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  • 1
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Schlagwort(e): Ecology . ; Biodiversity. ; Conservation biology. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental geography. ; Ecology. ; Terrestial Ecology. ; Biodiversity. ; Conservation Biology. ; Environmental Management. ; Integrated Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Biomes: Concepts, Characteristics and Terminology -- Profiles of Angola’s Biomes and Ecoregiens -- Landscapes: Geology, Hydrology and Geomorphology.
    Kurzfassung: This open access book richly illustrates the first, and comprehensive, account of the country’s biomes and ecoregions, the driving forces that account for their diversity and vulnerability, and the ecological principles that provide an understanding of the patterns and processes that have shaped landscapes, ecoregions, and ecosystems. Angola encompasses the greatest diversity of terrestrial biomes and is the second richest in terms of ecoregions, of any African country. Yet its biodiversity and the structure and functioning of its ecosystems are largely undocumented. The author draws on personal field observations from over 50 years of involvement in ecological and conservation studies in Angola and across Southern Africa. The vast recent literature published by researchers in neighboring, better resourced countries provides depth to the accounts of ecological principles and processes relevant to Angola and thus contributing to the understanding and sustainable management of its natural resources. .
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    Seiten: XIX, 459 p. 220 illus., 170 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031189234
    DDC: 577
    Sprache: Englisch
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  • 2
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Geographic information systems. ; Quality of life. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Quality of Life Research. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Urban Sociology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1-Land use and land cover change: advancing with geographic information science -- Chapter 2-Land use in Ontario: challenges in land use classification -- Chapter 3-The golden horseshoe: land use from past to present -- Chapter 4-First nations reserves in Ontario: effects of urban sprawl -- Chapter 5-Archaeological heritage and urban sprawl: corridors of change -- Chapter 6-The cityscape: urban growth in Toronto -- Chapter 7-Land use and health perception -- Chapter 8-Environmental injustice in southern Ontario -- Chapter 9-Happiness and land use. .
    Kurzfassung: This book presents a systematic analysis of challenges in the field of Geographical Information Systems and Science, geographical analysis, and regional science for Ontario, one of the fastest-changing provinces in Canada and one of North America's largest economic hubs. In nine chapters, the book offers advanced spatial analysis techniques and digital data content to integrate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as tools to tackle regional and urban challenges. The chapters address the following main topics: 1) state-of-the-art approaches for regional discrepancies, 2) investigations of available methods for advanced spatial analysis, 3) identification of regional patterns and land use dynamics, 4) availability of Web 3.0 data content for regions without standardized data, and 5) the limitations and challenges of urbanization and its impact on landscape, heritage and ecosystems. The volume is divided into four sections dealing with key issues in Ontario, each addressing the use of GIS for crucial regional decision-making. The book will be of interest to researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, planners, regional scientists, and policy makers.
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    Seiten: IX, 240 p. 66 illus., 42 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031247316
    Serie: Advances in Geographic Information Science,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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  • 3
    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Human geography. ; Urban policy. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Integrated Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Urban Policy. ; Urban Sociology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Cramped spaces, w(r)iggle room and everyday politics: An introduction -- Part 1: Everyday geographies of scholar activism -- Should I stay or should I go? Academic tempered radicalism in the era of ecological crisis -- Towards ‘minor’ methodologies or crisis as method -- Part 2: Repertoires of research methodologies and fieldwork experiences -- The sympoietic orchard: Everyday ways of co-creating an orchard -- Researching urban coworking spaces: Everyday life and reflexivity during the fieldwork -- Beyond the club: A feminist poetic inquiry to reimagine festive spaces and practices of the electronic scene in Paris -- Mapping sifikile – A place of home: Methodological reflections on hope from a coal frontier -- Madame Ruetabaga’s prefigurative politics at the urban fringes of Grenoble -- Digital practices on social media: New perspectives on the production of space and geopolitical inquiry -- Part 3: Embodied negotiations: Agency, survival, care -- Life at the margins: Women’s everyday practices as resistance in a working-class neighbourhood in Barcelona -- Digitalisation of working space: Women working from home in Turkey -- Home, work and everyday life: Gender dynamics in a mining city -- Epilogue.
    Kurzfassung: The book provides a critical analysis of the geographies of everyday life, looking at how spatial practices craft w(r)iggle room to cope with the boundaries saturated by normativity, power relations, and inequalities. It explores the possibilities for making do with the everyday practices forming a way of living in cramped spaces. In this respect, early-career researchers and activists share their fieldwork experiences through an intersectional lens based on emerging research methodologies and scholar-activist practices. From their own vantage point, they look at their own contexts, practices, and research subjects at the level of everyday life. Spatial practices and place-based imaginaries from France, Finland, and Spain to Turkey and South Africa present a wide range of non-counter hegemonic yet enabling practices for transformation in everyday life. The contributors, trained in a variety of convergent disciplines concerned with everyday life and space (geography, geopolitics, architecture, urban planning, sociology, political sciences), discuss scholar-activist methodologies during the current crisis in contemporary academia, reflect on their research methodologies and research experiences, and inquire into the ways of embodied negotiations for agency, survival, and care. A group of early-career researchers and activists came together to seek out the possibilities of transformative change in everyday life during the peak periods of COVID-19. When researchers and activists were forced to stay at home in isolation, the authors met up online to discuss their subjectivities self-reflexively to challenge the distance between the researcher and “the field.” The book is the outcome of their collective production based on numerous meetings, writing workshops, and creative debates.
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    Seiten: XIV, 224 p. 23 illus., 18 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031465802
    Serie: The Urban Book Series,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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  • 4
    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Sustainable architecture. ; Landscape architecture. ; Landscape ecology. ; Integrated Geography. ; Urban Ecology. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Landscape Architecture. ; Landscape Ecology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I. The Green City: General Concept -- Chapter 1. What Does “The Green City” Mean?(Jürgen Breuste) -- Chapter 2. What Is Urban Nature? (Jürgen Breuste) -- Chapter 3. What is Urban Green and Blue Infrastructure? (Jürgen Breuste) -- Chapter 4. The Green City: General Concept (Jürgen Breuste) -- Part II. The Nature Concept – of What Urban Green Nature Consists of Part Front Matter -- Chapter 5. The Four Urban Natures Approach (Jürgen Breuste) -- Chapter 6. Urban Woodlands - Remnants of Pristine Landscape (Jürgen Breuste) -- Chapter 7. Public Urban Parks - Designed Urban Green Spaces (Jürgen Breuste) -- Chapter 8. Urban Gardens – The Private Urban Green (Jürgen Breuste) -- Chapter 9. Urban Waters – The Urban Blue Infrastructure (Jürgen Breuste) -- Chapter 10. New Urban Wildernesses - Novel Urban Ecosystems (Jürgen Breuste).
    Kurzfassung: This book shows what role nature can play in a city and how this can make it a better place for people to live. People, planners, designers and politicians are working towards the development of green cities. Some cities are already promoted as green cities, while others are on their way to become one. But their goals are often unclear and can include different facets. Presenting contributions from world leading researchers in the field of urban ecology, the editors provide an interdisciplinary overview of best practices and challenges in creating green cities. They show examples of how to build up these cities from bits and pieces to districts and urban extensions. Each example concludes with a summary of the collected knowledge, the learning points and how this can be used in other places. The best practices are collected from around the world – Europe, America and Asia. Contributions cover a wide range of biophysical and cultural backgrounds within these three continents, including the Central, Southern and Eastern European region, as well as Latin and North America. The new dynamic urban development of Asia is illustrated by case studies from China and the Indian subcontinent. The reader will learn which role nature can play in green cities and what the basic requirements are in terms of culture, pre-existing nature conditions, existing urban surroundings, history, design and planning.
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    Seiten: XX, 595 p. 201 illus., 171 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 2nd ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783030730895
    Serie: Cities and Nature,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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  • 5
    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Public health. ; Social medicine. ; Internal medicine. ; Economic development. ; Integrated Geography. ; Water. ; Public Health. ; Medical Sociology. ; Internal Medicine. ; Development Studies.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 -- Inequities and inequalities in access to care. Chapter 2 -- Gender and health. Chapter 3 -- Disability and health. Chapter 4 -- Food security. Chapter 5 -- Water and sanitation. Chapter 6 -- Mining and health. Chapter 7 -- Climate change and health. Chapter 8 -- Ageing and health. Chapter 9 -- Non-communicable diseases. Chapter 10 -- Infectious diseases. Chapter 11 -- Social interventions and health. Chapter 12 -- Environmental intervention and health. .
    Kurzfassung: This volume creates a platform to showcase health geography research from countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and draws on theoretical and methodological innovations to initiate a discussion on the complexities of the issues impacting health in the region. Through theoretically and empirically grounded contributions from a variety of researchers working across SSA, the book addresses a wide range of topics that are usually treated separately when discussing health geography in the region. By bridging the social science and health disciplines, the book introduces new ways of thinking temporally and spatially about these topics in non-geography contexts as well. In 4 sections, the text will broadly appeal to students, researchers, teachers, policy makers, and global health professionals. Section 1 addresses the social determinants of health, including gender, disability, and other inequities and inequalities associated with healthcare access. Section 2 discusses the environmental determinants of health such as food security, water and sanitation, mining, and climate change. Section 3 focuses on current and emerging challenges to health in SSA, including ageing, non-communicable disease, and infectious diseases. Section 4 concludes the text by discussing the need to develop social and environmental intervention policies and strategies to address health challenges in SSA.
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    Seiten: XIII, 204 p. 11 illus., 9 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031375651
    Serie: Global Perspectives on Health Geography,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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  • 6
    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Public health. ; Climatology. ; Integrated Geography. ; Public Health. ; Climate Sciences.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Climate and weather: impact on the body -- Chapter 3: Climatic norms, definition periods. Methods for determining the areas of biological comfort/discomfort -- Chapter 4: Adaptation to marine climate -- Chapter 5: Influence of weather and climatic conditions on health Adaptation to the marine climate of Russian regions -- Chapter 6: Non-specific prevention of pre-disease states and diseases when adapting to a maritime climate -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.
    Kurzfassung: The monograph was written based on the material of the post-doctoral thesis prepared under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Rakhmanov and it has been translated from its original version in Russian. It presents a comprehensive analysis of the process of biological adaptation and adaptation capacity of the population to the marine climate of Russia’s North, the Black and Caspian Sea regions and the Baltic Sea coast. The authors explore different biological reactions to adaptation and offer their classification depending on the type of climate. Special attention is given to the prevention of prenosological conditions and diseases typical of coastal areas. Evidence suggests that the human body has a remarkable capacity to adapt to a range of climatic and weather conditions through a variety of targeted adaptation measures.
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    Seiten: IX, 112 p. 34 illus. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031309519
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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  • 7
    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Political science. ; Political planning. ; Integrated Geography. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Governance and Government. ; Public Policy.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Tipping Points: A Survey of the Literature -- Chapter 3. Governance & Resilience: A Stakeholder Agency Perspective -- Chapter 4. Spatial Determinants of Tipping Points Governance: Beyond Stakeholder Agency -- Chapter 5. Governing Social Tipping Points in the EU’s Periphery: A Conceptual Framework & Methodology -- Chapter 6. Resilience in Migration, Climate Change and Geopolitics: A Case of the EU’s Periphery -- Chapter 7. Resilience of the EU’s Periphery vis-à-vis Social Tipping Points: Policy Recommendations -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.
