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Book SynopsisEcolinguistics: Language, Ecology and the Stories We Live By is a ground-breaking book which reveals the stories that underpin unequal and unsustainable societies and searches for inspirational forms of language that can help rebuild a kinder, more ecological world. This new edition has been updated and expanded to bring together the latest ecolinguistic studies with new theoretical insights and practical analyses.The book presents a theoretical framework and practical tools for analysing the key texts which shape the society we live in. The theory is illustrated through examples, including the representation of environmental refugees in the media; the construction of the selfish consumer in economics textbooks; the parallels between climate change denial and coronavirus denial; the erasure of nature in the Sustainable Development Goals; creation myths and how they orient people towards the natural world; and inspirational forms of language in nature writing, Japanese haiku and Native American writing. This edition provides an updated theoretical framework, new example analyses, and an additional chapter on narratives. Accompanied by a free online course with videos, PowerPoints, notes and exercises (www.storiesweliveby.org.uk), as well as a comprehensive glossary, this is essential reading for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers working in the areas of Discourse Analysis, Environmental Studies and Communication Studies.Trade ReviewReviews of the first edition:'Ecolinguistics is sensitively written, cogently argued, and invaluable to all discourse analysts and critical ecologists. Given the urgency of the crisis we are facing, this book is not so much timely as overdue.' Emma Franklin, Discourse and Communication'Although the book is written with academic rigour, and addresses matters of such grave concern as climate change and factory farming, the honesty, lightness, and humanity of Arran Stibbe’s prose make it a pleasure to read. These qualities are themselves an expression of a greatness of heart that ultimately underpins his work.' Anthony Nanson, Language & Ecology'[Ecolinguistics] is cogent, accessible and well argued, but most significant is the unified and comprehensive framework that it provides.' Robert Poole, Critical Discourse Studies'The detailed descriptions of studies are insightful and interesting to read for scholars at all levels working on the relationship between discourse and society.' Michelle Riedlinger, Discourse and SocietyTable of ContentsPreface to the second edition AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Ideologies Chapter 3: Framing Chapter 4: Metaphors Chapter 5: Evaluations Chapter 6: Identities Chapter 7: Convictions Chapter 8: Erasure Chapter 9: Salience Chapter 10: NarrativesChapter 11: Conclusion Appendix: Sources of data GlossaryReferences Index

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Book SynopsisThis imaginative and empowering book explores the ways that our emotions entangle us with climate change and offers strategies for engaging with climate anxiety that can contribute to social transformation. Climate educator Blanche Verlie draws on feminist, more-than-human and affect theories to argue that people in high-carbon societies need to learn to live-with' climate change: to appreciate that human lives are interconnected with the climate, and to cultivate the emotional capacities needed to respond to the climate crisis. Learning to Live with Climate Change explores the cultural, interpersonal and sociological dimensions of ecological distress. The book engages with Australia's 2019/2020 Black Summer' of bushfires and smoke, undergraduate students' experiences of climate change, and contemporary activist movements such as the youth strikes for climate. Verlie outlines how we can collectively attune to, live with, and respond to the unsettling realities of cliTrade Review"Is climate change the teacher we need to help us learn to live? Perhaps counterintuitively, Verlie's answer is a resounding yes. Written for educators, young people, activists, community members, parents, researchers, and politicians—and anybody who is concerned about the fate of life on the planet— this book invites us to engage in an expansive, co-creative, and entangled relationship with climate, which Verlie defines as more a verb than a noun. This book aims more for courage, witness, and inspiration than resilience, adaptation, or coping, and outlines the faculties needed to bear, endure, and generate new worlds." Sarah Jaquette Ray, author of A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety, and professor of environmental studies at Humboldt State University. "Learning to live with Climate Change is a remarkable account of how climate change makes us feel and a powerful challenge to who we think we are. Verlie’s accessible writing style deftly holds all of climate change’s complexities without ever overwhelming us. Through careful attention to climate change’s affective dimensions, Verlie charts a personal and collective pedagogical course for learning to live with what might otherwise seem impossible: finding inspiration, solidarity and renewed energy in the face of overwhelming crisis. Most importantly, reading this book made me want to go out and do more."Astrida Neimanis, author of ‘Bodies of Water: Posthuman Feminist Phenomenology’ and Canada Research Chair in Feminist Environmental Humanities at UBC Okanagan."Blanche Verlie has written an insightful, moving and much needed book about the complex human response to climate change. It is an important contribution to the growing body of social science work on this topic, important too because reading it and engaging with her ideas enables us to develop strategies that can inspire and support people to engage with and respond to climate change."Rebecca Huntley, author of How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way that Makes a Difference"I see this as one of the most significant recent books on climate anxiety. This is a very high-quality work. It is a book in education in the classical sense: it con- sists of wide-ranging philosophical and practical discussions, not only depictions of methods and activities." Panu Pihkala, University of Helsinki, book review in the Australian Journal of Environmental Education"Some books or ideas become our companions, concepts we come to live with and use to experience and understand the world. Some have words so beautifully placed and ideas so timely borne that they frame how we bear our encounters. This book is full of such words, as Verlie writes with integrity and generosity, inviting us into dialogue, engagement, journey, and transformation. Verlie is giving words and concepts where they have been missing; powerfully naming experiences that are unnamed; and therefore giving meaning and witness to the experiences of bodies suffering with climate through ecological destruction. In many ways, this book is a guidebook for a journey we are all facing, whether we know it or not." Charlotte Jones,University of Tasmania, book review in Geographical Research"Blanche Verlie’s book, Learning to Live with Climate Change is a must read for educators interested in developing situated and collective responses that support young people experiencing various climate change(s) in their everyday worlds. You won’t find a recipe or a how-to list of tips and tricks to solve these worldly problems in this book. Instead, Verlie brings together practices of encountering, witnessing, and storying to highlight what becomes possible when working with embodied, relational, and affective practices for change." Mindy Blaise, Professor and Co-director, Centre for People, Place & Planet, School of Education, Edith Cowan UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: Climate is living-with 2. Feeling the climate crisis 3. Encountering climate anxiety 4. Witnessing multiple climate realities 5. Storying climate collectives 6. Conclusion: Bearing worlds

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Book SynopsisSince the 1992 Earth Summit, there have been increased efforts on an international scale to address global climate change. Reducing the increased levels of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, which are believed to be contributing to this climatic change, will require major effort on the part of the world''s governments. This means that the environmental, economic, social, and political consequences of climate change must be understood, and that strategies to mitigate climate change must also address these issues.The workshop detailed in this book concentrated on how economic principles and analysis could contribute to the planning of forestry projects aimed at affecting terrestrial carbon balances. More than 30 international scientists came together for one week near Stockholm, Sweden and divided into working groups charged with addressing a specific issue and preparing a paper within this time frame. This book contains the majority of papers presented at this meeting, and includes botTable of ContentsWorkshop Overview: Managing Terrestrial Carbon Balances Via Forestry: Economic Considerations. Working Group Papers: An Economic Approach to Planting Trees for Carbon Storage. Sequestering Carbon in Natural Forests. Consideration of Country and Forestry/Land-Use Characteristics in Choosing Forestry Instruments to Achieve Climate Mitigation Goals. Conceptual Issues Related to Carbon Sequestration: Uncertainty and Time. Individual Papers: Incorporating Climate Considerations into the National Basic Plan in Japan. Economic Impact of Climatic Change on the Global Forest Sector. Silvicultural Options to Conserve and Sequester Carbon in Forest Systems: Preliminary Economic Assessment. CO2-Taxing, Timber Rotations, and Market Implications. Compensating for Opportunity Costs in Forest-Based Global Climate Change Mitigation. Optimal Subsidies for Carbon: Cost-Effectiveness and Distributional Considerations. Carbon Sequestration and Tree Plantations: A Case Study in Argentina. The Economic and Environmental Impact of Paper Recycling. Forest Biomass-Based Mitigation Strategies: Does the Timing of Carbon Reductions Matter? Forestry Options for Sequestering Carbon in Mexico: Comparative Economic Analysis of Three Case Studies. The Physical Risks of Reforestation as a Strategy to Offset Global Climate Change. Can Recycling of Waste Help us to Sequester Carbon in Forestry? Experimental Results and Economic Visions. The Cost of Carbon Sequestration in Forests: A Positive Analysis. The Time Value of Carbon in Bottom-Up Strategies. Coercion and Enterprise in the Provision of Environmental Public Goods: The Case of Carbon Sequestration in the United States. A Dynamic Model of Forest Carbon Storage in the United States During Climatic Change. Forest Biomass as Carbon Sink-Economic Value and Forest Management/Policy Implications. Incremental Costs of Carbon Storage in Forestry, Bioenergy, and Land-Use. Assessing Timber and Nontimber Values in Forestry Using a General Equilibrium Framework. NTI/Sales Copy (NTI already done and approved)

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Book SynopsisThe sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. This book takes a generic, thematic, comprehensive, and global approach in describing the principles and practice of the SIT. The strengths and weaknesses, and successes and failures, of the SIT are evaluated openly and fairly from a scientific perspective. The SIT is applicable to some major pests of plant-, animal-, and human-health importance, and criteria are provided to guide in the selection of pests appropriate for the SIT. In the second edition, all aspects of the SIT have been updated and the content considerably expanded. A great variety of subjects is covered, from the history of the SIT to improved prospects for its future application. The major chapters discuss the principles and technical components of applying sterile insects. The four main strategic options in using the SIT â suppression, containment, prevention, and eradication â with examples of each option are described in detail. Other chapters deal with supportive technologies, economic, environmental, and management considerations, and the socio-economic impact of AW-IPM programmes that integrate the SIT. In addition, this second edition includes six new chapters covering the latest developments in the technology: managing pathogens in insect mass-rearing, using symbionts and modern molecular technologies in support of the SIT, applying post-factory nutritional, hormonal, and semiochemical treatments, applying the SIT to eradicate outbreaks of invasive pests, and using the SIT against mosquito vectors of disease. This book will be useful reading for students in animal-, human-, and plant-health courses. The in-depth reviews of all aspects of the SIT and its integration into AW-IPM programmes, complete with extensive lists of scientific references, will be of great value to researchers, teachers, animal-, human-, and plant-health practitioners, and policy makers.Table of ContentsPART I. INTRODUCTION . History Of The Sterile Insect Technique. Misconceptions And Constraints Driving Opportunities. PART II. PRINCIPLES OF THE STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE. Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management And The Sterile Insect Technique. Biological Basis Of The Sterile Insect Technique. Genetic Basis Of The Sterile Insect Technique. Inherited Sterility In Insects. Mathematical Models For Using Sterile Insects. PART III. TECHNICAL COMPONENTS OF THE STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE. Role Of Population And Behavioural Ecology In The Sterile Insect Technique. Mass-Rearing For The Sterile Insect Technique. Managing Pathogens In Insect Massrearing For The Sterile Insect Technique, With The Tsetse Fly Salivary Gland Hypertrophy Virus As An Example. Sterilizing Insects With Ionizing Radiation. Sterile Insect Quality Control/Assurance. Supply, Emergence, And Release Of Sterile Insects. Monitoring Sterile And Wild Insects In Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management Programmes. PART IV. SUPPORTIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE THE STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE. Role Of Population Genetics In The Sterile Insect Technique. Population Suppression In Support Of The Sterile Insect Technique. Practical And Operational Genetic Sexing Systems Based On Classical Genetic Approaches In Fruit Flies, An Example For Other Species Amenable To Large-Scale Rearing For The Sterile Insect Technique. Insect Symbiosis In Support Of The Sterile Insect Technique. Improving Post-Factory Performance Of Sterile Male Fruit Flies In Support Of The Sterile Insect Technique. Applying Modern Molecular Technologies In Support Of The Sterile Insect Technique. Using Geographic Information Systems And Spatial Modelling In Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management Programmes That Integrate The Sterile Insect Technique. PART V. ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS. Design And Economic Evaluation Of Programmes Integrating The Sterile Insect Technique. Environment And The Sterile Insect Technique. Management Of Area-Wide Pest Management Programmes That Integrate The Sterile Insect Technique. Communication And Stakeholder Engagement In Area-Wide Pest Management Programmes That Integrate The Sterile Insect Technique. PART VI. APPLICATION OF THE STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE. Strategic Options In Using Sterile Insects For Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management. Invasive Insect Pests: Challenges And The. Role Of The Sterile Insect Technique In Their Prevention, Containment, And Eradication. Procedures For Declaring Pest Free Status. PART VII. IMPACT OF AREA-WIDE PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES THAT INTEGRATE THE STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE. Impact Of Screwworm Eradication Programmes Using The Sterile Insect Technique. Impact Of Fruit Fly Control Programmes Using The Sterile Insect Technique. Impact Of Moth Suppression/Eradication Programmes Using The Sterile Insect Technique Or Inherited Sterility. Impact Of Tsetse Fly Eradication Programmes Using The Sterile Insect Technique. Potential Impact Of Integrating The Sterile Insect Technique Into The Fight Against Disease-Transmitting Mosquitoes.Prospects For The Future Development And Application Of The Sterile Insect Technique

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Book SynopsisMicroorganisms comprise the greatest genetic diversity in the natural ecosystem, and characterization of these microbes is an essential step towards discovering novel products or understanding complex biological mechanisms. The advancement of metagenomics coupled with the introduction of high-throughput, cost-effective NGS technology has expanded the possibilities of microbial research in various biological systems. In addition to traditional culture and biochemical characteristics, omics approaches (metagenomics, metaproteomics, and metatranscriptomics) are useful for analyzing complete microbial communities and their functional attributes in various environments. Metagenomics and Microbial Ecology: Techniques and Applications explores the most recent advances in metagenomics research in the landscape of next-generation sequencing technologies. This book also describes how advances in sequencing technologies are used to study invisible microbes as well as the rTable of ContentsSection-I: An Overview of MetagenomicsPrinciples and analysis of Metagenomics dataSection-II: Metagenomics tools to access microbial diversityMetagenomics tools for taxonomic annotationSection-III: Metagenomics of extreme environmentsMetagenomic insights into Microbial communities of desert ecosystemsMetagenomic approaches in elucadation of halophiles in coastal areaMetagenome assembly for functional diversity associated with Xenobiotic degradationSection-IV: Metagenomics of various ecotypesEarthworm gut microbiome: The uncharted microbiomeMetagenomics of pollen borne microbes and gut microbiota of honey beeViral metagenomics Fresh water Metagenomics: Overall scenarioSection-V: ApplicationsMicrobiomes and Microbial Ecology in Rice EcosystemsUnderstanding the Ecosystem Services of Microbes: It’s a small world after all Commercial exploitation of microbial communal services to enrich plant microbiome

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the radical technological changes occurring due to Industry 4.0, with a focus on offering a better understanding of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It also presents a detailed analysis of interdisciplinary knowledge, numerical modeling and simulation, and the application of cyberphysical systems, where information technology and physical devices create synergic systems leading to unprecedented efficiency. The book focuses on industrial applications of automation and robotics. It covers recent developments and trends occurring in both computer-aided manufacturing techniques, as well as computer-aided assembly techniques. Robots using embedded systems and artificial intelligence applications are also covered. Industrial Automation and Robotics: Techniques and Applications offers theoretical results, practical solutions, and guidelines that are valuable for both researchers and those working in the area of engineering.Table of Contents1. IoT Based Embedded Sensor System for Real-Time Health Monitoring of Composite Structures for Large Scale Industrial Operations. 2. Computer Aided Ergonomic Design and Assembly of a Domestic String Hopper Machine. 3. Application of Grey Wolf Optimizer Algorithm in Electrochemical Machining Process Optimization. 4. Simulation for Decision Making in The Orthogonal Turning Operation of Three Different Aluminium Alloys Using John-Cook Plasticity Model and Damage Laws. 5. Development of Forward Kinematics of a Two-DOF Manipulator in MATLAB Environment. 6. Machine Learning Algorithms in Intellectual Robotics. 7. Application of 3D Printing and Robotics in Healthcare Industry. 8. Self-Repeating Robotic Arm – An Experimental Learning. 9. Robotics Applications and Its Impact in the Global Agricultural Sectors for Advancing Automation.

