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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Comparative Urbanism fully transforms the scope and purpose of urban studies today, distilling innovative conceptual and methodological tools. The theoretical and empirical scope is astounding, enlightening, emboldening. Robinson peels away conceptual labels that have anointed some cities as paradigmatic and left others as mere copies. She recalibrates overly used theoretical perspectives, resurrects forgotten ones long in need of a dusting off, and brings to the fore those often marginalised. Robinson’s approach radically re-distributes who speaks for the urban, and which urban conditions shape our theoretical understandings. With Comparative Urbanism in our hands, we can start the practice of urban studies anywhere and be relevant to any number of elsewheres.’Jane M. Jacobs, Professor of Urban Studies, Yale-NUS College, Singapore ‘How to think the multiplicity of urban realities at the same time, across different times and rhythmic arrangements; how to move with the emergences and stand-stills, with conceptualisations that do justice to all things gathered under the name of the urban. How to imagine comparatively amongst differences that remain different, individualised outcomes, but yet exist in-common. No book has so carefully conducted a specifically urban philosophy on these matters, capable of beginning and ending anywhere.’AbdouMaliq Simone, Senior Research Fellow, Urban Institute, University of Sheffield ‘Jenny Robinson’s strong belief in the need to experiment with comparative methods, theories and concepts in urban studies for ‘a globally diverse urban’ has long inspired many of us. In this book, she takes this plea forward in a comprehensive journey through philosophy, anthropology and geography. Her wonderful voice in this book takes the reader by the hand through a landscape of ideas and a heartfully felt passion for comparative urbanism. Written by one of the most original geographers of our times, it provides resources to make interdisciplinary scholarship work by drawing on many theoretical angles from various corners of the field of social sciences and humanities. It is a must-read for all of us interested in that ‘impossible’ object of our studies, the urban, whether we are starting to explore this field of study or share the dearly felt need to re-imagine our central concepts in this rapidly changing world.’Talja Blokland, Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt-University of BerlinTable of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface Preface ix Introduction 1 Part I Reformatting Comparison 23 1 Ways of Knowing the Global Urban 25 Uncertain Territories, ‘Strategic Essentialisms’: Regions, the Global South and beyond 27 The Disappearing City: Planetary Urbanisation and its Critics 35 Decolonial, Developmental, Emergent: Different Starting Points, or Incomparability? 41 Dimensions of a Comparative Urban Imagination 47 Conclusion 50 2 The Limits of Comparative Methodologies in Urban Studies 53 Some Analytical Limits to the ‘World’ of Cities: Beyond Incommensurability 54 Conventional Strategies for Comparison in Urban Studies 57 The Potential of Comparative Research 69 Conclusion 76 3 Comparative Urbanism in the Archives: Thinking with Variety, Thinking with Connections 79 Expanding the Comparative Gesture 80 Thinking with Variety 83 Stretching Comparisons: Thinking with Connections 91 Conclusion 104 4 Thinking Cities through Elsewhere: Reformatting Comparison 107 Thinking with Concrete Totalities 108 Singularities, Repeated Instances, Concepts 119 Genetic and Generative Grounds for Urban Comparisons 125 Conclusion: From Grounds to Tactics 128 Part II Genetic Comparisons 135 5 Connections 137 Connections as Urbanisation Processes 138 Connections Producing Repeated Instances 146 Every Case Matters 154 Conclusion 159 6 Relations 161 Wider Processes 164 Urban Neoliberalisation, Comparatively 171 Connected Contexts 186 More Spatialities of the Urban: Topologies, Partial Connections, Submarine Relations 191 Conclusion 195 Part III Generative Comparisons 199 7 Generating Concepts 201 The Conceptualising Subject: Institutions, Horizons, Grounds 204 A Life of Concepts: Ideal Types 217 Thinking the ‘Concrete’ 230 Negotiated Universals: Concepts ‘In-common’ 235 Conclusion 243 8 Composing Comparisons 247 Working with ‘Conjuncture’ 249 Conceptualising from Specificity 263 Thinking across Diversity 271 Conclusion 276 9 Conversations 279 Shifting Grounds: Comparison as Practice 280 Comparison as Conversations 284 Theoretical Reflections 292 Mobile Concepts, or ‘Arriving at’ Concepts 295 Conclusion 301 Part IV Thinking from the Urban as Distinctive 305 10 Territories 307 Thinking from Territories 308 Which Territorialisations? 312 Assembling Territories 320 Conclusion 325 11 Into the Territory, or, the Urban as Idea 329 Detachment 331 Suturing 336 Standstill 340 Ideas 346 Informality, as Idea 357 Conclusion 362 Conclusion: Starting Anywhere, Thinking with (Elsew)here 369 A Reformatted Urban Comparison 370 Conceptualisation 376 An Explosion of Urban Studies 383 References 387 Index 441

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Book SynopsisGet clear about why climate change is so complicated and discover how you can help reverse it More and more frequent extreme weather events occur each year, and planet Earth is in danger of developing more climates where life whether animal, vegetable, or human is unsustainable. Climate Change For Dummies explains how rising temperatures, shrinking lakes, rising oceans, and shifting weather patterns affect your life on a daily basis. And of course the book goes a step further and offers suggestions about how you can take steps to limit your impact on the environment and help to reverse climate change. This straightforward guide demystifies the impact of climate's No. 1 enemy carbon dioxide and breaks down the many sources of this damaging but inescapable gas. From there, the book reveals how rising CO2 levels affect the weather, water levels, plant and animal species around the world, the food you eat, and your health. But the situation isn't hopeless! Climate Change For Dummies outlines actions governments, industries, and you can take to fight global warming and turn the tide to live in a cooler world. Discover details about * Short- and long-term effects of climate change * How some actions contribute to climate change and others reduce it * The many options for renewable energy and the pros and cons of nuclear energy * Actions nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are taking to draw attention to the climate crisis * The debate around whether climate change even needs to be addressed Climate change won't be easy to overcome, but when you're armed with the facts, you can do your best to make a difference. Let Climate Change For Dummies point you in the right direction.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond This Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Understanding Climate Change 5 Chapter 1: Covering the Basics of Climate Change 7 Getting a Basic Overview — Global Warming 101 8 Heating things up with GHGs 8 Investigating other causes of global warming 9 Tapping into The Roots of Global Warming 12 Fueling global warming 12 Heating up over deforestation 13 Examining the Effects of Global Warming around the World 13 The United States and Canada 14 Latin America 16 Europe 17 Africa 18 Asia 18 Australia and New Zealand 19 Small islands 20 Polar regions 20 Positive Politics: Governments and Global Warming 22 Making a difference from city hall to the nation’s capital 22 Working with a global government 23 Helping developing countries 23 Solving the Problem 24 Changing to alternative energies 24 Getting down to business 25 Making it personal 26 Chapter 2: Looking Closely at Greenhouse Earth 27 Examining Greenhouse Effect 101 28 Focusing On Carbon Dioxide: Leader of the Pack 30 Looking at the carbon cycle 31 Investigating humanity’s impact on the carbon cycle 36 Checking Out the Other GHGs 39 Methane (CH4) 40 Nitrous oxide (N2O) 42 Hexafluoro-what? 42 Other players on the GHG bench 43 Chapter 3: Recognizing the Big Deal about Carbon 47 Considering Other Causes of Global Warming 48 Solar cycles — Irradiance and Milankovitch 49 Cloud cover 49 Long-term climate trends 50 Making the Case for Carbon 51 Geologic and prehistoric evidence 52 Modeling and forecasting 53 A few degrees is a lot 55 Going, going, gone The tipping point 56 Eyeballing the Consequences of Continued Carbon Dioxide Increases 57 What happens when the mercury rises 58 Cutting back on carbon 58 Part 2: Tracking Down the Causes 61 Chapter 4: Living in the Dark Ages of Fossil Fuels 63 From Fossils to Fuel — How Fossil Fuels Came to Be 64 Examining the Different Types of Fossil Fuels 66 Coal 67 Oil 68 Natural gas 71 Fueling Civilization’s Growth: Adding to the Greenhouse Effect 73 A growing world population’s impact 73 Growing economies also play a role 74 Chapter 5: Getting Right to the Source: The Big Emitters 77 Power to the People: Energy Use 77 Producing electricity 78 Using up energy in buildings 79 Powering industry 81 The Road to Ruin: Transportation and GHGs 84 Cheap goods at a high price to the climate 85 Keep on truckin’ 85 Draining the Carbon Sinks: Land Use 87 Timber! Deforestation 87 Down on the farm: Agriculture and livestock 88 Chapter 6: Taking It Personally: Individual Sources of Emissions 91 Driving Up Emissions: Transportation and GHGs 92 Driving 93 Flying 94 Using Energy around the House 95 Controlling the climate in your home 96 Operating electric appliances 98 You Are What You Eat: Food and Carbon 99 Wasting Away 99 Part 3: Examining the Effects of Climate Change 101 Chapter 7: Focusing on Not-So-Natural Disasters 103 H2 Oh No: Watery Disasters 104 Rising sea levels 104 Melting mountain glaciers 106 Putting a brake on the Gulf Stream 109 Rainfall (or lack thereof) 111 Flooding 111 Freshwater contamination 113 Stormy Weather: More Intense Storms and Hurricanes 113 Forest Fires and Wildfires: Trees and Grasses as Fuel 114 Considering the costs 115 Recognizing how they start and how to prevent them 115 Turning Up the Heat 116 Examining the Negative Side Effects of Positive Feedback Loops 117 Chapter 8: Risking Flora and Fauna: Impacts on Plants and Animals 121 Understanding the Stresses on Ecosystems 122 Ecosystems can adapt to some climate change 122 Some species have limitations for adapting 123 Warming the World’s Waters: Threats to the Underwater World 124 Under the sea 125 Lakes, rivers, wetlands, and bogs 129 Risking Earth’s Forests 130 Tropical 131 Boreal 131 Preparing for Mass Extinctions 133 Life’s no beach: Endangered tropical species 134 Thin ice: Polar bears and other polar animals 135 Chapter 9: Hitting Home: Global Warming’s Direct Effect on People 137 Focusing on the Health Scare — Outbreaks and Diseases 138 Dengue fever 139 Lyme disease 140 Other diseases and problems worsened by global warming 140 Putting Pressure on the Fields 143 Affecting farmers 143 Hurting the global food supply 144 Paying the Price for Global Warming 145 Highways, waterworks, and the other stuff humans build 146 An unfair split: Costs to the industrialized and developing nations 147 Feeling the Heat First: Unequal Effects 149 Northern Hemisphere communities 150 People in poverty 152 Women (and children) 152 Part 4: Political Progress: Fighting Global Warming Nationally and Internationally 155 Chapter 10: Voting for Your Future: What Governments Can Do 157 If They Had a Million Dollars (Wait — They Do! —Funding Measures 159 Creating incentives 160 Planning for emissions trading 161 Putting Programs into Place 164 Research 164 Education and awareness 165 Adaptation 166 Cleaning Up Transportation 171 Bringing back the bike 171 Investing in public transportation 172 Greening cars 172 Dealing with personal vehicles 173 Redefining Long-Term Investments 174 Considering the lack of progress 175 Focusing on the good news 175 Recognizing the countries leading the way 176 Laying Down the Law 178 Improving building regulations 178 Regulating energy use 179 Taxing the polluters 180 Identifying Some Success Stories 182 Cities and towns 182 States, provinces, and territories 183 Countries 185 Chapter 11: Beyond Borders: Progress on a Global Level 187 Understanding Why Global Agreements Are Important 188 Examining the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change 189 Recognizing what the Convention does 190 Establishing a game plan 191 Dividing up the parties 192 Looking At the Paris Agreement 193 Setting targets 193 Adding flexibility 196 Ratifying climate pacts 197 Introducing the World’s Authority on Global Warming: The IPCC 198 Getting to know the IPCC 199 Reading the reports 199 Chapter 12: Developing in the Face of Climate Change 201 Identifying Challenges Faced by Developed and Developing Nations 202 Promising Developments: Looking at Progress in China, Brazil, and India 204 China 205 Brazil 208 India 211 Choosing Sustainable Development 213 Understanding what sustainable development is 213 Expressing what developing countries can do 214 How industrialized countries can help 216 Part 5: Solving the Problem 221 Chapter 13: Powering the World — Renewable Green Energy 223 Addressing Energy Demand 224 Being more efficient 224 Combining heat and power 226 Changing How to Handle Fossil Fuel’s Emissions 227 Capturing and storing carbon dioxide 228 Considering carbon capture cons 230 Reducing Energy Demand 231 Investigating Renewable Energy Options 232 Blowin’ in the wind 233 Here comes the sun 235 Heat from the ground up 238 Hydropower 239 Ocean power 240 From plants to energy 241 Nothing wasted 242 Exploring Another Nonrenewable Energy Source: Nuclear Power 245 Understanding nuclear power 245 Looking at the positives 246 Weighing the negatives 246 Chapter 14: Show Me the Money: Business and Industrial Solutions 249 Processing and Manufacturing Efficiently 250 Taking steps to conserve energy 251 Using energy efficiently 252 Considering individual industries 253 Trading Carbon between Manufacturers — The Carbon Market 254 Constructing Greener Buildings 256 Cutting back on heating and cooling 256 Exploring energy alternatives 257 Certifying new buildings 257 Identifying Corporate Success Stories 258 Recognizing Corporate Nonsuccess Stories 259 Focusing on Support from the Professional Service Sector 261 Banking on the environment 261 Stranding assets and liabilities 262 Insuring against climate change 263 Making it legal 264 Looking At Farming and Forestry 264 Supplying biofuels 265 Improving land management 265 Reducing rice farms’ emissions 268 Chapter 15: Activists without Borders: Nongovernmental Organizations 271 Understanding What NGOs Do 272 Educating people 272 Keeping watch 273 Getting the word out 274 Working with industry and government 275 Meeting This Generation 278 The importance of youth 279 Groups that speak up 279 Getting Involved 280 Seeking out groups 280 Helping out 281 Chapter 16: Lights, Camera, Action: The Media and Climate Change 285 Growing News Coverage 285 Bias and balance: Distorting the story 286 Consider the source: Being an informed media consumer 286 Focusing on Science on the Red Carpet 288 Movies: Facts and (science) fiction 288 For the kids (and adults, too) 291 Following the stars 292 Worldwide Warming: Climate Change Blogs 293 Bestselling Books: Reading between the Lines 294 True stories 294 Fiction and fairytales 296 Chapter 17: Figuring Out How to Change before Global Warming Is Unstoppable 297 Asking Tough Questions 297 Making the Changes in Limited Time 298 Staying within the carbon budget: Is it possible? 299 Getting to net zero — Is it possible? 300 Staying below “1.5 to stay alive” — Is it possible? 300 Addressing What Needs to be Done 301 Forecasting a path to 1.5 degrees 301 Understanding Disruption 303 Predicting what disruption of fossil fuels looks like 303 Recognizing the cost of disruption 304 Considering other benefits to disruption 306 Ending the Dominance of Fossil Fuels as Humanity’s Main Source of Energy 308 Changing the ways humans use energy and power to get things done 308 Changing what political leaders see the best interests of humanity 309 Understanding How Disruption Can Be Accelerated 311 Getting There from Here: A Conversation among Citizens 312 Part 6: The Part of Tens 315 Chapter 18: Ten (Plus One) Things You Can Do to Fight Climate Change 317 Greening Your Car 318 Upgrading Major Appliances 319 Buttoning Up Your House 319 Making Your Daily Living More Energy Efficient 319 At home 320 On the road 320 At work 321 Going Vegetarian or Vegan (Sort of) 322 Reducing Food Waste 322 Supporting Clean, Renewable Energy 323 Being a Smart Investor and Encouraging Smart Disinvestment 324 Getting (or Making) a Green Collar Job 324 Helping To Make Change Where You Live 326 Spreading the Word 327 Chapter 19: Ten (Plus Three) Inspiring Leaders in the Fight 329 Arnold Schwarzenegger 330 Angela Merkel 330 Mia Amor Mottley 331 Bill McKibben 331 George Monbiot 331 Sheila Watt-Cloutier 332 Elizabeth Wathuti 332 Greta Thunberg 333 Michael Mann 333 Katharine Hayhoe 334 James Hansen 334 Bill Gates 335 Nandita Bakhshi 335 Chapter 20: Top Ten Myths about Climate Change Debunked 337 Knowing That a Debate Doesn’t Exist among Scientists 338 Recognizing That Human Activity Has Caused Current Global Warming 339 Looking into the Danger of Increased Carbon Dioxide Concentrations 340 Discovering the Truth about Sunspots 340 Understanding That Scientists Don’t Exaggerate to Get More Funding 341 Grasping the Misconceptions about the Science of Global Warming 341 Thinking It’s All Your Fault 342 Considering You Can’t Do Anything about It 343 Pinning the Blame on Developing Countries Isn’t Realistic 343 Living with Climate Change — and Doing Something about It 344 Chapter 21: Ten (Plus One) Online Climate Change Resources 345 National Geographic 346 Three Other Kid-Friendly Sites 346 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 347 Climate Analysis Indicators Tool 347 Canada’s Environment and Climate Change 347 The U.K.’s Climate Challenge 348 Environmental Protection Agency 348 The International Energy Agency 349 Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change 350 Index 351

