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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953907203321

Autore

Melby Alan K

Titolo

The possibility of language : a discussion of the nature of language, with implications for human and machine translation / / Alan K. Melby with C. Terry Warner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1995

ISBN

1-283-17448-0

9786613174482

90-272-8357-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

Benjamins translation library, , 0929-7316 ; ; v. 14

Altri autori (Persone)

WarnerC. Terry

Disciplina

418/.02/0285

Soggetti

Machine translating

Translating and interpreting

Language and languages - Philosophy

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 (p. [229]-249) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

THE POSSIBILITY OF LANGUAGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; 1. Limits in Search of a Cause; 2. Machine Translation; 3. The Wall; 4. Possibilities; 5. Implications; Appendix; Endnotes; Bibliography; Glossary; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about the limits of machine translation. It is widely recognized that machine translation systems do much better on domain-specific controlled-language texts (domain texts for short) than on dynamic general-language texts (general texts for short). The authors explore this general - domain distinction and come to some uncommon conclusions about the nature of language. Domain language is claimed to be made possible by general language, while general language is claimed to be made possible by the ethical dimensions of relationships. Domain language is unharmed by the constraints of



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910160700403321

Titolo

Sustainable Landscape Planning in Selected Urban Regions / / edited by Makoto Yokohari, Akinobu Murakami, Yuji Hara, Kazuaki Tsuchiya

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 265 p. 99 illus., 51 illus. in color.)

Collana

Science for Sustainable Societies, , 2197-7348

Disciplina

307.116

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Urban ecology (Biology)

Landscape ecology

Sustainable Development

Urban Ecology

Landscape Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Preface -- Part I Untangling Urban Regions: Theoretical Frameworks for Sustainable Landscape Planning -- Chapter 1 Landscape Planning for Resilient Cities in Asia: Lessons from Integrated Rural-Urban Land-Use in Japan -- Chapter 2 The Sustainability of Extended Urban Spaces in Asia in the 21st Century: Polity Research Challenges -- Chapter 3 Establishing Sustainable Community through Urban-Rural Fusion -- Chapter 4 Sustainable Urban Structure and Transport policy in Metropolitan Region -- Chapter 5 Creation of Collaborative Networks at the City-Regional Level: Two Innovative Cases in Japan -- Part II Diagnosing Urban Regions: Social and Environmental Consequences of Urbanization -- Chapter 6 Features of Urbanization and Changes in the Thermal Environment in Jakarta, Indonesia -- Chapter 7 Strategic Analysis of Urban/Peri-urban Agriculture in Asia: Issues, Potential and Challenges -- Chapter 8 Farmland Conversion and the Sustainable City: the Case of Yogyakarta, Indonesia -- Chapter 9 Urbanization in the Philippines and Its Influence on Agriculture -- Chapter 10 The Landscape of Bangkok’s Agricultural



Fringe and City Region Sustainability: An Ecological and Cultural Co-Evolution -- Chapter 11 Infectious Risk Assessment with Exposure to Pathogens in the Flood Water – A case study of Manila’s vulnerability to climate change -- Part III Diagnosing Urban Regions: Rural–Urban Linkages and Sustainability Challenges -- Chapter12 Estimating the energy consumption for the production and transportation of vegetables flowing into the Osaka city region -- Chapter 13 Catchment-scale water management of wastewater treatment in an urban sewage system with CO2 emission assessment -- Chapter 14 Dispersion of contaminants in urban regions and beyond -- Chapter 15 Urban-Rural Interrelations in Water-Resource Management: Problems and Factors Affecting the Sustainability of the Drinking Water Supply in the City of Bandung, Indonesia -- Part IV Transforming Urban Regions: Toward Regional Sustainability -- Chapter 16 Regional Planning and Projects in the Ruhr Region (Germany) -- Chapter 17 Scaling-Up: An Overview of Urban Agriculture in North America -- Chapter 18 Urban Agriculture in the Philippines: Initiatives, Practices, Significance, and Threats -- Chapter 19 Bio-waste Re-use through Composting: The Response of Barangay Holy Spirit in Quezon City, Philippines to Solid-Waste Management -- Chapter 20 A Concept on Integrated Groundwater Management for Sustaining Indonesian Cities using the System Interrelationship Model -- Chapter 21 Informal Collaborative Network: a Case Study of Meinung, Taiwan.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a unique contribution to the science of sustainable societies by challenging the traditional concept of rural-urban dichotomy. It combines environmental engineering and landscape sciences perspectives on urban region issues, making the book a unique work in urban study literatures. Today’s extended urban regions often maintain rural features within their boundaries and also have strong social, economic, and environmental linkages with the surrounding rural areas. These intra- and inter- linkages between urban and rural systems produce complex interdependences with global and local sustainability issues, including those of climate change, resource exploitation, ecosystem degradation and human wellbeing. Planning and other prospective actions for the sustainability of urban regions, therefore, cannot solely depend on “urban” approaches; rather, they need to integrate broader landscape perspectives that take extended social and ecological systems into consideration. This volume shows how to untangle, diagnose, and transform urban regions through distinctive thematic contributions across a variety of academic disciplines ranging from environmental engineering and geography to landscape ecology and urban planning. Case studies, selected from across the world and investigating urban regions in East Asia, Europe, North America and South-East Asia, collectively illustrate shared and differentiated drivers of sustainability challenges and provide informative inputs to global and local sustainability initiatives.