Agribusiness and primary industries Books
Fox Chapel Publishers International Hens, Hooves, Woollies and Wellies: The Diary of
Book SynopsisBehind every good farmer is a great farmer's wife though the farmer in question may not always appreciate this! Having been married to John for over 30 years, Bobbi Mothersdale knows this more than anyone. Through her diary, Bobbi gives a wry, comical and yet realistic account of life on their East Yorkshire farm. Over the course of the year, we meet her friends and family as well as the three dogs, numerous hens and crafty guinea fowl that play such a big part in their daily routine. Like any farming family they have good days mixed with bad and have to deal with adverse weather, bureaucratic challenges and uncooperative livestock. Bobbi's accounts of her irate farming husband thwarted once again by the gods of rain or a petulant sheep will be instantly recognisable to anyone who has ever worked on a farm and on many an occasion you will find yourself laughing out loud at her description of the situations she finds herself in.Illustrated with 24 beautiful sketches by Jacquie Sinclair, Bobbi's dry and witty way with words can not fail to amuse and endear you. If you are a farmer's wife, you will find this an unputdownable must-read that you will want to share with all your friends.Though be warned - you might need to prise it away from your husband and his friends first. ..
£13.46
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Business as usual after Marikana: Corporate power
Book SynopsisSix years after the Marikana massacre, we have still seen minimal change for mineworkers and mining communities. Although much has been written about the days leading up to August 16, 2012, and how little has been done, few have analyzed the policies and system that make such a tragedy possible. Lonmin Platinum Mine and the events of August 16th are a microcosm of the mining sector and how things can go wrong when society leaves everything to government and ""big business"". Business as Usual after Marikana is a comprehensive analysis of mining in South Africa. Written by respected academics and practitioners in the field, it looks into the history, policies, and business practices that brought us to this point.Trade Review“This publication, which starts by examining the long-term business relations between BASF and Lonmin, goes on to drill deeper into the hard rock of the persistent structures of inequality. By doing so we will understand that Marikana is not the tragic failure of an otherwise improving economic system but rather a calculated form of collateral damage.” – Bishop Jo Seoka, former president of the South African Council of Churches
£17.05
Taylor & Francis Inc The Complex Forest: Communities, Uncertainty, and
Book SynopsisThe Complex Forest systematically examines the theory, processes, and early outcomes of a research and management approach called adaptive collaborative management (ACM). An alternative to positivist approaches to development and conservation that assume predictability in forest management, ACM acknowledges the complexity and unpredictability inherent in any forest community and the importance of developing solutions together with the forest peoples whose lives will be most affected by the outcomes. Building on earlier work that established the importance of flexible, collaborative approaches to sustainable forest management, The Complex Forest describes the work of ACM practitioners facing a broad range of challenges in diverse settings and attempts to identify the conditions under which ACM is most effective. Case studies of ACM in 33 forest sites in 11 countries together with Colfer's systematic comparison of results at each site indicate that human and institutional capabilities have been strengthened. In Zimbabwe, for example, the number of women involved in decisionmaking soared. In Nepal, community members detected and sanctioned dishonest community elites. In Cameroon and Bolivia, learning programs resulted in better conflict management. These are early results, but a wide range of recent research supports Colfer's belief that these new capabilities will eventually contribute to higher incomes and to sustainable improvements in the health of forests and forest peoples. The Complex Forest reinforces calls for change in the way we plan conservation and development programs, away from command-and-control approaches, toward ones that require bureaucratic flexibility and responsiveness, as well as greater local participation in setting priorities and problem solving.Trade Review'A significant contribution because of the richness of its material, its critique of simplistic approaches to understanding factors in forest management, its clear and compelling writing style, and the range and significance of the sites that it studies.' Diane Russell, Senior Scientist, World Agroforestry CentreTable of ContentsOne: Introduction; Two: ACM's Intellectual Underpinnings; Three: Complexity, Change, and Uncertainty; Four: Seven Analytical Dimensions; Five: Creativity, Learning, and Equity; Six: Devolution; Seven: Forest Type and Population Pressure; Eight: Management Goals; Nine: Human Diversity; Ten: Conflict and Social Capital; Eleven: Catalyzing Creativity, Learning, and Equity; Twelve: Commentary and Conclusions
