1.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00018894

Titolo

Henan handai huaxian zhuan / [ed. by] Zhou Dao, Lu Pin, Tang Wenxing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Shanghai, : Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1985

Descrizione fisica

1 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Classificazione

CIN IX

Soggetti

PITTURA CINESE

SCULTURA CINESE

Lingua di pubblicazione

Cinese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956631303321

Titolo

Agriculture and the nitrogen cycle : assessing the impacts of fertilizer use on food production and the environment / / edited by Arvin Mosier, J. Keith Syers, and John R. Freney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2004

ISBN

9781597267434

1597267430

9781435648586

1435648587

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

SCOPE ; ; 65

Altri autori (Persone)

MosierArvin

SyersJohn K (John Keith)

FreneyJ. R (John Raymond)

Disciplina

631.8/4

Soggetti

Nitrogen fertilizers

Nitrogen fertilizers - Environmental aspects

Nitrogen cycle

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the



Environment of the International council for Science."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Figures and Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part I: Overview""; ""Ch. 1: Nitrogen Fertilizer: An Essential Component of Increased Food, Feed, and Fiber Production""; ""Part II: Crosscutting Issues""; ""Ch. 2: Crop, Environmental, and Management Factors Affecting Nitrogen Use Efficiency""; ""Ch. 3: Emerging Technologies to Increase the Efficiency of Use of Fertilizer Nitrogen""; ""Ch. 4: Pathways of Nitrogen Loss and Their Impacts on Human Health and the Environment""

""Ch. 5: Societal Responses for Addressing Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs: Balancing Food Production and Environmental Concerns""""Part III: Low-input Systems""; ""Ch. 6: Improving Fertilizer Nitrogen Use Efficiency Through an Ecosystem-based Approach""; ""Ch. 7: Nitrogen Dynamics in Legume-based Pasture Systems""; ""Ch. 8: Management of Nitrogen Fertilizer in Maize-based Systems in Subhumid Areas of Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Ch. 9: Integrated Nitrogen Input Systems in Denmark""; ""Part IV: High-input Systems""; ""Ch. 10: Rice Systems in China with High Nitrogen Inputs""

""Ch. 11: Using Advanced Technologies to Refine Nitrogen Management at the Farm Scale: A Case Study from the U.S. Midwest""""Ch. 12: Impact of Management Systems on Fertilizer Nitrogen Use Efficiency""; ""Part V: Interactions and Scales""; ""Ch. 13: Fertilizer Nitrogen Use Efficiency as Influenced by Interactions with Other Nutrients""; ""Ch. 14: An Assessment of Fertilizer Nitrogen Recovery Efficiency by Grain Crops""; ""Ch. 15: Pathways and Losses of Fertilizer Nitrogen at Different Scales""; ""Ch. 16: Current Nitrogen Inputs to World Regions""; ""Part VI: Challenges""

""Ch. 17: Challenges and Opportunities for the Fertilizer Industry""""Ch. 18: The Role of Nitrogen in Sustaining Food Production and Estimating Future Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs to Meet Food Demand""; ""Ch. 19: Environmental Dimensions of Fertilizer Nitrogen: What Can Be Done to Increase Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Ensure Global Food Security?""; ""Appendix""; ""List of Contributors""; ""SCOPE Series List""; ""SCOPE Executive Committee 2001-2004""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Nitrogen is an essential element for plant growth and development and a key agricultural input-but in excess it can lead to a host of problems for human and ecological health. Across the globe, distribution of fertilizer nitrogen is very uneven, with some areas subject to nitrogen pollution and others suffering from reduced soil fertility, diminished crop production, and other consequences of inadequate supply.   Agriculture and the Nitrogen Cycle provides a global assessment of the role of nitrogen fertilizer in the nitrogen cycle. The focus of the book is regional, emphasizing the need to maintain food and fiber production while minimizing environmental impacts where fertilizer is abundant, and the need to enhance fertilizer utilization in systems where nitrogen is limited. The book is derived from a workshop held by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) in Kampala, Uganda, that brought together the world's leading scientists to examine and discuss the nitrogen cycle and related problems. It contains an overview chapter that summarizes the group's findings, four chapters on cross-cutting issues, and thirteen background chapters.   The book offers a unique synthesis and provides an up-to-date, broad perspective on the issues of nitrogen fertilizer in food production and the interaction of nitrogen and the environment.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953816003321

Autore

Boggs Grace Lee

Titolo

The next American revolution : sustainable activism for the twenty-first century / / Grace Lee Boggs, with Scott Kurashige ; foreword by Danny Glover ; new afterword with Immanuel Wallerstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-49189-2

9786613587121

0-520-95339-8

Edizione

[Updated & expanded ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Classificazione

SOC000000

Altri autori (Persone)

KurashigeScott

Disciplina

303.48/4097309051

Soggetti

Social action - United States - History - 21st century

Social movements - United States - History - 21st century

Sustainable development - United States - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous edition: 2011.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the 2012 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. These Are the Times to Grow Our Souls -- 2. Revolution as a New Beginning -- 3. Let's Talk about Malcolm and Martin -- 4. Detroit, Place and Space to Begin Anew -- 5. A Paradigm Shift in Our Concept of Education -- 6. We Are the Leaders We've Been Looking For -- Notes -- Afterword: In Conversation with Immanuel Wallerstein -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A world dominated by America and driven by cheap oil, easy credit, and conspicuous consumption is unraveling before our eyes. In this powerful, deeply humanistic book, Grace Lee Boggs, a legendary figure in the struggle for justice in America, shrewdly assesses the current crisis-political, economical, and environmental-and shows how to create the radical social change we need to confront new realities. A vibrant, inspirational force, Boggs has participated in all of the twentieth century's major social movements-for civil rights, women's rights, workers' rights, and more. She draws from seven decades of activist experience, and a rigorous commitment to critical thinking, to redefine "revolution" for our times. From her home in Detroit, she



reveals how hope and creativity are overcoming despair and decay within the most devastated urban communities. Her book is a manifesto for creating alternative modes of work, politics, and human interaction that will collectively constitute the next American Revolution.