Military Geosciences And Desert Warfare

Author : Eric V. McDonald,Thomas Bullard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493934294

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Military Geosciences and Desert Warfare by Eric V. McDonald,Thomas Bullard Pdf

This book is a collection of papers presented at the 9th International Conference of Military Geoscience that was held in 2011. The conference included discussion on a diverse range of geosciences, including military history, military geology, teaching geology from a military prospective, geological influence on the battlefield, and environmental and cultural issues related to management of military lands. Geology and geography have played a significant role in military history, from providing the stone for primitive tools and weapons, to the utilization of terrain in offensive and defensive strategies. Specific to this volume, deserts comprise nearly a third of the Earth’s surface and have been the site of numerous battles where the dust, heat, and a lack of food and water have provided challenges to military leaders and warriors. This book examines the role of deserts in past and modern warfare, the problems and challenges in managing military lands in desert regions, and how desert environmental conditions can impact military equipment and personnel. This proceedings volume should be of interest to scholars, professionals, and those interested in military history, warfare, geology, geography, cultural resources, general science, and military operations.

Author : Peter L. Guth
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030321734

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Military Geoscience by Peter L. Guth Pdf

This book is a collection of papers presented at the 11th International Conference of Military Geoscience that was held in 2015. The conference included discussion on a diverse range of geosciences, including military history, military geology, teaching geology from a military prospective, geological influence on the battlefield, and environmental and cultural issues related to management of military lands. Geology and geography have played a significant role in military history, from providing the stone for primitive tools and weapons, to the utilization of terrain in offensive and defensive strategies. Specific to this volume, deserts comprise nearly a third of the Earth’s surface and have been the site of numerous battles where the dust, heat, and a lack of food and water have provided challenges to military leaders and warriors. This book examines the role of deserts in past and modern warfare, the problems and challenges in managing military lands in desert regions, and how desert environmental conditions can impact military equipment and personnel. This proceedings volume should be of interest to scholars, professionals, and those interested in military history, warfare, geology, geography, cultural resources, general science, and military operations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Military geography
ISBN : 3030321746

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Military Geoscience by Anonim Pdf

This book is a collection of papers presented at the 11th International Conference of Military Geoscience that was held in 2015. The conference included discussion on a diverse range of geosciences, including military history, military geology, teaching geology from a military prospective, geological influence on the battlefield, and environmental and cultural issues related to management of military lands. Geology and geography have played a significant role in military history, from providing the stone for primitive tools and weapons, to the utilization of terrain in offensive and defensive strategies. Specific to this volume, deserts comprise nearly a third of the Earth's surface and have been the site of numerous battles where the dust, heat, and a lack of food and water have provided challenges to military leaders and warriors. This book examines the role of deserts in past and modern warfare, the problems and challenges in managing military lands in desert regions, and how desert environmental conditions can impact military equipment and personnel. This proceedings volume should be of interest to scholars, professionals, and those interested in military history, warfare, geology, geography, cultural resources, general science, and military operations.

Author : Russell S. Harmon,Sophie E. Baker,Eric V. McDonald
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813741222

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Military Geosciences in the Twenty-First Century by Russell S. Harmon,Sophie E. Baker,Eric V. McDonald Pdf

"Eighteen chapters address the complex yet critical aspects of the role of geosciences in military undertakings. The chapters cover a wide range of expertise drawn from the broad area of geology, geomorphology, geography, geophysics, engineering geology, hydrogeology, cartography, environmental science, remote sensing, soil science, geoinformatics, and related disciplines that reflect the multidisciplinary nature of military geology"--

Author : Aldino Bondesan,Judy Ehlen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030792602

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Military Geoscience: A Multifaceted Approach to the Study of Warfare by Aldino Bondesan,Judy Ehlen Pdf

This volume presents a selection of papers from the 13th International Conference on Military Geosciences (ICMG), held 24-28 June 2019 in Padua, Italy. It covers a wide range of subjects within the confines of military geoscience written by scientists with a variety of different backgrounds from many countries throughout the world. Many of the papers focus on subjects related to Italy and World War I, but additional subject areas include international perspectives in the military geosciences, international security, geospatial intelligence and remote sensing, subterranean and underground warfare, analyses of historical battlefields and fortifications, and military archaeology. The book will be of interest to academics (e.g., military historians, military archaeologists, military geographers and geologists), applied geoscientists (e.g., engineering geologists and geologists working in other areas of applied geology), professional geoscientists, and those with a general interest in military geoscience and history.

Author : Jacques Bezuidenhout
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781928480099

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African Military Geosciences by Jacques Bezuidenhout Pdf

This eight-chapter volume, African Military Geosciences: Military History and the Physical Environment, is a tour-de-force covering nearly 500 years of African military geosciences. It is a truly global book that reveals keen insights into regional, national and international military-forces activities centered in Africa and how the understanding of geosciences plays important roles. It is written for the specialist, but also attractive to the general military buff - well referenced and illustrated with figures from primary sources, historical catalogues and compendia. The publication explores the "e;age of sail"e;, harbour defenses, the trafficability of desert environments and marshes, as well as climate controls on sailing or land battles. There is even insight into an elite artillery unit staffed by women during Second World War - essentially covering the whole gamut. Ultimately, the reader explores a nearly 500-year journey around the African continent and beyond.

