1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155271503321

Autore

Singh Vijay Shankar

Titolo

Evaluation of Groundwater Resources on the Coral Islands of Lakshadweep, India / / by Vijay Shankar Singh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

9783319500737

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 142 p. 116 illus., 8 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology, , 2194-7244

Disciplina

627.56

Soggetti

Hydrogeology

Hydrology

Environmental sciences

Environmental management

Hydrology/Water Resources

Environmental Science and Engineering

Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides insights on and tools for the characterization of island aquifers, as illustrated by the example of the coral islands of Lakshadweep in India. After an initial overview of the different coral islands, subsequent chapters explain key geophysical, hydrogeological and hydrochemical methods for the assessment and characterization of coral island aquifers. The book’s closing chapters highlight selected case studies and describe actual implementations of the methods discussed. In addition to presenting the details of data collection on each island – a valuable resource for any future study on these islands – in graphical form, the book proposes suitable measures for ensuring the sustainability of groundwater resources on the islands. Accordingly, it offers a unique and essential source of information for all hydrogeologists whose work involves island aquifers. .



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955548203321

Autore

Tibi Bassam

Titolo

Islam's predicament with modernity : religious reform and cultural change / / Bassam Tibi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-134-01341-8

1-282-01646-6

9786612016462

0-203-88155-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 p.)

Classificazione

11.84

Disciplina

297.2/7

320.557

Soggetti

Islam - 21st century

Islamic renewal - Islamic countries

Globalization - Religious aspects - Islam

Religious awakening - Islam

Culture conflict - Islamic countries

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 (p. [370]-389) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: Cultural tensions, modernity, globalization, and conflict; Chapter 1 The predicament: the exposure to cultural modernity, and the need for an accommodation: Religious reform and cultural change in Islamic civilization; Chapter 2 Issue areas of the predicament I: modernity and knowledge: Torn between reason and Islamization; Chapter 3 Issue areas of the predicament II: cultural modernity and law: The contemporary reinvention of shari'a for the shari'atization of Islam

Chapter 4 Issue areas of the predicament III: Islam, the principle of subjectivity, and individual human rightsChapter 5 Islam's predicament as a source of conflict: Cultural-religious tensions and identity politics; Chapter 6 Cultural change and religious reform I: the challenge of secularization in the shadow of de-secularization; Chapter 7 Cultural change and religious reform II: pluralism of religions vs. Islamic supremacism; Chapter 8 Authenticity and cultural legacy: A plea for the



revival of the heritage of Islamic rationalism: falsafa/rational philosophy vs. fiqh-orthodoxy

Chapter 9 Case studies I: the failed cultural transformation in Egypt: A model for the Islamic world?Chapter 10 Case studies II: the Gulf beyond the age of oil: The envisioned cultural project for the future; Chapter 11 Conclusions and future prospects: Cultural modernity and the Islamic dream of semi-modernity; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Islam's Predicament with Modernity presents an in-depth cultural and political analysis of the issue of political Islam as a potential source of tensions and conflict, and how this might be peacefully resolved.Looking at the issue of modernity from an Islamic point of view, the author examines the role of culture and religion in Muslim society under conditions of globalisation, and analyses issues such as law, knowledge and human rights. He engages a number of significant studies on political Islam and draws on detailed case studies, rejecting the approaches of both Oriental

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955755403321

Autore

Paskevska Anna

Titolo

Ballet : from the first plie to mastery : an eight-year course / / Anna Paskevska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2002

New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

0-203-46231-9

1-283-96822-3

1-136-61298-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

792.8/071

Soggetti

Ballet dancing - Study and teaching

Ballet dancing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes discography.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and discography.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Use and benefits of classical training -- pt. 2. Lessons.



Sommario/riassunto

Ballet: From the First Pli; to Mastery  is designed as a complement to a beginning student's ballet training. The book opens with a brief description of the benefits of ballet training to young dancers, and then introduces fundamentals and precepts of the technique.  Clear photographs show exactly how to execute each movement. Then an eight-year course is presented, taking the student from age 5 or 6 through the teen years, outlining exactly what is to be taught and how it is to be performed.  A glossary, bibliography, and discography close the book. Young girls-and increasingly boys-are d