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This book focuses on the highly touristed, but surprisingly under-researched Lesser Antilles region. After offering a brief overview of the region’s geologic and tectonic history, as well as its basic climatology, subsequent chapters then discuss each island’s (or island set’s) geomorphology and geology, and how the settlement history, tourism, and hazards have affected their individual landscapes. Written by regional experts and replete with up-to-date information, stunning color imagery, and beautiful cartography (maps), it is the only comprehensive, scientific evaluation of the Lesser Antilles, and serves as the region’s definitive reference resource. Accessible to non-experts and amateur explorers, the book includes in-depth discussions and reference sections for each island/island set. Usable as both a textbook and guidebook, it offers readers a straightforward yet detailed assessment of an interesting and intriguing – but often-overlooked and under-appreciated – locale.
Geography. --- Geology. --- Geomorphology. --- Landscapes. --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Geomorphic geology --- Physiography --- Physical geography --- Landforms
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Landscapes --- Authorship --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- History. --- Psychological aspects. --- Ventoux Mountain (France) --- Mont Ventoux (France) --- Ventoso Mountain (France) --- In literature.
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Narcissism --- Landscapes --- Ego erotism --- Erotism, Ego --- Narcism --- Egoism --- Psychology, Pathological --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- Social aspects --- History --- Psychological aspects --- United States --- Civilization
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Achieving high water use efficiency in maintaining turf, trees and landscape areas is a core responsibility of open space managers. Water Use Efficiency for Irrigated Turf and Landscape provides a logical and scientifically sound approach to irrigation in urban areas in Australia. It is based on green space delivering defined outcomes using the principles of water sensitive urban design and irrigation efficiency. The book covers all stages of the water pathway – from the source to delivery into the plant root zone. Major topics include system planning, estimating water demand, water quality, irrigation systems, soil management and irrigation performance evaluation. Clearly presented explanations are included, as well as line drawings and worked examples, and a plant water use database covering more than 250 plant species. A Water Management Planning template is included to guide water managers and operators through a process that will deliver a sound plan to achieve sustainable turf, urban trees and landscapes. Best Management Practice Irrigation principles are outlined and their implementation in open space turf and landscape situations is explained. The benefits and limitations of the various methods of delivering water to plants are covered, together with case studies and guidelines for specific horticultural situations. Methodologies to evaluate irrigated sites are included along with recommended benchmark values. The book presents the latest irrigation technology, including developments in water application, control technology and environmental sensors such as weather stations, soil moisture sensors and rain sensors.
Irrigation. --- Turf management. --- Landscapes. --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- Turfgrass management --- Grounds maintenance --- Landscaping industry --- Lawn care industry --- Turfgrasses --- Water in agriculture --- Chemigation
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Landscapes --- Natural history --- History, Natural --- Natural science --- Physiophilosophy --- Biology --- Science --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- Connecticut River Valley --- Connecticut Valley --- History.
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This engaging history of rural England and Wales during the twentieth century looks at the role of the countryside as both a place of work and of leisure and looks at the many crises it has suffered during that time.
Country life --- Landscapes --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- Rural life --- Manners and customs --- History --- England --- Social conditions --- Historical geography. --- Rural conditions.
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Connolly draws on the recent changes in the Malaysian state of Penang to open up new perspectives on urban development, governance and the politics of place. Reviewing the role of residents, activists, planners and other experts in socio-natural changes and urban regeneration, it builds an important new framework of landscape political ecology.
Landscapes --- Political ecology --- Political aspects --- Social ecology --- Green movement --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- Malaysia --- Pulau Pinang (State)
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This book provides a broad view on multisensory landscapes from multiple perspectives. It includes theoretical perspectives as well as case studies. Different theoretical perspectives on landscape emerging from research in the last decades also require a differentiated approach to landscape phenomena, going beyond the visual. For example, a social constructivist approach to the social world foregrounds the processes of negotiating social ‚realities‘. This is not limited to visual aspects, and is not based on a clear physical measurability with an accompanying (purely quantitative) recording. A phenomenological approach, for example, places the synesthetic experience of landscape at the core of interest. This approach to the topic of multisensory via ‚landscape‘ is obvious for several reasons. Firstly, landscape is created (from a constructivist perspective) through the synthesis of sensory impressions on the basis of social patterns of interpretation and evaluation. Secondly, communication about ‚landscape‘ is also accessible to people who do not have any ‚expertlike special knowledge‘ in this regard. Thirdly, landscape as a changing concept is not only a concept of landscape but also of landscape itself. Fourthly, landscape as a changeable concept is particularly suitable for conceptually framing the highly fleeting non-visual stimuli. The Editors Lara Koegst is a scientific employee at the working group for urban and regional development at the University of Tübingen. Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne is a professor of urban and regional development at the University of Tübingen. Dr. Dennis Edler is a senior lecturer at the Ruhr University Bochum Department of Geography, with teaching and research focus on Cartography and Geographic Information Science.
Landscapes --- Senses and sensation. --- Philosophy. --- Sensation --- Sensory biology --- Sensory systems --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Neurophysiology --- Psychophysiology --- Perception --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature
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History of the Netherlands --- Cities and towns --- Landscapes --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban --- History
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Agriculture --- Landscapes --- Environmental aspects --- History. --- Energy consumption --- -Agriculture --- -Landscape --- -Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- -History --- History --- -Environmental aspects --- Countryside --- Energy consumption&delete& --- Environmental aspects&delete&