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Book SynopsisIn the face of limited time and escalating impacts, some scientists and politicians are talking about attempting grand technological interventions into the Earth's basic physical and biological systems (geoengineering) to combat global warming. Early ideas include spraying particles into the stratosphere to block some incoming sunlight, or enhancing natural biological systems to withdraw carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at a higher rate. Such technologies are highly speculative and scientific development of them has barely begun.Nevertheless, it is widely recognized that geoengineering raises critical questions about who will control planetary interventions, and what responsibilities they will have. Central to these questions are issues of justice and political legitimacy. For instance, while some claim that climate risks are so severe that geoengineering must be attempted, others insist that the current global order is so unjust that interventions are highly likely to be iTable of ContentsIntroduction: Geoengineering, Political Legitimacy and Justice1. The Tollgate Principles for the Governance of Geoengineering: Moving Beyond the Oxford Principles to an Ethically More Robust Approach2. Climate Change, Climate Engineering, and the "Global Poor": What Does Justice Require?3. Indigeneity in Geoengineering Discourses: Some Considerations4. Recognitional Justice, Climate Engineering, and the Care Approach5. Institutional Legitimacy and Geoengineering Governance6. Legitimacy and Non-Domination in Solar Radiation Management Research7. Toward Legitimate Governance of Solar Geoengineering Research: A Role for Sub-State Actors8. Fighting risk with risk: solar radiation management, regulatory drift, and minimal justice9. The Panglossian politics of the geoclique10. Democratic authority to geoengineer11. A mission-driven research program on solar geoengineering could promote justice andlegitimacy12. Geoengineering the climate and ethical challenges: what we can learn from moral emotions and art

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Book SynopsisThe contents of this book comprise an appropriate background to start working and doing research on mean-field-type control and game theory. To make the exposition and explanation even easier, we first study the deterministic optimal control and differential linear-quadratic games. Then, we progressively add complexity step-by-step and little-by-little to the problem settings until we finally study and analyze mean-field-type control and game problems incorporating several stochastic processes, e.g., Brownian motions, Poisson jumps, and random coefficients.We go beyond the Nash equilibrium, which provides a solution for non- cooperative games, by analyzing other game-theoretical concepts such as the Berge, Stackelberg, adversarial/robust, and co-opetitive equilibria. For the mean-field-type game analysis, we provide several numerical examples using a Matlab-based user-friendly toolbox that is available for the free use to the readers of this book.We present several eng

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Book SynopsisMonsters, Catastrophes and the Anthropocene: A Postcolonial Critique explores European and Western imaginaries of natural disaster, mass migration and terrorism through a postcolonial inquiry into modern conceptions of monstrosity and catastrophe. This book uses established icons of popular visual culture in sci-fi, doomsday and horror films and TV series, as well as in images reproduced by the news media to help trace the genealogy of modern fears to ontologies and logics of the Anthropocene. By logics of the Anthropocene, the book refers to a set of principles based on ontologies of exploitation, extermination and natural resource exhaustion processes determining who is worthy of benefiting from value extraction and being saved from the catastrophe and who is expendable. Fears for the loss of isolation from the unworthy and the expendable are investigated here as originating anxieties against migrants' invasions, terrorist attacks and planetary catastrophes, in a tTrade Review"A sense of catastrophe shapes the present. Terrorism and ‘war on terror’, environmental collapse, pandemic and "migrant crisis" build the background of the analysis pursued in this timely and original book. Investigating Western visual culture and imaginaries, Gaia Giuliani gives us a breathtaking tour across landscapes populated by monstrous creatures that, far from simply being the ‘West’s’ Other, continue to haunt it and in a way foreshadow the possibility of its vanishing. In the time of the catastrophe racialised bodies continue to be targeted by violent measures of control to allow the reproduction of the European and Western ‘we’, as Giuliani effectively shows. But with a classical postcolonial move she is also able to grasp and expose the cracks and fissures that destabilize that ‘we’ and open up the space for a postcolonial and feminist political project built upon such notions as ‘trans-corporeality’, ‘interactivity’ and ‘interdependency of Life and Nonlife’. Working the boundary between postcolonial, visual, and film studies, and at the same time drawing upon a number of other fields of knowledge, including philosophy and political theory, Monsters, Catastrophes, and the Anthropocene is a masterful academic work and a powerful contribution to a critical theory of our present predicament." – Sandro Mezzadra, Professor of Political Theory, University of Bologna, Italy, Co-author (with Brett Neilson) of Border as Method, or, the Multiplication of Labor (Duke, 2013)"In geological time scale, Anthropocene is a period from WWII to current time. In Gaia Giuliani’s extraordinarily erudite book, it is a time defined by ‘ontologies and logics’ of Othering, where the Western/European ‘we’ produces fears through mediatized narratives of monstrosity and catastrophe as its existential threats. Those fears are supposed to keep at bay resistance to extractivism of Earth’s resources and neoliberal exploitation and exclusion of people deemed expendable. Racialized, gendered, sexualized and classed constructions of monsters serve to preserve and continue colonial-cum-capitalist technologies of power and their political, social, economic and cultural outcomes that privilege white bodies while simultaneously inflicts cultural, material and mortal violence on all others. Giuliani’s critical feminist, postcolonial and ecological perspective offers an exceptional intersectional and genealogical analysis of plentiful examples from political theory and cultural production that links representations of contemporary migration, terrorism and natural disasters to the old colonial tales and images of slavery, apocalypse and endless forms of de-humanizing violence. Importantly, Giuliani also offers a glimpse of political practice that would link human and non-human life with non-living environment in different, non-exploitative modes of production (de-growth, non-exploitative) as well as social reproduction marked by interdependency of self-care and earth-care." – Dubravka Zarkov, Retired, Associate Professor of Gender, Conflict, Development, ISS/Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Nederlands, Research Associate, Radboud University Nijmegen, Co-Editor, European Journal of Women’s Studies, https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ejw"Monsters, Catastrophes and the Anthropocene A Postcolonial Critique is an urgent and rigorous theorization of global regimes of extractive capitalism, environmental devastation, pandemics, and ongoing war and state violence. Giuliani offers fresh and insightful ways of approaching crises and reimagining what belonging could be like if we abandon a notion of "we" that has promulgated exclusion, suffering, and the deaths of many millions." – Nicole R. Fleetwood, Professor of American Studies and Art History, Rutgers University, USA, Author of Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration (Harvard UP, Spring 2020)"Gaia Giuliani's work has been consistently marked by an ambitious level of engagement and impressive scope. Monsters, Catastrophes and the Anthropocene: A Postcolonial Critique is no exception. It takes a long, hard view of cultural history with particular reference to Europe/the West/Global North relations with its others. Giuliani places monsters as the prism through which these engagements unfold across time. But also how monsters inhabit our own ghostly crises times, culminating in the book’s conclusion on COVID-19. The result is a broad-scoped analysis of "cultural texts" with particular attention to popular culture." – Lars Jensen, Associate Professor of Intercultural studies, Department of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University, Denmark, Author of Postcolonial Europe (Routledge, 2020)"Giuliani’s extremely rich volume offers precious keys to decipher salient features of the current ‘end times’, murky and agitated by the spectre of planetary crises and permanent catastrophe. Leading the reader through an intense and exciting voyage in recent works of fiction, Giuliani skilfully traces the mutations of classic tropes of environmental discourse (contagion, crises, catastrophe and collapse), and their proliferation in contemporary political debates. Giuliani casts a spotlight on liminal figures such as the alien, the mutant, the monster, all situated in the in-betweens dead/undead, human/non-human. Embodied in widespread representations of the migrant, the terrorist, the victim of climate change/disaster, such figures of the monstrous are analysed by Giuliani as symptom of the reconfiguration of the boundaries between Life and Nonlife, a key site of political contestation in the face of tangled planetary crises. With a thorough and theoretically engaged exploration of visual imaginaries, Giuliani shows how apocalyptic (environmental) narratives extend into the future the postcolonial, racialised, gendered and classed relations that structure current fears and visions. Putting in conversation political theory, environmental humanities, postcolonial and critical feminist studies, Giuliani’s is a thought-provoking intervention in critical debates on the Anthropocene, and a contribution to the pursuit of non-exploitative, caring and decolonized constellations of (non)human Life/Nonlife."— Giovanni Bettini, Lecturer in Climate Politics and Development, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK"With clear insight of the fringes and structural contradictions of our time, Giuliani’s analysis celebrates an investigative method developed through her long-standing research. Through a broad comparative analysis of visual apocalyptic materials, such as films and TV series, to trace protagonists of present popular imaginary, Giuliani offers original reflections and a visionary energy toward a postcolonial critical approach to contemporary fears of the End. Through a careful use of diverse disciplinary registers, Giuliani’s book innovates philosophical form by building a historical and symbolic journey through the space-time geography of the world, masterfully braiding the threads of the colonial past and neo-colonial present to fix its knots in the construction of figures at the border of social fear; from the monster to the alien, from the virus to environmental catastrophes. The inevitability of concluding on the occasion of the COVID-19 pandemic perfectly closes the circle of reflection, stigmatizing our time and future as an era of a realized (capitalistic) dystopia. The culmination of Giuliani’s brilliant book, however, is nested in its luminous ability to incite ways to think and move toward "a feminist, post-developmental and ecologist epistemology and a political project that embraces a new conception of the political." – Giovanni Ruocco, Associate Professor in History of Political Thought, Department of Political Science, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Italy, author of Razze in teoria. La scienza politica di Gaetano Mosca nel discorso pubblico dell’Ottocento (Quodlibet, 2017)Table of ContentsIntroduction Section 1: The past devours the present: Fears of invasion and the repressed memory of colonial violence Section 2: Alien-ing the migrant. On Anthropocenic geographies of monstrosity Section 3: Lifting the veil on the monstrous Anthropocene: a postcolonial analysis Conclusions

