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Record Nr.

UNINA9910697321303321

Autore

Powell Kevin L

Titolo

Assessment of research and technology transfer needs for wood-frame housing [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin L. Powell, David C. Tilotta, Karen L. Martinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, WI : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, , [2008]

Descrizione fisica

30 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

General technical report FPL ; ; GTR-176

Altri autori (Persone)

TilottaDavid C

MartinsonKaren L

Soggetti

Wooden-frame houses - Technological innovations - Public opinion

Wooden-frame houses - Research - Public opinion

Technology transfer - Public opinion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 29, 2008).

"April 2008."

Sommario/riassunto

Improvements to housing will require both research and the transfer of that research to homebuilders, homebuyers, and others in need of technology. This report summarizes results of a national survey on research and technology transfer needs for housing and prioritizes those needs. Survey participants included academicians, builders, code officials, government officials, homeowners, manufacturers, and others. In addition to determining overall priorities, research and technology transfer needs are also categorized into important priority areas for housing: construction, design, disaster, durability, environmental factors, fasteners and adhesives, inspection, materials, operation, maintenance and rehabilitation, and other areas. Analysis of the needs for housing research and technology demonstrates great interest in, and high priority for, moisture and mold issues, wood preservation and related fastening technology, and development of standardized inspection and installation procedures for materials and products. Priorities identified in this study will be used by the Forest



Products Laboratory for developing a national program for housing research and development.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910635101203321

Titolo

Migrant Ecologies : Environmental Histories of the Pacific World / / edited by James Beattie, Ryan Tucker Jones, Edward Dallam Melillo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Honolulu : , : University of Hawaiʻi Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

0-8248-9225-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 pages)

Collana

Perspectives on the global past

Disciplina

304.209164

Soggetti

Human ecology - Pacifc Area - History

Ecology - Pacifc Area - History

Conference papers and proceedings.

Pacific Ocean Environmental conditions Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Long-Distance Animal Migration and the Creation of a Pacific World: A History in Three Species / Ryan Tucker Jones -- Many Diasporas: People, Nature, and Movement in Pacific History / Gregory Samantha Rosenthal -- Chinese Resource Frontiers, Environmental Change, and Entrepreneurship in the South Pacific, 1790s-1920s / James Beattie -- The Third Vector: Pacific Pathogens, Colonial Disease Ecologies, and Native American Epidemics North of Mexico / Benjamin Madley -- Sentiment and Gore: Whaling the Pacific World / Lissa Wadewitz -- Changes on the Plantation: An Environmental History of Colonial Samoa / Holger Droessler -- "One Extensive Garden"? Citrus Schemes and Land Use in the Cook Islands, 1900-1970 / Hannah Cutting-Jones -- Settler-Colonialism, Ecology, and Expropriation of Ainu Mosir: A Transnational Perspective / Katsuya Hirano -- Pearl of the Empire: Conservation, Commerce, and Science in the Tuamotu Archipelago / William Cavert -- From Boki's Beans to Kona Coffee: The ʻŌiwi (Native)



Roots of an Exotic Species / Edward Dallam Melillo -- Maunalua: Shifting Nomenclatures and Spatial Reconfiguration in Hawaii Kai / N. Haʻalilio Solomon -- Bait and Switch: Tuna Wars, Territorial Seas, and the Ecogeography of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, 1931-1982 / Kristin A. Wintersteen -- Wintering in the South: Birds, Place, and Flows / Emily O'Gorman -- Bravo for the Pacific: Nuclear Testing, Ecosystem Ecology, and the Emergence of Direct Action Environmentalism / Frank Zelko -- A Pacific Anthropocene / Ruth A. Morgan.

Sommario/riassunto

"Migrant Ecologies: Environmental Histories of the Pacific World is the first volume explicitly dedicated to the environmental history of Earth's largest ocean. Covering nearly one-third of the planet, the Pacific Ocean is remarkable for its diverse human and non-human inhabitants, their astounding long-distance migrations over time, and their profound influences on other parts of the world. This book creates an understanding of the past, present, and futures of the lands, seas, peoples, practices, microbes, animals, plants, and other natural forces that shape the Pacific. It effectively argues for the existence of an interconnected Pacific World environmental history, as well as for the Pacific Ocean as a necessary framework for understanding that history. The fifteen chapters in this comprehensive collection, written by leading experts from across the globe, span a vast array of topics, from disease ecology and coffee cultivation to nuclear testing and whaling practices. They explore regions stretching from the Tuamotu Archipelago in the south Pacific to the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far north, resisting the depiction of the Pacific as isolated and uninhabited. What unites these diverse contributions is a concern for how the people, places, and non-human beings of the Pacific World have been shaped by, and have in turn modified, their oceanic realm. Building on a recent renaissance in Pacific history, these chapters make a powerful argument for the importance of the Pacific World as a coherent unit of analysis and a valuable lens through which to examine past, ongoing, and emerging environmental issues. By showcasing surprising and innovative perspectives on the environmental histories of the peoples and ecosystems in and around the Pacific Ocean, this work adds to current conversations and debates about the Pacific World and offers myriad opportunities for further discussions, both inside and outside of the classroom".