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Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 2

Themes from the Work of Gilbert F. White

By: Robert W. Kates,Ian Burton

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Themes from the Work of Gilbert F. White

By: Robert W. Kates,Ian Burton

Over the course of half a century, Gilbert F. White's work has served to shape and, in several instances, establish many of the fields that have come to be known as the environmental sciences. In this collection of original essays, a companion volume to White's selected writings (volume I), leading scholars in areas such as water supply, environmental hazards, and natural resource management interpret changes in these fields since White's work and assess present and future problems. With volume 1, this collection presents a complete and cogent picture of Gilbert White's contribution and the work he inspired.

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0226425762

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9780226425764

Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 2

Themes from the Work of Gilbert F. White

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0226425770

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9780226425771

Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1

Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White

By: Gilbert F. White

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Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White

By: Gilbert F. White

Gilbert F. White is the preeminent geographer of natural resources, hazards, and the human environment. During fifty years of professional work as civil servant, scientist, and educator, he authored numerous books and papers. This volume is the first collection of White's work, spanning his interests and career from 1934 to 1984. Individual introductions by the editors place each selection in historical perspective and assay its significance. With the companion volume, Theme from the Work of Gilbert F. White, White's writings, and the work that he inspired, are now readily accessible to all who share his concern for the stewardship of the earth.

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0226425746

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9780226425740

Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1

Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White

By: Gilbert F. White

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Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White

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Descendants of William Cromartie and Ruhamah Doane

By: Amanda Cook Gilbert

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Descendants of William Cromartie and Ruhamah Doane

By: Amanda Cook Gilbert

This ambitious work chronicles 250 years of the Cromartie Family genealogical history. Included in the index of nearly 50,000 names are the current generations, and all of those preceding, which trace ancestry to our family patriarch, William Cromartie who was born in 1731 in Orkney, Scotland and his second wife, Ruhamah Doane who was born in 1745. Arriving in America in 1758, William Cromartie settled and developed a plantation on South River, a tributary of the Cape Fear near Wilmington, North Carolina. On April 2, 1766, William married Ruhamah Doane, a fifth generation descendant of a Mayflower passenger to Plymouth, Stephen Hopkins. If Cromartie is your last name, or that of one of your blood relatives, it is almost certain that you can trace your ancestry to one of the thirteen children of William Cromartie, his first wife, and Ruhamah Doane, who became the founding ancestors of our Cromartie Family in America: William Jr, James, Thankful, Elizabeth, Hannah Ruhamah, Alexander, John, Margaret Nancy, Mary, Catherine, Jean, Peter Patrick, and Ann E. Cromartie. These four volumes hold an account of the descent of each of these first-generation Cromarties in America, including personal antidotes, photographs, copies of family Bibles, wills and other historical documents. Their pages hold a personal record of our ancestors and where you belong in the Cromartie Family Tree.

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WestBow Press

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1490807721

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9781490807720

Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 2

Themes from the Work of Gilbert F. White

By: Gilbert F. White

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The Geography of Risk

Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's Coasts

By: Gilbert M. Gaul

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The Geography of Risk

Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's Coasts

By: Gilbert M. Gaul

This century has seen the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history—but who bears the brunt of these monster storms? Consider this: Five of the most expensive hurricanes in history have made landfall since 2005: Katrina ($160 billion), Ike ($40 billion), Sandy ($72 billion), Harvey ($125 billion), and Maria ($90 billion). With more property than ever in harm’s way, and the planet and oceans warming dangerously, it won’t be long before we see a $250 billion hurricane. Why? Because Americans have built $3 trillion worth of property in some of the riskiest places on earth: barrier islands and coastal floodplains. And they have been encouraged to do so by what Gilbert M. Gaul reveals in The Geography of Risk to be a confounding array of federal subsidies, tax breaks, low-interest loans, grants, and government flood insurance that shift the risk of life at the beach from private investors to public taxpayers, radically distorting common notions of risk. These federal incentives, Gaul argues, have resulted in one of the worst planning failures in American history, and the costs to taxpayers are reaching unsustainable levels. We have become responsible for a shocking array of coastal amenities: new roads, bridges, buildings, streetlights, tennis courts, marinas, gazebos, and even spoiled food after hurricanes. The Geography of Risk will forever change the way you think about the coasts, from the clash between economic interests and nature, to the heated politics of regulators and developers.

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Sarah Crichton Books

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0374718520

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9780374718527

The Environmental Effects Of Nuclear War

By: Julius London,Gilbert F White

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The Environmental Effects Of Nuclear War

By: Julius London,Gilbert F White

This book assesses the current available information concerning the major scientific problems related to environmental consequences of a possible nuclear war. The contributors address a broad range of topics, among them the effects of blast, heat, and local radioactive fallout; the likely dispersal patterns and residence times of radioactive debris in the troposphere and stratosphere; the probable long-term effects on both the local and global biosphere and radiological consequences for humans; the effect on the global environment of widespread fires in urban and industrialized regions; and the likely significant decrease of stratospheric ozone with a resulting long-term increase in harmful UV radiation received at the ground. The authors point to problem areas where current information is inadequate or completely lacking and discuss the role of the scientist in developing such information as a contribution to the elimination of the nuclear war threat.

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1000301060

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Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 2

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Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 2

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Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1

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Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1

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Descendants of William Cromartie and Ruhamah Doane

Descendants of William Cromartie and Ruhamah Doane

Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 2

Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 2

The Geography of Risk

The Geography of Risk

The Environmental Effects Of Nuclear War

The Environmental Effects Of Nuclear War

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