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Book SynopsisDesign and Spirituality examines the philosophical context of our current situation. It explores how modernity and our highly constricted notions of progress, have contributed to today’s crisis of values.Trade Review"If the path to spiritual integrity lies through the way we use material things, every aspect of our relation to what is around us is significant. The challenge for us as human beings is to work out how we live humanly, taking our part in a larger and more mysterious set of processes – not trying to stand above or outside the world that makes us real. In a mixture of reflection, recollection and poetry, Stuart Walker anchors us in that ‘real world’ – so different from what we often mean by the phrase – and reintroduces us to our physical and spiritual selves."Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, author of ‘The Way of St Benedict’"Stuart Walker takes us on a captivating journey through places and times where he addresses what might be at the very core of the next revolution: spirituality and imagination. Design and Spirituality is highly refreshing, thought provoking and a most needed game-changer in the field of sustainable design. As a designer and researcher, I was thrilled by the challenging and inspiring form of the manuscript that demonstrates how design ways can also extend to academic writing. While recognizing and celebrating diversified worldviews, Walker shares with us a unique and profound reflection on the place objects occupy, and could occupy, in our lives. This book addresses critical aspects of dominant material cultures and the associated devastating production-consumption systems. It offers rare insights for designers by exploring alternative approaches to the world of objects, including ones that can lead to human fulfillment.I haven’t read anything like this in the field. It is about time that design - and other disciplines that share in its early history of the industrial revolution - delve into the important body of knowledge that age-old spiritual and wisdom traditions have to offer.Design and Spirituality is a wonderful and timely read, yet a work that will undoubtedly become timeless."Anne Marchand, Associate Vice-Rector, Research, Discovery, Creation & Innovation, Université de Montréal "In these short essays, Stuart Walker stimulates us to think more deeply about both design and the daily objects we take for granted. He argues that these are not just technical issues. They need to be considered in relation to wider questions about the kind of society we want to live in, the values we want to live by and in the end what we think and feel about the mystery of human existence."Richard Harries, former Bishop of Oxford, author of ‘Art and the Beauty of God’"This book is timely and important. Many professions are making a turn to spirituality to engage questions of sustainability, ethics, authenticity and integrity in their practice. This book addresses such questions with depth and creative insight for those working in architecture and design."Bernadette Flanagan, Chair, Spirituality Institute for Research and Education (SpIRE), Ireland"This book is a wonderful example of how creativity and imagination that emerge from the academic study of design show the way to spirituality and to values of meaning and purpose, reconciling these two paths of knowledge."Rossano Zas Friz De Col, SJ, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome"Design and Spirituality explores the realm of meaning and symbolism, bringing back a transcendental dimension of humanity that has been eroded from our professional environments in the modern Western world. Through the lens of spirituality, Walker challenges us to look beyond the surface of our material existence to access the infinite layers of beauty and wisdom available to all who dare to seek. Walker shows that, despite cultural and philosophical differences, we all share universal truths. Design and Spirituality opens a new era and vision for design well suited to the new societies we envision, calling us to transcend our creative concern – from commodity to communion, from despair to hope, from fate to destiny."Laura Santamaria, Director, Design and Culture, Loughborough University London"We should renew our material culture to be more ecological and human-centered. By bringing spirituality into the discourse, Stuart Walker’s book is an excellent contribution to the accomplishment of this urgent task."Laszlo Zsolnai, President, European Spirituality in Economics & Society Institute (SPES), Leuven, Belgium"This book provides a holistic picture of a novel way of how design can be informed by the past to move into the future. It provides a practical and pragmatistic direction towards the kind of sustainability that is necessary to solve unsustainability. To have a tenured veteran engaged in this type of thinking and research carves out a meaningful space for early career researchers to be bolder with their own research and practice."Spyros Bofylatos, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering, University of the Aegean, Greece"Design and Spirituality embodies a series of inspiring and ingenious essays that explore and reconnect design and spirituality through the layers of interrelated topics involving the realities of everyday life through critical reflection, thus deepening and reaffirming the essence of design for sustainability. Design and Spirituality conveys ideas creatively and influentially, delving into the underlying social, cultural and environmental issues and presents an alternative medium of communication and discussion for design-related considerations, which is a fundamental source for designers, educators and researchers."Çağla Doğan, Professor of Industrial Design, METU, Ankara, Turkey"On the whole, this book is an interesting and inspiring read for anyone interested in connections between design, material culture and spirituality."Diane Hockridge, Journal of Religion, Media and Digital CultureTable of ContentsForeword 1. Introduction 2. The Nature of Design 3. Material Things and Spiritual Teachings 4. Sustainability and Secular Liberalism 5. Busyness and Wisdom 6. Heartless 7. When the Devil Drives 8. Nipping the Bloom 9. The Serpentine Walk 10. Language Speaks 11. A Complacency of Strangers 12. Insecticides and Suicides 13. Transcending Technology 14. Jericho Road 15. Design and Spirituality 16. Lucratively Loveless 17. Unity, Love and Design 18. Shallowness and Depth 19. An Impression of Intentionality 20. Failings 21. The Inner Flame 22. Religion and Atheism 23. Techno-spirituality 24. A Higher Purpose 25. Material Things and Spiritual Goods 26. Meaningful Design 27. The Deeper Significance of Things 28. At the Valley 29. Traditional Knowledge 30. The Dobby Stone 31. Natural Magic 32. Ex Voto 33. The Well of Fajã dos Padres 34. Sacred Smoke 35. Under the Volcano 36. An Expression of the Sacred 37. The Mexelhote and the Molinillo 38. An Object of my Affection 39. Memento Mori 40. Bread of Life 41. The Conference of the Blind 42. Something and Nothing 43. The Faraway Bird 44. Aesthetic Roots 45. Wabi Sabi 46. A Beachfront View 47. Local 48. Provenance, Presence and Posterity 49. Tradition 50. Nootka Sound 51. Along the Highway 52. Clear cut 53. A Northern Town 54. Vanity Fair 55. What is Truth? 56. The Spiritual Sensibility 57. A Suitable Metaphor 58. Higher Goods 59. Making Special 60. Truth, Goodness and Beauty 61. Creating from the Heart 62. Sine Fide 63. The Third Exit 64. Restart or Reform? Endnotes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDeveloped from the authorâs course on advanced mechanics of composite materials, Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials with Abaqus shows how powerful finite element tools tackle practical problems in the structural analysis of composites. This Second Edition includes two new chapters on Fatigue and Abaqus Programmable Features as well as a major update of chapter 10 Delaminations and significant updates throughout the remaining chapters. Furthermore, it updates all examples, sample code, and problems to Abaqus 2020. Unlike other texts, this one takes theory to a hands-on level by actually solving problems. It explains the concepts involved in the detailed analysis of composites, the mechanics needed to translate those concepts into a mathematical representation of the physical reality, and the solution of the resulting boundary value problems using Abaqus. The reader can follow a process to recreate every example using Abaqus graphical user interfacTable of Contents1. Mechanics of Orthotropic Materials. 2. Introduction to Finite Element Analysis. 3. Elasticity and Strength of Laminates. 4. Buckling. 5. Free Edge Stresses. 6. Computational Micromechanics. 7. Viscoelasticity. 8. Continuum Damage Mechanics. 9. Discrete Damage Mechanics. 10. Delaminations. 11. Fatigue. 12. Abaqus Programmable Features.

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, the Green New Deal has moved from relative obscurity to front and centre of policy discussions and public debates about how to respond to the climate crisis. It has been credited with radically changing the nature of the conversation on climate change and with re-energizing the environmental movement at a critical time. All Green New Deal proposals share an emphasis on the need for governments (rather than markets) to lead the energy transition. However, they differ in other respects. This Handbook analyses the fundamentals underlying all Green New Deals as well as exploring national and regional variations.It is divided into three parts. The first part examines the political economy of the Green New Deal focussing not just on how proposals will be costed but also on opportunities for a fundamental transformation of both national economies and the global economic system. The second part explores issues of justice, which are central to many Green New Deal prop

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Book SynopsisThis book casts a light on the daily struggles and achievements of âgender expertsâ working in environment and development organisations, where they are charged with advancing gender equality and social equity and aligning this with visions of sustainable development.Developed through a series of conversations convened by the bookâs editors with leading practitioners from research, advocacy and donor organisations, this text explores the ways gender professionals â specialists and experts, researchers, organizational focal points â deal with personal, power-laden realities associated with navigating gender in everyday practice. In turn, wider questions of epistemology and hierarchies of situated knowledges are examined, where gender analysis is brought into fields defined as largely techno-scientific, positivist and managerialist. Drawing on insights from feminist political ecology and feminist science, technology and society studies, the authors and their collaborators reveal and reflect upon strategies that serve to mute epistemological boundaries and enable small changes to be carved out that on occasions open up promising and alternative pathways for an equitable future. This book will be of great relevance to scholars and practitioners with an interest in environment and development, science and technology, and gender and womenâs studies more broadly.The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351175180, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.Trade Review"I am recommending this book because I don’t think there is any that delves into this subject of the daily struggles and achievements of ‘gender experts’ working in environment and development organizations. As a "gender expert" myself, I think it is indeed very timely for such a collection to reveal how gender experts navigate through the challenges and professional cultures within development organisations, as "change agents" to bring about the transformation they are mandated to. Fascinating and intriguing – a much needed book to understand the workings within development organisations." -- Chanda Gurung Goodrich, PhD, Senior Gender Specialist – Gender Lead, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)"Feminist movement faces new "second generation" issues as it enters the third decade of the 21st century. Its three palpable seismic fault lines are: polarized North-South contexts, activists versus agency 'femocrats', and women professionals versus gender experts. Using polyvocal dialogues with representatives in these tectonic zones rather than monochrome essays, Resurrección and Elmhirst blend feminism's political economy, science technology studies in ecology and field activism to throw a powerful spotlight on the politicized pathways ahead. This is a book that must be read by professionals and gender experts thrown into uneasy company." -- Dipak Gyawali, former Nepali minister of water resources, leading IDRC-supported research on water-induced disasters, gender and climate change"This timely book reads like an act of solidarity, as it reviews debates around the struggles, compromises, and achievements of ‘gender experts’, and acknowledges their persistent efforts to disregard professional, personal and disciplinary boundaries. And it feels like a call to action, by reminding us that making gender justice central to addressing existential environmental threats must overcome all boundaries." -- Ines Smyth, Independent Consultant, former Senior Gender Advisor, Oxfam "At long last, a book we have been waiting for! Going past binaries of good feminists and co-opted femocrats, speaking to us directly through voices of ‘gender-experts’ and providing a sharp and reflective framework to think through their narratives, this is a book that speaks to all interested in bringing forth a more just and sustainable world. It highlights the work of the workers on the sustainability frontline, who everyday work across an epistemological interface, take charge and confront the vicissitudes of integrating, translating, embodying gender into environmental and development work, or in fact ‘genderizing a log-frame.’" -- Seema Arora-Jonsson, Professor of Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences"What happens when a marine biologist, a mechanical engineer, and a water engineer encounter gender expertise? In this exciting new book, Bernadette Resurrección and Rebecca Elmhirst help us understand how gender experts negotiate the tensions that arise from a clash of very different kinds of knowledge, that is positivist science and feminism. Effectively expanding cutting-edge feminist literatures in political ecology and science and technology studies, they shed long overdue light on mainstreaming gender into various areas of environment and development. The book is a smart exercise in feminist reflexivity and offers a stimulating firework of ideas of what happens when gender experts work with scientists on issues ranging from climate change to water insecurity, and when they insert themselves in technologies ranging from geospatial imaging to modelling futures. Highly recommended!" -- Elisabeth Prügl, Professor of International Relations, and Director, Gender Centre, Graduate Institute, Geneva"Highlighting the politics of gender, knowledge, and expertise among practitioners this volume addresses a key question—how do practitioners and professionals navigate gender-related challenges in their everyday work, and what might this suggest about the broader politics of knowledge and expertise? From fields as diverse as agrobiodiversity, disaster risk, or marine biology, exploring these dynamics represents a novel and welcome addition to ongoing debates in feminist political ecology, science studies, and the politics of environment and development. Sharing these experiences also has the potential to inspire and support those working to realize a more equitable and sustainable world." -- Leila M. Harris, Professor, University of British Columbia/ Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability"This book takes on the challenge of putting research into practice with curiosity and rigour. Through an exploration of the ‘gender expert’, the book shows the challenges of implementing conclusions from research. Gender and intersectional inequalities are well documented in development research, leading to the proliferation of ‘gender experts’ to address them. But such efforts encounter numerous obstacles at all levels of program design and implementation. By engaging the professional experiences of gender experts across a range of natural resource sectors, this book shows the importance of on-going dialogue between research and practice." -- Andrea Nightingale, Professor, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo"Understanding how change happens in environmental policy and practice in development organizations could scarcely be more urgent today. This book provides a fascinating and critical view into the world of ‘gender experts’, those who are simultaneously charged with transforming their institutions, while also coming up with policy ‘asks’, win-wins, technical fixes, and killer facts. By reflecting on their dilemmas, strategies and compromises, this book provides the inspiration and the insights that feminists need to continue chipping away at for change ‘from within.’" -- Laura Turquet, Policy Advisor, UN Women and co-founder of the UN Feminist Network "This is a stunning and original work by Bernadette Resurrección, Rebecca Elmhirst and their diverse writing collaborators, exploring the performance and organisational milieu confronting gender professionals in the pursuit of gender and environmental transformations. The gender experts’ fields of knowledge may clash with those of their professional colleagues; they themselves are often learning on the job but are expected to deliver on outsized work expectations, creating cross-cutting gender platforms and also mainstreaming gender into internal silos of environment and development work. How is it working out? Read this book and learn!" -- Meryl Williams, Chair, Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section, Asian Fisheries Society"It is with great pleasure I endorse this book. Through a series of conversations with ‘gender experts’, the two eminent scholars in the field of political ecology, Bernadette Resurrección and Rebecca Elmhirst, have successfully taken on the innovative task to unravel their daily struggles and achievements in environment and development organisations." -- Ragnhild Lund, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, Norwegian University of Technology (NTNU)"This collection of essays provides a much-needed critical conversation around constraints faced by gender experts in international environment and development organizations, and how feminist scholarly engagements inform epistemological and praxis shifts to foster more equitable outcomes in policies and interventions in the Global South. Through creative and collaborative narrations and reflections, the book draws from insights of a range of practitioners and academics to shed light on important work that is being done, and showcases pathways for more meaningful and sustainable engagements going forward." -- Farhana Sultana, Associate Professor and Research Director of Environment, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA"Bernadette Resurrección and Rebecca Elmhirst explore the opportunities and challenges for gender experts to advance a ‘slow revolution to social justice’ in technical environmental and development organizations. The editors are perfectly placed to explore the contested role of the ‘gender expert’, drawing from their rich experiences in academia, policy research, development practice and women’s activism. The feminist principle of reflexivity is central to the book, as the contributors emphasize the ‘conscious self-reflection on the implications of one’s situatedness within different axes of power, privilege and affective relations."International Affairs, Oxford AcademicTable of ContentsPart 1: The Politics of Identity and Boundary Marking 1. Strategic Reflexivity in Linking Gender Equality with Sustainable Energy 2. Is Epistemic Authority Masculine? 3. Epistemic Crossings of a Marine Biologist through Gender Encounters 4. Beyond the Business Case for Gender 5. Challenges and Dilemmas of Integrating Gender in the Field of Environment and Development at SEI Part 2: The Politics of Knowledge in Environment and Development Realms 6. The Politics of Feminist Translation in Water Management 7. Embodied Engagement with Gender and Agrobiodiversity 8. Please Genderise My Log Frame 9. The Gender Professional as Ethnographer 10. Disaster Risk Governance and Gender Professionals 11. Lifting the Barriers of Gender Integration in Livestock Production 12. We Build the Power in Empowerment Part 3: The Power of Gender Champions 13. Supporting Gender Experts 14. Gender Equality Work At USAID

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Book SynopsisThis book describes the optical structure and optical properties of the human eye. It is divided into a number of short chapters with each chapter dedicated to a single theme. For ease of reference, the most commonly useful topics are at the beginning and topics with narrower appeal, such as ocular aberrations, are placed towards the end.Table of Contents1. The Human Eye: An Overview. 2. Refracting Components: Cornea and Lens. 3. The Pupil. 4. Axes of The Eyes. Chapter 5. Paraxial Schematic Eyes. 6. Image Formation: The Focused Paraxial Image. 7. Refractive Anomalies. 8 Measuring Refractive Errors. Chapter 9. Image Formation: The Defocused Paraxial Image. 10. Some Optical Effects of Ophthalmic Lenses. 11. Light and The Eye: Introduction. 12 Passage of Light into The Eye 13. Light Level at The Retina. 14. Light Interaction with The Fundus. 15. Monochromatic Aberrations. 16. Monochromatic aberrations of optical model eyes . 17. Chromatic Aberration. 18. Retinal Image Quality.19. Depth-Of-Field. 20. The Aging Eye. Appendix 1. Paraxial optics. Appendix 2. Seidel aberration theory. Appendix 3. Schematic eyes. Appendix 4. Refraction powers across the pupil. Appendix 5. Calculation of PSF and OTF from aberrations of an optical system.