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Book SynopsisForest Ecology Forest Ecology An Evidence-Based Approach Forest ecology is the science that deals with everything in forests, including plants and animals (and their interactions), the features of the environment that affect plants and animals, and the interactions of humans and forests. All of these components of forests interact across scales of space and time. Some interactions are constrained, deterministic, and predictable; but most are indeterminant, contingent, and only broadly predictable. Forest Ecology: An Evidence-Based Approach examines the features common to all forests, and those unique cases that illustrate the importance of site-specific factors in determining the structure, function, and future of a forest. The author emphasizes the role of evidence in forest ecology, because appealing, simple stories often lead to misunderstandings about how forests work. A reliance on evidence is central to distinguishing between appealing stories and stories that actually fit real forests. The evidence-based approach emphasizes the importance of real-world, observable science in forests. Classical approaches to ecology in the twentieth century often over-emphasized appealing concepts that were not sufficiently based on real forests. The vast amount of information now available on forests allows a more complete coverage of forest ecology that relies on a strong, empirical foundation. Forest Ecology: An Evidence-Based Approach is the ideal companion text for the teaching of upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in forest ecology.Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1: The nature of forest Chapter 2: Forest environments Chapter 3: Evolution and adaptation in forests Chapter 4: Physiology and life history of trees Chapter 5: Ecology of wildlife in forests Chapter 6: Forest soils, nutrient cycling, and hydrology Chapter 7: Ecology of growth of trees and forests Chapter 8: Forests across space Chapter 9: Forests through time Chapter 10: Events in forests: winds, insects and diseases Chapter 11: Events in forests: fire Chapter 12: Events in forests: management Chapter 13: Conservation, sustainability and restoration of forests Chapter 14: Forests of the future References Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart I Planet Earth Chapter 1 Humans and the EnvironmentChapter 2 Environmental JusticeChapter 3 Architecture of the Earth and Atmosphere Chapter 4 Climate Change Chapter 5 Natural Pollution Chapter 6 Environmental Perspective on Rocks and MineralsChapter 7 Natural Hazards and Pollution Part II Pollution of the Earth Chapter 8 Pollution of GroundwaterChapter 9 Pollution of Rivers and Surface Waters Chapter 10 Pollution of SoilChapter 11 Ecosystem PollutionChapter 12 Ocean PollutionChapter 13 Air Pollution and Weather Part III Development and Resource Usage Chapter 14 Mining and Earth ResourcesChapter 15 Military and PollutionChapter 16 Agricultural Pollution Chapter 17 Nuclear Energy and Dangers Part IV Remediation of the Environment Chapter 18 Waste Disposal Chapter 19 Environmental Industry and Clean upChapter 20 Is It Too Late?

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the increasing role of development organizations in securitization processes and argues that the new security-development counter piracy framework is (re)shaping political geographies of piracy by promoting disciplinary strategies aimed at the prevention and containment of gendered and racialized actions and bodies in Somalia.Trade Review"Brittany Gilmer offers readers a fascinating, front row seat to the institutional response to piracy. Her ethnography is a detailed and innovative examination of how piracy has become securitized. Understood through Gilmer's critical lens, the front line workers of development themselves become the lucrative subjects of securitization as they compete for funding and become 'piratized' in the process." - Alison Mountz, Wilfrid Laurier University, CanadaTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Setting the Stage: Studies, Geographies, and Approaches 2. State of Crisis: Rooting Piracy in Security and Development 3. Pirate Mania: Global Discourse, Unlikely Partnerships, and New Strategies 4. Behind Office Doors: Constructing Threats, Campaigns, and Identities 5. On the Ground in Somalia: Gender, Security, and Social Reproduction 6. At Sea and Inside Prisons: Marked Bodies, Mobilities, and Resistance 7. Pirate Pie: Political Economy, Piratization, and Institutional Survival 8. Beyond Intervention: Preventing Actions, Containing Bodies, and Making Profits

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Book SynopsisWomen migrants are doubly-disadvantaged by their sex and outsider status when moving to a new country. Highly skilled women are no exception to this rule. This book explores the complex relationship between gender and high-skill migration, with a special focus on the impact of the current economic crisis on highly skilled women-migrants in Europe.Trade Review" [...] this volume's incisive and wide-ranging analysis suggests that the implications for skilled migrants are far from positive, with widespread deskilling, especially among women. Isaakyan and Triandafyllidou have, for the first time, brought together a brilliant set of case studies from across Europe in a range of sectors to argue that the the gendered outcomes of the crisis for highly skilled migrants has been far from gender-neutral. This is a wonderful contribution to both the literature on the crisis and on skilled migration." - Parvati Raghuram, The Open University, UK "There is a lot of noise but not much research on high skill migration in Europe. Triandafyllidou and Isaakyan's edited book fills the void, providing first-hand data and adding an original interpretative angle to the general picture. With an admirable variety of sources and methods, the authors outline how the looming Euro-crisis further exacerbates gender-based differences in migration trajectories. As public debate on the effects of intra-EU mobility abounds, this volume is a healthy antidote to the all-too common, over-simplified contrast between low-skill and high-skill migrants." - Ettore Recchi, Sciences Po, France "Ever wondered who are these 'best and brightest' that countries try to attract with their policies on high skill migration? Ever wondered what the crisis did to these policies? This book shows the gender bias involved, and the indirect but powerful impact of the crisis on high skill female migrants, leaving female migrants mostly underpaid and overqualified. A brilliant contribution to migration, recession and gender scholarship!" - Mieke Verloo, Radboud University Nijmegen, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsPART I: FEMALE HIGH SKILL MIGRATION: CONCEPTS AND DYNAMICS 1. Introduction. Female High Skill Migration in the 21st Century: The Challenge of the Recession; Irina Isaakyan; Anna Triandafyllidou 2. European Policies to Attract Talent: The Crisis and Highly Skilled Migration Policy Changes; Lucie Cerna; Mathias Czaika 3. Female High Skilled Emigration from Southern Europe and Ireland After the Crisis; Anna Triandafyllidou; Carmen Gonzalez-Enriquez 4. Crisis and Beyond: Intra-EU Mobility of Polish and Spanish Migrants in a Comparative Perspective; Pawel Kaczmarczyk; Mikolaj Stanek PART II: FEMALE HIGH SKILL MIGRATION: A SECTOR-SPECIFIC APPROACH 5. Migration of Nurses and Doctors in the European Union and the European Free Trade Association; Gilles Dussault; James Buchan; Isabel Craveiro 6. Migration of Engineers and the Gender Dimension; Matthew Dixon 7. Southern European Highly Skilled Female Migrants in Male-Dominated Sectors in Times of Crisis: A Look into the IT and Engineering Sectors; Ruby Gropa; Laura Bartolini 8. International Students Mobility, Gender Dimension and Crisis; Marta Moskal 9. Exploring the Intersecting Impact of Gender and Citizenship on Spatial and Academic Career Mobility; Kyoko Shinozaki PART III: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: TOWARDS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE FEMALE HIGH-SKILL MIGRANT IN EUROPE 10. The Problem Of Skill Waste Among Highly Skilled Migrant Women In The UK Care Sector; Sondra Cuban 11. American Women in Southern Europe: A New Source of High Skill Workforce for the Eurocrisis Zone; Irina Isaakyan 12. Re-Thinking the Gender Dimension of High Skill Migration; Anna Triandafyllidou; Irina Isaakyan

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Book SynopsisThis exciting new title in the Theatre And series explores how theatre and the environment have informed and continue to inform each other, considering both what theatre can do for the environment and what the environment can do for theatre. Drawing on a diverse range of case studies from writers and theatre-makers, Vicky Angelaki encourages a sense of responsibility towards the environment and examines how it is being handled by artists and performers in our time. Timely and topical, this concise introduction is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students of theatre and performance studies with an interest in the environment, contemporary theatre-making or site-specific performance.Trade ReviewA vibrant and timely book, bursting with diverse performance practices engaged with pressing environmental concerns. Angelaki offers capacious provocations that will encourage those who make theatre to confront the urgency of non-human/human interconnection for years to come. * Evelyn O'Malley, University of Exeter, UK *Table of ContentsThe Environment, Now The Anthropocene and the Eco-lexicon Towards an Eco-theatre and Eco-performance Playwriting Directors and Companies Public Art, Communities and Citizen Initiatives Futures (In Lieu of a Conclusion).

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Book SynopsisLiterary Geography provides an introduction to work in the field, making the interdiscipline accessible and visible to students and academics working in literary studies and human geography, as well as related fields such as the geohumanities, place writing and geopoetics. Emphasising the long tradition of work with literary texts in human geography, this volume: provides an overview of literary geography as an interdiscipline, which combines aims and methods from human geography and literary studies explains how and why literary geography differs from spatially-oriented critical approaches in literary studies reviews geographical work with literary texts from the late 19th century to the present day includes a glossary of key terms and concepts employed in contemporary literary geography. Accessible and clear, this comprehensive overview is an essential guide for anyone interested in learning more about the history, cuTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsSeries Editor PrefaceIntroduction Origins Aims and Methods Genres Mappings Representation Futures GlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisPublic Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear and systematic guide. In this new edition the book has been extensively revised and restructured. Carmona advances the idea of urban design as a continuous process of shaping places, fashioned in turn by shifting global, local and power contexts. At the heart of the book are eight key dimensions of urban design theory and practiceâtemporal, perceptual, morphological, visual, social, functionalâand two new process dimensionsâdesign governance and place production.This extensively updated and revised third edition is more international in its scope and coverage, incorporating new thinking on technological impact, climate change adaptation, strategies for urban decline, cultural and social diversity, place value, healthy cities and more, all illustrated with nearly 1,000 carefully chosen images. Public Places Urban Spaces is a classic urban design text, and everyone in the field should own a copy. Trade Review‘The third and the newest edition of the book is one of the best documentations of urban design discourse, not just because of the sheer volume of the materials covered, but also because it helps to "make sense of the complex overlapping and sometimes confusing urban design literature- Hooman Foroughmand Araabi, Journal of Urban DesignTable of ContentsChapter 1. Urban Design Process: Shaping Better PlacesChapter 2. The Shifting Contexts for Urban DesignChapter 3. The Temporal DimensionChapter 4. The Perceptual DimensionChapter 5. The Morphological DimensionChapter 6. The Visual DimensionChapter 7. The Social DimensionChapter 8. The Functional DimensionChapter 9. The Design Governance DimensionChapter 10. The Place Production Dimension

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Book SynopsisSacred Ecology examines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples around the world, and asks how we can learn from this knowledge and ways of knowing. Berkes explores the importance of local and indigenous knowledge as a complement to scientific ecology, and its cultural and political significance for indigenous groups themselves. With updates of relevant links for further learning and over 180 new references, the fourth edition gives increased voice to indigenous authors, and reflects the remarkable increase in published local observations of climate change.Table of Contents1 Context of Traditional Ecological Knowledge 2 Traditional Knowledge Comes of Age 3 Intellectual Roots of Traditional Ecological Knowledge4 Traditional Knowledge Systems in Practice 5 Cree Worldview "From the Inside" 6 A Story of Caribou and Social Learning 7 Cree Fishing Practices as Adaptive Management 8 Climate Change and Indigenous Ways of Knowing 9 Holism of Indigenous Knowledge, Complex Systems, and Fuzzy Logic10 How Local and Traditional Knowledge Develops11 Indigenous Knowledge in Context: Myths, Worldviews, Contemporary Applications12 Toward a Unity of Mind and Nature

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Book SynopsisAlthough upwards of 50,000 environmental assessments (EAs) are prepared annuallycompared to some 500 environmental impact statements (EISs)the focus of U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations is on defining requirements for preparing EISs. Written by Charles Eccleston and J. Peyton Doub, who have established themselves among the top environmental experts in the world, Preparing NEPA Environmental Assessments: A User's Guide to Best Professional Practices fills the need for an authoritative and comprehensive guide on how to prepare EAs.Bridging the regulatory gap, this book identifies relevant EIS regulatory requirements that can be logically interpreted to also apply to EAs. It compiles and synthesizes information scattered throughout NEPA's regulations, executive orders, and guidance documents, and incorporates case law to provide additional clarification. The authors also draw on the professional experiences and best profeTrade ReviewPraise for the previous book, Effective Environmental Assessments: How to Manage and Write NEPA Assessments (CRC Press, 2001):"Mr. Eccleston has written a most thorough guide to managing and preparing EAs that puts NEPA back into its original perspective—a planning and decision-making tool … comprehensively covers the EA process … provides practical guidance for effectively preparing an analysis …"—Mr. Russell W. Peterson, Former Governor of Delaware and Former Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)"NEPA is the cornerstone of our environmental statutory structure and provides a strategic look for long-range planning. By explaining the environmental assessment process in a scholarly, yet easily understandable way, Charles Eccleston has performed an enormous service for all who care about the protection of our country's—and indeed the world's—environment."—Michael R. Deland, Former Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality"Charles Eccleston has performed a real service in authoring Effective Environmental Assessments: How to Manage and Write NEPA Assessments. The book fills a void and concentrates on environmental assessments, a critical but underemphasized part of the NEPA process. It is, furthermore, both useful and user-friendly."—Nicholas C. Yost, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, former General Counsel of the CEQ charged with responsibility for writing the 1978 CEQ NEPA RegulationsTable of ContentsThe NEPA Environmental Assessment Process: Overview and Historical Development of NEPA. General Concepts and Requirements. NEPA and Environmental Impact Analysis. The Threshold Question: Determining Whether an EA or an EIS is Required. The Environmental Assessment Process. The Environmental Impact Assessment. Writing the Environmental Assessment. Assessing Significance. The Finding of No Significant Impacts. NEPA Case Law and Non-NEPA Environmental Assessment Documents: An Overview of NEPA Law and Litigation. Specialized Non-NEPA Environmental Assessment Documents. Summary. Index.

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Book SynopsisAs the world considers how to deal with the impacts of a changing climate, it's vital that we understand the ways in which the United States' policymaking process addresses environmental issues. A mix of existing theory and original analysis, Environmental Policymaking in an Era of Climate Change applies recent policy scholarship to questions of environmental governance, with a particular focus on climate change. The book examines how competing political actors influence policies within and across institutions, focusing on both a macro-level, where formal bodies set the agenda, and a meso-level, where issues are contained within policy subsystems.Divided into two sections, the book incorporates insights from political science and public policy to provide the reader with a better understanding of how environmental policy decisions are made. Part I offers a framework for understanding environmental policymaking, exploring the history of environmental Trade Review"Invoking the language of markets, Nowlin’s volume provides a comprehensive framework for understanding environmental policymaking. This work is rare in its comprehensiveness, thoughtfully mapping the interrelated roles of policy actors within varied institutions and across levels of government, while also providing ample empirical evidence showing how agendas are constructed and why polarization is occurring, among a plethora of other findings. One of the most complete pictures of US environmental policy I have seen and a must for the bookshelves of both academics and advocates." -- Michael Jones, Oregon State University, USA"The inability, or unwillingness, of the US government to address climate change in a meaningful way is a source of puzzlement and frustration for those who see climate change as the central human problem of our time. Nowlin offers students, scholars, and practitioners an insightful and readable framework for understanding our failure to act. His appraisal of contemporary environmental policymaking is both well-grounded and sobering." -- Megan Mullin, Duke University, USA"This is a great book! It offers a framework for understanding policy making and climate change, integrates theoretical insights, and brings to bear rich empirical data to ground its comprehensive coverage. Readers will leave this book with a structured way of thinking about the political challenges associated with climate change and what the future might hold." -- Christopher M. Weible, University of Colorado, USATable of ContentsPART I Foundations 1. Introduction2. A Framework for Environmental Policymaking3. The Green State and the Climate Change Era4. Value Systems and Environmental PolicyPART II The Environmental Policymaking System and Climate Policy5. Agenda-Setting and Issue Definitions in Climate Change Policymaking6. Pathways and Pivots: Macro- Institutions and Climate Change Policy7. The Networked Subsystems, Institutions, and Actors of the Climate Change Regime8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis volume addresses the imperative need for recognizing, exploring, and developing the role of multilingual communication in crisis settings. It is recognized that 'communication is aid' and that access to communication is an undeniable human right in crises. Even where effective and accurate information is available to be distributed, circulated, and broadcast in different ways through an ever-growing array of technologies, too often the language barrier remains in place. From the Philippines to Lebanon via Spain, Italy, Columbia, and the UK, crisis situations occur worldwide, with different cultural reactions and needs everywhere. The contributors of this volume represent a geographical mixture of regions, language combinations, and disciplines, because crisis situations need to be studied in their locale with different methods. Drawing on disaster studies research, this book aims to stimulate a broad, multidisciplinary debate on how complex communication is in cascading crises and on the role translation can play to facilitate communication.Translation in Cascading Crises is a key resource for students and researchers of Translation and Interpreting Studies, Humanitarian Studies, and Disaster Studies.Trade Review"This comprehensive and much-needed volume brings together a variety of experts to discuss the relation between translation and crises from diverse approaches and perspectives. A must read for anyone with an interest in the role language, communication, interpreting and translation studies can play in situation of crisis, in disaster management, in risk mitigation and reduction and, ultimately, in saving lives."Marc Orlando, Monash University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContentsList of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Cascading Crises: Translation as Risk Reduction Federico M. Federici and Sharon O’Brien Part 1: Sample Crisis SettingsChapter 2 Crisis Translation in Yemen: Needs and Challenges of Volunteer Translators and Interpreters Khaled Al-ShehariChapter 3 Police Communication across Languages in Crisis Situations: Human Trafficking Investigations in the UK Joanna DruganChapter 4 Cascading Effects: Mediating the Unutterable Sufferance of Gender-based Violence in Migratory Flows Denise FilmerPart 2: Instruments and SupportChapter 5 Accessibility of Multilingual Information in Cascading Crises Silvia Rodríguez Vázquez and Jésus Torres-del-ReyChapter 6 Mapping Translation Technology and the Multilingual Needs of NGOs along the Aid Chain Celia Rico PérezChapter 7 Ethical Considerations on the Use of Machine Translation and Crowdsourcing in Cascading Crises Carla Parra Escartín and Helena Moniz Chapter 8 Management and Training of Linguistic Volunteers: A Case Study of Translation at Cochrane Germany Patrick Cadwell, Claudia Bollig, and Juliane RiedPart 3: Methods and DataChapter 9 Integrating Language Needs in Disaster Research and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management through Participatory Methods Jake Rom D. CadagChapter 10 Human Factors in Risk Communication: Exploring Pilot-Controller ‘Communication Awareness’ Bettina BajajChapter 11 Intralingual Translation and Cascading Crises: Evaluating the Impact of Semi-Automation on the Readability and Comprehensibility of Health Content Alessandra RossettiIndex

