1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777038703321

Autore

Begg Paul

Titolo

Jack the Ripper : the definitive history / / Paul Begg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-4298-2530-8

1-317-86632-0

1-315-83492-8

1-317-86633-9

1-281-38468-2

9786611384685

1-4082-1162-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Disciplina

399

Soggetti

Serial murders - England - London - History - 19th century

Whitechapel (London, England) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This revised  edition first published 2005 by Pearson Education Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter One. The East End; Chapter Two. Emma Elizabeth Smith; Chapter Three. The Bitter Cry; Chapter Four. Martha Tabram; Chapter Five. Flounder And Fumble, and 'Catch Whom You Can! '; Chapter Six. Mary Ann Nichols; Chapter Seven. The Maiden Tribute; Chapter Eight. 'At the Crater of a Volcano'; Chapter Nine. Annie Chapman; Chapter Ten. The Double Event - Elizabeth Stride; Chapter Eleven. Catharine Eddowes; Chapter Twelve. Dear Boss; Chapter Thirteen. Mary Jane Kelly

Chapter Fourteen. The Great Victorian Mystery: who Was Jack the Ripper?Chapter Fifteen. Other Ripper Suspects; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'The clearest, most accurate, and most up-to-date account of the Ripper murders, by one of Britain's greatest and most respected experts on the ""autumn of terror"" in Victorian London.' William D. Rubenstein, Professor of Modern History, University of Wales, AberystwythEngland in the 1880s was a society in transition, shedding



the skin of Victorianism and moving towards a more modern age. Promiscuity, moral decline, prostitution, unemployment, poverty, police inefficiency... all these things combined to create a feeling of uncertainty and fear.The East End of Lo

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959446503321

Titolo

Guidelines for landscape and visual impact assessment / / Landscape Institute and Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2013

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-75471-7

1-136-75464-4

0-203-43629-6

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Classificazione

ARC010000

Disciplina

712

Soggetti

Landscape assessment

Landscape protection

Environmental impact analysis

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

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the third edition; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Introduction, scope and context; 1 Introduction; About this guidance; When is LVIA carried out?; Impacts, effects and significance; Who is this guidance for?; Organisation and structure of the guidance; 2 Definitions, scope and context; What does landscape mean?; The importance of landscape; Landscape change and sustainable development; The role of LVIA; Professional judgement in LVIA; Part 2 Principles, processes and presentation; 3 Principles and overview of processes; Introduction

Components of the LVIA process in relation to EIASite selection and consideration of alternatives; Screening; Scoping; Project description/specification; Baseline studies; Identification and



description of effects; Assessing the significance of effects; Mitigation; Engaging with stakeholders and the public; 4 The proposed development, design and mitigation; Understanding the proposed development; LVIA and the design process; Consideration of alternatives; Describing the proposals; Stages in the project life cycle; Mitigation of landscape and visual effects; Enhancement

Securing implementation of mitigation and enhancement measures5 Assessment of landscape effects; Scope; Establishing the landscape baseline; Predicting and describing landscape effects; Assessing the significance of landscape effects; Judging the overall significance of landscape effects; 6 Assessment of visual effects; Scope; Establishing the visual baseline; Predicting and describing visual effects; Assessing the significance of visual effects; Judging the overall significance of visual effects; 7 Assessing cumulative landscape and visual effects; Scope and definitions

What should cumulative effects include?Types of cumulative effect; Assessing cumulative landscape effects; Assessing cumulative visual effects; Mitigating cumulative effects; 8 Presenting information on landscape and visual effects; Introduction; Structure and content of a landscape and visual impact report; Presenting information on landscape and visual effects; Review of the landscape and visual effects content of an Environmental Statement; Glossary; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"The essential guide to landscape and visual impact assessments for landscape architects from the Landscape Institute and the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment"--