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Book SynopsisThis special collection aims to offer insight into the state of geography on questions of social justice and urban life. While using social justice and the city as our starting point may signal inspiration from Harveyâs (1973) book of the same name, the task of examining the emergence of this concept has revealed the deep influence of grassroots urban uprisings of the late 1960s, earlier and contemporary meditations on our urban worlds (Jacobs, 1961, 1969; Lefebvre, 1974; Massey and Catalano, 1978) as well as its enduring significance built upon by many others for years to come. Laws (1994) noted how geographers came to locate social justice struggles in the city through research that examined the ways in which material conditions contributed to poverty and racial and gender inequity, as well as how emergent social movements organized to reshape urban spaces across diverse engagements including the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, anti-war protests, feminist and LGBTQ activism, the AmeriTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Enduring Struggle for Social Justice and the City Nik Heynen, Dani Aiello, Caroline Keegan, and Nikki Luke 1. Geography and the Priority of Injustice Clive Barnett 2. Against the Evils of Democracy: Fighting Forced Disappearance and Neoliberal Terror in Mexico Melissa W. Wright 3. Locating the Social in Social Justice Robert W. Lake 4. Resisting Planetary Gentrification: The Value of Survivability in the Fight to Stay Put Loretta Lees, Sandra Annunziata, and Clara Rivas-Alonso 5. Urban Movements and the Genealogy of Urban Rights Discourses: The Case of Urban Protesters against Redevelopment and Displacement in Seoul, South Korea Hyun Bang Shin 6. Urban Precarity and Home: There Is No “Right to the City” Solange Mu~noz 7. The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project: Counter Mapping and Oral History toward Bay Area Housing Justice Manissa M. Maharawal and Erin McElroy 8. From New York to Ecuador and Back Again: Transnational Journeys of Policies and People Kate Swanson 9. Police Torture in Chicago: Theorizing Violence and Social Justice in a Racialized City Aretina R. Hamilton and Kenneth Foote 10. The Uneven Geographies of America’s Hidden Rape Crisis: A District-Level Analysis of Underpolicing in St. Louis Alec Brownlow 11. Building Relationships within Difference: An Anarcha-Feminist Approach to the Micropolitics of Solidarity Carrie Mott 12. Praxis in the City: Care and (Re)Injury in Belfast and Orumiyeh Lorraine Dowler and A. Marie Ranjbar 13. Without Space: The Politics of Precarity and Dispossession in Postsocialist Bucharest Jasmine Arpagian and Stuart C. Aitken 14. Neoliberalizing Social Justice in Infrastructure Revitalization Planning: Analyzing Toronto’s More Moss Park Project in Its Early Stages David J. Roberts and John Paul Catungal 15. Safe Cities and Queer Spaces: The Urban Politics of Radical LGBT Activism Kian Goh 16. Disciplining Deserving Subjects through Social Assistance: Migration and the Diversification of Precarity in Singapore Junjia Ye and Brenda S. A. Yeoh 17. Occupy Hong Kong? Gweilo Citizenship and Social Justice Michael Joseph Richardson 18. Land Justice as a Historical Diagnostic: Thinking with Detroit Sara Safransky 19. Wrangling Settler Colonialism in the Urban U.S. West: Indigenous and Mexican American Struggles for Social Justice Laura Barraclough 20. The Legacy Effect: Understanding How Segregation and Environmental Injustice Unfold over Time in Baltimore Morgan Grove, Laura Ogden, Steward Pickett, Chris Boone, Geoff Buckley, Dexter H. Locke, Charlie Lord, and Billy Hall 21. “This Port Is Killing People”: Sustainability without Justice in the Neo-Keynesian Green City Juan De Lara 22. “Wagering Life” in the Petro-City: Embodied Ecologies of Oil Flow, Capitalism, and Justice in Esmeraldas, Ecuador Gabriela Valdivia 23. Decolonizing Urban Political Ecologies: The Production of Nature in Settler Colonial Cities Michael Simpson and Jen Bagelman 24. Datafying Disaster: Institutional Framings of Data Production Following Superstorm Sandy Ryan Burns 25. Cultivating (a) Sustainability Capital: Urban Agriculture, Ecogentrification, and the Uneven Valorization of Social Reproduction Nathan McClintock 26. From “Rust Belt” to “Fresh Coast”: Remaking the City through Food Justice and Urban Agriculture Margaret Pettygrove and Rina Ghose

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Book SynopsisHow are different concepts of nature and time embedded into human practices of landscape and environmental management? And how can temporalities that entwine past, present and future help us deal with challenges on the ground? In a time of uncertainty and climate change, how much can we hold onto ideals of nature rooted in a pristine and stable past? The Scandinavian and Australian perspectives in this book throw fresh light on these questions and explore new possibilities and challenges in uncertain and changing landscapes of the future.This book presents examples from farmers, gardens and Indigenous communities, among others, and shows that many people and communities are already actively engaging with environmental change and uncertainty. The book is structured around four themes; environmental futures, mobile natures, indigenous and colonial legacies, heritage and management. Part I includes important contributions towards contemporary environmental management debaTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION1. Holding on and letting go: nature, temporality and environmental management PART I: Imagining new environmental futures and entwined pasts2. The outside within: the shifting ontological practice of the environment in Australia 3. Landscape, temporality and responsibility: making conceptual connections through alien invasive species 4. Presence of absence, absence of presence, and extinction narratives 5. The view from off-centre: Sweden and Australia in the imaginative discourse of the Anthropocene PART II: Living with nature in motion6. The co-presence of past and future in the practice of environmental management: implications for rural-amenity landscapes 7. Wild Tradition: hunting and nature in regional Sweden and Australia 8. Managing nature in the home garden PART III: Indigenous challenges to environmental imaginaries9. Indigenous land claims and multiple landscapes: Postcolonial openings in Finnmark, Norway 10. Mining as colonisation: the need for restorative justice and restitution of traditional Sami lands PART IV: Temporalities of environmental management11. Challenges in agricultural land management – a Scandinavian perspective on contextual variations and farmers’ room to manoeuvre 12. Performing natures: adaptive management practice in the ‘eternally unfolding present’ 13. How to bring historical forms into the future? An exploration of Swedish semi-natural grasslands

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Book SynopsisThe mushrooming of illegal housing on the periphery of cities is one of the main consequences of rapid urbanisation associated with social and environmental problems in the developing countries. Sustainable Urbanism in Developing Countries discusses the linkage between urbanism and sustainability and how sustainable urbanism can be implemented to overcome the problems of housing and living conditions in urban areas. Through case studies from India, Indonesia, China, etc., using advanced GIS techniques, this book analyses several planning and design criteria to solve the physical, social, and economic problems of urbanisation and refers to urban planning as an effective measure to protect and promote the cultural characteristics of specific locations in these developing countries.FEATURES Investigates an interdisciplinary approach to urbanism, including urban ecology, ecosystem services, sustainable landscapes, and advanced geographical systems

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Book SynopsisPrinciples of Adaptive Optics describes the foundations, principles, and applications of adaptive optics (AO) and its enabling technologies. This leading textbook addresses the fundamentals of AO at the core of astronomy, high-energy lasers, biomedical imaging, and optical communications.Key Features: Numerous examples to explain and support the underlying principles Hundreds of new references to support the topics that are addressed End-of-chapter questions and exercises A complete system design example threaded through each chapter as new material is introduced Table of ContentsChapter 1 History and Background Chapter 2 Sources of Aberrations Chapter 3 Adaptive Optics Compensation Chapter 4 Adaptive Optics Applications and Systems Chapter 5 Wavefront Sensing: Optical and Mechanical Aspects Chapter 6 Wavefront Sensing: Detection and Algorithms Chapter 7 Wavefront Correction Chapter 8 Control Theory Chapter 9 Wavefront Reconstruction and Control Chapter 10 Summary of Important Equations

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an overview of the key debates in the burgeoning anthropological literature on resource extraction. Resources play a crucial role in the contemporary economy and society, are required in the production of a vast range of consumer products and are at the core of geopolitical strategies and environmental concerns for the future of humanity. Scholars have widely debated the economic and sociological aspects of resource management in our societies, offering interesting and useful abstractions. However, anthropologists offer different and fresh perspectives  sometimes complementary and at other times alternative to these abstractions  based on field researches conducted in close contact with those actors (individuals as well as groups and institutions) that manipulate, anticipate, fight for, or resist the extractive processes in many creative ways. Thus, while addressing questions such as: What characterizes the anthropology of resource extraction?, WhatTrade Review"This stellar collection digs deep into prior scholarship on resource extraction and unearths bold new agendas for future research." Stuart Kirsch, author of Mining Capitalism "A nuanced, rich account, The Anthropology of Resource Extraction brings together leading scholars to make valuable contributions to key theoretical debates, while emphasizing the value of ethnography for understanding the practice of extraction."Eleanor Fisher, Head of Research, Nordic Africa Institute"The Anthropology of Resource Extraction is certain to become a classic for scholars interested in the entangled social and environmental worlds of humans and non-renewable minerals. Taking a thematic approach to the analysis of our utter dependence upon minerals for contemporary livelihoods, this volume brings together leading scholars in anthropology to review the state of resource extraction today. Topics ranging from corporations, to the environment, to governance, to water, are treated with a fine-grained ethnographic attention to the explosion of interest in extractivism in the 21st century."Jerry K. Jacka, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.A.Table of Contents1. The Anthropology of Resource Extraction: An Introduction 2. Corporations 3. Development 4. Environmental Change 5. Governance 6. Materiality and Substances 7. Mineworkers 8. Positionality and Ethics 9. Sustainability 10. Technology 11. Underground 12. Water and Conflict 13. Final Reflections and Future Agendas

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Book SynopsisEngineering has always been a part of human life but has only recently become the subject matter of systematic philosophical inquiry. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering presents the state-of-the-art of this field and lays a foundation for shaping future conversations within it. With a broad scholarly scope and 55 chapters contributed by both established experts and fresh voices in the field, the Handbook provides valuable insights into this dynamic and fast-growing field. The volume focuses on central issues and debates, established themes, and new developments in: Foundational perspectives Engineering reasoning Ontology Engineering design processes Engineering activities and methods Values in engineering Responsibilities in engineering practice Reimagining engineering Trade Review"This is an amazing collection! Not only is it the first book of its kind, defining the territory of the new and rapidly developing field of philosophy of engineering, it contains chapters by a truly international and multidisciplinary group of scholars. The compilation is rich and exciting, and very timely."Deborah G. Johnson, Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics Emeritus, University of Virginia"Neelke Doorn and Diane Michelfelder have curated an impressive body of works that turn the clarifying and critical lens of philosophy upon engineering. This volume begins to reveal the depths of an essential human enterprise, one that philosophers for too long treated as a superficial craft rather than what it is: a creative endeavor of social imagination in action."Shannon Vallor, Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh"Traditional philosophy of technology largely ignores engineers and engineering, but The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering takes engineers, their methods, their responsibilities, and their future seriously with a world-class collection of spot-on papers sure to stimulate your reflection. Beg, borrow, or steal this volume and start treating the humans and human activity of engineering in a philosophically serious way, today."David E. Goldberg, Professor Emeritus, University of IllinoisTable of ContentsIntroduction I: Foundational Perspectives 1. What Is Engineering? 2. A Brief History of Engineering 3. Western Philosophical Approaches and Engineering 4. Eastern Philosophical Approaches and Engineering 5. What Is Engineering Science? 6. Scientific Methodology in the Engineering Sciences II: Engineering Reasoning 7. Engineering Design and the Quest for Optimality 8. Prescriptive Engineering Knowledge 9. Engineering as Art and the Art of Engineering 10. Creativity and Discovery in Engineering 11. Uncertainty 12. Scenarios 13. Systems Engineering as Engineering Philosophy 14. Assessing Provenance and Bias in Big Data III: Ontology 15. Artifacts 16. Engineering Objects 17. Use Plans 18. Function in Engineering 19. Emergence in Engineering 20. Towards an Ontology of Innovation: On the New, the Political-Economic Dimension and the Intrinsic Risks Involved in Innovation Processes IV: Engineering Design Processes 21. Engineering Design 22. Values and Design 23. Design Methods and Validation 24. Human-Centred Design and its Inherent Ethical Qualities 25. Sustainable Design 26. Maintenance V: Engineering Activities and Methods 27. Measurement 28. Models in Engineering and Design 29. Scale Modeling 30. Computer Simulations 31. Experimentation 32. On Verification and Validation in Engineering VI: Values in Engineering 33. Values in Risk and Safety Assessment 34. Engineering and Sustainability: Control and Care in Unfoldings of Modernity 35. The Role of Resilience in Engineering 36. Trust in Engineering 37. Aesthetics 38. Health 39. Philosophy of Security Engineering VII: Responsibilities in Engineering Practice 40. Ethical Considerations in Engineering 41. Autonomy in Engineering 42. Standards in Engineering 43. Professional Codes of Ethics 44. Responsibilities to the Public—Professional Engineering Societies 45. Engineering as a Political Practice 46. Global Engineering Ethics 47. Engineering Practice and Engineering Policy: The Narrative Form of Engineering Policy Advice VIII: Reimagining Engineering 48. Feminist Engineering and Gender 49. Socially Responsible Engineering 50. Engineering and Social Justice 51. Engineering and Environmental Justice 52. Beyond Traditional Engineering: Green, Humanitarian, Social Justice, and Omnium Approaches 53. Engineering and Contemporary Continental Philosophy of Technology 54. Engineering Practice from the Perspective of Methodical Constructivism and Culturalism 55. Reimagining the Future of Engineering

