"What does the landscape architect actually do as a design?" The authors investigate this seemingly simple question. What resources are available for designing open spaces? What part is played by conditions deriving from nature? How are locations and spaces created in the open air, how are paths routed and boundaries set, how are hard and soft materials used? Drawing on practical and theoretical experience, this introduction, often used as a textbook, reveals the central components of design ...

Bij het beheer van bossen is vakkennis onontbeerlijk. Ingrepen van een bosbeheerder kunnen decennia lang doorwerken in het bos. Vakkennis vormt daarom één van de pijlers van duurzaam bosbeheer.

Dit boek is gemaakt door bijna 80 deskundigen uit zowel Nederland als Vlaanderen. In 17 hoofdstukken beschrijven zij alle aspecten van het praktische bosbeheer. Centraal staan de twee belangrijkste sturingsmaatregelen in bossen, namelijk verjongen en vellen. Om deze reden vormen hoofdstukken als verj...

The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the world's bestselling advanced level dictionary for learners of English. Now in its 10th edition, the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, or OALD, is your complete guide to learning English vocabulary with definitions that learners can understand, example sentences showing language in use, and the new Oxford 3000 (TM) and Oxford 5000 (TM) word lists providing core vocabulary that every student needs to learn. OALD is more than a dictionary.

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Improve your writing skills with THE HODGES HARBRACE HANDBOOK, 19th Edition! Learn how to write effectively, choose the best information, arrange it well, and use the most appropriate language when writing for a particular audience. This grammar-first handbook provides complete coverage of writing essentials to help you develop the skills you need to be a successful college writer, including grammar, style, punctuation, mechanics, writing, and research. This edition has been updated to reflec...

Food Microbiology by Adams and Moss has been a popular textbook since it was first published in 1995. Now in its fourth edition, Peter McClure joins the highly successful authorship in order to bring the book right up to date. Maintaining its general structure and philosophy to encompass modern food microbiology, this new edition provides updated and revised individual chapters and uses new examples to illustrate incidents with particular attention being paid to images.

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This is the first textbook in this field of increasing importance for the food and cosmetics industries. It is indispensable for future students of food technology and food chemistry as well as for engineers, technologists and technicians in the food industries. It describes the principles of food physics starting with the very basics - and focuses on the needs of practitioners without omitting important basic principles.

It will be indispensable for future students of food technology and foo...

Completely updated, revised and redesigned in colour throughout, this classic bestselling text provides a concise introduction to the fundamentals of animal behaviour. It covers genetics, physiology, motivations, learning and cognition, through to social and reproductive behaviours, abnormal behaviour and human-animal interactions.

Completely updated, revised and redesigned in colour throughout, this classic bestselling text continues to provide a concise introduction to the important fundame...

'Your crop shows you the quality of your soil'

Farmers pay a lot of attention to their crops. But it's all happening just underneath your feet: a crop is just a reflection of soil fertility. Management of the soil is at least as important as your crop management. Soil Signals provides you with the tools to optimise your soil management.

The soil is the foundation of your farm. To keep it fertile and healthy, you should have a good basic knowledge of the soil. This starts with literally feelin...

Tientallen eeuwen leven en werken mensen in het Nederlandse landschap. In de loop van de tijd is het natuurlandschap omgevormd tot een cultuurlandschap. Dit gebeurde aanvankelijk stapsgewijs, door kleine veranderingen die nu vaak als cultuur-historisch waardevolle elementen worden gezien. In de laatste decennia verandert het landschap zeer snel. Het ontstaan en de groei van de steden nemen daarbij een eigen plaats in. Nederland wordt dan ook wel eens een landschap vol steden genoemd.

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