03508oam 2200637I 450 991045889930332120200520144314.01-282-61723-097866126172321-136-54370-81-84977-477-310.4324/9781849774772 (CKB)2670000000018807(EBL)517187(OCoLC)607552551(SSID)ssj0000360445(PQKBManifestationID)11272771(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360445(PQKBWorkID)10318904(PQKB)11195567(MiAaPQ)EBC517187(Au-PeEL)EBL517187(CaPaEBR)ebr10392055(CaONFJC)MIL261723(EXLCZ)99267000000001880720180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGated communities social sustainability in contemporary and historical gated developments /edited by Samer Bagaeen and Ola Uduku ; [foreword by Saskia Sassen]London ;Washington, D.C. :Earthscan,2010.1 online resource (146 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-83041-9 1-84407-519-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Gated Communities; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword Urban Gating: One Instance of a Larger Development?; List of Contributors; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Gated Histories: An Introduction to Themes and Concepts; 2. Opening the Gates: An East-West Transmodern Discourse?; 3. Gated Urban Life versus Kinship and Social Solidarity in the Middle East; 4. Gating Urban Spaces in China: Inclusion, Exclusion and Government; 5. Lagos: 'Urban Gating' as the Default Condition6. Gated Minds, Gated Places: The Impact and Meaning of Hard Boundaries in South Africa7. Latin American Gated Communities: The Latest Symbol of Historic Social Segregation; 8. Gated Communities in Mexico City: A Historical Perspective; 9. Production and Social Sustainability of Private Enclaves in Suburban Landscapes: French and US Long-Term Emergence of Gated Communities and Private Streets; 10. Barriers and Boundaries: An Exploration of Gatedness in New Zealand; 11. Afterword; IndexGated Communities provides a historic, socio-political and contemporary cultural perspective of gated communities. In doing so it offers a different lens through which to view the historical vernacular background of this now global phenomenon. The book presents a collection of new writing on the issue by an international and interdisciplinary group of contributors. The authors review current thinking on gated communities and consider the sustainability issues that these contemporary 'lifestyle' communities raise. The authors argue that there are links that can be drawn between the hisGated communitiesGated communitiesHistoryElectronic books.Gated communities.Gated communitiesHistory.307.77Bagaeen Samer927491Uduku Ola1963-758902MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458899303321Gated communities2083918UNINA02540nam 22006014a 450 99621306110331620230828225221.01-280-74843-597866107484330-470-76249-70-470-99585-81-4051-7298-3(CKB)1000000000341877(EBL)284269(OCoLC)437176145(SSID)ssj0000220406(PQKBManifestationID)11175297(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000220406(PQKBWorkID)10144768(PQKB)10353039(MiAaPQ)EBC284269(EXLCZ)99100000000034187720051102d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPesticides[electronic resource] health, safety and the environment /G.A. MatthewsOxford ;Ames, Iowa, USA Blackwell Pub.20061 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-3091-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Pesticides and agricultural development -- Approval of pesticides -- Application of pesticides -- Operator exposure -- Spray drift, bystander, resident and worker exposure -- Environmental aspects of spray drift -- Residues in food -- The future of pesticides.Over the last five decades pesticides have undoubtedly helped to increase agricultural production and control vectors of disease, however the environmental impact of long term agro-chemical use has been cause for concern along with the effects on human health. In Pesticides, Graham Matthews begins by looking at the developmental history of pesticides, and how crop protection was achieved before they were in use, how pesticides are registered for use and what happens to pesticides in food and the environment. Pesticide application and operator safety is investigated and thePesticidesPesticidesEnvironmental aspectsPesticidesHealth aspectsPesticides.PesticidesEnvironmental aspects.PesticidesHealth aspects.632.95632.951632/.95Matthews G. A885921MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996213061103316Pesticides2176154UNISA