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Note: Three stories of our time -- Trusting the spiral -- Coming from gratitude -- Honoring our pain for the world -- A wider sense of self -- A different kind of power -- A richer experience of community -- A larger view of time -- Catching an inspiring vision -- Daring to believe it is possible -- Building support around you -- Maintaining energy and enthusiasm -- Strengthened by uncertainty.

Note: Meditation: why bother? -- What meditation isn't -- What meditationis -- Attitude -- The practice -- What to do with your body -- What to do with your mind -- Structuring your meditation -- Set-up exercises -- Dealing with problems -- Dealing with distractions 1 -- Dealing with distractions II -- Mindfulness (Sati) -- Mindfulness versus concentration -- Meditation in everyday life -- What's in it for you.

Note: 1. Introduction; 2. Observations and data reduction; 3. Tidal forces; 4. Tidal analysis and prediction; 5. Tidal dynamics; 6. Shallow water and coastal tides; 7. Storm surges, meteotsunamis and other meteorological effects on sea level; 8. Tsunamis; 9. Sea-level changes in space; 10. Mean sea-level changes in time; 11. Sea-level changes in time to do with the solid Earth; 12. Sea-level applications; 13. Sea level and life; Appendix A. The basic hydrostatic and hydrodynamic equations; Appendix B. Currents; Appendix C. High and low water times and heights; Appendix D. Theoretical tidal dynamics; Appendix E. Legal definitions in the coastal zone; Glossary; References; Index..

Note: Machine generated contents note: 1. The role of experts in international and European decision-making processes: setting the scene Monika Ambrus, Karin Arts, Ellen Hey and Helena Raulus; Part I. Theorizing Expert Involvement in International and European Decision-Making: 2. Ideas, experts and governance Peter M. Haas; 3. The politics of expertise: applying paradoxes of scientific expertise to international law Wouter G. Werner; 4. Reflections on the different roles of expertise in regulatory policy-making Lorna Schrefler; 5. The virtues of expertise Jan Klabbers; Part II. Expert Involvement in International Decision-Making in the Environmental Sphere: 6. The role of scientific expertise in multilateral environmental agreements: influence and effectiveness Steinar Andresen; 7. Changing demands at the science-policy interface: organisational learning in the IPCC Bernd Siebenhüner; 8. Global scientific assessments and environmental resource governance: towards a science-policy interface ladder Joyeeta Gupta; Part III. Experts in the WTO and Risk Regulation: 9. The structural logic of expert participation in WTO decision-making processes Jessica Lawrence; 10. Health risks, experts and decision making within the SPS Agreement and the Codex Alimentarius Alexia Herwig; 11. The role of experts in environmental and health-related trade disputes in the WTO: deconstructing decision-making processes Lukasz Gruszczynski; Part IV. Experts in Human Rights Related Decision-Making Processes: 12. Human rights experts in the United Nations: a review of the role of UN special procedures Surya P. Subedi; 13. 'Experts': the mantra of irregular migration and the reproduction of hierarchies Jeff Handmaker and Claudia Mora; 14. Private carriers as experts in immigration control Sophie Scholten and Ashley Terlouw; Part V. Experts in Decision-Making Processes of the European Union: 15. The European system of financial supervision: a technology of expertise Michelle Everson; 16. The role of experts and financial supervision in the European Union: the de Larosière Commission Karim Knio; 17. Expertise at the crossroads of national and international policy-making: a public management perspective Adriaan Schout and Jaap Sleifer; 18. Blurred areas of responsibility: European agencies' scientific 'opinions' under scrutiny E. Madalina Busuioc..

