Social impact of environmental issues Books
SAR Press Bioinsecurity and Vulnerability
Book SynopsisLife today is rife with rapid-fire “high alert” responses, a proliferating trend that is especially pronounced in the United States (though most certainly felt elsewhere as well), where past catastrophes shape expanding perceptions of imminent danger. September 11, 2001 looms as an inescapable spectral presence, defining an important baseline for the ramping up of biosecurity measures. However, the contributors to this volume argue against biosecurity as the new status quo by focusing instead on the ugly underbelly. Through considering the vulnerability of individuals and groups and particularly looking at how vulnerability propagates in the shadow of biosecurity, BioInsecurity and Vulnerability challenges the acceptance of surveillance measures or security interventions as necessities of life in the new millennium.
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Sarabande Books, Incorporated The Heronry
Book SynopsisOrdinary people seek connections to the natural world and each other in the poems of The Heronry, a collection that presents a series of spiritual encounters in the form of praise poems, lyric portraiture, and meditations on faith and belief.Mark Jarman is the author of ten poetry collections. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.Trade Review“With precision and tenderness, Jarman explores the sinew and soul of humankind.” —Publishers Weekly “[A]n invaluably unique poetic personality.”—Booklist, starred review"This year, I've read the poetry of Mark Jarman . . . with gratitude.”—Christian Century“The myriad gifts of this gathering of poems confirm that Jarman is one of America’s most distinct and important voices, and prove that it is possible to sustain an original style over a long career (in Jarman’s case, an understated, wry, perspicacious, darkly complicated and formal engagement with belief and unbelief) while avoiding self-parody of a falling off of vision.”—Image“I admire the way Mark Jarman’s poetry worries spiritual concerns while remaining rooted in the everyday.”—Library Journal“Following the development of Jarman’s poetry and his uncompromising vision of poetry—making as sacred work—our contributor, Michelle Boisseau, found herself amazed again and again at how the unaffected discipline of Jarman’s craft helps him plumb the reaches of human experience. One of the most moving and exhilarating experiences she had this year reading poetry.”—Kansas City Star“Mark Jarman is good, one of the most thoughtful and adroit poets writing these days, a man with handsome ambitions.”—The Georgia Review“Focusing on questions of faith and the loss of faith, he is able to enter with a quiet, unjudging sympathy into the conflicts of a wide variety of perspectives, presenting their denials and affirmations as the testimony of what it means to be spiritually alive. The poems enact an openness that is particularly welcome in a time like ours of strident contention.”—Carl Dennis, author of Practical Gods“Mark Jarman has exerted a significant influence on contemporary American poetry.”—The Poetry Foundation“[Jarman's] ear and the precision of his language, as well as the range of human experience he can bring into focus, continually quicken one's interest in the poems. . . . These reflections on mortality, faith, belief, and love can make for lively, provoking reading.”—BookslutTable of ContentsThe Heronry Ruby Throated Moses Cul de Sac Idyll Bat Catch and Release Eocene Beech Leaf Then Saw the Problem The Kestrel Expected Spell for Encanto Creek Outward Bound The Heronry Believers, Unbelievers Reverend “Rev” Rebenek Betsy Moore Aunt Rolla Passed On Mr. Jackson Meg Stanley Brightlingen That Teenager Who Prowled Old Books Confession In a Bookstore in Hay-on-Wye Bad Girl Singing George W. Bush Wenlock Carston Mickey Lucas The Istanbul Album Another Field Dünya Ahiretin Tarlasidir Friends and Wolves Rest on the Flight into Egypt Walking on Water Bulgarian Icon of The Last Supper The Teachable Moment Milagro Two Islands Corsica Santorini Boy with a Buttercup Prosím Mothering Sunday Tiel Burn Polska Street
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Uphill Books Movement Matters: Essays on Movement Science,
Book SynopsisHuman beings have always moved for what they need until recently. We know how a lack of movement impacts our bodies but how does culture-wide sedentarism impact the world? Movement Matters is a Foreword Indies GOLD-winning collection of essays, in which biomechanist Katy Bowman continues her groundbreaking presentation on the interconnectedness of nature, human movement, and the environment. Here Bowman widens the “there is more to movement than exercise” message she presented in Move Your DNA and invites us to consider this idea: human movement is a part of the ecosystem. Movement Matters explores how we make ourselves, our communities, and our planet healthier all at the same time by moving our bodies more as well as: how did we become so sedentary? Where did all the movement go? (Hint: convenience often saves us movement, not time.) the missing “movement nutrients” in our food how to include more nature in education why ecosystem models need to include human movement the human need for “Vitamin Community” and group movement. Unapologetically direct, often hilarious, and always compassionate, Movement Matters demonstrates that human movement is powerful and important, and that going beyond exercise and living a movement-filled life is perhaps the most joyful and efficient way to transform your body, community, and world. A must read for exercise teachers, environmentalists, and those wanting simple, accessible ways to take action for a better world.Trade Review“Movement Matters is a delight to read and will help every family. Its implications extend far beyond our individual lives.”—Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and Vitamin N"Tying together ecological sustainability and modern lifestyles, this book focuses on the science of moving in healthy ways as a means of healing both the earth and the individual. Its heavy emphasis on healthy living generates a necessary bridge between personal well-being and the well-being of the whole environment, and is yet another strong voice in the general call for more active, mindful lifestyle choices. Bowman, a biomechanist, does a fine job communicating the hidden significance of everyday acts, such as walking, sitting, and buying prepared food, in digestible sound bites. This is no dense academic treatise; it is written specifically to appeal to the average person, actively acknowledging commonly asked questions about activity and exercise. Movement Matters is a continuation in a popular trend toward a holistic approach to health and ecology. Ideal for nutritionists, fitness experts, and anyone seeking an all-around healthier lifestyle."