    Kurzfassung: This monograph assesses the intersections between social tipping points (STP), a relatively understudied social-ecological concept, and various public policy concepts, such as governance, state capacity and resilience of the state and non-state actors, all within the context of the EU Eastern and Southern periphery. This unique approach is subsequently embodied in the newly created conceptual framework of how the STPs are governed and analyzed using three case studies. The goal is to examine how various state and non-state actors (transnational, private, and local) have managed to navigate the STPs triggered by migration, climate change, and geopolitics. The multi-level governance of STPs is studied within the context of the EU periphery, thus spatial and geographical determinants of the resilience are analyzed as well.
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    Seiten: XV, 156 p. 28 illus., 14 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031474132
    Serie: Key Challenges in Geography, EUROGEO Book Series,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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  • 8
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    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Physical geography. ; Environment. ; Agriculture. ; Biotic communities. ; Biodiversity. ; Geography. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Agriculture. ; Ecosystems. ; Biodiversity.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: I General Part -- Part A - Ecological Basics (Autoecology) -- Part B - Ecological Basics (Synecology) -- Part C - Ecological Systems and Ecosystem Biology -- II Special Part -- Part D - ZB I: Zonobiome of the evergreen tropical rainforest or equatorial humid diurnal climate -- Part E - ZB II: Zonobiome of savannas, deciduous forests and grasslands of the tropical summer rainfall region -- Part F - ZB III: Zonobiome of hot deserts or subtropical arid climate -- Part G - ZB IV: Zonobiome of hardwoods or Mediterranean winter rainfall regions -- Part H - ZB V: Zonobiome of laurel forests or warm temperate humid climate -- Part I - ZB VI: Zonobiome of winter barren deciduous forests or temperate nemoral climate -- Part J - ZB VII: Zonobiome of steppes and cold deserts or arid temperate climate -- Part K - ZB VIII: Zonobiome of hardwood forests or temperate arid climate. Part K - ZB VIII: Zonobiome of taiga or cold temperate boreal climate -- Part L - ZB IX: Zonobiome of tundra or arctic climate -- Part M - Summary, conclusions -- III Final part.
    Kurzfassung: Vegetation, soil and climate are the most important components of ecological systems. The book presents a compact synthesis of our current knowledge of the ecology of the Earth and is thus the basis for understanding the major interrelationships in a global perspective. In the first part, with a rich endowment of illustrations and photographic material, the well-introduced book deals with the essential processes and operations on the Earth's surface that lead to the formation of the vegetation cover with its distinctive zonation. In the second part, the individual vegetation zones as large-scale ecosystems (i.e. zonobiomes of the biosphere) are consistently described comparatively according to certain criteria. In a short and compact form, the main characteristics and structures as well as examples of ecosystem processes are discussed. The large-scale ecosystems are also the basis and reference system for all anthropogenic changes that have drastically altered vegetation over the last millennia, but especially in the 20th century. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Vegetation und Klima by Siegmar-W. Breckle and M. Daud Rafiqpoor, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors. Authors Siegmar-W. Breckle long-time professor and head of the Department of Ecology at the University of Bielefeld (Germany). He continued the multi-volume work "Ecology of the Earth" by Heinrich Walter, published numerous articles and books on the ecology of many regions, especially the drylands combined with countless study trips around the globe. His research in deserts, tropics and high mountains is the basis for the corresponding chapters in this book. M. Daud Rafiqpoor, long-time research associate of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz and coordinator of two ecologically oriented long-term projects of this academy ("Three-dimensional Landscape Classification of the Tropics and Subtropics" and "Biodiversity in Change"). Numerous study trips in almost all tropical and subtropical mountains of the world. Publication of many papers and books on the geography and ecology of tropical and subtropical high mountains and Afghanistan.
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    Seiten: XXIV, 557 p. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783662640364
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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  • 9
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Urban policy. ; Law. ; Real estate business. ; Urban economics. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Geography. ; Urban Policy. ; Law. ; Real Estate Economics. ; Urban Economics. ; Regional and Spatial Economics.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Key determinants of spatial management systems in Europe (Paulina Legutko-Kobus, Maciej Nowak) -- Chapter 2. Determinants and effects of planning practice in Poland (PrzemysławŚleszyński) -- Chapter 3. Spatial development law in Poland and related problems (Maciej Nowak) -- Chapter 4. Determining the interdependence (including barriers and challenges) between legal regulations and planning practice (PŚ, MN PLK) -- Chapter 5. Summary and conclusions.
    Kurzfassung: This book defines the dilemmas related to the interface between legal regulations and planning practice in the spatial management system. Based on specific case studies, it gives examples of possible problems and ways of solving them. It applies to Poland's standard and the determinants of spatial policy in other countries. It provides the basis for a developed international discussion and concretely suggests specific actions at local, regional and national levels.
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    Seiten: X, 119 p. 17 illus., 16 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030969394
    Serie: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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  • 10
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Geology. ; Physical geography. ; Economic geography. ; Human geography. ; Geography. ; Geology. ; Regional Geography. ; Physical Geography. ; Economic Geography. ; Human Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: PART I - INTRODUCTION, POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY, ETHNIC GROUPS AND RELIGIONS -- Introduction -- I.1. General geographical features of Albania -- I.2. Historical and Political Geography -- I.3. Ethnic Groups and Religions -- I.3.2. Religions -- PART II - LANDSCAPE OF ALBANIA -- II.1. Geological construction -- II.2. The relief -- II.3. Climate -- II.4. Waters -- II.5. Soils -- II.6. Flora and fauna -- II.7. Albanian natural and cultural heritage -- PART III - DEMOGRAPHICS -- III.2. Sociocultural features -- III.2. Sociocultural features -- PART IV - THE ECONOMY -- PART V - GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS -- INDEX.
    Kurzfassung: This book is one of the first to give a comprehensive and detailed overview of the complete geography of Albania in English. It highlights the most important and manifold potentials of nature, society and economy of Albania as well as development problems during different time periods. One focus lies on Albania's perspectives and challenges for the future. Beside natural aspects also topics such as migration, poverty, social situation, economy, urban development, regional disparities among others are discussed. This book appeals to academics and researchers of geography, regional development and related disciplines as well as teachers and students of geography, geology, natural sciences, social sciences, economics. The book is also attractive for media representatives, tourists and other interested individuals travelling to Albania.
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    Seiten: XXIV, 255 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030855512
    Serie: World Regional Geography Book Series,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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  • 11
    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Human geography. ; Medical care. ; Integrated Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Health Care.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1-Adolescent Health in the MENA Region: Determinants and Distribution -- 2-Adolescent nutrition: a focus on the MENA -- 3-Addressing Social Determinants of Oral Health among Adolescents from MENA -- 4-Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in relation to Vitamin D Deficiency among older adolescents -- 5-Activity among Adolescents from the MENA -- 6-Exploring Factors for Predictive Modelling of Obesity and Overweight in Adolescents: Application to MENA Region -- 7-Determinants of Knowledge in relation to Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in the Middle East and North Africa Region -- 8-Growth Assessment in Adolescence: Measurement and Interpretation for the Middle East and North Africa -- 9-Oral health of adolescents in the MENA region -- 10-Demographic and Geographic Variations in Respiratory and Allergic Conditions among Adolescents in the United Arab Emirates -- 11-The Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus among in adolescents and their determinants in from the Middle East and North Africa Region -- 12-HIV and sexual health in MENA’s adolescents.
    Kurzfassung: This 2-volumeset focuses on adolescent health in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), and presents the latest research on the health risk behaviours and social behaviours that adolescents from the MENA region engage in. While there has been a surge in peer-reviewed research publications on population health in the MENA region in the last couple of decades, very few books offer a resource to address the diverse negative influences that disproportionately affect adolescents and children in the MENA region, including increased tobacco consumption culture, low emphasis on physical activity, increased sedentary behaviours, weak health policies, and societal issues related to displacement and political conflicts. These books offer a synthesis of current knowledge on adolescent health issues in the MENA region, and aim to provide evidence-informed adolescent health care practices that address current issues related to mental, physical, reproductive and nutritional health. Volume 2 focuses on nutritional and reproductive health in the MENA region, predictive modelling of obesity, determinants of sexual and oral health, HIV, and diabetes. The study will aid health care professionals, policy makers, government organizations and health program planners to assess current policies and practices related to adolescent health in the MENA region, and to identify the best courses of action moving forward. .
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    Seiten: X, 199 p. 20 illus., 14 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030921071
    Serie: Global Perspectives on Health Geography,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Medical care. ; Human geography. ; Integrated Geography. ; Health Care. ; Human Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1-Adolescent Mental Health in the MENA Region and the link with Policy and Programming -- 2-There is no Health Without Mental Health: The Middle East and North Africa -- 3-A Silent Epidemic of Depression among Adolescents in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Emerging Tribulation -- 4-Understanding mental illness stigma in Arab youths’ everyday lives -- 5-Developing and Implementing Youth Friendly Public Policies: A perspective into the Arab Region -- 6-Adolescent health in Saudi Arabia: Policy dimensions -- 7-Health Policies of Adolescents in the Middle East and North Africa: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How Do We Strategize in the Age COVID-19?.
    Kurzfassung: This 2-volume set focuses on adolescent health in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), and presents the latest research on the health risk behaviours and social behaviours that adolescents from the MENA region engage in. While there has been a surge in peer-reviewed research publications on population health in the MENA region in the last couple of decades, very few books offer a resource to address the diverse negative influences that disproportionately affect adolescents and children in the MENA region, including increased tobacco consumption culture, low emphasis on physical activity, increased sedentary behaviours, weak health policies, and societal issues related to displacement and political conflicts. These books offer a synthesis of current knowledge on adolescent health issues in the MENA region, and aim to provide evidence-informed adolescent health care practices that address current issues related to mental, physical, reproductive and nutritional health. Volume 1 focuses on mental health in the MENA region, the development and implementation of youth friendly public policies, and how to strategize in the age of COVID-19. The study will aid health care professionals, policy makers, government organizations and health program planners to assess current policies and practices related to adolescent health in the MENA region, and to identify the best courses of action moving forward. .
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    Seiten: X, 121 p. 5 illus., 3 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030917906
    Serie: Global Perspectives on Health Geography,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Public health. ; Human geography. ; Epidemiology. ; Social policy. ; Integrated Geography. ; Public Health. ; Human Geography. ; Epidemiology. ; Social Policy.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Refining and (Re)Defining “Place” in Health Research: Interrogating Spatial Knowledges + (Mis)Representations -- Chapter 2. Spatial Knowledge, Representation, + Place-Health Narratives: Youth Photovoice Perspectives on a “Food Desert” -- Chapter 3. Placescapes + Public Housing: Towards a Critical Understanding of ‘Place’ + ‘Placemaking’ in Place-Based Health & Housing Strategies -- Chapter 4. The Real Limits of Imaginary Lines: A Participatory Activity Space Method for Exploring Intergenerational (Dis)Connections Between ‘Place’ and Health -- Chapter 5. Place, Health, and the Geography of Embodiment: Intergenerational Participatory Research for Representation/as Resistance in The Ville -- Chapter 6. Towards Decolonizing Place-Health Research: Placemaking, Power, and the Production of “Place”-Health Knowledge.
