Winner of the Jeanne Leiby Prize
Alison Townsend shapes the memories within this book like the meditative and meandering rivers that inspired them. The Persistence of Rivers evokes the naturalism of……続きを見る
Seis artículos que abordan diferentes aspectos y problemáticas de la gestión del agua superficial y subterránea de la cuenca del río Ica. Actualmente, el Perú se encuentra ante una crisis de goberna……続きを見る
著者:Mona Anderson
出版社: HarperCollins
発売日: 2017年09月18日
The original and all-time classic of high-country station life in New Zealand
Mount Algidus, the author's home, was one of the great high-country sheep stations of Canterbury, New Zealand. It occupi……続きを見る
Northeast India, apart from being the rainiest in India, is drained by two large river systems of the world – the Brahmaputra and the Barak (Meghna) – both transnational rivers cutting across border……続きを見る
The Zambezi river is the fourth longest in Africa, crossing or bordering Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The river basin is widely recognised as one of the most important……続きを見る
As featured in the documentary, DamNation (Patagonia, 2014). During his first summer, Spencer built a sheltered viewing platform, a place to sit with Sis and his notebook, and observe the denizens o……続きを見る
First published in 1935, this fascinating volume traces the history of English boat-racing from its origins as a forbidden pastime, to the respected sport that sport that it is today. This book will……続きを見る
著者:Martin Doyle
出版社: W. W. Norton & Company
発売日: 2018年02月06日
“An original and thought-provoking exploration of the sinuous course that water has carved through our economic and political landscape.” ーGerard Helferich, Wall Street Journal
In a powerful work o……続きを見る
****Winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2018 and the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year 2019**
'Weymouth combines acute political, personal and ecological understa……続きを見る
China has forty major transboundary watercourses with neighbouring countries, and has frequently been accused of harming its downstream neighbours through its domestic water management policies, suc……続きを見る
For a hundred and fifty years, between the plod of packhorse trains and the arrival of the railways, canals were the high-tech water machine driving the industrial revolution. Amazing feats of engin……続きを見る
著者:Jean Stone
出版社: Amberley Publishing
発売日: 2017年12月21日
The River Cherwell carves its way through a broad, deep valley that runs north to south, starting a few miles above the market town of Banbury and continuing down as far as the university city of Ox……続きを見る
The picturesque River Calder, set in the valleys of Lancashire, is a major tributary of the River Ribble. It passes through Holme Chapel, Walk Mill, Burnley, Padiham, Altham and Whalley, before join……続きを見る
Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area and many endangered species. This book shows that, rather than being a marginal part of terrestrial protected area management,……続きを見る
Part travelogue, part history, and part environmental treatise, Mekong The Occluding River is above all else an urgent warning that factors such as pollution, ecological devastation, and the depleti……続きを見る
El agua es el elemento primordial para el desarrollo de todos los sectores de la economa de un pas y ms an, es imprescindible para la supervivencia y el bienestar de los seres humanos del planeta.
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Meg, a teacher on summer break, plans to have a relaxing summer working at Rivers View Resort. Can she endure the summer working with the new manager who irritates and fascinates her? As she begins ……続きを見る
Author K. S. Lubinski takes a lot of comfort from his relationship with the river. It has helped him find a level of internal peace that was missing in his younger years. In Things that Flow, Lubins……続きを見る
The Majestic Columbia River Gorge is a collection of stories, myths, and of a Vision Quest by several chiefs of the Watlalla Tribe belonging to the Chinook Nation. The stories within share of the gi……続きを見る
La valoración de los servicios ecosistémicos, bien sean naturales o generados por la incorporación de infraestructuras al medio, es una demanda cada día más presente en todos los estudios medioambie……続きを見る
著者:Max McCoy
出版社: University Press of Kansas
発売日: 2018年02月28日
Winner: National Outdoor Book Award
A Kansas Notable Book
The upper Arkansas River courses through the heart of America from its headwaters near the Continental Divide above Leadville, Colorado, to ……続きを見る
In 'Through the Brazilian Wilderness' by Theodore Roosevelt, readers are taken on an exhilarating journey through the uncharted jungles of Brazil. Written with a gripping narrative style, Roosevelt ……続きを見る
出版社: University of Washington Press
発売日: 2018年04月02日
From Lake Coeur d’Alene to its confluence with the Columbia, the Spokane River travels 111 miles of varied and often spectacular terrainーrural, urban, in places wild. The river has been a trading a……続きを見る
AFLUNEO è l’acronimo di Apud FLUmina Nascitur Europae Ordo, lungo i fiumi nasce la civiltà,l’ordine europeo. La serie di articoli, che verranno pubblicati sotto questo marchio,hanno lo scopo di far ……続きを見る
AFLUNEO è l’acronimo di Apud FLUmina Nascitur Europae Ordo, lungo i fiumi nasce la civiltà,l’ordine europeo. La serie di articoli, che verranno pubblicati sotto questo marchio,hanno lo scopo di far ……続きを見る
Los chamanes del Amazonas tienen razón: todos los grandes ríos son viajes iniciáticos. A través de la cuenca del río Amazonas –serpiente líquida que atraviesa Ecuador, Perú, Colombia y Brasil– se pu……続きを見る
This book analyzes water policies in South Asia from the perspective of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). It seeks to address the problems of water scarcity, conflict and pollution resul……続きを見る
Globalization has significantly redefined the nature of governance in the water sector. Non-state actorsーmultilateral and transnational donor agencies and corporations, non-government organizations……続きを見る