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Books > Earth & environment > Geography
The most detailed map of the World available which can be folded
and stored in a standard-size notebook. The 6 laminated pages are
spill and rip-proof and include an 11" x 17" map and 4 pages of
country facts. An essential tool for school at any level. Suggested
uses: Students -- a map you can keep handy from elementary school
through college; Professors -- adopt this map for your course as an
inexpensive supplement; Teachers -- a map that can be purchased as
a class set that will last your entire career; Parents -- instill
knowledge and interest in the world, inspire travel, and connect
family history to the places on the map.
Thirty years of Butterflies in traditional Lancashire and Cheshire.
A regional butterfly atlas with a difference: taking three ten-year
periods (last decade of the 20th century and the first two decades
of the 21st), this book documents the changes in distribution and
abundance of all the butterfly species which occur of have occurred
within vice-counties 58, 59, 60 and the furness portion of 69,
which equate to the true historic or traditional English counties
of Cheshire and Lancashire a " a a no legislation has ever changed
the boundaries of Britaina s traditional countiesa a From a base in
the MerseyValley, close to the border between the counties, the
author explores the length and breadth of both of them, noting how
the butterflies have been affected by human activities as well as
by the forces of Nature, and also takes a closer look at the
1974-created administrative areas of Merseyside and Greater
Manchester, and their central cities of Liverpool and Manchester.
There is also a section of flowers which butterflies use for their
nutrition within the two counties.
Addressing fundamental questions surrounding the critical changes
affecting China's urban landscape, social organization and
community governance, Property Rights and Urban Transformation in
China thoroughly reviews the reform of property rights in changing
political and economic conditions. Zhu Qian presents a
comprehensive study highlighting the key theories and practices in
urban and social development processes and provides guidance on how
to understand both the parallels and differences that these reveal.
Utilizing a cross-sectoral and multi-scalar examination of property
rights in a property-led urban environment, the book illustrates
increasingly complex interactions between state and non-state
actors and examines the characteristics and consequences of
rural-urban land conversion. It further analyses the impacts of
resettled villagers' adaptation to urban society and the role of
property rights in China's recent high-profile urban-rural
integrated development. This insightful book will ensure a thorough
grasp of the pertinent issues for scholars, researchers and
practitioners within the fields of urban planning, human geography
and land economics. It will also provide a more general systemic
understanding for graduate students interested in the recent
challenges and strategies in a property rights regime with strong
state intervention.
Twisted Mountains is a collection of short stories set among the
summits of England, Scotland and Wales, from Ben Hope to the South
Downs. Each tells the story of someone who has their own reasons to
be in the mountains. From a vengeful student to obsessive hostel
owner, the wannabe biker to the Wainwright expert with a secret.
While the stories are varied in their subjects, all have mountains
at their heart and a dark humour running through them. Authored by
Tim Woods, Twisted Mountains provides a different take on the
characters you find in and around the mountains. Tim tells their
stories in the characters' varied voices, in ways that are
shocking, dark, funny and sad, sometimes all at once.
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