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1. Catchment and River Basin Management

   Integrating Science and Governance

   Edited by Laurence Smith, Keith Porter, Kevin M. Hiscock, Mary Jane Porter, David Benson

   The central focus of this volume is a critical comparative analysis of the key drivers for water resource management and the provision of clean water – governance systems and institutional and legal arrangements. Catchment and river basin management crucially depend on these drivers. The...

   To Be Published August 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Environmental Hazards

   Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, 6th Edition

   By Keith Smith

   The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st century. It integrates cutting-edge material from the physical and social sciences to illustrate how natural and human systems...

   Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
3. Nitrous Oxide and Climate Change

   Edited by Keith Smith

   Nitrous oxide, N2O, is the third most important (in global warming terms) of the greenhouse gases, after carbon dioxide and methane. As this book describes, although it only comprises 320 parts per billion of the earth's atmosphere, it has a so-called Global Warming Potential nearly 300 times...

   Published May 27th 2010 by Routledge
4. Environmental Hazards

   Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, 5th Edition

   By Keith Smith

   The expanded fifth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a balanced overview of all the major rapid-onset events that threaten people and what they value in the twenty-first century. It integrates cutting-edge material from the physical and social sciences to demonstrate how natural and human...

   Published January 29th 2009 by Routledge
5. Leadership and Management for HR Professionals

   By Keith Porter, Paul Smith, Roger Fagg

   This is a new and completely revised edition of the successful text published in 2000 entitled Core Management. The book provides excellent coverage of the CIPD syllabus for three core areas of the CIPD syllabus.New end of chapter website links are included. The text is written in an easy-to-read...

   Published September 14th 2005 by Routledge
6. Handbook of Visual Communication

   Theory, Methods, and Media

   Edited by Kenneth L. Smith, Sandra Moriarty, Keith Kenney, Gretchen Barbatsis

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   This Handbook of Visual Communication explores the key theoretical areas in visual communication, and presents the research methods utilized in exploring how people see and how visual communication occurs. With chapters contributed by many of the best-known and respected scholars in visual...

   Published October 31st 2004 by Routledge
7. Environmental Hazards

   Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, 4th Edition

   By Prof Keith Smith, Keith Smith

   The fourth edition of Environmental Hazards continues to blend physical and social sciences to provide a thoroughly balanced, contemporary introduction to hazards analysis and mitigation strategies. It covers all the major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human or technological in origin which...

   Published May 19th 2004 by Routledge
8. Soil and Environmental Analysis

   Modern Instrumental Techniques, 3rd Edition

   Edited by Keith A. Smith, Malcolm S. Cresser

   Series: Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment

   Evaluating traditional and recent analytical methods according to speed, sensitivity, and cost-efficiency, this reference supports specialists in the selection of effective analytical techniques and equipment for the study of soils, soil contaminants, and environmental samples. Updated and revised,...

   Published October 14th 2003 by CRC Press
9. Soil and Environmental Analysis

   Physical Methods, Revised, and Expanded, 2nd Edition

   By Keith A. Smith

   Series: Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment

   "Reviews a wide range of methods for soil physical analysis. Considers applications, accuracy, measurement time, and cost of equipment. Provides examples of applications."...

   Published October 11th 2000 by CRC Press
10. Flexible Learning in Higher Education

    Edited by Arfield, John, Hodgkinson, Keith, Smith, Alison, Wade, Winnie

    Analyzing the collective experiences of staff from a variety of departments within organizations of higher and further education, this study demonstrates how flexible learning strategies have been adopted to face new challenges....

    Published November 30th 1994 by Routledge