£44.64
Taylor & Francis Inc Forest Community Connections: Implications for
Book SynopsisThe connections between communities and forests are complex and evolving, presenting challenges to forest managers, researchers, and communities themselves. Dependency on timber extraction and timber-related industries is no longer a universal characteristic of the forest community. Remoteness is also a less common feature, as technology, workforce mobility, tourism, and 'amenity migrants' increasingly connect rural to urban places. Forest Community Connections explores the responses of forest communities to a changing economy, changing federal policy, and concerns about forest health from both within and outside forest communities. Focusing primarily on the United States, the book examines the ways that social scientists work with communities-their role in facilitating social learning, informing policy decisions, and contributing to community well being. Bringing perspectives from sociology, anthropology, political science, and forestry, the authors review a range of management issues, including wildfire risk, forest restoration, labor force capacity, and the growing demand for a growing variety of forest goods and services. They examine the increasingly diverse aesthetic and cultural values that forest residents attribute to forests, the factors that contribute to strong and resilient connections between communities and forests, and consider a range of governance structures to positively influence the well being of forest communities and forests, including collaboration and community-based forestry.Trade Review'This book provides a comprehensive understanding of what has occurred in what otherwise might be considered tumultuous times. The past two decades have seen a dramatic shift in the social forces that affect natural resources policy. This shift has created many new and innovative relationships among individuals, organizations, communities, and forest ecosystems. Policymakers, forest managers, and community leaders will find the book useful as they work toward understanding the dynamics of natural resources management today.' Gordon Bradley, University of WashingtonTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Community and Forest Connections: Continuity and Change Part I: Understanding Forest Communities 2. Social Assessment of Forest Communities: For Whom and for What? 3.Socioeconomic Monitoring and Forest Management 4. Engaging Communities Through Participatory Research Part II: Communities in the Context of Emerging and Persistent Forest Management Issues 5. Evolving Interdependencies of Community and Forest Health 6. Communities and Wildfire Policy 7. Amenity Migration, Rural Communities, and Public Lands 8. Integrating Commercial Nontimber Forest Product Harvesters into Forest Management 9. Job Quality for Forest Workers Part III: Communities and Forest Governance 10. Institutional Arrangements in Community-based Forestry 11. Family Forest Owners 12. Creating Community Forests 13. Collaborative Forest Management 14. Taking Stock of Community and Forest Connections Index
£137.75
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Von der Idee zum Businessplan: Geschäftsideen in
Book Synopsis„Soll ich? Oder soll ich nicht?“ sind die am meisten gestellten Fragen bei unternehmerischen Entscheidungen, wie zum Beispiel einer betrieblichen Neuausrichtung, dem Einstieg in die Direktvermarktung, der Entwicklung und Umsetzung einer neuen Geschäftsidee und vielem mehr.Dieser Ratgeber stellt die Besonderheiten der Existenzgründung und der Betriebsneuausrichtung in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft in Österreich in den Vordergrund. Die einzelnen Kapitel bilden von der Entwicklung der Geschäftsidee bis hin zur konkreten Umsetzungsplanung Schritt für Schritt die verschiedenen Bestandteile einer fundierten Businessplanung ab. Ob Management Summary, Marktanalyse oder die Prüfung der Wirtschaftlichkeit des Geschäftsmodells – auf dem Weg bis zur Vorlage des finalen Businessplans bleiben keine Fragen unbeantwortet. Den Großteil des Buches bilden zahlreiche Fallbeispiele von Businessplänen aus der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft. Sie geben damit Neugründern, aber auch bestehenden Betriebsleitern, die in neue Geschäftsbereiche einsteigen wollen, eine wertvolle Hilfestellung. „Kopfzerbrechen lieber vor der Investition als danach!“ lautet bereits der erste Tipp der Autoren.Table of Contents Management Summary Geschäftsidee und Geschäftsmodell Markt und Wettbewerb Produkt und Dienstleistung Marketing Unternehmen und Management Chancen und Risiken Finanzen und Wirtschaftlichkeit Umsetzungsplanung Stimmen aus der Praxis Businessplan-Fallbeispiele
£46.33
Harwood-Academic Publishers Geochemical Biomarkers