    Kurzfassung: This book draws on the author's ten years of participatory work to examine core themes of (mis)representation, re-presentation, and resistance within place-health research and practice. The book includes practice- and research-based projects with implications and applications for practitioners (e.g. local health department epidemiologists) and academics, introducing readers to an array of new and mixed-methods within place-health research. It also introduces new conceptual and analytical place-health frameworks that more explicitly account for power—both within place making, unmaking, and remaking processes, and within the (re)production of place-health knowledges. Across six chapters, the author reports and reflects on a selection of research projects, raising key considerations in regard to place-health (mis)representation, and highlighting the value of participatory methods and processes in re-presenting—and decolonizing—spatial narratives of health. This includes an emphasis on the integration of community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles with the technological and procedural affordances of information and communication technologies (ICTs). With each chapter drawing from CBPR, decolonizing, social epidemiology, health geography, Black feminist, and critical theory orientations, the book offers an integrated call and framing for a critical examination of how geographies of “place” and health—and narratives/stories therein—are constructed, and perhaps might be de/re-constructed through inclusive and equitable research practices that center community and offer a mode of resistance for the production of place-health counternarratives. The book is intended for academic researchers and practitioners in public health and health geography fields, particularly those whose work engages social epidemiology, urban planning, and aspects of community development, and will also appeal to researchers and practitioners who use participatory, community-inclusive methods and processes in their work, especially as related to community mapping.
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    Seiten: XXII, 140 p. 41 illus., 34 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031061417
    Serie: Global Perspectives on Health Geography,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Public health. ; Economic development. ; Human geography. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Biometry. ; Integrated Geography. ; Public Health. ; Development Studies. ; Human Geography. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Biostatistics.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part 1: History and Context -- Chapter 2: China's population aging and regional variation -- Chapter 3: Government policies and programs for elderly services: a historical review -- Part 2: Spatial analysis of supply and demand of services for aging persons -- Chapter 4: Living facilities for aging persons -- Chapter 5: Meal services for aging persons -- Chapter 6: Health services -- Part 3: Regional and local case studies -- Chapter 7: Community Services for Aging Person -- Chapter 8: Regional cooperation for nursing home facilities in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei.
    Kurzfassung: This volume draws upon one of the first comprehensive studies on the regional variations of services for aging persons in China to provide an empirical and theoretical understanding of the impact of China's rapidly growing aging population on the country's socioeconomic, cultural, and political systems. In three parts, the manuscript combines case-oriented comparative methods with variable-oriented statistical and GIS analyses to examine the spatial patterns and relationships between supply and demand of affordable and accessible services for aging persons in China. Part one gives a historical review of population aging in China, including the development of services for aging persons and government policies and programs geared towards elders. Part two provides an analysis of spatial variations of supply and demand for services including food, housing, health, and community services for aging persons. Part three uses case studies to analyse the regional and local dimensions of elderly services. Suggestions are made for future planning, development, and policies. This book will appeal to policy makers, city planners, service providing businesses, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying economic geography, planning, and regional development.
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    Seiten: XVIII, 150 p. 38 illus., 37 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030980320
    Serie: Global Perspectives on Health Geography,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Geomorphology. ; Geology. ; Physical geography. ; Environment. ; Geography. ; Geomorphology. ; Geology. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- Prologue: Why Physical Geography? -- Part I: Earth history and climate -- Chapter 1: Geological time -- Chapter 2: Earth’s internal heat engine -- Chapter 3: Volcanoes -- Chapter 4: Earth’s external heat engine -- Chapter 5: Climate change is normal -- Part II: Shaping the landscape -- Chapter 6: The landscape beneath our feet -- Chapter 7: Gravity and slopes -- Chapter 8: Flowing water -- Chapter 9: Flowing Ice -- Chapter 10: Coastal processes -- Chapter 11: Landscapes around us.
    Kurzfassung: Students taking undergraduate degrees in geography, ecology, earth science, and environmental science frequently take an introductory unit in Physical Geography. Some will have not done any geography since their early teens, while others have more recent knowledge. This range of backgrounds can be challenging for both the instructor and the student, this primer aims to help. A primer is a readable introduction to a subject, more technical than a piece of popular science, but less detailed than a specialist textbook. It aims to give the reader a platform in a subject with which they may be unfamiliar, so that they can proceed simultaneously, or sequentially, to more advanced texts and information. Ideally the primer should have something for those without any knowledge, while also challenge and entertaining those who do. Not quite bedtime reading, but a step in that direction. Our Dynamic Earth introduces students to the Earth's origins, to plate tectonics, atmospheric and oceanographic circulation, as well as to a range of Earth surface processes. Idea to get you started in your studies. .
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    Seiten: XV, 194 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030903510
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Ecology . ; Botany. ; Physical geography. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology. ; Plant Science. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Conservation Biology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: PRELIMINARY (ToC of second edition) 1 Plant ecology at high elevations -- The concept of limitation -- A regional and historical account -- The challenge of alpine plant research -- 2 The alpine life zone -- Altitudinal boundaries -- Global alpine land area -- Alpine plant diversity -- Origin of alpine floras -- Alpine growth forms -- 3 Alpine climate -- Which alpine climate -- Common features of alpine climates -- Regional features of alpine climates -- 4 The climate plants experience -- Interactions of relief, wind and sun -- How alpine plants influence their climate -- The geographic variation of alpine climate -- 5 Life under snow: protection and limitation -- Temperatures under snow -- Solar radiation under snow -- Gas concentrations under snow -- Plant responses to snowpack -- 6 Alpine soils -- Physics of alpine soil formation -- The organic compound -- The interaction of organic and inorganic compounds -- 7 Alpine treelines -- About trees and lines -- Current altitudinal positions of climatic treelines -- Treeline-climate relationships -- Intrazonal variations and pantropical plateauing of alpine treelines -- Treelines in the past -- Attempts at a functional explanation of treelines -- A hypothesis for treeline formation -- Growth trends near treelines -- Evidence for sink limitation -- 8 Climatic stress -- Survival of low temperature extremes -- Avoidance and tolerance of low temperature extremes -- Heat stress in alpine plants -- Ultraviolet radiation — a stress factor -- 9 Water relations -- Ecosystem water balance -- Soil moisture at high altitudes -- Plant water relations — a brief review of principles -- Water relations of alpine plants -- Desiccation stress -- Water relations of special plant types -- 10 Mineral nutrition -- Soil nutrients -- The nutrient status of alpine plants -- Nutrient cycling and nutrient budgets -- Nitrogen fixation -- Mycorrhiza -- Responses of vegetation to variable nutrient supply -- 11 Uptake and loss of carbon -- Photosynthetic capacity of alpine plants -- Photosynthetic responses to the environment -- Daily carbon gain of leaves -- The seasonal carbon gain of leaves -- C4 and CAM photosynthesis at high altitudes -- Tissue respiration of alpine plants -- Ecosystem carbon balance -- 12 Carbon investments -- Non-structural carbohydrates -- Lipids and energy content -- Carbon costs of leaves and roots -- Whole plant carbon allocation -- 13 Growth dynamics and phenology -- Seasonal growth -- Diurnal leaf extension -- Rates of plant dry matter accumulation -- Functional duration of leaves and roots -- 14 Cell division and tissue formation -- Cell size and plant size -- Mitosis and the cell cycle -- From meristem activity to growth control -- 15 Plant biomass production -- The structure of alpine plant canopies -- Primary productivity of alpine vegetation -- Plant dry matter pools -- Biomass losses through herbivores -- 16 Plant reproduction -- Flowering and pollination -- Seed development and seed size -- Germination -- Alpine seed banks and natural recruitment -- Clonal propagation -- Alpine plant age -- Community processes -- 17 Global change at high elevation -- Alpine land use -- The impact of altered atmospheric chemistry -- Climatic change and alpine ecosystems -- References (with chapter annotation) -- Taxonomic index (genera) -- Geographical index -- Color plates -- Plant life forms -- The alpine life zone -- Environmental stress -- The human dimension.
    Kurzfassung: This book is a completely revised, substantially extended treatment of the physical and biological factors that drive life in high mountains. The book covers the characteristics of alpine plant life, alpine climate and soils, life under snow, stress tolerance, treeline ecology, plant water, carbon, and nutrient relations, plant growth and productivity, developmental processes, and two largely novel chapters on alpine plant reproduction and global change biology. The book explains why the topography driven exposure of plants to dramatic micro-climatic gradients over very short distances causes alpine biodiversity to be particularly robust against climatic change. Geographically, this book draws on examples from all parts of the world, including the tropics. This book is complemented with novel evidence and insight that emerged over the last 17 years of alpine plant research. The number of figures – mostly in color – nearly doubled, with many photographs providing a vivid impression of alpine plant life worldwide. Christian Körner was born in 1949 in Austria, received his academic education at the University of Innsbruck, and was full professor of Botany at the University of Basel from 1989 to 2014. As emeritus Professor he is continuing alpine plant research in the Swiss Alps.
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    Seiten: XIX, 500 p. 319 illus., 283 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 3rd ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030595388
    DDC: 577
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Biotic communities. ; Forestry. ; Physical geography. ; Applied ecology. ; Ecology . ; Ecosystems. ; Forestry. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Applied Ecology. ; Terrestial Ecology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction to Fire Ecology across USA Forested Ecosystems: Past, Present, and Future (Cathryn H. Greenberg, Beverly S. Collins, Scott Goodrick, Michael C. Stambaugh, and Gary R. Wein) -- Chapter 2. The Role of Fire in the Dynamics of Piedmont Vegetation (Joanna Spooner, Robert K. Peet, Michael P. Schafale, Alan S. Weakley and Thomas R. Wentworth) -- Chapter 3. Fire Ecology and Fire Management of Southeastern Coastal Plain Pine Ecosystems (Jeff S. Glitzenstein, J. Stephen Brewer, Ronald. E. Masters, J. Morgan Varner, and J. Kevin Hiers) -- Chapter 4. Fire Ecology and Management in Eastern Broadleaf and Appalachian Forests (Mary A. Arthur, J. Morgan Varner, Charles W. Lafon, Heather D. Alexander, Daniel C. Dey, Craig A. Harper, Sally P. Horn, Todd F. Hutchinson, Tara L. Keyser, Marcus A. Lashley, Christopher E. Moorman, and Callie J. Schweitzer) -- Chapter 5. Fire Ecology and Management of Forest Ecosystems in the Western Central Hardwoods and Prairie-Forest Border (Michael C. Stambaugh, Benjamin O. Knapp, and Daniel C. Dey) -- Chapter 6. Fire in Floodplain Forests of the Southeastern USA hy (Paul R. Gagnon, Loretta L. Battaglia, Brice B. Hanberry, William H. Conner, and Sammy L. King) -- Chapter 7. History and Future of Fire in Hardwood and Conifer Forests of the Great Lakes-Northeastern Forest Region, USA(Lee E. Frelich, Craig G. Lorimer, and Michael C. Stambaugh) -- Chapter 8. Fire Ecology of Rocky Mountain Forests(Sharon M. Hood, Brian J. Harvey, Paula J. Fornwalt, Cameron E. Naficy, Winslow D. Hansen, Kimberley T. Davis, Mike A. Battaglia, Camille Stevens-Rumann, Victoria Saab) -- Chapter 9. Fire Ecology of the North American Mediterranean-Climate Zone(Hugh D. Safford, Ramona J. Butz, Gabrielle N. Bohlman, Michelle Coppoletta, Becky L. Estes, Shana E. Gross, Kyle E. Merriam, Marc D. Meyer, Nicole A. Molinari, and Amarina Wuenschel) -- Chapter 10. Fire Ecology and Management in Pacific Northwest Forests(Matthew J. Reilly, Jessica E. Halofsky, Meg A. Krawchuk, Daniel C. Donato, Paul F. Hessburg, James Johnston, Andrew Merschel, Mark E. Swanson, Joshua S. Halofsky, and Thomas A. Spies) -- Chapter 11. Fire Ecology and Management of Southwestern Forests(Peter Z. Fulé, Catrin M. Edgeley, Carol L. Chambers, Serra Hoagland, Blanca Céspedes) -- Chapter 12. Fire and Forests in the 21st Century: Managing Resilience under Changing Climates and Fire Regimes in USA Forests(James M. Vose, David L. Peterson, Christopher J. Fettig, Jessica E. Halofsky, J. Kevin Hiers, Robert E. Keane, Rachel Loehman, and Michael C. Stambaugh).
