Authors:
Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 1997-07-31
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    This book is written by the world's leading climatologists and environmental scientists. It addresses many of the issues raised in the debate on global change, providing a new point of view on climate which is being integrated into the space and time organization of societies. The volume contains three main parts: 1. Climatic Changes and Fluctuations; 2. Climates on a Regional Scale, including problems from tropical through temperate zones to polar regions; and 3. Man-Climate Relationships on a Local Scale.
Global change is caused mainly by climatic variation and change and activities of human societies. This book aims to describe these facts from the various space scales - global, regional and local - and also different time scales - post-glacial, historical and recent periods. Since climate affects all kinds of human activities such as agriculture, forestry, architecture, civil engineering, transportation, tourism, health, etc., this book may contribute to the work of researchers, planners and policy makers in a wide variety of fields.
For example, as indicated by the IPCC 1995 Report, adjustment of human societies is considered to be one of the most important features in the 21st Century. For consideration of these past, present and future problems, this book will provide, in a systematic way, numerous sources of up-to-date knowledge....

Authors: R. Barglow.
Hardcover, 227 pages
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 1994-08-30
Edition: 1

Authors: Frank Webster. Kevin Ribons.
Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Ablex Publishing
Publication Date: 1986-01-01


Reviews :

    Drawing widely on sociological, economic, and political theory cominbined with detailed attention to technical, business, and sociological evidence, this critical scholarly work offers a comprehensive analysis both of the significance of computing and communications technologies and the nature of contemporary society. This study argues that information technology, in association with the spread of corporate capitalism and the modern state, represents the extension and consolidation of control within the workplace and out into the wider society. The book includes detailed historical, empirical, and theoretical analysis which are crucial for an understaning of the new information technologies....

Authors: Luce Kellermann.
Unknown Binding, 350 pages
Publisher: Unesco
Publication Date: 1986

Authors: Celeste Olalquiaga.
Hardcover, 136 pages
Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr
Publication Date: 1992-03

Authors: Laura Dower.
School & Library Binding, 176 pages
Publisher: Topeka Bindery
Publication Date: 2001-11

Authors: William W. Falk.
Hardcover, 181 pages
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication Date: 1988-10

Authors: John Brotchie. Peter Hall. Peter Newton.
Textbook Binding, pages
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (Non NBN)
Publication Date: 1988-05

Authors: Ian Miles.
Hardcover, 180 pages
Publisher: Pinter Pub Ltd
Publication Date: 1988-07

Authors: Manuel Castells.
Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Publication Date: 1985-05-01


Reviews :

    The relationship between the technological revolution and the simultaneous process of worldwide urban-regional restructuring is examined in this book. Two overview chapters by Manuel Castells and Peter Hall summarize current research in the United States and Great Britain. Additional chapters examine locational patterns and regional effects of high-tech manufacturing; the impact of technological change on service industries and metropolitan economies; and the social, spatial, and political effects of new communications technologies....