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Book SynopsisLearning to Teach Geography in the Secondary School has become the widely recommended textbook for student and new teachers of geography. It helps you acquire a deeper understanding of the role, purpose and potential of geography within the secondary curriculum, and provides the practical skills needed to design, teach and evaluate stimulating and challenging lessons.It is grounded in the notion of social justice and the idea that all students are entitled to a high-quality geography education. The very practical dimension provides you with support structures through which you can begin to develop your own philosophy of teaching and debate key questions about the nature and purpose of the subject in school.Thoroughly updated to take account of the latest research, evidence and policy, this new edition reflects new developments in technology as well as current thinking on curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. Exploring the fundamentals of teaching and learning gTrade ReviewPraise for previous editions of Learning to Teach Geography in the Secondary School…'This is a practical and visionary book, as well as being superbly optimistic. It has as much to offer the experienced teacher as the novice and could be used to reinvigorate geography departments everywhere. Practical activities and ideas are set within a carefully worked out, authoritative, conceptual framework.' - The Times Educational Supplement'This is a modern, powerful, relevant and comprehensive work…a standard reference for many beginning teachers on geography initial teacher training courses.' - Educational ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Why teach geography? 2. The geography curriculum 3. Pedagogy 4. Pupils’ learning 5. Inclusion 6. Resources 7. Fieldwork 8. Assessment 9. For ‘citizenship’ 10. Professional development

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Book SynopsisWhat explains our attitudes towards the environment? Why do so many climate change initiatives fail? How can we do more to prevent humans damaging the environment?The Psychology of Climate Change explores the evidence for our changing environment, and suggests that there are significant cognitive biases in how we think about, and act on climate change. The authors examine how organisations have attempted to mobilise the public in the fight against climate change, but these initiatives have often failed due to the public's unwillingness to adapt their behaviour. The book also explores why some people deny climate change altogether, and the influence that these climate change deniers can have on global action to mitigate further damage.By analysing our attitudes to the environment, The Psychology of Climate Change argues that we must think differently about climate change to protect our planet, as a matter of great urgency.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The science and politics of climate change 2. The great climate change ‘debate’, and why this has been so damaging 3. Cognitive biases in our thinking about climate change. 4. Climate change initiatives, and why they failed. 5. Assessing our real attitudes to climate change. 6. How might we change underlying implicit attitudes? 7. Future challenges

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Book SynopsisAPA's popular primer for citizens is all new! For decades, planning officials and engaged citizens have relied on this book for a better understanding of the basics of planning. Now the authors have revised this perennial bestseller into a 21st-century guide for anyone who wants to make his or her community a better place. This book describes the land-use planning process, the key players in that process, and the legal framework in which decisions are made. The authors advocate principles and disciplines that will help those involved in the process make good decisions. In easy-to-understand language, they offer nuts-and-bolts information about different types of plans and how they are implemented. Chapters cover the goals and values of planning, the history of planning, the different people and organizations involved, the creation and implementation of a comprehensive plan, sustainability, the application review process, and legal and ethical questions.Table of Contents1. Why Plan? 2.Navigating the Planning Landscape 3. The Comprehensive Plan 4. What Are We Trying to Achieve? 5. Putting the Plan to Work-Implementation 6. The Plan in Action-The Application Review Process 7. The Law of Planning 8. Behaving Yourself- Introduction 9. Conclusion Being a Leader

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Book SynopsisSince its publication in 2006 as Fifty Key Thinkers on Development, this invaluable reference has established itself as the leading biographical handbook in its field, providing a concise and accessible introduction to the lives and key contributions of development thinkers from across the ideological and disciplinary spectrum. This substantially expanded and fully updated second edition in the relaunched series without the numerical constraint includes an additional 24 essays, filling in many gaps in the original selection, greatly improving the gender balance and diversifying coverage to reflect the evolving landscape of development in theory, policy and practice.It presents a unique guide to the lives, ideas and practices of leading contributors to the contested terrain of development studies and development policy and practice. Its thoughtful essays reflect the diversity of development in theory, policy and practice across time, space, disciplines and communTable of ContentsAdebayo Adedeji (1930–2018) Irma Adelman (1930–2017) Anil Agarwal (1947–2002) Elmar Altvater (1938–2018) Samir Amin (1931–2018) Alice Amsden (1943–2012) A.T. Ariyaratne (1931–) Jagdish Bhagwati (1934–) Piers Blaikie (1942–) James M. (Jim) Blaut (1927–2000) Norman Borlaug (1914–2009) Ester Boserup (1910–1999) Harold Brookfield (1926–) Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931–) Michael Cernea (1934–) Robert Chambers (1932–) Hollis B. Chenery (1918–1994) Diane Elson (1946–) Arturo Escobar (1952–) Frantz Fanon (1925–1961) Fei Xiaotong (1919–2005) Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005) Paolo Freire (1921–1997) John Friedmann (1926–2017) Celso Furtado (1920–2004) Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi (1869–1948) Susan George (1934–) Alexander Gerschenkron (1904–1978) Jayati Ghosh (1955–) Eduardo Gudynas (1960–) Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) Gerald K. Helleiner (1936–) Albert O. Hirschman (1915–2012) Philippe Hugon (1939–2018) Richard Jolly (1934–) Naila Kabeer (1950–) Michał Kalecki (1899–1970) Inge Kaul (1944–) Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914–1999) Charles Poor Kindleberger (1910–2003) Sir William Arthur Lewis (1915–1991) Michael Lipton (1937–) Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834) Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Karl Marx (1818–1883) Manfred Max-Neef (1932–) Terence Gary McGee (1936–) Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987) Kwame Francis Nkrumah (1909–1972) Ragnar Nurkse (1907–1957) Julius Kambaragwe Nyerere (1922–1999) Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012) François Perroux (1903–1987) Karl Polanyi (1886–1964) Raúl Prebisch (1901–1986) Aníbal Quijano (1928–2018) Joan Robinson (1903–1983) Walter Rodney (1942–1980) Paul Rosenstein-Rodan (1902–1985) Walt Whitman Rostow (1916–2003) Aruna Roy (1946–) Ignacy Sachs (1927–) E.F. (Fritz) Schumacher (1911–1977) Dudley Seers (1920–1983) Amartya Kumar Sen (1933–) Hans Wolfgang Singer (1910–2006) Frances Stewart (1940–) Joseph Stiglitz (1943–) Paul Patrick Streeten (1917–2019) James Tobin (1918–2002) Mahbub Ul Haq (1934–1998) Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Wang Hui (1959–) Eric R. Wolf (1923–1999) Peter Worsley (1924–2013)

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Book SynopsisIn pursuit of lifestyle change, affordable property, and proximity to nature, people from all walks of life are moving to the wildland-urban interface. Tragic wildfires and a predicted increase in high fire danger weather with climate change have triggered concern for the safety of such amenity-led migrants in wildfire-prone landscapes. This book examines wildfire awareness and preparedness amongst women, men, households, communities and agencies at the interface between city and beyond. It does so through an examination of two regions where wildfires are common and disastrous, and where how to deal with them is a major political issue: southeast Australia and the west coast United States. It follows women's and men's stories of surviving, fighting, evacuating, living and working with wildfire to reveal the intimate inner workings of wildfire response and especially the culturally and historically distinct gender relations that underpin wildfire resilience. Wildfire iTable of Contents1. Between Three Fires 2. The Gendered Dimensions of Wildfire 3. Wildfire and Dilemmas of Everyday Life 4. Wildfire, Resilience and Sense of Belonging 5. Indigenous Fire Knowledge Retention: Spatial, Temporal, Gendered 6. Engaging Women with Bushfire Safety Issues 7. Toeing the Line or Breaking the Glass Ceiling 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisNon-representational Theory explores a range of ideas which have recently engaged geographers and have led to the development of an alternative approach to the conception, practice, and production of geographic knowledge. Non-representational Theory refers to a key body of work that has emerged in geography over the past two and a half decades that emphasizes the importance of practice, embodiment, materiality, and process to the ongoing formation of social life. This title offers the first sole-authored, accessible introduction to this work and its impact on geography.Without being prescriptive the text provides a general explanation of what Non-representational Theory is. This includes discussion of the disciplinary context it emerged from, the key ideas and themes that characterise work associated with Non-representational Theory, and the theoretical points of reference that inspires it. The book then explores a series of conjunctions of Non-representational TheorTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Non-representational Theories and Geography 2. Non-representational Theories and Practice 3. Non-representational Theories and Affect 4. Non-representational Theories and Materiality 5. Non-representational Theories and Landscape 6. Non-representational Theories and Performance 7. Non-representational Theories and Method Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIf you own a car, use public transportation, go to work or school, use health care, shop or dine out, or are part of a metropolitan community, parking affects you, probably in more ways than you've thought about. Because parking has such a huge effect on what happens in cities and towns and how the greater transportation system functions, decision-makers are beginning to realize that it's critical to employ parking expertise at the beginning of the planning process. Designing and implementing an effective, professionally managed parking strategy can mean the difference between frustrating and costly traffic congestion and efficient, time-saving traffic flow. A Guide to Parking provides information on the current state of parking, providing professionals and students with an overview on major areas of parking and the transportation and mobility industry, punctuated by brief program examples.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Laws, Regulations, and Related Policy Chapter 3. Parking Planning: Functions, Analysis, and Strategy Chapter 4. Approaches to Parking Management Chapter 5. Parking Technology Chapter 6. Sustainability and Parking Chapter 7. Managing Staff and Professional Development Chapter 8. Parking Enforcement Chapter 9. Economics and Finance Chapter 10. Architecture and Aesthetics Chapter 11. Designing and Engineering Parking Garages Chapter 12. Functional Design Chapter 13. Constructing Parking Chapter 14. Maintenance and Repair Chapter 15. Safety and Security Chapter 16. Marketing, Communications, and Public Relations Chapter 17. Integrating Parking with Transportation Demand Management Chapter 18. Adaptive Reuse of Parking Structures Chapter 19. Trends in Parking: Future Thinking