    Kurzfassung: This edited volume presents original scientific research and knowledge synthesis covering the past, present, and potential future fire ecology of major US forest types, with implications for forest management in a changing climate. The editors and authors highlight broad patterns among ecoregions and forest types, as well as detailed information for individual ecoregions, for fire frequencies and severities, fire effects on tree mortality and regeneration, and levels of fire-dependency by plant and animal communities. The foreword addresses emerging ecological and fire management challenges for forests, in relation to sustainable development goals as highlighted in recent government reports. An introductory chapter highlights patterns of variation in frequencies, severities, scales, and spatial patterns of fire across ecoregions and among forested ecosystems across the US in relation to climate, fuels, topography and soils, ignition sources (lightning or anthropogenic), and vegetation. Separate chapters by respected experts delve into the fire ecology of major forest types within US ecoregions, with a focus on the level of plant and animal fire-dependency, and the role of fire in maintaining forest composition and structure. The regional chapters also include discussion of historic natural (lightning-ignited) and anthropogenic (Native American; settlers) fire regimes, current fire regimes as influenced by recent decades of fire suppression and land use history, and fire management in relation to ecosystem integrity and restoration, wildfire threat, and climate change. The summary chapter combines the major points of each chapter, in a synthesis of US-wide fire ecology and forest management into the future. This book provides current, organized, readily accessible information for the conservation community, land managers, scientists, students and educators, and others interested in how fire behaviour and effects on structure and composition differ among ecoregions and forest types, and what that means for forest management today and in the future. .
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    Seiten: XVII, 502 p. 71 illus., 65 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030732677
    Serie: Managing Forest Ecosystems, 39
    DDC: 577
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Cartography. ; Physical geography. ; Economic geography. ; Geography. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Cartography. ; Human Geography. ; Physical Geography. ; Economic Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Concept, types, collection, classification and representation of geographical data -- Representation of geographical data using graphs -- Diagramatic representation of geographical data -- Mapping techniques of geographical data.
    Kurzfassung: Representation of geographical data using graphs, diagrams and mapping techniques is a key for geographers and for researchers in other disciplines to explore the nature of data, the pattern of spatial and temporal variations and their relationships, and formulation of principles to accurately understand and analyze features on or near the earth’s surface. These modes of representation also enable the development of spatial understanding and the capacity for technical and logical decision making. The book depicts all types of graphs, diagrams and maps, explained in detail with numerous examples. The emphasis is on their appropriate data structure, the relevance of selecting the correct technique, methods of their construction, advantages and disadvantages of their use, and applications of these techniques in analyzing and realizing the spatial pattern of various geographical features and phenomena. This book is unique in that it reflects a perfect correlation between theoretical knowledge of geographical events and phenomena and their realistic implications, with relevant examples using appropriate graphical methods. The book serves as a valuable resource for students, researchers, cartographers and decision makers to analyze and represent various geographical data for a better, systematic and scientific understanding of the real world.
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    Seiten: XXXII, 310 p. 161 illus., 24 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811665851
    Serie: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Urban policy. ; Climatology. ; Integrated Geography. ; Urban Policy. ; Climate Sciences.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Governance of climate responsive cities: Scale matters!- Resilience, uncertainty and adaptive planning -- Barriers to implementing local climate action plans in Turkey: Searching for a potential way-out -- Exploring the Governance of Naples, Italy, through a climate responsive approach -- Community engagement in climate change policy: The case of three mills, East London -- Co-design of a nature-based solutions ecosystem for reactivating a peri-urban district in Quito, Ecuador -- How co-design of public space contributes to strengthening resilience: Lessons from two Chilean cases -- In-formal green infrastructure (IGI) and the pursuit of climate responsive environments in Quito City -- Co-designing local climate action: A methodological framework from a democratic perspective.
    Kurzfassung: The book presents governance with a particular focus on the social and spatial aspects of climate responsiveness and reads the practice of governance across different scales. It conceptualizes a framework of scale composed of three main categories including (i) scientific knowledge, (ii) plans and policies, and (iii) authorities of action. This framework presents ‘practice’ as the social context in which these three can interplay adaptively. Within this framework, the book presents case studies from Turkey, Italy, Ecuador, Chile and the UK, that reach meaningful planning and design solutions at national, city, and neighbourhood scales in the face of climate change. It offers implementation clues that are transferable to ever-increasing climate action around the globe. The book will be of interest to both professionals and scholars involved in urban design, urban planning and architecture, especially those in the field of climate responsive urbanism. It will also be a valuable resource for non-governmental organizations and social enterprises dealing with sustainability and climate change policies.
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    Seiten: XIII, 164 p. 37 illus., 30 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030733995
    Serie: The Urban Book Series,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Cities and towns History. ; Geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Urban History.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- The natural city -- Additional theoretical lenses to understand the city -- Historical notes on Tirana -- Tirana patterns at a glance -- Holistic approach to Tirana pattern analysis -- Methodology for holistic understanding of the urban patterns -- Conclusions.
    Kurzfassung: The ideas presented in this book are a conceptual leverage to correct the rigidity of top-down practices and bring the real city, or the city of everyday life, closer to the city of conventional planning. Considering self-organization as the starting point at the base of complex systems, this book tries to understand how specific qualities emerge and evolve from this behavior. For this, the book discusses new ways of looking at and understanding cities by applying holistic methods and approaches based on the conceptual grounds of quantum, fractal, and complexity theories. The book highlights the fact that the information on how to transform and build a city is contained within the city itself. In this regard, some methodological steps to unpack complexities and translate the essential qualities of space into potential generators for city design and planning are provided. The book urges courageous experimentation and proposes a methodology where the computational nature of urban phenomena goes along with historic anthropological ideas, thus emphasizing the characteristics of a specific reality in a model. They do not exclude each other; in fact, they are part of the unbroken web of wholeness. Importantly, the proposed methodology supports gradual and natural coevolution process in the city through combining planned and unplanned actions and the involving multiplicity of actors, impacting on Urban Planning and Design Practice.
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    Seiten: IX, 262 p. 135 illus., 103 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030827311
    Serie: The Urban Book Series,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Natural disasters. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Architecture History. ; Cultural property. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Integrated Geography. ; Natural Hazards. ; Environmental Studies. ; Architectural History and Theory. ; Cultural Heritage. ; Social and Cultural Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Part I: Heritage and collective memory for resilience and reconstruction -- Thinking about post-disaster reconstruction in Europe: Functionalist and identity approaches -- Old Souks of Aleppo: A narrative approach to post-conflict heritage reconstruction -- Photography for the city, between the need for protection, conservation and civic identity -- Cultural heritage as stones of memory: The recovery of archives in the area of the Marche crater -- Intangible heritage and resilience in managing disaster shelters: Case study in Japan -- Water gives, water takes away. Memory, agency and resilience in ENSO-vulnerable historic landscapes in Peru -- Intangible cultural economy, a mould for tangible urban built fabric – The case of Shahjahanabad, India -- The Tree: The concept of place after the earthquake, L’Aquila -- Part II: Historic and contemporary reconstructions of historic cities -- Marsica: One hundred years on -- Coventry: Shell or Phoenix, city of tomorrow or concrete jumble? From reconstruction to the Phoenix Initiative, UK -- Post-trauma recovery of monumental buildings in Italy and the United States at the beginning of twentieth century -- Historical town centres and post-seismic reconstructions: Between functional recovery and heritage value awareness -- Integrating green solutions into post-earthquake recovery of Bam, Iran -- Reconstruction of heritage and spirit: Mending the scars of Aleppo -- Beyond the damage, the reconstruction of L’Aguila -- The “Solidere” effect and the localisation of heritage reconstruction in post-war transitions, Libya -- Bell towers under (seismic) attack: Saving a symbol, once it became a menace -- Ancient city of the future: Notes on the reconstruction of Beirut -- Part III: Society, governance and collective resilience -- Bonding between urban fabric and capacity of collective resilience: The case of Talca historic centre, Chile -- Multi-perspective pre-disaster examination as post-disaster managerial thinking ahead for Hoi An in Vietnam -- Play Street: Experimenting tactical urbanism for urban resilience in Iran -- The preservation of rural landscapes for building resilience in small towns: Insights from north Italy -- Antigua Guatemala, from history of disasters to resilient future -- Emergency management for the built heritage post-earthquake: Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy, Italy -- Factors of educational poverty and resilience responses in L’Aquila’s young population -- Dropout, resilience and cultural heritage: A focus of the ACCESS Project in a highly fragile area -- How can teachers promote resilience in schools?- Part IV: Bringing the 21st century into reconstruction -- Cities in transformation: Smarter reconstruction in historic city centres -- Evaluating visitors’ experiences at St Augustine’s Abbey (Canterbury) -- Seismic Microzonation: A preventive measure for the conservation of the built heritage -- The representation of a resilient city: The case of Amatrice’s reconstruction -- Evacuation simulation considering tourists’ attempts to return home: A case of the Kiyomizu-dera Temple area, Japan -- Public administration versus social media in emergency situations -- Social media and disaster management in Iran: Lorestan floods as case study -- Environmental issues and energy potentials in post-earthquake reconstruction -- A multidisciplinary approach to retrofitting historic buildings: The case of the former San Salvatore Hospital, L’Aquila.
