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1. Distributed Data Fusion for Network-Centric Operations

   Edited by David Hall, Martin Liggins, Chee-Yee Chong, James Linas

   Examining the current and cutting-edge issues and solutions involving information fusion within a distributed network, this book highlights the ever-increasing role of distributed fusion in daily living due to the recent proliferation of service oriented architectures (SOA), cloud computing, and...

   To Be Published November 12th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Politics and the Environment

   From Theory to Practice, 3rd Edition

   By James Connelly, Graham Smith, David Benson, Clare Saunders

   Politics and the Environment has established itself as one of the most comprehensive textbooks in this area. This new edition has been completely revised and updated whilst retaining the features and the theory-to-practice focus which made the first two editions so successful. This text is...

   Published March 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. A History of Early Al-Andalus

   The Akhbar Majmu'a

   By David James

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   The Akhbar majmu‘a, or 'Collected Accounts', deal with the Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula in 711 and subsequent events in al-Andalus, down to and including the reign of ‘Abd al-Rahman III (912-961), founder of the Umayyad caliphate of al-Andalus . No Arabic text dealing with the early...

   Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
4. Early Islamic Spain

   The History of Ibn al-Qutiyah

   By David James

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   This book is the first published English-language translation of the significant History of Islamic Spain by Ibn al-Qutiya (d. Cordova 367 / 977). Including extensive notes and comments, a genealogical table and relevant maps, the text is preceded by a study of the author and his work, and is the...

   Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge
5. Hollywood and the CIA

   Cinema, Defense and Subversion

   By Oliver Boyd Barrett, David Herrera, James Baumann

   Series: Media, War and Security

   This book investigates representations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Hollywood films, and the synergies between Hollywood product, U.S. military/defense interests and U.S. foreign policy. As probably the best known of the many different intelligence agencies of the US, the CIA is an...

   Published February 22nd 2011 by Routledge
6. Corrosion Science and Technology

   By David E.J. Talbot, James D.R. Talbot

   Series: Materials Science & Technology

   Although they often appear to be permanent, metals are unstable in their service environments and are susceptible to degradation by corrosion. Corrosion occurs when protective mechanisms have been overlooked, break down, or have been exhausted, leaving the metal vulnerable to attack by hostile...

   Published December 11th 2010 by CRC Press
7. The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire

   By David James

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan

   This volume is a history of the Japanese drive for the conquest of Greater East Asia. It includes an account of the Malayan campaign and the Fall of Singapore, followed by an outline of the dominant features of the campaign in S E Asia and the Pacific and ending with the attack on Japan and the...

   Published September 7th 2010 by Routledge
8. Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh

   By Winston Yu, Mozaharul Alam, Ahmadul Hassan, Abu Saleh Khan, Alex Ruane, Cynthia Rosenzweig, David Major, James Thurlow

   Managing climate variability and change remains a key development and food security issue in Bangladesh. Despite significant investments, floods, droughts, and cyclones during the last two decades continue to cause extensive economic damage and impair livelihoods. Climate change will pose...

   Published June 15th 2010 by Routledge
9. Dryland Management: Economic Case Studies

   By John A. Dixon, David E. James, Paul B. Sherman

   Series: Environmental and Resource Economics Set

   Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensive agricultural systems dependent on rainfall or irrigation. Following their...

   Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge
10. Economics of Dryland Management

    By John A. Dixon, David E. James, Paul B. Sherman

    Series: Environmental and Resource Economics Set

    We have always had land in which the agricultural productivity is limited because there is not enough moisture. Systems of farming and burning often degrade dryland further until it is desert. Today, however, the problem is becoming much more serious. Over 20 per cent of the world's population...

    Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge