Geography and Environmental Studies: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
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A Dictionary of Human Geography / Alasdair Rogers, Noel Castree, and Rob Kitchin (eds.)
- Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Provides short, academic surveys of key terms by scholars in the field. 5th ed., 2009.
Dictionary of Environment and Conservation / Chris C. Park and Michael Allaby (eds.)
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Dictionary of Environmental Science and Engineering / James R. Pfafflin, Edward N. Ziegler, and Joseph M. Lynch.
- New York, N.Y. ; London : Routledge, 2008. Print location: WLU (Waterloo) 2nd Floor Reference - GE10 .P43 2008
Ecology basics / edited by the editors of Salem Press.
- Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, 2004. Print location: Waterloo, QH540.4 .E39
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science
- Scholarly, interdisciplinary treatment of coastal science contributed by experts. Springer, 2005.
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society
- Combines major issues, concepts, and problems concerning the interaction between humans and nature. Sage, 2007.
Online, 6-volume set with over 1,200 entries in six major fields in geography written by experts. Sage, 2010.
- Full text articles on ecosystems, climate change, food and water supply, population, and more.
Encyclopedia of Human Geography
- More than 300 entries written by scholars in their respective fields. Sage, 2006.
- Full-text articles covering covering the salient aspects of soil physics, chemistry, biology, fertility, technology, genesis, morphology, classification and geomorphology.
Encyclopedia of World Climatology
- Authoritative source with full-text articles; covers all the main subfields of climatology, supplies information on climates in major continental areas, and explains the intricacies of climatic processes.
Facts on file dictionary of environmental science / Bruce C. Wyman and L. Harold Stevenson.
New York : Facts on File, 2007. Print location: Waterloo book shelves - TD9 .W95 2007
Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Includes the Environmental Encyclopedia, Geo-data : the world geographical encyclopedia, and more.
Geography Today: An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Issues, and Technology
- Approaches the study of geography by concept, in contrast to most other works, which are organized by world region. ABC-CLIO, 2019.
International encyclopedia of geography : people, the earth, environment, and technology
- A collaborative product from Wiley publishers and the American Association of Geographers this continually updated reference work contains over 1,000 entries on the concepts, research, and techniques in geography and interrelated fields.
Oxford Companion to Global Change
- Full text articles on the relations between technological, social, demographic, economic, and political factors as well as biological, chemical, and physical systems. Oxford University Press: 2009.
Oxford Reference: Earth Sciences and Climatology
- Full-text interdisciplinary scholarly encyclopdias and dictionaries in the field of Environmental Studies.
- Full-text encyclopedias for all the social sciences. Includes Encyclopedia of GIS, Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, Encyclopedia of Human Geography, and more.