Kurt E. Brassel & Hans-Jorg Schek 
Interoperating Geographic Information Systems [PDF ebook] 
Second International Conference, INTEROP’99, Zurich, Switzerland, March 10-12, 1999 Proceedings

Over the last few decades, circuits of capital have been stretched through processes of economic globalization, leading to complex and hybrid outcomes that result in different modes of production and …

Urban Planning and Cultural Identity reviews the intense spatiality of conflict over identity construction in three cities where culture and place identity are not just post-modernist playthings but …

Apartheid as legislated racial separation substantially changed the South African urban scene. Race group areas » remodelled the cities, while the creation of homelands », mini-states and the pass la …

For an increasing number of people, global warming is not an academic and scientific debate, but a matter of survival. As the planet warms at a rate of four degrees Fahrenheit per century, violent st …

In recent years, computer vision is a fast-growing technique of agricultural engineering, especially in quality detection of agricultural products and food safety testing. It can provide objective, r …

A Field Guide to Larking is a practical, interactive and inspiring guide to  »larking » from the bestselling author of Mudlarking. LARK (verb): to get out and about, to explore the world around us an …

Urban Process and Power has two chief aims. Firstly, it analyses and explains a century of the production and reproduction of the urban environment in which most of us live. Secondly, the book focuse …

A unique comparative study based on funded research, of eleven city regions across three continents looking at changes over the last 30 years. Detailed changes in land use are presented here with ser …

Critical Political Ecology brings political debate to the science of ecology. As political controversies multiply over the science underlying environmental debates, there is an increasing need to und …

Society and Exploitation Through Nature offers an integrated approach to the environment, linking the philosophical, social and physical sciences to environmental problems and issues. The text covers …