Note: Ecotones Between Forest and Grassland; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Rationale; 1.2 Case Study: The Cross Timbers; 1.3 About This Book; References; Part I: Temperate Forest-Grassland Ecotones: Prairies, Steppes, and Pampas; Chapter 2: Woodland-Grassland Ecotonal Shifts in Environmental Mosaics: Lessons Learnt from the Environmental History of the Carpathian Basin (Central Europe) During the Holocene and the Last Ice Age Based on Investigation of Paleobotanical and Mollusk Remains; 2.1 Introduction. , 2.2 Modern Woodland-Grassland Ecotone in the Carpathian Basin and Controversies Around Definitions2.3 Profiles Selected and Methods Applied in Modeling Woodland-Grassland Ecotone Shifts in the Carpathian Basin; 2.3.1 The Climate-Zonal Hypothesis Put to the Test; 2.3.2 Testing the Model of Edaphic Ecological Factors; 2.3.3 Testing the Idea of Human-Induced Ecotone Development; 2.4 The Vegetation History of the Great Hungarian Plains as Inferred from the Evaluation of Quaternary Paleoecological and Environmental Historical Data; 2.4.1 Vegetation Development During Last Ice Age. , 2.4.2 Vegetation Development During the Terminal Part of the Last Ice Age2.4.3 Vegetation Development During the Pleistocene/Holocene Transition; 2.4.4 Vegetation History of the Carpathian Basin from the Settlement of the First Farmers; 2.5 Summary; References; Chapter 3: Ecotones as Complex Arenas of Disturbance, Climate, and Human Impacts: The Trans-Andean Forest-Steppe Ecotone of Northern Patagonia; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Physical and Biological Setting of Forest-Steppe Ecotone of Northern Patagonia; 3.2.1 Abiotic Transition; 3.2.2 Ecosystem Properties Across the Transition. , 3.2.3 Plant Communities and Plant Diversity Across the Transition3.3 Disturbance Variation and Forest Dynamics Across the Transition; 3.3.1 Fine-Scale Disturbances; 3.3.2 Coarse-Scale Disturbances; 3.4 Direct and Disturbances-Mediated In fl uences of Climate Variability Across the Transition; 3.5 Climate, Fire, Land Use, and Long-Term Vegetation Changes Across the Transition; 3.5.1 Xeric Steppe-Woodland Belt; 3.5.2 The Nothofagus Forest-Shrubland Belt; 3.5.3 The Wet Rainforest Belt; 3.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Woody-Herbaceous-Livestock Species Interaction; 4.1 Introduction. , 4.2 Woody-Herbaceous Species Interactions and Associated Models4.3 Woodland and Grassland Stable States and Conceptual Models; 4.4 Woody-Herbaceous Ecotones; 4.5 Rates and Patterns of Woody-Herbaceous Ecotone Shift; 4.6 Woody-Herbaceous-Livestock Species Dynamics; 4.7 Other Potential Factors In fl uencing Woody-Herbaceous Species Dynamics; 4.8 Current and Future Research on Woody-Herbaceous-Livestock Species Interaction; References; Chapter 5: Woody Plant Invasions in Pampa Grasslands: A Biogeographical and Community Assembly Perspective; 5.1 Introduction. , 5.2 Woody Invasions as Hierarchical Assembly Processes.

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Note: Contents: Introduction / L. M. Parfenov. - Standards of geologic time scale / A. K. Val'kov, P. N. Kolosov, O. V. Grinenko. - Pleistocene ice-bearing complex in the Arctic - a vanishing ground ice land / M. N. Grigoryev. - Geological structures of frontal zones of orogenic belts / L. M. Parfenov, A. V. Prokopiev. - Geological structures of inner zones of orogenic belts / A. V. Prokopiev, V. S. Oxman, F. F. Tret'yakov. - Late Cenozoic (Younger than 7 MA) and recent deformation structures / O. V. Grinenko, V. S. Imaev, V. B. Spektor. - Ancient rocks of the continental crust / A. P. Smelov, A. B. Kotov. - Kimberlites and diamonds / V. K. Marshintsev. - Early-collisional gold deposits of eastern Yakutia / V. Yu. Fridovsky, I. I. Kolodeznikov. - Fuel mineral deposits / V. A. Kashirtsev, D. V. Mitronov. - Khonguruu zeolite deposit / K. Ye. Kolodeznikov. - Sirenevyy Kamen' charoite deposit / K. A. Lazebnik. - Kempendyay salt deformations / K. Ye. Kolodeznikov. - Geological structure and geological history of Yakutia / L. M. Parfenov. - Conclusions / V. B. Spector. , Teilw. in kyrill. Schr., , Text russ. und engl.

Note: Introduction -- A brief detour: 10 reasons why politicians fail to represent us (and always will) -- Delegation and irreflection: the twin roots of failed political representation -- #1 Discovering citizen deliberation in the Pacific Northwest -- #2 Voting like the Irish while campaigning like the French -- #3 Keeping a tight grip: the Swiss-Oregonian lock -- #4 Learning from the British tabloid press -- #5 Recovering our distance vision in Saint Petersburg -- Conclusion -- Postscript.

