1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783433503321

Titolo

Adaptive governance [[electronic resource] ] : integrating science, policy, and decision making / / Ronald D. Brunner ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, c2005

ISBN

0-231-50987-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrunnerRonald D

Disciplina

333.7/0978

Soggetti

Natural resources - United States - Management

Natural resources - Government policy - United States

Conservation of natural resources - United States - Decision making

Environmental policy - United States - Decision making

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

Contents --  Preface --  Acknowledgments --  Chapter 1. Beyond Scientific Management --  Chapter 2. The 15-Mile Reach: Let the Fish Tell Us --  Chapter 3. The Camino Real: To Care for the Land and Serve the People --  Chapter 4. Grassbanks: Diffusion and Adaptation from the Radical Center --  Chapter 5. The Oregon Plan: A New Way of Doing Business --  Chapter 6. Community-Based Forestry Goes to Washington --  Chapter 7. Toward Adaptive Governance --  Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on five detailed case studies from the American West, the authors explore and clarify how to expedite a transition toward adaptive governance and break the gridlock in natural resource policymaking. Unlike scientific management, which relies on science as the foundation for policies made through a central bureaucratic authority, adaptive governance integrates various types of knowledge and organizations. Adaptive governance relies on open decision-making processes recognizing multiple interests, community-based initiatives, and an integrative science in addition to traditional science.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785650103321

Autore

Moore Patrick

Titolo

Patrick Moore's data book of astronomy / / edited by Patrick Moore and Robin Rees [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-316-08842-1

1-283-05206-7

9786613052063

0-511-78207-1

1-139-04147-9

1-139-04224-6

1-139-04487-7

1-139-03833-8

1-139-04070-7

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (576 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Altri autori (Persone)

MoorePatrick

Disciplina

520

Soggetti

Astronomy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

The Solar System -- The Sun -- The Moon -- Mercury -- Venus -- Earth -- Mars -- Minor members of the Solar system -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Uranus -- Neptune -- Beyond Neptune: the Kuiper Belt -- Comets -- Meteors -- Meteorites -- Glows and atmospheric effects -- The stars -- Stellar spectra and evolution -- Extra-solar planets -- Double stars -- Variable stars -- Stellar clusters -- Nebulæ -- The Milky Way Galaxy -- Galaxies -- Evolution of the Universe -- The constellations -- The star catalogue -- Telescopes and observatories -- Non-optical astronomy -- The history of astronomy -- Astronomers -- Glossary.

Sommario/riassunto

Packed with up-to-date astronomical data about the Solar System, our Galaxy and the wider Universe, this is a one-stop reference for astronomers of all levels. It gives the names, positions, sizes and other key facts of all the planets and their satellites; discusses the Sun in depth, from sunspots to solar eclipses; lists the dates for cometary



returns, close-approach asteroids, and significant meteor showers; and includes 88 star charts, with the names, positions, magnitudes and spectra of the stars, along with key data on nebulae and clusters. Full of facts and figures, this is the only book you need to look up data about astronomy. It is destined to become the standard reference for everyone interested in astronomy.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689823003321

Titolo

Foreign relations authorization for fiscal year 2005-2006 : Department of State management initiatives : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, April 14, 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 38 p.)

Soggetti

Humanitarian assistance, American - Finance

Postwar reconstruction - Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia