Search Results: Geography from GlobalAcademics

Republic of Slovenia: Geografski Institut Antona Melika, 2003. Comprehensive reference text presents current research in scientific geography, and includes topics in the importance of the division of the countryside in stimulating regional development; starting points for the monitoring and evaluation of regional policy in Slovenia; ; legislation in the field of regional policy in Slovenia and an analysis of its spatial impact; geographical factors of fertility; demographic characteristics of the Romany in Prekmurje. Text in English and Slovene. 157 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear.. . Soft Cover. Excellent/ . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1984. Comprehensive scholarly text presents a detailed study of the human geography of one of America's most paradoxical and enigmatic regions- Appalachia. Includes topics covering the region's social and economic development; regional diversity; physical geography; settlement and culture patterns; population growth and characteristics; renewable and nonrenewable resources; recreation and development; manufacturing and industry; transport patterns and progress; regional development and poverty; etc. 398 pgs. Illustrated with numerous tables, figures and photographs. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1985. Scholarly text presents a detailed approach by the author to regional spatial analysis that can assist planners and policymakers build the productive and service capacity of settlements in rural regions. Includes discussions of methods of regional resource, settlement system, and spatial linkage analysis that identify and locate investments in productive activities; social services, and physical infrastructure that will more effectively promote widespread regional development. 264 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on the half title page. . First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1992. Comprehensive scholarly text covers a broad range of interdisciplinary issues from methods of geography to examples of practical work done by geographers in Russia and the former republics and the United States. Text covers topics on quatitative technique, methodology, relationships between changes and theory building, applications of geography in Soviet and U.S. schools, etc. 159 pgs. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Academic Book Center,Inc., 1979. Graphic description and analysis of three principal sections covering Historical and Cultural Geography, Economic systems, and the Natural Environment. The Reference section includes a 3000 place-name gazetteer, and a set of 1:1 million scale reference maps. 191 pgs. 175 full color maps. Small closed tear on upper spine; minor water stain on lower spine edge and upper edge of rear dustjacket- no damage to text or boards. Dustjacket in mylar. Signed by Donley on first title pg. Oversized Item.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1992. Scholarly study reopens the debate about the size of the Valley Mexico's indigenous population before the Spanish conquest and the scale and rate of its decline thereafter. The author assesses population size, based upon a computer-generated simulation of the response of the indigenous population to a variety of factors that determined its eventual collapse. Factors include the demographic structure of the population before the Spanish conquest, the epidemiological environment that accompanied the conquistadores, and the nature of the Valley of Mexico's agricultural system. 261 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder,CO.: Westview Press, 1999. Text presents a detailed scholarly study in the geography of poverty, the seasonal flux of peasants whom leave their villages following the rainy season, to work in the informal economies of West African cities. Includes intensive analyses and accounts of famine, drought, and poverty statistics. 266 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1980. Classic comprehensive text presents a preeminent study of ecology and environmental management from the perspective of physical geography. Text examines the basics of ecology and the relationships between biotic and abiotic components of the environment; approaches and problems of environmental planning and management in light of conflicting priorities and based on the principles of ecology. 272 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket has a few light creases on the lower edge and minor rubbing to corners; in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Indiana: Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing/Purdue University, 1978. Comprehensive study designed to assess the feasibility of utilizing Lansat data in tropical forest areas- two study areas selected are in Bolivia and Taiwan; emphasis given to evaluating data availability and information content of the Landsat data; and cost- effectiveness of using manual and computer aided analysis techniques. Topics covered include materials and methods; characteristics of the Landsat satellites and data; data availability in relation to cloud cover in tropical forest areas; Landsat data analysis techniques; etc. 176 pgs. Illustrated, including over 50 color and b&w photos. Prior owner's name stamp on lower title page.. Soft Cover. Excellent. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1987. Comprehensive reference text presents detailed coverage of political, physical, economic, historical, and cultural aspects of South Asia; primary emphasis is on India, secondary emphasis on Pakistan and Bangladesh, followed by Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Nepal. Topics covered include climatology; religion; political and administrative systems; agriculture and industry; natural resources; transportation; demographic characteristics; historical setting for the subcontinent as a whole; etc. 231 pgs. Illustrated. Gilt spine and front cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Albany, New York: OnWord Press, 2000. Comprehensive updated text based on new ArcView GIS 3.1 and 3.2 functionality, INSIDE ArcView GIS, 3rd Edition, continues to meet the needs of individuals who want to learn to use ArcView GIS "out of the box" to access maps and display geographic information. By consulting detailed examples and working independently through success-proven tutorials, INSIDE ArcView GIS, 3rd Edition, presents detailed topics covering generating business graphics and statistics linked with maps; working with diverse databases; customizing ArcView GIS; optimizing application design; producing hardcopy maps; etc. As in previous editions, no prior experience is assumed as the authors take readers on a journey through the software's principal functionality, guiding them through development of a single application from start to finish. Examples and exercises drawn from Business, Government, and Education are also located strategically throughout the book to underscore key… Read More

Albany, New York: OnWord Press, 1995. This guidebook ties ArcCAD version 11.4 to AutoCAD Release 13, linking the GIS software package to the CAD modelling package. Case studies cover how ArcCAD is ued for municipal parcel mapping, a road widening project, and a utilities maintenance system. Topics include: creating spatial data and maps; creating a topology and a database; querying for specific data; using buffers and overlays; using feature attribute tables and look-up tables; etc. Includes a New & Sealed bonus disk which includes accompanying data files. 330 pgs. Illustrated. New in shrinkwrap.. First Edition. Soft Cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Essex, U.K.: Bowker Publishing, 1976. Classic comprehensive text presents a detailed study of the development of the Iranian city of Kashran, including aspects of settlement patterns; population trends; housing; health facilities; education; occupational and social structures; urban morphology; industry; trade; commerce; urban ecology; land use; etc. 166 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1990. Scholarly text will acquaint historians, anthropologists and sociologists with a discourse that questions the prioritizing of the temporal over the spatial - the historical over the geographical. The author argues that neither the study of history nor the execution of social or cultural analysis can be divorced from human-geographical inquiry. He contends that all processes of social structuring are context dependent, for they involve the unfolding of historical geographies - they simultaneously include the making of histories and the construction of human geographies. 239 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1984. Scholarly text presents detailed essays which focus on improved methods which measure internal migration and analyzing the spatial dynamics through which internal migration affects national settlement systems. Topics cover regularities in age patterns of migration; population projection methods; urbanization and settlement patterns. 359 pp. Illustrated.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Beirut, Lebanon: Al-Risalah, 1973. Classic scholarly historical text contains early geographical writings from 800 to 1150, including descriptions of some localities in the Northern Hijaz by the Arab geographers of that period; descriptions of the pilgrim routes in that area; a general survey of information and characteristics; rise and decline of towns and villages in the Northern Hijaz; dependencies of Medina and Mecca; geographical poetry; etc. Includes a detailed fold-out map of the region. 486 pp. Dustjacket in mylar. Virtually no shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1963. Classic comprehensive text contains detailed sections on the soil-climatic, vegetation, natural-economic, topographical, taxonomical characteristics of the various zoning regions in the U.S.S.R. including the Polar belt, the Boreal belt, the Subboreal belt, the Subtropical belt, etc. 480 pgs. Stamped on front endpapers, and lightly on outer edges. Top edge of spine has a small closed tear; library label on lower spine. Corners slightly bumped; minor shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1982. Comprehensive scholarly text presents a detailed analytical interpretation and reconstruction of the geographical dimensions of demographic patterns and processes in Nueva Vizcaya, known in the eighteenth century as the Intendancy of Durango, the most ecologically and economically diverse region of northern New Spain- now Mexico. Topics covered include: historical, demographic and geographic background; population distribution, structure and change; socioeconomic elements; consequences of disease; results of miscegenation; etc. 444 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.