Francis Parkman 
La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West [EPUB ebook] 

Upland Habitats presents a comprehensive illustrated guide to the habits wildlife and conservation of Britains last wilderness areas. These include: heather moors, sheep walk deer forest, blanket bog …

The pace of environmental degradation in China has intensified in recent decades. With rapid demographic and economic growth, the current state of degradation has antecedents beginning hundreds of ye …

This practical book ”Groundwarer Pumping Tests”, details concepts, techniques, field work, case studies, and microcomputer models-information designed to improve accuracy and reliability. The reade …

In recent years, a growing emphasis has been placed on tourism experiences and attractions related to food. In many cases eating out while on holiday includes the ”consumption” of a local heritage, …

This book, originally published in 1986, based on extensive original research, presents many findings on the phenomenon of return migration and on its impact on regional economic development. It rema …

Written by a leading expert in the field, this is the first thorough critical review of retail planning policy in Britain (including Scotland and Wales). It covers recent changes in government policy …

The practical importance of diversity and equality for spatial planning and sustainable development is still not widely understood. Using international examples, this book shows planners and educatio …

Green History traces the development of ecological writing through history and forms a broad critical review of green ideas and movements reinforcing the importance of environmental concern and actio …

At a time when there is major reorientation of rural economies in Europe, and the emergence of new possibilities both for governance and for conflict, this book brings together a group of leading aca …

The rural market in China is not only the venue where 60 per cent of the country”s 1.3 billion inhabitants buy their daily necessities and sell agricultural products, but also a key area of conflict …