—Foreword Reviews"This book is for thinkers...A gem for the modern yoga teacher."—Shut Up & Yoga"In Movement Matters you’ll find radical new clarity on how to fulfill [your role in the ecosystem] in a meaningful way. Do not expect a list of exercises or go-to movements. Expect to shift your perspective. Don’t expect an easy read. Expect an engrossing one, one that will leave you not only a better “mover,” but a better human animal."—Breaking Muscle "With Movement Matters, Katy Bowman has produced a thoughtful—and radical—treatise that is a must-read for those interested in their personal health…and the health of the body politic and planet. A stellar read."—Rose Hayden-Smith, author of Sowing the Seeds of Victory: American Gardening Programs of World War I"Everyone should read this book."—Paleo Magazine"I’ve spent almost twenty years talking to people about food and specifically why good food matters. I’ve made my case using biology and ecology, talking about our hunter-gatherer past. What I missed is all the movement that went into not just our food but also our lives. This is why movement matters—and fortunately for you, Katy Bowman has tackled this topic in a way that has never been done before."—Robb Wolf, author of The Paleo Solution"Perfect for the person who can’t sit still!"—National Outdoor Leadership School, from their list of “10 Favorite Books About Leadership By Women”Katy Bowman is one of the world’s leading experts on the ecology of human movement. She offers a timely and fascinating collection of essays that are designed to inspire a movement-based lifestyle—essential for our long-term survival as adaptive humans. A must-read for anyone who cares about their health."—Angela Hanscom, author of Balanced and Barefoot"What a breath of fresh air! Katy Bowman, like her books, oozes originality and intelligence. In Movement Matters, she makes readers see how movement isn’t something you do—it’s something you are…The world, the fitness industry, and those of you at home aspiring for well-being will really benefit from Katy’s life-enhancing information."—Ellen Barrett, author of The 28 Days Lighter Diet"[Bowman’s] insights are empowering and enlightening."—Erwan Le Corre, founder of MovNat, author of The Practice of Natural Movement"This gorgeous book opens the door to a new way of thinking and being. Katy teaches us how each movement, no matter how small it may seem, matters. You can’t help but want to become more active in every aspect of your life."—Kristin Meekhof, author of A Widow’s Guide to Healing"One of the unfortunate side effects of living in complex, modern societies is the distance we create from the natural world, leading us to forget how to live better with less and by keeping active. In her quest to resurrect this lost knowledge, Katy Bowman provides us with a survival roadmap to reclaim personal quality of life and a sustainable future for all. A must-read for anyone interested in living a happy, productive life on a habitable planet."—Jason Lewis, author of The Expedition series"In Movement Matters, Katy Bowman has taken a large and complex topic and made it more than just fathomable—the essays are an enjoyable exploration of movement and other features of human health viewed from a unique perspective."—Arthur Haines, author of A New PathTable of ContentsForeword Introduction Movement: Outsourced Science Moves Muscle: A Simple Model Expand Your Muscle Model You’re More Than (Two of) Your Parts Proof Putting All Your Eggs in One Comment Basket Don’t Be a Stupid Sometimes Science Is Sedentary Dear Katy Nature Moves Analogous Thigmomorphogenesis Shaped by the Trees First Hike Tree Bones A Matter of Perspective Wet Bones Myopic You Speak How You Are Outdoor School Dear Katy Food Moves Must Work for Food Those Other Nutrients Mammals Suck Forage Kitchen Movement A Sedentary Culture Eats Movement as a Commodity Dear Katy Just Move Part-Minded Stack Your Life Maximalism Nutrient Dense Geese, or Movement Ecology Natural Movement Is Efficient Natural Movement Is Joyful Movement is Counter-Culture Movement is Not Medicine Vitamin Community Personal Mission Statement Elderberry Dear Katy Afterword and Acknowledgments Appendices Appendix 1: Nature in Education Appendix 2: Foraging Appendix 3: Breastfeeding Index About the Author
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University of Nevada Press Reimagining Environmental History: Ecological
Book SynopsisChristian Knoeller presents a radical reinterpretation of environmental history set in the heartland of America. In an excellent model of narrative-based scholarship, this book dynamically reimagines American environmentalism across generations of writers, artists, and scientists. Knoeller starts out with Audubon, and cites Thoreau’s journals in the 1850s as he assesses an early 17th century account of New England’s natural resources by William Wood, showing the epic decline in game and bird populations in Concord. This reading of environmental history is replicated throughout with a gallery of novelists, poets, essayists, and other commentators as they explore ecological memory and environmental destruction. In apt discussions of Matthiessen, Lopez, Wendell Berry, William Stafford and many others, Knoeller offers vibrant insights into literary history. He also cites his own memoir of perpetual development on his family’s farm in Indiana, enriching the scholarship and making an urgent plea for the healing aesthetics of the imagination. Reading across centuries and genres, Knoeller gives us a vibrant new appraisal of Midwestern/North American interior literary traditions and makes clear how vital environmental writing is to this region. To date, no one has written such an eloquent and comprehensive cross-genre analysis of Midwestern environmental literature.Trade ReviewReimagining Environmental History provides a chronological and cross genre analysis of the environmental history of the Midwest. Knoeller provides a fresh and compelling perspective on many landscapes of the Midwest that include the Ohio River Valley, the Boundary Waters of Minnesota and lands of the Great Lakes, to stretches of tallgrass prairie and the High Plains of North America. The book is well-supported through careful reading of primary texts and parsing of secondary literature."" - Susan Naramore Maher, author of Deep Map Country: Literary Cartography of the Great Plains""Knoeller’s book is an important addition to ongoing scholarship on environmental history in literature, eco criticism, and the intersection of landscape and imaginative vision in literature. It is extremely well written in a voice that will reach scholarly communities and the general public pursuing insights and solutions to dealing with climate change. The research is meticulously careful and thorough. The approach is a close reading of texts leading to new insights on literary history, an urgent plea for the healing aesthetics of the imagination, and an exquisitely clear memoir on the author’s experiences which enrich the scholarship."" - Ronald Primeau, author of Herbert Woodward Martin and the African American Tradition in Poetry
