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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Wildland Fire Smoke in the United States: A
Book Synopsis This open access book synthesizes current information on wildland fire smoke in the United States, providing a scientific foundation for addressing the production of smoke from wildland fires. This will be increasingly critical as smoke exposure and degraded air quality are expected to increase in extent and severity in a warmer climate. Accurate smoke information is a foundation for helping individuals and communities to effectively mitigate potential smoke impacts from wildfires and prescribed fires. The book documents our current understanding of smoke science for (1) primary physical, chemical, and biological issues related to wildfire and prescribed fire, (2) key social issues, including human health and economic impacts, and (3) current and anticipated management and regulatory issues. Each chapter provides a summary of priorities for future research that provide a roadmap for developing scientific information that can improve smoke and fire management over the next decade.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Assessing the State of Smoke Science.- Chapter 2. Fuels and Consumption.- Chapter 3. Fire Behavior and Heat Release as Source Conditions for Smoke.- Chapter 4. Smoke Plume Dynamics.- Chapter 5. Emissions.- Chapter 6. Smoke Chemistry.- Chapter 7. Social, Economic, and Health Effects of Smoke.- Chapter 8. Resource Manager Perspectives on the Need for Smoke Science.- Appendix A: Regional Perspectives on Smoke Issues and Management.- Appendix B: Smoke Monitoring Networks, Models, and Mapping Tools.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Self-Governance and Sami Communities: Transitions
Book SynopsisThis open access book uses an interdisciplinary approach that not only focuses on social organization but also analyzes how societies and ecological settings were interwoven. How did early modern indigenous Sami inhabitants in interior northwest Fennoscandia build institutions for governance of natural resources? The book answers this question by exploring how they made decisions regarding natural resource management, mainly with regard to wild game, fish, and grazing land and illuminate how Sami users, in a changing economy, altered the long-term rules for use of land and water in a self-governance context. The early modern period was a transforming phase of property rights due to fundamental changes in Sami economy: from an economy based on fishing and hunting to an economy where reindeer pastoralism became the main occupation for many Sami. The book gives a new portrayal of how proficiently and systematically indigenous inhabitants organized and governed natural assets and how capable they were in building highly functioning institutions for governance.Trade Review“The book by Jesper Larsson and Eva-Lotta Päiviö Sjaunja is really fascinating and a definite must-read for anyone interested in the history of reindeer pastoralism and, may be, pastoralism in general.” (Kirill V. Istomin, Pastoralism, June 8, 2022)Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction, Framework, Methods and Starting Points.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Linking long-term changes in socioecological systems with the development of property rights.- Chapter 3: Methods and staring points.- Chapter 4: Important variables.- Part II: Land Use, Livelihood and Ecological Settings.- Chapter 5: Fishing.- Chapter 6: Hunting.- Chapter 7: Reindeer husbandry.- Chapter 8: Other.- Part III: Synthesis.- Chapter 9: From private to common – coevolution of land-use practices and property rights.- Chapter 10: Early modern self-governance and colonial structures – the current state of affairs.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Management of Boreal Forests: Theories and
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive textbook explores the boreal forests of Northern Europe, Finland, Sweden and Norway. Students will gain an overview of the forest ecosystem and the services it provides for modern society. From the production of timber, to the supply of food products or their use as a recreational space for human wellbeing – our forests serve many needs. Accordingly, the respective chapters cover various types of ecosystem service, e.g. supporting, provisioning, regulating and cultural services. The book’s main focus is on the management of boreal forests for the production of these ecosystem services. Addressing modern challenges, e.g. managing vulnerable boreal forests for adaptation to climate change, is an important aspect throughout the volume. Traditional forest management has to adapt and evolve in order to meet the increasing risk of abiotic and biotic damages to our forest biomass. Future forestry graduates will have to face more and more of these challenges; consequently, the book provides them with a wealth of scientific knowhow and possible counter-strategies. Forestry students in the Northern Hemisphere, be it in Europe, North America or Asia, will find this book an excellent reference guide. To make the content more accessible, it has been enriched with a clear structure, numerous illustrations and learning objectives.Table of Contents Preface.- Chapter 1. Background - management of forest for varying ecosystem services.- PART I: Forest environment of boreal north and forestry.- Chapter 2. Environmental conditions, site types, and climate change.- PART II: Structure and functioning of selected boreal trees.- Chapter 3. Selected tree species of importance in boreal north.- Chapter 4. Structure of selected trees.- Chapter 5. Regeneration biology of selected trees.- Chapter 6. Physiology, growth and acclimatizing of boreal trees to climate.- PART III: Long-term dynamics of boreal forest ecosystem.- Chapter 7. Successional dynamics of boreal forest ecosystem.- Chapter 8. Management vs ecosystem dynamics.- PART IV: Management strategies, regimes, and operations.- Chapter 9. Preparation of site for natural regeneration and planting in reforestation.- Chapter 10. Natural regeneration in management for regrowth.- Chapter 11. Planting in management for regrowth.- Chapter 12. Management of spacing in pre-commercial phase.- Chapter 13. Management of spacing and thinning in commercial phase.- Chapter 14. Fertilization in management of site fertility.- Chapter 15. Pruning of branches and management of timber quality.- PART V: Management of forest ecosystem for varying services.- Chapter 16. Management strategies for producing different goods and services.- Chapter 17. Dynamics of forest ecosystem vs ecosystem services.- Chapter 18. Risks for forestry under current and warming climate.- Chapter 19. Forest ecosystem services and management under climate change.- Chapter 20. Adaptive management – outlines of theories and practices.- Index.- Appendix: Units and conversions.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Micro-Management of Irregular Migration: Internal
Book SynopsisThis open access book provides an analysis of the functioning, consequences and inherent limitations of internalised immigration control. By adopting the perspective of irregular residents as well as local service providers, the book sheds new light on the intricate mechanisms that either help or hinder the diffusion of immigration control into concrete institutional settings, like schools or hospitals. A simple and innovative analytical framework enables the systematic comparison of three different spheres of service provision across two distinct local as well as also national contexts. This is necessary to understand the complex interplay between formal law and policy, the intrinsic rules and logics operating within institutions, and the ethical or practical obligations and constraints attached to particular roles and professions. Based on empirical findings and rigorous analysis, the book argues that internalised control is part of the problem that irregular migration poses for society, rather than constituting a potential solution to it.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The ‘Management’ of Migration – And of the Resulting Irregularities.- Chapter 3. Research Design, Cases and Methodology.- Chapter 4. Migrant Irregularity in Britain and Spain, London and Barcelona.- Chapter 5. Managing Irregularity Through the Provision of Public Healthcare.- Chapter 6. Managing Irregularity Through the Provision of Public Education.- Chapter 7. Managing Irregularity Through the Provision of Social Assistance.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Introduction to Migration Studies: An Interactive
Book SynopsisThis open access textbook provides an introduction to theories, concepts and methodological approaches concerning various facets of migration and migration-related diversities. It starts with an introduction to migration studies and continues with an introductory reading of migration drivers, migration infrastructures, migration flows, and several transversal topics such as gender and migration. It also covers politics, policies and governance as well as specific research methods. As an interactive guide, this book develops an innovative format that brings a connection with various online sources. This means that whereas the chapters bring together literature in a coherent way, they are also connected to IMISCOE's online interactive Migration Research Hub for further reading and for more empirical material on migration and diversity. As such, this textbook provides a very useful introductory reading for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for policymakers, policy advisors, and all those interested in studies on migration and migration-related diversities.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Critical Planning and Design: Roots, Pathways, and Frames
