1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457798103321

Autore

Pyne Stephen J. <1949->

Titolo

Fire [[electronic resource] ] : a brief history / / Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by William Cronon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2001

ISBN

0-295-80327-4

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 204 p. : ill., map

Collana

Cycle of fire

Weyerhaeuser environmental books

Altri autori (Persone)

CrononWilliam

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Fire - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910975338703321

Autore

Formigari Lia <1931->

Titolo

Signs, science and politics : philosophies of language in Europe, 1700-1830 / / Lia Formigari ; translated by William Dodd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1993

ISBN

1-283-31293-X

9786613312938

90-272-7688-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, , 0304-0720 ; ; v. 70

Altri autori (Persone)

FormigariLia <1931->

DoddWilliam

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy - History

Semiotics - History

Linguistics - Europe - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. and enlarged ed. of: L'esperienza e il segno. Roma : Editori Riuniti, 1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

SIGNS, SCIENCE AND POLITICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Preface & Acknowledgements; LIST OF ORIGINAL PLACES OF PUBLICATION; Table of contents; Chapter 1. The Semiotic Control of Experience; Chapter 2. The Semiotic Control of Civil Society; Chapter 3. The Birth of Idealism in Linguistics: The History of a Transition; Bibliography; Indexof Authors; Index of Subjects & Terms

Sommario/riassunto

This book tells the story of how 18th-century European philosophy used Locke's theory of signs to build a natural history of speech and to investigate the semiotic tools with which nature and civil society can be controlled. The story ends at the point where this approach to language sciences was called into question. Its epilogue is the description of the birth of an alternative between empiricism and idealism in late 18th- and early 19th-century theories of language.This alternative has given rise to such irreducible dichotomies as empirical linguistics vs. speculative linguistics, philosoph



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966726203321

Autore

Cestti Rita

Titolo

Agriculture non-point source pollution control : good management practices-- the Chesapeake Bay experience / / Rita Cestti, Jitendra Srivastava, Samira Jung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2003

ISBN

1-280-08406-5

9786610084067

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vii, 46 pages : illustrations, map ; ; 26 cm

Collana

World Bank working paper ; ; no. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

SrivastavaJitendra <1940->

JungSamira <1962->

Disciplina

363.739/46

Soggetti

Nonpoint source pollution - Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Water quality management - Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Best management practices (Pollution prevention) - Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Cover -- Title -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Importance in Addressing Non-Point Source Pollution -- 3. On-Farm Best Management Practices -- 4. Effectiveness of Best Management Practices -- 5. Factors Affecting Farmers' Participation and Adoption of Best Management Practices -- Annex 1 Best Management Practices -- Annex 2 Simplified BMPs -- References -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES.

Sommario/riassunto

This title draws the attention of professionals and practitioners working in agricultural and environmental sectors to the experience and successes of the environmentally friendly good agricultural practices being used in the Chesapeake Bay region of the US, to reduce nutrient loads in water.