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Book SynopsisThis book is essential reading for anyone studying towards Domestic Installer status with an approval body such as NICEIC, NAPIT or ELECSA, in line with Part P of the Building Regulations, and also serves as a handy pocket guide to best practice for electricians. Although not intended as a DIY manual, non-qualified persons will also find it useful reading. The how-to guide for home wiring to professional standards Now with more on LED lighting Essential reading for serious DIY, electrical installation, basic plumbing, heating systems, TV and security alarm installation Up to date with the 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations Trade Review"This is a book that boils the complex IEE regs down to the salient points for a straightforward domestic installation." AMAZON.CO.UK READER REVIEW (review of the previous edition)Table of ContentsThe UK Generation, Transmission and Distribution System. Domestic Electrical Installations. The Importance of Earthing and Bonding. Bathrooms. Protection. Circuit Designs. Inspection and Testing. Security Alarm and Telephone Systems.

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Book SynopsisThe expectations of European planners for the gradual disappearance of national borders, and the corresponding prognoses of social scientists, have turned out to be over-optimistic. Borders have not disappeared not even in a unified and predominantly peaceful Europe but rather they have changed, become more varied and, in a certain sense, mobile, taking on an important role in the everyday lives of more people than ever before. Furthermore, it is now widely accepted that borders do not just hinder communication and the formation of relationships, but also channel and prefigure them in a positive way. Presenting a number of studies of everyday life in European borderlands, this book addresses the multifarious and complex ways in which borders function as both barriers and bridges. Focusing on established' Western European borderlands with the exception of three contrasting cases the book attempts a turn from conflict to harmony in the study of borderlands and thus examines the moTable of ContentsIntroduction: Living in European BorderlandsPart I. Border Crossings and Border Politics1. A Routine-Based Model of Everyday Mobility in Border Regions2. Dybbøl 2014 – Constructing Familiarity by Remembrance?3. Cross-Border Urbanism on the German-Polish Border – Between Spatial De-Boundarization and Social (Re-)FrontierizationPart II. Communities, Relationships and Identities in Borderlands4. What Makes a Place – Traces of the Border in Rural Villages Affected by Cross-Border Residential Migration5. Crossing Territorial Borders and Social Boundaries? Observations on the German and French Workforce in the Spa Town of Baden-Baden, c. 1840–18706. Crossing Borders – Politico-Geographical and Mental Borders in Contemporary German-Language Literature in Belgium7. The Impact of Commuting on Close Relations – Case Study of Estonian Men in Finland Part III. Living Across the Border8. Residential Cross-Border Mobility of People Working in Luxembourg – Developments and Impacts9. Dwelling in (Un)Familiarity – Examples from the Luxembourg-German Borderland10. The Residential and Symbolic Dimensions of Cross-Border Mobility – Looking at Members of the French Middle Class in the Agglomeration of Lille11. Asymmetries in the Formation of the Transnational Borderland in the Slovak-Hungarian Border Region

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The first book to provide a full history of the development of architectural conservation, A History of Architectural Conservation is considered a landmark publication by architectural conservation students and professionals the world over. Twenty years after its first publication, this new edition of Jukka Jokilehto's groundbreaking book continues the story to bring the history of architectural conservation right up to the modern day. Jokilehto draws on his distinguished career of over 40 years at ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, founded by UNESCO) to provide studies from Europe, the Middle East, the USA, Japan, India, China, Australia and South America. This accessible and well-written introduction to the history and theory of architectural conservation is richly illustrated in full colour and will be an essential go-to guide for students and practitioners worldwide.

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Book SynopsisAt a time when it is clear that climate change adaptation and mitigation are failing, this book examines how our assumptions about (valid and usable) knowledge are preventing effective climate action. Through a cross-disciplinary, empirically-based analysis of climate science and policy, the book situates the failures of climate policy in the cultural history of prediction and its interfaces with policy. Fava calls into question the current interfaces between scientific research and climate policy by tracing multiple connections between modelling, epistemology, politics, food security, religion, art, and the apocalyptic. Demonstrating how the current domination of climate policy by models and scenarios is part of the problem, the book examines how artistic practices are a critical location to ask questions differently, rethink environmental futures, and activate social change. The analysis starts with another moment of climatic change in recent western history: the overlap of the LiTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Deadly Weather: Narratives of Nature and Agency During the Little Ice Age 2. Counting the Days: John Napier’s Exegesis and Mathematics 3. Drawing the End: Inigo Jones’s Banqueting House 4. Assembling the Worldmachine: Mathematical Modelling of Climate Change 5. Imagining Futures: The Special Report on Emission Scenarios 6. Creating One Future: The Doomsday Vault 7. Reclaiming Futures: Olafur Eliasson’s Weather Project

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Book SynopsisThis book does not set out once more to raise the alarm to encourage us to take radical measures to head off climate chaos. There have been any number of books and reports in recent years explaining just how dire the future looks and how little time we have left to act. This book is about why we have ignored those warnings, and why it is now too late. It is a book about the frailties of the human species as expressed in both the institutions we built and the psychological dispositions that have led us on the path of self-destruction. It is about our strange obsessions, our hubris, and our penchant for avoiding the facts. It is the story of a battle within us between the forces that should have caused us to protect the Earth - our capacity to reason and our connection to Nature - and those that, in the end, have won out - our greed, materialism and alienation from Nature. And it is about the 21st century consequences of these failures. Clive Hamilton is author of the bestselling AffTrade Review'Listen to this Requiem and weep, if it helps. False hope is as dangerous as despair. But don't get mired in helplessness. Above all, Requiem is a call to arms; to the urgent task of overhauling democracy in pursuit of survival. At stake, the biggest prize of all: our own humanity.' Tim Jackson, author of Prosperity Without Growth 'I am afraid Clive Hamilton has it right about climate change - deeply afraid. Requiem is a brave and searingly honest book by a brilliant scholar. Ignoring it will only make a bad situation worse, so, please, read this book now.' James Gustave Speth, author of The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability and Dean Emeritus, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies 'Requiem for a Species is a remarkable publication which brings together the scientific imperatives of taking action in the field of climate change. Hamilton highlights the political inertia which is currently acting as a roadblock. In the wake of the weak outcome of Copenhagen, this book assumes added significance in breaking the resistance to the truth about climate change.' R K Pachauri, Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Director-General, TERI 'I find it hard to imagine what life would be like if I had genuinely come to the irrevocable conclusion that it was too late to do anything serious about preventing runaway climate change� For me, this ongoing internal dialogue gets a little bit more painful, every year � And having just finished reading Clive Hamilton's excellent (but deeply disturbing!) Requiem for a Species, I'm now going to have to think it all through all over again.' Jonathon Porritt, Founder, Forum for the Future, and author of Capitalism As if the World Matters 'Requiem offers an insightful and informative look at why the human species can't come to terms with a changing climate. And Hamilton's conclusion--To despair, accept, then act--is an important call for us to respond to climate change immediately and decisively or spend the rest of our lives reacting to a warming world and an unraveling civilization.' Erik Assadourian, Director: State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability and Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute 'Clive Hamilton investigates - in real time - our society's choice not to act to protect ourselves from devastating climate change. We know the science, but 'scientific facts are fighting against more powerful forces' - power, money, bureaucratic inertia and our innate desire to ignore what we don't want to believe. 'It's too late,' he says. 'Humanity failed.' That past tense is devastating.' Fred Pearce, writer and author of The Last Generation: How Nature will take her Revenge for Climate Change 'Hamilton's book presents a powerful statement of the problems confronting us - not just the problem of climate change itself, but the tendency to wish the problem away by denial (which in less extreme circumstances can arguably be an adaptive response to difficult situations). And all compounded by the fact that neither our institutions nor we ourselves have experience in acting on behalf of a seemingly distant future. Read this book.' Robert M May OM AC FRS 'When future generations look out on a planet ravaged by climate change, they will ask of our generation 'When you knew what was happening--surely the greatest debacle since we came out of our caves--why didn't you stop it?' Clive Hamilton proposes the problem lies with 'the perversity of our institutions, our psychological dispositions, our strange obsessions, our penchant for avoiding facts, and, especially, our hubris.' It all makes for a riveting read because (alas) it is all too true--just like Greek tragedy.' Norman Myers, 21st Century School, University of Oxford 'Requiem for a Species magnificently captures the idea that by and large, none of us want to believe that climate change is real. It explains our inability to seriously weigh the evidence of climate change, and to take appropriate action to ensure our own survival.' Tim Costello, CEO, World Vision Australia 'Clive Hamilton, as usual, has courageously challenged the current nature of our society in this inspirational new book.' Graeme Pearman, former head of the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research 'Books that change one's life are rare... Requiem is a tour de force of compression and analysis that cannot help but shift climate change thinking.' Andres Kabel, Cultural Pilgrim (www.andreskabel.com) 'Requiem for a Species is a call to immediate action. It should be sent to every elected official at each level of government. All concerned citizen should read it in order to hold government and industry accountable for knowing the facts, altering policy, and developing clean technologies-not at some later point in time but now. The future looks grim; but, as Hamilton says, action is the best cure for despair. It may also be our only hope.' Courier Mail 'Well worth reading by anyone who takes a serious interest in climate change. It's concise, accessible, and full of insights and information which I suspect most readers will find new and revealing.' Permaculture Magazine 'Requiem for a Species is recommended for those who want to get a clearer picture of the science of climate change' Camilla Royle, Socialist Review 'Anyone even superficially concerned about climate change would fo well to read CLive Hamilton's Requiem for a Species...highly entertaining and excellently sources book' Talitha Haller, Ecosystem Marketplace. 'Even more strongly, Hamilton argues that humans have become docile puppets of the growth-focused system and that only those 'who have internalized the goals of the system most faithfully' become political leaders.' Climate Policy 'Hamilton advises that we grieve appropriately. That is, we should despair about the failure of humanity to prevent the climate change problem from reaching current levels, we should accept the new vision of the future that this entails and the need to transform our previous way of life, and we should act to make the best of the situation as we can. Unlike other drier reports and softly spoken analyses of climate change, this book frankly communicates the urgency of the problem, and I hope many people read it.' Katie Steele, Climate Law. 'As Hamilton so convincingly demonstrates, climate change is not only an inconvenient, but a distressing and fundamentally life-changing, truth. When faced with facts so alien to our ideology, we experience 'cognitive dissonance', and become almost incapable of accepting the evidence before us. So if, psychologically, humans as a species were never able to deal with the threat of climate change, is anyone really to blame? Well, Hamilton lays the blame firmly with the corporations.' Green World 'Requiem for a Species by Clive Hamilton was chosen as the May 2010 Book of the Month on my website, www.globalforesightbooks.org. Very important book.' Michael Marien, Editor, GlobalForesightBooks.org 'Anyone concerned with global affairs, facing up to climate change, and long-term futures should read this book' Michael Marien, Editor, GlobalForesightBooks.org 'Refreshing in its candour, clearly-written and well-sourced, Requiem for a Species is a landmark polemic. So while it is undoubtedly an important book for activists, it is clear humanity's future depends on those who are currently not involved in climate activism reading and acting on the facts and arguments contained within. Spread the word.' Ian Sinclair, Peace News "This book succeeds in revealing why we have ignored the scientific warnings of climate change. Hamilton analyses the science and underlying reasons for global warming with an appropriate blend of dispassion and compassion." -Suzanne Simard, PhD, RPF, BC Forest Professional MagazineTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1. No Escaping the Science 2. Growth Fetishism 3. The Consumer Self 4. Many Forms of Denial 5. Disconnection from Nature 6. Is There a Way Out? 7. The Four-Degree World 8. Reconstructing a Future Appendix: Greenhouse Gases Notes Index