Book SynopsisThe book interprets and recombines, within a subjective trajectory, some roots, pathways and conceptual frames of the planning thought that worked either as dissenting imaginations or generative source to critically question the modernist epistemologies. ‘Critical planning and design’ is presented in this book as a field of research inspired by critical urban theory and developed along with ideas and theories that prove to be radical, alternative, dialectical to the mainstream history of planning.In this book, scholars present what they consider as the most important books in the field of planning, public policy and design. They have been asked to write about a book and its author, in their preferred manner. This freedom allowed passionate and original contributions.Three main threads - the three parts of the book - shape the choices of the authors. The first concerns the reconstruction of some genealogical roots of planning (including Cerdà, Yona Friedman, Alberto Magnaghi, and Ian McHarg). The second thread groups the authors who dialogue with contemporary protagonists of the planning debate (including John Friedmann, Leonie Sandercock, Doreen Massey, David Harvey, Tom Sievert, and Patzy Healey). The third thread includes authors who dig into relevant writings in social and philosophical sciences (including Max Weber, Charles Lindblom, Henri Lefebvre, Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari, Georges Didi-Huberman, Robert Nozick, Pand hilip K Dick).The book is addressed to researchers of planning and urban studies, who value the critical re-reading of some fundamental books. Including thoughtful and critical arguments on influential thinkers of the past two centuries, the book will enable students, scholars and researchers of planning, design, political science, geographical, environmental, and urban studies to better understand the socio-spatial and ecological transformations under the contemporary transition while relying on a “usable past”. The book is also addressed to a wider audience of readers interested in the problems of the city and space.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Origins of Inequality: Mechanisms, Models,
Book SynopsisThis book presents a unified approach to the problem of inequality, combining results from a variety of research fields – the human life cycle, group dynamics, networks, markets, and economic geography. Its main message is that inequality emerges as the natural result of mechanisms operating both in individual human development and in social interaction. It posits that inequality is not an anomalous deviation from a naturally egalitarian social structure; quite to the contrary, inequality is to be expected as part of the human condition. The author states that the growth of inequality, on the other hand, is not a natural law – the level and character of inequality can be affected by collective decisions. This perspective on human inequality has potentially far-reaching consequences both for the political philosophy of inequality and for public policy-making.This book is of interest to a wide interdisciplinary social science readership, including public policy, decision sciences, economic geography, and life course studies. Trade Review“The Origins of Inequality. Mechanisms, Models, Policy is a thoughtful and thought-provoking survey of studies on the causes, conditions and factors associated with inequality. Viewed as a survey it is quite comprehensive and suitable for independent study as well as for classroom use. … Molander aims at — and to a large extent succeeds in — making sense of the processes that result in inequalities. … Molander makes a strong case to the contrary. The case is well worth studying in detail.” (Hannu Nurmi, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Vol. 20, 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: Preliminaries.Chapter 3: Life-cycle development.Chapter 4: Interaction within and between groups.Chapter 5: Spatial inequality.Chapter 6: Static versus dynamic inequality – mathematical analysis.Chapter 7: Philosophical and political considerations.Chapter 8: Conclusions.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Applied Research Methods in Urban and Regional Planning
Book SynopsisThis book introduces the fundamentals of research methods and how they apply to the discipline of urban and regional planning. Written at a level appropriate for upper-level undergraduate and beginning master’s level students, the text fills a gap in the literature for textbooks on urban planning. Additionally, the book can be used as a reference for planning practitioners and researchers when analyzing quantitative and qualitative data in urban and regional planning and related fields.The volume does not assume advanced knowledge of mathematical formulas. Rather, it begins with the essentials of research methods, such as the identification of the research problems in planning, the literature review, data collection and presentation, descriptive data analysis, and report of findings. Its discipline-specific topics include field research methods, qualitative data analysis, economic and demographic analysis, evaluation research, and methods in sub-disciplines such as land use planning, transportation planning, environmental planning, and housing analysis. Designed with instruction in mind, this book features downloadable materials, including learning outcomes, chapter highlights, chapter review questions, datasets, and certain Excel models. Students will be able to download review questions to enhance the learning process and datasets to practice methods.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Perspectives on Public Policy in Societal-Environmental Crises: What the Future Needs from History
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG COVID-19 and a World of Ad Hoc Geographies
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Assessment in Geographical Education: An International Perspective
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Precambrian Geology of Lithuania: An Integratory Study of the Platform Basement Structure and Evolution
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Forest Bioeconomy and Climate Change
Book SynopsisThis edited open access volume explores the role of forest bioeconomy in addressing climate change. The authors put a particular focus on planetary boundaries and how the linear, growth-oriented economy, is coupled with climate change and environmental degradation. Biobased products and sustainable production paths have been developed, but how can they be scaled in order to lead to an economic paradigm shift? This and other questions are discussed throughout the volume.Since science indicates that climate change will continue this century, the authors also analyse how forests can be adapted to increasing forest disturbances that changing climate are expected to cause. The authors propose climate-smart forestry as useful approach for climate mitigation and adaptation of forests to climate change, as wells as sustainable increase of economic well-being based on forestry. The book illustrates the application of climate-smart forestry in the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany and Spain, i.e., in EU countries with quite different forests and forest sectors. This proactive and inspiring volume is an essential resource for Forest Management professionals, decision makers, scientists, and forestry students. Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Role of the Forest-Based Sector in the Bioeconomy and Climate Change (Hetemäki and Kangas).- Chapter 2. Planetary Boundaries and the Role of the Forest-Based Sector (Hetemäki and Seppälä).- Chapter 3. Climate Change, Impacts, Adaptation and Risk Management in Forests (Venäläinen et al.).- Chapter 4. Outlook for a Forest-Based Bioeconomy (Hurmekoski et al.).- Chapter 5. Forest Biomass Availability (Anttila and Verkerk).- Chapter 6. Carbon Sequestration and Storage in the Forests of the European Union (Kilpeläinen and Peltola).- Chapter 7. Contribution of Wood-Based Products to Climate Change Mitigation (Hurmekoski et al.).- Chapter 8. Synthesis: Climate-Change Mitigation in the Forest-Based Sector (Hurmekoski et al.).- Chapter 9. Climate-Smart Forestry Approach (Hetemäki and Verkerk).- Chapter 10. Climate-Smart Forestry Case Study: Czech Republic (Emil Cienciala).- Chapter 11. Climate-Smart Forestry Case Study: Finland (Peltola et al.).- Chapter 12. Climate-Smart Forestry Case Study: Germany (Hanewinkel et al.).- Chapter 13. Climate-Smart Forestry Case Study: Spain (Trasobares et al).- Chapter 14. The Way Forward: Management and Policy Actions (Hetemäki et al.)