Book SynopsisThis book examines recent advances in the study of geochemical biomarkers, more commonly known as molecular fossils. These advances cover a wide range of applications including formation of different ranks of coals, the diagenetic fate of biological compounds in natural waters, the characterization of depositional environments of petroleum source rocks and the classification of precursor organisms by their molecular fossil remnants. In addition, this volume contains the most extensive collection of material on geochemical markers of the continental basins of China yet to appear in the Western literature.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Biological Markers in Grahamites and Pyrobitumens, J. A.Curiale; Chapter 2 Biomarkers as Source Input Indicators in Source Rocks of Several Terrestrial Basins of China, Xianzhang Zeng, Shuzhen Liu, Shunping Ma; Chapter 3 A New Technique For Oil/Source-Rock and Oil/Oil Correlation., F.Behar, R.Pelet; Chapter 4 Correlation of Oil-Source Biomarkers in Renqiu Oilfield, North China, Baoquan Liu, Xianzhang Zeng, Shuzhen Liu; Chapter 5 Determination of the Mineral-Free Nickel and Vanadium Contents of Green River oil Shale Kerogen, Gary J. van Berkel, Royston H. Filby; Chapter 6 Isolation, Identification and Correlation of Porphyrins from some Continjbntal Crude. Oils, Source Rocks, oil Shales and Coals of China, Zhiqiong Yang, Zhongdi Cheng; Chapter 7 Studies on the Structure of the Terpenoid Sulfide Type Biological Markers in Petroleum, John D.Payzant, Terry D.Cyr, Douglas S.Montgomery, Otto P.Strausz; Chapter 8 Porphyrin Types and Epimers of Triterpanes and Steranes in Coals of Different Ranks in Southeastern Uinta Region, Yong-Da Gu, Yu Wang, Teh Fu Yen; Chapter 9 Biomarker Comparisons of Michigan Basin Oils, K.W. Dunham, P.A. Meyers, J. Rullkötter; Chapter 10 Retene and Pimanthrene from Continental Source Rocks in China, Zhong Di Cheng; Chapter 11 Separation of Vanadium and Nickel Complexes from the Athabasca Oil Sand Asphaltenes, Despina Tooulakou, Royston H. Filby; Chapter 12 Using Mean Square Difference of Steranes and Triterpanes to Correlate Crude Oils and Source Rocks From Western-Liaohe Depression, Naihuang Jiang; Chapter 13 Determination of Biomarkers in Geological Samples by Tandem Mass Spectrometry, R. P. Philp, M. Johnston; Chapter 14 Some Features of Porphyrins and Other Biomarkers in Crude Oil and Source Rock From Continental Salt-Lake Sediments in China, ZhiqiongYang, YuyingTong, ZhaoanFan; Chapter 15 Analysis of Chlorophyll Diagenesis III. The Effect of Metals on the Phorbide to Porphyrin Transition, Pamela P. Zelmer, Jumat Bin Salimon, Eugene H. Man; Chapter 16 Some Features of Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry of Kerogens from Continental Source Rocks in China, Yuying Tong, Fongying Jia; Chapter 17 Presence of Benzohopanes, Monoaromatic Secohopanes, and Saturate Hexacyclic Hydrocarbons in Petroleums from Carbonate Environments, G. G. L.Rinaldi, V. M.Leopold, C. B.Koons; Chapter 18 Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analyses of Geoporphyrins, J.M.E. Quirke, M. Perez, E.D. Britton, R.A. Yost; Chapter 19 Incorporation of Petroporphyrins into Geochemical Correlation Problems, Padmanabhan Sundararaman, J. Michael Moldowan, Wolfgang K. Seifert; Chapter 20 A Biological Marker Study of a Tertiary Sphagnum Coal from Yunan Province, the People’s Republic of China, Jiamo Fu, Guoying Sheng, Simon C. Brassell, Geofrey Eglinton, Ann P. Gower, Deyu Chen, Dehan Liu; Chapter 21 Application of Biomarkers for Characterization of Natural Waters: Black Trona Water, Yu Wang, Lien-Sen Wang, Teh Fu Yen;
£190.00
A A Balkema Publishers Safety in Mines Research
Book SynopsisRapid growth in water requirements makes it necessary to increase the amount of water drawn from rivers. The dams necessary for capturing river water have to be built to resist damage when large floods occur, and an idea of the possible destructive power of floods is given by the front photograph.
£498.75
Editora Signer LTDA New Techniques on Soft Soils
Book Synopsis practically oriented reference volume on soft soil engineering contains case studies of soft soil techniques from all over the world New Techniques on Soft Soils covers a wide range of updated techniques related to site investigation, vertical drains, surcharge, piled embankment, granular piles, deep mixing, monitoring and performance. An essential reference for designers and practitioners involved in soft soil construction, it provides a comprehensive view of current experiences and opinions of researchers and professionals from different parts of the world involving site investigation, design and construction on soft clays.This book presents a collection of selected expert contributions on innovations in soft soil engineering, that were presented at the Symposium on New Techniques for Design and Construction in Soft Clays held in Guarujá, Brazil, on 22 and 23 May 2010.Table of ContentsSECTION 1 Site Investigation, Vertical Drains and SurchargeSECTION 2 Piled Embankments. Granular Piles and Deep MixingSECTION 3 Monitoring & Performance
£190.00
A A Balkema Publishers Geotechnics in the African Environment, volume 1:
Book SynopsisProceedings of the 10th Regional Conference for Africa on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering and the 3rd International Conference on Tropical and Residual Soils, held in Maseru, Lesotho, September 1991, are contained in two volumes. The papers address geotechnical problems peculiar to Africa and engineering solutions for local problems, as well as data on the properties of African soils.
