WEST. - Computers & Science（コンピューター＆科学） 1

This anthology collects fourteen essays on the environmental history of the American West, exploring diverse approaches to environmental history, the western environment before Anglo-American settlement, the radical environmental transformations of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and……続きを見る

Organized alphabetically by common family name, the plant descriptions tell you how to identify more than 150 fruits and berries that grow throughout the western United States. Plant writeups discuss how Native Americans and pioneers used the plants for food, medicine, and crafts, and how you can ……続きを見る

Originally publisher in 1948, this is the seminal text on nearly 250 species of sping wild flowers found in West Virginia. Common or English names and scientific or Latin names are given for each species. The descriptions are in two sections: the first description includes the meaning of the name ……続きを見る

Watching birds of prey has never been easier, more informative or more enjoyable! With the Birds of Prey of the West Field Guide, you have everything you need to learn about and identify flying predators found between Montana and New Mexico--and all states West, including Alaska. Modeled after the……続きを見る

Everything you need to know about birds in West Virginia is right at your fingertips when you have the Birds of West Virginia Field Guide. This state-specific field guide is arranged by color, so identifying and learning about the birds you see is a snap. A perfect complement to the field guide, t……続きを見る

Dead Pool "is the best book I know about the current state of the Colorado River and the policy issues facing it."--Donald Worster, author of "Rivers of Empire " ""Dead Pool "offers a powerful epitaph to the era of big dams. Carefully researched and cogently argued, it shows how the self-serving ……続きを見る

Most water control projects in the American West depend on huge gravity dams, whose stability lies in massive quantities of concrete and earth or rock fill. In the early twentieth century, John S. Eastwood designed novel dams that minimized the concrete necessary for construction.Eastwood's multip……続きを見る

Newly updated, this timely history of the struggle to discover and control water in the American West is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, political corruption and intrigue, billion-dollar battles over water rights, and economic and ecological disaster. Winner of the National Book Critics Circ……続きを見る

Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In particular shortage of fresh water is expected to be the dominant water problem for West and Northwest Africa of the 21th century. In order to solve present and projected future problems concerning fresh water supply, a highly interd……続きを見る