£32.36
Suteki Creative What Wonders Await Outdoors
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Oro Editions Haute Couture Architecture: The Art of Living
Book SynopsisHaute Couture Architecture: The Art of Living Without Walls by Anneke van Waesberghe is so much more than a book about tented green building architecture. The book is part design manifesto, part personal diary, and part manual for future sustainable living. One in which rampant consumerism has been replaced by a more thoughtful design from the excesses of modern times to a new state of being for living sustainably and in harmony with the rhythms of the planet. It is the tale of one woman’s odyssey living alone in the jungle finding true meaning in life and manifesting its beauty into a way of sustainable living that may set a blueprint for our future existence on Earth. The author leads readers to encounter a new paradigm by showing the luxury of simplicity and the beauty of small things. With our consumer way of living and doing things and how the world is evolving, the pace we follow as consumers rather than humans has become outdated and is not the way to go forward. We cannot solve new problems that follow our destructive actions; we have to shift our thinking from ‘me’ to ‘we’. Haute Couture architecture respects artisans, hand-made goods, self-sufficiency, and caring for nature. Being close to nature is a lifestyle of forward-thinking outside the box and is a natural means to discovering ourselves. Ultimately Haute Couture Architecture: The Art of Living Without Walls bridges the gap between nature and architecture.
£41.25
PIE - Peter Lang Effort environnemental et équité: Les politiques
Book SynopsisCet ouvrage contribue, à travers la notion d'effort environnemental, au débat sur les relations entre équité et ef?cacité des politiques publiques. Quel est l'effort environnemental demandé et quelle est sa répartition sociale ? Quels principes y président et quels sentiments de justice ou d'injustice sont générés ? En quoi les politiques environnementales qui requièrent cet effort contribuent-elles à créer, renforcer ou diminuer les inégalités sociales et environnementales existantes ? Il explore l'hypothèse, inspirée des controverses présentes dans la littérature, d'un effort environnemental plus élevé des populations les plus vulnérables socialement, indépendamment de leur plus faible impact sur l'environnement. Elle est mise à l'épreuve de deux politiques environnementales sectorielles : celle des parcs nationaux pour la biodiversité et celles des mesures agro- environnementales européennes et captages Grenelle pour l'eau. Les cas d'étude choisis dans des territoires de l'hexagone ou ultra-marin sont analysés depuis les points de vue post-colonial, d'écologie politique et de justice environnementale. Ils ont permis de cheminer vers une conceptualisation de la notion d'effort environnemental.
£46.80
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Adventure Tourism: Environmental Impacts and Management
Book SynopsisThis textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of various types of adventure tourism and how these can be best managed. This volume follows on from the authors previous textbook – ‘Outdoor Recreation: Environmental Impacts and Management’ and continues the aim of developing a deeper understanding of how tourist numbers impact the environment and to provide practical solutions to these problems. Combining their own first-hand experience and research with extensive literature review the authors' present several popular adventure tourism destinations from across the globe, including the Arctic, the Himalayas, Africa, Australia and Scotland as case studies. Chapters cover the particular challenges faced by each region: including impacts on animals and birds; the spread of invasive plant species and diseases; trail impacts on vegetation; impacts on geological, historical and archaeological sites and pollution and waste issues. A discussion and evaluation of the possible management actions for minimising these impacts and how outdoor recreation tourists can be regulated concludes each chapter. This practical and engaging textbook will be invaluable to students and scholars of adventure tourism and outdoor recreation as well as practitioners and managers working in the field.Table of ContentsChapter 1: What Is Adventure Tourism?Chapter 2: Adventure Tourism in AntarcticaChapter 3: The Arctic Islands: Svalbard and IcelandChapter 4: Adventure Tourism in the Russian ArcticChapter 5: Adventure Tourism in GreenlandChapter 6: Adventure Tourism in the Canadian ArcticChapter 7: Adventure Tourism in AlaskaChapter 8: Adventure Tourism in the HimalayasChapter 9: The AndesChapter 10: East AfricaChapter 11: Australia and New ZealandChapter 12: ScotlandChapter 13: Climate Change and Adventure Tourism
£52.24
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Environmental Clashes on Native American Land:
Book SynopsisThis book explores how the media frame environmental and scientific disputes faced by American Indian communities. Most people will never know what it is like to live on an Indian reservation in North America, or what it means to identify as an American Indian. However, when conflicts embroil Indigenous folk, as shown by the protests over a crude oil pipeline in 2016 and 2017, camera crews and reporters descend on “the rez” to cover the event. The focus of the book is how stories frame clashes in Indian Country surrounding environmental and scientific disputes, such as the Dakota Access Pipeline construction, and the discovery of an ancient skeleton in Washington. The narratives told over social media and news programs often fail to capture the issues of key importance to Native Americans, such as sovereignty: the right to self- governance. The book offers insight into how the history of Indian-settler relations sets the stage for modern clashes, and examines American Indian knowledge systems, and how they take a back seat to mainstream approaches to science in discourse.Table of Contents1. Introduction.2. Buckshot for Brains: Cultivation of the American Indian Mind.3. Hunting for Trophies and the Underbelly of Race.4. The Underpinnings of Discourse.5. We Came to Fight a Black Snake.6. How resistance crystallized to resilience in the Kennewick Man controversy.7. Concluding Remarks.