Note: Table of Contents - Čast' 7.: Oil and gas basins distribution in cryolithozone / L. S. Garagulya, G. I. Gordeeva, V. N. Zaitsev. - Exogenous geological processes on the main gas pipeline "Zapolamoe-New-Urengoy" / A. A. Gubarkov. - Feftures of engineering geological conditions of building of an elevated site of the oil pipeline "the Vankorsky deposit - "Purpe" / A. A. Goubarkov, S. N. Okunev, M. S. Maramigina, K. V. Zalesskiy. - Influence of anthropogenous activity on development of cryogenic processes and dynamics of the seasonal thawed layer on the gas pipeline "Nadym-Punga" / E. V. Elanzev, M. V. Andreeva, A. A. Gubarkov. - Experience using of the aerospace infrared thermal data for characteristics of the permafrost / S. G. Komienko. - Large-scale engineering-geocriological mapping of natural-technical systems of Jamburg OGCF / I. L. Kuznecova, E. A. Eremeeva, A. A. Erasov, M. V. Kasymskaya, T. V. Nikitina, A. I. Konichshev, M. A. Moiseeva. - Definition of enginering-geocryological parameters in complex ground conditions by statical probing (on example New Urengojsky gaz-chemical complex) / A. S. Kurbatov. - Taxonomic system of geotechnical monitoring gasfield and gas-transport objects / V. V. Lashin, A. V. Kryukov. - The technogeoekological analysis of gas-transport systems at the gas deposit Medvezhje / V. P. Marahtanov, M. A. Velikotskij, V. P. Chigir, S. A. Egurtsov, S. N. Menshikov, V. N. Polozov. - Field study of influence of oil pollution on the seasonal ground freezing oil deposit Samotlor / E. S. Miklyaeva, V. A. Soldatov. - Restriction to nature management in the southern cryolithozone of the Bolsheztmclskaya tundra / G. G. Osadchaya. - About long-term permafrost temperatures dynamics under the influence of climate changing at the north of West Siberia / A. B. Osokin. - The building technology for oil and gas fields of Yamal Peninsula / A. B. Osokin, E. Yu. Galaktionov, G. K. Smolov, A. P. Popov. - The influence of non-isothermal effects on gas production and determination of the area of possible hydrate formation in the bottom-hole zone of the gas-bearing reservoirs / I. I. Rozhin, E. A. Bondarev, K. K. Argunova. - Short-term forecasting of terrain evolution for Bovanenkovo gas condensate field territory (Yamal Peninsula) / V. I. Solomatin, M. A. Konjahin. - Destruction and recovery of permafrost along the gas pipeline Zapadno-Ozernoe gas field - Anadyr city in 2000 - 2008 / O. D. Tregubov, V. Yu. Razzhivin. , Table of Contents - Čast' 8.: The control of temperature conditions of permafrost ground and building foundations during the development of hydrocarbons in new regions / I. B. Baholdin, N. I. Sydnyaev, Y. S. Melnikova. - Thermal stabilization of permafrost soils at bases of structures with floors on the ground / R. M. Bayasan, A. R. Bayasan, G. P. Pustovoit, A. N. Tseeva. - Forecast of changing of bearing capacity and frost heaving of trapped foundation in west sektor of cryolithozone of Russia to 2050 / V. I. Grebenets, D. G. Shmelev. - Methodology of complex load tests of pile foundations in permafrost / I. E. Guryanov. - An analysis of land suitability for urban construction in permafrost regions / I. E. Guryanov. - Analysis of the effect of heat torch open on permafrost conditions of the site UPSV-South / G. M. Dolgih, S. N. Okunev, G. V. Anikin, V. N. Zaharova, M. S. Maramygina. - Natural researches deep heat pipe in experimental-industrial range / G. M. Dolgikh, S. N. Okunev, D. S. Pazderin, V. N. Feklistov. - Geocryological problems associated with railroads and highways on permafrost / V. G. Kondratiev. - Study stabilizations railway embankment on permafrost soil under thawing / S. A. Kudryavtsev, A. G. Polevichenko, A. V. Kazharskiy, Yu. B. Berestyanyy. - About anthropogenic influence on the stability of the buildigs and installations of the town construction in the north polar region / E. S. Maksimenko. - Permafrost conditions along proposed railway route in the northern Baffin Island and associated design considerations / V. E. Roujanski, K. W. Jones. - Experience of creation of the centralized system of gathering, processing and data storage of geotechnical monitoring / A. V. Ryazanov, V. D. Kaurkin, D. V. Manchukov, K. V. Zalessky. - The reliability of north infrastructure under changing climate conditions / L. N. Hrustalev, S. Yu. Parmuzin, L. V. Emelyanova. - Prognosis temperature conditions of soil beneath the