£180.50
A A Balkema Publishers Highway Capacity and Level of Service:
Book SynopsisProceedings of the International Symposium on Highway Capacity, Karlsruhe, Germany, July 1991. Papers range widely from driving behavior and pedestrian to the numerical value of freeway capacity and transit capacity. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
£325.00
A A Balkema Publishers Induced Seismicity
Book SynopsisIn this work, some of the latest advantages in the field of induced seismicity are concentrated for mining-induced (MIS), reservoir-induced (RIS), injection-induced (IIS) and extraction-induced (EIS) seismicity. Included are case studies and generalizations of investigations.
£300.00
A A Balkema Publishers Who Speaks for Tokyo Bay?: Coastal Waters Series
Book SynopsisAn increasing portion of the world's population and economic activity is located on lands adjacent to coastal waters. The result is ever increasing demands on the coastal resources, leading to increasing conflicts among uses and users and to decreased capacity of the resources to provide desired products and services. The study team carried out three analytical tasks. The first was to trace explicitly the evolution of the mix of uses of the bay over time, and the factors responsible therefore. The second was to analyze alternative futures to shed light on the net benefits to society of alternative management strategies. The third was to analyze existing institutional arrangements for decision-making for the Bay. Topics: Context and foci of study; Disposal of solid wastes; Living marine resources; Marine transport; Disposal of liquid wastes; Water-based recreation; Formulationn of the analysis; Estimating benefits implications for management to Tokyo Bay.Table of ContentsContext and foci of study; disposal of solid wastes; living marine resources; marine transport; disposal of liquid wastes; water-based recreation; formulation of the analysis; estimating benefits and costs; existing institutional arrangements and implications for management of Tokyo Bay.
£171.00
A A Balkema Publishers Palaeohistoria 33,34 (1991-1992): Institute of
Book SynopsisThis annual covers excavation reports and analytical studies on archaeology, palaeobotany and archaeozoology. Topics include: island migration of early modern Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia; and Roman Iron Age plant husbandry at Peelo, the Netherlands.
£266.00
A A Balkema Publishers Computers in Mineral Industry
Book SynopsisIn considering how computers are utilized in the mineral industry, this work includes coverage of mineral resource management, national database and national mineral exploration planning; project evaluation and monitoring applications; process control applications; and mine planning and design.Table of ContentsMineral resource management, national database and national mineral exploration planning; project evaluation and monitoring applications; mine planning and design; management information system; mineral exploration and reserve estimation; process control applications; computer system and organization; computer education and its needs; emerging areas - remote control, automation, robotics and artificial intelligence.
£118.75
A A Balkema Publishers Probabilistic Risk and Hazard Assessment:
Book SynopsisHighlights the multi-disciplinary nature of probabilistic risk and hazard assessment procedures. Topics covered include: Hazard scenario analyses (e.g. HAZOP, FMEA); probabilistic risk assessments; consequence modelling; structural reliability; human error; uncertainty analyses; and risk assessment. Topics are related to the design, construction & operation of chemical & process plants; nuclear facilities; bridges & buildings; offshore structures & dams
£152.00
A A Balkema Publishers Prediction Versus Performance in Geotechnical
Book SynopsisContents:Foundation engineering & field & laboratory testing; Ground improvement & reinforced earth; Embankments, Excavations & buried structures; Earth structures, mines & slopes; Dynamic behaviours of soil & earthquakes.
£71.24
A A Balkema Publishers Sensors and Environmental Applications of Remote
Book SynopsisThese papers feature the latest research covering the analysis of data from the most advanced systems, including both visible and infrared optical sensors and both passive and active microwave sensors. Papers are grouped according to broad areas, such as land applications.
£999.99
A A Balkema Publishers Steel Structures- EUROSTEEL '95: Proceedings of
Book SynopsisThe latest developments in analysis and design of a wide range of steel structures, including buildings, bridges, towers, silos, offshore structures etc. Theoretical and experimental investigations on many topics such as analysis and design of elements, frames, connections, plates and shells, composite structures. Moreover fire and earthquake resistance design, fatique design as well as the latest developments in Eurocode3, the European Steel Design Code, which constitutes a major European contribution to modern codes, are also included.
£403.75
A A Balkema Publishers Anchors in Theory and Practice / Anker in Theorie
Book SynopsisOver the past decades a great variety of anchor types has been developed for a multitude of different applications in soils, jointed rock or homogeneous concrete, and thus the experiences gained served a basis for futher development. Special importance was attached to the design of permanent anchors with protection against corrosion and to in situ monitoring in order to ensure the permanent contribution of anchors to the stability of the structure. More than 50 papers are focussing subjects that are of interest to designers, manufacturers, contractors and owners and are dealing with the topics load bearing capacity and effect of anchors, history cases, types of anchors as well as protection against corrosion and long term behaviour.