    Kurzfassung: This book examines reconstruction and resilience of historic cities and societies from multiple disciplinary and complementary perspectives and, by doing so, it helps researchers and practitioners alike, among them reconstruction managers, urban governance and professionals. The book builds on carefully selected and updated papers accepted for the 2019 Silk Cities international conference on ‘reconstruction, recovery and resilience of historic cities and societies’, the third Silk Cities conference held in L’Aquila, Italy, 10-12 July 2019, working with University of L’Aquila and UCL. This multi-scale, and multidisciplinary book offers cross-sectoral and complimentary voices from multiple stakeholders, including academia, urban governance, NGOs and local populations. It examines post-disaster reconstruction strategies and case studies from Europe, Asia and Latin America that provide a valuable collection for anyone who would like to get a global overview on the subject matter. It thereby enables a deeper understanding of challenges, opportunities and approaches in dealing with historic cities facing disasters at various geographical scales. Additionally, it brings together historical approaches to the reconstruction of historical cities and those of more recent times. Thus, it can be used as a reference book for global understanding of the subject matter.
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    Seiten: XVI, 666 p. 238 illus., 204 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030773564
    Serie: The Urban Book Series,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Biotic communities. ; Ecology . ; Conservation biology. ; Environmental management. ; Physical geography. ; Sustainability. ; Ecosystems. ; Ecology. ; Conservation Biology. ; Environmental Management. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Ecosystem Collapse and Climate Change: An Introduction -- PART I. Polar and Boreal Ecosystems -- Ecosystem Collapse on a Sub-Antarctic Island -- Permafrost Thaw in Northern Peatlands: Rapid Changes in Ecosystem and Landscape Functions -- Post-fire Recruitment Failure as a Driver of Forest to Non-forest Ecosystem Shifts in Boreal Regions -- A Paleo-perspective on Ecosystem Collapse in Boreal North America -- PART II. Temperate and Semi-arid Ecosystems -- The 2016 Tasmanian Wilderness Fires: Fire Regime Shifts and Climate Change in a Gondwanan Biogeographic Refugium -- Climate-Induced Global Forest Shifts due to Heatwave-Drought -- Extreme Events Trigger Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystem Collapses in the Southwestern USA and Southwestern Australia -- PART III. Tropical and Temperate Coastal Ecosystems -- Processes and Factors Driving Change in Mangrove Forests: An Evaluation Based on the Mass Dieback Event in Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria -- Recurrent Mass-Bleaching and the Potential for Ecosystem Collapse on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef -- Sliding Toward the Collapse of Mediterranean Coastal Marine Rocky Ecosystems -- Marine Heatwave Drives Collapse of Kelp Forests in Western Australia -- Impact of Marine Heatwaves on Seagrass Ecosystems.
    Kurzfassung: Human-driven greenhouse emissions are increasing the velocity of climate change and the frequency and intensity of climate extremes far above historical levels. These changes, along with other human-perturbations, are setting the conditions for more rapid and abrupt ecosystem dynamics and collapse. This book presents new evidence on the rapid emergence of ecosystem collapse in response to the progression of anthropogenic climate change dynamics that are expected to intensify as the climate continues to warm. Discussing implications for biodiversity conservation, the chapters provide examples of such dynamics globally covering polar and boreal ecosystems, temperate and semi-arid ecosystems, as well as tropical and temperate coastal ecosystems. Given its scope, the volume appeals to scientists in the fields of general ecology, terrestrial and coastal ecology, climate change impacts, and biodiversity conservation.
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    Seiten: VIII, 366 p. 93 illus., 86 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030713300
    Serie: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 241
    DDC: 577
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Geography. ; Environmental management. ; Landscape ecology. ; Architecture. ; Integrated Geography. ; Regional Geography. ; Environmental Management. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Architecture.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Investigation -- Chapter 3. Site Selection -- Chapter 4. Category -- Chapter 5. Planning -- Chapter 6. Design -- Chapter 7. Building -- Chapter 8. Transportation -- Chapter 9. Ecology -- Chapter 10. Disaster -- Chapter 11. Aesthetics -- Chapter 12. Governance.
    Kurzfassung: This book is about mountainurbanology grounded in Southwest China, where mountain is a typical landform for many towns and cities. From the multi-disciplinary perspective in a dynamic changing context, it presents a comprehensive framework including the location of mountain city, planning, design, building, transportation, disaster, aesthetics and governance in building up mountain cities based on investigation of natural, social and economic studies. The book also emphasizes ecological planning method based on topography in mountainous area through the lens of teaching and practice on urban planning for over half a century in Southwest China. It is a highly informative book providing academic insight for senior undergraduates, graduate students, lecturers, research professionals and decision makers with an interest in urban planning, ecology, planning and design in mountainous region development. Prof. Guangyu Huang is regarded as Founding Pioneer of mountainurbanology in China, a sub-discipline of urban planning.
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    Seiten: XXXIII, 269 p. 186 illus., 102 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811608193
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Environment. ; Environmental policy. ; Sociology. ; Physical geography. ; Environmental management. ; Geography. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Policy. ; Sociology. ; Physical Geography. ; Environmental Management.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: Transformation and the Anthropocene -- Chapter 2: Understanding Change and Governing Transformation -- Chapter 3: Domains of Change in Biodiversity Conservation -- Chapter 4: Novel Decisions and Conservative Frames -- Chapter 5: Cultural Landscapes and Novel Ecosystems -- Chapter 6. Climate Change, Conservation, and Expertise -- Chapter 7. Contested Concepts, Cultures of Knowledge and the Chimera of Change -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Reform, Reinvention, and Renewal.
    Kurzfassung: This book focuses on the present and future challenges of managing ecosystem transformation on a planet where human impacts are pervasive. In this new epoch, the Anthropocene, the already rapid rate of species loss is amplified by climate change and other stress factors, causing transformation of highly-valued landscapes. Many locations are already transforming into novel ecosystems, where new species, interactions, and ecological functions are creating landscapes unlike anything seen before. This has sparked contentious debate not just about science, but about decision-making, responsibility, fairness, and human capacity to intervene. Clement argues that the social and ecological reality of the Anthropocene requires modernised governance and policy to confront these new challenges and achieve ecological objectives. There is a real opportunity to enable society to cope with transformed ecosystems by changing governance, but this is notoriously difficult. Aimed at anyone involved in these conversations, be those researchers, practitioners, decision makers or students, this book brings together diffuse research exploring how to confront institutional change and ecological transformation in different contexts, and provides insight into how to translate governance concepts into productive pathways forward. Sarah Clement is an environmental governance researcher and lecturer in environmental planning and management in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK. She also worked as an environmental consultant, researcher, and environmental policy advisor for 10 years in the USA and Australia.
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    Seiten: XVII, 353 p. 6 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030603502
    Serie: Palgrave Studies in Environmental Policy and Regulation,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Sustainability. ; Architecture. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Integrated Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Cities, Countries, Regions. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Urban Sociology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I. Theory and Development of Green Village and Town Construction -- Theory and Innovation of Green Construction of Village and Town -- Evolution and Development of Green Construction of Village and Town -- Pattern and Mechanism of Green Construction of Village and Town -- Green Construction Community of Village and Town -- Part II. Plan and Construction Methods of Green Village and Town -- Plan Compilation of Green Construction of Village and Town -- Green Construction of Environmental Infrastructure of Village and Town -- Construction and Renovation of Green Building in Village and Town -- Part III. Evaluation of Plan and Construction of Green Village and Town -- Evaluation of Green Village and Town Plan -- Evaluation of Environmental Infrastructure Construction of Green Village and Town -- Evaluation of Green Building Construction of Village and Town -- Comprehensive Evaluation of Plan and Construction of Green Village and Town -- Appendix. .
    Kurzfassung: By means of multidisciplinary research on urban and rural planning, construction engineering, environmental engineering and engineering sociology, this book conducts pioneering research on the construction theory, construction methods, evaluation technology and application of demonstration projects in China’s green villages and towns. The book is divided into three parts and eleven chapters. Part I is about the theory and development of green village and town construction, including the theory and innovation, the evolution and development, the patterns and mechanisms, and the community of green village and town construction. Part II is about the planning and construction methods of green villages and towns, including the plan compilation, the environmental infrastructure construction, and the construction and renovation of green buildings in villages and towns. Part III is about the evaluation of the planning and construction of green villages and towns, including the evaluation of plans, the evaluation of environmental infrastructure construction, the evaluation of green building construction, and the comprehensive evaluation of the planning and construction of green villages and towns. Today, 564 million farmers live in 28,500 towns and 2.452 million villages in China. In 2018 alone, 820 million m2 of new houses were built in rural areas. This proves that China’s green village and town construction has great significance and can provide enlightenment to developing countries and even to the world. The book describes new theories, new perspectives and new methods of green village and town sustainable construction in China for overseas experts and readers. .
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    Seiten: XXII, 466 p. 109 illus., 69 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811620980
    DDC: 910
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    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Environmental geography. ; Epidemiology. ; Public health. ; Immunology. ; Virology. ; Geography. ; Integrated Geography. ; Epidemiology. ; Public Health. ; Immunology. ; Virology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Spatial Epidemiology: Challenges and Methods in COVID-19 Research -- Chapter 3. Disease Ecology -- Chapter 4. COVID-19 and the Political Ecology of Global Food and Health Systems -- Chapter 5. Setting a Death Trap: International Political Economy, COVID-19 Responses, and the Plight of Central American Migrants -- Chapter 6. Emergent Global Pandemic Risks, Complex Systems, and Population Health -- Chapter 7. Eight Centuries of Epidemic and Pandemic Control -- Chapter 8. Humanism and Social Constructionism -- Chapter 9. Mapping the Post-Structural Geographies of COVID-19 -- Chapter 10. Non-Representational Approaches to COVID-19 -- Chapter 11. How to Have Theory in a Pandemic: A Critical Reflection on the Discourses of COVID-19 -- Chapter 12. Health Service Capacities, Responses, and Practice -- Chapter 13. Informal Care: The Forgotten Frontlines of COVID-19 -- Chapter 14. Resilience, Risk, and Policymaking -- Chapter 15. Managing Internationally Mobile Bodies in a World on Hold: Migration, Tourism, and Biological Citizenship in the Context of COVID-19 -- Chapter 16. Mobility is Dead: Post-pandemic Planning as an Opportunity to Prioritize Sustainability and Accessibility -- Chapter 17. Media and Information in Times of Crisis: The Case of the COVID-19 Infodemic -- Chapter 18. The (Social Distanced) Circle of Family, Friends, and Allies: How COVID-19 is Re-shaping Social Capital and New Opportunities for Research -- Chapter 19. The Syndemic Pandemic: COVID-19 and Social Inequality -- Chapter 20. Maintaining Wellbeing During and After COVID-19 -- Chapter 21. Pandemic Geographies of Physical Activity -- Chapter 22. Surveillance, Control, and Containment (Biopolitics) -- Chapter 23. Contradictory and Compounding: The Social Implications of COVID-19 -- Chapter 24. Geographical Metaphors in Everyday Life -- Chapter 25. Vaccine Geopolitics During COVID-19: How Pandemics Thicken Borders, Exacerbate Violence, and Deepen Existing Fault Lines -- Chapter 26. Geographies of Digital Storytelling: Care and Harm in a Pandemic -- Chapter 27. Animal Geographies in a Pandemic -- Chapter 28. Environment and COVID-19: Unpacking the Links -- Chapter 29. Home in the Context of COVID-19 -- Chapter 30. Death, Devastation, and Failure in Long-term care: The Need for a Geographical Re-engagement with the Sector -- Chapter 31. Re-figuring Public Spaces? -- Chapter 32. Consumer Spaces -- Chapter 33. The Place, Labour, and Networks of Transportation during COVID-19 -- Chapter 34. COVID-19: Pandemic on an Urban Planet -- Chapter 35. Geographies of the Rural and the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Chapter 36. Global Spaces: COVID-19 and the Reconfiguring of Global Health -- Chapter 37. Why Green and Blue Spaces Matter More than Ever -- Chapter 38. COVID-19 in the Developing World: Curse or Blessing? -- Chapter 39. Art Spaces -- Chapter 40. Practicing Self-determination to Protect Indigenous Health in COVID-19: Lessons for this Pandemic and Similar Futures -- Chapter 41. #thenewnormal and the Pathological: Rethinking Human-Virus Relations during the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Chapter 42. Older People -- Chapter 43. Children and Families -- Chapter 44. Race, Ethnicity, and COVID-19: The Persistence of Black-White Disparities in the United States -- Chapter 45. Understanding the Importance of Gender for COVID-19 -- Chapter 46. People with Disabilities -- Chapter 47. Participatory Research by/for the Precariously Housed in a time of COVID-19 -- Chapter 48. Mental-ill Health and Anxious Pandemic Geographies -- Chapter 49. COVID-19 and Health Professionals: Recommitting to a Global Health Agenda -- Chapter 50. Labor Geography, Racial Capitalism, and the Pandemic Portal -- Chapter 51. Geographies of (Domestic) Alcohol Consumption -- Chapter 52. Public Geographies in a Post-COVID-19 World -- Chapter 53. Textures of an Epidemic: On the Necessity of Qualitative Methods in Making Better Pandemic Futures -- Chapter 54. Counting COVID: quantitative geographical approaches to COVID-19 -- Chapter 55.GIS and Spatial Representations: Challenges and Missteps -- Chapter 56. New Forms of Data, New Forms of Opportunities to Monitor and Tackle a Pandemic -- Chapter 57. Knowledge Translation and COVID-19 -- Chapter 58. Examining Geographical Visualizations of COVID-19.