foundations of football arena / A. N. Ceeva, Yu. A. Khokholov, M. V. Kaymonov, A. S. Kurilko. , Table of Contents - Čast' 9.: About the liability of geocryological factor account in the estimating of land condition within the confines of problem solution of Russian ecological safety / R. B. Bigeeva. - Reconversion of ecosystems under the influence of geocryological processes / L. S. Garagulja, G. I. Gordeeva, E. N. Ospennikov, V. Z. Hilimonjuk. - Hydrological and geo-ecological research in the Pechora river's delta / E. A. Dombrovskaya, N. G. Ukraintseva. - Estimation of possible influence of building of hydroelectric power station on the river Timpton (Southern Yakutia) on geological conditions and processes / A. A. Ermolov. - Cryoecological monitoring investigations of agricultural landscapes in central Yakutia / P. V. Efremov, I. S. Ugarov, A. N. Fedorov. - Theoretical and applied aspects of expert geoecological risk economic development within the new educational program / L. I. Zotova. - Permafrost - ecological mapping of cryolithozone of Russia / N. A. Koroleva, N. V. Tumel. - Impact of fire on vegetation and permafrost of northern taiga palsa pcatland in West Siberia / N. G. Moskalenko. - Long-term monitoring of cryogenic processes in the Russian North-West during global warming / N. G. Oberman. - The impact of man-made barrages on the surface and subpermafrost drainage in Yakutsk / N. A. Pavlova, S. I. Serikov. - Estimation of change of the condition of cryogenic landscapes of the northeast of Bolshezemelskaya tundra as a result of technogenic influence / E. S. Popova, J. V. Vlasova, N. V. Tumel. - Assessment of the dynamics of environmental permafrost conditions geocriological under varying conditions of heat-exchange on the earth surface / V. Z. Khilimonyuk, M. V. Filatova. , Table of Contents - Čast' 10.: The innovation technique and technology using for thermal stabilization of saline soils at Bovanenkovo oil and gas field on Yamal Peninsula / R. M. Bayasan, T. V. Bayasan, S. I. Golubin, A. V. Lyalin, G. P. Pustovoit. - Experience of planning, editing and exploitation of systems temperature stabilizing of ground base objects Vankor field / G. M. Dolgikh, S. N. Okunev, S. A. Stoyanov, K. V. Zalesskiy. - Method for carring permafrost area capacity assessment of ground and conditions of the building of development / A. V. lospa, A. A. Popova. - Statistic on accidents and safety of natural - technical systems on permafrost / Ja. A. Kronik. - Safety and standartization problems for designing and construction on permafrost / Ja. A. Kronik, M. A. Minkin. - Multipurpose mapping as informational support engineering survey, design and monitoring / F. Rivkin, I. Kuznetsova, N. lvanova, A. Popova, I. Parmuzin. - Engineering and geocryological monitoring of Obskaya-Bovanenkovo railway (Yamal Peninsula) / V. P. Chemyadyev, I. I. Shamanova, A. V. Maksimov, S. N. Titkov. , Table of Contents - Čast' 11.: Comparative analysis of radiative-heat parameters in Antarctic and Mars polar regions / O. N. Abramenko, I. A. Komarov, V. S. lsaev. - Cryophilic communities of lakes located in the Baikal rift zone / N. A. Bondarenko, O. I. Belykh, I. V. Tomberg, S. I. Genkal, I. V. Tikhonova, N. F. Logacheva, V. N. Alexandrov, O. A. Timoshkin. - Biogeochemistry of frozen soils of the Central Yakutia / A. V. Brouchkov, V. P. Melnikov, G. I. Griva, V. E. Repin, E. V. Brenner, M. Tanaka, M. V. Shchelchkova. - Exogenic cryogenic processes on Mars / V. S. lsaev, I. A. Komarov, O. N. Abramenko. - Underground ice as environment of microorganism / A. N. Kurchatova, V. V. Rogov. - Plant species indicating the depth of active layer on the Bely Island / O. V. Khitun, K. A. Ennokhina, M. O. Leibman, A. V. Khomutov. , Table of Contents - Čast' 12.: Actual problems of geocryology (permafrost science) / A. V. Brouchkov. - International Permafrost Field Courses TEPO-Yamburg (2007 - 2009) in the network International Polar Year / V. Grebenets, A. Boitsov, A. Kurchatova, D. Kaverin, E. M. Pfeiffer, N. Rueggen, A. Zschocke, N. Shiklomanov, D. Streletskiy, A. Klene. - Teaching academic discipline "geocryology" for students of building specialities / A. L. Nevzorov, V. V. Koptyaev. - Permafrost and periglacial geomorphology of Western Taymyr. The field courses on permafrost for graduate and phd student / I. D. Streletskaya, A. A. Vasiliev, G. A. Cherkashev, V. N. Konishchev. , In kyrill. Schr.

