Beyond proprietorship [[electronic resource] ] : Murphrees's laws on community-based natural resources management in southern Africa / / edited by B.B. Mukamuri, J.M. Manjengwa & S. Anstey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455400403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Avondale, Harare, : Weaver Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-27506-2; 9786612275067; 1-55250-424-7; 1-77922-117-7; 1-77922-103-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AnsteySimon; ManjengwaJ. M; MukamuriBilly B
• Disciplina: 333.70968
• Soggetti: Environmental management - Africa, Southern; Natural resources management areas - Africa, Southern; Natural resources - Management - Africa, Southern; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Murphree's Laws, Principles, Rules & Definitions; 3 Rethinking the Building Blocks: A Critique of Demand Driven Decentralisation in Chizvirizvi Resettlement Area in Chiredzi District of Zimbabwe; 4 Beacon & Barometer: CBNRM & evolutions in Local Democracy in Southern Africa; 5 Global-local linkages: The meanings of CBNRM in global conservation politics; 6 Rural Institutions: Challenges and Prospects for the active participation in Natural Resources Governance in Zimbabwe; 7 More than Socially Embedded: The Distinctive Character of 'Communal Tenure' Regimes in South Africa & its Implications for Policy8 Conflicts & Commercialization Pressures over Forest Resources in the Post-Fast Track Land Reform Context in Zimbabwe: A case of Seke Communal Lands; 9 Gender Issues Surrounding Water ; Development & Management in Chishawasha Settlement Area; 10 Participatory Development of Community-based Management Plans for Livestock Feed Resources in Semi-arid Areas of Zimbabwe: Experiences from Lower Guruve District; 11 Local Environmental Action Planning: Making it Work; 12 Trying to Make Sense of it All: Dealing with the Complexities of Community Based Natural Resource Management13 Taking Murphree's Principles into the Future: The Research & Development Issues for CBNRM Initiatives in Southern Africa; Notes on Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Dr Marshall Murphree is a prominent scholar in the fields of common property theory, rural development, and natural resource management. After graduating from the London School of Economics with a doctorate in social anthropology, he returned home to Zimbabwe to work as a missionary before joining the University of Zimbabwe, where he became director, and subsequently Professor Emeritus, of the Centre for Applied Social Sciences. Beyond Proprietorship presents a range of contributions to the May 2007 conference held to honour Murphree's work, and it conveys his central concerns of equality and

Android design patterns : interaction design solutions for developers / / Greg Nudelman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957560503321
• Autore: Nudelman Greg
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Indianapolis, Ind., : Wiley, 2013
• ISBN: 9781118417553; 1118417550; 9781299241923; 1299241921; 9781118439340; 1118439341
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (458 p.)
• Disciplina: 005.25; 005.258
• Soggetti: Application software - Development; Mobile computing; Smartphones - Programming
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. UX principles and Android OS considerations -- pt. 2. Android design patterns and antipatterns.
• Sommario/riassunto: Master the challenges of Android user interface development with these sample patterns With Android 4, Google brings the full power of its Android OS to both smartphone and tablet computing. Designing effective user interfaces that work on multiple Android devices is extremely challenging. This book provides more than 75 patterns that you can use to create versatile user interfaces for both smartphones and tablets, saving countless hours of development time. Patterns cover the most common and yet difficult types of user interactions, and each is supported with richly illustrate