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Economic Evaluation, Cost-Benefit Analysis,
Book SynopsisWith cost-benefit analysis, economic sciences cultivate a specific decision-making procedure, which has also been partially adopted in politics. Although economists do not experience the approach as normative, on closer examination the approach can be identified as an economic ethics. The present philosophical and at the same time transdisciplinary (with special legal and economic components) treatment examines the persuasive power of this approach using climate change as an example, as the most important sustainability issue. The objections raised against the economisation of decision-making with regard to the utilitarian tradition, such as the criticism of the orientation towards weighing up options, the alleged lack of distributive justice or the tendency to describe people in behavioural science as selfish, are hardly or not at all convincing on closer examination. In several respects, however, it turns out that cost-benefit analysis faces insoluble problems. Firstly, the theoretical basis of (hidden normative) cost-benefit analysis in philosophical empiricism does not seem tenable. This means the idea of empiricism that normative questions must be transformed into questions of factual (countable and reproduceable) preferences of people. Secondly, there are massive collisions of cost-benefit analysis with a liberal-democratic constitutional law, whose principles are universal ethical principles. This concerns both freedom rights (which must not depend on the ability of humans to pay) and the model of democracy and respect for the rule of law. Thirdly, insoluble problems of application arise for cost-benefit analyses, which are particularly (but not only) apparent in the context of climate protection, in general considerations as in the case of legislation as well as in individual analyses, as done when constructing a coal-fired power plant. A strongly deflated cost-benefit analysis could nevertheless contribute factual material – such as partial aspects of decision consequences that can actually be depicted in monetary terms – to ethical or legal decision-making processes. In this respect the approach appears helpful and complementary, but not beyond that.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Problem and Fundaments.-Chapter 2. Idea-historical foundations and dubious (standard) objections to cost-benefit analysis.- Chapter 3. Frictions on the application level: costs and benefits, discounting, uncertainty, fact base.- Chapter 4. Collision of the cost-benefit analysis with liberal-democratic basic principles and the claim of validity of law.- Chapter 5. Cost-benefit analysis without convincing theoretical basis.- Chapter 6. Remaining relevance of cost-benefit elements in balancing.
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Springer International Publishing AG Open Mapping towards Sustainable Development Goals: Voices of YouthMappers on Community Engaged Scholarship
Book SynopsisThis collection amplifies the experiences of some of the world’s young people who are working to address SDGs using geospatial technologies and multi-national collaboration. Authors from every region of the world who have emerged as leaders in the YouthMappers movement share their perspectives and knowledge in an accessible and peer-friendly format. YouthMappers are university students who create and use open mapping for development and humanitarian purposes. Their work leverages digital innovations - both geospatial platforms and communications technologies - to answer the call for leadership to address sustainability challenges. The book conveys a sense of robust knowledge emerging from formal studies or informal academic experiences - in the first-person voices of students and recent graduates who are at the forefront of creating a new map of the world. YouthMappers use OpenStreetMap as the foundational sharing mechanism for creating data together. Authors impart the way they are learning about themselves, about each other, about the world. They are developing technology skills, and simultaneously teaching the rest of the world about the potential contributions of a highly connected generation of emerging world leaders for the SDGs. The book is timely, in that it captures a pivotal moment in the trajectory of the YouthMappers movement’s ability to share emerging expertise, and one that coincides with a pivotal moment in the geopolitical history of planet earth whose inhabitants need to hear from them. Most volumes that cover the topic of sustainability in terms of youth development are written by non-youth authors. Moreover, most are written by non-majoritarian, entrenched academic scholars. This book instead puts forward the diverse voices of students and recent graduates in countries where YouthMappers works, all over the world. Authors cover topics that range from water, agriculture, food, to waste, education, gender, climate action and disasters from their own eyes in working with data, mapping, and humanitarian action, often working across national boundaries and across continents. To inspire readers with their insights, the chapters are mapped to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ways that connect a youth agenda to a global agenda. With a preface written by Carrie Stokes, Chief Geographer and GeoCenter Director, United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This is an open access book. Table of ContentsChapter1. Introduction.- PartI. Mapping for the Goals on Poverty, Hunger, Health, Education, Gender, Water, and Energy.- Chapter2. Open Data Addressing Challenges Associated with Informal Settlements in the Global South.- Chapter3. Leveraging Spatial Technology for Agricultural Intensification to Address Hunger in Ghana.- Chapter4. Rural Household Food Insecurity and Child Malnutrition in Northern Ghana.- Chapter5. Where is the Closest Health Clinic? YouthMappers map their communities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.- Chapter6. Cross-continental YouthMappers Action to Fight Schistosomiasis Transmission in Senegal.- Chapter7. Understanding YouthMappers Contributions to Building Resilient Communities in Asia.- Chapter8. Activating Education for Sustainable Development Goals through YouthMappers.- Chapter9. Seeing the World Through Maps: An Inclusive and Youth Oriented Approach.- Chapter10. Youth Engagement and the Water-Energy-Land Nexus in Costa Rica.- Chapter11. Power Grid Mapping in West Africa.- Chapter12. Mapping Access to Electricity in Urban and Rural Nigeria.- PartII. Youth Action on Work, Leadership, Innovation, Inequality, Cities, Production and Land.- Chapter13. Stories from Students Building Sustainability Through Transfer of Leadership.- Chapter14. Drones For Good: Mapping Out the SDGs Using Innovative Technology in Malawi.- Chapter15. Assessing YouthMappers Contributions to the Generation of Open Geospatial Data in Africa.- Chapter16. Mapping Invisible and Inaccessible Areas of Brazilian Cities to Reduce Inequalities.- Chapter17. Visualizing YouthMappers Contributions to Environmental Resilience in Latin America.- PartIII. Marking a Path to Goals on Sustainable Communities, Consumption, Climate, Oceans, Land, and Justice.- Chapter18. Youth Engagement and Participation in Mitigating Perennial Flooding in Kampala, Uganda using Open Geospatial Data.- Chapter19. Sustainable Mobility through Knowledge Exchange and Collaborative Mapping of Cycling Infrastructure: SIGenBici in Medellín, Colombia.- Chapter20. Wastesites.io: Mapping Solid Waste to Meet Sustainable Development Goals.- Chapter21. Mapping for Resilience: Extreme Heat Deaths and Mobile Homes in Arizona.- Chapter22. Mapping for Women’s Evacuation Plans during Climate-induced Disasters.- Chapter23. Sustainable Development in Oceania and the Role of Mapping for Women.- Chapter24. Sustainable Coastal Communities in the Anthropocene: Lessons from Crowd-Mapping Projects in Colombia.- Chapter25. Collaborative Cartography Making Riparian Communities Visible in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.- Chapter26. Open Mapping with Official Cartographies in the Americas.- Chapter27. Cities of the Future Need to be Both Smart and Just: How We Think Open Mapping Can Help.- PartIV. Supporting YouthMappers to Advance the SDGs through Institutions and Partnerships.- Chapter28. Mentoring Experiences in YouthMappers Chapters.- Chapter29. The Ecosystem Where YouthMappers Live and Thrive.- Chapter30. A Free and Open Map of the Entire World: Opportunities for YouthMappers within the Unusual Partnership Model of OpenStreetMap.- Chapter31. Youth and Humanitarian Action: Open Mapping Partnerships for Disaster Response and the SDGs.- PartV. The Paths Ahead.- Chapter32. Generation 2030: The Strategic Imperative of Youth Civic and Political Engagement.- Chapter33. Reflecting on the YouthMappers Movement.