Note: Contents: Preface and Acknowledgments ; A Note to the Reader ; 1. A Great Discovery - And a Mistake ; 2. Symbolic Dynamics ; 3. Collisions and Other Singularities ; 4. Stability ; 5. KAM Theory ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

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Note: The Application of IR Spectroscopy to the Investigation of MineralsThe Discrete Approach -- The Full-Profile Analysis -- Polymerization of coordination polyhedra and structure topology -- Hydrogen-bearing groups and hydrogen bonding -- Solid-solution series -- Force parameters of cations in silicates -- IR spectra of minerals and reference samples data -- Borates, including sulfato-borates and arsenato-borates -- Carbides and carbonates -- Organic compounds and salts of organic acids -- Ammino-complexes, nitrates and sulfato-nitrates -- Oxides and hydroxides -- Fluorides -- Silicates -- Phosphates -- Sulfates, carbonato-sulfates, phosphato-sulfates and sulfides -- Chlorides -- Vanadates and vanadium oxides -- Chromates -- Arsenates, arsenites and sulfato-arsenates -- Selenites, molybdates, tellurites, tellurates, iodites, wolframates and wolfram oxides..

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Note: Extra features: Film festival Q&AsMaking chasing ice -- Science update-- Original theatrical trailer.. , DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround , In English with optional subtitles in German

Note: Science after the end of science? An introduction to the "epochal break thesis" / Alfred Nordmann, Hans Radder, Gregor Schiemann -- The age of technoscience / Alfred Nordmann -- We are not witnesses to a new scientific revolution / Gregor Schiemann -- "Knowledge is power," or how to capture the relationship between science and technoscience / Martin Carrier -- Climbing the hill: seeing (and not seeing) epochal breaks from multiple vantage points / Cyrus C. M. Mody -- Breaking up with the epochal break: the case of engineering sciences / Mieke Boon, Tarja Knuuttila -- Science and its recent history: from an epochal break to novel, nonlocal patterns / Hans Radder -- Knowledge-making in transition: on the changing contexts of science and technology / Andrew Jamison -- Alliances between styles: a new model for the interaction between science and technology / Chunglin Kwa -- Experimenting with the concept of experiment: probing the epochal break / Astrid Schwarz, Wolfgang Krohn -- Intensification, not transformation: digital media's effects on scientific practice / Valerie Hanson -- Technologies of viewing: aspects of imaging in natural sciences / Angela Krewani -- Technoscience as popular culture: on pleasure, consumer technologies, and the economy of attention / Jutta Weber -- The good old days: medical research then and now / James Robert Brown -- Toward a new culture of prediction: computational modeling in the era of desktop computing / Ann Johnson, Johannes Lenhard -- Epilogue: the sticking points of the epochal break thesis / Hans Radder..

Note: Contents: 1. Introduction: The Climate Change Problem and Solutions Part 1: Theory 2. The Basis of an Obligation Towards Future Generations in Justice and Ethics in the Context of Climate Change 3. Content of Justice-based Obligations Towards Future Generations in the Context of Climate Change Part II: International Law and Politics 4. Current International Law, Intergenerational Justice and Climate Change 5. International Human Rights Law, Intergenerational Justice and Climate Change 6. Climate Change Discources and Intergenerational Justice Part III: The Way Forward and Conclusion 7. The Way Forward – Incorporating Intergenerational Justice Principles into International Climate Law 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index

