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Transformative pathways to sustainability : learning across disciplines, cult…
Transformations to sustainability are increasingly the focus of research and policy discussions around the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the different roles played by transdisciplinary research in contributing to social transformations across diverse settings have been neglected in the literature. Transformative Pathways to Sustainability responds to this gap by presenting a set of co…
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- 9780429331930
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- xxviii, 237 p. : ill
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- Pathways to Sustainability
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- 338.927 THE t
Green economy in the transport sector : a case study of Limpopo Province, Sou…
This open access book is interdisciplinary and provides cross-sectoral and multi-dimensional exploration of sustainable development and transportation in South Africa. Drawing on work from different disciplines, the book contributes not only to academia but also seeks to inform urban and regional policy with the view of contributing to the national aspirations of South Africa as espoused in the…
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- 9783030861780
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- xiii, 119 p. : color, ill.
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- 388.096825 ODI g
What, if anything, are species?
This book is an extended argument for abandoning the species rank. Instead, the author proposes that the rank of "species" be replaced by a pluralistic and multi-level view. In such a view, all clades including the smallest identifiable one would be named and studied within a phylogenetic context. What are currently called "species" represent different sorts of things depending on the sort of o…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781315119687
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- vii, 160 p. : ill.
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- Species and Systematics
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- 574.012 MIS w
Learning from the history of british interventions in the middle east
Interrogates whether the British government has learned anything from its interventions in the Middle East, from the 1950s to 2016 Learning from history helps states to create foreign and security policy that builds upon successes and avoids past mistakes. Drawing on a wealth of previously unseen documents, sourced by Freedom of Information requests, together with interviews with government and…
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- 9781474437974
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- vii, 279 p. : bnw, ill.
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- -
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- 327.41056 KET l
The life of breath in literature, culture and medicine : classical to contemp…
This open access book studies breath and breathing in literature and culture and provides crucial insights into the history of medicine, health and the emotions, the foundations of beliefs concerning body, spirit and world, the connections between breath and creativity and the phenomenology of breath and breathlessness. Contributions span the classical, medieval, early modern, Romantic, Victori…
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- 9783030744434
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- xxii, 555 p. : ill.
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
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- 809.933561 FUL t
Xiipúktan (first of all): three views of the origins of the Quechan people
The Quechan people live along the lower part of the Colorado River in the United States. According to tradition, the Quechan and other Yuman people were created at the beginning of time, and their Creation myth explains how they came into existence, the origin of their environment, and the significance of their oldest traditions. The Creation myth forms the backdrop against which much of the tr…
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- 9781909254411
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- 210 p. ; 24 cm
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- 973.0497 BRY x
Cold war anthropology
In a wide-ranging and in-depth study of the recent history of anthropology, David Price offers a provocative account of the ways anthropology has been influenced by U.S. imperial projects around the world, and by CIA funding in particular. DUAL USE ANTHROPOLOGY is the third in Price’s trilogy on the history of the discipline of anthropology and its tangled relationship with the American milit…
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- 9780822374381
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- 472 p.: black and white, ill.
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- -
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- 301.09730904 PRI c
Domestic politics and norm diffusion in international relations : ideas do no…
This book collects Thomas Risse's most important articles together in a single volume. Covering a wide range of issues – the end of the Cold War, transatlantic relations, the "democratic peace," human rights, governance in areas of limited statehood, Europeanization, European identity and public spheres, most recently comparative regionalism – it is testament to the breadth and excellence o…
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- 17
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- 9781315623665
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- x, 328 p. : ill.
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- -
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- 327 RIS d
Turn on the light on science : a research-based guide to break down popular s…
"Scientists deserve public recognition. The ways that they are depicted, however, are severely limited in physical and personal traits, helping to establish and enhance stereotypes under the general title of ‘scientist’. These stereotypes range from the arrogant researcher who wants to rule the world, to the lab coat wearing ‘nerdy’ genius, but all generally fall to an extreme view of a…
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- -
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- 9781911529057
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- xvi, 103p.
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- 509 TUR t
Curriculum and learning for climate action : toward an SDG 4.7 roadmap for sy…
Curriculum and Learning for Climate Action offers researchers, practitioners, donors, and decisionmakers insights into entry points for education systems change needed to reorient human society’s relationship with our planetary systems.; Readership: All interested in Sustainability, International Education, Environmental Education will find this book useful. This includes researchers, student…
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- Vol.5
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- 9789004471818
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- xxxi, 368 p.
- Series Title
- IBE on Curriculum, Learning, and Assessment, 5
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- 333.7071 IYE c
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