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Springer International Publishing AG A Geographical Century: Essays for the Centenary of the International Geographical Union
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Springer International Publishing AG Landscapes and Landforms of the Horn of Africa: Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on regions for which until now the geomorphology was very poorly studied and relatively unknown. Nevertheless, the landforms and landscapes of the Horn of Africa are highly attractive, diverse and in a few cases unique, since they span very different environments, from highland plateaus and mountains to lowlands (even below sea level) and coastlines with a high degree of diversity and from monsoon to arid climate conditions. The main topics addressed in the book include the links between the geological evolution and the current large scale geomorphology of the Horn of Africa; the large differences between the highlands and lowlands climate, river hydrology and their variation through time within a climate change perspective. This part of the world was home of the very first hominids. The landscape in which they lived and evolved throughout the Pleistocene is described in comparison with the arid and inhospitable, though immensely scenic, environment of today. Perennial and ephemeral rivers with very different morphology, processes, and hydrology drain the area, and, in combination with the past and recent uplift, substantially contributed to provide the region with peculiar landscapes and landforms. Long lasting weathering and erosion processes result in a typical inselberg landscape such as the Bur region, or the currently exposed flatland of old peneplain surfaces. Their changes through time, induced by both natural and anthropogenic factors, are addressed by a couple of case studies. Though the region has few inhabitants, they had to struggle to find their livelihood in a land that offers poor resources. This resulted in landscape change and land degradation. Examples of human impact on the landscape are presented at different scales. This book provides readers interested in geography and geomorphology with essential scientific and educational information on the Landscapes and Landforms of Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia through simple, though scientifically, rigorous texts illustrated with several color maps and photos. One main prerogative of this book is therefore to give an insight into a region of the world where, for geographical and historical constraints, geomorphological investigation was very limited, thus enriching its intrinsic informative value.Table of ContentsChp. 1 Geomorphological landscapes of Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia. Paolo Billi and Piotr MigonChp. 2 Geology of the eastern Horn of Africa: a review and geomorphological perspectives. Ernesto Abbate, Mario Sagri and others.Chp. 3 The climate of the eastern Horn of Africa. Massimiliano Fazzini, Carlo Bisci, Paolo BilliChp. 4 River hydromorphology and flood hazard. Paolo Billi Chp. 5 Geomorphology of the Eritrean coasts. Paolo Ciavola Chp. 6 Somalia coast geomorphology. Paolo Ciavola .Chp. 7 Quaternary landscape evolution of the Homo erectus site of Buia, Eritrean Danakil. Massimiliano GhinassiChp 8. Geomorphology of the Samoti plain, Eritrean Danakil. Paolo Billi Chp. 9 Geomorphology of Afar. Jaques Varet Chp. 10 Geomorphological map of Somalia. Paolo Paron and Francesco DramisChp. 11 Landscape and landforms of northern Somalia. Bruno PetrucciChp. 12 Geomorphology of the ephemeral streams in the Daban basin , northern Somalia. Paolo BilliChp. 13. Landscape Evolution in the Mean Juba River Valley. Mauro ColtortiChp. 14 River drainage system evolution in Somalia. Paolo ParonChp. 15 Landscape change in Eritrea and Somalia. Neil MunroChp. 16 Landscape change, land degradation and sustainable land management in Eritrea. Hans Hurni, Thomas Kohler and co-authors Chp. 17 Land Degradation of Somalia. Chris Print
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Springer International Publishing AG Ancient Hydrocarbon Seeps
Book SynopsisThis volume details the function of hydrocarbon seeps, their evolution over time, the most important seep occurrences and the fauna present in ancient hydrocarbon seeps. While several publications exist that cover modern seeps and vents, fossil seeps only constitute a small component of the literature. As such, many geologists, stratigraphers and paleontologists, as well as undergraduates and graduate students, are not very familiar with ancient hydrocarbon seep deposits and their associated fauna. This text is the first to comprehensively discuss the nature of such animal groups and how to recognize them. In addition to summarizing available knowledge on these topics for specialists in the field, this book offers the background needed to be of use to students as well as the wider community of geologists and paleontologists.Table of ContentsChapter 1-Introduction.- Chapter 2-Biogeochemical processes.- Chapter 3-Taphonomy and diagenesis of seeps.- Chapter 4-Biota.- Chapter 5-Seeps around the world.- Chapter 6-Seeps as ecosystems.- Chapter 7-Evolution of seep communities over geological time.- Chapter 8-Cognate communities.
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Springer International Publishing AG The History of the East Sea and the Sea of Japan: Origin of Geographical Names, Conflicts and Solutions
Book SynopsisThis monograph discusses the dispute in geographical naming of the sea between Korea and Japan, which has been a long-lasting issue in East Asia and beyond. The book covers the modern history of the dispute, reveals the origin of the names for the sea between Korea and Japan, and the historical change of the name on ancient maps of Korea, Japan, and the West, and tracks the naming trends of the East Sea in geography textbooks in the pre-modern and modern times. The book also contains suggestions for some tangible solutions for the issue. This book is a useful resource for students and scholars in the fields of political geography, historical geography, cartography, diplomatic history, international relations, politics, and other related disciplines. It also appeals to international experts in hydrographic organizations and the United Nations, and geography and history teachers. The book is also interesting for the general readers interested in the topic of geographical naming disputes.Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG Circular Economy in Municipal Solid Waste Landfilling: Biomining & Leachate Treatment: Sustainable Solid Waste Management: Waste to Wealth
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Springer International Publishing AG The Geography of Uzbekistan: At the Crossroads of the Silk Road
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Springer International Publishing AG Science, Technology and Society: An Introduction
Book SynopsisScience, Technology and Society: An Introduction provides students with an accessible overview of the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). The discipline breaks down traditional conceptions of knowledge as universal, neutral and ahistorical, and takes a more critical approach to science and technology as social embedded phenomena. This comprehensive textbook makes use of unique examples and case studies to illustrate theoretical debates and concepts. In addition, the reader acquires a unique vision of contemporary issues (such as the power of algorithms, the mystification of fake news, the role of experts within the decision-making process, for example). Each chapter incorporates pedagogically rich features, including interactive discussion points to be used individually or in class as prompts for debate.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Why Do We Need to Rethink Science?.Part One: From The Philosophy Of Science to The Social Studies of Science.Chapter 2: Gnoseology. The Foundations of Human Knowledge.Chapter 3: Epistemology: The fundamental elements of scientific knowledge.Chapter 4: Society In Science.Chapter 5: The Advent of The Studies of Science and of Technology.Part Two: Main Themes In STS.Chapter 6: The Boundaries of Science.Chapter 7: Science Behind The Scenes.Chapter 8: Scientists, Experts And Public Opinion.Chapter 9 Science And Technology: Two Sides Of The Same Coin.Chapter 10: Science, Technology And Gender.Part Three: Contemporary Fields Of InquiryChapter 11: Environment.Chapter 12: Digital Societies.Chapter 13: Medicine And Biotechnology.Chapter 14: Five Challenges For The Future.Chapter 15. Conclusion
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Springer International Publishing AG Our Carbon Hoofprint: The Complex Relationship