£52.24
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Housing Market Response to Sea-Level Rise in
Book SynopsisSouth Florida continues to attract new residents despite its susceptibility to sea-level rise. This book explores the views of real estate agent with respect to how prospective homebuyers assess the risk of flooding. It reports on their observations as to whether house prices are stagnant or falling in coastal areas vulnerable to flooding, and their conclusions after working with prospective homebuyers as to whether coastal south Florida is a good place to find a home or, alternatively, a risky investment in a place that will eventually be submerged by rising seas. The book reports on a 2020 survey of real estate agents and concludes that it is not clear that the housing market has integrated flood risk either into reduced demand for housing or in reduced prices for houses susceptible to flooding. These conclusions have important implications for understanding how the risks of climate change and sea-level rise are reflected in the housing market both now and in the near-term future. Table of ContentsDedication.- Acknowledgements.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Development of Vulnerable Real Estate in South Florida.- Chapter 3. House Price Trends in Coastal US Cities.- Chapter 4. Effective Communication about Climate Change and Sea-level Rise.- Chapter 5. The Role of the Real Estate Agent.- Chapter 6. Methodology: Survey of South Florida Realtors.- Chapter 7. Information about Sea-level Rise and Its Effects on Home Search Behavior.- Chapter 8. The Housing Market in Coastal South Florida from the Perspective of the Real Estate Agent.- Chapter 9. Four Communities: Vulnerable by Design.- Chapter 10. Implications of Housing Market Responses to Sea-level.- Appendix.
£94.99
Springer International Publishing AG Basilicata and Southern Italy Between Film and
Book SynopsisThis volume offers an open, transdisciplinary living space (also green) through which to explore the different connections between Basilicata and Southern Italy, cinema, and ecology, and thus to reflect on the different forms through which the historical, cultural, and social contexts of Southern Italian regions have been variously identified and represented. In order to explore these connections, the volume embraces a wide range of perspectives that may all be grouped under the key term film ecocriticism, offering the reader a thorough analysis not only of the different ways of representing reality but also of the processes of signification through which reality itself can be understood, rethought, and transformed. This is the general framework within which the authors consider film as a proper, effective medium for ecocritical and ecophilosophical reflections concerning not only Basilicata (to which the greater part of the volume is dedicated) but also Southern Italy and, therefore, its history and its territories, communities, and identities. Furthermore, in an even more general sense, Basilicata and Southern Italy reconnects with the very idea of the South, and of all Souths, to which this volume is dedicated.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements, Introduction.– Towards South: For a New Ecology of the Gaze (7,000 words) by Manuela Gieri.- Section 1 – Travels, Paths, Narrations (19-22,000 words),-Introduction1.- 1.1 Itinerant Ecocriticism in Basilicata and Italian Cinema on Foot by Elena Past.- 1.2 Southern Realities and Emotions: Francesco Rosi’s Cultural Voyages by Gaetana Marrone.- 1.3 Lucania, Land of Fairy-Tales and Film by Alberto Baracco Section 2 – Places, Landscapes, Relations (19-22,000 words) Introduction.- 2.1 Matera: Matter and Image of the Chronotope City by Carmelo Marabello and Simona Arillotta.- 2.2 Basilicata Inside and Outside: The Lucanian Landscape and the Interior/Exterior Relation in Non-Fiction Cinema by Massimiliano Gaudiosi.- 2.3 Nicola Ragone’s Cinema, Between Art, Ecology and Marginality by Lucrezia Naglieri Section 3 – History, Memories, Identities (19-22,000 words) Introduction.- 3.1 Rocco e i suoi fratelli: Luchino Visconti’s Lucania Between Real and Imaginaryby Maria Teresa Imbriani.- 3.2 Meridian landscape and documentary image: Luigi Di Gianni’s short movies by Nausica Tucci.- 3.3 Isabella di Morra’s «valle inferna» Between Myth and Reality. About the Movie Sexum superando by Aurora Zaccagnino Section 4 – Conflicts, Traumas, Reconstructions (19-22,000 words) Introduction.- 4.1 Remedial Gestures and Silence of the Myths in Lucanian Documentary Cinema of the 1950s by Lucia Di Girolamo.- 4.2 A Sea of Black Gold: On Lucanian Petrodocumentaries by Paolo Chirumbolo.- 4.3 Past and Future of a Region. Basilicata in the Documentary Cinema of the Fifties and Sixties by Mariangela Palmieri Conclusion – Final Remarks on Methodology and Film Ecocriticism (5,000 words) by Manuela Gieri and Alberto Baracco References.- Index.
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de Gruyter De Gruyter Handbook of Climate Migration and
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de Gruyter Environmental Communication
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£215.00
De Gruyter Environmental Injustice and Catastrophe
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£13.30
Springer International Publishing AG Communicating the Environment to Save the Planet:
Book SynopsisThis book, based on authoritative sources and reports, links environmental communication to different fields of competence: environment, sustainability, journalism, mass media, architecture, design, art, green and circular economy, public administration, big event management and legal language. The manual offers a new, scientifically based perspective, and adopts a theoretical-practical approach, providing readers with qualified best practices, case studies and 22 exclusive interviews with professionals. A fluent style of writing leads the readers through specific details, enriching their knowledge without being boring. As such it is an excellent preparatory and interdisciplinary academic tool intended for university students, scholars, professionals, and anyone who would like to know more on the matter.Table of Contents1. The Environmental Communication under the magnifying lens.- 2. Journalism and Environment: two opposed trends which attract each other.- 3. Which shades of “green” are the new Nets of communication disseminating?.- 4. Communicating the Environment at the state of art. Ciak /Action!- 5. Communicating the Environment in the Green and Circular Economy.- 6. Communicating the Environment is a “public right and duty”.- 7. Eco-communication: environmental management, big events and legal eco-language.- Bibliography.
