
ilość książek w kategorii: 52671
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Geography and Ethics: Journeys in a Moral Terrain
ISBN: 9780415189699 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book represents a landmark exploration of the common terrain of geography and ethics. Drawing together specially commissioned contributions from distinguished geographers across the UK, North America and Australasia, the place of geography in ethics and of ethics in geography is examined through wide-ranging, thematic chapters.
Geography and Ethics is divided into four sections for discussion and exploration of ideas: Ethics and Space; Ethics and Place; Ethics and Nature and Ethics and knowledge, all of which point to the rich interplay between geography and moral philosophy... This book represents a landmark exploration of the common terrain of geography and ethics. Drawing together specially commissioned contributions from ...
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294,41 |
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Atlas of Changing South Africa
ISBN: 9780415211772 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The new edition of the atlas (first published as The Atlas of Apartheid) presents a comprehensive introduction and detailed analysis of the spatial impact of apartheid in South Africa. It covers the period of the National Party Government of 1948 to 1994, and emphasises the changes and the continuing legacy this presents to South Africans at the start of the 21st century. The Atlas makes the unique contribution of presenting the policy and its impact in visual, spatial forms by including over 70 maps, a highly appropriate method considering that apartheid was about the control of...
The new edition of the atlas (first published as The Atlas of Apartheid) presents a comprehensive introduction and detailed analysis of the s...
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981,54 |
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Atlas of Changing South Africa
ISBN: 9780415211789 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Since the first edition was published in 1994 as The Atlas of Apartheid, there has been enormous change in South Africa. Gradually apartheid is being dismantled but in many sectors the effects have not yet been reversed. In this revised edition, A.J. Christopher examines the spatial impact of apartheid during the period of National Government from 1948 to 1994, and the legacy it has left for South Africa at the beginning of the 21st century. Apartheid was about the control of space and specific places. Intent upon maintaining white minority rule, despite local and international resistance,...
Since the first edition was published in 1994 as The Atlas of Apartheid, there has been enormous change in South Africa. Gradually apartheid is being ...
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294,41 |
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Uncertainty in Geographical Information
ISBN: 9780415243346 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. As Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have developed and their applications have been extended, the issue of uncertainty has become increasingly recognized. It is highlighted by the need to demystify the inherently complex geographical world to facilitate computerization in GIS, by the inaccuracies that emerge from man-machine interactions in data acquisition, and by error propagation in geoprocessing. Users need to be well aware of the likely impacts of uncertainties in spatial analysis and decision-making.
This book discusses theoretical and practical aspects of spatial data... As Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have developed and their applications have been extended, the issue of uncertainty has become increasingly rec...
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638,00 |
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The Age of Discovery, 1400-1600
ISBN: 9780415279956 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Age of Discovery explores one of the most dramatic features of the late medieval and early modern period: when voyagers from Western Europe led by Spain and Portugal set out across the world and established links with Africa, Asia and the Americas. This book examines the main motivations behind the voyages and discusses the developments in navigation expertise and technology that made them possible. This second edition brings the scholarship up to date and includes two new chapters on the important topics of the idea of discovery and on biological and environmental factors which favoured...
The Age of Discovery explores one of the most dramatic features of the late medieval and early modern period: when voyagers from Western Europe led by...
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The Age of Discovery, 1400-1600
ISBN: 9780415279963 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Age of Discovery explores one of the most dramatic features of the late medieval and early modern period: when voyagers from Western Europe led by Spain and Portugal set out across the world and established links with Africa, Asia and the Americas. This book examines the main motivations behind the voyages and discusses the developments in navigation expertise and technology that made them possible.
This second edition brings the scholarship up to date and includes two new chapters on the important topics of the idea of "discovery" and on biological and environmental factors... The Age of Discovery explores one of the most dramatic features of the late medieval and early modern period: when voyagers from Western Euro...
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196,26 |
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Qualitative Research in Tourism : Ontologies, Epistemologies and Methodologies
ISBN: 9780415280860 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 333 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The first book to focus solely upon qualitative research in tourism, it combines discussions of the philosophies underpinning qualitative research, with chapters written in a reflexive style that demonstrate the ways in which the techniques can be
The first book to focus solely upon qualitative research in tourism, it combines discussions of the philosophies underpinning qualitative research, wi...
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932,46 |
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Aspect Nature:Sci Tra 1790-187
ISBN: 9780415289337 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 648 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Described by Charles Darwin as the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived, Alexander von Humboldt helped to transform western science in the nineteenth century. Naturalist, botanist, zoologist, author, cartographer, artist, and sociologist, he is widely respected as the founder of physical geography (and climatalogy), and his influence on all branches of natural science still persists today.
Described by Charles Darwin as the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived, Alexander von Humboldt helped to transform western science in the nin...
