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UNINA9910452700903321 |
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Titolo |
Climate and conservation [[electronic resource] ] : landscape and seascape science, planning, and action / / edited by Jodi A. Hilty, Charles C. Chester, and Molly S. Cross |
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Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2012 |
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1-61091-170-9 |
1-61091-203-9 |
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[1st ed. 2012.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (393 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HiltyJodi A |
ChesterCharles C |
CrossMolly S |
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Biodiversity conservation |
Climate change mitigation |
Endangered ecosystems |
Ecosystem management |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Climate Change Science, Impacts, and Opportunities -- Chapter 2. Landscape and Seascape Climate Change Planning and Action -- Chapter 3. Albertine Rift, Africa -- Chapter 4. The Brazilian Amazon -- Chapter 5. Mesoamerican Biological Corridor -- Chapter 6. Boreal Forest, Canada -- Chapter 7. Cape Floristic Region, South Africa -- Chapter 8. Eastern Mongolian Grassland Steppe -- Chapter 9. Northern Great Plains, North America -- Chapter 10. Washington State, USA -- Chapter 11. Alps Freshwater, Europe -- Chapter 12. Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, Bangladesh -- Chapter 13. Vatu-i-Ra Seascape, Fiji -- Chapter 14. Wider Caribbean Region -- Chapter 15. Altai-Sayan, Eurasia -- Chapter 16. Great Eastern Ranges, Australia -- Chapter 17. Madrean Sky Islands, North America -- Chapter 18. The Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion, North America -- Chapter 19. Yellowstone to Yukon, North America -- Chapter 20. Arctic Alaska, USA -- Chapter 21. Antarctica -- Chapter |
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22. Moving Forward on Climate Change Science, Planning, and Action -- References -- Contributors -- Index. |
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Climate and Conservation presents case studies from around the world of leading-edge projects focused on climate change adaptation-regional-scale endeavors where scientists, managers, and practitioners are working to protect biodiversity by protecting landscapes and seascapes in response to threats posed by climate change. The book begins with an introductory section that frames the issues and takes a systematic look at planning for climate change adaptation. The nineteen chapters that follow examine particular case studies in every part of the world, including landscapes and seascapes from equatorial, temperate, montane, polar, and marine and freshwater regions. Projects profiled range from North American grasslands to boreal forests to coral reefs to Alpine freshwater environments. Chapter authors have extensive experience in their respective regions and are actively engaged in working on climate-related issues. The result is a collection of geographical case studies that allows for effective cross-comparison while at the same time recognizing the uniqueness of each situation and locale. Climate and Conservation offers readers tangible, place-based examples of projects designed to protect large landscapes as a means of conserving biodiversity in the face of the looming threat of global climate change. It informs readers of how a diverse set of conservation actors have been responding to climate change at a scale that matches the problem, and is an essential contribution for anyone involved with large-scale biodiversity conservation. |
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UNINA9910822834203321 |
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Autore |
Paige Mark A. <1975-> |
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Building a better teacher : understanding value-added models in the law of teacher evaluation / / Mark A. Paige |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (117 p.) |
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Teachers - Rating of - United States - Mathematical models |
Educational evaluation - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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VAMs : what are they good for? -- A complete circle : teacher evaluation, VAMs, and employment decisions -- VAMs under the law : unfair but rational? -- Pre-existing conditions : legal deference to school administrators judgment of teacher performance -- VAMs, collective bargaining, and arbitration : more legal headaches for administrators? -- Collective bargaining : exploring local mechanisms to mitigate VAMs collateral damage -- The appropriate role of courts in creating for fair evaluations -- Lessons learned : what policymakers can learn from education professionals. |
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The book advocates for a complete removal of VAMs in high-stakes decisions. It sets forth numerous recommendations for administrators and policymakers to enable them to effectively deal with the complications created by VAMs. |
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UNINA9911008476903321 |
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Autore |
Mews Siegfried |
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Günter Grass and his critics : from the tin drum to Crabwalk / / Siegfried Mews |
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Suffolk : , : Boydell & Brewer, , 2008 |
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1-282-94679-X |
9786612946790 |
1-57113-796-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 426 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture : literary criticism in perspective |
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Criticism - Germany - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Danzig, center of the universe -- Die Blechtrommel / The tin drum -- Katz und Maus / Cat and mouse -- Hundejahre / Dog years -- Danziger Trilogie / The Danzig trilogy -- From Danzig to the global stage: Grass's fiction of the 1970s and 1980s -- Örtlich betäubt / Local anaesthetic -- Aus dem Tagebuch einer Schnecke / From the diary of a snail -- Der Butt / The flounder -- Das Treffen in Telgte / The meeting at Telgte -- Kopfgeburten oder Die Deutshen sterben aus / Headbirths or The Germans are dying out -- Die Rättin / The rat -- Zunge zeigen / Show your tongue -- After reunification: old problems and new beginnings -- Unkenrufe / The call of the toad -- Ein weites Feld / Too far afield -- Mein Jahrhundert / My century -- Im Krebsgang / Crabwalk. |
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When the Swedish Academy announced that Günter Grass had been awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature, it singled out his first novel 'The Tin Drum' (1959, English translation 1963) as a seminal work that had signaled the postwar rebirth of German letters, auguring 'a new beginning after decades of linguistic and moral destruction.' Nearly fifty years after its publication, the novel's significance has been generally acknowledged: it is the uncontested favorite among Grass's works of fiction on the part of reading public and critics alike, yet its canonical status tends to obscure the decidedly mixed and even hostile |
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reactions it initially elicited. Along with 'The Tin Drum,' Grass's impressive body of literary work since the 1950s has spawned a cottage industry of Grass criticism, making a reliable guide through the thicket of sometimes contradictory readings a definite desideratum. Siegfried Mews fills this lacuna in Grass scholarship by way of a detailed but succinct, descriptive as well as analytical and evaluative overview of the scholarship from 1959 to 2005. Grass's politically motivated interventions in public discourse have kept him highly visible, blurring the boundaries between politics and aesthetics. Mews therefore examines not only academic criticism but also the daily and weekly press (and other news media), providing additional insight into the reception of Grass's works. Siegfried Mews is Professor of German at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Winner, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award, 2008. |
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