Note: 1. Introduction : high hopes and down-to-earth realism / Frans Oosterhuis and Patrick ten Brink2. A global survey of potentially environmentally harmful subsidies / Ronald Steenblik -- 3. Hidden subsidies : the invisible part of the EHS iceberg / Sirini Withana ... [et al.] -- 4. Can we recognise an environmentally harmful subsidy if we see one? / Jan Pieters -- 5. Quantifying the impacts of environmentally harmful subsidies / Cees van Beers and Jeroen van den Bergh -- 6. Energy subsidies / Frans Oosterhuis and Katharina Umpfenbach -- 7. Environmentally harmful subsidies in the transport sector / Laurent Franckx and Inge Mayeres -- 8. Agriculture, food and water / Frans Oosterhuis and Kris Bachus -- 9. Environmentally harmful subsidies and biodiversity / Patrick ten Brink ... [et al.] -- 10. Reforming EHS in Europe : success stories, failures and agenda setting / Jacqueline Cottrell -- 11. Phasing out environmentally harmful subsidies worldwide / Anja von Moltke -- 12. Reform of environmentally harmful subsidies : distributional issues / Annegrete Bruvoll and Haakon Vennemo -- 13. The way forward : reforming EHS in the transition to a green economy / Patrick ten Brink, Sirini Withana and Frans Oosterhuis..

Note: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Socio-ecological transformations and the social sciences; PART I Challenges, contradictions and consequences of global socio-ecological change; 2 Ecological modernization theory: taking stock, moving forward; 3 The emergence of new world-systems perspectives on global environmental change; 4 China's economic growth and environmental protection: approaching a 'win-win' situation? A discussion of ecological modernization theory; 5 Eco-imperialism and environmental justice. , 6 Neoliberalism by design: changing modalities of market-based environmental governance7 Dilemmas for standardizers of sustainable consumption; PART II Climate change, energy and adaptation; 8 Climate, scenario-building and governance: comprehending the temporalities of social-ecological change; 9 From Rio to Copenhagen: multilateral agreements, disagreements and situated actions; 10 Marriage on the rocks: sociology's counsel for our struggling energy-society relationships; 11 Sustainability as social practice: new perspectives on the theory and policies of reducing energy consumption. , 12 Environmental migration: nature, society and population movementPART III Urban environmental change, governance and adaptation; 13 Climate change and urban governance: a new politics?; 14 Recovering the city level in the global environmental struggle: going beyond carbon trading; 15 Hybrid arrangements within the environmental state; 16 The new mobilities paradigm and sustainable transport: finding synergies and creating new methods; PART IV Risk, uncertainty and social learning; 17 Towards a socio-ecological foundation for environmental risk research. , 18 Uncertainty and claims of uncertainty as impediments to risk management19 Transboundary risk governance: co-constructing environmental issues and political solutions; 20 The role of professionals in managing technological hazards: the Montara blowout; 21 Social learning to cope with global environmental change and unsustainability; PART V (Re)assembling social-ecological systems; 22 The social-ecological co-constitution of nature through ecological restoration: experimentally coping with inevitable ignorance and surprise. , 23 Biological invasions as cause and consequence of 'our' changing world: social and environmental paradoxes24 Biological resources, knowledge and property; 25 Disassembling and reassembling socionatural networks: integrated natural resource management in the Great Bear Rainforest; 26 Land use tensions for the development of renewable sources of energy; Index.

