Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment & Planning books

What If Saving a Life Didn't Limit You, but Propelled You to New Heights? When retired emergency physician and...  Read More >>

The story behind Dr. Gerta Keller’s world-shattering scientific discovery that dinosaur extinction was NOT caused...  Read More >>

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A beautifully illustrated exploration of the habitats, communities and species hidden just below the British seashore....  Read More >>

Remediation Technologies for Microplastics in Aquatic Environments examines up-to-date technological innovations...  Read More >>

A collection of searching, curious, and surprising essays catalyzed by the author's move in her sixties to a small...  Read More >>

This primer provides readers with a fundamental understanding of disasters and their consequences.  Read More >>

This global, critical, and interdisciplinary handbook rethinks home as a material, emotional, and geopolitical site....  Read More >>

As one of the founders of venture capital, which ushered in the Tech Revolution, Sir Ronald Cohen builds on his...  Read More >>

The Belgica expedition of 1897-1899 was the first to overwinter near the Antarctic Peninsula. A new passageway was...  Read More >>

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As global temperatures rise, urban areas face unprecedented challenges from intensified heat. “Adapting to Urban...  Read More >>

The chronic occurrence of toxic pollutants in water, such as heavy metals, dyes, pesticides, and organic contaminants,...  Read More >>

With more than two billion people worldwide suffering from water scarcity, clean water is one of the most important...  Read More >>

Gentrification is not inevitable, reveals Sharon Cornelissen, in this surprising, close look at the Detroit neighborhood...  Read More >>

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This book reviews current research on the key types of contaminants in agricultural soils, including heavy metals,...  Read More >>

A continual problem in modern societies is how housing of a good standard can be provided for all those who need...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1976, this book sets out, by careful examination of the complexities of the British housing...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1990, this title asks, what has been the role of the state vis-à-vis housing policy in developing...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1987, public rented housing in Britain had undergone many changes in the decade before,...  Read More >>

First published in 1993, this book filled a gap in the literature on housing in the developing world. For many years,...  Read More >>