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UNINA9910456280903321 |
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Autore |
Bantjes Rod |
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Improved earth : prairie space as modern artefact, 1869-1944 / / Rod Bantjes |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005 |
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©2005 |
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1-281-99452-9 |
9786611994525 |
1-4426-7603-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Landscapes - Social aspects - Saskatchewan |
Rural development - Saskatchewan |
Land settlement - Social aspects - Saskatchewan |
Sociology, Rural - Saskatchewan |
Rural development - Sociological aspects - Saskatchewan |
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Saskatchewan Politics and government |
Saskatchewan Rural conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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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 and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Groundwork: The Dominion Survey -- Chapter 3. Modernity in the Countryside: Contested Rural Space -- Chapter 4. Local Governance as Spatial Practice: State Formation -- Chapter 5. Utopics of Resistance: Agrarian Class Formation -- Chapter 6. Conclusion: The Trans-local and Resistance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Improved Earth is a history of the making of ?abstract spaces of modernity? in the setting of the Canadian prairies, particularly rural Saskatchewan, from 1869 to 1944. Rod Bantjes demonstrates how three interrelated projects ? state formation, agrarian class formation, and the transformation of the environment ? were conceived in spatial |
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terms and employed competing visions of spatial possibility.Bantjes proposes that the prairies be thought of as a site of modernity, and makes a case for viewing prairie farmers as ?modernists? who not only embraced, but took an active role in the making of modernity. Indeed, many of the questions that excited the imaginations of prairie politicians and reformers are alive today: the ecological and social value of ?localization? in agricultural production; the potentials for ?community? maintained and linked by transportation and communications technologies; and the possibilities of democratic decentralization within large translocal networks.The first systematic treatment of the spatial dimensions of the colonization of the prairie west, Improved Earth is a unique and thorough study certain to provoke new debates about the way space and time are imagined. |
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UNINA9910682587403321 |
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Titolo |
Atmospheric Water Harvesting Development and Challenges / / edited by Elvis Fosso-Kankeu, Ali Al Alili, Hemant Mittal, Bhekie Mamba |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2023.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (218 pages) |
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Collana |
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Water Science and Technology Library, , 1872-4663 ; ; 122 |
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Environmental engineering |
Biotechnology |
Bioremediation |
Water |
Hydrology |
Atmospheric science |
Energy policy |
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology |
Atmospheric Science |
Energy Policy, Economics and Management |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Atmospheric Water Generator Technologies -- Outdoor testing of double slope condensation surface for extraction of water from air -- New materials for sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting:opportunities and challenges -- Metal-oxide frameworks for Atmospheric Water Harvesting -- Solar adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting systems: Materials and technologies. |
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The commercial operation of atmospheric water harvesting systems is still limited to few countries; this is mainly due to the low energy efficiency of the system and the inability to effectively operate throughout the various seasons of the year. Researchers have attempted to develop strategies to render the operation of atmospheric water harvesters easier and cost effective. This book covers work progress toward such direction, including among others the co-operation of these systems with renewable energy source and the adaptation of the systems to local conditions; the response of the communities around the world to such technology and how its implementation is affected by cultural believe, cost, and technological friendliness. The book is of interest to academic researchers, students, water authorities, professional in relevant industries, government regulatory bodies officers, and environmentalists. |
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