£64.99
Taylor & Francis Inc Flora of Russia - Volume 9: The European Part and
Book SynopsisThis series of books is a translation of Flora Evropeiskoi Chasti SSR, which provides information on the wild and most important cultivated plants growing in the European portion of Russia and its bordering regions. The text describes plant systematics, habitat conditions, range, and chromosome numbers. The series serves as a manual for botanists, agronomists, teachers, students and naturalists. Volume 9 covers 45 families of higher plants with 162 genera and 860 species. This volume emphasizes the important cultivated species, including wild and introduced plants, and families Chenopodiceae and Polygonaceae.Table of ContentsList of Families included in Flora of Russia: The European Part and Bordering Regions. Regions of Flora of Russia: European Part and Bordering Regions. Family 54. Amaranthaceae Juss Family 55. Chenopdoiaceae Vent Family 56. Polygonaceae Juss Family 57. Plumbaginaceae Juss Family 58. Theligonaceae Dumort Family 59. Paeoniaceae Rudolphi1 Family 60. Hypericaeae Juss.1 Family 61. Elatinaceae Dumort Family 62. Violaceae Batsch Family 63. Cistaceae Juss Family 64. Cucurbitaceae Juss Family 79. Tiliaceae Juss Family 80. Malvaceae Juss Family 81. Buxaceae Dumort Family 82. Euphorbiaceae Juss Family 83. Thymelaeaceae Juss Family 94. Lythraceae St.-Hil Family 95. Punicaceae Horn Family 96. Myrtaceae Juss Family 97. Onagraceae Juss Family 98. Trapaceae Dumort Family 99. Haloragaceaer Br Family 100. Hippuridaceae Link1 Family 101. Anacardiaceae Lindl Family 102. Simaroubaceae DC Family 102A. Meliaceae Juss Family 103. Rutaceae Juss Family 104. Staphyleaceae Lindl Family 104A. Sapindaceae Juss Family 105. Aceraceae Juss Family 106. Hippocastanaceae DC Family 107. Linaceae ex S.F. Gray Family 108. Nitrariaceae Lindl Family 109. Zygophyllacaeae R.Br Family 110. Peganaceae Tiegh. ex Takht Family 111. Oxalidaceae R.Br Family 112. Geraniaceae Juss Family 113. Biebersteiniaceae Agardhl Family 114. Tropaeolaceae DC.2 Family 115. Balsaminaceae A. Rich Family 121. Rhamnaceae Juss Family 122. Vitaceae Juss Family 123. Santalaceae R. Br Family 124. Loranthaceae Juss
£237.50
A A Balkema Publishers Space Informatics for Sustainable Development
Book SynopsisThis text deals with the subject of remote sensing, and the use of technology to aid environmental maintenance. Topics covered include a microcomputer based grassland local administration support system, and the monitoring of Himalayan cryosphere using satellite imagery.Table of ContentsGlobal deforestation and global land degradation; relative radiometric normalization of Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) data using an automatic scattergram - controlled regression; land use and global environment conservation - a modelling approach; a microcomputer based grassland local administration support system; Earth science data and information technology network development in India; monitoring of Himalayan cryosphere using satellite imagery; assessing desertification in arid Australia using satellite data; the integration of remotely sensed data into GIS; automatic detection of forest fires using satellite images. (Part contents).
£133.00
A A Balkema Publishers Schlumberger Geolectric Sounding in Ground Water
Book SynopsisThis text gives students of explorational geophysics a comprehensive view into the interpretation of Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) curves. Civil engineers with an interest in environmental problems and agricultural scientists and engineers interested in irrigation, may find this book useful.
£999.99
A A Balkema Publishers Mine Simulation: Proceedings of the first
Book SynopsisThe symposium is organized by the Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy of the National University of Athens and the Department of Metallurgy and Mining of the University of Idaho. It is intended that this symposium will be the first in a series of symposia on system simulation, artificial intelligence techniques, virtual reality and other related topics, as they apply in mining.The complete proceedings are published on CD-ROM with an accompanying book which contains abstracts (including full title, authors' names and e-mail addresses as well as a keyword index) of all the papers. Also included are the full texts of keynote lectures and a short introduction about the experience gained with this new way of holding a conference.
