Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council 
Dynamics of Sedimentary Basins [PDF ebook] 

The Rio Summit has pointed to the urgency for the development of an international conservation policy; and the post-Maastricht debates in Europe have highlighted the need for the EU to reassess struc …

This book explains over 3, 000 terms (over 200, 000 words) and contains over 200 professionally drawn line illustrations. This practical handbook is intended for day to day use as a reference or as a …

As concern grows over environmental issues and light pollution, this book satisfies a need for a straightforward and accessible guide to the use, design and installation of outdoor lighting. Thi …

Consisting of papers that have appeared recently in International Geology Review, Middle American Terranes, Potential Correlatives, and Orogenic Processes focuses on Middle American terranes in which …

This book, first published in 1984, has both a geomorphic and a hydrologic message. It examines and analyses the role of groundwater in landscapes in a series of articles by authors of diverse backgr …

A food system is sustainable if it delivers food and nutrition security for all without compromising the economic, social, and environmental bases to generate food security and nutrition for future g …

”A well written book, astutely organized.” Development and Change Local Forest Management is built around careful and illuminating case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the manageme …