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Book SynopsisRecognising the fundamental role both of shipping communities and the technologies crafted and shared by them, this book explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne trade in the Indian Ocean region and the way they affected the development of distinctive settlements against a changing but strong sense of regional consciousness and identity.Table of Contents1: Shipping in the Indian Ocean: An Overview; 2: Seafarings, Ships and Ship Owners: India and the Indian Ocean ( ad 700–1500); 3: Seafaring in Peninsular India in the Ancient Period: Of Watercraft and Maritime Communities; 4: Archaeological Evidence on Shipping Communities or Sri Lanka; 5: Pre-Modern Sri Lankan Ships; 6: Classifying Vessel-Types in Ibn Ba????a's Ri?la; 7: Navigational Methods in the Indian Ocean 1; 8: The Rise and Fall of Hadhrami Shipping in the Indian Ocean, c.1750 – c.1940; 9: Continuity and Adaptation by Contemporary Swahili Boatbuilders in Kenya; 10: The Historical Context of the Construction of the Vattai Fishing Boat and Related Frame–First Vessels of Tamil Nadu and Beyond; 11: Yami Boats and Boat Building in a Wider Perspective

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Book SynopsisThe unprecedented inside story of the people pushing boundaries of science and technology to build better weather forecasts?providing life-saving warnings and crucial intelligence about nature?s deadliest threatsKiller tornadoes. Catastrophic hurricanes. Lethal heat waves. Across the United States and around the world, extreme weather events bring an unending torrent of death and destruction. One indispensable tool consistently offers the ability to help reduce the impact of these calamities: the weather forecast. For centuries, humans have sought to foretell nature?s next moves, from ancient farmers to trailblazers of the Space Age, who brought computers and satellites to bear on the problem. Now a new wave of advances, including artificial intelligence and data-gathering drones, makes it possible to accurately detect these fearsome events further in advance. They provide critical time to prepare and get people out of harm?s way?an undertaking made ever more urgent by the effects of climate change.In a remarkable tale of innovation and perseverance, veteran journalist Thomas E. Weber takes readers into the world of the pioneers creating these game-changing forecasts. From storm chasers racing to hunt twisters and physicists unraveling the secrets of the atmosphere, from scientists studying how people react to warnings to humanitarian groups rushing to avert famines, Weber goes behind the scenes to show how predictions keep getting better. He explains what?s needed to turn these forecasts into actions that prevent tragedies and how anyone can become more weather literate to protect themselves in emergencies. Cloud Warriors will change the way you think about treacherous weather?and the power of being able to see it coming.

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Book SynopsisDavid Sandwell developed this advanced textbook over a period of nearly 30 years for his graduate course at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The book augments the classic textbook Geodynamics by Don Turcotte and Jerry Schubert, presenting more complex and foundational mathematical methods and approaches to geodynamics. The main new tool developed in the book is the multi-dimensional Fourier transform for solving linear partial differential equations. The book comprises nineteen chapters, including: the latest global data sets; quantitative plate tectonics; plate driving forces associated with lithospheric heat transfer and subduction; the physics of the earthquake cycle; postglacial rebound; and six chapters on gravity field development and interpretation. Each chapter has a set of student exercises that make use of the higher-level mathematical and numerical methods developed in the book. Solutions to the exercises are available online for course instructors, on request.Trade Review'Advanced Geodynamics brings the unique perspective of a leading geophysicist to the solution of a wide array of problems in geodynamics. The approach emphasizes the use of advanced mathematics, in particular the Fourier transform, to obtain a quantitative understanding of the processes involved in shaping the Earth's surface. The advanced mathematical approach not only enhances the elegance of the solutions, but it enables the consideration of many problems not accessible with less sophisticated mathematical methods. The choice of problems benefits from the deep physical insights of the author to their solutions. The book discusses the physical processes involved in plate tectonics and the earthquake cycle and provides the latest relevant observational data sets. An emphasis is also placed on the use of gravity data to learn about these processes. The book is the product of decades of teaching by the author and is a must read for students of the physics of the Earth with the appropriate mathematical background.' Gerald Schubert, University of California, Los Angeles; co-author of Geodynamics'Most authors would find writing a sequel to Turcotte and Schubert's classic book on Geodynamics a daunting task. Not so for David Sandwell, whose first book is a wonderful mix of observations and theory, elegant mathematics and a focus on the oceans and the Fourier method which together help illuminate some of the fundamental physical processes that underlie plate tectonics.' Tony Watts, University of Oxford; author of Isostasy and Flexure of the Lithosphere'Advanced Geodynamics: The Fourier Transform Method by David Sandwell is a godsend for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers actively engaged in the broad area of geodynamics. It complements the classic Geodynamics book by Turcotte & Schubert in a way nothing else could: by elevating the treatment to real, cutting-edge research problems via Fourier transforms that deliver simple and elegant solutions to complicated science problems.' Paul Wessel, University of HawaiiTable of Contents1. Observations Related to Plate Tectonics; 2. Fourier Transform Methods in Geophysics; 3. Plate Kinematics; 4. Marine Magnetic Anomalies; 5. Cooling of the Oceanic Lithosphere; 6. A Brief Review of Elasticity; 7. Crustal Structure, Isostasy, Swell Push Force, and Rheology; 8. Flexure of the Lithosphere; 9. Flexure Examples; 10. Elastic Solutions for Strike-Slip Faulting; 11. Heat Flow Paradox; 12. The Gravity Field of the Earth, Part I; 13. Reference Earth Model: WGS84; 14. Laplace's Equation in Spherical Coordinates; 15. Laplace's Equation in Cartesian Coordinates and Satellite Altimetry; 16. Poisson's Equation in Cartesian Coordinates; 17. Gravity/Topography Transfer Function and Isostatic Geoid Anomalies; 18. Postglacial Rebound; 19. Driving Forces of Plate Tectonics; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis concise, accessible, market-leading textbook brings together the wide-ranging fundamentals students need to understand rocks and minerals, and shows them how they relate to the broader Earth, materials and environmental sciences. Designed specifically for one-semester courses, it is beautifully illustrated to explain the key concepts in mineralogy and petrology. This edition has been fully updated based on classroom experience, and new features include a completely new chapter providing an elementary introduction to thermodynamics, kinetics, radioactive decay and absolute dating; new mineral descriptions and many new stunning color photographs; and a new section on hydraulic fracturing and discussion of some of its most serious potential environmental consequences. The book uses stunning photos of mineral specimens and rock thin sections to help students build a core understanding. It also creates a highly effective learning experience through close integration of clear illustratiTrade Review'Earth Materials is a magnificent textbook that illustrates in a wonderful way how petrology and mineralogy relate to our planet Earth, its formation and modification by igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary processes. Outstanding photographs and detailed thin section images are neatly combined with clear illustrations, fostering the link between observations and fundamental theoretical principles. A new section in the second edition about thermodynamics and kinetics nicely complements the thorough coverage of key concepts in petrology and mineralogy. The available online resources are an essential aid for teaching, and students will benefit from the review questions at the end of each chapter. Earth Materials is simply a great textbook, which I can highly recommend.' Ralf Halama, Keele University'Earth Materials captures the fundamentals of mineralogy and petrology in a one-semester text in a surprisingly thorough and direct way. This book can be successfully used for both one-semester courses and two-semester sequences. My students appreciate the clear, color images, and I appreciate the depth of information provided.' Christine M. Clark, Eastern Michigan University'There is an increasing trend to condense mineralogy and petrology into a one semester course, and Earth Materials - An Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology authored by Klein and Philpotts, provides the perfect textbook for such a course. It is extensive enough to supply fundamental information on mineralogy and petrology separately, while also seamlessly integrating these two subjects into a cohesive entity. Most impressive to me are the extensive colour figures and thin sections for most of the rock types.' Zhaohui (George) Li, University of Wisconsin'I have used this textbook in my undergraduate Earth Materials course since its publication in 2013, and the second edition adds important new elements, including a more comprehensive treatment of thermodynamics and phase equilibria. The components that made the first edition so welcome are still here: the integration of crystallography with sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic geology; the colorful images of atomic structures, minerals and geologic localities; and the consideration of the role that minerals play in our society. It is by far the best text for those of us who have to cover all the mineralogical and petrological bases in one semester.' Peter J. Heaney, Pennsylvania State University'I really like the way this book organizes the subjects of mineralogy and petrology to emphasize the connection between plate tectonics, mantle processes, mineral stability, and rock composition. Teaching with this organization clearly reinforces the big picture of geologic processes while digging into enough depth in each subject area to prepare students to tackle integrated geologic problems.' Alexis Sitchler, Colorado School of Mines'Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! A landmark text in the Earth Sciences for modern times! The color illustrations, figures and photographs of all things geologically important, accompanied by lucid text, will seductively attract young minds. The chapters covering wide-ranging topics are all relevant for 21st century students of Earth and material science. I can't think of a better text that is a 'must buy' for our undergraduates.' Asish R. Basu, University of Texas, Arlington'This latest edition includes a number of new topics …The authors discuss concepts such as heat, work, internal energy, enthalpy, Gibbs free energy, and entropy in a simple, intuitive fashion that most any reader can understand and appreciate … Phase diagrams show the stability fields of minerals in terms of temperature and pressure, and temperature and composition. Another addition to the book is a section on the use of hydraulic fracturing to extract shale oil and gas prospects and its implications on the environment. The authors treat this last topic in a fair and open manner, admitting the potential risks, but also acknowledging the benefits of having this technology to meet the world's energy needs.' The Leading EdgeTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Materials of the solid Earth; 3. How are minerals identified?; 4. Fundamentals of crystal structures; 5. Introduction to crystallography; 6. Minerals and rocks observed under the polarizing optical microscope; 7. Igneous rock-forming minerals; 8. The direction and rate of natural processes: an introduction to thermodynamics and kinetics; 9. How do igneous rocks form?; 10. Igneous rocks: their mode of occurrence, classification, and plate tectonic setting; 11. Sedimentary rock-forming minerals and materials; 12. Formation, transport, and lithification of sediment; 13. Sedimentary rock classification, occurrence, and plate tectonic significance; 14. Metamorphic rock-forming minerals; 15. Metamorphic rocks; 16. Some economic minerals, mainly from veins and pegmatites; 17. Some selected Earth materials resources; 18. Earth materials and human health.