£190.00
A A Balkema Publishers Environmental & Safety Concerns in Underground
Book SynopsisThis symposium is aimed to promote collaboration and meetings between scholars, professional engineers and the industrial demands of the Asian region, where projects for rock mechanics are very flourishing. Lots of new techniques, theories and case histories on tunnels, underground chambers, mine stopes, nuclear waste disposal repositories and other underground spaces are introduced. The 160 technical papers are focused on the environmental and safety aspects in the design and construction of underground rock structures. Topics: Heat, gas and water flow, and contaminant transport problems in waste disposal; Heat, gas and water flow, and contaminant transport problems in caverns and tunnels; Blasting and machine excavation; Subsidence and ground control; Questions and measures for safety in the design and construction of tunnels; Questions and measures for safety in the design and construction of caverns and openings; Modelling techniques for safety evaluation: Rock characterization; Evaluation of rock mass properties; Simulation of the coupled behavior; Monitoring & interpretation Back analysis and others; Slope stability and landslides.
£114.00
A A Balkema Publishers Future Trends in Remote Sensing
Book SynopsisFuture plans of the European Commission are presented in this volume. Other themes covered include: land applications; ice; water; ocean and coastal management; methods; models; systems aspects; and a section on data fusion.
£145.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Elemental Analysis of Airborne Particles
Book SynopsisAn increased standard of living in developed and developing countries has brought about a distinct rise in pollution. The problem of air pollution has specifically increased the public's awareness of the environmental and health-related consequences resulting from modern day industrial technology. This detailed collection of works devoted to the most popular methods in elemental analysis of airborne particles offers investigators a comprehensive book on the most common laboratory analytical methods currently used in trace element analysis. Discussed are atomic absorption spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma, atomic emission, particle induced gamma ray analysis, particle elastic scattering and Rutherford backscattering, and neutron activation analysis. Specific sections on quality assurance/quality control and source receptor modeling have also been included.Table of Contents1. Spectroscopy Methods (ICP-AES, ICP-MS, Atomic Absorption) 2. X-Ray Fluorescence 3. Neutron Activation Analysis 4. Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission 5. Source-Receptor Modeling 6. Multielemental Methods in Air Pollution Studies 7. Ion Chromatography 8. Standard Reference Materials in Quality Assurance and Quality Control Sampling Methodology 9. Data Basing of Large Sets of Environmental Measurements
£161.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd Plant Chromosomes
Book SynopsisThe past two decades have brought with them remarkable progress in plant chromosomal research. The chromosome structure has been clarified in great detail, enabling identification of gene sequences at the microscopic level, which has aided the analysis of biodiversity. Knowledge of chromosome structure has played a crucial role in the improvement of crop species and has far-reaching implications. The manipulation and engineering of chromosomes involves a panoply of novel methods, combining conventional and modern techniques of biotechnology. A working knowledge of such techniques is essential for today's students and researchers, and the plant system, because of totipotency, requires special treatment. This treatise covers all the latest methods involved in the study of evolution, biodiversity, chromosome manipulation and engineering.Table of ContentsPREFACE, SECTION—I CHROMOSOME RESEARCH IN BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY AND GENETICS, SECTION—II CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS—SCOPE AND ADVANCES, SECTION—III MOLECULAR PATTERN ANALYSIS AND GENE MAPPING IN CHROMOSOMES, SECTION—IV CHROMOSOME MANIPULATION AND ENGINEERING: GENOME AND GENE TRANSFER, SECTION—V MICRODISSECTION AND CHROMOSOME ENGINEERING, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AUTHOR INDEX
£120.00
A A Balkema Publishers Statnamic Loading Test: Proceedings of the 2nd
Book SynopsisThis work examines the Statnamic loading test, which allows the accurate and efficient evaluation of pile performance under intended loads. Topics covered include: case studies; global standardization of rapid load testing; interpretation; and model testing.
£180.50
A A Balkema Publishers Palaeoecology of Africa and the Surrounding
Book SynopsisThese papers derive from a workshop on "Quaternary Sedimentary Records in Central Africa and their Palaeoenvironmental Interpretation", held at the 15th INQUA Congress. They mainly cover the Late Quaternary to Holocene climate and environmental history of today's rainforest regions.
