1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910146398003321

Titolo

Braided rivers [[electronic resource] ] : process, deposits, ecology and management / / edited by Gregory H. Sambrook Smith ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

9786612042423

1-4443-0437-2

1-282-04242-4

1-4443-0438-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Collana

Special publication number 36 of the International Association of Sedimentologists

Altri autori (Persone)

Sambrook SmithGregory H

Disciplina

333.91/62

333.9162

551.483

Soggetti

Braided rivers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Braided rivers : where have we come in 10 years? : progress and future needs -- Greg Sambrook Smith ... [et al.] -- Depositional models of braided rivers -- John S. Bridge and Ian A. Lunt -- A sedimentological model to characterize braided river deposits for hydrogeological applications / Peter Huggenberger and Christian Regli -- Scaling and hierarchy in braided rivers and their deposits : examples and implications for reservoir modelling / Sean Kelly -- Approaching the system-scale understanding of braided river behaviour / Stuart N. Lane -- Cellular modelling of braided river form and process / A.P. Nicholas, R. Thomas, and T.A. Quine -- Numerical modelling of alternate bars in shallow channels / A. Bernini, V. Caleffi, and A. Valiani -- Methods for assessing exploratory computational models of braided rivers / Andrea B. Doeschl, Peter E. Ashmore, and Matt Davison -- Bed load transport in braided gravel-bed rivers / Christian Marti and Gian Reto Bezzola -- Sediment transport in a microscale braided stream : from grain size to reach scale -- P. Meunier and F. Métivier -- Morphological analysis and



prediction of river bifurcations / Guido Zolezzi, Walter Bertoldi, and Marco Tubino -- Braided river management : from assessment of river behaviour to improved sustainable development / Hervé Piégay ... [et al.] -- Bank protection and river training along the braided Brahmaputrajamuna River, Bangladesh / Erik Mosselman -- Morphological esponse of the Brahmaputra-Padma-Lower Meghna river system to the Assam earthquake of 1950 / Maminul Haque Sarker and Colin R. Thorne -- Use of remote-sensing with two-dimensional hydrodynamic models to assess impacts of hydro-operations on a large, braided, gravel-bed river : Waitaki River, New Zealand / D. Murray Hicks ... [et al.] -- Effects of human impact on braided river morphology : examples from northern Italy / Nicola Surian -- Ecology of braided rivers / Klement Tockner ... [et al.] -- Riparian tree establishment on gravel bars : interactions between plant growth strategy and the physical environment / Robert A. Francis ... [et al.].

Sommario/riassunto

This important book brings together eighteen cutting-edge research papers first presented at the Second International Conference on Braided Rivers. It includes the latest research on the dynamics, deposits and ecology of these rivers. <br /> <ul class=""noindent""> <li>Essential reading for geomorphologists, earth scientists, engineers and ecologists with a pure and applied interest in the study, modelling and management of braided rivers.</li> </ul>



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145572603321

Titolo

A companion to museum studies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sharon Macdonald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-78268-621-5

1-281-30837-4

9786611308377

1-4051-6414-X

0-470-99683-8

1-4051-5729-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (592 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions in cultural studies ; ; 12

Altri autori (Persone)

MacdonaldSharon

Disciplina

069

069.07

Soggetti

Museums - Philosophy

Museums - Social aspects

Museum techniques

Museus

Museologia

Condicions socials

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Companion to Museum Studies; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Bibliographical Note; 1 Expanding Museum Studies: An Introduction; Part I Perspectives, Disciplines, Concepts; Introduction; 2 Cultural Theory and Museum Studies; 3 Sociology and the Social Aspects of Museums; 4 Art History and Museology: Rendering the Visible Legible; 5 Museums and Anthropologies: Practices and Narratives; 6 Collecting Practices; 7 The Conundrum of Ephemerality: Time, Memory, and Museums; Part II Histories, Heritage, Identities; Introduction

8 The Origins of the Public Museum9 World Fairs and Museums; 10



Making and Remaking National Identities; 11 Museums and Community; 12 Re-staging Histories and Identities; 13 Heritage; Part III: Architecture, Space, Media; Introduction; 14 Museum Architecture: A Brief History; 15 Insight versus Entertainment: Untimely Meditations on the Architecture of Twentieth-century Art Museums; 16 Civic Seeing: Museums and the Organization of Vision; 17 Space Syntax: The Language of Museum Space; 18 New Media; Part IV  Visitors, Learning, Interacting; Introduction

19 Living in a Learning Society: Museums and Free-choice Learning20 Museum Education; 21 Interactivity: Thinking Beyond; 22 Studying Visitors; Part V Globalization, Profession, Practice; Introduction; 23 Globalization: Incorporating the Museum; 24 Cultural Economics; 25 The Museum Profession; 26 Museum Ethics; 27 Museum Practice: Legal Issues; 28 Non-Western Models of Museums and Curation in Cross-cultural Perspective; Part VI Culture Wars, Transformations, Futures; Introduction; 29 Incivilities in Civil(-ized) Places: "Culture Wars" in Comparative Perspective

30 Science Museums and the Culture Wars31 Postmodern Restructurings; 32 Exposing the Public; 33 The Future of the Museum; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A Companion to Museum Studies captures the multidisciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society.Collects first-rate original essays by leading figures from a range of disciplines and theoretical stances, including anthropology, art history, history, literature, sociology, cultural studies, and museum studiesExamines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political, curatorial, historical and representational perspectivesCovers traditional subjects, such as space, display, buildings, objects and collec