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Book SynopsisAn eye-opening and witty account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads, from an award-winning authorTrade Review"An eye-opening road trip that spans continents to show how paved roads, seen as markers of civilisation, disrupt the natural world... This is a rare, beautifully written book, which tells us hard truths about roads, cars and life on Earth, but still manages to make us feel positive about the road ahead. " -- Vijaysree Venkatraman - New Scientist"[A] wide-ranging and absorbing account. " -- Bill McKibben - The New York Review of Books"Fascinating and compassionate. " -- Emily Raboteau - The New York Times Book Review"[A] swift and winding ride... Many readers came away from Goldfarb's first book, Eager, as newly minted beaver fans; don't be surprised if you finish Crossings as an evangelist for road ecology." -- Tess Joosse - Scientific American"Goldfarb is perceptive about how roads tangle animals together with humans... Crossings is well-paced and vivid, an engaging account of a potentially dull subject. " -- Timothy Farrington - Wall Street Journal"Whether he is writing about wallabies or butterflies, beavers or anteaters, Ben Goldfarb approaches our fellow animals with delighted curiosity and rare perception. In Crossings, he chronicles their epic struggles within our global network of roads and hi" -- Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts"A brilliantly panoptic look at our planet’s sprawling network of roads: what’s wrong with them, how they got that way, and how they could be set right. Precise in detail but vast in scale, Goldfarb's storytelling carries echoes of Michael Pollan and John McPhee, but with a wry humor that is uniquely his own. He makes it clear that if we are serious about ending the extinction crisis, we must first learn to care about the unnatural disaster that is our road system." -- Robert Moor, best-selling author of On Trails: An Exploration"Like some David Attenborough of the asphalt, Ben Goldfarb has written a fascinating guide to understanding the wilder side of roads, both symbols of freedom and harbingers of unnatural selection.”" -- Tom Vanderbilt, best-selling author of Traffic"A truly important and landmark book on a subject whose full impacts continue to be disregarded or underestimated in considering conservation efforts. Crossings is a moving, compassionate, and indispensable guide to navigating the issue of wildlife" -- Jeff VanderMeer, best-selling author of the Southern Reach Trilogy"Ben Goldfarb is the kind of gonzo environmental journalist Hunter Thompson would love. He goes everywhere, interviews everyone, pulls his weight alongside biologists, engineers, and road-kill salvagers, then writes compellingly about all of it. Crossings, his meditation on the ecological devastation roads and highways inflict—and on the very clever responses from humans and other creatures that road life demands—is an absolute shining star of a book." -- Dan Flores, best-selling author of Coyote America and Wild New World

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Book SynopsisAn urgent and illuminating portrait of forest migration, and of the people studying the forests of the past, protecting the forests of the present and planting the forests of the future.

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Book SynopsisIn the course of more than twenty works François Laruelle has developed one of the most singular and unique ways of thinking within contemporary philosophy. This volume develops the style of his late work, which has sought to combine the idioms of diverse areas (from the language of quantum mechanics to theology, messianism and Gnosticism) to create non-standard philosophical fictions which further articulate his thinking of radical immanence in relation to wide-ranging themes and concerns. The focus here is a reassessment of his attempt to rethink what it means to be human. Much of that work has taken place through an engagement with science, politics and religion, but now we see Laruelle confronting the challenge of ecology for his kind of humanism (which he would call a ''non-humanism'', meaning a non-standard humanism). This challenge is one of thinking of the ethical demands of other entities within a general ecology. Namely the lives of plants and other vegetation alonTrade ReviewFrançois Laruelle's The Last Humanity is a unique, ambitious, and provocative adventure in ecological thinking. It offers one of the most original, realist, and dare I say deconstructive ecological encounters to date. * Rick Elmore, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Appalachian State University, USA *Laruelle’s non-philosophical ecology represents an uncompromising challenge to existing ecological thought and, in this brilliantly accomplished translation, makes a provocative and landmark contribution to contemporary eco-critical debate. Laruelle aims at nothing less than a total reconfiguration of the ethical relations between the human, the animal, and biological life more generally and he succeeds in ways that we have hitherto been unable to imagine. * Ian James, Reader in Modern French Literature and Thought, University of Cambridge, UK *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction Chapter 1: In Search of a Messianic Ecology Chapter 2: Philosophy’s Degrowth for a Generic Ecology Chapter 3: The House of Philosophy Is in Ruins Chapter 4: The Antinomy of Ecology and Philosophy Chapter 5: The Unification of the Lived-without-Life and Being-in-the-Last-Humanity Chapter 6: Ecology as Quantum of the Messianic Lived Conclusion: Ethics Between Ecology and Messianity

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Book SynopsisAfter the Fall explores the many traces of fascism that can be found in the architecture and urban form of Rome from its buildings, monuments and piazze, to its street names and graffiti. It reveals how the legacy of this short period in history shaped - and continues to shape - Rome's contemporary cityscape in powerful ways, and examines what this can tell us about the persistence of troubling political and historical legacies in the built environment. Italy's fascist period (1922-1943) is perhaps the least-understood episode of Rome's architectural history. Yet paradoxically those two decades have, arguably more than any other, defined our contemporary view of Rome's world-famous ancient, Renaissance, and Baroque urban landscapes. The book examines the ways in which the fascist regime sought to remake Rome according to its own vision of the past, and surveys the afterlife of Mussolini's architectural and urban projects, from the Roman Masterplan to the Foro ITrade ReviewThis book is not only a rich compendium of case studies of difficult heritage but also a significant contribution to an understanding of postwar architectural culture. Peeling back and reconstructing layers of meaning associated with key works of the Fascist Regime in Rome, the book will make the city more comprehensible and richer in historical associations. Flavia Marcello has illuminated this study with a humanist understanding that would not have been possible a few years ago. * Tim Benton, Open University, UK *After the Fall provides a detailed account of how key sites of fascist Rome have evolved and endured in the last century. Comprised of concise encyclopedic entries on monuments, buildings and sites, it will be a useful guide for all those interested in what has become of fascist Rome. * Stephanie Pilat, University of Oklahoma, USA *Flavia Marcello’s absorbing and richly detailed book explores the ongoing impact of Fascism and Italy’s evolving relationship to its history on Rome’s urban development and built environment. It will be invaluable reading for anyone with an interest in Rome’s historical and contemporary urban topography or in Italy’s complex and contested relationship with its Fascist past. * Sally Hill, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Note on Terms and Acronyms Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Mussolini’s Mark: Tracing the Legacy of Fascism in Rome’s Post-war Urban Planning Chapter 3: The Architecture of Fascist Rome between Politics and Practicality Chapter 4: The Fascist Phoenix: Virgilio Testa and the Resurrection of EUR Chapter 5: Mothers, Martyrs and Military Men: The Changing Meanings of Rome’s Fascist Monuments Chapter 6: Aspirations and Illusions of Control: Re-contextualising Rome’s Fascist Epigraphy A Conclusion for a Centenary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is environmental virtue? Is developing good habits enough? What does climate justice require? Is ecological restoration just another form of the human domination of nature?Exploring these questions and more, this book provides an up-to-date and balanced introduction to environmental ethics. It first examines ethical theory, then ties theory to practice, showing how values guide environmental policies, but also how policies and institutions shape environmental values. Updated and expanded to engage with the latest scholarship, scientific findings, and societal challenges, this 2nd edition features: New sections on food ethics, multispecies justice, intergenerational ethics, and the Anthropocene Contemporary case studies focusing on the rights of nature, the use of biotechnology in ecological restoration, and just climate transitions Expanded coverage of diverse philosophical traditions, including Confucian, Daoist, and Indigenous ethical perspectives Trade ReviewHourdequin writes with clarity, depth, and passion, so the book is suitable for nonspecialists. * K. Doran, Hamilton College, CHOICE (of the first edition) *What most distinguishes this text ... is its emphasis on practical action ... [Hourdequin] presents a diversity of views sympathetically, explains them accurately and assesses them fairly. * Environmental Values (of the first edition) *The great strength of the text is the variety of ethical approaches on offer ... Houdequin's book serves as a solid and broad introductory textbook to environmental ethics at an intermediate or senior undergraduate level. * Ethical Perspectives (of the first edition) *This well-written book works both as an introductory text as well as a review of the topic. The arguments and examples are helpful both for those readers interested in the theoretical background as well as for those more interested in the applied aspects. The examples are well chosen and well presented. * Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (of the first edition) *Hourdequin's book addresses environmental ethics from theory to practice through a series of well-structured and thought-provoking chapters. ... [It] stand[s] out from the present-day rich panorama of works regarding environmental ethics and may significantly mark the horizon of future publications in the field. * Ethics, Policy & Environment (of the first edition) *It is outstanding and commendable as a textbook for both undergraduate and postgraduate alike ... In short, the book is a pleasure to read ... Written at a level that any intelligent layperson will appreciate and enjoy. It is an ideal basic introductory to environmental ethics ... The book is essential reading. * International Studies in the Philosophy of Science (of the first edition) *In addition to discussing the usual topics and themes, in this engaging new introduction to environmental ethics Marion Hourdequin draws on the insights of Chinese philosophy and focuses on such issues of contemporary concern as climate change, ecological restoration and the problem of defining sustainability. * Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, New York University, USA (of the first edition) *Few philosophers and fewer environmental scientists could have written a book that combines a solid grasp of real ethical theory, a full understanding of the current state of the science, and the wisdom that Marion Hourdequin brings to Environmental Ethics. This work is not only an utterly accessible introduction to the field, but a magisterial assessment of the inescapable alternatives it confronts us with. * Alex Rosenberg, R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy, Duke University, USA (of the first edition) *This engaging and comprehensive introduction to environmental ethics combines directness and clarity with a depth of analysis and distinctiveness of approach that few texts in the field can match. The result is a feast for inquiring minds, an inspiration and aspiration for active ones; specifically, it helps us understand how an environmental ethic can become a lived ethic. * Alan Holland, Emeritus Professor of Applied Philosophy, Lancaster University, UK (of the first edition) *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Part I: Environmental Values 1. Bringing Values to Light 2. Western Ethical Theories and the Environment 3. Anthropocentrism and its Critics: Broadening Moral Concern 4. The Social Dimensions of Environmental Problems Part II: Environmental Ethics in Practice 5. Ethics, Institutions, and the Environment 6. Global Climate Change 7. Ecological Restoration 8. Engaging Environmental Concern, Promoting Change Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Demystifying Science and the Environment 5 Chapter 1: Investigating the Environment 7 Chapter 2: Thinking Scientifically: The Scientific Method and Other Ways of Knowing 17 Chapter 3: What’s the Matter? Living and Nonliving Material 31 Chapter 4: Making Things Happen: Energy 49 Chapter 5: Studying the Environment and Your Place in It 59 Part 2: Living on Earth’s Surface: Ecosystems, Biomes, and Climate 71 Chapter 6: Exploring Ecosystems 73 Chapter 7: Biogeography: How Earth’s Climate Shapes Global Ecosystem Patterns 91 Chapter 8: Playing Well with Others: Population Biology 109 Chapter 9: Heating Things Up: Living in a Changing Climate 133 Part 3: Getting Your Needs Met: Earth’s Natural Resources 157 Chapter 10: Water, Water Everywhere: Freshwater Resources 159 Chapter 11: This Land Belongs to You and Me: Land as a Resource 171 Chapter 12: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Biodiversity 181 Chapter 13: Dishing It Up: Food Resources 197 Chapter 14: Hitting the Hard Stuff: Geologic Resources and Hazards 219 Chapter 15: Shifting Gears: Alternative Energy 237 Part 4: Giving a Hoot: Pollution and Environmental Quality 253 Chapter 16: Breathing Room: Addressing Man-Made Air Pollution 255 Chapter 17: Spilling Over: Water Pollution 269 Chapter 18: What’s Your Poison? Toxins and Infectious Disease 281 Chapter 19: Wading Through the Waste Stream: Solid and Hazardous Waste 297 Part 5: Expanding the Definition of Sustainability 311 Chapter 20: Reevaluating the Value of the Environment 313 Chapter 21: Decolonizing Environmental Science 327 Part 6: The Part of Tens 343 Chapter 22: Ten International Agreements on Planetary Stewardship 345 Chapter 23: Ten Real-Life Examples of the Tragedy of the Commons 351 Index 357