    Kurzfassung: This volume provides a critical response to the COVID-19 pandemic showcasing the full range of issues and perspectives that the discipline of geography can expose and bring to the table, not only to this specific event, but to others like it that might occur in future. Comprised of almost 60 short (2500 word) easy to read chapters, the collection provides numerous theoretical, empirical and methodological entry points to understanding the ways in which space, place and other geographical phenomenon are implicated in the crisis. Although falling under a health geography book series, the book explores the centrality and importance of a full range of biological, material, social, cultural, economic, urban, rural and other geographies. Hence the book bridges fields of study and sub-disciplines that are often regarded as separate worlds, demonstrating the potential for future collaboration and cross-disciplinary inquiry. Indeed book articulates a diverse but ultimately fulsome and multiscalar geographical approach to the major health challenge of our time, bringing different types of scholarship together with common purpose. The intended audience ranges from senior undergraduate students and graduate students to professional academics in geography and a host of related disciplines. These scholars might be interested in COVID-19 specifically or in the book’s broad disciplinary approach to infectious disease more generally. The book will also be helpful to policy-makers at various levels in formulating responses, and to general readers interested in learning about the COVID-19 crisis.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030701796
    Serie: Global Perspectives on Health Geography,
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Geology. ; Biogeography. ; Medical sciences. ; Energy harvesting. ; Radiation dosimetry. ; Integrated Geography. ; Geology. ; Biogeosciences. ; Health Sciences. ; Energy Harvesting. ; Radiation Dosimetry and Protection .
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. 1A. Geoscience methods in medical geology -- 1A2. Evaluating geoavailability -- 1A3. Isotope techniques used in biomedical studies -- 1B. Biomedical methods in medical geology -- 1B1. Exposure assessment -- 1B2. Bioaccessibility and bioavailability -- 1B3. Toxicology: basic toxicology methods and principles -- 1B4-Medical diagnosis -- 1C.Data sources in medical geology -- 1C1. Geoscience databases describing occurrence of key pollutants -- 1C2. Spatial analysis and GIS methods -- 1C3. Health databases -- 2. 2A. Medical geology of geologic materials -- 2A1. Medical geology of water -- 2A2. Medical geology of soil -- 2A3. Medical geology of dust -- 2A4. Medical geology of ore mining -- 2A5. Health impacts of asbestos -- 2A6. Volcanic emissions -- 2B. Medical geology of energy use -- 2B1. Coal -- 2B2. Fracking and other unconventional oil and gas -- 2B3. Radioactivity -- 2C. Impacts -- 2C1. Impacts of geology on animal health -- 2C2. Occupational issues -- 2C3. Essential element deficiencies -- 2C4. Environmental justice -- 2C5. Benefits -- 2C6. Urban medical geology/legacy of natural disasters -- 2C7. Medical geology of indigenous people -- 2C8. Climate change and medical geology -- 3. Case Studies [TBD] .
    Kurzfassung: This edited volume provides a framework for integrating methods and information drawn from geological and medical sciences and provides case studies in medical geology to illustrate the usefulness of this framework for crafting environmental and public health policies related to natural materials. The relevance of medical geology research to policy decisions is a topic rarely discussed, and this volume attempts to be a unique source for researchers and policy makers in the field of medical geology in addressing this gap in practical medical geology applications. The book's four sections establish this framework in detail using risk assessment, case studies, data analyses and specific medical geology techniques. Following an introduction to medical geology in the context of risk assessment and risk management, the second section discusses specific methods used in medical geology in the categories of geoscience, biomedicine, and data sources. The third section discusses the medical geology of natural materials, energy use, and environmental and workplace impacts. This section includes specific case studies in medical geology, and describes how the methods and data from the previous section are used in a medical geology analysis. The fourth section includes a guide to the medical geology literature and provides some examples of medical geology programs in Asia and Africa.
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    Seiten: XIII, 932 p. 195 illus., 164 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030538934
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Ethnology. ; Culture. ; Economic geography. ; Geography. ; Physical geography. ; Integrated Geography. ; Water. ; Regional Cultural Studies. ; Economic Geography. ; Regional Geography. ; Physical Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- The Ganga Basin -- Geography of the Ganga Basin -- The Ganga and its Tributaries -- The Ganga between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi -- The Major Cultural Towns -- Major Fairs and Festivals -- Economic Significance of the Ganga -- Environmental Issues in the Ganga Basin -- Conclusions.
    Kurzfassung: ‘The Ganges: Cultural, Economic, and Environmental Importance’ is a geographical, cultural, economic, and environmental interpretation of the Ganga River. The Ganga River originates from Gaumukh- situated in the high Himalaya, flows through the world’s biggest fertile alluvial plain, and inlets into the Bay of Bengal at Ganga Sagar. It makes a unique natural and cultural landscape and is believed to be the holiest river of India. The Hindus called it ‘Mother Ganga’ and worship it. The towns/cities, situated on its bank, are world-famous and are known as the highland and valley pilgrimages. The water of the Ganga is pious, and the Hindus use it on different occasions while performing the rituals and customs. This book is unique because no previous study which presents a complete and comprehensive geographical description of the Ganga has been composed. This book presents the historical and cultural significance of the Ganga and its tributaries. Empirical, archival, and observation methods were applied to conduct this study. There are a total of 10 chapters in this book such as ‘Introduction’, ‘the Ganga Basin’, ‘Geography of the Ganga Basin’, ‘the Ganges System: Ganga and its Tributaries’, ‘Ganga between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi’, ‘the Major Cultural Towns’, ‘Major Fairs and Festivals’, ‘Economic Significance of the Ganga’, ‘Environmental Issues’, and ‘Conclusions’. The contents of the book are enriched by 89 figures, 15 tables, and substantial citations and references. .
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    Seiten: XXV, 164 p. 91 illus., 90 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030791179
    Serie: Springer Geography,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Geographic information systems. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Human geography. ; Integrated Geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Human Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Part I. The Ontological Background -- Ontologies in Computer Science: a brief overview -- From the Ontological Turn to the Ontology of Geography -- Common Sense Conceptualizations and Systems of Objects -- Part II. Geographical Entities, Boundaries and Spatial Representation -- Experiments and Results -- From a Speculative Perspective: Geographic Entities and Boundaries -- On Drawing (Different) Lines on a Map -- On the Ontological Status of Geographical Boundaries -- Spatial Representation and Ontological Tools -- Part III. From a Geographical Perspective: Spatial Turn, Taxonomies and Geo-Ontologies -- From the Spatial Turn to the Diffusion of Geo-ontologies -- The Problems of Existing Taxonomies -- A Geo-ontological Tri-Partition -- PART IV. Geo-ontologies, Digital Humanities and Ancient World -- Towards a Geo-ontology for the Ancient World -- Geography in Greek and Roman Culture -- Conclusion.
    Kurzfassung: Placed at the intersection among philosophy, geography, and computer science, the domain of investigation of applied ontology of geography ranges from making explicit assumptions and commitments of geography as a discipline, to the theoretical and technical needs of geographical/IT tools, such as GIS and geo-ontologies. Such a domain of investigation represents the central topic of discussion of this book, which intends: 1) to provide an overview of the mutual interactions among the disciplines encompassed in the domain; 2) to discuss notions such as spatial representation, boundaries, and geographical entities that constitute the main focus of the (philosophical) ontology of geography; 3) to propose a geographical classification of geo-ontologies in response to their increasing diffusion within the contemporary debate, as well as to show what ontological categories best systematize their contents. The second edition of the book differs from the first one as it offers a broader analysis of the (philosophical) ontology of geography: an analysis that is no more limited to the theoretical need of geo-ontologies.
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    Ausgabe: 2nd ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030781453
    Serie: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Biotic communities. ; Biodiversity. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Climatology. ; Physical geography. ; Botanical chemistry. ; Ecosystems. ; Biodiversity. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Climate Sciences. ; Physical Geography. ; Plant Biochemistry.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- The marine physical environment during the Polar Night -- Light in the Polar Night -- Marine micro- and macroalgae in the Polar Night -- Zooplankton in the Polar Night -- Benthic communities in the Polar Night -- Fish ecology in the Polar Night -- Biological clocks and rhythms in polar organisms -- Sensor carrying platforms -- Operative habitat mapping and monitoring in the Polar Night -- The Polar Night exhibition: Life and light at the dead of night -- Index.