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1496,85 |
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Hima Jour V1:Sci Tra 1790-1877
ISBN: 9780415289344 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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981,54 |
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Hima Jour V2:Sci Tra 1790-1877
ISBN: 9780415289351 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 487 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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1398,69 |
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Natu River V2:Sci Tra 1790-187
ISBN: 9780415289375 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 423 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Malay Arch V1:Sci Tra 1790-187
ISBN: 9780415289382 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 478 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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1496,85 |
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Malay Arch V2:Sci Tra 1790-187
ISBN: 9780415289399 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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981,54 |
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Queering Tourism: Paradoxical Performances of Gay Pride Parades
ISBN: 9780415298001 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Gay Pride parades are annual arenas of queer public culture, where embodied notions of subjectivity are sold, enacted, transgressed and debated. From Sydney to Rome, Queering Tourism analyses the paradoxes of gay pride parades as tourist events, exploring how the public display of queer bodies - the way they look, what they do, who watches them, and under what regulations - is profoundly important in constructing sexualized subjectivities of bodies and cities. Drawing on extensive collections of interviews, visuals and written media accounts, photographs,... Gay Pride parades are annual arenas of queer public culture, where embodied notions of subjectivity are sold, enacted, transgressed and debated. |
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Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures: From Concept to Reality
ISBN: 9780415302654 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An overview of SDI policies, concepts, nature, standards and practices associated with the design and implementation and operation of an SDI. It builds on an International Symposium on Spatial Data Infrastructure held in Melbourne in November 2001 and presents a series of alternative long-term visions, identifying many of the forces for change.
An overview of SDI policies, concepts, nature, standards and practices associated with the design and implementation and operation of an SDI. It build...
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932,46 |
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Expert Systems and Geographic Information Systems for Impact Assessment
ISBN: 9780415307253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Impact Assessment is becoming part and parcel of an increasing number of development proposals in the UK and Europe. As the practice of Impact Assessment develops it becomes more standardized and good practice starts to be defined. However, the quality of Impact Assessment is still far from satisfactory. Expert Systems and GIS for Impact Assessment discusses the potential of integrating these two well known computer technologies to help with the process of Impact Assessment. The proposition behind the work is that all three areas are potentially complementary and that mutual benefits can be...
Impact Assessment is becoming part and parcel of an increasing number of development proposals in the UK and Europe. As the practice of Impact Assessm...
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372,94 |
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Foundations of Geographic Information Science
ISBN: 9780415307260 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. As the use of geographical information systems develops apace, a significant strand of research activity is being directed to the fundamental nature of geographic information. This volume contains a collection of essays and discussions on this theme.
What is geographic information? What fundamental principles are associated with it? How can it be represented? How does it represent the world? How can geographic information be quantified? How can it be communicated and related to the other information sciences? How does HCI tie in with it? A number of other more specific but relevant issues... As the use of geographical information systems develops apace, a significant strand of research activity is being directed to the fundamental nature o...
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687,08 |
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Rome and Its Frontiers: The Dynamics of Empire
ISBN: 9780415312004 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Do the Romans have anything to teach us about the way that they saw the world, and the way they ran their empire? How did they deal with questions of frontiers and migration, so often in the news today? This collection of ten important essays by C. R. Whittaker, engages with debates and controversies about the Roman frontiers and the concept of empire. Truly global in its focus, the book examines the social, political and cultural implications of the Roman frontiers in Africa, India, Britain, Europe, Asia and the Far East, and provides a comprehensive account of their significance.
Do the Romans have anything to teach us about the way that they saw the world, and the way they ran their empire? How did they deal with questions of ...
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760,69 |
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Travels in Persia : 1627-1629
ISBN: 9780415344708 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When first published in 1928, Herbert's work enjoyed immediate success. The narrative is of considerable importance from an historical point of view, as it gives the only detailed account of the first English embassy to Persia. It also paints a graphic picture of the Perisa and the Persians in the early part of the seventeenth century, with vivid and extensive descriptions of the towns of Abbas, Lar, Shiraz, Persepolis, Isfahan, Ashraf, Tehran, Qazvin, Qum and Kashan.
This edition is based on the revised edition of 1677, but has in turn been edited so that the version reprinted here... When first published in 1928, Herbert's work enjoyed immediate success. The narrative is of considerable importance from an historical point of view, ...
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1349,62 |
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Memorable Description of the East Indian Voyage : 1618-25
ISBN: 9780415344722 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First published in 1929.
'Fire and shipwreck, fights ashore and afloat, the pitting of ceaseless patience and resource against fate, these things make one understand why the book, famous in its original tongue, has but to be savoured in translation to gain an equal popularity.' Manchester Guardian Bontekoe's East Indian Voyage was one of the most popular books in which the Dutch seventeenth century public delighted and it continued to be reprinted throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. As well as providing an illuminating insight into the machinations of the... First published in 1929.
'Fire and shipwreck, fights ashore and afloat, the pitting of ceaseless patience and resource against fate, these things ... |
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1349,62 |