Author : Douglas R. Caldwell,Judy Ehlen,Russell S. Harmon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402031052

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Studies in Military Geography and Geology by Douglas R. Caldwell,Judy Ehlen,Russell S. Harmon Pdf

A selection of papers on a broad range of military topics ranging from the strategic perspective, through analyses of historical battles at the operational and tactical levels, to the use of advanced technologies applied to present-day military problems.

Author : Hennie Smit
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781928480112

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Contemporary Military Geosciences in South Africa by Hennie Smit Pdf

Contemporary Military Geosciences in South Africa presents the reader with chapters celebrating the scope, reach and impact of themes researched by military geoscientists. The first topics under investigation ranges from battlefield archaeology and battlefield tourism to military environmental management and the development of a unique South African spatial decision support system for military integrated environmental management. This is followed by an in-depth look at contemporary maritime factors at play in South Africa. The book is concluded by an analysis of the issues surrounding military mobility software and terrain negotiability, as well as a comprehensive examination of how geographic factors influence the distribution of natural radionuclides in a military area.

Author : Rachel Woodward
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781786438874

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A Research Agenda for Military Geographies by Rachel Woodward Pdf

A Research Agenda for Military Geographies explores how military activities and phenomena are shaped by geography, and how geographies are in turn shaped by military practices. A variety of future research agendas are mapped out, examining the questions faced by geographers when studying the military and its effects.

Author : E. P. F. Rose,J. Ehlen,U. L. Lawrence
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786203946

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Military Aspects of Geology by E. P. F. Rose,J. Ehlen,U. L. Lawrence Pdf

This book complements the Geological Society’s Special Publication 362: Military Aspects of Hydrogeology. Generated under the auspices of the Society’s History of Geology and Engineering Groups, it contains papers from authors in the UK, USA, Germany and Austria. Substantial papers describe some innovative engineering activities, influenced by geology, undertaken by the armed forces of the opposing nations in World War I. These activities were reactivated and developed in World War II. Examples include trenching from World War I, tunnelling and quarrying from both wars, and the use of geologists to aid German coastal fortification and Allied aerial photographic interpretation in World War II. The extensive introduction and other chapters reveal that ‘military geology’ has a longer history. These chapters relate to pre-twentieth century coastal fortification in the UK and the USA; conflict in the American Civil War; long-term ‘going’ assessments for German forces; tunnel repair after wartime route denial in Hong Kong; and tunnel detection after recent insurgent improvisation in Iraq.

Author : Harold A. Winters
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781421440255

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Battling the Elements by Harold A. Winters Pdf

Throughout history, from Kublai Khan's attempted invasions of Japan to Rommel's desert warfare, military operations have succeeded or failed on the ability of commanders to incorporate environmental conditions into their tactics. In Battling the Elements, geographer Harold A. Winters and former U.S. Army officers Gerald E. Galloway Jr., William J. Reynolds, and David W. Rhyne, examine the connections between major battles in world history and their geographic components, revealing what role factors such as weather, climate, terrain, soil, and vegetation have played in combat. Each chapter offers a detailed and engaging explanation of a specific environmental factor and then looks at several battles that highlight its effects on military operations. As this cogent analysis of geography and war makes clear, those who know more about the shape, nature, and variability of battleground conditions will always have a better understanding of the nature of combat and at least one significant advantage over a less knowledgeable enemy.

Author : Gustav Visser
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781928357261

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The Origin and Growth of Geography as a discipline at South Africa Universities by Gustav Visser Pdf

The publication provides the first comprehensive text that reflects on a century of the development of geography as an academic discipline at South African universities. The book showcases a broad and textured review of South Africa's geography departments, their staff members, their times, and the different Geographies they engaged in. The book lays thefoundation from which more expansive individual departmental histories can be written in the future.

Author : Attila Çiner
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031487545

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Recent Research on Environmental Earth Sciences, Geomorphology, Soil Science and Paleoenvironments by Attila Çiner Pdf

Author : Kamal Jain,Vishal Mishra,Biswajeet Pradhan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031193095

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Proceedings of UASG 2021: Wings 4 Sustainability by Kamal Jain,Vishal Mishra,Biswajeet Pradhan Pdf

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of geographic information systems and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies, as presented by leading researchers and engineers at the 2nd International Conference on Unmanned Aerial System in Geomatics (UASG), held in Roorkee, India on April 2-4, 2021. It covers highly diverse topics, including photogrammetry and remote sensing, surveying, UAV manufacturing, geospatial data sensing, UAV processing, visualization, and management, UAV applications and regulations, geo-informatics and geomatics. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaboration among different specialists.

Author : Jasper Knight,Stefania Merlo,Andrea Zerboni
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031471605

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Landscapes and Landforms of the Central Sahara by Jasper Knight,Stefania Merlo,Andrea Zerboni Pdf

This book describes the Central Sahara region, bringing together an unprecedented combination of diverse and often historic research published in different languages in order to describe its varied landscapes and landforms. The Central Sahara region consists of Libya, Algeria, Mali, Niger and Chad, countries that share similar landscape histories and common landscape traits, including massifs, sand seas, paleowater features and large depressions. Furthermore, human settlement of this region goes hand-in-hand with climate and environmental changes and landscape evolution during the Holocene and earlier; hence, Central Saharan landscapes and landforms provide valuable insights into landscape–human relationships over long timescales. The book offers a comprehensive yet accessible reference source, drawing on both past and present interdisciplinary research and gathering the insights of authors from many different countries to explore a region that has largely been overlooked in available literature.