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| 300 | Social sciences |
| 301 | Sociology |
| 301.3 | Human ecology |
| 310 | Statistics |
| 312 | Demography |
| 320 | Political geography |
| 330 | Economics |
| 330.9 | Economic geography |
| 333 | Land economics |
| 338 | Industrial and production economics |
| 338.4791 | Tourism and leisure |
| 360 | Social problems |
| 363.7 | Environmental problems |
| 380 | Commerce and transport |
| 526 | Cartography |
| 540 | Chemistry |
| 549 | Mineralogy |
| 550 | Earth sciences |
| 551.3 | Sedimentology |
| 551.4 | Geomorphology |
| 551.5 | Meteorology |
| 551.6 | Climatology |
| 560 | Paleontology |
| 570 | Biological science |
| 572 | Biochemistry |
| 577 | Ecology |
| 578 | Natural history and biogeography |
| 580 | Botanical Sciences |
| 581.1 | Plant physiology |
| 581.2 | Plant pathology |
| 581.3 | Plant ecology |
| 620 | Engineering |
| 628 | Environmental protection engineering |
| 628.1 | Water supply |
| 628.5 | Pollution technology (inc. Bioremediation) |
| 630 | Agriculture |
| 631.4 | Soil science |
| 639.9 | Conservation of biological resources |
| 710 | Planning |
| 910 | Human and regional geography |
| 910.18 | Geographical information systems |
| 912 | Atlases and maps |
Air pollution 628.53
Atlases 912
Cartography 526
Classification of soils 631.44
Climate change 363.73874 & 551.6
Climatology 551.5
Conservation of land resources 333.72
Demography 312
Economics of natural resources 333.9
Geographical information systems 910.18
Geology 550
Geology of England and Wales 554.2
Glaciology 551.31
Groundwater 551.49
Historical geography 911
Human ecology 310.3
Hydrology/Hydrogeology 551.49
Landscape architecture 712
Land use 333.7
Maps 912
Marine science 551.46
Meteorology 551.5
Oceanography 551.46
Periglacial geomorphology 551.38
Planning City 711.4
Regional 711.3
Political geography 320
Pollution 363.73 &628.5
Population 301.32
Quaternary period 551.79
Remote sensing 526.982
Rivers 551.483
Rural geography 301.35
Soil and land use surveys 631.47
Soil biology 631.46
Soil chemistry 631.41
Soils erosion 631.45
Soil mechanics 624.151
Soil microbiology 631.46
Social surveys 301.9
Statistical methods 910.15195
Surveying 526.9
Tourism and leisure 338.4791
Transport geography 380
Transport planning 711.1
Urban geography 301.36
Volcanic rocks 552.2
Water supply 628.1
These are just some of the new books which have been added to the Libary recently:
The Impacts of Climate Change by 
Landscape Evolution: Landforms, Ecosystems, and Soils by 
When the Sahara was green: how our greatest desert came to be by 
Drone Imaginaries: the power of remote vision by 
Fieldwork Ready: an introductory guide to field research for agriculture, environment and soil by 
Urban Soils: principles and practice by