Note: Table of Contents - Čast' 1.: Research by the pulsing method of a NRM of the metastable water formed at dissociation freonhydrate-12 in the field of negative temperatures / V. A. Vlasov, A. G. Zavodovsky, M. S. Madygulov, A. N. Nesterov, A. M. Reshetnikov. - Kinetics crystallization subcooling of the water contacting to surface gas hydrate / V. A. Vlasov, A. G. Zavodovsky, M. S. Madygulov, A. N. Nesterov, A. M. Reshetnikov. - Transformation of cryogenic structure of frozen clay soils at plain stamp test / S. S. Volokhov. - About influence of contact zone structure of frozen soils with materials on adfreezing strength / S. S. Volokhov, N. V. Solovyeva. - Possibilities of calculating the effective diffusion coefficient of water vapour in snow due to field observations data / R. I. Gavriliev. - Features of water's crystallization in dispersed rocks / V. N. Golubev, G. A. Rzhanitsyn. - Mass exchange in the system of atmosphere-snow cover-ground / V. N. Golubev, D. M. Frolov. - Physical and mechanical aspects of phase transition processes in frozen and freezing ground / J. B. Gorelik. - The experimental stadies of cryogenic preassure into water-saturated saline soils / S. E. Grechishchev, A. V. Brousehkov, Ark. V. Pavlov, O. V. Grechisheheva. - Phase composition of frozen saline ground with petroleum pollution / E. S. Grechishcheva, R. G. Motenko. - About plastic deformation of frozen rocks / M. M. Iudin. - Studies of Soil Moisture Transfer and ice extraction in clay loam Patterns Under External Pressure / O. A. Kazansky. - Isotopic content of interfacial water and ice frozen ground / V. N. Konischev, V. V. Rogov, V. N. Golubev, S. A. Sokratov. - On longevity and structured physical system organizations (on example of frozen soils and ice) / A. A. Konovalov. - On toughness and deforming the frozen ground / A. A. Konovalov. - The study of deformation characteristics of thawing soils / P. I. Kotov. - Thermal properties of volcanic ashes (Kamchatka) / E. P. Kuznetsova, R. G. Motenko. - About temperature extension coeffision of frozen soils / V. P. Merzlyakov. - Classification indicators of frost-susceptible soils / A. L. Nevzorov. - Separation of the pore solution compounds during mass transfer in disperse ice / V. Ye. Ostroumov, N. V. Ostroumova. - Achievements and problems of frozen soils mechanics / L. T. Roman. - Classification of frozen soils / L. T. Roman, V. I. Aksenov, A. V. Iospa. - Modification of frozen soils and ice by adding polyvinyl alcohol in order to facilitate construction / E. V. Safronov, V. V. Vialdin, V. G. Cheverev, V. E. Gagarin, D. V. Hvostikov. - Method of mass crystallization calculation for multiphased rheological mediums / N. I. Sidnyaev, D. A. Krylov. - The deflected mode of the freezing soils layer taking into account the creep and compliance of the boundary conditions / Z. G. Ter-Martirosyan, P. A. Gorbachev. - Study of deformation characteristics of thawing soils of Vankor oilfield / M. N. Tsarapov. - Influence of outer loading on frost heaving of freezing soils, according to theoretical and experimental researches / V. G. Cheverev, M. A. Minkin, E. V. Safronov, V. E. Gagarin, R. S. Bumaev. , Table of Contents - Čast' 2.: Investigation of glaciers and fumarolic activity of Mt Elbrus / V. A. Alekseev, N. G. Alekseeva, M. G. Daniyalov, P. A. Morozov, C. M. Pershin, P. V. Hlebopashev. - The study of impact craters near the Tunguska meteorite epicenter / V. A. Alekseev, V. V. Kopeykin, N. G. Alekseeva, V. V. Krivulin, L. G. Pelehan', V. A. Rukavishnikov, V. A. Chechin. - Engineering geophysical investigations to substantiate the investments for Nizhne-Timptonsk HPP construction / O. K. Voronkov, N. N. Sigatcheva, O. A. Semenov, Yu. Yu. Punin. - Essentials of technique for seismic hazard zoning of extended linear structures in cryolithic zone / V. I. Dzhurik, S. P. Serebrennikov, L. A. Usynin, E. V. Bryzhak. - Temperature dependence of seasonal changes of electrical resistance of frozen ground / V. N. Efremov. - Role and place geophysical methods at studying criolitozone / Y. D. Zykov, A. V. Koshurnikov, N. V. Paramonov, A. A. Pogorelov, R. D. Ostrovsky, A. Y. Gunar. - EM sounding technology's capability in long-term engineering-geological studies in transition zones (case study: transition of a pipeline Bovanenkovo-Ukhta through Baidaratskaya Bay) / Y. D. Zykov, Y. V. Kuleshov, S. V. Kulakov, A. V. Koshurnikov, E. I. Gorshkov, A. A. Pogorelov, E. M. Sizykh. - Experience using of aerospace infrared thermal data for characteristics of the permafrost / S. G. Kornienko. - Wave characteristics of permafrost in Western Yakutia / L. G. Neradovsky. - Geological-geophysical analysis of seismic events in