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Book SynopsisField Hydrogeology Pocket-sized field workbook for students studying hydrogeology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels The fully revised Fifth Edition of Field Hydrogeology serves as a comprehensive guide to conducting a hydrogeological study, beautifully presented with full colour photos and diagrams throughout, in a practical pocket size for easy use in the field. This new edition includes recent developments in the environmental regulations, with particular focus on the use of innovative technology. New topics in the Fifth Edition include the monitoring of boreholes using piezometers, how to identify the origin of water in the basement of a building, and an expanded section on geothermal energy. The text also includes case studies and text boxes to aid in reader comprehension, with a particular emphasis on practical application throughout. The Fifth Edition of Field Hydrogeology addresses key topics such as: Horizontal wells and shTable of ContentsPreface to the Fifth Edition viii Preface to the Fourth Edition ix Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Groundwater Systems 1 1.2 Conceptual Model 4 1.3 Groundwater Computer Modelling 8 1.4 Hydrogeological Report Writing 9 1.5 Expert Witness 9 2 Desk Study 13 2.1 Defining the Area 13 2.2 Identifying the Aquifers 14 2.3 Groundwater Levels 15 2.4 Surface Water 17 2.5 Recharge 17 2.6 Groundwater Use 18 2.7 Groundwater Chemistry 18 2.8 Aerial Photographs and Satellite Imagery 19 2.9 Planning a Fieldwork Programme 20 3 Field Evaluation of Aquifers 23 3.1 Grain Size Analysis 23 3.2 Hydraulic Properties of Aquifers 25 3.3 Hydraulic Properties and Rock Types 27 3.4 Assessing Hydraulic Properties 33 3.5 Using Hydraulic Property Information 34 3.6 Recharge through the Vadose Zone 38 4 Groundwater Levels 45 4.1 Water Level Dippers 45 4.2 Continuous Water Level Recorders 48 4.3 Measuring Ground Levels and Locations 53 4.4 Tool-Box 56 4.5 Well Catalogue 57 4.6 Field Surveys for Wells, Boreholes and Springs 57 4.7 Interpretation of Abstraction Borehole Water Levels 62 Case History 1 – Interpretation of Groundwater Strikes 66 4.8 Groundwater-Level Monitoring Networks 70 Case History 2 – Groundwater-Level Interpretation 70 4.9 Groundwater-Level Fluctuations 71 4.10 Managing Groundwater-Level Data 78 4.11 Constructing Groundwater Contour Maps and Flow Nets 79 4.12 Interpretation of Contour Maps and Flow Nets 82 4.13 Using Other Groundwater Information 83 5 Rainfall, Springs and Streams 85 5.1 Precipitation 85 5.2 Evaporation 89 5.3 Springs 91 Case History 3 – Measuring Flows with Low Heads 92 5.4 Stream-Flow Measurement 98 5.5 Stage–Discharge Relationships 107 5.6 Choosing the Best Method 109 5.7 Processing Flow Data 109 6 Pumping Tests 111 6.1 What Is a Pumping Test? 111 6.2 Planning a Pumping Test 112 6.3 Pumps and Pumping 113 6.4 On-Site Measurements 116 6.5 Pre-Test Monitoring 121 6.6 Test Set-up 121 6.7 Step Tests 123 6.8 Constant Rate Tests 123 6.9 Recovery Tests 125 6.10 Pumping Test Analysis 125 6.11 Tests on Single Boreholes 134 6.12 Packer Tests 137 7 Groundwater Chemistry 141 7.1 Analytical Suites and Determinands 141 7.2 Sampling Equipment 142 7.3 Sampling Protocols 153 7.4 Monitoring Networks 160 7.5 Using Chemical Data 161 8 Recharge Estimation 165 8.1 Water Balance 165 8.2 Rainfall Recharge 167 8.3 Induced Recharge 168 8.4 Other Sources of Recharge 170 9 Specialist Techniques 171 9.1 Borehole and Piezometer Installation 171 9.2 Down-Hole Geophysics 177 Case History 4 – The Use of Borehole Geophysics 178 9.3 Using Artificial Tracers 181 Case History 5 – The Use of Groundwater Tracers 182 10 Practical Applications 189 10.1 Borehole Prognoses 189 10.2 Groundwater Supplies 190 10.3 Wells in Shallow Aquifers 195 10.4 Contaminated Land Investigations 197 10.5 Landfills and Leachate 198 10.6 Geothermal Energy 201 10.7 Groundwater Lowering by Excavation 202 10.8 Rising Water Tables 206 10.9 Soakaways 208 10.10 Investigating Wetland Hydrology 208 Appendix A Good Working Practice 211 A. 1 Safety Codes 211 A1. 2 Safety Clothing and Equipment 211 A1. 3 Distress Signals 212 A1. 4 Exposure or Hypothermia 212 A1. 5 Heat Exhaustion 213 A1. 6 Working near Wells, Boreholes and Monitoring Piezometers 213 A1. 7 Hygiene Precautions for Water Supplies 213 A1. 8 Trial Pits 214 A1. 9 Electrical Equipment 214 A1.10 Filling Fuel Tanks 214 A1.11 Waste Disposal Sites 214 A1.12 Stream Flow Measurement 214 Appendix B Conversion Factors 217 References 219 Index 225

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Book SynopsisA fascinating exploration of ten Cumbrian rivers, highlighting the heritage, wildlife and locations along the way.Trade Review'Traces of our ancestors from the first settlers to more modern industries sit alongside studies of the habitats for local wildlife and trademark dazzling photography in a riveting riverine read.' -- Cumbria Life Magazine, December 2023'In this comprehensively-illustrated book, the authors explore 10 Cumbrian rivers – from the Eden and Derwent to the Esk and Irhing, showing how rivers have shaped and defined the county’s character and identity.' -- NFU Countryside Magazine, March 2024

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Book SynopsisA fascinating collection of images revealing the lives of those who have chosen to escape land-dwelling to live on Britainâs historic waterways.Trade Review'This book is a must for anyone interested in boating life.' -- CanalsOnline Magazine, December 2023'This has to be the coffee-table canal book of the year.' -- Waterways World, February 2024'Through photographs and their own words, this fascinating window into a different way of life will appeal to all those who would like to know more about Britain's canal-side inhabitants.' -- Sea Breezes Magazine, January 2024

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Book SynopsisMark Shayler works with businesses and corporations to reduce their environmental impact and his clients include Coca-Cola, Nike, Bacardi, WPP, Samsung Electronics Europe, Welsh Water, Hiut Denim and Novatech. He is a founding partner of the Do Lecture series and is a Visiting Fellow in Sustainable Design at Loughborough University. He lives near Leicester, UK.Trade Review"Mark Shayler is a pioneer of the notion that going green is good for business, and this brilliantly accessible book shows how every workplace can make a difference for the planet, and still be business winners." * Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, founder of River Cottage and environmental campaigner *"All small businesses should read this book because it's a revolution waiting to happen. I truly believe that business can change the world and nobody breaks down the steps to making a profit with principles better than Mark does here. If you want to make a (real) difference but aren't sure how, this is a superb place to start." * Holly Tucker MBE, Founder of Notonthehighstreet *"This is the book I was waiting for. With his characteristic verve and straight-talking swagger, Mark Shayler shows you the sustainability bits that matter and ditches the ones that don't. Suddenly everything makes sense! Keep this book in your back pocket for meetings, project pitches and getting lost in the forest. A must-read and a must-act book which illuminates your path every step of the way." * Lucy Siegle, Author and Journalist *"An honest and enlightening manifesto for change. Between the sober truth and some reasons to be cheerful, Mark highlights the brutal reality of our current road to terminal illness, whilst explaining that every business can contribute to our road to recovery by correctly harnessing the power of its people. Energy. Circularity. Mobility. Regeneration. Resilience. Education. Activism. If any of these words are resonant with you, this book is your must-have guide to understanding the impact of doing business on the planet, providing a multitude of options to re-think and re-invent why an accountable, progressive and regenerative business culture is the key to designing a better future." * Raoul Shah, Founder and Joint CEO, The Casbah Group *"Mark Shayler has been around a bit in the world of corporate sustainability - in fact, more than 30 years. And he's worked with a shedload of companies during that time. So he knows what he's talking about, the anecdotes are authentic, and his humour a tonic in what can be very arid territory. Part 'how to' primer, part explainer of all things relevant, and part celebration of the power of creative design. You Can't Make Money from a Dead Planet ticks all the boxes." * Sir Jonathan Porritt, environmentalist and former Director of Friends of the Earth *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Where are we and how did we get here?; Chapter - 02: You can’t make money from a dead planet; Chapter - 03: The main environmental challenges; Chapter - 04: Business impacts; Chapter - 05: Is there any good news?; Chapter - 06: How do we do good and still turn a profit?; Chapter - 07: The strategic tools you need to change your business; Chapter - 08: The practical and science-based tools to change your business (and still make a profit); Chapter - 09: Re-framing business; Chapter - 10: The regenerative business; Chapter - 11: ‘The last chapter’; Chapter - 12: Notes;

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Book SynopsisUpcycle & reuse with imagination & creativity.

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Book SynopsisThe explosive findings within this book are history-changing. They discount the age-oldbelief that Captain James Cook, the great circumnavigator, left no modern direct descendants.Using compelling, detailed and verifiable evidence, Colin Waters completely unravels, for thefirst time, the full fascinating story concerning the mysterious supposed 18th centurydrowning of his son, James Cook junior. The author also presents genealogical evidence tosupport old rumours that after faking his own death, James travelled to North Yorkshirewhere he joined his wife & son, leaving behind him a scandal that resulted in him beingvirtually expunged from all official naval records. The Royal Navy cover-up that resultedmatches any modern-day conspiracy theory and gives credence to all those who today claimto be direct descendants of the famous Captain James Cook R.N.

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Book SynopsisDevelops a new theory of literary imagination for the Anthropocene by analysing descriptions of the environment from above

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