£35.99
Verlag Herder Heisszeit: Mit Vollgas in Die Klimakatastrophe -
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£18.00
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Okologische Erinnerungsorte
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£53.34
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Checklisten Der Fauna Osterreichs, Nr.4: Diplura
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£28.50
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Nachtrag Zur Bibliographie Der Flechten in
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£67.45
Hirmer Verlag Land Art as Climate Action: Designing the 21st
Book SynopsisLand Art and Climate Action: Designing the 21st Century City Park highlights regenerative artworks that respond to this pivotal moment in human history and inspire viewers to embrace the beauty, abundance, and cultural vibrancy of a world that has left fossil fuels behind. Featuring three hundred color images, the book includes essays by Robert Ferry, Peter Kurz, Elizabeth Monoian, Alessandra Scognamiglio, and Sven Stremke to bring attention to design projects and landscape architecture where environmentalism is part of the concept, not an afterthought.
£37.80
Transcript Verlag The Work That Plants Do – Life, Labour, and the
Book SynopsisWhether driven by developments in plant science, bio-philosophy, or broader societal dynamics, plants have to respond to a litany of environmental, social, and economic challenges. This collection explores the `work' that plants do in contemporary capitalism, examining how vegetal life is enrolled in processes of value creation, social reproduction, and capital accumulation. Bringing together insights from geography, anthropology, and the environmental humanities, the contributors contend that attention to the diverse capacities and agencies of plants can both enrich understandings of capitalist economies, and also catalyze new forms of resistance to their logics.
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Transcript Verlag The 2051 Munich Climate Conference: Future
Book SynopsisIn September 2021 a very special academic conference took place: T2051MCC - The 2051 Munich Climate Conference. Researchers from across the academic spectrum assembled to discuss climate change. What made it special was that everyone held their lecture as if it took place in an imagined year 2051. The theatre collective Büro Grandezza had released an open call for contributions to a conference in Munich. Almost 50 researchers wrote papers on climate narratives, geoengineering, coastal adaptation and other topics. This particular framework allowed them to break out of the constraints of the current discourse without neglecting methodology or thematic sharpness.
£33.14
Bielefeld University Press Biodiversity Handbook of the Anthropocene in
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Transcript Verlag Water Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin
Book SynopsisConflicts and struggles like urbanization processes and the productive use of water have impacted the relationship of Latin American and Caribbean societies with water for centuries. This volume of the Handbook The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis focuses on water in the main macro-regions of Latin America from the colonial regime to the contemporary era of the Anthropocene. The contributions enrich contemporary debates surrounding the genealogy of the Anthropocene in Latin America with critical perspectives from the social sciences and the humanities.
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transcript Verlag Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2024
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transcript Verlag Competing Climate Cultures in Germany
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transcript Moving Lives Cultivating with Climate Change in
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V&R unipress GmbH Zeitalter der Extreme oder Große Beschleunigung ?: Umweltgeschichte Österreichs im 20. Jahrhundert
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V&r Academic Environments of Exile
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New India Publishing Agency Current Trends in Global Environment
Book SynopsisThe book Current Trends in Global Environment offers a comprehensive examination of contemporary environmental issues, presenting clear and concise information that is accessible to readers from all disciplines. The author strives to present the material in a manner that is both understandable and relevant to both beginners and experts in the field. This book is an excellent reference source for its up-to-date content, providing users with the information they need in a timely and efficient manner. Unlike many other books on the subject, which can be dense and difficult to read, this book is written in a clear and concise style, making it easier to understand. The book covers a range of important topics, including The Greenhouse Effect, natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, continental drift, sustainable environments, and space ecology. The glossary is especially useful for those new to the subject or those unfamiliar with certain aspects of the topic. The index has been designed to be as comprehensive as possible, including words and short phrases as they naturally appear in related topics.
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New India Publishing Agency Soil Health Analysis
Book SynopsisThe present publication provides an extensive summary of the most current analytical techniques for evaluating crucial indicators of soil health, such as physical, chemical, and biological parameters. Unlike many existing soil analysis manuals that mainly concentrate on basic chemical and physical properties, this book highlights the significance of soil health assessment. Literary sources suggest that indicator parameters, including soil carbon pools, soil aggregation behavior, aggregate-associated carbon content, and biological activity, are increasingly being employed to monitor shifts in soil quality and soil health over time. The analytical protocols for these parameters can be located in several research journals. This book is a necessary reference for researchers, postgraduate students, academics, and policymakers operating in the disciplines of Soil Science, Agronomy, Natural Resource Management, and Forestry.
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New India Publishing Agency Plants for Human Survival and Medicines
Book SynopsisThis book presents an in-depth exploration of the potential plants that can contribute to human survival. It delves into the medicinal properties of plants and the ongoing research to discover new drugs, molecules, and leads. It also covers ethnic and traditional applications, as well as the nutraceutical values of plants. The book provides a comprehensive baseline of information on plants and their potential impact on human health. It is based on twenty-five research articles and focuses primarily on plant species such as Boswellia serrata, Butea monosperma, Colebrookea oppositifolia, Cymbopogon khasianus, Dendrophthe falcata, Dysoxylum binectariferum, Echinacea purpurea, Grewia asiatica, Picrorrhiza kurroa, Saussurea costus, Withania somnifera, Zanthoxylum armatum, as well as different species of Aconitum and Panax, Ashtavarga groups (Habenaria intermedia, Habenaria edgeworthii, Malaxis acuminata, Malaxis muscifera, Lilium polyphyllum, Polygonatum verticillatum, Polygonatum cirrhifolium, and Roscoea procera), and hundreds of other plants used by ethnic tribes in the Himalayan region for food, shelter, and medicine. The books research studies and clinical trials can help in the development of medicine formulations and products. The introduction section emphasizes specific research avenues for drug development programs. The books collections of views represent a diverse range of scientific perspectives, reflecting the thousands of ideas that enabled thoughtful deliberations from various scientific fields.
