China

China
Author: Frederica M. Bunge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 590
Release: 1981
Genre: China
ISBN:

Sustainable Interdisciplinarity

Sustainable Interdisciplinarity
Author: Giuseppe T. Cirella
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2020-01-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 303928116X

Sustainable interdisciplinarity focuses on human–nature relations and a multitude of contemporary overlapping research between society and the environment. A variety of disciplines have played a large part in better understanding sustainable development since its high-profile emergence approximately a quarter of a century ago. At present, the forefront of sustainability research is an array of methods, techniques, and growing knowledge base that considers past, present, and future pathways. Specific multidisciplinary concentrations within the scope of societal changes, urban landscape transformations, international environmental comparative studies, as well as key theories and dynamics relating to sustainable performance are explored. Specializations in complex sustainability issues address international governance arrangements, rules, and organizations—both public and private—within the scope of four themes: sustainability, human geography, environment, and interdisciplinary societal studies. This book contains eleven thoroughly refereed contributions concerning pressing issues that interlink sustainable interdisciplinarity with the presented themes in terms of the human–nature interface.

Data Management, Analytics and Innovation

Data Management, Analytics and Innovation
Author: Valentina Emilia Balas
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2018-08-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811314020

The book presents the latest, high-quality, technical contributions and research findings in the areas of data management and smart computing, big data management, artificial intelligence and data analytics, along with advances in network technologies. It discusses state-of-the-art topics as well as the challenges and solutions for future development. It includes original and previously unpublished international research work highlighting research domains from different perspectives. This book is mainly intended for researchers and practitioners in academia and industry.

African Urban Harvest

African Urban Harvest
Author: Gordon Prain
Publisher: IDRC
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2010-09-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1441962492

This book seeks to answer the question of how much urban agriculture helps feed and support people living in towns and cities with evidence and proposals based on studies in Eastern and Central Africa.

Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VI

Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VI
Author: Kathryn A. Coates
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 940115452X

Recent studies on diverse aspects of the biology of clitellate works (oligochaetes and leeches) are found in the Proceedings of the most recent International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology - from development to population dynamics and from ultrastructure to evolution. The majority of the contributions, which have a very broad geographic scope, are investigations of the biology and ecology of oligochaete works in natural and polluted waters.

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan
Author: Helga W. Müller
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1994
Genre: Economic policy
ISBN:

The Other Cold War

The Other Cold War
Author: Christopher R. Kilford
Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

"... Christopher Kilford sets out to carefully examine how Canada became involved with the provision of military equipment, advice and training to armed forces throughout the developing world after 1945 ... impact that military assistance had in several 19th century countries and why later, in the 1960s, militaries were often viewed as the best means to encourage wider societal modernization while also preventing the spread of communism. This latter issue was a key reason why Ottawa found itself authorizing military assistance missions in the post-war period, until such efforts, at the urging of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, effectively dried up in the early 1970s."--from back cover.

Ecosystem-Based Disaster and Climate Resilience

Ecosystem-Based Disaster and Climate Resilience
Author: Mahua Mukherjee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9789811648168

This book provides an introduction to the critical role of ecosystem-based disaster risk resilience (Eco-DRR) for building community resilience to multiple environmental risks such as rising heat, water stress, and pollution. Blue-green infrastructure (BGI) is an Eco-DRR tool that is an under-explored paradigm and can respond as one common strategy to targets set by the Sustainable Development Goals (UNDP), Climate Agreements (UNEP), the Sendai Framework (UNISDR), and the New Urban Agenda (UNCHS). Highlighted here in a systematic way is the importance of blue-green infrastructures in resilience building. The purpose is to introduce readers to the challenging context of development and opportunity creation for Eco-DRR. The roles of policy, scientific research, and implementation are presented cohesively. An attractive proposition of the book is a collection of case studies from different parts of the world where integration of BGI is experimented with at various levels of success. It envisages that shared tacit experiences from the realm of practice will further strengthen explicit knowledge. The focus in this book is on need and context building, policy and science (investigation, analysis, and design), case studies, and a road map for the future in four successive parts. Each part is self-sufficient yet linked to its predecessor, successor, or both, as the case may be.