Télécharger le livre :  Houses in Transformation
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This book analyzes the reasons of spontaneous transformation in self-built houses in the context of developing countries. Recognizing Housing Transformation as a natural phenomenon, the book focuses on self-built houses in the city of Dhaka. Firstly, it explains the...

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Parution : 2013-12-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Potsdamer Platz
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The redesign of Potsdamer Platz depicts the struggle to revive Berlin, Germany. This central and highly visible square has undergone a series of strategic revisions to restore its vitality and so to meet place-enhancing objectives. Specifically, the book critically...

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Parution : 2013-12-03
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Télécharger le livre :  Strike the Rock and There Shall Come Water
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This book presents an update and revision of the book Water Shall Flow from the Rock - Hydrogeology and Climate in the Lands of the Bible by A. Issar, published by Springer-Verlag in 1990. The enormous quantity and quality of new data added since 1990 called for a...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-10-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Over-Exploitation of Forests
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North east India is a global biodiversity hotspot but a quite understudied area. Forest loss has always been problematic in the area. Using Landsat satellite data from three periods (70s, 80s/90s and 2010s), forest loss is assessed in sample protected areas and other...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-08-31
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Télécharger le livre :  Living with Transformation
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This book describes and analyzes the phenomenon of spontaneous transformation in self-built houses in the context of developing countries. After describing briefly the history of self-built houses and the phenomenon of transformation around the world, it focuses on its...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-07-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Historical Land Use/Land Cover Classification Using Remote Sensing
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Although the development of remote sensing techniques focuses greatly on construction of new sensors with higher spatial and spectral resolution, it is advisable to also use data of older sensors (especially, the LANDSAT-mission) when the historical mapping of land...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-06-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Land Use Dynamics in a Developing Economy
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Today, India still remains a rural agricultural country although the share of urban population has also increased but these figures do not tell the whole story. There are evidences that urban growth is dispersed and urban sprawl promotes the spread of urban land use...

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Parution : 2012-10-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Global Geographies of the Internet
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Today, roughly 2 billion people use the internet, and its applications have flourished in number and importance. This volume will examine the growth and geography of the internet from a political economy perspective. Its central motivation is to illustrate that...

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Parution : 2012-08-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Urban Growth Analysis and Remote Sensing
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This book documents research conducted on the analysis of urban growth and sprawl by using remote sensing data and GIS techniques. The research was conducted between 1980-2010 in the city of Kolkata, India. The aim of the research was to use metrics that were less...

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Parution : 2012-06-19
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Télécharger le livre :  The Science of Cities and Regions
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A ‘science of cities and regions’ is critical for meeting future challenges. The world is urbanising: huge cities are being created and are continuing to grow rapidly. There are many planning and development issues arising in different manifestations in countries across...

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Parution : 2012-01-05
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Télécharger le livre :  Contractual Communities in the Self-Organising City
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Both “land-use regulation” and “territorial collective services” have traditionally been accomplished in cities through coercive efforts of public administrations. Recently, land-use regulation and collective service provision regimes have emerged within “contractual...

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Parution : 2012-01-05
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Télécharger le livre :  Ocean Governance
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Ocean—a source of life, has been overused and heavily polluted. While the traditional approaches might not be able to solve the complexity of the ocean governance issues, there is a need to adopt a new way of thinking in order to deal with the current problems. This...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-11-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Perspectives on Environmental Management and Technology in Asian River Basins
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Asian river basins are undergoing rapid transformation.  This volume considers the implications of the environmental change-development nexus for water management, river health and hazard awareness.  As Biswas and Tortajada (2011) have recently commented, water...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-10-14
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