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New India Publishing Agency Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis
Book SynopsisSoil Science is a vital and foundational discipline in agriculture that encompasses various aspects of soil research, such as soil formation, genesis, and classification, soil physics, chemistry, fertility, and plant nutrition, and soil biology, among others. Accurate analysis and description of soils are crucial for their characterization and understanding. While the physical properties of soils dictate their suitability for cultivation, chemical properties provide information about their chemical environment and nutrient status, which are essential for crop production on this densely populated planet. The first step towards effective soil management and scientific recommendations for increasing crop yields is to determine various soil physical and chemical properties in the field or laboratory using appropriate analytical methods.
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D.K. Print World Ltd Life Style and Ecology
Book SynopsisIGNCA conducts 'Pilot Studies' on Himalayan nomads, Lakshadweep islanders, and Kanyakumari fisherfolk to explore culture-ecology links. Book by Baidyanath Saraswati delves into communities' ties to nature, cultural beliefs, and resource management.
£17.99
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd Management of Resources for Sustainable
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Kalpaz Publications Ecological Politics: Different Dimensions
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£39.38
Shubhi Publications The Encyclopaedia of Human Ecology: A to H v. 1
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New India Publishing Agency Current Trends in Global Environment
Book SynopsisThe present book Current Trends in Global Environment" deals with each and every important and recent issue of environment with clear-cut facts in a lucid manner of presentation, which are likely to be come across by its readers, irrespective of their discipline. An attempt has been made to present the matter in a perceptible and comprehensible manner which would be equally important to a beginner and specialist. Worthy for a reference for its up-to-date content that satisfy its user in a minimum of time. By far majority of books are from the mainstream with heavy a textual load. It has s on present day burning topics like The Greenhouse Effect, Natural Disasters i.e., Tsunami, Earthquake, Continental Drift, Sustainable Environment, Space Ecology, The Glossary will be useful for an individual new to the subject and anyone inexperienced in dealing with some aspects of the subjects. The index has been designed with upper most principle that it should be as complete as possible, of words and short phrases as they naturally appear in related species. We hope that his Global publication by a global famed personality will fit the subject gap for the readers and above all institutional libraries.Table of Contents01: Environment and Human 02: Natural Resources: Present Status and Future Needs 03: Natural Resources: Conservation and Management 04: Wildlife: Conservation and Management 05: Air Pollution 06: The Greenhouse Effect 07: El Nino and La Nina 08: Effects of Ozone Layer 09: Water Pollution 10: Soil Pollution 11: Noise Pollution 12: Pesticides Pollution 13: Natural Disasters and their Management 14: Tsunami 15: Continental Drift 16: Population and Urbanization 17: Space Ecology 18: Sustainable Environment.
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New India Publishing Agency Soil Testing and Analysis: Plant,Water and
Book SynopsisThe well being of the humans including animals depend upon very much on how the soil productivity is maintained without ecosystems degradation. Most likely soil can efficiently sustain humanity with food, fibre, feed to animals and clean environmental maintenance only when it is considered and managed from the holistic and ecosystem points of view. Plants need at least 16 essential elements for their normal growth and to complete their life. The soil testing provides the status of the nutrients determined in the laboratory for the application of appropriate rate of fertilizers to eliminate the nutrients limiting for production. The soil testing along with plant analysis gives the true status of plant nutrients affected by soil properties to take the proper care for the plant growth. Our available water resources are diminishing and getting polluted with excess use of fertilizers and pesticides which are ultimately affecting the environment, food produced and water quality. The purpose of this book 'Soil Testing and Analysis' is i to provide the vital plant nutrients functions for which soil testing is to be made; ii to determine the nutrient status of the soil with appropriate methods, measurements and criteria for interpreting those assessments; iii to analyze the appropriate parts of the plant samples for nutrient elements with available methods of analysis; iv to analyze the important water quality parameters with interpretations; and v to prepare the soil, plant and water samples for the analysis of pesticide residues with the different available methods. This is a comprehensive presentation of useful information for the scientific and technical personals involved in such types of analysis.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Sampling of Soil for Nutrient Tests 3. Soil Analysis 4. Plant Analysis 5. Water Analysis 6. Pesticide Residue Analysis in / on Plants, Water and Soils 7. Rapid Soil Testing Kit 8. Establishing a Soil Testing Laboratory 9. Instruments in a Soil Testing Laboratory 10. Conversion Factors 11. Basic Analytical Calculations or Test Exercise 12. Glossary
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Communalism Press The Anthropology of Utopia
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Communalism Press Social Ecology and Social Change
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Pari Publishing The Great Re-Think: A 21st Century Renaissance