Book SynopsisIn the ongoing effort to combat global climate catastrophe, animal agriculture has long been a subject of contention. On the one hand, most agree that across the world increasing meat and dairy consumption are accelerating anthropogenic climate change. On the other hand, proponents of the livestock industry argue that modern advancements reduce greenhouse gas emissions from efficient livestock production to negligible quantities. Some even maintain that grass-based livestock production has a net positive impact on the environment, due to the carbon sequestration caused by grazing. Whom are we to believe? This book shows us that the answer is not so clear-cut. Beginning with the implications of the UN’s Livestock’s Long Shadow report, it breaks down the blind spots and highlights the insights of the most prominent pro-meat arguments, as well as of the push for a global switch to vegetarianism. While advances in efficiency might reduce greenhouse gas emissions per unit of meat or milk produced, attendant decreases in cost can enable overconsumption and thus produce more waste. And while carbon sequestration is beneficial, it is not a reliable cure-all for the industry. Due to the economics of farming, however, eliminating meat consumption may not even reduce emissions at all. The truth about livestock production is much more nuanced but, luckily, also far more holistic. The future of agricultural policy will have to take into consideration factors such as human health and economics, as well as climate. Eschewing ideology for empirical rigor, this book paves an actionable path forward for both consumers and producers, offering unique solutions for each livestock system and simple, everyday adjustments for the average omnivore.Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. How we got here, and where we need to go: The bitter fight about meat and climate The UN’s Livestock’s Long Shadow report and its impact in the popular press and in farm country Chapter 2. The consequences for climate of meat consumption The argument for reducing meat consumption to slow climate change. Chapter 3. The Limits of Vegetarianism Critiques of the excesses of the vegetarian argument. In developed nations livestock production contributes relatively little to global warming. It is important to not exaggerate the impact of reduced meat consumption on greenhouse gas emissions. Also, livestock play an important role in sustainable agriculture. Chapter 4. The Benefits of Modern Efficiency The argument that conventional modern techniques of producing meat are highly efficient and thus have a relatively low greenhouse gas footprint (or hoofprint). Chapter 5. The Limits of Efficiency Even with gains in efficiency, meat and especially beef, still has outsized greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, efficient production also translates to low cost, which in turn enables overconsumption and waste. Chapter 6. The Miracle of Grass The argument that grass-based livestock production can result in significant carbon sequestration. Chapter 7. The Limits of Grass Grazing does not always result in carbon sequestration, let alone net sequestration of greenhouse gases after accounting for methane emissions from manure and ruminant digestion and nitrous oxide emissions from soils. Sometimes this is due to poor management, but sometimes it is due to soil and climate factors. In many cases we still don’t fully understand what factors result in carbon storage or loss in soils. We need to be more realistic about what grazing can accomplish in terms of climate change mitigation. Chapter 8. Lightening our Carbon Hoofprint We have spent too much time trying to justify a simplistic response to the challenge posed by the greenhouse gas emissions of livestock. The truth is more nuanced. In fact, greenhouse gas emissions in the US are pretty similar for grazed and conventionally raised animals, but there is wide variation within each system depending on details of manure management and feed production. And although on average meat production generates more greenhouse gases than raising vegetable protein sources, due to the economics of farming it is not clear that eliminating meat consumption would actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While this complexity does not support the claim of any of the three viewpoints, it does allow farmers and eaters to reduce their greenhouse gas footprints without completely changing their way of life. Chapter 9. Policy Pathways While climate is a critical challenge for our planet, humans do not and should not make decisions based on climate alone. As we consider what to eat and how to structure agricultural policy we also need to look at other environmental impacts such as water quality and biodiversity, as well as human health, cultural factors, and economics.
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Springer International Publishing AG Advanced Materials in Smart Building Skins for Sustainability: From Nano to Macroscale
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Springer International Publishing AG The Ocean and Us
Book SynopsisThe Ocean and Us provides an overview of our contemporary understanding of the ocean and all the ways our lives interact with it. It is intended for everyone with an interest in our blue planet. The book brings together the expertise of over 35 ocean specialists from around the world. It explores a wide variety of themes including the importance of a healthy ocean in the fight to halt and contain climate change. It covers issues such as overfishing and pollution, as well as emerging themes such as the blue economy, marine animal welfare and how we can leverage innovation to protect the ocean. The book provides an overview of some of the world’s iconic threatened and at risk ocean ecosystems, and outlines current governance structures and ocean management tools. It also discusses the important social dimensions between people and the ocean, such as ocean and human wellbeing, communities and the ocean, and who gets to participate in the ocean space. The book aims to enhance ocean literacy by making specialist concepts accessible to non-experts, with a view to empowering concerned citizens everywhere to come into action for the ocean, and pave a better way forward for humanity.Table of ContentsSection 1: Climate Change.- Chapter 1: Ocean acidification, warming and reduced oxygen.- Chapter 2: What is Blue Carbon.- Chapter 3: Fish & climate.- Chapter 4: Whales & climate.- Section 2: Overfishing.- Chapter 5: State of the world’s fisheries, legal overfishing, fish subsidies.- Chapter 6: Fish Crime.- Chapter 7: Shark finning.- Chapter 8: Aquarium Trade.- Chapter 9: Fair Fisheries.- Section 3: Pollution.- Chapter 10: Plastics.- Chapter 11: Shipping.- Chapter 12: Oil Spills.- Chapter 13: Acoustics.- Section 4: Threatened/At Risk Marine Habitats.- Chapter 14: The Deep Sea: Overview & threats (deep sea mining & fishing) .- Chapter 15: Corals: Overview & threats & restoration efforts.- Chapter 16 The Poles Arctic & Antarctic.- Chapter 17: Coastal Habitat: (Sea grass, mangroves, kelp forests, salt marshes, estuaries) & threats.- Section 5: Ocean Governance.- Chapter 18: How we manage the world’s oceans.- Chapter 19: What are the High Seas and where are we at with protecting it.- Chapter 20: Marine Protected Areas. Why they are important, what the global targets are.- Chapter 21: Business & Oceans (how businesses can work toward healthy ocean) .- Section 6: Communities, Human & Animal Wellbeing.- Chapter 22: Communities & Oceans.- Chapter 23: Tourism and the Ocean.- Chapter 24: Marine Animal Welfare.- Chapter 25: Gender & Oceans.- Chapter 26: Oceans and Human Health.- Section 7: How to make a difference.- Chapter 27: Shaming and other social tools to change the system.- Chapter 28: Inspiring Action.
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Springer A Practical Guide to Ore MicroscopyVolume 1
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Springer International Publishing AG Beyond the North American Model of Wildlife
Book SynopsisThe North American Wildlife Conservation Model (NAM) is the driver of a strong anthropocentric stance, which has legalized an ongoing, annual exploitation of hundreds of millions of wild animals, who are killed in the United States through trapping, hunting and other lethal practices. Increasingly, the American public opposes the killing of wild animals for recreation, trophies and profit but has little—if any—knowledge of the Model. The purpose of this book is to empower the public with knowledge about the NAM’s insufficiencies and to help expedite the shift from lethal to compassionate conservation, an endeavour urgently needed particularly under the threats of climate change, human population growth and accelerating plant and animal species extinctions.With a focus on trapping, this book exposes the NAM's belief in human supremacy and its consequences for wild animals and their ecosystems, the same value that is driving the ongoing global destruction of nature and accelerating species extinction. Motivated by a deep concern for wild animals who suffer and whose lives are extinguished each year by 'sportsmen and women', this book exposes the violent treatment of wild animals inherent in governmental-promoted hunting and trapping programs, while emphasizing the importance of empathy and compassion for other animals in conservation and in our lives.Trade Review“In her new book about the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, Anja Heister offers a historical view of wildlife management … . Heister’s work should be added to any curricula for students of wildlife management as well as history, as her work adds richness and depth to our shared knowledge and will teach critical thinking rather than train the next generation of NAM-based thinkers. … this book is certainly helping.” (Julie Marshall, The Denver Post, denverpost.com, December 30, 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Animal Standpoint.- Chapter 3: The North American Model for Wildlife Conservation.- Chapter 4: The Existing Critique of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.- Chapter 5: The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation’s Selective Use of Ethics to Support Exploitation of Wild Animals.- Chapter 6: NAM’s Science and Impacts of Policies in Pacific and Mountain West Regions.- Chapter 7: Crime Scenes in the Woods: The NAM and Cruelty against Wild Animals.- Chapter 8: Abandoning Human Entitlement: Empathy, Compassion, and Rights for Nonhuman Animals.
