1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910151731103321

Titolo

India in Africa and Afghanistan / / Cameron Buzatto, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Nova Science Publishers, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-62618-828-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (89 pages)

Collana

Global political studies

Disciplina

338.915406

Soggetti

India Foreign relations 21st century

India Foreign relations Africa

India Foreign relations Afghanistan

Africa Foreign relations India

Afghanistan Foreign relations India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910554268003321

Autore

Kahn Matthew E.

Titolo

Adapting to climate change : markets and the management of an uncertain future / / Matthew E. Kahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

0-300-25857-7

9780300258578

0300258577

9780300246711

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages)

Disciplina

363.73874

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Economic aspects

Microeconomics

climate change

economic conditions

microeconomics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Why Adaptation? -- A Microeconomics Perspective on Climate Science Prediction -- Daily Quality of Life -- Protecting the Poor -- Upgrading Public Infrastructure -- Will Climate Change Threaten Economic Productivity? -- Protecting Urban Real Estate -- The Market for Big Data Facilitates Adaptation -- Reimagining the Real Estate Sector -- Reimagining Laws and Regulations to Facilitate Adaptation -- Innovation in Agricultural Production -- Globalization and International Trade Facilitate Adaptation -- Conclusion: Human Capital Fuels Adaptation.

Sommario/riassunto

It is all but certain the next century will be hotter than any we've experienced before. Even if we get serious about fighting climate change, it's clear that we will need to adapt to the changes already underway in our environment. This book considers how individual economic choices in response to climate change will transform the



larger economy.0 Using the tools of microeconomics, Matthew E. Kahn explores how decisions about where we live, how our food is grown, and where new business ventures choose to locate are impacted by climate change. Kahn suggests new ways that big data can be deployed to ease energy or water shortages to aid agricultural operations and proposes informed policy changes related to public infrastructure, disaster relief, and real estate to nudge land use, transportation options, and business development in the right direction.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779116603321

Autore

Lightfoot Kent G. <1953->

Titolo

California Indians and their environment [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Kent G. Lightfoot and Otis Parrish ; contributions by Lee M. Panich ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009

ISBN

1-280-99554-8

9786613767158

0-520-94228-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Collana

California natural history guide series ; ; no. 96

Altri autori (Persone)

ParrishOtis

PanichLee M

Disciplina

979.4/01

Soggetti

Indians of North America - California - Social life and customs

Indians of North America - Hunting - California

Hunting and gathering societies - California

Human ecology - California - History

Indigenous peoples - Ecology - California

California Environmental conditions History

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- VISUAL GUIDE TO NATURAL RESOURCES -- CALIFORNIA INDIAN USES OF NATURAL RESOURCES -- Notes -- General References -- Resource References by Region and Type -- Art Credits -- Index -- More



Advance Praise

Sommario/riassunto

Capturing the vitality of California's unique indigenous cultures, this major new introduction incorporates the extensive research of the past thirty years into an illuminating, comprehensive synthesis for a wide audience. Based in part on new archaeological findings, it tells how the California Indians lived in vibrant polities, each boasting a rich village life including chiefs, religious specialists, master craftspeople, dances, feasts, and ceremonies. Throughout, the book emphasizes how these diverse communities interacted with the state's varied landscape, enhancing its already bountiful natural resources through various practices centered around prescribed burning. A handy reference section, illustrated with more than one hundred color photographs, describes the plants, animals, and minerals the California Indians used for food, basketry and cordage, medicine, and more. At a time when we are grappling with the problems of maintaining habitat diversity and sustainable economies, we find that these native peoples and their traditions have much to teach us about the future, as well as the past, of California.

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910806871403321

Autore

Garland Robert <1947->

Titolo

Wandering Greeks : the ancient Greek diaspora from the age of Homer to the death of Alexander the Great / / Robert Garland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-691-17380-X

