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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451761403321

Autore

Chomitz Kenneth M

Titolo

At loggerheads? [[electronic resource] ] : agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests / / Kenneth M. Chomitz et al

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2007

ISBN

1-280-62194-X

9786610621941

0-8213-6736-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

World Bank policy research report

Disciplina

333.75

Soggetti

Agriculture - Tropics

Deforestation - Environmental aspects - Tropics

Deforestation - Social aspects - Tropics

Deforestation - Tropics

Forest policy - Tropics

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

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Overview; Boxes; Figures; Tables; Setting the Stage: Two Contrasting Cases of Poverty, Wealth, Biodiversity, and Deforestation; Part I: The Where and Why of Deforestation and Forest Poverty; Maps; Part II: Institutional and Policy Responses; Appendix A: Tables; Appendix B: Data and Methods; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the vast number of books and reports on tropical deforestation, there's confusion about the causes of forest loss and forest poverty, and the effectiveness of policy responses. At Loggerheads seeks to describe ways to reconciles pressures for agricultural expansion in the tropics with the urgent needs for both forest conservation and poverty alleviation. It diagnoses the causes and impacts of forest loss and the reasons for the association of forests and poverty. It looks at how policies - modulated by local conditions - act simultaneously on deforestation and poverty, creating tradeof



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910711115003321

Autore

Greenfeld Sidney H

Titolo

The application of x-ray projection microscopy to roofing asphalt systems / / Sidney H. Greenfeld

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gaithersburg, MD : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, , 1962

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

NBS report ; ; 7589

Altri autori (Persone)

GreenfeldSidney H

Soggetti

Asphalt - Testing

X-ray microscopes - Testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

1962.

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Title from PDF title page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.