the cryolithic zone of Mongolia / S. P. Serebrennikov, Ts. Batsaikhan, V. I. Dzhurik, A. Yu. Eskin, A. F. Drennov. - Seismic geocryological study of shallow waters in permafrost / A. G. Skvortsov, M. R. Sadurtdinov, A. M. Tsarev. - Features of seismic methods in engineering geocryological studies / A. G. Skvortsov, A. M. Tsarev, M. R. Sadurtdinov. - Descriptiveness of geophysical methods in the assessment of oil pollution / A. D. Skobelev, Y. D. Zykov, A. V. Koshurnikov, A. A. Pogorelov, P. D. Ostrovsky, A. Y. Gunnar. - Radiolocation of the upper frozen ground in Anadyr city: structure, interpretation, forecast / O. D. Tregubov. - Estimating of rock state and properties in long-tem physical weathering by an ultrasonic method / L. F. Ushakova, O. K. Voronkov. - The efficiency of geophysical methods in studies of cryolithic zone in the process of placer accumulation by dredge acquisition / I. M. Khasanov, N. L. Alevskaya, A. V. Koshumikov. - Impact assessment of cryolithic zone in geophysical explorations of gold minefields on a prospecting step, that arc disposed in background medium, consisted of finest sedimentary rock / I. M. Khasanov, V. M. Sharaphytdinov, A. V. Koshurnikov. - Engineering-geocryological research in offshore area of Kruzenshternsky field in Kara sea / V. A. Kholodilov, M. L. Tsemkalo, M. F. Savitskiy, N. V. Paramonov, A. V. Koshumikov, A. A. Pogorelov. - Using electrical resistivity tomography to investigate near-shore permafrost dynamics / P. Overduin, M. Grigoriev, T. Haberlau, S. Wetterich, S. Westermann, K. Yoshikawa. , Table of Contents - Čast' 3.: Cryogenic and seismogenic deormations in the Late Cenozoic deposits of Tunkinskaya depression in Baikal rift zone / S. V. Alexeev, L. P. Alexeeva, A. C. Gladkov, O. V. Lunina, A. M. Kononov, A. V. Andreev. - Coastal Permafrost evolution of Western Yamal in context of climate change / A. A. Vasiliev, I. D. Streletskaya, R. S. Shirokov, G. E. Oblogov. - Classification of massive ice /Yu. K. Vasil'chuk. - δ18O variation of Late Holocene ice-wedge of Aventdalen, Svalbard / Yu. K. Vasil'chuk, N. A. Budantseva, A. M. Zemskova. - Pollen spectra of massive ice of Yerkutayakha River valley, Southern Yamal Peninsula / A. C. Vasil'chuk, Yu. K. Vasi l'chuk, N. A. Budantscva. - Complex assessment of crioecolological and bioresource state of northern geosystems / L. I. Zotova, S. J. Dedjusova. - Study of Quaternary sediments and ground ice with detailed grane-size composition analysis at Yenisey North / M. S. Pavlov, I. D. Streletskaya, A. G. Matyukhin, G. E. Oblogov, A. V. Surkov. - On rock weathering in Cryolithozone / D. M. Shesternev. - Fossil organic matter in permafrost deposits of northern East Siberia - contents and characteristics / L. Schirrmeister, S. Wetterich, G. Grosse, J. Strauss, C. Siegert, P. P. Overduin, H.-W. Hubberten. , Table of Contents - Čast' 4.: The influence of reservoir parameters on hydrate formation in gas wells in permafrost / E. A. Bondarev, K. K. Argunova, I. I. Rozhin. - Research features of deposits wells with abnormal low field temperature / Z. A. Vasil'eva, D. S. Djafarov. - Technogenic indicators of natural gas hydrates presence in deposits of the western part of the Siberian Platform and Yenisei-Khatanga Depression / Z. A. Vasil'eva, D. S. Dzhafarov. - The commercially viable unconventional gas sources (gas hydrates, coalbed methane and shale gas) - experience of development and prospects in Russia / E. V. Perlova. - Gas hydrate of Yamal region (Yamal Peninsular, Kara Sea's shelf) - occurance, types, resources, technogenic challenges / E. V. Perlova, S. A. Leonov, E. S. Miklyaeva, S. D. Perlov. - Variation of thermal conductivity in gas-saturated sediments during hydrate accumulation and freezing / E. M. Chuvilin, B. A. Buhanov. - Sources of natural gas in cryolithozone of Yamal Pemnsula / V. S. Yakushev. , In kyrill. Schr.

Note: Contents: 1. A looming crisis Part I Status and challenges 2. Rising demand and dwindling per capita resources 3. Water and poverty 4. Governance and finance 5. Pollution and water-related disease 6. Water, land and wildlife 7. Dams and diversions 8. Trading water - real and virtual 9. Water, war and terrorism 10. The threat of global warming Part II Nature's resources 11. The restless water cycle 12. Shrinking freshwater stores Part III Towards sustainability 13. Cutting demand 14. Increasing supplies 15. Cleaning up and protecting the aquatic environment 16. Using seawater 17. Controlling the weather 18. Improved monitoring and data management 19. Improving prediction and risk assessment 20. Improving management and justice 21. Aid for the developing world Conclusions 22. Is sustainability achievable?