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Book SynopsisTourism, as with many parts of the economy, is at a pause-reflect-rest stage in the post pandemic world. This book puts forward some positive and practical concepts for the reset stage in terms of pushing towards wholly sustainable tourism.The COVID-19 pandemic has been disastrous in terms of the loss of human life, the physical and mental strains placed on large numbers of populations across the globe who have been quarantined in their homes and in terms of the costs of dealing with the pandemic and supporting business and citizens through the period. Tourism has been comprehensively damaged, not only in advanced economies, but also in poorer developing economies where tourism provides a vital source of income and employment. The problem has been complicated by the shattering effect on mass tourism, which has been far more sensitive to the shutdown of travel and accommodation than ethical and responsible tourism activities focused at a local sustainable level. Therefore thisTable of ContentsIntroduction - the new reality Chapter 1 - The pre-pandemic situation Chapter 2 - A new tourism world Chapter 3 - The economic and financial consequences for tourismChapter 4 - Some reflectionsChapter 5 - New dimensions in a post-COVID world Chapter 6 - The local tourism perspective Chapter 7 - Case studiesChapter 8 - Analysis and conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive text provides a how-to guide for content strategy, enabling students and professionals to understand and master the skills needed to develop and manage technical content in a range of professional contexts. The landscape of technical communication has been revolutionized by emerging technologies such as content management systems, open-source information architecture, and application programming interfaces that change the ways professionals create, edit, manage, and deliver content. This textbook helps students and professionals develop relevant skills for this changing marketplace. It takes readers through essential skills including audience analysis; content auditing; assembling content strategy plans; collaborating with other content developers; identifying appropriate channels of communication; and designing, delivering, and maintaining genres appropriate to those channels. It contains knowledge and best practices gleaned from decades of research and practice in content strategy and provides its audience with a thorough introductory text in this essential area. Content Strategy works as a core or supplemental textbook for undergraduate and graduate classes, as well as certification courses, in content strategy, content management, and technical communication. It also provides an accessible introduction for professionals looking to develop their skills and knowledge.Trade Review"Content strategy is a growing practice across many fields. This book is an excellent introduction to content strategy, particularly for professional and technical communicators. It provides a bird’s-eye view of everything content, so that the learner understands the value of content strategy in a broader context. It also gives a worm’s-eye view of the skills and steps involved in creating compelling content. The many practical examples and useful exercises help set this book apart." -- Dr. Quan Zhou, Professor, Department Chair, Metropolitan State University"This much-needed text is the first in the field of technical communication to articulate—with teachers and students in mind—the practices, genres, workflows, and underlying principles of the emerging discipline of content strategy. Teachers and students will find valuable guidance on how to approach different stages of the content strategy process, from conducting a content audit to developing content models to delivering, governing, and maintaining genres. Written in an accessible and engaging style and full of robust examples and downloadable templates, this text is a must read for anyone interested in learning about content strategy and developing skills for content strategy work, which spans across disciplines and organizational contexts, large and small." -- Dr. Rebekka Andersen, Associate Professor, Associate Director of Writing in the Professions, University of California, Davis "Guiseppe Getto, Jack Labriola, and Sheryl Ruszkiewicz's new book on content strategy fills a significant hole in the field of technical and professional technical communication. If you're like me and teach whole courses dedicated to content strategy, you already know that there are many books for marketing or public relations students, but those devoted to TPC students are difficult to find. They're even more different to find when you're looking for authors who are experts in the field with real dirt under their fingernails gained through actual practice. I'm really looking forward to using this book in my next content strategy course instead of having to cobble together selections from disparate publications." -- Dr. Tharon Howard, Professor, MA in Professional Communication Graduate Program Director, Clemson University"Content strategy is a growing practice across many fields. This book is an excellent introduction to content strategy, particularly for professional and technical communicators. It provides a bird’s-eye view of everything content, so that the learner understands the value of content strategy in a broader context. It also gives a worm’s-eye view of the skills and steps involved in creating compelling content. The many practical examples and useful exercises help set this book apart." -- Dr. Quan Zhou, Professor, Department Chair, Metropolitan State University"This much-needed text is the first in the field of technical communication to articulate—with teachers and students in mind—the practices, genres, workflows, and underlying principles of the emerging discipline of content strategy. Teachers and students will find valuable guidance on how to approach different stages of the content strategy process, from conducting a content audit to developing content models to delivering, governing, and maintaining genres. Written in an accessible and engaging style and full of robust examples and downloadable templates, this text is a must-read for anyone interested in learning about content strategy and developing skills for content strategy work, which spans across disciplines and organizational contexts, large and small." -- Dr. Rebekka Andersen, Associate Professor, Associate Director of Writing in the Professions, University of California, Davis "Guiseppe Getto, Jack Labriola, and Sheryl Ruszkiewicz's new book on content strategy fills a significant hole in the field of technical and professional technical communication. If you're like me and teach whole courses dedicated to content strategy, you already know that there are many books for marketing or public relations students, but those devoted to TPC students are difficult to find. They're even more difficult to find when you're looking for authors who are experts in the field with real dirt under their fingernails gained through actual practice. I'm really looking forward to using this book in my next content strategy course instead of having to cobble together selections from disparate publications." -- Dr. Tharon Howard, Professor, MA in Professional Communication Graduate Program Director, Clemson UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: What Is Content Strategy Chapter 1: Key Concepts in Content Strategy Chapter 2: The Content Strategy Process Chapter 3: Audience Analysis Chapter 4: Identifying Content Types and Channels Chapter 5: Content Auditing Chapter 6: Content Modeling Chapter 7: Assembling a Content Strategy Plan Chapter 8: Collaborating With Other Content Developers Chapter 9: Revising and Editing Genres Chapter 10: Ensuring Content Usability and Accessibility Chapter 11: Delivering, Governing, and Maintaining Genres Chapter 12: Localizing Content Chapter 13: Content Tools and Technologies Chapter 14: Establishing Yourself as a Content Strategist

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Book SynopsisGiving Voice to Values, under the leadership of Mary Gentile, has fundamentally changed the way business ethics and values-driven leadership is taught and discussed in academic and corporate settings worldwide.This book shifts attention to the future of Giving Voice to Values (GVV) and provides thought pieces from practitioners and leading experts in business ethics and the professions on the possibilities for sustaining its growth and success. These include the creation of new teaching materials, reaching different audiences, and expanding the ways in which GVV is making a difference in classrooms and the workplace and acting as a catalyst for organizational and societal change. The book closes with a reflective chapter by Mary Gentile, looking back at where GVV has been and looking ahead to where GVV might go.Trade Review"The power of an idea can often be measured by its ability to scale across settings and geographies. With this new volume Gentile and Goodstein have demonstrated a reach that goes far beyond the business school curriculum. Giving Voice to Values has truly become a methodology for the development of ethical leaders…anywhere they might be! A truly valuable compendium of reports and insights." - Leonard A. Schlesinger, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School, President Emeritus-Babson College"In business ethics teaching we often remain stuck in analyzing what is wrong out there. You want to equip students and professionals with a hands-on action framework? Use the Giving Voice to Values framework. This book will further spur Giving Voice to Values’ success as the leading action framework to business ethics." - Markus Scholz, Chair and Endowed Professor of Corporate Governance & Business Ethics, Head of the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy (IBES), University of Applied Science Vienna."The Giving Voice to Values approach to ethical leadership has already empowered countless individuals worldwide. This has been a great benefit to all who seek to develop responsible leaders and this volume provides timely lessons learned and important insights in pursuit of that goal." - Scott Beardsley, Dean, University of Virginia Darden School of Business"Companies need to get beyond the debate about why people don’t speak up in challenging situations and instead focus on helping their people become more skilled at speaking up effectively. GVV is an innovative, evidence-based approach to building those skills, and in the challenging times we are facing, we need them more than ever. This book helps us to understand why integrating GVV into your curriculum for employees at every level, from recent college graduates to the members of your C-suite, will undoubtedly have a positive impact on the ethical culture of your company for years to come." - Victoria Sweeney, Principal – Ethics & Compliance Group, KPMG LLP"The broad appeal of Giving Voice To Values’ innovative approach to values-driven leadership development is rooted in its practicality -- an orientation toward acting on one’s values, effectively and with conviction. Gentile and Goodstein’s new book chronicles how this methodology has expanded well beyond its original roots in business education – to cross regions and cultures, professions and sectors – and it offers an exciting glimpse into its potential future applications and impacts." - Judy Samuelson, Executive Director, Aspen Institute Business & Society Program and author, The Six New Rules of Business: Creating Real Value in a Changing World"This publication provides convincing evidence of how GVV developed into an effective and sustainable approach to values-driven action for individuals faced with everyday ethical dilemmas, teachers wanting to develop the moral competence of their students, and leaders building ethical organizational cultures. While being fully at home in the conventional arena of face-to-face engagements for over a decade, its digital homecoming is no longer a distant reality - it is happening already." - Arnold Smit, Associate Professor of Business in Society, University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa"Values can be tricky in the realm of innovation where we often ask to hold back judgement. Leave it to Jerry, Mary and all the amazing contributors to thread a very small eye of the needle. Obviously this book has never been more relevant and teaches us how not to kill innovation while respecting people’s values." - Fred Dust, Author of "Making Conversation: Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication" "FASPE believes in the importance of professional ethics: ethical behavior and ethical leadership of professionals. Mary Gentile brings life and energy to the requirement of ethical behavior through her unrelenting and creative attention to practical and effective strategies. Mary converts ethics from philosophy to action." - David Goldman, Chairman, FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics), www.faspe-ethics.org "The power of an idea can often be measured by its ability to scale across settings and geographies. With this new volume Goodstein and Gentile have demonstrated a reach that goes far beyond the business school curriculum. Giving Voice to Values has truly become a methodology for the development of ethical leaders…anywhere they might be! A truly valuable compendium of reports and insights." Leonard A. Schlesinger, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School, President Emeritus-Babson College"In business ethics teaching we often remain stuck in analyzing what is wrong out there. You want to equip students and professionals with a hands-on action framework? Use the Giving Voice to Values framework. This book will further spur Giving Voice to Values’ success as the leading action framework for business ethics." Markus Scholz, Chair and Endowed Professor of Corporate Governance & Business Ethics, Head of the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy (IBES), University of Applied Science Vienna"The Giving Voice to Values approach to ethical leadership has already empowered countless individuals worldwide. This has been a great benefit to all who seek to develop responsible leaders and this volume provides timely lessons learned and important insights in pursuit of that goal." Scott Beardsley, Dean, University of Virginia Darden School of Business"Companies need to get beyond the debate about why people don’t speak up in challenging situations and instead focus on helping their people become more skilled at speaking up effectively. GVV is an innovative, evidence-based approach to building those skills, and in the challenging times we are facing, we need them more than ever. This book helps us to understand why integrating GVV into your curriculum for employees at every level, from recent college graduates to the members of your C-suite, will undoubtedly have a positive impact on the ethical culture of your company for years to come." Victoria Sweeney, Principal – Ethics & Compliance Group, KPMG LLP"The broad appeal of Giving Voice To Values’ innovative approach to values-driven leadership development is rooted in its practicality – an orientation toward acting on one’s values, effectively and with conviction.Goodstein and Gentile’s new book chronicles how this methodology has expanded well beyond its original roots in business education – to cross regions and cultures, professions and sectors – and it offers an exciting glimpse into its potential future applications and impacts." Judy Samuelson, Executive Director, Aspen Institute Business & Society Program and author, The Six New Rules of Business: Creating Real Value in a Changing World"This publication provides convincing evidence of how GVV developed into an effective and sustainable approach to values-driven action for individuals faced with everyday ethical dilemmas, teachers wanting to develop the moral competence of their students, and leaders building ethical organizational cultures. While being fully at home in the conventional arena of face-to-face engagements for over a decade, its digital homecoming is no longer a distant reality – it is happening already." Arnold Smit, Associate Professor of Business in Society, University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa"Values can be tricky in the realm of innovation where we often ask to hold back judgement. Leave it to Jerry, Mary and all the amazing contributors to thread a very small eye of the needle. Obviously this book has never been more relevant and teaches us how not to kill innovation while respecting people’s values." Fred Dust, Author of Making Conversation: Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication "FASPE believes in the importance of professional ethics: ethical behavior and ethical leadership of professionals. Mary Gentile brings life and energy to the requirement of ethical behavior through her unrelenting and creative attention to practical and effective strategies. Mary converts ethics from philosophy to action." David Goldman, Chairman, FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics), www.faspe-ethics.org Table of ContentsIntroduction: Giving Voice to Values: An Innovation and Impact Agenda Part 1 Strengthening the Impact of GVV Within Higher Education 1. Giving Voice to Values as a Way to Teach Virtue Ethics 2. Viewing Giving Voice to Values through a Pragmatic Lens 3. Giving Voice to Values and the Listener’s Perspective 4. Integrating Giving Voice to Values across Business Fields and Functions 5. Giving Voice to Values in Educating Ethical Leaders: Lessons Learned and Ideas for the Future 6. Giving Voice to Values in Health Professions Education 7. Giving Voice to Values in Support of a Mission to Education Africa’s Next Generation of Ethical Leaders Part 2 Strengthening the Impact of GVV Beyond Higher Education 8. GVV in the Legal Industry 9. Implementing Giving Voice to Values into the Workplace: Insights from the Experience of Four Organizations 10. Giving Voice to Values: Implementing Values-Driven Leadership Development in the Chinese Context 11. The Promise of Giving Voice to Values for Coaching Leaders 12. Introducing GVV to New Audiences 13. GVV and the Digital World: Responding to Today’s and Tomorrow’s Challenges and Opportunities 14. Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Giving Voice To Values

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Book SynopsisPresenting an overview of agroecology within the framework of climate change, this book looks at the impact of our changing climate on crop production and agroecosystems, reporting on how plants will cope with these changes, and how we can mitigate these negative impacts to ensure food production for the growing population. It explores the ways that farmers can confront the challenges of climate change, with contributed chapters from around the world demonstrating the different challenges associated with differing climates. Examples are provided of the approaches being taken right now to expand the ecological, physiological, morphological, and productive potential of a range of crop types. Describes the effects and responses of the macro and micro levels of crops under the different components of climate changeReports on the adaptation and resilience of food production systems within the changing climateCovers how planTable of ContentsAgroecology, Climate Change, and Agroecosystem Resilience. Physiological and Morphological Mechanisms Mediating Plant Tolerance to Osmotic Stress: Balancing Tolerance and Productivity. Response and Adaptation of Crops to Carbon Dioxide Rise: Coping or Dying. The Physiology and Phenology of Crop Production Under Temperate Climate Changes. Fitting Wheat Phenology to Maximize Yield in a Changing Climate. Response of Pulses to Climate Change: A Physiological Perspective. Climate Resilient Agriculture of Rice: A Physiological Perspective. Tropical Crops and Resilience to Climate Change. Grassland Resilience to Climate Change: From Species to Ecosystem. Effect of Topographic Properties on Crop Yield Variability and Farm Size in a Rural Farming Landscape: Opportunities for Engancing Resilience. Climatic Constraints in Tropical Forages and Common Beans: Suite of Plant Traits to Overcome Water Stress. Climate Change and Food Production Systems Sustainability. Mainstreaming Climate Change in Agricultural and Agroecology Education.

