Author: Judith Petts
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: impact, limitations, volume, assessment, handbook, environmental
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 1999-08-10
List price: $290.00
ISBN-10: 0632047712
ISBN-13: 9780632047710

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a significant, anticipatory, environmental management tool. International debate focuses on its enhancement to meet the challenges of sustainable development as well as demands for scientifically robust integrated and participative decision-making. This handbook hopes to improve practices by contributing an international, multidisciplinary, ready-reference source to this debate. Volume I addresses EIA principles, process and methods. Part 1 maps the EIA process and its impact on decision. It positions EIA in the context of sustainable development and re

Authors:G.E. Petts, C. Amoros,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: hydrosystems, fluvial
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1996-09-30
List price: $189.00
ISBN-10: 0412371006
ISBN-13: 9780412371004

Fluvial Hydrosystems provides a unified approach to the study of running waters and aims to provide a scientific basis for sustainable management of rivers. It differs from traditional texts in viewing rivers as structured, four-dimensional systems and integrating ecological and geomorphological approaches to provide a holistic perspective on river dynamics. Advanced students of geomorphology, ecology, environmental science, land use and civil engineering will all benefit from this wide-ranging and stimulating textbook.

Authors:James A. Gore, Geoffrey E. Petts,
Publisher: CRC-Press
Keywords: management, river, regulated, atlas
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 1989-07-31
List price: $259.00
ISBN-10: 0849348773
ISBN-13: 9780849348778

Researchers and managers of regulated river systems will find this volume useful in acquiring information for deciding an integrated management plan for regulated river operations. Rather than the ecological theory of impacts of flow regulation, emphasis has been placed on methods to predict water quality and habitat alterations, as well as techniques to mitigate impacts from various operational scenarios. Although most chapters refer to impacts of riverine impoundments, these alternatives apply to any regulated situation in which changes in water quality or flow pattern occur. The predicti

Authors:Judith Hall, Judith Allanson, Karen Gripp, Anne Slavo
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: handbook, oxford, physical, measurements
Number of Pages: 520
Published: 2006-11-16
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0195301498
ISBN-13: 9780195301496

Updated and revised, this is a comprehensive sourcebook of reference data for health professionals involved in evaluating people with abnormal features or syndromes. It includes many graphs, tables, and charts needed by clinicians to define normal patterns of growth and provides standards of comparison for possible congenital abnormalities. Numerous "how-to" illustrations give the step-by-step guidance needed to ensure that standardized measurements are properly taken for accurate recordkeeping. Designed for ease of use, the pocket-sized book has a durable plastic cover, making it ideal for us

Authors:Judith A. Herbert, Anne-Marie Korte, Judith Ann John
Publisher: Trinity Press International
Keywords: impurity, studies, antiquity, christianity, purity, critique, woman, holy, blood, feminist, wholly
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2003-04-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1563384000
ISBN-13: 9781563384004

In this anthology, well-known scholars examine the relationship between blood and purity laws, especially as those laws have been passed down in the biblical literature and the Roman Catholic tradition. The various approaches to the issue of female blood and purity and impurity are discusses with contributions ranging from historical to postmodern criticism.

Authors:Judith G. Hall, Ursula G. Froster-Iskenius, Judith E
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: medical, publications, oxford, measurements, normal, physical, handbook
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 1990-01-25
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 019261696X
ISBN-13: 9780192616968

This is a comprehensive sourcebook of reference data for health professionals involved in evaluating people with abnormal features or syndromes. It includes many graphs, tables, and charts needed by clinicians to define normal patterns of growth and provides standards of comparison for possible congenital abnormalities. Numerous "how-to" illustrations give the step-by-step guidance needed to ensure that standardized measurements are properly taken for accurate recordkeeping. Designed for ease of use, the pocket-sized book has a durable plastic cover, making it ideal for use in the ward or cl

Authors:Judith A. Beecher, Judith A. Penna, Marvin L. Bittin
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Keywords: precalculus
Number of Pages: 1072
Published: 2007-02-08
List price: $168.00
ISBN-10: 0321460065
ISBN-13: 9780321460066

These authors have created a book to really help students visualize mathematics for better comprehension. By creating algebraic visual side-by-sides to solve various problems in the examples, the authors show students the relationship of the algebraic solution with the visual, often graphical, solution. In addition, the authors have added a variety of new tools to help students better use the book for maximum effectiveness to not only pass the course, but truly understand the material.