Wasting the Rain (Routledge Revivals)
Wasting the Rain (Routledge Revivals)

Author: William M. Adams Adams

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-05-01

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1317964977

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First published in 1992, this title offers an experienced and constructive evaluation of the ways in which water resources have been developed in Africa. Adams argues that the best hope of productive development lies in working and engaging with local people and using local knowledge of the environment effectively. Modern, large-scale developments that have largely been ineffective are examined, and emphasis is placed on the importance of using the skills and concerns of those affected, such as small farmers, to develop ingenious water projects – an approach that can be applied worldwide. This is an interesting and relevant title, which will be of particular value to those with an interest in the developments in water resource conservation over the past two decades.

Acid Rain (Routledge Revivals)
Acid Rain (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Chris C. Park

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1134671253

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This title, first published in 1987, provides an authoritative account of both the science and the politics of acid rain. Chris Park places the debates surrounding acid rain in context, and examines the full implications of scientific studies and the effects of acid rain on surface waters, soils and buildings. Evidence is drawn from around the world, including an examination of the damage in Scandinavia and Germany and the effects of acid rain in the U.K. and U.S.A. A comprehensive and relevant work, this is an important guide for students of geography, environment and sustainability and energy policy.

How Berlin Conference Clung on Africa
How Berlin Conference Clung on Africa

Author: Nkwazi N. Mhango

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2024-10-02

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9956554294

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The book How Berlin Conference Clung on Africa: What Africans Must Do aims to expose the root causes of Africa’s struggles, including colonialism, greed, and artificial national divisions. It examines the lasting impact of the Berlin Conference of 1884-85, where European powers divided Africa, leading to dependence and underdevelopment. The book also criticises the role of African leaders in perpetuating these divisions and hindering progress. It argues that the artificial borders created at the Berlin Conference have been detrimental to Africa, and calls for unity and a rejection of the colonial legacy to achieve true independence and prosperity.

Weather, Climate and Human Affairs (Routledge Revivals)
Weather, Climate and Human Affairs (Routledge Revivals)

Author: H. H. Lamb

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1136639616

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First published in 1988, this is a reissue of a groundbreaking collection of essays written by Hubert Lamb, one of the world’s foremost experts on weather and climate and a uniquely authoritative voice in the history of climatology. Hubert Lamb is able to provide a mature assessment of the effect of weather on people, and vice versa. His is a uniquely authoritative voice in the current debates about today’s environment and the prospects for the future. After a general introduction the book is divided into three parts. The first part consists of a chronological series of portraits of climate and its impact on human affairs and the environment. These extend from the warm climates of the geological past to the current drought in Africa. There are several studies of the last few centuries and, in particular, of the various effects of the so-called ‘little Ice Age’. The second part is concerned with the causes and mechanisms of climate and weather changes, including chapters discussing Christmas weather, fronts and volcanoes. In the final part Hubert Lamb looks to the future, and attempts to put into perspective some of the pessimistic forecasts currently available. The text, which is consistently authoritative but always readable, is augmented by numerous maps, diagrams and photographs.

The Green Case (Routledge Revivals)
The Green Case (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Steven Yearley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-23

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1317702999

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First published in 1991, this title provides a comprehensive and objective account of the basis of ‘green’ arguments and their social and political implications. By the beginning of the 1990s, environmental awareness had become widespread, popular, and fashionable throughout the West, adopted by politicians, manufacturers and advertising agencies. The book sets out to explain why and how the ‘green wave’ developed, and examines the forces still shaping green politics and policies at an international level. With important implications across the fields of Sociology, Development Studies and Environment and Sustainability, this reissue will be valuable to a broad student and academic readership.

Ritual and Belief in Morocco: Vol. II (Routledge Revivals)
Ritual and Belief in Morocco: Vol. II (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Edward Westermarck

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 652

ISBN-13: 1317912624

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Between the years of 1898 and 1926, Edward Westermarck spent a total of seven years in Morocco, visiting towns and tribes in different parts of the country, meeting local people and learning about their language and culture; his findings are noted in this two-volume set, first published in 1926. The first volume contains extensive reference material, including Westermarck’s system of transliteration and a comprehensive list of the tribes and districts mentioned in the text. The chapters in this, the second volume, explore such areas as the rites and beliefs connected with the Islamic calendar, agriculture, and childbirth. This title will fascinate any student or researcher of anthropology with an interest in the history of ritual, culture and religion in Morocco.

Climate: Present, Past and Future (Routledge Revivals)
Climate: Present, Past and Future (Routledge Revivals)

Author: H. H. Lamb

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 879

ISBN-13: 1136639691

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First published in 1977, the second volume of Climate: Present, Past and Future covers parts 3 and 4 of Professor Hubert Lamb’s seminal and pioneering study of climatology. Part 3 provides a survey of evidence of types of climates over the last million years, and of methods of dating that evidence. Through the earlier stages of the Earth’s development the book traces what is known of the various geographies presented by the drifting continents and indicates what can be learnt about climatic regimes and the causes of climatic change. From the last ice age to the present our knowledge of the succession of climates is summarized, indicating prevailing temperatures, rainfalls, wind and ocean current patterns where possible. Part 4 considers events during the fifteen years prior to the book’s initial publication, leading on to the problems of estimating the most probable future course of climatic development, and the influence of Man’s activities on climate. Alongside the reissue of volume 1, this Routledge Revival will be essential reading for anyone interested in both the causes and workings of climate and in the history of climatology itself.

A Book of Broadsheets (Routledge Revivals)
A Book of Broadsheets (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Various

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-01-08

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1317450884

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This book, together with A Second Book of Broadsheets makes up an anthology of the 1915 broadsheets distributed by The Times to members of H.M. Forces serving in the trenches of World War I. The volume contains a wide variety of rich literature from before the war and was designed to give soldiers entertainment. It includes extracts from the works of Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth and Charles Dickens.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Routledge Revivals)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Rod Hackney

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-05

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1317671155

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First published in 1990, this title presents the personal reflections of renowned community architect Rod Hackney, who served for many years as President of both the Royal Institute of British Architects and the International Union of Architects. Educated in the Modernist tradition of architecture in Britain and Denmark, Hackney’s return to England in the 1970s changed his outlook completely. Cities like Birmingham and Sheffield had been ruined by ill-conceived planning; whole communities had been torn apart by massive destruction of Victorian terraces, and relocated to grim tower block estates. To those communities that he has rescued from the threat of redevelopment, Rod Hackney is a local hero. Determined to save Britain’s inner cities, he has been a major influence on Prince Charles and a powerful spokesman for the silent majority of the urban poor, who often have no say as to where and how they live.

The History of the Study of Landforms Volume 2 (Routledge Revivals)
The History of the Study of Landforms Volume 2 (Routledge Revivals)

Author: R. P. Beckinsale

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 901

ISBN-13: 1135836523

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This volume is entirely devoted to the life and work of the world's most famous geomorphologist, William Morris Davis (1850-1934). It contains a treatment in depth of Davis' many contributions to the study of landforms including: the cycle of erosion denudation chronology arid and karst geomorphology the coral reef problem.