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UNINA9910454940203321 |
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Autore |
Wheeler Robin <1954-> |
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Food security for the faint of heart [[electronic resource] ] : keeping your larder full in lean times / / Robin Wheeler |
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Gabriola Island, B.C., : New Society Publishers, 2008 |
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1-282-46548-1 |
1-55092-384-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Food - Storage |
Emergency food supply |
Survival and emergency equipment |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Advance Praise; Title Page; Rights Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 10 Reasons to be Food Secure; Chapter 1: The Real Thing -EARTHQUAKE!; Chapter 2: Stockpiling; Chapter 3: Buying Organic on a Budget; Chapter 4: Getting Symbiotic With Your Garden; Chapter 5: Maximizing the Harvest; Chapter 6: Storing the Garden Abundance (Top Ten Techniques); Chapter 7: Just a Cup of Tea for Me or Hot Bevies from a Cool Garden; Chapter 8: Please Don't Eat the Daisies(Without a Good Dressing); Chapter 9: Gardener With a Suitcase; Chapter 10: Into the Wild |
Chapter 11: By the Sea -We Shall See What's on the Seashore (And Then We'll Eat It)Chapter 12: The 18 Minute Medic: Quick Medicine, at Your Door; Chapter 13: Water; Chapter 14: I'm Too Busy Watching "Survivor" to Live Through a Food Crisis!; Chapter 15: Working Cooperatively; Chapter 16: Choosing Your Future and Feeling Your Big Muscles; Chapter 17: Pulling It All Together; Index; About the Author |
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Simple techniques for securing your food supply in an insecure world. |
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UNINA9910450607403321 |
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Autore |
Bunting Mark <1948-> |
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Making public transport work [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Bunting |
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Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004 |
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1-282-86146-8 |
9786612861468 |
0-7735-7143-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (174 p.) |
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Urban transportation |
Local transit |
Local transit - Planning |
Transports urbains |
Transports publics |
Transports publics - Planification |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-158) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Last Bus Has Been Cancelled -- 3 "If Only They Would -- 4 A World without Public Transport -- 5 Approaching the Problem -- 6 The Customer Relationship -- 7 Setting a Standard for Public Transport -- 8 A Public Transport Architecture -- 9 Wanted: A Public Transport Revolution -- 10 Making Public Transport Work -- 11 Taking Responsibility for Public Transport -- Further Readings -- Index. |
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People have always traveled, but over the last century there has been an unprecedented increase in mobility. Hundreds of millions commute daily between home and work, relying more and more on cars and less on urban and intercity public transport. Faced with environmental concerns and the negative cultural and social effects of urban sprawl, governments and other agencies have attempted to reverse the decline in public transport use. In Making Public Transportation Work P.M. Bunting examines why problems have arisen and how they might be |
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