£999.99
A A Balkema Publishers Software Für Statik Und Konstruktion
Book SynopsisSoftware Fur Statik Und Konstruction: Berichte Vom 4, Sofistik. A collection of articles (German edition) on Software For Statics and Constructing: Report 4 by Sofistics
£209.00
A A Balkema Publishers Numerical Modeling in Micromechanics via Particle
Book SynopsisThe variety of applications of PFC has continued to increase in the ten years since the first release of these programs. This volume contains a collection of fifty-two papers selected for presentation at the 2nd PFC Symposium, held 27-29 October 2004, in Kyoto, Japan. These contributions cover a wide range of engineering applications and theoretical developments using PFC, and discrete methods in general. Topics include applications in civil engineering, slope and wall stability, rock fracture, shear flows, geology and industrial engineering. New developments are also described for contact bond models, fluid coupling and model calibration.This proceedings volume illustrates the great variety of PFC applications in different engineering fields, and includes case-studies and general applications as well as research presentations.Table of ContentsPrefaceOrganizationSoil/structural supportSlope and wall stabilityRock fracturesIndustrialShear flowGeologyTheory & developmentFluid couplingLab/element testsauthor index
£228.00
A A Balkema Publishers Geotechnical Aspects of Restoration Works on
Book SynopsisThe Bangkok Symposium (on title) held in November 1988 presented papers deali with Buddhist temples in Thailand, Mohenjodaro in Pakistan, ancient tombs in the Valley of Kings in Egypt, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa as well as sever types of dams in Asia, Europe and Africa, and other structures and m
£350.00
A A Balkema Publishers Earth's Nature from Space - A study of the
Book SynopsisSatellite designers deal with the special features of satellites for remote sensing, engineers explain spacecraft sensors, and mathematicians and specialist programmers discuss the problems of processing remote sensing dat Experts in agriculture, geology, forestry, oceanography and hydrology highli
£275.50
A A Balkema Publishers Catalogue of European industrial capabilities in
Book SynopsisEquipment & services offered by 80 firms in 10 countries.
£247.00
A A Balkema Publishers Rock bolting: Theory and application in mining
Book SynopsisRock bolts today represent the dominant support system in mines and underground structures. Some results and experiences are discussed to give a better understanding of the strength of individual rock bolts and systems of bolts, and the interaction between bolts and rock masses of various types. Topics covered are as follows: rock bolting in theory and experiments; design principles and experience; and ground control and instrumentation: cable boltingTable of ContentsRockbolting in theory and experiments; design principles and experience; and ground control, instrumentation: cable bolting.
£403.75
A A Balkema Publishers The Morphodynamics of the Wadden Sea
Book SynopsisThe Wadden Sea area of the North Sea is one which undergoes rapid morphological changes. Under natural conditions, the barrier islands would adjust them¬selves to a rising sea level. However, be¬cause the islands are densely populated and have an important role as holiday resorts, morphological changes are un¬desirable. Coastal engineering counter-measures have been undertaken to pre¬vent beach erosion, shifting of tidal in¬lets, breaching of dune ridges and land¬ward-directed washover. The natural processes and the results of human inter¬ference including the negative conse¬quences of many of the measures are discussed in detail. The author presents the current state of research, together with the results of his own investigations. In addition, a comprehensive description of the geomorphological development and recent problems of the barrier is¬lands from Texel to Fanø is given forthe first time. The book includes 40 colour photographs and 393 figures, almost all previously unpublished. Sat¬ellite and radar imagery as well as many aerial photographs are also included. The book is intended for geomorphologists, sedimentologists, environmentalists and all those with a scientific interest in tidal flats and barrier islands.
£237.50
A A Balkema Publishers Prediction and Performance in Geotechnical
Book SynopsisProceedings of an international symposium, with the focus on Prediction and Performance in Geotechnical Engineering held in Calgary, on the 17-19 June 1987.
£375.00
A A Balkema Publishers Modelling of Mine Structures: Proceedings of the
Book SynopsisProceedings of the 10th Plenary Scientific Session of the International Bureau of Strata Mechanics, World Mining Congress, Stockholm, June 1987. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.Table of ContentsIntroduction, 1. Fundamentals and rock data, 2. Modelling methods, 3. Applications in mine design
£218.50
A A Balkema Publishers Mining in the Arctic
Book SynopsisProceedings of the 1st International Symposium on [title] held in Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1989. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
£218.50
A A Balkema Publishers Agricultural Engineering Volume 3: Agricultural
Book SynopsisThis set of proceedings volumes provides a broad coverage of basic and applied research projects dealing with the application of engineering principles to both food production and processing. The set consists of the following four volumes: Land and water use, Agricultural buildings, Agricultural mechanisation and Power, processing and systems. Includes about 450 papers from over 50 countries worldwide, drawn from the Eleventh International Congress on Agricultural Engineering, Dublin, 4-8 September 1989.
£247.00
The University of Chicago Press Meet Joe Copper Masculinity and Race on Montanas
Book SynopsisDescribes the formation of a masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived - on the job, and through union politics. This title provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era.Trade Review"Matthew L. Basso's evidence and interpretations regarding the significance of masculinity to the values, actions, and concerns of working-class civilian men in Montana's copper industry substantially revise our understandings of the middle decades of the twentieth century." (Karen Anderson, author of Wartime Women)"
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press The Economics of Food Price Volatility NBER
Book SynopsisThere has been an increase in food price instability in recent years, with varied consequences for farmers, market participants, and consumers. Does financial speculation affect food price volatility? This book address this and other questions.