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Book SynopsisThe coast cannot be left to nature to determine its fate. Wealth, property, economic interests, recreation, tourism and wildlife are all threatened. Coasts are an administrative battle ground and one of the most important and widely examined topics in environmental management.Coastal and Estuarine Management examines the issues surrounding the human use and abuse of estuarine and coastal environments. Emphasising the importance and significance of this natural resource, the uses and conflicts which occur and the results of human activity, this book explains the ways in which conservation and management policies and practices can protect this productive and diverse ecosystem.Examples and real-life case studies illustrate the effect of human intervention, both from an historic and contemporary perspective. Exposing the environmental consequences of estuarine pollution, Peter French highlights the need for management strategies to promote a sustainable development ethic fTrade Review'The text is written in a lucid but nontechnical style and should be amenable to all students of environmental management...this text has the capacity to influence the attitudes of the next generation of coastal managers.' - Progress in Physical Goegraphy, Vol 23, No.1 1999"The only 'textbook' which is both up-to-date and conprehensive in its coverage of this fast-developing subject" Dr Geoff Walker, West England UniversityTable of Contents1 Introduction to estuarine and coastal systems 2 The physical regime of coasts and estuaries 3 Land claim and coastal defence 4 The industrial use of coasts and estuaries 5 Coastal development for tourism 6 Causes of indirect impacts on the coast 7 Management frameworks for coastal and estuarine systems; The final word

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Book SynopsisQuantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSARs) are increasingly used to predict the harmful effects of chemicals to humans and the environment. The increased use of these methods in a variety of areas (academic, industrial, regulatory) results from a realization that very little toxicological or fate data is available on the vast amount of chemicals to which humans and the environment are exposed.Predicting Chemical Toxicity and Fate provides a comprehensive explanation of the state-of-the-art methods that are available to predict the effects of chemicals on humans and the environment. It describes the use of predictive methods to estimate the physiochemical properties, biological activities, and fate of chemicals. The methods described may be used to predict the properties of drugs before their development, and to predict the environmental effects of chemicals. These methods also reduce the cost of product development and the need for animal testing.This book fills an obvious need by providing a comprehensive explanation of these prediction methods. It is a practical book that illustrates the use of these techniques in real life scenarios. This book will demystify QSARs for those students unsure of them, and professionals in environmental toxicology and chemistry will find this a useful reference in their everyday working lives.Trade Review"This book provides a comprehensive explanation of the state-of-the-art methods that are available to predict the effects of chemicals on humans and the environment. … The book fills an obvious need by providing a comprehensive explanation of these prediction methods. It is a practical book that illustrates the use of these techniques in real life scenarios. It will demystify QSARs for those students unsure of the them, and professionals in environmental toxicology and chemistry will find this a useful reference in their everyday working lives." - International Pest Control, Vol. 47, No. 2, March/April 2005 "The authors and editors have done a fine job in presenting a well balanced view of the early development, current status and future uses of predictive models/(Q)SARs for use in both human health assessments and environmental assessments. … Anyone interested in predictive modelling of mammalian toxicity and environmental effects should consider this book … ." - BTS Newsletter, Winter 2004, Issue 25 "This choice [of contributors] provides a refreshing outlook on certain topics… we learn what research has been done, what needs most to be done, and why successes have been limited. This is exactly the sort of state-of-the-art description an overview volume should provide." - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 48, No. 13, 2005Table of ContentsIntroduction. Methodology. QSARs for Human Health Endpoints. QSARs for Environmental Toxicity and Fate Part. Application.

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Book SynopsisCurrent assessment methods of sustainable buildings do not adequately account for the usersâ needs. Given that over the life of a building, total salary costs far outweigh both operating costs and combined capital and rental costs, the occupantsâ needs are not something which should be sensibly ignored.This book presents an unbiased evaluation of thirty of the most cutting-edge, sustainable buildings in the world, in terms of the usersâ perceived comfort, health and productivity. The author has visited the buildings, interviewed the design teams and examined the findings of a sixty-question standardized user questionnaire. The book provides: thirty case studies covering mixed-mode, passive and environmentally sustainable commercial and institutional buildings detailed insights into the principles underlying the design of sustainable buildings worldwide, over several climatic zones and eleven countries, together with clear explanations and illustrations oTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Overview of the Buildings and their Performance Part 1: Buildings in Cold – Temperate Climates 2. NRG Systems Facility, Hinesburg, Vermont, USA 3. Computer Science and Engineering Building, York University, Ontario, Canada 4. Military Families Resource Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 5. SciencePark, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 6. National Works Yard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 7. Liu Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Part 2: Buildings in Medium – Temperate Climates 8. Gifford Studios, Southampton, England 9. Arup Campus, Solihull, England 10. Zicer Building, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England 11. Renewable Energy Systems, Kings Langley, England 12. City Hall, London, England 13. The Foundation Building, Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall, England 14. The Mathematics and Statistics and Computer Science Building, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand 15. St Mary’s Credit Union, Navan, Ireland 16. Scottsdale Forest Ecocentre, Tasmania, Australia 17. Tokyo Gas, Kohoku New Town, Yokohama 18. Nikken Sekkei Building, Tokyo Part 3: Buildings in Warm – Temperate Climates 19. The Landcare Research Laboratory, Auckland, New Zealand 20. The Campus Reception and Administration Building, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand 21. 60 Leicester Street, Melbourne, Australia 22. 40 Albert Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 23. The Red Centre Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 24. Institute of Languages, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 25. General Purpose Building, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia 26. Student Services Centre, University of Newcastle, Australia 27. Natural Resources Defence Council, Santa Monica, California, USA Part 4: Buildings in Hot – Humid Climates 28. Institute of Technical Education, Bishan, Singapore 29. Ministry of Energy Water and Communications Building, Putrajaya, Malaysia 30. Menara Umno, Penang, Malaysia 31.Torrent Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental reform by governmental, intergovernmental agencies, private firms and industries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is a worldwide phenomenon. This definitive collection showcases an introduction to Ecological Modernisation Theory; state-of-the-art review essays by key international scholars and a selection of the key articles from a quarter-century of social science scholarship. It is aimed at students, researchers and policymakers interested in a deep understanding of contemporary environmental issuesTrade Review'...this volume offers a comprehensive synthesis of the emergence and evolution of scholarly enquiry into ecological modernization.''...if this volume serves as a launching pad rather than culmination, then EM is poised to make substantial gains in the environmental studies and sciences. The break from the tendency to rely solely on ecological theories to explain society’s relationship with ecosystems that has been enabled by EM theorists has broadened the horizons for enquiry in environmental scholarship, and the promise of systematic critical analysis of environmental improvement efforts in a variety of institutional contexts is certainly a worthwhile endeavour.'-Debra J Davidson, University of Alberta, in International Sociology, vol 26 no 5'This volume collects well-written scholarly essays on the theory of EM. The editors do a good job selecting chapters to represent the full range of issues and concepts forming the central theses of the EM framework, making this volume a great reader on the subject. Also commendable is that the authors included several studies of environmental reform in economies outside the birthplace of the EM theory. Worthy of note as well is that several studies differentiate between weak and strong ecological modernization. This provides a great framework for empirically examining environmental reform across the globe. Finally, the introduction and other chapters also discuss how the theory of ecological modernization fits with global conventions on environmental reform, thereby helping explain its emergence and rapid development....'-Lazarus Adua, Ohio State University, in Rural Sociology, Dec 2011'This is a much needed collection which fills the gap left by theoretical and empirical work. Whatever your opinions about Ecological Modernisation this promises to be a benchmark study.'.....Michael Redclift, Professor of International Environmental Policy, King's College, UK 'Ecological modernization has become the most important theory of practical attempts to deal with environmental problems. Whether it be efforts by the environmentally leading countries of northern Europe, or by the Obama Administration in the United States, or by Japan and China, the endeavors all consist of ecological modernization in one form or another. This informative reader brings together the most significant research on the subject over the three decades since its inception. The success or failure of ecological modernization remains nevertheless an open question, as indicated by global warming caused by human activities. Hence this perspective has its critics, particularly neo-Marxist and neo-Malthusian ones, and the book briefly responds to these as well. It is a must read for anyone interested in the broader aspects of environmental problem solving.'........Raymond Murphy, President Environment and Society Research Committee of the International Sociological Association'This book offers the clearest and the most comprehensive introduction to ecological modernisation theory yet. It sets out the criticisms of ecological modernisation as a theory of social change and puts forward a compelling argument for a sociology of environmental reform. It shows how technological, institutional and cultural innovation concretely affect peoples’ lives and the ways they relate to their environment. The Ecological Modernisation Reader will initiate a new and more sophisticated era of debate over the greening of industrial societies'..............Professor Stewart Lockie, The Australian National University, Australia'The ideas underpinning ecological modernisation are exerting a growing influence over environmental policy-makers around the world. This valuable and timely collection brings together many of the main contributors to the development of this controversial concept, and provides a comprehensive coverage of the key theories, debates and policy developments in ecological modernisation.'..........Professor Neil Carter, Department of Politics, University of York, UK'...a long overdue publication. The benefits of bringing together some of the classic EM literature alongside more recent work not only explains the historical theoretical development of this discourse and where it might develop in future, but also engages academics and students alike in understanding EM theory and practice...'..............Patrick McGee, Queen's University Belfast, Journal of Environmental Policy and PlanningTable of ContentsPart 1: Foundations of Ecological Modernization Theory Part 2: Transformations in Environmental Governance and Participation Part 3: Greening Life-Cycles and Life-Styles Part 4: Environmental Reform in Asian and Other Emerging Economies

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Book SynopsisConducting Research in Conservation is the first textbook on social science research methods written specifically for use in the expanding and increasingly multidisciplinary field of environmental conservation. The first section on planning a research project includes chapters on the need for social science research in conservation, defining a research topic, methodology, and sampling. Section two focuses on practical issues in carrying out fieldwork with local communities, from fieldwork preparation and data collection to the relationships between the researcher and the study community. Section three provides an in-depth focus on a range of social science methods including standard qualitative and quantitative methods such as participant observation, interviewing and questionnaires, and more advanced methods, such as ethnobiological methods for documenting local environmental knowledge and change, and participatory methods such as the âPRAâ toolbox. Section four theTrade Review"Social research is vital for effective conservation. Here at last is an authoritative, clear and practical guide to conducting successful social reserach in conservation. The authors effectively blend state-of-the-art thinking in social research with practical examples from conservation projects around the world. A must have book for conservation researchers and practitioners." Dr Paul Jepson, School of Geography and Environment, University of Oxford."Conducting Research in Conservation makes a much needed contribution to the field. Well written and highly accessible, this introduction to conservation-relevant social science methods will serve as a valuable resource for novices and experts alike. In particular, its practical guidance will help conservation professionals to navigate the complexities of social science research in the ‘real world.’" Dr Michael B. Mascia, World Wildlife Fund, USA.Table of ContentsSection 1: Planning a Research Project 1. Introduction: Social Science Research in Conservation 2. Defining the Research Topic 3. Developing the Research Design 4. Sampling Section 2: Methods 5. Participant Observation 6. Qualitative Interviews and Focus Groups 7. Questionnaires 8. Documenting Local Environmental Knowledge and Change 9. Community Workshops and the PRA Toolbox 10. Participatory Mapping Section 3: Fieldwork with Local Communities 11. Preparing for Fieldwork and Collecting and Managing Data in the Field 12. The Role of the Researcher 13. The Ethical Issues in Research Section 4: Data Processing and Analysis 14. Processing and Analysis of Qualitative Data 15. Quantitative Analysis: Descriptive Statistics 16. Quantitative Analysis: Inferential Statistics Section 5: Writing up the Report 17. Writing up the Report 18. Final Dissemination and Follow-up

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a categorized and visualized overview and presents microscopic observations, systematic mineralogy, chemistry, geology, stability, paragenesis, occurrence and use in petrology of 137 minerals. Structural formula calculations are included in the appendix. Consists of a set of book and downloadable resources for students and practically-oriented researchers and professionals in geology, geological, mining, and mineral resources engineering who need a reference of mineralogy, applied to petrology.The downloadable resources contain 384 color plates with mineral microscopic visuals under various circumstances.Table of ContentsUse of the CD –ROM1. Rocks and minerals2. Observations with the Petrographic Microscope3. Systematic mineralogy3-1. Major tectosilicates: quartz – feldspars – feldspathoids3-2. Major ferro-magnesians minerals : micas, chlorites, amphiboles, pyroxenes, olivines3-3. Aluminous minerals3-4. Calcic, magnesian and calc-magnesian minerals3-5. Accessory minerals3-6. Minerals of sedimentary rocks and alteritesAppendix - Calculation of the structural formula of a mineralA selection of booksReferences bibliographiquesSites webIndex

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Book SynopsisConservation Basics examines the evolving theories and principles that underpin building conservation in England in the 21st century, and looks at their application in practice. The process of conservation planning for the maintenance and repair of historic buildings and places is described in detail, and is illustrated through case studies. Topics include understanding and assessment, surveys and recording, ecological considerations, planning and managing maintenance and repair programmes, risk management, specifying works, and contract procurement.Trade Review'Students of conservation, trustees and custodians of heritage assets and any practice for whom architectural conservation is a cornerstone of their business, with an interest in maintaining high standards, and a commitment to developing new talent should have a copy of this book on their shelves.' Architectural Technology 'Conservation Basics presents a very good introduction to the integrated approach required for the successful management of historic environments and the heritage assets situated within them by using appropriate maintenance and repair strategies. Each section is presented in a succinct, crisp, easy-to-read style, profusely illustrated with drawings, photographs and diagrams, (it) should be essential reading for all architectural, engineering and surveying students and practitioners who aspire to work on historic building fabric. Likewise, both contractors and specialists who tender for work on older buildings and property managers with historic assets in their portfolios will find this book worthy of their attention'. Journal of Architectural Conservation 'Conservation Basics like its sister volumes, is well-presented. It is a substantial hardback publication of 382 pages with each chapter preceded by a helpful precis. For ease of use, links to other volumes in the series are indicated by a system of symbols. There is generous use of high quality illustrations. This invaluable book is recommended for anyone serious about protecting our historic built environment.' SPAB‘Conservation Basics is a comprehensive resource, full of authoritative material on conservation history, philosophy, and planning … it provides the reader with valuable information for practical application in historic-preservation and heritage-conservation practice.’ – Ilene R. Tyler, FAIA, FAPT, LEED APTable of ContentsThe Evolving Concept of Building Conservation Current Law, Policy and Guidance Survey and Investigation Methods Ecological Considerations Managing Maintenance and Repair Emergency Planning for Heritage Buildings and Collections Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA great deal of research and literature has been produced on repairing concrete structures but very little aimed at conserving the character or appearance of historic examples. This volume offers guidance as to how that should be done. It includes a brief history of the use of the material and explains the criteria for listing before assessing decay mechanisms and determining appropriate repair strategies. A bibliography and case studies are also included.Trade Review'This hardback book is a delight to handle, the text is well laid out and pleasing to the eye and there are numerous well-drawn diagrams. Both colour and black-and-white photographs (many supplied by The Concrete Society) are artistically used to richly illustrate this volume, bringing to life what can sometimes be a dull material. This really is an impressive-looking book.' Concrete Magazine 'This sumptuously illustrated book covers the history of the design and use of concrete; the assessment, causes, and mechanisms of decay are also discussed; and strategies for repair and treatment are supported by a series of extremely useful case studies. The book concludes with guidance on preventative maintenance and a very helpful glossary.' The Historic Environment 'This could be one of the most important additions to the PBC series, and one which will develop our understanding of concrete as a material, not only of its requirements for repair, but also the way we detail, specify and supervise its use.' Architectural Technology"This is a publication with a particularly wide scope, and it will be of interest and use to those involved with the conservation of concrete in both structural and non-structural applications. The explanations and illustrations of deterioration mechanisms, the treatment of defects and the impact on appearance are particularly informative." - Deborah Lazarus, Engineering History and Heritage"[Concrete] is very much worth reading for its passages on concrete’s history, the treatment and repair sections, and the case studies" – Marjorie Lynch, PE, PACI, President, Lynch Consulting Engineers, DPC Table of ContentsThe Development and Use of Concrete Deterioration and Damage Assessment Treatment and Repair Case Studies Care and Maintenance Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisOffers a documented criticism of the assumptions and the effects of industrial agriculture. This book proposes practical remedies. It documents some trends in our ability to produce food.Trade Review"New Roots for Agriculture is a landmark. . . . It offers a sound, thoroughly documented criticism of the assumptions and the effects of industrial agriculture; for that alone the book would be valuable. But it goes beyond criticism to propose practical remedies."—Wendell Berry"An excellent addition to a growing list of books and articles documenting some alarming trends in our ability to produce food. . . . This short but well-documented book deserves broad circulation and public discussion. Its warnings may well be prophecy."—Los Angeles Times

