Author: Publisher: TheBookEdition
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Languages : en
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Author: Publisher: TheBookEdition
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Vegetal Politics
Author: Lesley HeadPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317387236
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Cultural geography has a long and proud tradition of research into human–plant relations. However, until recently, that tradition has been somewhat disconnected from conceptual advances in the social sciences, even those to which cultural geographers have made significant contributions. With a number of important exceptions, plant studies have been less explicitly part of more-than-human geographies than have animal studies. This book aims to redress this gap, recognising plants and their multiple engagements with and beyond humans. Plants are not only fundamental to human survival, they play a key role in many of the most important environmental political issues of the century, including biofuels, carbon economies and food security. This innovative collection explores themes of belonging, practices and places. Together, the chapters suggest new kinds of ‘vegetal politics’, documenting both collaborative and conflictual relations between humans, plants and others. They open up new spaces of political action and subjectivity, challenging political frames that are confined to humans. The book also raises methodological questions and challenges for future research. This book was published as a special issue of Social and Economic Geography.
Current Trends in Web Engineering
Author: Quan Z. ShengPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319042440
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the seven workshops and the PhD Symposium that were co-located with the 13th International Conference on Web Engineering, ICWE 2013, held in Aalborg, Denmark, in July 2013. The papers cover research in topics such as social data management; cloud service engineering; agile web development and quality management in web engineering.
Bioremediation and Bioeconomy
Author: Majeti Narasimha Vara PrasadPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0443161216
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Bioremediation and Bioeconomy: A Circular Economy Approach provides a common platform for scientists from various backgrounds to find sustainable solutions to environmental issues, including remediation of emerging pollutants, usage of contaminated land and wastewater for bioproducts such as natural fibers, biocomposites, and fuels, to boost the economy. The need for transitioning to a sustainable use of natural resources is now more evident than ever as industrialization and pollution are global phenomena. Biodiversity is being used as raw material for environmental decontamination, and this field has grown phenomenally in recent years, having emerged less than 3 decades ago. On the other hand, the volume of contaminated substrates (water, soil, and air) is increasing due to anthropogenic and technogenic sources of organic and inorganic contaminants. Bioremediation and Bioeconomy: A Circular Economy Approach will address the bottlenecks and solutions to the existing limitations in field scale and the relevant techniques. Provides a compilation of new information on bioremediation not found in other books in the present market Presents the link between bioremediation, bioeconomy, and the circular economy Includes strategies for using contaminated substrates for producing bioresources and co-generation of value chain and value addition products
The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
Author: Cynthia BarnettPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393651452
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
A Science Friday Best Science Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year A Tampa Bay Times Best Book of the Year A stunning history of seashells and the animals that make them that "will have you marveling at nature…Barnett’s account remarkably spirals out, appropriately, to become a much larger story about the sea, about global history and about environmental crises and preservation" (John Williams, New York Times Book Review). Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature’s creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. Spiraling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America to the warming waters of the Maldives and the slave castles of Ghana, Barnett has created an unforgettable history of our world through an examination of the unassuming seashell. She begins with their childhood wonder, unwinds surprising histories like the origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, and charts what shells and the soft animals that build them are telling scientists about our warming, acidifying seas. From the eerie calls of early shell trumpets to the evolutionary miracle of spines and spires and the modern science of carbon capture inspired by shell, Barnett circles to her central point of listening to nature’s wisdom—and acting on what seashells have to say about taking care of each other and our world.
Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation
Author: T. PullaiahPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000922960
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Approaching the contributions of a world-wide sector of scientific institutions to addressing the extinction crisis, Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation brings together a diversity of perspectives. There are more than 3,600 botanical gardens worldwide, where trees, shrubs, herbs, and other plants are studied and managed in collections. They are foremost among efforts to conserve the diversity of living plant species and ensure that crucial biodiversity is available for the future of humanity. This book is a showcase for plant conservation, restoration, biodiversity, and related scientific and educational work of botanical gardens around the world, featuring both thematic overview chapters and numerous case studies that illustrate the critical role these institutions play in fighting extinction and ensuring plant diversity is available for sustainable use. FEATURES A wide range of case studies derived from practical experience in a diversity of institutional, national, and biogeographical settings, Reviews of topics such as networking amongst institutions, the importance of global policy agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, Profiles of botanical gardens contributions at the national level to conservation priorities, Real-world examples of programs in plant conservation for both critically endangered wild plant diversity and unique horticultural or cultural germplasm. Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation includes contributions from institutions from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas, and institutions of all sizes and histories, from long-established national gardens to new gardens offering their perspectives on developing their roles in this vital undertaking.
Études Philologiques Sur Quelques Langues Sauvages de L'Amérique
Author: Jean André CuoqPublisher: Dawson Bros.
ISBN:
Category : Algonquian languages
Languages : fr
Pages : 290
Book Description
French Studies ...
Author: Alfred G. HavetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Mémoires Et Comptes Rendus de la Société Royale Du Canada
Author: Royal Society of CanadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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Key to Pujol and Van Norman's Complete French Class-book
Author: Louis PujolPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commercial correspondence, French
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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