Bøger af Peter Dale

A beautifully written celebration of the essence of the Irish Garden

Offers knowledge about child abuse and psychotherapeutic approaches to give an account of counselling as it relates to adults abused as children. This book examines research in the fields of child abuse and psychotherapy, reviewing changing attitudes towards childhood abuse and the consequences of cultural context on approaches to treatment.

This text offers analysis, based on the authors' research, of child protection decision-making in cases where babies and infants have sustained serious injury and where the parents' explanation is not borne out by medical opinion. The issues associated with this problem are central to the whole of child protection practice.

Explaining the fundamentals that support the manipulation and display of geographic information, this book focuses on basic mathematical techniques and reviews the characteristics of geographic information. The new edition contains end-of-chapter summaries, thorough revisions to every chapter, expanded information on computer graphics and spatia

The second edition of a bestseller, Mathematical Techniques in GIS demystifies the mathematics used in the manipulation of spatially related data. The author takes a step-by-step approach through the basics of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus that underpin the management of such data. He then explores the use of matrices, determinants and vectors in the handling of geographic information so that the data may be analyzed and displayed in two-dimensional form either in the visualization of the terrain or as map projections. See What''s New in the Second Edition: Summaries at the end of each chapter Worked examples of techniques described Additional material on matrices and vectors Further material on map projections New material on spatial correlation A new section on global positioning systems Written for those who need to make use geographic information systems but have a limited mathematical background, this book introduces the basic statistical techniques commonly used in geographic information systems and explains best-fit solutions and the mathematics behind satellite positioning. By understanding the mathematics behind the gathering, processing, and display of information, you can better advise others on the integrity of results, the quality of the information, and the safety of using it.