1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480033103321

Autore

Pappas Nicholas J.

Titolo

On ideas : a philosophical dialogue / / Nicholas J. Pappas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, United States of America : , : Algora Publishing, , 2020

ISBN

1-62894-415-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

121.4

Soggetti

Idea (Philosophy)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910673901803321

Autore

He Baojie

Titolo

Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability . Volume 1 / / Baojie He [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, , 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 pages)

Disciplina

363.738746

Soggetti

Climate change mitigation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Climate change has been widely recognised as a major challenge to the world, with significant environmental, economic and social consequences. Given this, addressing climate change is an urgent and



profound task of society, a complex and difficult mission of several generations. To address the challenge of climate change, there is a need to develop a holistic climate change mitigation and adaptation framework that can cover as many climate-related topics as possible and connect as many stakeholders as possible across the globe. This book is an important one, bringing together key climate-related topics, including climate-induced impact assessment, environmental vulnerability and resilience assessment, greenhouse gas emission dynamics and sequestration, climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in addition to climate-related governance. Results reported in this book are conducive to a better understanding of the climate emergency, climate-related impacts and the solutions. We expect the book to benefit decision makers, practitioners and researchers in different fields such as climate modelling and prediction, forest ecosystems, land management, urban planning and design, urban governance in addition to institutional operation. Prof. Bao-Jie He acknowledges Project NO. 2021CDJQY-004, supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. We appreciate the assistance from Mr. Lifeng Xiong, Mr. Wei Wang, Ms. Xueke Chen and Ms. Anxian Chen at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, China.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962798603321

Autore

Roberts Sean E

Titolo

Printing a Mediterranean world : Florence, Constantinople, and the renaissance of geography / / Sean Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Harvard University Press, c2013

ISBN

9780674071612

0674071611

9780674068070

0674068076

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 293 p., [25] p. of plates ) : ill., maps

Collana

I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History

I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history

Disciplina

526.09409/024

Soggetti

Cartography - Italy - Florence - History - 15th century

Cartography - Turkey - Istanbul - History - 15th century

Europe Maps Early works to 1800

Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction: Gifts From Afar -- 1 Ptolemy in Transit -- 2 The Rebirth of Geography -- 3 Making Books, Forging Communities -- 4 Printing Tolerance and Intolerance -- Conclusion: Resurrection and Necromancy -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 1482, the Florentine humanist and statesman Francesco Berlinghieri produced the Geographia, a book of over one hundred folio leaves describing the world in Italian verse, inspired by the ancient Greek geography of Ptolemy. The poem, divided into seven books (one for each day of the week the author "travels" the known world), is interleaved with lavishly engraved maps to accompany readers on this journey. Sean Roberts demonstrates that the Geographia represents the moment of transition between printing and manuscript culture, while forming a critical base for the rise of modern cartography. Simultaneously, the use of the Geographia as a diplomatic gift from Florence to the Ottoman Empire tells another story. This exchange



expands our understanding of Mediterranean politics, European perceptions of the Ottomans, and Ottoman interest in mapping and print. The envoy to the Sultan represented the aspirations of the Florentine state, which chose not to bestow some other highly valued good, such as the city's renowned textiles, but instead the best example of what Florentine visual, material, and intellectual culture had to offer.