    Kurzfassung: Until recently, the prevailing view of marine life at high latitudes has been that organisms enter a general resting state during the dark Polar Night and that the system only awakens with the return of the sun. Recent research, however, with coordinated, multidisciplinary field campaigns based on the high Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard, have provided a radical new perspective. Instead of a system in dormancy, a new perspective of a system in full operation and with high levels of activity across all major phyla is emerging. Examples of such activities and processes include: Active marine organisms at sea surface, water column and the sea-floor. At surface we find active foraging in seabirds and fish, in the water column we find a high biodiversity and activity of zooplankton and larvae such as active light induced synchronized diurnal vertical migration, and at seafloor there is a high biodiversity in benthic animals and macroalgae. The Polar Night is a period for reproduction in many benthic and pelagic taxa, mass occurrence of ghost shrimps (Caprellides), high abundance of Ctenophores, physiological evidence of micro- and macroalgal cells that are ready to utilize the first rays of light when they appear, deep water fishes found at water surface in the Polar night, and continuous growth of bivalves throughout the winter. These findings not only begin to shape a new paradigm for marine winter ecology in the high Arctic, but also provide conclusive evidence for a top-down controlled system in which primary production levels are close to zero. In an era of environmental change that is accelerated at high latitudes, we believe that this new insight is likely to strongly impact how the scientific community views the high latitude marine ecosystem. Despite the overwhelming darkness, the main environmental variable affecting marine organisms in the Polar Night is in fact light. The light regime during the Polar Night is unique with respect to light intensity, spectral composition of light and photoperiod. .
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    Seiten: XI, 375 p. 133 illus., 116 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030332082
    Serie: Advances in Polar Ecology, 4
    DDC: 577
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Medicine, Preventive. ; Health promotion. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Medical policy. ; Diseases. ; Integrated Geography. ; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. ; Human Migration. ; Health Policy. ; Diseases.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter2: Migration, Social Capital, and Health -- Chapter3: Disease Patterns: Communicable and Non-communicable -- Chapter4: Environmental Risks to Health -- Chapter5: Health Literacy of Migrants: Environmental Risks to Health -- Chapter6: Health Literacy of Migrants: Infectious and Non-Communicable Diseases -- Chapter7: Social Capital and Acculturation -- Chapter8: Social Capital and Health. .
    Kurzfassung: This book brings readers the first scientific publication, using a mixed-method approach, on the internal migration dynamics regarding disease ecologies of informality and the interactions between social capital, lifestyles, health literacy, and health outcomes in the context of informal settlements in two developing countries - Ghana and Uganda. Through the prism of the concepts of place and scale, the book demonstrates the myriad of ways by which place or context directly and indirectly influence migrant's health knowledge, literacy, and outcomes in poor urban slums. Readers will learn about the multi-faceted linkages between social capital, acculturation, and health in places of deprivation via quantitative methods (e.g. surveys) and qualitative methods such as focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, concept mapping, and body health mapping. Chapters 1-2 provide an overview of internal migration into urban slums of Ghana and Uganda, and discuss the intersections between migration, social capital, and health in a global context. Chapters 3-7 address disease patterns, environmental risks to health, health literacy of migrants, social capital and acculturation, and social capital and health. The book will be of interest to professors and students, as well as policy makers in low to middle income countries for planning targeted interventions. .
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    Seiten: XVI, 153 p. 42 illus., 38 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030246938
    Serie: Global Perspectives on Health Geography,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Medical informatics. ; Geographic information systems. ; Medical economics. ; Medical care. ; Integrated Geography. ; Health Informatics. ; Geographical Information System. ; Health Economics. ; Health Care.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 -- Introduction. Chapter 2 -- The shape of Japan: methods and data. Chapter 3 -- Death across life courses. Chapter 4 -- Cancer deaths. Chapter 5 -- Deaths from cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases. Chapter 6 -- Other major causes of death. Chapter 7 -- Synthesis.
    Kurzfassung: This new health atlas of Japan presents a series of maps about the health of the contemporary Japanese population, i.e. detailed maps of health indicators in small areas using cartograms. This is the first comprehensive small-area based health atlas about contemporary Japan using vital statistics from 1995-2014. Each map is supplemented with concise explanations written by leading epidemiologists and health geographers in Japan. The book employs various cutting-edge methods in spatial epidemiology, Bayesian spatial smoothing for the reliable mapping of mortality indices, advanced cartographic transformations using the concept of aerial cartograms, and summary statistics of socioeconomic health inequalities. The atlas highlights geographical aspects of social gradients in health by comparing mortality maps with distribution of deprivation index during the recent long-lasting economic stagnation period of Japan known as the lost decades. This health atlas will be a useful resource for international comparisons between Japan and other advanced countries in terms of health and related socioeconomic disparities between regions. It will be of interest to public health practitioners, administrators, researchers and students working on health geography and public health.
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    Seiten: XXIX, 343 p. 336 illus., 335 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030227074
    Serie: Global Perspectives on Health Geography,
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    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Climatology. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Economic development. ; Geography. ; Integrated Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Urban Sociology. ; Development Studies. ; Regional Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Systems Approach for Climate Change Impacts on Urban Health: Conceptual Framework, Modeling and Practice -- “SITE” (Societal-Institutional-Technical-Economic) Valuation framework : A case of drinking water facilities and services in slum areas of Hyderabad region -- Inequalities in access to water and sanitation: a case of slums in major states of India -- Chennai floods 2005, 2015: vulnerability, risk and climate change -- An environmental study of solid waste management system in of Chandrapur city, Maharashtra, India -- Linkages between Purdah Practice, Women Autonomy and Their Health Beliefs in India -- Development of urban heat island and its relation to heat waves -- Growing urbanization, health infrastructure and vector-borne diseases: A study in Khammam municipal corporation, Telangana state -- Maternal Reproductive Health: A Comparison between India and Empowered Action Group States -- Research Frontiers in Water, Environment and Human Health -- Impacts of resource consumption and waste generation on environment and its impact on human health: A study based on ecological footprint analysis -- The Impact Of Climate Change On Human Eyes -- Health and Well-being of Ageing Population in India: A Case Study of Kolkata -- Noise pollution and its consequences on urban health in Sylhet city -- Health Scenario in Delhi – Status and Recent Trends of Vector Borne and Water Borne Diseases in NCT of Delhi -- Quality of living, health and wellbeing of slum dwelling women domestic workers in Kolkata -- Urban Growth and Environment and Health Hazards in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal -- Impact of Urbanisation on Megacities’ Lakes Using Remote Sensing Technique – A Case Study of Water Quality Analysis in Ambattur Lake, Chennai, India -- Impacts of urbanization of ground water pollution – an emerging issue and some suggestions -- Evaluation of mass rapid transit system : A case study of Delhi -- The first survey of flood disaster Preparedness in Hanoi, Vietnam -- Tradition meets innovation: Herbal medicine as a sustainable source of anticancer agents -- Urban Health Infrastructure in Small Cities: Is it Availability or Accessibility? -- An approach to social sustainability in Chennai – understanding the dynamics of public places -- Water scarcity in Delhi: Mapping for solutions and the way forward. .
    Kurzfassung: This book focuses on understanding urban vulnerability and risk mitigation, advancing good health and wellbeing, and analysing resilience measures for various Asian cities. Today, cities are the dominant human habitat, where a large number of environmental, social, cultural and economic factors have impacts on human health and wellbeing. Cities consist of complex, dynamic, socio-ecological, and technological systems that serve multiple functions in human health and wellbeing. Currently half of Asia’s population is urban, and that figure is expected to rise to 66 percent by 2050. Since urban areas are often most vulnerable to hazards, the people living in them need good health infrastructure facilities and technological support at various scales. As such, the need of the hour is to enhance the adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience, reduce vulnerability, and take risk mitigation measures in urban areas, which requires a systematic approach based on science–policy interface that is transformative, trans-disciplinary and integrative for a sustainable urban future. Global sustainable development goals are closely tied to urban human health and wellbeing: (1) the third of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals is to “Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages” and (2) the eleventh is to “Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. By addressing these goals, this book offers a highly useful resource for anyone concerned with healthy and resilient cities in Asia, today and tomorrow.
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    Seiten: IX, 459 p. 124 illus., 103 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811512056
    Serie: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Buildings Design and construction. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Landscape architecture. ; Geomorphology. ; Geography. ; Building Construction and Design. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Urban Sociology. ; Landscape Architecture. ; Geomorphology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 - Methodological introduction, research structure & state of the art -- Chapter 2 - Suburban shopping mall as Urban Fabric -- Chapter 3 - Suburban commercial fabric formative process -- Chapter 4 - Retail spaces Crisis and Future transformative process -- Chapter 5 – Conclusions -- Bibliography.
    Kurzfassung: This book derives from observations of the contemporary built environment and its contradictions. The suburban retail spaces, specifically the suburban shopping mall, and the changes caused by them within urban organisms are the object of the investigation synthesized in the volume. The topic is very crucial for the development of the contemporary city. It constitutes at the same time a problem (large commercial structures' spread is 'destroying' traditional commercial urban fabrics) and an opportunity (shopping malls are the most vital parts of the new suburbs and can play the role of community nucleus in urban and suburban areas). Furthermore, the spread of e-commerce forces these structures to functional and spatial transformations that brings also a new relationship with the city. The analytical reading, supplemented by generative and design projections, is carried out by using the conceptual and methodological tools of urban morphology, specifically those of the typological processual approach. From this specific point of view, the suburban shopping mall is read as an organism (a complex system characterized by mutual solidarity and interdependence among component elements) in itself, and as a sub-organisms belonging to the largest territorial organism. The book is intended to offer, to operators, scholars, researchers, professionals and students, a reading and design method, to interpret an important aspect of the contemporary built environment by analyzing the suburban commercial space case. It offers at the same time a model applicable to other specific not-commercial cases, to defining paths for further research and design developments.
    Materialart: Online-Ressource
    Seiten: XI, 96 p. 30 illus., 12 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030549916
    Serie: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
    Standort Signatur Erwartet Verfügbarkeit
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Climatology. ; Environmental health. ; Human geography. ; Environmental management. ; Integrated Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Health. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Management.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: I. Introductory -- 1. Introduction: Extreme Weather and Human Health: Global Perspective -- 2. Dust Storms and Human Health -- 3. The Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Development in Canadian Arctic and Sub-Arctic Communities in the 21st Century: A Systematic Review -- 4. Wildland Fire, Extreme Weather, and Society: Implications of a History of Fire Suppression in California, USA -- 5. Extreme Weather Events, Health and Development.
    Kurzfassung: This edited book assesses the impacts of various extreme weather events on human health and development from a global perspective, and includes several case studies in various geographical regions around the globe. Covering all continents, it describes the impact of extreme weather conditions such as flash floods, heatwaves, cold waves, droughts, forest fires, strong winds and storms in both developing and developed countries. The contributing authors also investigate the spread of diseases and the risk to food security caused by drought and flooding. Further, the book discusses the economic damage resulting from natural disasters including hurricanes. It has been estimated that in 2017 natural disasters and climate change resulted in economic losses of 309 billion US dollars. Scientists also predict that if nothing is done to curb the effects of climate change, in Europe the death toll due to weather disasters could rise 50-fold by the end of the 21st century, with extreme heat alone causing more than 150,000 deaths a year, as the report on global warming of 1.5°C warns that China, Russia and Canada’s current climate policies would steer the world above a catastrophic 5°C of warming by the end of 2100. As such, the book highlights how the wellbeing of different populations is threatened by extreme events now and in the foreseeable future.
