Pollution -- 10.13 Habitat Change -- 10.14 Extinction -- 10.15 Conservation -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- 11: Tectonic Features -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Volcanoes -- 11.3 Intrusive Igneous Rocks -- 11.4 Earthquakes -- 11.5 Man-made Seismic Activity -- 11.6 Faults -- 11.7 Folding -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- 12: Slopes -- 12.1 Mass Movements -- 12.2 Slope Instability -- 12.3 Other Processes Operating on Slopes -- 12.4 Slope Forms -- 12.5 Slope Development through Time -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- 13: Soils and Weathering -- 13.1 Factors of Soil Formation -- 13.2 Soil Profiles -- 13.3 Types of Weathering -- 13.4 Mechanical Weathering -- 13.5 Chemical Weathering -- 13.6 Accelerated Soil Erosion. Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- 14: The Hydrological Cycle -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Precipitation -- 14.3 Interception -- 14.4 Evapotranspiration -- 14.5 Infiltration -- 14.6 Surface Runoff -- 14.7 Groundwater -- 14.8 Streamflow and the Hydrograph -- 14.9 Annual River Regimes -- 14.10 Lakes -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- 15: Rivers -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Morphometry of Drainage Basins -- 15.3 Drainage Basin Patterns -- 15.4 Concave Long Profiles -- 15.5 Channel Cross-section and Hydraulic Geometry -- 15.6 Channel Patterns -- 15.7 Floodplains -- 15.8 Terraces -- 15.9 Deltas -- 15.10 Stream Transport -- 15.11 Rates of Fluvial Denudation -- 15.12 Floods -- 15.13 The Human Impact on Rivers -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- 16: Cities -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 The Climate of Cities -- 16.3 Air Pollution and its Problems -- 16.4 Urbanisation and River Flow -- 16.5 Thermal Pollution of River Water -- 16.6 Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield Associated with Construction and Urbanisation -- 16.7 Animals in Cities -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Points for Review -- FURTHER READING -- Part V: Conclusion -- 17: Nature, Humans and the Environment -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Environmental Complexity -- 17.3 Environmental lnteractions -- 17.4 The Importance of Scale -- 17.5 The Influence of Environment on Humans -- 17.6 The Human Impact -- 17.7 The Ever-changing Environment -- 17.8 Humans or Nature? -- 17.9 Equifinality -- 17.10 The Relevance and Application of Physical Geography -- 17.11 Global Environmental Change -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910958487403321 |
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Goudie Andrew
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| Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading Kant's Geography [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stuart Elden and Eduardo Mendieta
| Reading Kant's Geography [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stuart Elden and Eduardo Mendieta |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 382 p |
| Disciplina | 910/.02 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EldenStuart <1971->
MendietaEduardo |
| Collana | SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy |
| Soggetto topico | Geography - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4384-3606-8
1-4416-9745-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456690603321 |
| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading Kant's Geography [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stuart Elden and Eduardo Mendieta
| Reading Kant's Geography [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stuart Elden and Eduardo Mendieta |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 382 p |
| Disciplina | 910/.02 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EldenStuart <1971->
MendietaEduardo |
| Collana | SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy |
| Soggetto topico | Geography - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-4384-3606-8
1-4416-9745-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781769303321 |
| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading Kant's Geography / / edited by Stuart Elden and Eduardo Mendieta
| Reading Kant's Geography / / edited by Stuart Elden and Eduardo Mendieta |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 382 p |
| Disciplina | 910/.02 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EldenStuart <1971->
MendietaEduardo |
| Collana | SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy |
| Soggetto topico | Geography - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
9781438436067
1438436068 9781441697455 1441697454 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Reading Kant's Geography -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Reintroducing Kant's Geography -- I. The Invention of Geography: Kant and His Times -- 2. Immanuel Kant and the Emergence of Modern Geography1 -- 3. Kant's Geography in Comparative Perspective -- II. From a Lecture Course of Forty Years to a Book Manuscript: Textual Issues -- 4. Kant's Lectures on "Physical Geography": A Brief Outline of Its Origins, Transmission,and Development: 1754-1805 -- 5. Historical and Philological Referenceson the Question of a Possible Hierarchyof Human "Races," "Peoples," or"Populations" in Immanuel Kant-A Supplement. -- 6. Translating Kant's Physical Geography: Travails and Insights into Eighteenth Century Science (and Philosophy) -- 7. Writing Space: Historical Narrative and Geographical Description in Kant's Physical Geography -- III. Towards a Cosmopolitan Education: Geography and Anthropology -- 8. "The Play of Nature"Human Beings in Kant's Geography1 -- 9. The Pragmatic Use of Kant's Physical Geography Lectures -- 10.The Place of the Organismin Kantian Philosophy: Geography, Teleology, and the Limits of Philosophy -- IV. Kant's Geography of Reason: Reason and Its Spatiality -- 11. Kant's Geography of Reason1 -- 12. Orientation in Thinking: Geographical Problems, Political Solutions1 -- 13. "The Unity of All Places on the Face of the Earth": Original Community, Acquisition, and Universal Will in Kant's Doctrine of Right1 -- V. Gender, Race, History, and Geography -- 14. Cosmopolitanism in the Anthropology and Geography -- 15. Is there Still Room for Freedom?A Commentary on David Harvey's"Kant's Anthropology and Geography" -- 16. Kant's Third Thoughts on Race -- 17. The Darker Side of the Enlightenment: A De-Colonial Reading of Kant's Geography.
18. Geography Is to History as Woman Is to Man: Kant on Sex, Race, and Geography: On the way to an Epilogue -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910973147003321 |
| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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