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Biodiversity and health in the face of climate change
This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning – and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. This transdisci…
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- 9783030023188
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- xxvi, 481p. : ill.
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- 613.1 BIO b
Ecosystem-based management, ecosystem services and aquatic biodiversity : the…
Aquatic ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and home to a diverse array of species and habitats, providing a wide variety of benefits to human beings. Many of these valuable ecosystems are at risk of being irreversibly damaged by human activities and pressures, including pollution, contamination, invasive species, overfishing and climate change. Such pressures threaten the sustainability of the…
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- 9783030458430
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- viii, 580p. : ill.
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- 577.6 ECO e
All in the mix: race, class and school choice
All in the mix: class, race and school choice considers how parents choose secondary schools for their children and makes an important intervention into debates on school choice and education. The book examines how parents talk about race, religion and class – in the process of choosing. It also explores how parents’ own racialised and classed positions, as well as their experience of educa…
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- 9781526139306
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- vi, 184p.; 23 cm
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- 370.117 BYR a
Ethnic diversity and the control of natural resources in Southeast Asia
The authors consider the ways in which the high degree of ethnic diversity within the region is related to the nature of tropical Asian environments, on the one hand, and the nature of Southeast Asian political systems and the ways in which they manipulate natural resources, on the other. Rather than focus on defining the phenomenon of ethnicity, this book examines the different social evolutio…
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- 9780472902309
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- XII, 229 p.
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- Michigan Papers On South And Southeast Asia, 32
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- 305.895 ETH e
Railway ecology
This book provides a unique overview of the impacts of railways on biodiversity, integrating the existing knowledge on the ecological effects of railways on wildlife, identifying major knowledge gaps and research directions and presenting the emerging field of railway ecology. The book is divided into two major parts: Part one offers a general review of the major conceptual and theoretical p…
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- 9783319574967
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- xxx, 320p. : ill.
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- 577 RAI r
Sport, recreation and green space in the European city
Green space has become a major issue in European cities in recent years as a result of enhanced environmental awareness, urban marketing, planning policy and growing population densities. Up to now, however, the subject of sports areas and grounds has attracted little research, despite the fact that since the First World War such public and private areas – from football pitches and running tr…
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- 9789522227911
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- 220 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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- Studia Fennica. 16
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- 796 SPO s
High mountain conservation in a changing world
This book aims to provide case studies and a general view of the main processes involved in the ecosystem shifts occurring in the high mountains, and to analyse the implications for nature conservation. Although case studies from the Pyrenees are preponderant, conclusions are aimed at any mountain range surrounded by highly populated lowland areas. The chapters give emphasis to approaches from …
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- 9783319559827
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- xiv, 413p. : ill.
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- 577.53 HIG h
The GEO handbook on biodiversity observation networks
Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. T…
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- 9783319272887
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- xii, 326p. : ill.
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- 577 GEO g
Normed children: effects of gender and sex related normativity on childhood …
Gender- and sex-related norms have an impact on us from the first to the last day of our lives. What are the effects of such norms on the education of children and adolescents? Conveyed via parents/family, school, and peers, they seem to be an inseparable part of human relations. After its favorable reception in German-speaking countries from 2014 onwards, this title is now available in English…
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- 9783839430200
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- 370 p.; 22 cm.
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- 155.43 NOR n
The Adaptive value of languages: non-linguistic causes of language diversity
The goal of this eBook is to shed light on the non-linguistic causes of language diversity, and in particular, to explore the possibility that some aspects of the structure of languages may result from an adaptation to the natural and/or human-made environment. Traditionally, language diversity has been claimed to result from random, internally-motivated changes in language structure. However, …
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- 9782889456314
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- 179 p.; 23 cm.
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- Frontiers Research Topics
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- 306.44 BEN a
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