1-4008-5025-8

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Classificazione

HIS002010HIS002000

Disciplina

938

Soggetti

Greeks - Migrations - History - To 1500

Greece Social conditions To 146 B.C

Greece Civilization To 146 B.C

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Preface -- 1. Prolegomena -- 2. The Wanderer -- 3. The Settler -- 4. The Portable Polis -- 5. The Deportee -- 6. The Evacuee -- 7. The Asylum-Seeker -- 8. The Fugitive -- 9. The Economic Migrant -- 10. The Itinerant -- 11. Repatriation -- Conclusions -- Envoi -- Further Reading -- Appendix A. The Terminology of Diaspora -- Appendix B. Catalogue of Athenian Cleruchies and Colonies -- Appendix C. Catalogue of Deportees -- Appendix D. Catalogue of Exiles -- Appendix E. Catalogue of the Enslaved -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of Personal Names -- Index of Place Names -- Index of Sources -- General Index

Sommario/riassunto

Most classical authors and modern historians depict the ancient Greek world as essentially stable and even static, once the so-called colonization movement came to an end. But Robert Garland argues that the Greeks were highly mobile, that their movement was essential to the survival, success, and sheer sustainability of their society, and that this wandering became a defining characteristic of their culture. Addressing a neglected but essential subject, Wandering Greeks focuses on the diaspora of tens of thousands of people between about 700 and 325 BCE, demonstrating the degree to which Greeks were liable to be forced to leave their homes due to political upheaval, oppression, poverty, warfare, or simply a desire to better themselves. Attempting to enter into the mind-set of these wanderers, the book provides an insightful and sympathetic account of what it meant for ancient Greeks to part from everyone and everything they held dear, to start a new life elsewhere-or even to become homeless, living on the open road or on the high seas with no end to their journey in sight. Each chapter identifies a specific kind of "wanderer," including the overseas settler, the deportee, the evacuee, the asylum-seeker, the fugitive, the economic migrant, and the itinerant, and the book also addresses repatriation and the idea of the "portable polis." The result is a vivid and unique portrait of ancient Greece as a culture of displaced persons.



5.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141817403321

Autore

Xianlin Song

Titolo

Bridging transcultural divides : Asian languages and cultures in global highter education / / edited by Xianlin Song and Ket Cadman [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of Adelaide Press, 2012

Adelaide : , : The University of Adelaide Press, , 2012

ISBN

9781922064318    ‡q (ebook)

1922064319   ‡q (ebook)

9781922064301

1922064300

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

495

Soggetti

Oriental languages - Study and teaching (Highter)

Asia Civilization Study and teaching (Highter)

Asia Civilization Study and teaching (Higher)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Pt. I. Another pedagogy is possible -- 1. Embracing the transcultural in higher education: An epistemological perspective / Kate Cadman and Xianlin Song --Pt. II. Re-locating teaching and learning -- 2. What are the implications for learning in Australian universities if and when the centre of the world shifts towards Asia? / Mobo Gao -- 3. (Post) Modern times: Transcultural exchange and the circumstances of postgraduate social science research / Greg McCarthy -- Pt. III. Transforming curriculum in Asian language teaching -- 4. Teaching Asian languages from an intercultural perspective: Building bridges for and with students of Indonesian / Anthony J Liddicoat and Michelle Kohler -- 5. A Study Skills Action Plan: Integrating self-regulated learning in a diverse higher education context / Kayoko Enomoto -- 6. The challenge of motivation: Teaching Japanese Kanji characters to students from diverse language backgrounds / Naomi Aoki -- 7. Personal growth through intercultural communication: Engaging native speakers and reflective learning in Japanese language curriculum /



Akiko Tomita -- Pt. IV. Capitalising on Asian social and cultural studies in contexts of diversity -- 8. Increasing cultural flexibility: A psychological perspective on the purpose of intercultural education / Delia Lin -- 9. Reflections of a 'Korean' teaching about Japan in a globalising Australia / Sejin Pak -- 10. Critiquing critical thinking: Asia's contribution towards sociological conceptualisation / Shoko Yoneyama -- Pt. V. Bridging learning gaps -- 11. Chinese culture and plagiarism: A convenient cause for an inconvenient issue in the academy / Ming Hwa Ting -- 12. Education with(out) distinction: Beyond graduate attributes for Chinese international students / Xianlin Song and Kate Cadman.

Sommario/riassunto

The impressive and stimulating essays in Bridging Transcultural Divides deal with the cultural and educational issues in the Australian context. The book’s central message is that education for Asian students in Australia, and more broadly in the West, can no longer been seen as a one-way transfer of knowledge, but must be understood as a process of reciprocal learning in which both teachers and students are changed by the experience.