Earth matters : how soil underlies civilization / / Richard D. Bardgett

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460512203321
• Autore: Bardgett Richard D.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-19-191833-4; 0-19-164563-X
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Disciplina: 574.90948
• Soggetti: Soil biology; Soil and civilization; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; EARTH MATTERS: How soil underlies civilization; Copyright; Dedication; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; 1: Soil and the Distant Past; PARENT MATERIAL; TOPOGRAPHY; CLIMATE; THE BIOTIC FACTOR; TIME; MAN AS A SOIL-FORMER; 2: Soil and Biodiversity; A JOURNEY ACROSS THE GLOBE; A WALK IN THE PARK; SOIL BIODIVERSITY AND TIME; DOES SOIL BIODIVERSITY MATTER?; THE ENGINEERS; THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY; 3: Soil and the Grower; EARLY IDEAS ON SOIL FERTILITY; THE GREEN REVOLUTION; SOIL DEGRADATION; LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL; TERROIR; 4: Soil and the City; ASPHALT, BRICKS, AND CONCRETETHE HIDDEN SOILS OF THE CITY; THE SPORTS PITCH; CONTAMINATED SOIL; NIGHT SOIL; 5: Soil and War; MUD AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR; THE MUD MARCH AND WATERLOO; TUNNELS OF WAR; BOMBTURBATION; AGENT ORANGE; DEPLETED URANIUM; FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS; DIG FOR VICTORY; 6: Soil and Climate Change; THE GREENHOUSE GASES; SOIL AS A CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOIL CARBON CYCLING; CLIMATE, PLANTS, AND SOILS; STORING CARBON; 7: Soil and the Future; NOTES AND REFERENCES; INDEX; COLLIDING CONTINENTS: A geological ; exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibet; THE EMERALD PLANET: How plants changed Earth's historyTHE GOLDILOCKS PLANET The 4 billion year story of Earth's climate; OCEAN WORLDS: The story of seas on Earth and other planets; THE PLANET IN A PEBBLE: A journey into Earth's deep history; WAKING THE GIANT: How a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Earth Matters' describes the importance of soil, the many ways in which we depend on it, and how humans have worked with the soil throughout history. Exploring the reasons for increasing recognition and respect for soil even among town and city dwellers, Bardgett concludes with a look at current efforts to stop widespread soil degradation.

Groundwater-dependent ecosystems: level I inventory field guide : inventory methods for assessment and planning

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910702247003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, , March 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 191 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Gen. tech. report WO ; ; 86a
• Soggetti: Groundwater ecology - United States - Evaluation; Ecosystem management - United States - Evaluation; Groundwater - United States - Management; Handbooks and manuals.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 28, 2015).; "March 2012."; "This field guide is a product of a partnership between The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Chapter, and the Forest Service"--Page iv.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.

Rhetorical citizenship and public deliberation / / edited by Christian Kock and Lisa S. Villadsen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785935203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• ISBN: 0-271-06941-4; 0-271-05931-1; 0-271-06030-1; 0-271-06029-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (351 p.)
• Collana: Rhetoric and democratic deliberation
• Disciplina: 323.6014
• Soggetti: Political participation; Deliberative democracy; Citizenship
• 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: ""Chapter 6: Provocative Style: The Gaarder Debate Example (Marie Lund Klujeff)""""Chapter 7: Virtual Deliberations: Talking Politics Online in Hungary (Ildikó Kaposi)""; ""Part II: Critiques of “Eliteâ€? Discourse""; ""Chapter 8: Dis-playing Democracy: The Rhetoric of Duplicity (Kristian Wedberg)""; ""Chapter 9: Rhetoric of War, Rhetoric of Gender (Berit von der Lippe)""; ""Chapter 10: Speaking of Terror: Norms of Rhetorical Citizenship in Danish Public Discourse (Lisa S. Villadsen)""; ""Chapter 15: Danish Revue: Satire as Rhetorical Citizenship (Jette Barnholdt Hansen)""""SECTION III: Toward Better Deliberative Practices""; ""Chapter 16: Presidential Primary Debate as a Genre of Journalistic Discourse: How can We Put Debate into the Debates? (John Adams and Stephen West)""; ""Chapter 17: A Tool for Rhetorical Citizenship: Generalizing the Status System (Christian Kock)""; ""Chapter 18: Interpretive Debates Revisited (Georgia Warnke)""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Index""; ""COVER Back""
• Sommario/riassunto: "A collection of essays examining citizenship as a discursive ; phenomenon, in the sense that important civic functions take place in deliberation among citizens and that discourse is not prefatory to real action but in many ways constitutive of civic engagement"--Provided by publisher.