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Book SynopsisThe promise of MEMS for aerospace applications has been germinating for years, and current advances bring the field to the very cusp of fruition. Reliability is chief among the challenges limiting the deployment of MEMS technologies in space, as the requirement of zero failure during the mission is quite stringent for this burgeoning field. MEMS and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications provides all the necessary tools to overcome these obstacles and take MEMS from the lab bench to beyond the exosphere.The book begins with an overview of MEMS development and provides several demonstrations of past and current examples of MEMS in space. From this platform, the discussion builds to fabrication technologies; the effect of space environmental factors on MEMS devices; and micro technologies for space systems, instrumentation, communications, thermal control, guidance navigation and control, and propulsion. Subsequent chapters explore factors common to all of the described sysTrade Review"This is the first book I've seen that presents such a rounded and complete overview of the field."-Books-on-LineTable of ContentsOverview of Microelectromechanical Systems and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications. Vision for Micro Technology Space Missions. Fabrication Technologies for Micro Technologies. Impact of Space Environmental Factors on Micro-Technologies. Space Radiation Effects and Microelectromechanical Systems. Micro Technologies for Space Systems. Micro Technologies for Science Instrumentation Applications. Microelectromechanical Systems for Spacecraft Communications. Microsystems in Spacecraft Thermal Control. Microsystems in Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, and Control. Micro Propulsion Technologies. MEMS Packaging for Space Applications. Handling and Contamination Control Considerations for Critical Space Applications. Material Selection for Applications of MEMS. Reliability Practices for Design and Application of Space Based MEMS. Assurance Practices for Micro Electro Mechanical Systems and Microstructures in Aerospace. Index.

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Book SynopsisMulti-Protocol Label Switch (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) are key technologies for next-generation IP backbone networks. Until now, however, engineers have been forced to search for technical papers on this subject and read them in an ad-hoc manner. At last there is a book that explains both MPLS and GMPLS concepts in a systematic way. GMPLS Technologies: Broadband Backbone Networks and Systems addresses the basic concepts, network architectures, protocols, and traffic engineering needed to operate MPLS and GMPLS networks. The book begins with an introduction of the nature and requirements of broadband networks. It describes the basics of control-oriented networks and Internet Protocol (IP).The text then examines the fundamentals of MPLS, explaining why MPLS is preferable to IP packet-based forwarding. This volume covers MPLS applications, details IP router structures, illustrates GMPLS, and explores important studies on traffic engineering in GMPLS Networks.Table of ContentsBroadband and Multimedia. Basic Mechanism of Connection Oriented Network. Connection Oriented Communications and ATM. Internet Protocol: IP. MPLS Basics. Application of MPLS. Structure of IP Router. GMPLS (Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching). Traffic-Engineering in Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Networks.

