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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
The Illustrated London News
Author: Irish Women Artists
Author: Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Invasive Species in Forests and Rangelands of the United States
Author: Therese M. PolandPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030453677
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
This open access book describes the serious threat of invasive species to native ecosystems. Invasive species have caused and will continue to cause enormous ecological and economic damage with ever increasing world trade. This multi-disciplinary book, written by over 100 national experts, presents the latest research on a wide range of natural science and social science fields that explore the ecology, impacts, and practical tools for management of invasive species. It covers species of all taxonomic groups from insects and pathogens, to plants, vertebrates, and aquatic organisms that impact a diversity of habitats in forests, rangelands and grasslands of the United States. It is well-illustrated, provides summaries of the most important invasive species and issues impacting all regions of the country, and includes a comprehensive primary reference list for each topic. This scientific synthesis provides the cultural, economic, scientific and social context for addressing environmental challenges posed by invasive species and will be a valuable resource for scholars, policy makers, natural resource managers and practitioners.
Critical Mass
Author: Mead Art Museum (Amherst College)Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813533032
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Description: Puts New Jersey at the center of key art movements during the sixties
The Aristotelian Mechanics
Author: Joyce van LeeuwenPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319259253
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This book examines the transmission processes of the Aristotelian Mechanics. It does so to enable readers to appreciate the value of the treatise based on solid knowledge of the principles of the text. In addition, the book’s critical examination helps clear up many of the current misunderstandings about the transmission of the text and the diagrams. The first part of the book sets out the Greek manuscript tradition of the Mechanics, resulting in a newly established stemma codicum that illustrates the affiliations of the manuscripts. This research has led to new insights into the transmission of the treatise, most importantly, it also demonstrates an urgent need for a new text. A first critical edition of the diagrams contained in the Greek manuscripts of the treatise is also presented. These diagrams are not only significant for a reconstruction of the text but can also be considered as a commentary on the text. Diagrams are thus revealed to be a powerful tool in studying processes of the transfer and transformation of knowledge. This becomes especially relevant when the manuscript diagrams are compared with those in the printed editions and in commentaries from the early modern period. The final part of the book shows that these early modern diagrams and images reflect the altered scope of the mechanical discipline in the sixteenth century.
Upsetting the Offset
Author: Steffen BöhmPublisher: Fastprint Publishing
ISBN: 9781906948061
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Upsetting the Offset engages critically with the political economy of carbon markets. It presents a range of case studies and critiques from around the world, showing how the scam of carbon markets affects the lives of communities. But the book doesn't stop there. It also presents a number of alternatives to carbon markets which enable communities to live in real low-carbon futures.
Economic Analysis of the Environmental Impacts of Development Projects
Author: John A. DixonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134046855
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
It has always been thought that some level of pollution and waste is unavoidable in development projects. But no one has made much effort to quantify and assess the extent of this sort of damage. In this book a group of analysts from the Asian Development Bank and from the East West Center propose a means of constructing useful economic evaluations of the impacts of development projects on the environments in which they are constructed. This study demands the systematic evaluation of all the intentional and unintentional consequences of development initiatives before they are determined upon. It is essential reading for development economists, analysts and bankers. Originally published in 1986
The Roads They Made
Author: Adade Mitchell WheelerPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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River restoration: a strategic approach to planning and management
Author: Speed, RobertPublisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231001655
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Sociology of Health Promotion
Author: Robin BuntonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134818823
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Promotion of health has become a central feature of health policy at local, national and international levels, forming part of global health initiatives such as those endorsed by the World Health Organisation. The issues examined in The Sociology of Health Promotion include sociology of risk, the body, consumption, processes of surveillance and normalisation and considerations relating to race and gender in the implementation of health programmes. It will be invaluable reading for students, health promoters, public health doctors and academics.