Book SynopsisAll too plausibly, it seems, popes and scientists are warning us of impending collapse—yet humanity and our fellow creatures could still be looking forward to a long and glorious future: at least a million years of peace and personal fulfilment, with abundant and diverse wildlife. But to achieve this we need to re-think everything that we do and take for granted, from the day-to-day mundanities of growing and cooking, to the economy and methods of governance, to the most arcane reaches of science and metaphysics. It all amounts to nothing less than a Renaissance—a re-birth—and the Renaissance to come must be driven and led by us, ordinary Joes and Jos, because the oligarchy of governments, corporates, financiers, and their attendant intellectuals who now dominate the world have largely lost touch with the moral and ecological realities of life. The transformation won’t be easy but—the good news!—millions of grassroots initiatives of all kinds the world over are already moving in the right directions.Trade ReviewColin Tudge excels in cracking open deadly belief systems so that we can see the new emerging—which is precisely what the world needs now. - Frances Moore Lappé, Diet for a Small Planet, and a Right Livelihood Laureate // Colin Tudge, one of our great rural thinkers, argues with eloquence, love and an extraordinary depth of knowledge for a better path, and, with inspirational hope, asserts that such a renaissance is do-able. Let’s get on and do it. - Guy Singh-Watson, organic farmer, Founder-creator of Riverford Organic Farmers // The Great Re-think is a beautiful blueprint for a new renaissance. It is a book of profound wisdom as well as a practical roadmap. - Satish Kumar, Schumacher College, Editor Emeritus, Resurgence & Ecologist // As governments the world over seek to put profit before both people and planet Colin Tudge offers us a realistic, just and humane alternative which could deliver a secure and convivial future. - Tim Gorringe, Emeritus Professor of Theology, Exeter University and smallholderTable of ContentsPreface: What is and what could be Part I: THE NATURE OF THE TASK What’s the problem? The human condition and the state of the world Renaissance: an agenda for all humanity for the next million years Part II: THE GOAL Can human beings really be convivial? A flourishing biosphere: Morality, Ecology, and a sense of the Sacred Part III: ACTION Jobs, crafts, and robots The absolute importance of Enlightened Agriculture A new food culture: ‘Plenty of plants, not much meat, and maximum variety’ Part IV: INFRASTRUCTURE What’s gone wrong with the way we run things? Governance An economy fit for purpose The law of the land Part V: MINDSET Good for everyone: the universal morality Science Metaphysics:The essential ingredient that’s gone missing The Arts Part VI: THE FUTURE Where do we go from here? Further reading
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Brill Roots of Empire: Forests and State Power in Early
Book SynopsisRoots of Empire is the first monograph to connect forest management and state-building in the early modern Spanish global monarchy. The Spanish crown's control over valuable sources of shipbuilding timber in Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines was critical for developing and sustaining its maritime empire. This book examines Spain's forest management policies from the sixteenth century through the middle of the eighteenth century, connecting the global imperial level with local lived experiences in forest communities impacted by this manifestation of expanded state power. As home to the early modern world's most extensive forestry bureaucracy, Spain met serious political, technological, and financial limitations while still managing to address most of its timber needs without upending the social balance.Trade ReviewThis is a complex and well-written book that presents a powerful argument about the emergence of the state in connection to local practices (the use of forests) and global activities (empire, commerce, war). - Antonio Barrera (Colgate University) American Historical Review, December 2018, 1752-1753 pp. This book provides a rich, well-presented raw narrative for anyone interested in learning about processes of central state formation in early modern Europe, the military in mercantile empires, environmental history in the early modern world economy, and of course for specialists in Spanish history. - Eva-Maria Swidler (Goddard College & The Curtis Institute of Music), Environmental History, vol 21, no 4, October 2016, 768-769 pp. […] it should be apparent that Wing makes a major contribution to our understanding of early modern Spain, Spanish seapower, Spanish environmental history, and state formation in early modern Spain. […] His monograph [...] is also a major contribution to the burgeoning field of environmental history in all its aspects. It is founded on an impressive command of the secondary literature and of key primary (archival) source materials, above all the Guerra series in Simancas for the Habsburg era and the Marina series in the same archive for the eighteenth century. The work is the more effective for Wing’s lucidity of conceptualization, argument and expression. While Spanish seapower, forests and state formation have been explored before for different periods […] they have not been put together hitherto in this way for the entire period and in English.[...] In sum, a work to be recommended for all interested in maritime history – and others. Christopher Storrs (University of Dundee, UK), The International Journal of Maritime History 2016, Vol. 28(3) 576–600 pp. The author states several times his affinity for the area, which comes across in this engagingly written, entertaining, and informative work. Maritime historians and anyone with an interest in human interactions along the world’s waterways will find it useful reading. - Robert S. Shelton (Cleveland State University), The International Journal of Maritime History, 2016, Vol. 28(3): 635-636 pp. Forests were not only strategic resources for state navies, but also commons for local groups. John Wing’s Roots of Empire explores the process through which the Spanish monarchy gained increasing legal and effective control over littoral forests first and inland forest later. [...] Wing studies the history of forest management in relationship to the geopolitics of imperial naval expansion (or lack thereof ) during three distinct historical periods. - Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra (University of Texas at Austin), Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. LXIX, No. 4, 1495-1496 pp.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ix List of Maps, Figures, and Tables xiii Introducing Spanish State Forestry 1 The Widow’s Oak and the Spanish State in the Valley of Carriedo 1 The Politics of Wood Shortage Fears in the Early Modern World 19 Spanish Forest Landscapes from Prehistory to the Reconquest 29 Plan of the Work 38 1 A New State Forestry for the First Global Age 44 Crown and Forests, Redefined 44 Spanish Forest Landscapes from the Reconquest to the Habsburgs 47 Medieval Forest Regulations and Naval Power in the Reign of Carlos I (1516–1556) 54 A New Era of Naval Strategy in the Reign of Felipe II (1556–1598) 65 Forests and the Collection of Geographic Knowledge 70 The Enterprise of England: Recovery and Response 76 2 Forests of the Ultramar 85 Colonial Forest Territoriality in the Sixteenth Century 85 Geographic Knowledge Channels Across the Atlantic 87 Spanish Shipbuilding in the Old and New Worlds 91 Regulating Colonial Forest Use in the Sixteenth Century 96 Naval Forestry and Imperial Rivalries 116 3 The Struggle to Stay Afloat in the Seventeenth Century 120 Transition and Persistence in Spanish Forests under the Later Habsburgs 120 State Forestry in Times of Peace and Global Conflict in the Early 1600s 122 To a New Generation of Forest Inspectors: Barros’s Letter to Riva Herrera 127 The Formation of Forest Superintendent Dynasties 130 The Waning of Spanish Imperial Might 138 Toribio Perez de Bustamante’s Instrucción of 1650 141 Colonial Forest Territoriality in the Seventeenth Century 145 Habsburg State Forestry in an Era of Naval Decline 156 4 Bottoming Out and Revival under the First Bourbon, 1700–1746 165 Expansion of State Forestry in the Reign of Felipe V (1700–1746) 165 Voices for Reform from the North Coast 168 Patino’s Tenure and the Reestablishment of the Almirantazgo 174 Forest Reconnaissance in the Naval Departments of Ferrol, Cartagena, and Cadiz 178 The Forest Inspections of Juan Valdes y Castro in Segura and Catalonia 183 Colonial Forest Territoriality in the Eighteenth Century 193 Accomplishments of Felipe V’s Reign 201 5 The Triumph of State Forestry: 1748–1754 203 Ensenada’s Push for Peace and Naval Revival, 1743–1748 203 Spain’s Naval Forest Conservation Ordinance of January 31, 1748 206 Other Forest Legislation, 1748–1751 215 Resistance to the New Legislation 219 Forest Inspection Reports after 1748 222 Other Reforms and Ensenada’s Fall from Power, 1749–1754 232 Accomplishments of Fernando VI’s Reign (1746–1759) 236 General Conclusion 240 Bibliography 247 Index 263