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Book SynopsisDeterministic Learning Theory for Identification, Recognition, and Control presents a unified conceptual framework for knowledge acquisition, representation, and knowledge utilization in uncertain dynamic environments. It provides systematic design approaches for identification, recognition, and control of linear uncertain systems. Unlike many books currently available that focus on statistical principles, this book stresses learning through closed-loop neural control, effective representation and recognition of temporal patterns in a deterministic way. A Deterministic View of Learning in Dynamic EnvironmentsThe authors begin with an introduction to the concepts of deterministic learning theory, followed by a discussion of the persistent excitation property of RBF networks. They describe the elements of deterministic learning, and address dynamical pattern recognition and pattern-based control processes. The results are applicable to aTable of ContentsIntroduction. RBF Networks and the PE Condition. Locally Accurate Identification of Nonlinear Systems. Learning from Closed-Loop Neural Control. Rapid Recognition of Dynamical Patterns. Deterministic Learning using Output Measurements. Applications of Deterministic Learning. Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisCryptosporidium, in its various forms, is a widely recognised cause of outbreaks of waterborne disease. Regulatory bodies worldwide are increasingly requiring the development of fit-for-purpose detection methods for this protozoan parasite, but analysis is often problematic. Bringing together international academic and industry-based experts, this book provides a comprehensive review of the current state of analytical techniques for the detection of Cryptosporidium, as well as looking at likely future developments. In particular, the issues of species identification and oocyst viability are addressed. Quality assurance issues and potential problems associated with the new Cryptosporidium regulations are also highlighted. The extent of the perceived problems and the regulatory backdrop against which the analysis must be carried out are also discussed. Scientists in the water industry, environmental testing laboratories, researchers, consultants, environmental health professionals, food Trade Review"... provides a unique and excellent overview of the challenges faced by any laboratory wanting to detect and enumerate Cryptosporidium in water." * Water SA, Vol 28, No 3, July 2002, p 345 *"... I would expect to see it on the library shelves of any institution seriously concerned with the quality of drinking water." * International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol 18, No 2, 2002 *"... well presented ... a particularly useful resource for specialists in the area of environmental monitoring and water quality assessment." * Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Vol 77, Issue 10, October 2002, p 1192 *"... it is ideally structured and presented to act as a baseline introduction to Crytosporidium analysis within the water industry." * Chromatographia, 57, February 2003, No 3/4, p 261 *Table of ContentsCryptosporidium: The Analytical Challenge; Molecular Epidemiology and Systematics of Cryptosporidium parvum; Molecular and Phenotypic Analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts of Human and Animal Origin; Complying with the New Cryptosporidium Regulations; Cryptosporidiosis in Healthy Adult Volunteers; Trial of a Method for Continuous Monitoring of the Concentration of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Treated Drinking Water for Regulatory Purposes; A Dielectrophoresis System for Rapid Analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum; A Review of Methods for Assessing the Infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum Using In-vitro Cell Culture; Applications of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry in the Analysis of Cryptosporidium; Some Observations on Factors which Affect Recovery Efficiency in Cryptosporidium Analysis; Development of a Novel Method for the Capture, Recovery and Analysis of Cryptosporidium Oocysts from High Water Samples; The Experience of the Leap Proficiency Scheme With Respect to Cryptosporidium Testing; An Evaluation of the Current Methods for the Detection and Enumeration of Cryptosporidium in Water; Automated Detection and Viability Assessment; Can We Believe Our Results?; Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThis third edition has been updated and expanded, providing industrial chemists, technologists, environmental scientists, and engineers with an accurate, compact, and practical source of information on fluoropolymers. Highlighting existing and new industrial, military, medical, and consumer goods applications, this edition adds more detailed information on equipment and processing conditions. It explores breakthroughs in understanding property-structure relationships, new polymerization techniques, and the chemistry underlying polymers, such as melt-processable fluoroplastics. It also expands on the important properties of fluoropolymers, including heat and radiation degradation, health effects, and recycling.Features: Revised, updated, and expanded to continue to provide an accurate, compact, and practical source of information on fluoropolymers Explores the property-structure relationships, polymerization techniques, and the chemistry underlying poTable of ContentsPART I OVERVIEW OF FLUOROPOLYMERS 1 Introduction 2 Societal Benefits and Evolution of Fluoropolymers 2.1 Basic Fluoropolymer Properties 2.2 Examples of Fluoropolymer Properties 2.3 Automotive Applications 2.4 Aerospace Wire and Cable 2.5 Aircraft Fuel Hose 2.6 Heart Rhythm Management-ICD 2.7 Pediatric Heart Repair 2.8 Thread Sealant 2.9 Chemical Processing Industry-Lined Pipes, Fittings, and Vessels 2.10 Semiconductor Chip Fabrication 2.11 Biomedical Applications 2.12 PTFE Micropowders 2.13 Applications of Fluoropolymers in Transportation 2.14 Properties of Thermoplastic Fluoropolymers 2.15 Delving Deeper into Properties 2.16 Forces Affecting the Fluoropolymer Industries References PART II THERMOPLASTIC FLUOROPOLYMERS 3 Synthesis and Properties of Monomers of Thermoplastic Fluoropolymers 3.1 Preparation of Tetrafluoroethylene 3.2 Properties of Tetrafluoroethylene 3.3 Preparation of Hexafluoropropylene 3.4 Properties of Hexafluoropropylene 3.5 Synthesis of Perfluoroalkylvinylethers (PAVEs) 3.6 Properties of Perfluoroalkylvinylethers 3.7 Synthesis of Chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) 3.8 Properties of Chlorotrifluoroethylene 3.9 Synthesis of Vinylidene Fluoride (VDF) 3.10 Properties of Vinylidene Fluoride 3.11 Synthesis of Vinyl Fluoride (VF) 3.12 Properties of Vinyl Fluoride (VF) References 4 Polymerization of Commercial Thermoplastic Fluoropolymers 4.1 Polymerization of Tetrafluoroethylene 4.1.1 Granular Resins 4.1.2 Fine Powder Resins 4.1.3 Aqueous Dispersions 4.1.4 Filled Compounds 4.1.5 Modified PTFE 4.2 Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) 4.2.1 Industrial Process for the Production of FEP 4.3 Perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) Resin 4.3.1 Industrial Process for the Production of Perfluoroalkoxy Resin 4.4 Polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) 4.4.1 Industrial Process for the Production of PCTFE 4.5 Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) 4.5.1 Industrial Process for the Production of PVDF 4.6 Polyvinyl Fluoride 4.6.1 Industrial Process for the Production of Polyvinyl Fluoride 4.7 Ethylene Chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE) Copolymer 4.7.1 Industrial Process for the Production of ECTFE 4.8 Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) Copolymer 4.8.1 Industrial Process for the Production of ETFE 4.9 Terpolymers of TFE, HFP and VDF (THV Fluoroplastic) 4.10 Terpolymers and Quarterpolymers of HFP, TFE and Ethylene References 5 Properties of Commercial Fluoropolymers 5.1 Properties as Related to the Structure of Fluoropolymers 5.1.1 Fluoroplastics 5.1.1.1 Mechanical Properties 5.1.1.2 Optical Properties 5.1.2 Fluoroelastomers 5.2 Properties of Individual Commercial Fluoroplastics 5.2.1 Polytetrafluoroethylene 5.2.1.1 Molecular Weight 5.2.1.2 Molecular Conformation 5.2.1.3 Crystallinity and Melting Behavior 5.2.1.4 Mechanical Properties 5.2.1.5 Surface Properties 5.2.1.6 Absorption and Permeation 5.2.1.7 Electrical Properties 5.2.2 Modified Polytetrafluoroethylene 5.2.3 Copolymers of Tetrafluoroethylene and Hexafluoropropylene (FEP) 5.2.3.1 Mechanical Properties 5.2.3.2 Electrical Properties 5.2.3.3 Chemical Properties 5.2.3.4 Optical Properties 5.2.3.5 Other Properties 5.2.4 Copolymers of Tetrafluoroethylene and Perfluoroalkyl Ethers (PFA and MFA) 5.2.4.1 Physical and Mechanical Properties 5.2.4.2 Electrical Properties 5.2.4.3 Optical properties 5.2.4.4 Chemical Properties 5.2.5 Copolymers of Ethylene and Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) 5.2.5.1 Structure and Related Properties 5.2.5.2 Mechanical, Chemical and Other Properties 5.2.6 Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) 5.2.6.1 Mechanical Properties 5.2.6.2 Electrical Properties 5.2.6.3 Chemical Properties 5.2.7 Polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) 5.2.7.1 Thermal Properties 5.2.7.2 Mechanical, Chemical and Other Properties 5.2.8. Copolymer of Ethylene and Chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE) 5.2.8.1 Properties of ECTFE 5.2.9 Terpolymer of Tetrafluoroethylene, Hexafluoropropylene and Vinylidene Fluoride (THV Fluoroplastic) 5.2.9.1 Properties of THV Fluoroplastic 5.2.10 Terpolymer of Tetrafluoroethylene, Ethylene and Hexafluoropropylene (EFEP) 5.2.11 Polyvinyl Fluoride (PVF) 5.2.11.1 Properties of the PVF Polymer 5.2.11.2 Polyvinyl Fluoride Films and Their Properties 5.2.11.2.1 Chemical Properties 5.2.11.2.2 Optical Properties 5.2.11.2.3 Weathering Performance 5.2.11.2.4 Electrical Properties 5.2.11.2.5 Thermal Stability References 6 Processing of Polytetrafluoroethylene Resins 6.1 Processing of Granular Resins 6.1.1 Compression Molding 6.1.1.1 Preforming 6.1.1.2 Sintering 6.1.2 Other Molding Methods 6.1.3 Ram Extrusion 6.2 Processing of Fine Powders 6.2.1 Introduction 6.2.2 Fabrication Methods for Products from Fine Powders 6.2.2.1 Preparation of the Extrusion Mix 6.2.2.2 Preforming 6.2.2.3 Extrusion 6.2.3 Fabrication of Films, Tapes and Sealing Cords 6.2.3.1 Manufacture of Unsintered Tape 6.2.4 Fabrication of Tubing and Hoses 6.2.5 Fabrication of Thin Walled Pipes and Liners 6.2.5.1 Liner Extrusion 6.2.5.2 Drying and Sintering the Liner 6.2.6 Fabrication of Wire and Cable Insulation 6.2.6.1 Wire Extrusion System 6.2.6.2 Wire Extrusion Process 6.2.6.3 Drying and Sintering of Wire Insulation 6.2.7 Fabrication of Expanded PTFE 6.2.7.1 The Expansion Process 7 Processing of Melt-Processible Fluoroplastics 7.1 Melt-Processible Perfluoroplastics 7.1.1 Copolymers of Polytetrafluoroethylene and Hexafluoropropylene (FEP) 7.1.2 Copolymers of Tetrafluoroethylene and Perfluoroalkyl ethers (PFA and MFA) 7.2 Processing of Other Melt-Processible Fluoroplastics 7.2.1 Copolymers of Ethylene and Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) 7.2.2 Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) 7.2.3 Polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) 7.2.4 Copolymer of Ethylene and Chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE) 7.2.5 Terpolymers of Tetrafluoroethylene, Hexafluoropropylene and Vinylidene Fluoride (THV Fluoroplastics) 7.2.6 Terpolymer of Ethylene, Tetrafluoroethylene and Hexafluoropropylene (EFEP) 8 Applications of Commercial Thermoplastic Fluoropolymers 8.1 Applications of PTFE and Modified PTFE 8.2 Applications of FEP 8.3 Applications of PFA and MFA 8.4 Applications of ETFE 8.5 Applications of PVDF 8.6 Applications of PCTFE 8.7 Applications of ECTFE 8.8 Applications of THV Fluoroplastics 8.9 Applications of EFEP 8.10 Applications of PVF 8.10.1 Aircraft Interiors 8.10.2 Architectural Applications 8.10.3 Graphics 8.10.4 Solar Applications References PART III FLUOROELASTOMERS 9 Fluorocarbon Elastomers 9.1 Manufacturing Process for Fluorocarbon Elastomers 9.1.1 Industrial Synthesis of Monomers for Fluorocarbon Elastomers 9.1.2 Polymerization and Finishing of Fluorocarbon Elastomers 9.1.2.1 Emulsion Polymerization 9.1.2.1.1 Continuous Emulsion Polymerization 9.1.2.1.2 Semi-batch Emulsion Polymerization 9.1.2.2 Suspension Polymerization 9.2 Properties of Fluorocarbon Elastomers 9.2.1 Properties Related to the Polymer Structure 9.2.2 Properties of Currently Available Commercial Fluorocarbon lastomers 9.3 Fabrication Methods for Fluorocarbon Elastomers 9.3.1 Mixing and Processing 9.3.1.1 Mixing of Fluorocarbon Elastomers 9.3.1.2 Processing of Fluorocarbon Elastomers 9.3.1.2.1 Calandering 9.3.1.2.2 Extrusion 9.3.1.2.3 Solution and Latex Coating 9.3.2 Curing of Fluorocarbon Elastomers 9.3.2.1 Cross-linking Chemistry 9.3.2.1.1 Cross-linking by Ionic Mechanism 9.3.2.1.2 Cross-linking by Radical Mechanism (Peroxid Cure) 9.3.2.1.3 Cross-linking by Ionizing Radiation 9.3.2.2 Molding Processes 9.3.2.2.1 Compression Molding 9.3.2.2.2 Transfer Molding 9.3.2.2.3 Injection Molding 9.3.3 Post-curing Process 9.4 Physical and Mechanical Properties of Cured Fluorocarbon Elastomers 9.4.1 Heat Resistance 9.4.2 Compression Set Resistance 9.4.3 Low-temperature Flexibility 9.4.4 Resistance to Automotive Fuels 9.4.5 Resistance to Solvents and Chemicals 9.4.6 Steam Resistance 9.5 Formulation of Compounds of Fluorocarbon Elastomers 9.5.1 Fillers 9.5.2 Acid Acceptor Systems 9.5.3 Curatives 9.5.4 Plasticizers and Processing Aids 9.6 Applications of Fluorocarbon Elastomers 9.6.1 Applications of FKMs 9.6.1.1 Typical Automotive Applications 9.6.1.2 Typical Aerospace and Military Applications 9.6.1.3 Typical Chemical and Petrochemical Applications 9.6.1.4 Other Industrial Applications 9.6.2 Applications of FFKM 9.6.3 Applications of FEPM 9.6.4 Applications of FKMs in Coatings and Sealants 9.6.5 Applications of FKMs as Polymer Processing Additive 9.7 Examples of Fluorocarbon Elastomer Formulations 9.8 Fluoroelastomer Safety, Disposal, and Sustainability 9.8.1 Safety in Production 9.8.2 Safety in Applications 9.8.3 Disposal 9.8.4 Sustainability References 10 Fluorinated Thermoplastic Elastomers 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Types of Fluorinated Thermoplastic Elastomers 10.3 Methods to Produce Fluorinated Thermoplastic Elastomers 10.4 Commercial Fluorinated Thermoplastic Elastomers and Their Properties 10.5 Applications of Fluorinated Thermoplastic Elastomers 10.5.1 Chemical and Semiconductor Industries 10.5.2 Electrical Applications and Wire and Cable 10.5.3 Other Applications References 11 Fluoro-Inorganic Elastomers 11.1 Fluorosilicone Elastomers 11.1.1 Introduction 11.1.2 Polymerization Process for Fluorosilicone Elastomers 11.1.3 Processing of Fluorosilicone Elastomers and Compounds 11.1.4 Properties of Fluorosilicone Elastomer Compounds 11.1.4.1 Fluid and Chemical Resistance 11.1.4.2 Heat Resistance 11.1.4.3 Low Temperature Behavior 11.1.4.4 Electrical Properties 11.1.4.5 Surface Properties 11.1.5 Applications of Fluorosilicone Compounds 11.1.6 Fluorosilicone Liquid Systems 11.1.7 Toxicity and Safety 11.2 Polyphosphazene Elastomers 11.2.1 Introduction 11.2.2 Fluorinated Polyphosphazene Elastomers 11.2.2.1 Properties 11.2.2.2 Applications References PART IV TECHNOLOGY OF FLUOROPOLYMER AQUEOUS SYSTEMS 12 Characteristics and Properties of Fluoropolymer Aqueous Systems 12.1 PTFE Dispersions 12.2 Other Perfluoropolymer Dispersions 12.2.1 FEP Dispersions 12.2.2 PFA and MFA Dispersions 12.2.3 Dispersions of Modified PTFE 12.2.4 Dispersions of PTFE Micropowders 12.3 Other Fluoroplastic Dispersions 12.3.1 Dispersions of PVDF 12.3.2 Dispersions of THV Fluoroplastic 12.4 Fluorocarbon Elastomers in Latex Form References 13 Processing and Applications of Fluoropolymer Aqueous Systems 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Processing and Applications of PTFE Dispersions 13.2.1 Impregnation 13.2.2 Fabric Coating 13.2.2.1 Equipment 13.2.2.2 Formulations 13.2.2.3 Coating Process 13.2.2.4 Lamination 13.2.2.5 Applications of PTFE Coated Fabrics 13.2.3 Cast Films 13.2.3.1 Process and Equipment 13.2.3.2 Applications of PTFE Cast Films 13.2.4 Processing and Applications of Dispersions of Modified PTFE 13.2.5 Processing and Applications of Dispersions of PTFE Micropowders 13.2.6 Other Processing and Applications of PTFE Aqueous Dispersions 13.3 Processing and Applications of Other Fluoropolymer Aqueous Systems 13.3.1 Aqueous Dispersions of FEP and PFA/MFA 13.3.2 Aqueous Dispersions of PVDF 13.3.3 Aqueous Dispersions of THV Fluoroplastic 13.3.4 Fluorocarbon Elastomers in Latex Form 13.4 Health and Safety 13.5 Disposal of Aqueous Fluoropolymer Dispersions References PART V OTHER FLUOROPOLYMERS 14 Specialty Fluorinated Polymers 14.1 Amorphous Fluoropolymers 14.2 Fluorinated Acrylates 14.3 Fluorinated Polyurethanes 14.4 Fluorinated Thermoplastic Elastomers 14.5 Copolymers of Chlorotrifluoroethylene and Vinyl Ether 14.6 Perfluorinated Ionomers References 15 Applications of Specialty Fluorinated Polymers 15.1 Applications of Amorphous Perfluoropolymers 15.2 Applications of Amorphous Perfluoropolymers 15.3 Applications of Fluorinated Polyurethanes 15.3.1 Surface Coatings 15.3.1.1 Solvent-Based Coatings 15.3.1.2 Water-Based Coatings 15.3.1.3 Powder Coatings 15.3.1.4 Treatments of Textile, Leather, and Other Substrates 15.3.1.5 Medical and Dental Applications 15.3.1.6 Cladding of Optical Fibers 15.3.1.7 Elastomers 15.3.1.8 Other Applications 15.4 Applications of Fluorinated Thermoplastic Elastomers 15.5 Applications of Copolymers of CTFE and Vinyl Ether 15.6 Applications of Perfluorinated Ionomers References PART VI EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND OTHER VARIABLES ON FLUOROPOLYMERS 16 Effect of Temperature on Fluoropolymers 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Thermal Stability of PTFE 16.3 Thermal Stability of Copolymers of Tetrafluoroethylene 16.3.1 Thermal Stability of Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) 16.3.2 Thermal stability of PFA 16.3.3 Thermal Stability of ETFE 16.3.4Thermal Stability of ECTFE 16.3.5 Thermal Stability of PCTFE 16.3.6 Thermal Stability of PVDF 17 Effects of Environment on Fluoropolymers 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Tetrafluoroethylene 17.3 Perfluorinated Copolymers of Tetrafluoroethylene 17.3.1 PFA and MFA 17.3.2 FEP 17.4 Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene Copolymer 17.5 Polyvinylidene Fluoride 17.6 Polychlorotrifluoroethylene 17.7 Ethylene Chlorotrifluoroethylene Copolymer 17.8 Polyvinyl Fluoride References 18 Effects of Radiation on Fluoropolymers 18.1 Introduction 18.2 Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Fluoropolymers 18.2.1 Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Perfluoroplastics 18.2.2 Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Other Fluoroplastics 18.3 Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Fluorocarbon Elastomers 18.3.1 Effects of Ionizing Radiation on FKM Type of Fluorocarbon Elastomers 18.3.2 Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Perfluoroelastomers 18.3.3 Effects of Ionizing Radiation on TFE/P Elastomers 18.4 Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Fluorosilicone Elastomers 18.5 Effects of UV Radiation on Fluoropolymers References PART VII SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY 19 Safety Aspects of Fluoropolymers 19.1 Introduction 19.2 Fluoropolymers, the Essential Plastics 19.3 Polymerization Aids 19.3.1 Replacement of Polymerization Aids 19.4 Tetrafluoroethylene 19.5 Toxicology of Fluoropolymers 19.6 Emissions during Processing 19.7 Polymer Fume Fever (PFF) 19.8 Fluoropolymer Dispersions 19.9 Hygiene and Personal Protective Equipment References 20 Disposal and Recycling 20.1 Introduction 20.2 Fluorine Ore-Fluorspar 20.3 Melt Processible Fluoropolymers 20.4 Polytetrafluoroethylene 20.5 PTFE Scrap Sources for Recycling 20.6 Routes to Reuse of Polytetrafluoroethylene 20.6.1 Virgin PTFE 20.6.2 Physical Processing - Recycling 20.6.3 Physical Processing - Reprocessing 20.7 Disposal of Fluoropolymers 20.8 Chemical Recycling ("Upcycling") References

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Book SynopsisIn Climate Obstruction: How Denial, Delay and Inaction are Heating the Planet, Kristoffer Ekberg, Bernhard Forchtner, Martin Hultman and Kirsti Jylhà bring together crucial insights from environmental history, sociology, media and communication studies and psychology to help us understand why we are failing to take necessary measures to avert the unfolding climate crisis.They do so by examining the variety of ways in which meaningful climate action has been obstructed. This ranges from denial of the scientific evidence for human-induced climate change and its policy consequences, to (seemingly sincere) acknowledgement of scientific evidence while nevertheless delaying meaningful climate action. The authors also consider all those actions by which often well-meaning individuals and collectives (unintendedly) hamper climate action. In doing so, this book maps out arguments and strategies that have been used to counter environmental protection and regulation since the 1960s by, first and foremost, corporations supported by conservative actors, but also far-right ones as well as ordinary citizens.This timely and accessible book provides tools and lessons to understand, identify and call out such arguments and strategies, and points to actions and systemic and cultural changes needed to avert or at least mitigate the climate crisis.Trade Review"Efforts to obstruct climate action are a major factor in delaying meaningful reductions in carbon emissions. This new book captures the latest peer reviewed literature and weaves an entertaining, easy to read and chilling narrative about how a number of concentrated efforts by vested economic and ideological interests have successfully worked to imperil the planet. Read this book carefully when you develop new measures to advance climate action."Robert J. Brulle, Brown University, USA"Climate Obstruction: How Denial, Delay and Inaction are Heating the Planetis an authorative introduction laying out the key definitions and components of climate obstruction. To a lay reader and an audience familiar with the topic they encapsulate a clear summary of what obstruction is usefully using a three-part typology to identify and help understand the complexity of climate obstruction and why it manifests. A fantastic text and well-needed read to help understand the history of and continuing role that climate obstruction plays in delaying the required changes to mitigate the climate crisis."Ruth E. McKie, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK"This is the book we've been needing: Climate Obstruction gives us big concepts to understand why we haven't acted on climate change, and to figure out how we might. Obstruction comes in different types, and overcoming each requires understanding and strategies specific to each. From a history of understanding and responses to climate science to documentation of the complex denial apparatus and contemporary obstruction to a look at the psychological side of well-meaning people getting in the way, Climate Obstruction makes a genuine, pathbreaking contribution."J. Timmons Roberts, Brown University, USAhttps://www.etc.se/klimat-miljo/utbrett-motstaand-mot-klimatomstaellninghttps://storaideer.podbean.com/e/klimatfornekarnas-handbok/“Grappling with this question, Climate Obstruction is a timely and sophisticated assessment of how diverse actors in the Global North intentionally and unintentionally impede appropriate climate measures of mitigation. Bringing together insights from environmental history, communication studies, psychology and sociology, the authors successfully meet their aim to provide an accessible overview that enables academics and interested readers from a wider public to explore this vibrant research field. (…) Climate Obstruction is an eye-opening, thought-provoking contribution and a must-read for everybody who despairs of understanding why late modern societies are sliding into climate catastrophe with their eyes wide open, or – to be precise – are already in the midst of it.” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644016.2023.2215659Hauke Dannemann (2023) Climate obstruction: how Denial, delay and inaction are heating the planet, Environmental Politics, DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2023.2215659Table of ContentsTable of contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Foundations of Climate Obstruction Chapter 3: Organised Climate Obstruction Chapter 4: The Far Right and Climate Obstruction Chapter 5: The Public and Climate Obstruction Chapter 6: Conclusion Index

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