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Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > General
Given the increasing uncertainty due to catastrophic climate
events, terrorist attacks, and economic crises, this book addresses
planning for resilience by focusing on sharing knowledge among
policy-makers, urban planners, emergency teams and citizens.
Chapters look at the nature of contemporary risks, the widespread
of resilience thinking and the gap between the theoretical
conception and the practices. The book explores how resilience
implies a change in planning practices, highlighting the need for
flexibility in terms of procedures, and for dynamism in the
knowledge systems and learning processes that are the main tools
for interaction among different actors and scales. Given its
breadth of coverage, the book offers a valuable resource for both
academic readers (spatial planners, geographers, social scientists)
and practitioners (policymakers, citizens' associations).
Rivers have often been the gateway to natural wilderness and the
first element of a natural landscape that humans made their own.
Some rivers have become the symbol of whole civilisations, such as
the Nile or the Tiber to Egyptians and Romans respectively. More
recently, pioneers exploring the continent of America have explored
the new land from within rivers, whose names have become by
extension the name of the land: 15 of the 50 states composing the
United States of America are borrowed from rivers. No other natural
feature has become embedded into human narratives as the river.
Rivers are frequently featured prominently in natural landscapes by
writers and artists, but they also turn up in unexpected places,
such as the mythical Greek underworld or Dante's Inferno. Rivers
made of stars (the Milky Way) have been recognised in the sky by
the Inca, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese (the "Peaceful River of
Heaven"), Hindu, Maori, Aboriginal Australians as well as other
cultures. The flow of a river has prompted many reflexions of its
similarity to time as well as human life and consciousness,
becoming a recurring theme in culture and philosophical thought. In
recent archaeological literature, rivers are often ignored from
narratives, or seen as part of the natural landscape. Yet, rivers
and streams have shaped most cities in the world and they should be
inserted more frequently, if not systematically, in archaeological
interpretations and narratives. The sea is very much in the minds
of scholars, especially in Europe, but rivers are denied the same
interest. It is hoped that this volume will generate some fresh
interest.
The aim of this book is to provide a synthesis of the newest
research in Geography concerning the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDG's). Although the world is strongly interconnected, the
majority of the chapters in this volume focus on Europe or the work
of European researchers. Each chapter of this book focusses on one
of the 17 SDG's providing in-depth knowledge from a geographical
perspective, fostering comprehensive research on these global
targets to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle
climate change. The Sustainable Development Goals are part of the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To achieve them, it will
be necessary for all stakeholders, including citizens (civil
society, doctors, teachers ...), governments, private sector to
collaborate.
The study of the Quaternary ice age has revolutionized ideas about
Earth system change and the pace of landscape and ecosystem
dynamics. The Ice Age: A Very Short Introduction looks at evidence
from the continents, the oceans, and the ice core records, and the
human stories behind it all. Jamie Woodward examines the remarkable
environmental shifts that took place during the Great Ice Age of
the Quaternary Period. He explores the evolution of ideas,
evaluates the contributions of the leading players in the great
debates, and presents some of the ingenious methods that have been
used to retrieve information about the recent geological past.
In an era of warming climate, the study of the ice age past is now
more important than ever. This book examines the wonders of the
Quaternary ice age - to show how ice age landscapes and ecosystems
were repeatedly and rapidly transformed as plants, animals, and
humans reorganized their worlds.
About the Series:
Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and
original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to
Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and
Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions,
each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet
always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in
a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a
readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how
the subject has developed and how it has influenced society.
Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic
discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant
reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems
important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the
general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and
affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.
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The Biosphere
(Hardcover)
Emmett Gonzalenz
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The 'Grossglockner', Austria's highest mountain at 3,789m, is one
of the most important summits of the Eastern Alps - and not only
because it is so important for alpine tourism. At the end of the
18th Century, it had been explored and nobody less than Arch Bishop
Salm-Reiffenscheidt-Krautheim was the first to ascend in 1800.
Today, with more than 5000 ascents per year, it is a very popular
destination for climbers. But even for those who do not want to
climb, the fascination of this mountain is hard to escape. There is
no better way to investigate than from the 'Grossglockner' High
Alpine roads. The road leads across both mountain passes Fuscher
Toerl and Hochtor, crossing the main Alpes from Salzburg to
Carinthia, with turnoffs to the Edelweiss peak and the
Kaiser-Franz-Josef-height. The road as an adventure trip and its
12% ascent has to be well managed. Who would be more capable to
report about all this than Stefan Bogner, the master of the
automobile photo books? With fuel in his blood and a sensitive feel
for history, but also with accelerator and brake, he provides a
portrait of one of the most exciting and most visited Alpine roads.
Text in English and German.
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