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Peeters Publishers Istanbul and Water
Book SynopsisIstanbul stands at a unique conjunction of an inland sea with a long maritime inlet, and a winding, turbulent maritime strait that links two seas and separates two continents. These topographical features have greatly facilitated maritime trade, for which the city has had an enormous harbor capacity. Istanbul's relationship with fresh water is also idiosyncratic: its dearth meant that fresh water for consumption had to be channeled, stored, and distributed with the help of long-distance aqueducts, open-air reservoirs and cisterns. The natural environment combined with the norms of local societies created a culture of water that has constituted an important part of Istanbul's identity. Various aspects of it are explored in this volume, the outcome of a symposium organized by Koç University's Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations. The eleven essays by leading scholars present research findings from the archaeological excavations at Yenikapi, examine the distribution and consumption of water in Byzantine times as well as the social impact of water in the Ottoman era, and offer reflections on the aesthetics of water.
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United Nations Feminist climate justice: a framework for action
Book SynopsisThe climate crisis is the most pressing issue of our times, one that is threatening progress on gender equality and human rights and hindering the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Against this backdrop of rising global temperatures and unfulfilled national pledges, women, girls and gender-diverse people are mobilizing to demand that their voices be heard in decision-making on climate policy. To answer their demands, this paper describes how to achieve feminist climate justice through four interlinked dimensions (recognition, redistribution, representation and reparation) and the principles of interdependence and intersectionality. It provides practical guidance on what countries need to do to transition to low-emission economies that are resilient to a changing climate, while advancing gender equality and recognising the leadership of women, girls and gender-diverse people in driving the change that is so urgently needed. In doing so, it zooms in on the global food system as just one illustration of how this framework can be applied, as well as provides analysis of the major barriers to accountability for gender-responsive climate action and how they can be overcome. The vision for feminist climate justice is of a world in which everyone can enjoy the full range of human rights, free from discrimination, and flourish on a planet that is healthy and sustainable. With this conceptual framework, UN-Women aims to open up space for discussion of feminist alternatives to the status quo and to inform the next edition of its flagship report, Progress of the World's Women, on gender equality in the age of climate crisis
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United Nations Trade and environment review 2023: building a
Book SynopsisThis edition examines the current and emerging cross-cutting role of the ocean in advancing economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability. It builds on the discussions and outcomes of the Fourth United Nations Oceans Forum on trade-related aspects of SDG 14, life below water, which took place in Geneva from 6 to 8 April 2022. The Review examines and provides an analysis of several key and emerging topics for the ocean economy, including the seaweed sector as a lever for a sustainable economic recovery; fisheries subsidies and non-tariff measures (NTMs); the decarbonization of shipping and maritime supply chains; and plastic litter and other ocean waste challenges. It explores these issues, identifies the main opportunities and challenges and concludes by offering a bottom-up menu of action-oriented policy recommendations for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and coastal developing countries. It calls for a 'Blue Deal' on trade and finance to accelerate the implementation of SDG 14 and identify practical yet far-reaching development paths towards a sustainable, resilient and inclusive ocean economy by 2030 and beyond
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United Nations Trade and environment review 2021: trade-climate
Book SynopsisThis edition examines the physical impacts of climate change and their effects on developing country economies and trade; the vulnerabilities of developing countries to climate change; costs and finance for climate change adaptation; and ways that developing countries can enhance their trade-climate readiness, i.e., enhance the resilience of their trade to climate change through adaptation actions and economic diversification. Special attention is given to examining the challenges faced by the poorest and most vulnerable developing countries, specifically the least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS)
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United Nations Guidance on land-use planning, the siting of
Book SynopsisThe guidance aims to assist Parties in more effectively mitigating the effects of possible industrial accidents and the consequences on human health, the environment and cultural heritage within countries and across borders. The general guidance (Part A) does this by sharing examples and pointing to good practices of countries' efforts in the UNECE region to integrate industrial safety considerations into environmental assessment and land-use planning processes. It also highlights the important interlinkages, synergies and complementarities between these and other instruments, including the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention), aiming to assist competent authorities and practitioners in applying the provisions. This is supplemented by the technical guidance (Part B), which focuses on the risk aspects.
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