ASA News

ASA News
Author:
Publisher: African Studies Association
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1999
Genre: Africa
ISBN:

Pastoral Morocco

Pastoral Morocco
Author: Jörg Gertel
Publisher: Reichert Verlag
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Pastoral Morocco explores the mobility of people and livestock in the context of neo-liberal globalization. Mobility is defined as a strategy to maintain and enhance access to resources, and hence comprehended as a strategy of pastoralists to cope with insecurity and new risks. Pastoral livelihoods in Morocco are, as the authors point out, increasingly shaped by processes unfolding outside the realm of animal production, for instance by dynamics of labor migration, changing property rights, and new means of communication. This volume examines local consequences of agro-pastoral restructuring. It investigates, for example, the invention of pastoral cooperatives, analyzes territorial changes triggered by urbanization and new spaces of enterprises, assesses the importance of cross border trade and sheep-commodity chains, scrutinizes the complexity and vulnerability of livelihood portfolios and it ultimately inquires the genealogy of conflicts over pastures. Pastoral Morocco draws on intensive empirical fieldwork and captures the regional diversities of the country. It is the first English language volume that combines Moroccan and European expertise about the changing world of mobility and insecurity that Moroccan pastoralists inhabit.

Water Quality Indices

Water Quality Indices
Author: Tabassum Abbasi
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2012-03-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0444543058

This book covers water quality indices (WQI) in depth – it describes what purpose they serve, how they are generated, what are their strengths and weaknesses, and how to make the best use of them. It is a concise and unique guide to WQIs for chemists, chemical/environmental engineers and government officials. Whereas it is easy to express the quantity of water, it is very difficult to express its quality because a large number of variables determine the water quality. WQIs seek to resolve the difficulty by translating a set of a large number of variables to a one-digit or a two-digit numeral. They are essential in communicating the status of different water resources in terms of water quality and the impact of various factors on it to policy makers, service personnel, and the lay public. Further they are exceedingly useful in the monitoring and management of water quality. With the importance of water and water quality increasing exponentially, the importance of this topic is also set to increase enormously because only with the use of indices is it possible to assess, express, communicate, and monitor the overall quality of any water source. - Provides a concise guide to WQIs: their purpose and generation - Compares existing methods and WQIs and outlines strengths and weaknesses - Makes recommendations on how the indices should be used and under what circumstances they apply

The Soils of Nepal

The Soils of Nepal
Author: Roshan Babu Ojha
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2021-10-14
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 3030809994

This book publishes consolidated information on the soils of Nepal from all possible sources. The Survey Department, Government of Nepal, conducted two national scale soil survey projects to classify soils of Nepal (Land Resource Mapping Project ended in 1985, and National Land Use Planning Project ended in 2021). Both projects adopted the United States Department of Agriculture system of soil classification. Besides, National Soil Science Research Center (previously known as Soil Science Division) of Nepal Agricultural Research Council and Soil Management Directorate, Department of Agriculture, also worked on soils of Nepal. To date, the information on the soils of Nepal is not published in well-documented form but has been reported widely as gray literature (project report or government report) or peer-review articles. 'The Soils of Nepal’ is a part of ‘World Soils Book Series’ which constitutes twelve chapters—covering broad aspects such as soil research history, climate, geology, soil classification and mapping, and soil fertility. Furthermore, information about soil properties and relation between soil constituents of the dominant soil types of Nepal and their scope of use in the context of land use are described. This book also tries to simplify the intricate relationship among soil, culture, and people. Each chapter contains a comprehensive, richly illustrated, and up-to-date overview of the soils of Nepal. We believe it fulfils a quest for a global audience including students, educators, extension workers, and soil scientists, who are interested to know the young soils of Nepal.

The Importance of Soil Organic Matter

The Importance of Soil Organic Matter
Author: Alexandra Bot
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2005
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789251053669

Soil organic matter - the product of on-site biological decomposition - affects the chemical and physical properties of the soil and its overall health. Its composition and breakdown rate affect: the soil structure and porosity; the water infiltration rate and moisture holding capacity of soils; the diversity and biological activity of soil organisms; and plant nutrient availability. This document concentrates on the organic matter dynamics of cropping soils and discusses the circumstances that deplete organic matter and their negative outcomes. It then moves on to more proactive solutions. It reviews a "basket" of practices in order to show how they can increase organic matter content and discusses the land and cropping benefits that then accrue.--Publisher's description.

The Evolution of Language

The Evolution of Language
Author: W. Tecumseh Fitch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 625
Release: 2010-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 052185993X

This book brings together the most important insights from the vast amount of literature on the origin of language.

Textbook of Soil Science

Textbook of Soil Science
Author: Susanta Kumar Pal
Publisher: CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt Limited, India
Total Pages: 784
Release: 2020-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9788120417878

This volume on has been written for students of civil engineering as well as enineers working in the field. The material is presented in a concise and precise manner. disposal of a student who bas usuallv to follow a heavy schedule. However 110 important detail has been omitted.The subject matter is divided into 16 chapters. Each chapter is followed by a list of relevant references and university questions.

Virtual Anthropology

Virtual Anthropology
Author: Gerhard W. Weber
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2011
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

This is the first textbook of Virtual Anthropology, the new science that combines elements from fields as diverse as anthropology, medicine, statistics, computing, scientific visualization, and industrial design. The book is intended for students in any of these or nearby fields within biology, medicine, or engineering and for teachers, journalists, and all others who will enjoy the many examples from our real biological world. After a general introduction to the field and an overview, the book is organized around six themes conveyed in more than 300 pages of text accompanied by hundreds of carefully annotated images: medical imaging and 3D digitising techniques, electronic preparation of individual specimens, analysis of complex forms in space one or many at a time, reconstruction of forms that are partly missing or damaged, production of real objects from virtual models, and, finally, thoughts about data accessibility and sharing and the implications of all this for the future of anthropology. The authors' emphasis is not on technical details but rather on step-by-step explanations of the wealth of examples included here, from brain evolution to surgical planning, always in light of the relevance of these approaches to science and to society. All readers are encouraged to try out the techniques on their own using the tools and data included in the Online Extra Materials resource.