    Materialart: Online-Ressource
    Seiten: XVIII, 382 p. 83 illus., 70 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030237738
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
    Standort Signatur Erwartet Verfügbarkeit
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    Schlagwort(e): Biotic communities. ; Biogeography. ; Physical geography. ; Environmental policy. ; Landscape ecology. ; Biodiversity. ; Ecosystems. ; Biogeosciences. ; Physical Geography. ; Environmental Policy. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Biodiversity.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: Ecosystem Services Basics -- Chapter 1. Overview of the ecosystem services concept -- Part II: Ecosystem Services of Slovakia -- Chapter 2. Methodology of national ES assessment -- Chapter 3. Provisioning ecosystems services -- Chapter 4. Regulatory ecosystem services and supporting ecosystem functions -- Chapter 5. Cultural ecosystems services -- Part III: Synthesis -- Chapter 6. Synthesis of ecosystem services assessment in Slovakia.
    Kurzfassung: This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of ecosystem services (ES) for the territory of the Slovak Republic. Although the ES approach is widely used for the evaluation of the benefits of natural capital and biodiversity for people, this book has a unique character. It provides an assessment of 18 individual ES, which are divided into three main groups - provisioning, regulatory/supporting and cultural ES. For each of ES, a brief theoretical and methodological overview is given, followed by spatial assessment based on own original methodology and dataset of 40 map layers. Besides, an evaluation of main ES groups and overall ES assessment is realized. This book emphasizes the key role of nature protection areas, large areas of forest ecosystems and mountain and sub-mountain areas, for the preservation of the various functions of the healthy landscape and ecosystems. The complexity of the book guarantees its usefulness - not only as the knowledge base for the territory of Slovakia but also as the methodological tool for worldwide researchers.
    Materialart: Online-Ressource
    Seiten: XXVI, 244 p. 114 illus., 110 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030465087
    DDC: 577
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Biotic communities. ; Oceanography. ; Physical geography. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environment. ; Ecosystems. ; Ocean Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Water. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: Introductory Communications -- Chapter 1. Our Future and The Oceans -- Chapter 2. General guidelines for future exchanges in marine science and technology between the two Sociétés franco-japonaises d’Océanographie -- Part II: Identification and Analysis of Environmental Stressors -- Chapter 3. The Japan Sea: a changing Pacific Asian marginal sea -- Chapter 4. Statistical analysis of surface circulation in Sagami Bay using High Frequency(HF)Radar -- Chapter 5. Statistical analysis of high frequency pCO2 data acquired with the Astan buoy (Southern Western English Channel, off Roscoff) -- Chapter 6. Spatial variation in pCO2 based on 16 years of in-situ measurements in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan -- Chapter 7. The Bay of Seine: a resilient socio-eco-system under cumulative pressures -- Chapter 8. Effect of bacterial infection on the expression of stress proteins and antioxidative enzymes in Japanese flounder -- Part III: Impacts on Socio-Eco-Systems and Biological Resources -- Chapter 9. A Review of the Effects of Global Warming and Currents Trends on Fisheries and its Impact on Important Commercial Species in Japan -- Chapter 10. Physiology of winter coral bleaching in temperate zone -- Chapter 11. Preliminary report of impacts of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent events on macrobenthic community in a shallow brackish lagoon in Sendai Bay, Japan -- Chapter 12. Post-tsunami oyster feeding environment in Nagatsuraura Bay for three years -- Chapter 13. Seagrass-oyster farmers interaction detected by eelgrass DNA analysis in Hinase area of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan -- Chapter 14. Fisheries Biology of Blue Sharks in Sagami Bay, Japan -- Part IV: Vulnerability of Coastal Ecosystems and Risk Assessment -- Chapter 15. Temperature and salinity changes in coastal waters of Western Europe: variability, trends and extreme events -- Chapter 16. Risk Based Consenting of Offshore Renewable Energy Projects (RICORE) -- Chapter 17. Does global warming favour the occurrence of recent blue mussel mortality events in France? -- Chapter 18. Integrated ecosystem management for exploited coastal ecosystem dynamics under oligotrophication and climate changes -- Chapter 19. Forty years of decline and 10 years of management plan: are European eels (Anguilla anguilla) recovering? -- Chapter 20. The management of Mediterranean coastal habitats: a plea for a socio-ecosystem-based approach.
    Kurzfassung: Coastal and estuarine environments at the interface of terrestrial and marine areas are among the most productive in the world. However, since the beginning of the industrial era, these ecosystems have been subjected to strong anthropogenic pressures intensified from the second half of the 20th century, when there was a marked acceleration in the warming (climate change) of the continents, particularly at high latitudes. Coastal ecosystems are highly vulnerable to alteration of their physical, chemical and biological characteristics (marine intrusion, acidification of marine environments, changes in ecosystems, evolution and artificialization of the coastline, etc.). In contact with heavily populated areas, these environments are often the receptacle of a lot of chemical and biological pollution sources that significantly diminish their resilience. In this context of accelerated evolution and degradation of these areas important for food security of many populations around the world, it is necessary to better identify the factors of pressure and understand, at different scales of observation, their effects and impacts on the biodiversity and on the socio-eco-systems, in order to determine the degree of vulnerability of these coastal ecosystems and the risks they face. A transdisciplinary and integrated approach is required to prevent risks. Within this framework, operational coastal oceanography occupies an important place but also the implementation of a true socio-eco-system approach in order to set up an environmentally friendly development.
    Materialart: Online-Ressource
    Seiten: XXIX, 517 p. 248 illus., 194 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030434847
    DDC: 577
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Biotic communities. ; Agriculture. ; Physical geography. ; Earth sciences. ; Ecosystems. ; Agriculture. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Earth Sciences.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Executive Summary -- Overview and Purposes -- Key Message -- Chapter 1. State Of Forest And Rangeland Soils Research In The United States (Dan Binkley, Daniel D. Richter, Richard V. Pouyat, and Linda Geiser) -- Chapter 2. Soil Carbon (Erin Berryman, Jeff Hatten, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Kate Heckman, David D’Amore, Jennifer Puttere, Michael SanClements, Stephanie Connolly, Charles H. (Hobie) Perry, and Grant Domke) -- Chapter 3. Soils And Water (Mary Beth Adams, Vince Archer, Scott Bailey, Kevin McGuire, Chelcy Miniat, Dan Neary, Toby O’Geen, Pete Robichaud, and Mike Strobel) -- Chapter 4. Biogeochemical Cycling In Forest And Rangeland Soils Of The United States (Lindsey E. Rustad, Jennifer Knoepp, Daniel D. Richter, and Andrew Scott) -- Chapter 5. Forest And Rangeland Soil Biodiversity (Stephanie A. Yarwood, Elizabeth Bach, Matt Busse, Jane E. Smith, Mac A. Callaham, Jr., Chih-Han Chang, Taniya Roy Chowdhury, and Steven D. Warren) -- Chapter 6. Wetland And Hydric Soils (Carl Trettin, Randall Kolka, Anne Marsh, Sheel Bansal, Eric Lilleskov, Patrick Megonigal, Marla Stelk, Graeme Lockaby, David D’Amore, Richard MacKenzie, Brian Tangen, Rodney Chimner, and James Gries) -- Chapter 7. Urban Soils (Richard Pouyat, Susan Day, Sally Brown, Kirsten Schwarz, Richard Shaw, Katalin Szlavecz, Tara Trammell, and Ian Yesilonis) -- Chapter 8. Soil Management And Restoration (Mary Williams, Cara Farr, Deborah Page-Dumroese, Stephanie Connolly, and Eunice Padley) -- Chapter 9. Soil Mapping, Monitoring, And Assessment (Mark J. Kimsey, Larry E. Laing, Sarah Anderson, Jeff Bruggink, Steve Campbell, David Diamond, Grant Domke, James Gries, Scott Holub, Greg Nowacki, Deborah Page-Dumroese, Charles H. (Hobie) Perry, Lindsey Rustad, Kyle Stephens, and Robert Vaughan) -- Chapter 10. Challenges And Opportunities (Linda Geiser, Toral Patel-Weynand, Anne Marsh, Korena Mafune, and Daniel Vogt) -- Appendix A: Regional Summaries -- Appendix B: Soils Networks And Resources -- Appendix C: Summary Of Research Questions.
    Kurzfassung: This open access book synthesizes leading-edge science and management information about forest and rangeland soils of the United States. It offers ways to better understand changing conditions and their impacts on soils, and explores directions that positively affect the future of forest and rangeland soil health. This book outlines soil processes and identifies the research needed to manage forest and rangeland soils in the United States. Chapters give an overview of the state of forest and rangeland soils research in the Nation, including multi-decadal programs (chapter 1), then summarizes various human-caused and natural impacts and their effects on soil carbon, hydrology, biogeochemistry, and biological diversity (chapters 2–5). Other chapters look at the effects of changing conditions on forest soils in wetland and urban settings (chapters 6–7). Impacts include: climate change, severe wildfires, invasive species, pests and diseases, pollution, and land use change. Chapter 8 considers approaches to maintaining or regaining forest and rangeland soil health in the face of these varied impacts. Mapping, monitoring, and data sharing are discussed in chapter 9 as ways to leverage scientific and human resources to address soil health at scales from the landscape to the individual parcel (monitoring networks, data sharing Web sites, and educational soils-centered programs are tabulated in appendix B). Chapter 10 highlights opportunities for deepening our understanding of soils and for sustaining long-term ecosystem health and appendix C summarizes research needs. Nine regional summaries (appendix A) offer a more detailed look at forest and rangeland soils in the United States and its Affiliates.
    Materialart: Online-Ressource
    Seiten: XXVI, 289 p. 86 illus., 71 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030452162
    DDC: 577
    Sprache: Englisch
    Standort Signatur Erwartet Verfügbarkeit
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Diseases. ; Medical informatics. ; Geographic information systems. ; Integrated Geography. ; Diseases. ; Health Informatics. ; Geographical Information System.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 -- Introduction of Kala -- azar. Chapter 2 -- Role of Geoinformatics of Kala -- azar Disease Assessment. Chapter 3 -- Micro -- geographical factors of Kala -- azar. Chapter 4 -- Open Source GIS and Kala -- azar Transmission. Chapter 5 -- Vector Ecology of Kala -- azar Transmission. Chapter 6 -- Disease Ecology and Transmission. Chapter 7 -- Appraisal of existing measure and future control strategy for Kala-azar.
    Kurzfassung: This book addresses the current challenges in controlling Kala-azar disease (Visceral leishmaniasis) in India and other VL-endemic areas, and aims to develop and apply a geo-environmental risk model based on primary and secondary data with the aid of remote sensing and GIS technologies to assess and mitigate Kala-azar transmission. Through case studies carried out in India, the book provides insight into the relationship between geo-environmental variables and encroachments of Kala-azar, and identifies potential pathways for VL introduction to develop mitigation strategies using GIS and remote sensing technologies. The book critically assesses existing VL mitigation measures that do not adequately account for geo-environmental conditions, and analyzes the environmental factors that aid Kala-azar transmission using remote sensing, spatial statistics and data mining techniques. The book will be of interest to epidemiologists, researchers and practitioners using geospatial data practices to study disease transmission and associated monitoring technologies. .
    Materialart: Online-Ressource
    Seiten: XVI, 142 p. 54 illus., 41 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030412272
    Serie: SpringerBriefs in Medical Earth Sciences,
    DDC: 910
    Sprache: Englisch
    Standort Signatur Erwartet Verfügbarkeit
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