Understanding the Changing Planet

Understanding the Changing Planet
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2010-07-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309150752

From the oceans to continental heartlands, human activities have altered the physical characteristics of Earth's surface. With Earth's population projected to peak at 8 to 12 billion people by 2050 and the additional stress of climate change, it is more important than ever to understand how and where these changes are happening. Innovation in the geographical sciences has the potential to advance knowledge of place-based environmental change, sustainability, and the impacts of a rapidly changing economy and society. Understanding the Changing Planet outlines eleven strategic directions to focus research and leverage new technologies to harness the potential that the geographical sciences offer.

Doubling U.S. Exports

Doubling U.S. Exports
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

From Hurricanes to Epidemics

From Hurricanes to Epidemics
Author: Kevin Conrad
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2020-12-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030550125

This book provides a complete and current overview of the correlation between ocean conditions and human health, publishing comprehensively for the first time on the direct interactions among oceanography, marine biology and impacts on human health. Specifically the text addresses how changing ocean conditions result in health impacts and disruptions, with a focus on cases in the USA. The changing ocean conditions that are discussed include diminishing marine biodiversity, climactic changes such as intensified weather events, shifting sea currents and increasing sea temperature. The book addresses the resulting health issues brought about by these various ocean conditions, such as emerging infectious diseases, starvation and poisoning among impacted communities, toxic algae blooms, threatened ecosystems, and other future implications. The text was developed in conjunction with scientists from Brown University, the University of Rhode Island, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of California at Riverside and Ochsner Health, all located in areas deeply impacted by the changing Oceans. The book will be of interest to marine research scientists, health care professionals, students, and general enthusiasts of oceanography and health.

The Report

The Report
Author:
Publisher: Oxford Business Group
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2012-10
Genre:
ISBN: 1907065199

Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance
Author: A. C. Fernando
Publisher: Pearson Education India
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9788177585650

Globalization and Dynamics of Urban Production

Globalization and Dynamics of Urban Production
Author: Natacha Aveline-Dubach
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2024-01-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789451388

Over the last 20 years, urbanization processes have undergone profound transformations under the growing influence of private actors, particularly in the financial sector. This has exposed the physical environment of various cities to global capital flows, which has generated an overall rise in real estate values on a global scale. This is often disconnected from the financial capacities of local actors – primarily households – which then increases the inequalities and vulnerabilities of societies regarding financial and environmental risks. This book offers the keys to understanding these new dynamics of capital accumulation in the general built-up environment of cities by taking into account the diversity of their configurations, their intensity and their urban effects according to national contexts. Beyond the cases involving the major Western countries, the initial centers of the financial industry and the theorizations on the urban, this book addresses the particular contexts of real estate production in four major regions: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and West Africa.

S. 414, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1997

S. 414, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1997
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1997
Genre: Competition, International
ISBN:

Development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China

Development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China
Author: Xueqing Jing
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-04-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811615780

This book focuses on the level of industrial synergy development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China. The main contents include: Linkage Development of the Manufacturing and Logistics Industries of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Cooperative Development of the Information Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Coordination and Deepening of Agricultural Development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Coordinated Development of the Ecological Environment in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Development of Regional Financial Integration in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Port Coordinated Development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, as well as Industrial Division of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.