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UNINA9910457262103321 |
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Titolo |
Sustaining large marine ecosystems [[electronic resource] ] : the human dimension / / edited by Timothy M. Hennessey, Jon G. Sutinen |
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Amsterdam, : Elsevier, 2005 |
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1-280-63085-X |
9786610630851 |
0-08-045970-6 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (381 p.) |
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Large marine ecosystems, , 1570-0461 ; ; v. 13 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HennesseyTimothy M |
SutinenJon G |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Marine ecology - Management |
Marine resources - Management |
Ecosystem management |
Ecosystem health - Economic aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Large marine ecosystems, social theory and LME management methodology -- pt. 2. Economic activity and the cost of ownership -- pt. 3. The role of governance and institutions. |
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The shift away from the management of individual resources to the broader perspective of ecosystems is no longer confined to academia and think tanks where it first began; the ecosystem paradigm also is beginning to take root in government policy and programs.This volume provides innovative and timely approaches for improving and sustaining socioeconomic benefits from LMEs. The authors describe methodologies and actions for moving forward in halting the downward resource sustainability spiral and advancing toward the recovery of depleted fish stocks, restoration of degraded habitats, and r |
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UNINA9910827582703321 |
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Titolo |
Island at war : Puerto Rico in the crucible of the Second World War / / edited by Jorge Rodríguez Beruff and José L. Bolívar Fresneda |
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Jackson, Mississippi : , : The University Press of Mississippi, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (295 p.) |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Puerto Rico |
Puerto Rico Politics and government 1898-1952 |
Puerto Rico Relations United States |
United States Relations Puerto Rico |
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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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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Rediscovering Puerto Rico and the Caribbean: US Strategic Debate and War Planning on the Eve of the Second World War""; ""Puerto Rico: Headquarters of the Caribbean Sea Frontier, 1940-1945""; ""War and Political Transition in Puerto Rico, 1939-1940""; ""The Wartime Quartet: Munoz Maran, Tugwell, Ickes, and FDR""; ""The War Economy of Puerto Rico, 1939-1945""; ""The German Blockade of the Caribbean in 1942 and Its Effects in Puerto Rico""; ""Vieques: The Impact of the Second World War"" |
""The Anglo-American Caribbean Commission: A Socioeconomic Strategy Designed for Military Security, 1942-1946""""Geopolitics and Telecommunications Policy in Puerto Rico: ITT and the Porto Rico Telephone Company, 1942-1948""; ""What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? The Story of a Puerto Rican in the Second World War and Korea: Captain Harry Chabrin Acevedo, 1925-1986""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y"" |
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Despite Puerto Rico being the hub of the United States' naval response |
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to the German blockade of the Caribbean, there is very little published scholarship on the island's heavy involvement in the global conflict of World War II. 'Island at War' brings together outstanding new research on Puerto Rico and makes it accessible in English. |
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