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Springer International Publishing AG Migration Diversity and Social Cohesion:
Book SynopsisThis open access book shows policymakers which initiatives work when responding to the increasing diversity in cities, towns and neighborhood's. In recent times, policymakers have grappled with ways of responding to this increase, which has resulted in a plethora of policy initiatives, some more effective than others. Bringing together a large amount of research and evidence-based policy recommendations, this book offers both a sense of strategic direction as well as more specific, actionable advice. It brings together a remarkable mixture of policy areas that touch upon issues of diversity, immigration policy, education, and labour policy. It is of benefit and importance to all those making policies for a country with increasing immigration. Table of ContentsIntroduction: New migration patterns require a reassessment of policies.- Chapter 2: The Netherlands as a society of immigration.- Chapter 3: Societal challenges.- Chapter 4: Changing policy models.- Chapter 5: A better organisation of reception and integration in municipalities.- Chapter 6: Strengthening the social cohesion.- Chapter 7: Towards migration policy with an eye for social cohesion.- Chapter 8: Reassessing the policy agenda.
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Springer International Publishing AG Water Insecurity and Water Governance in Urban
Book SynopsisThis book explores water service provisions of the urban poor in the cities of Africa with particular emphasis on Kenya and its capital city of Nairobi. In particular the book addresses the insecurity of tenure, and how the colonial segregation of land continues to shape water access and service provision even today in Nairobi. The book seeks to understand how urban water management entails the “production of thirst” among the urban poor and documents how cultural norms, political commitments and seemingly mundane practices of water managers combine to exclude the poor from accessing water. Supporters of privatization argue that private companies may succeed where governments have failed in supplying water to the urban poor. The author takes a closer look at this argument, demonstrating the limitations of some of the current reforms whilst also exploring alternatives and solutions. This book will be an invaluable reference for students, researchers and practitioners working in this field.
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Springer International Publishing AG Natural Gas at the Frontline Between the EU,
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the rapidly unfolding events that have impacted on the European energy dynamics, in the light of the way in Ukraine and the energy crisis that have reconfigured, since 2022, the European and the global geopolitical scene, dislocating not only crucial natural resources but also the pace of the energy transition and the continent’s existential security, its basic trust and sense of continuity. It introduces an innovative interpretation of the conflict and cooperation dynamics in Europe, by challenging the reader to look beyond the material aspects of energy security, related to supply and demand, consumption, production and prices dynamics, which I nonetheless explain in detail. Thus, it invites the audience to explore the deeper layer of motivations that underpin the actors’ decision to engage in conflict and cooperation, by exploring their cognitive and psychological considerations, in addition to the material ones. For this purpose, it presents a new conceptual tool, the conflict-cooperation perpetuum, in order to explain why the same players, in this case the EU, Russia and Turkey, may choose to simultaneously perceive each other as security threats and trade partners, engaging in both conflict and cooperation simultaneously with the same ‘Other’. In addition, it proposes to apply the framework of ontological security, in order to understand the responses of the EU, Russia and Turkey to the major existential crises that have affected them in past years, culminating with the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis of 2022. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Energy As Security: Overcoming Theoretical and Conceptual Reductionism in Energy Literature.- Chapter 3: Ontological Energy Security: Cognitive and Material Foundations for a Conflict-Cooperation Perpetuum.- Chapter 4: Natural Gas at the Frontline of the Energy Crisis and the War in Ukraine: a material perspective.- Chapter 5: The EU’s Physical and Ontological Energy Security Quest: Between a vulnerable importer of energy and an assertive exporter of values.- Chapter 6: Russia’s Energy Policy and Strategy: From a reliable partner to an unwanted supplier.- Chapter 7: Turkey’s Energy Strategy: In search of an upgraded political and energy status.
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Springer International Publishing AG Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 1 Issue 2, 2022
Book SynopsisThis open access book provides an overview of the progress in landslide research and technology and is part of a book series of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). It gives an overview of recent progress in landslide research and technology for practical applications and the benefit for the society contributing to understanding and reducing landslide disaster risk.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Editorial of the new open access book series “Progress in Landslide Research and Technology” (Kyoji Sassa).- Part I. Original Articles.- Chapter 2. Key Techniques of Prevention and Control for Reservoir Landslide Based on Evolutionary Process (Huiming Tang).- Chapter 3. Landslide research and technology in patent documents (Matjaž Mikoš).- Chapter 4. Scalable Platform for UAV Flight Operations, Data Capture, Cloud Processing and Image Rendering of Landslide Hazards and Surface Change Detection for Disaster-Risk Reduction (David Huntley).- Chapter 5. Ongoing persistent slope failures at the toe of a giant submarine slide in the Ryukyu Trench that generated the AD 1771 Meiwa tsunami (Kiichiro Kawamura).- Chapter 6. Experimental simulation of landslide creep in ring shear machine (Netra Prakash Bhandary).- Chapter 7. Assessment of the effects of rainfall frequency on landslide susceptibility mapping using AHP method: a case study for a mountainous region in central Vietnam (Chi Cong Nguyen).- Chapter 8. Suffosion landslides as a specific type of slope deformations in the European part of Russia (Oleg V. Zerkal).- Chapter 9. In situ triaxial creep test on gravelly slip zone soil of a giant landslide: innovative attempts and findings (Qinwen Tan).- Chapter 10. Challenges and lessons learned from heavy rainfall induced geo-disasters over the last decade in Kyushu Island, Japan (Noriyuki Yasufuku).- Chapter 11. Effect of landslide deformation on the stability of St. Andrew's Church (Kyiv, Ukraine): Applications of remote sensing and mathematical modeling (Oleksandr Trofymchuk).- Chapter 12. Application of Global Satellite Positioning and Automatic Monitoring in Slopeland Disaster Prevention (Thanh -Van Hoang).- Chapter 13. Landslide warning systems in upper middle-income countries: current insights and new perspectives (Irasema Alcántara-Ayala).- Chapter 14. 30 years of Cultural Heritage Landslides and block movements Risk assessment: Case studies from Egypt (Yasser Elshayeb).- Part II. Review articles.- Chapter 15. Review of the Founding Issue of P‐LRT: Progress in Landslide Research and Technology (Shinji Sassa).- Chapter 16. Landslide detection and spatial prediction: Application of data and information from landslide maps (Snježana Mihalić).- Chapter 17. Long-lasting Post-quake Deformation Buildups in the Grounds that Spread Laterally in Recent Earthquakes (Kazuo Konagai).- Chapter 18. 10th Anniversary of ICL Adriatic-Balkan Network and 5th Regional Symposium on Landslides (Željko Arbanas).- Chapter 19. Landslide detection and spatial prediction: Application of data and information from landslide maps (Željko Arbanas).- Chapter 20. Coseismic Stress Changes, Landslides in the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake, and their Impact on Post-quake Rehabilitations (Kazuo Konagai).
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Springer International Publishing AG The History of Natural Stone in SaintPetersburg
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Springer International Publishing AG Urban Living Lab for Local Regeneration: Beyond Participation in Large-scale Social Housing Estates
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Springer International Publishing AG Ecovillages and Ecocities: Bioclimatic Applications from Tirana, Albania
Book SynopsisEcological and livable cities need an objective method to be examined. This book is in search of a method to determine the level of livability, ecology and energy efficiency. Ecological and sustainable cities need to properly make up for the existent weakness of the city's construction under fine ecological environment. The intention of this comparative study is an attempt to improve life quality in Tirana, Albania. It gives examples of successful strategies, e.g. bioclimatic solution through passive solar systems and the use of underground tunnels. This book is aimed at researches, professionals, architects and city planners.Table of ContentsAn approach from ecovillages and ecocities to Tirana, Albania.- Tirana the capital of Albania. A brief history of regulatory plans, anti-bombing hideouts and its climate conditions.- Leed and Breeam building standards and Albanian law related to building thermal performance.- Social impact in a specific neighborhood in Tirana, Albania.- In the traces of bioclimatic architecture.- Existing site conditions. Building thermography and U-Value measurements. Case study Tirana, Albania.- Bioclimatic eco-renovation concept design and strategies. The use of different materials.- Bioclimatic eco-renovation. Case study Tirana, Albania.
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Springer International Publishing AG Climate Change and Microbiome Dynamics: Carbon Cycle Feedbacks
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Springer International Publishing AG Transgenics in Dispute: Political conflicts in
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the conflict over the release of transgenic soybean in Brazil based on a narrative analysis of political conflict. At the end of the 1990s, the commercial release of Roundup Ready (RR) soybean triggered a heated debate over the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Brazilian agriculture, which developed into an open political conflict opposing pro- and anti-GMOs groups in Brazilian society. This volume examines some of the structuring axes of this conflict by applying a narrative analysis of political conflict. In this approach, politics is perceived as a process of interpretive conflict in which participants in the political game seek to establish the lines that delimit the very definition of public issues under debate. The issue of GMOs is understood, from this perspective, as a public controversy whose dynamics are shaped by the discourses that emerge from the dispute itself. To analyze these controversies, the book focuses on three axes of narrative analyses: the conflict over distributives issues associated with the commercial release of RR soy; the conflict over scientific uncertainty associated with the environmental risks of GMOs; and the conflict over labeling policies. Transgenics in Dispute: Political Conflicts in the Commercial Liberation of GMOs in Brazil will be of interest to both social and environmental scientists concerned with the risks produced by the newest technologies that mediate our relationship with the environment and with the public debate that their use tends to provoke.This book is a translation of the original Portuguese edition “Transgênicos em disputa: Os conflitos políticos na liberação comercial dos OGMs no Brasil” by Cristiano Luis Lenzi, published in Brazil by Appris Editora in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). The author has subsequently revised the text further in an endeavour to refine the work stylistically. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Environmental Policy Process: from linear to discursive model.- Chapter 3. Brave New World Of Biotechnology: Ethics, science, policy and regulation.- Chapter 4. A Territory Free of Transgenics: the conflict over the release of RR soybean in Southern Brazil.- Chapter 5. Science In Dispute: Sound science and the conflict over risk analysis.- Chapter 6. Labelling as Precaution: Substantial equivalence and the conflict over labelling.- Chapter 7. Regulation Made in USA: Regulatory Polarization and the Brazilian Case.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.
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Springer International Publishing AG Debating Religion and Forced Migration
Book SynopsisThis open access book brings into dialogue emerging and seasoned migration and religion scholars with spiritual leaders and representatives of faith-based organizations assisting refugees. Violent conflicts, social unrest, and other humanitarian crises around the world have led to growing numbers of people seeking refuge both in the North and in the South. Migrating and seeking refuge have always been part and parcel of spiritual development. However, the current 'refugee crisis' in Europe and elsewhere in the world has brought to the fore fervent discussions regarding the role of religion in defining difference, linking the ‘refugee crisis’ with Islam, and fear of the ‘Other.’ Many religious institutions, spiritual leaders, and politicians invoke religious values and call for strict border controls to resolve the ‘refugee crisis.’ However, equally many humanitarian organizations and refugee advocates use religious values to inform their call to action to welcome refugees and migrants, provide them with assistance, and facilitate integration processes. This book includes three distinct but inter-related parts focusing, respectively, on politics, values, and discourses mobilized by religious beliefs; lived experiences of religion, with a particular emphasis on identity and belonging among various refugee groups; and faith and faith actors and their responses to forced migration.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Debating Religion and Forced Migration Entanglements (Elżbieta M. Goździak). - Part 1: Politics, values, and discourses mobilized by religion. - Chapter 1: Keleti Pályaudvar: Past and Present Refugee Crises in Hungary (Elżbieta M. Goździak). - Chapter 2: A journey to reconciliation? Asylum, religion and LGBTQ+ identities in the UK (Moira Dustin). - Chapter 3: Though Shalt Not Deport? Religious Ethical Discourse and the Politics of Asylum in Poland and Israel (Agnieszka Bielewska). - Part 2: Lived experiences of religion: Belonging and identity. -Chapter 4: Class solidarity and sectarian politics: Quarantina and the refugees of Beirut, Lebanon (Diala Lteif). - Chapter 5: Spaces of Experience and Horizons of Expectation: On the multidimensional role of religion in the Syrian Refugee Crisis (Ingrid Løland). - Chapter 6: Exclusive inclusion: “Cultural values,” racialization of religion, and religious difference in the Netherlands’ politics of belonging (Aukje Muller). - Part 3: Faith and faith actors in responses to forced migration. - Chapter 7: Local faith communities’ responses to forced migration (Susanna Trotta and Olivia Wilkinson). - Chapter 8: Religion Resettles Refugees: Case studies of religion's role in resettlement in the United States (Mathew Weiner). - Chapter 9: Religion and Canada’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program: A Case Study with MCC Ontario (Luann Good Gingrich). - Chapter 10: The occult and land access among peri-urban refugees: The case of Lydiate informal settlement in Zimbabwe (Johannes Bhanye). - Conclusions: Religion and Forced Migration at the Crossroads (Elżbieta M. Goździak)
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Springer International Publishing AG Smart Cities: 5th Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-CITIES 2022, Cuenca, Ecuador, November 28-30, 2022, Revised Selected Papers
Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Ibero-American Congress on Smart Cities, ICSC-Cities 2022, held in Cuenca, Ecuador during November 28–30, 2022. The 17 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 116 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: computational intelligence and urban informatics for smart cities, Internet of things, optimization, smart production, and smart public services and smart monitoring and communicationsTable of ContentsComputational intelligence and urban informatics for smart cities.- Synthetic Dataset of Electroluminescence images of Photovoltaic cells by Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Networks.- Walking Accessibility to the Public Transport Network in Montevideo, Uruguay.- Artificial intelligence for automatic building extraction from urban aerial images.- Distribution of Police Patrols as a Covering Problem in Smart Cities: Fuengirola Use Case.- Super resolution generative adversarial network for velocity fields in Large Eddy Simulations.- Deep Neural Networks for Global Horizontal Irradiation Forecasting: A comparative study.- Internet of things.- IoT platform for monitoring nutritional and weather conditions of avocado production.- IoT system for thermography analysis of photovoltaic installations.- A new approach to automate the connectivity of electronic devices with an IoT Platform.- Optimization, smart production, and smart public services.- Lean Office approach for muda identification in the admission process of university students.- Smart mobility for public transportation systems: Improved bus timetabling for synchronizing transfers.- Classification of Polyethylene Terephthalate bottles in a recycling plant.- Synthesized data generation for public transportation systems.- Analysis of public transportation in Montevideo, Uruguay during the COVID-19 pandemic.- Big Data trends in the analysis of city resources.- Smart monitoring and communications.- Detecting air conditioning usage in households using unsupervised machine learning on smart meter data.- SNS-Based Secret Sharing Scheme for Security of Smart City Communication Systems.- Application of LPWAN technologies based on LoRa in the monitoring of water sources of the Andean wetlands.- Deep Neural Networks for Global Horizontal Irradiation Forecasting: A comparative study.