£106.40
The University of Chicago Press Debt and Dispossession
Book SynopsisThe farm crisis of the 1980s was the greatest economic disaster to hit rural America since the Depression. The crisis gave rise to a social trauma that affects farmers in the 21st century. This is a chronicle of the experience.Trade Review"Dudley presents a subtle, insightful, and nuanced treatment of the rural 'community' itself, emphasizing its divisions and contradictions.... [A] very good and enlightening book. With Debt and Dispossession, Kathryn Dudley joins the ranks of such anthropologists as Jane Adams, Deborah Fink, and Sonya Salomon." - David Danbom, Rural History; "Dudley writes with rare skill and passion. This is a mid-stream account of America coming of age. Midwesterners are protagonists who may yet wrest a more satisfactory resolution, thanks to this superb contribution." - Deborah Fink, Annals of Iowa
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Why Americans Hate Welfare Race Media and the
Book SynopsisAsks whether traditional observations about farm families apply to three hundred Iowa children who grew up with some tie to the land during the agricultural crisis of the 1980s, a time of widespread farm bankruptcies and factory closings. The answer, the authors show, is a resounding yes.Trade Review"What is it about 'ties to the land' that influences the development of young people? The answers the authors provide are not only analytically compelling, but they reveal invaluable insights for solving many of the problems facing our urban and suburban school communities as they struggle to provide meaningful environments for socializing and educating our adolescents into productive adults." (American Journal of Sociology) "A welcome corrective to the literature on development, which has focused almost exclusively on metropolitan areas.... Through their careful connection of life choices to life chances in historical context, the authors offer a model of sociological inquiry worthy of emulation." (Social Forces)"
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press The Lysenko Affair
Book SynopsisThe Lysenko affair was perhaps the most bizarre chapter in the history of modern science. For thirty years, until 1965, Soviet genetics was dominated by a fanatical agronomist who achieved dictatorial power over genetics and plant science as well as agronomy. A standard source both for Soviet specialists and for sociologists of science.American Journal of Sociology Joravsky has produced . . . the most detailed and authoritative treatment of Lysenko and his view on genetics.New York Times Book Review
£38.00
The University of Chicago Press Natural Resources and the New Frontier
Book SynopsisA history of China's Xinjiang Province that shows how the hunt for natural resources determined how Chinese and Russian authorities viewed and tried to control it over the years.
£91.00
University of Chicago Press Natural Resources and the New Frontier
Book SynopsisA history of China’s Xinjiang Province that shows how the hunt for natural resources determined how Chinese and Russian authorities viewed and tried to control it over the years.
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press Slaughterhouse
Book SynopsisPacyga guides readers through the history of Chicago's Union Stock Yard as only an insider can, covering the rough and toxic life inside the plants and their lasting effects on the world outside.Trade Review"For many people Henry Ford's 1913 Detroit assembly line is a symbol of technological triumph. This book shows that Chicago's 1865 disassembly line was an earlier more complete wonder, rapidly transporting animals, keeping them healthy and watered, dividing them into a wide variety of of products, communicating ownership and destination, and keeping meticulous accounts of all the processes. The speed and dexterity were put on display, proudly exploiting labor, advertising efficiency, making Chicago incredibly wealthy. This is a stunning account of the growth, complexity, rewards, and costs of modernity."--Garry Wills, author of Lincoln at Gettysburg "Pacyga has taken as his subject a single square mile, a small patch of urban land on the south side of Chicago, and has told an epic story--the rise of the Union Stockyards and Packingtown, their heyday as a great industrial complex and engine of modern America, their precipitous decline after World War II and their unexpected recent resurgence as a site of new industrial possibilities. It is a big story of rapid, and frequently unsettling, economic, technological, and social change, and Pacyga has told it in a vivid and compelling way."--Robert Bruegmann, University of Illinois at Chicago Winner--2016 "Illinois State Historical Society's Russell P. Strange Book of the Year " "Pacyga has written an intimate, elegant, fascinating, and informative story of one of America's greatest industrial complexes. As Pacyga shows, the dismal, exploitative, vibrant, and contested histories of the stockyards and the meatpacking factories are illustrative of both the fractured dynamics of American industrial capitalism and the rise and fall of the great industrial city of Chicago. Slaughterhouse is vital reading for all concerned with urban, industrial, and social history."--Robert Lewis, author of Chicago Made: Factory Networks in the Industrial Metropolis "Pacyga is the great bard of Chicago-historian, raconteur, social critic. Slaughterhouse is a critically important book about one of the city's epic neighborhoods."--Robert Slayton, author of Back of the Yards
£17.10
