Precious heritage [[electronic resource] ] : the status of biodiversity in the United States / / edited by Bruce A. Stein, Lynn S. Kutner, Jonathan S. Adams ; graphics by Nicole S. Rousmaniere

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453825603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000
• ISBN: 0-19-756133-0; 1-280-83091-3; 9786610830916; 0-19-802896-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (426 p.)
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Altri autori (Persone): AdamsJonathan S; KutnerLynn S; SteinBruce A. <1955->
• Disciplina: 333.950973; 333.95160973
• Soggetti: Biodiversity conservation - United States; Conservation of natural resources - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A joint project of the Nature Conservancy & Association for Biodiversity Information."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-366).
• Nota di contenuto: Biodiversity : our precious heritage / Jonathan S. Adams, Bruce A. Stein, Lynn S. Kutner -- Discovering life in America : tools and techniques of biodiversity inventory / Bruce A. Stein, Frank W. Davis -- A remarkable array : species diversity in the United States / Bruce A. Stein ... [et al.] -- Vanishing assets : conservation status of U.S. species / Lawrence L. Master ... [et al.] -- State of the states : geographic patterns of diversity, rarity, and endemism / Bruce A. Stein ... [et al.] -- The geography of imperilment : targeting conservation toward critical biodiversity areas / Stephen J. Chaplin ... [et al.] -- More than the sum of the parts : diversity and status of ecological systems / Mark T. Bryer ... [et al.] -- Leading threats to biodiversity : what's imperiling U.S. species / David S. Wilcove ... [et al.] -- Strategies for biodiversity protection / Michael J. Bean -- Owning up to our responsibilities : who ; owns lands important for biodiversity? / Craig R. Groves ... [et al.] -- Safeguarding our precious heritage / Mark L. Shaffer, Bruce A. Stein -- ; Appendix A. Extinct and missing species of the United States -- Appendix B. State diversity, endemism, and rarity -- ; Appendix C. Küchler potential natural vegetation types -- ; Appendix D. Principal sources for U.S. species names in the Natural Heritage central databases.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Precious Heritage' draws together for the first time a quarter century of information on U.S. biodiversity developed by natural heritage programs from across the country. This richly illustrated volume not only documents those aspects of U.S. biodiversity that are particularly noteworthy, but also considers how species and ecosystems are faring, what is threatening them, and what is needed to protect the nation's remaining natural inheritance.

Poverty in the midst of affluence : how Hong Kong mismanaged its prosperity / / Leo F. Goodstadt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459596703321
• Autore: Goodstadt Leo F.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hong Kong : , : HKU Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 988-8313-09-6
• Edizione: [Revised edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.95125
• Soggetti: Poverty - China - Hong Kong; Cost and standard of living - China - Hong Kong; Electronic books.; Hong Kong (China) Economic conditions
• 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: Preface -- Introduction : pain, panic and poverty -- Crisis economics : private profits, public pain -- The business of government : less politics, no welfare -- Housing : unending crisis -- Social reforms : too ; little, too late -- Social reforms : the new poverty -- The undeserving poor -- An absence of advocates : how the 'welfare' lobby lost its voice -- Conclusions : history repeats itself.
• Sommario/riassunto: Hong Kong is among the richest cities in the world. Yet over the past 15 years, living conditions for the average family have deteriorated. Successive governments have been reluctant to invest in services for the elderly, the disabled, the long-term sick, and the poor, while education has become more elitist. The political system has helped to entrench a mistaken consensus that social spending is a threat to financial stability. In this trenchant attack on government mismanagement, Leo Goodstadt traces how officials have created a 'new poverty' in Hong Kong and argues that their misguided policies are both a legacy of the colonial era and a deliberate choice by modern governments, and not the result of economic crises.