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Springer International Publishing AG Celebrating the International Year of Mineralogy
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Springer Fundamentals of Innovative Sustainable Homes Design and Construction
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Springer International Publishing AG A Criminology of the Human Species: Setting an
Book SynopsisThe book sketches out how the criminological lens could be used in the climate change debate around possible human extinction. It explores the extent to which the human species can be considered deviant in relation to other species of the contemporary biosphere, as humans seem to be the only species on Earth that does not live in natural balance with their environment (anymore). It discusses several unsettling topics in the public debate on climate change, specifically the taboo of how humans may not survive the ongoing climate change. It includes chapters on the Earth’s history of mass-extinctions, the global state of denial including toward the possibility that the human species could go extinct, and it considers humans' future as a deviant, fatal species outside of Earth, in outer-space, possibly on other planets. It puts forward and enriches the critical criminological tradition by conceptualizing and setting an unsettling tone within criminology and criminological research on the human species and our extinction, by daring criminologists (and victimologists) to ponder and seek empirical answers to controversial imaginations and questions about our possible extinction.Table of Contents1. Dinosaurs, hot summers and the James Webb Telescope: Toward a criminological of the fatal human species and our extinction.- 2. Circles of life, death and rebirth: Previous mass extinctions, human-like species and the human species in the pre-industrial age.- 3. We destroy, therefore we are: The state of denial of our fatal nature and extinction.- 4. Space, the final frontier to exploit?: A criminological imagination of humans as extra-terrestrial harm.- 5. Conclusion, lessons, agenda.
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Springer International Publishing AG Urban Policy in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda: Balance and Perspectives from Latin America and Europe
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Springer International Publishing AG ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online: Applications in
Book SynopsisThis textbook serves as a practical guide for undergraduate and graduate students in geology, hydrology, ecology, and environmental sciences, teaching them applied GIS techniques. Presented as a step-by-step tutorial across seventeen chapters, the book starts with the fundamentals of GIS and progresses to real-life examples from geology and water resources. The focus is on ESRI's ArcGIS Pro, covering various tools for spatial, geostatistical, network, and 3-D analysis. Additionally, it explores ArcGIS Online and working with web apps like Web Map, StoryMaps, and GEO App.GIS applications, especially in water and environmental problem-solving, are rapidly growing worldwide. The demand for GIS experts utilizing spatial analysis in environmental science remains high. This textbook equips users with the necessary knowledge to become effective mappers and spatial analysts in the fields of environment, geosciences, and water resources, employing the latest state-of-the-art methodology.Each chapter provides exercises and supplementary materials available for download on SpringerLink, along with additional links for further learning opportunities.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to ArcGISPro.- Chapter 2: Data Classification and Layout in ArcGISPro.- Chapter 3: Data Acquisition.- Chapter 4: Coordinate Systems and Projections.- Chapter 5: Working with Geodatabase.- Chapter 6: Data Editing and Topology.- Chapter 7: Geoprocessing.- Chapter 8: Site Suitability and Data Modelling.- Chapter 9: Geocoding.- Chapter 10: Working with Raster.- Chapter 11: Spatial Interpolation.- Chapter 12: Watershed Delineation.- Chapter 13: Special Statistics.- Chapter 14: Network Analyst.- Chapter 15: 3-D Analyst.- Chapter 16: ArcGIS Online and Web Maps.
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Springer International Publishing AG Spatio-temporal Trend Analysis of Rainfall using
Book SynopsisThis book aims to provide an advanced R software approach that can carry out rainfall trend analysis using Mann-Kendall and Sen’s slope estimator tests. The research study follows a systematic approach while utilizing R software as it can greatly facilitate the analysis of rainfall trends. About 30 stations located in the study area and 41 to 50 years’ time series were selected for the purpose of analysis. The data for the research was collected from the State Water Data Centre (SWDC) in Gujarat, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in Pune, DAAC (NASA), and ESRI. Cluster analysis has been performed to analyze the variability of the mean rainfall. The stations have been divided into 2 clusters with 17 and 13 stations in each cluster which significantly differ from each other. This book is aimed at researchers, scientists and government organizations working in the field of climate change. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Literature survey.- Chapter 3. Study area and data collection.- Chapter 4. Methodology.- Chapter 5. Computations.- Chapter 6. Results and discussion.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.
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Springer Environmental Governance Ecological Remediation and Sustainable Development
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Springer Nile Water Conflict and the Grand Ethiopian
Book SynopsisIntroduction and Overview of the Nile Basin.- The Nile Basin and Water Stress.- Rainfed Agriculture and Climate Change in the Nile Basin.- Climate Change and the Nile Basin.- The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Site and Ethiopian Ethnic Politics.- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Negotiations.- TThe Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Filling and Operation.- The Hydro-Politics of Green, Blue, Virtual Water and Water Footprint in the Nile Basin.- The Everglades Drainage: A Lesson for Regional Wetlands.- The Sudd Marshes: A Threat to Regional Wetland Drainage.
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Springer International Publishing AG Climate Risk and Sustainability
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes recent trends and upcoming challenges in corporate governance and risk management in financial institutions with a particular focus on their rule in promoting a sustainable economic growth model.
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Palgrave Macmillan The Aesthetic Politics of Farright Environmentalism
Book Synopsis.- Chapter 1: Political Aesthetics as a Lens for Understanding Far-Right Environmentalism.- Chapter 2: Far-Right Political Ecology and the Role of Aesthetics.- Chapter 3: Ecofascism, Far-Right Syncretism, and Trolling as Political Aesthetic.- Chapter 4: Green Nationalism, Dissensus, and Denormalisation.- Chapter 5: Fashwave, Accelerationism, and the Aestheticisation of Destruction.- Chapter 6: Far-right Aesthetics in the Age of Global Heating.
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