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Record Nr.

UNINA9911135042303321

Titolo

The California Nitrogen Assessment : Challenges and Solutions for People, Agriculture, and the Environment / / Thomas P. Tomich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

9780520962231

0520962230

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

631.8/409794

Soggetti

Nitrogen - Environmental aspects - California

Nitrogen cycle - Environmental aspects - California

Nitrogen fertilizers - Government policy - California

Biodiversity conservation - California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Collaborating Institutions: Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis, UC ANR Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, UC ANR Kearney Foundation of Soil Science, UC ANR Agricultural Issues Center, UC ANR California Institute for Water Resources, Water Science and Policy Center at UC Riverside."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ONLINE APPENDICES -- LIST OF BOXES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF MAPS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- MEMBERS OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- MEMBERS OF THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- LIST OF REVIEW EDITORS -- LIST OF SCIENTIFIC REVIEWERS -- COMMON ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- CHEMICAL FORMULAS -- 1. Introducing the California Nitrogen Assessment -- 2. Underlying drivers of nitrogen flows in California -- 3. Direct drivers of California's nitrogen cycle -- 4. A California nitrogen mass balance for 2005 -- 5. Ecosystem Services and human well-being -- 6. Scenarios for the future of nitrogen management in California agriculture -- 7. Responses: Technologies and practices -- 8. Responses: Policies and institutions -- REFERENCES -- INDEX



Sommario/riassunto

Nitrogen is indispensable to all life on Earth. However, humans now dominate the nitrogen cycle, and nitrogen emissions from human activity have real costs: water and air pollution, climate change, and detrimental effects on human health, biodiversity, and natural habitats. Too little nitrogen limits ecosystem processes, while too much nitrogen transforms ecosystems profoundly. The California Nitrogen Assessment is the first comprehensive account of nitrogen flows, practices, and policies for California, encompassing all nitrogen flows-not just those associated with agriculture-and their impacts on ecosystem services and human wellbeing. How California handles nitrogen issues will be of interest nationally and internationally, and the goal of the assessment is to link science with action and to produce information that affects both future policy and solutions for addressing nitrogen pollution. This book also provides a model for application of integrated ecosystem assessment methods at regional and state (subnational) levels.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911150122703321

Autore

Scadding G. K (Glenis K.)

Titolo

Fast Facts : Rhinitis / / Glenis K. Scadding, Wytske J. Fokkens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxford, : Health Press Ltd., 2007

ISBN

9786610974665

9781280974663

1280974664

9781905832354

1905832354

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (126 p.)

Collana

Fast facts

Altri autori (Persone)

FokkersWytske J

Disciplina

616.202

Soggetti

Rhinitis

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

Fast Facts: Rhinitis, second edition; Glossary of abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: Allergy: an increasing problem; Chapter 2: Allergens; Chapter 3: Pathogenesis; Chapter 4: Classification of allergic



rhinitis; Chapter 5: Seasonal allergic rhinitis; Chapter 6: Non-allergic rhinitis; Chapter 7: Diagnosing rhinitis; Chapter 8: Therapeutic principles; Chapter 9: Rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps; Chapter 10: Comorbidities and complications ofallergic rhinitis; Chapter 11: Future trends; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Useful resources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Allergic diseases have been described as a modern epidemic, with over 20% of the population suffering from allergic rhinitis, asthma or atopic eczema. Of these diseases, allergic rhinitis is the most common and the most underdiagnosed and wrongly treated.