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Comité international d'organisation du 25e Congrès de Géographie, 1984. Soft cover, 294.
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In very good condition. Glossy pictorial soft covers have very light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing and soiling. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Includes 2 fold-out maps laid in. Organized by the five "alpin" countries (Austria, Italy, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Switzerland), the 25th International Geographical Congress "Paris-Alpes" was held in Paris in August 1984. More than 2500 members, from 85 different countries, were present. This was a book dedicated to the participants of conference. Text primarily in French with some text in English and German. Contents include: The Alps, at the very heart of Europe by Paul Veyret; The numerical relief of France by Institut Geographique National; Geomorphology and natural hazards in the Alps by M. Chardon et G.B. Castiglioni; Postwurmian climatic variations, morphogenesis, and evolution of the vegetation in the French Alps by J.L. Borel, M. Jorda and G. Monjuvent; Alpine ecosystems and management by M. Julian with the collaboration of Y Bravart; Population and settlement by D. Ruocco, J. Joly, P. Préau, E. Schwabe, K. Ruppert, K. Husa, H. Wohlschägl and E. Klemencic; New statuses of rural area by A. de Reparaz, H. Guibourdenche and K. Ruppert; The Alps, a storehouse of energy by L. Chabert; Flow and circulation in the Alps by C. Saibene, with the collaboration of L. Buzzetti, A. Schiavi and H. Rougier; Alpine tourism by B. Barbier, J. Herbin, J. Billet, E. Bevilacqua, F. Jülg, P. Graf and A. Gosar ; National politics in the mountains: the evolution of economic relations between the Alps and their borderland by H. Elsasser, P.A. Rumley, K. Ruppert, J. Billet, F. Pagetti, C. Smiraglia and K. Stiglbauer; Borders and minorities by H. Rougier, A.L. Sauguin and E. SchwabeThe Alpin Europe by E. Lichtenberger