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[null,"1.","Record Nr.",null,"UNINA9910785515803321"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Discontinuities in ecosystems and other complex systems [[electronic resource] /] / Craig R. Allen and C.S. Holling, editors"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"New York, : Columbia University Press, c2008"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"0-231-51682-7"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (287 p.)"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"Complexity in Ecological Systems"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Complexity in ecological systems series"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"577"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Discontinuous groups"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Ecology - Statistical methods"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-263) and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- PART 1. BACKGROUND -- 1. Panarchies and Discontinuities / Holling, Crawford S. / Peterson, Garry D. / Allen, Craig R. -- 2. Self- organization and Discontinuities in Ecosystems / Peterson, Garry D. -- 3. Discontinuity, Multimodality, and the Evolution of Pattern / Cumming, Graeme S. / Havlicek, Tanya D. -- 4. Discontinuities in Body- Size Distributions / Marquet, Pablo A. / Abades, Sebastian / Keymer, Juan E. / Zeballos, Horacio -- PART 2. PATTERNS -- 5. Patterns of Landscape Structure, Discontinuity, Mammal Phylogeny, and Body Size / Sendzimir, Jan P. -- 6. Biophysical Discontinuities in the Everglades Ecosystem / Gunderson, Lance H. -- 7. Discontinuities in the Geo graph i cal Range Size of North American Birds and Butterflies / Restrepo, Carla / Arango, Natalia -- 8. Discontinuities in Urban Systems / Garmestani, Ahjond S. / Allen, Craig R. / Michael Bessey, K. -- 9. Evaluating the Textural Discontinuity Hypothesis / Stow, Craig A. / Sendzimir, Jan P. / Holling, Crawford S. -- PART 3. CONSEQUENCES -- 10. Dynamic Discontinuities in Ecologic- Economic Systems / Barkley Rosser, J. -- 11. The Ecological Significance of Discontinuities in Body- Mass Distributions / Skillen, Jennifer J. / Maurer, Brian A. -- 12. Cross- Scale Structure and the Generation of Innovation and Novelty in Discontinuous Complex Systems / Allen, Craig R. / Holling, Crawford S. -- References -- Contributors -- Index"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","Following the publication of C. S. Holling's seminal work on the relationship between animal body mass patterns and scale-specific "]
[{"$nulls":4},"landscape structure, ecologists began to explore the theoretical and applied consequences of discontinuities in ecosystems and other complex systems. Are ecosystems and their components continuously distributed and do they adhere to scaling laws, or are they discontinuous and more complex than early models would have us believe? The resulting propositions over the structure of complex systems sparked an ongoing debate regarding the mechanisms generating discontinuities and the statistical methods used for their detection.This volume takes the view that ecosystems and other complex systems are inherently discontinuous and that such fields as ecology, economics, and urban studies greatly benefit from this paradigm shift. Contributors present evidence of the ubiquity of discontinuous distributions in ecological and social systems and how their analysis provides insight into complex phenomena. The book is divided into three sections. The first focuses on background material and contrasting views concerning the discontinuous organization of complex systems. The second discusses discontinuous patterns detected in a number of different systems and methods for detecting them, and the third touches on the potential significance of discontinuities in complex systems. Science is still dominated by a focus on power laws, but the contributors to this volume are convinced power laws often mask the interesting dynamics of systems and that those dynamics are best revealed by investigating deviations from assumed power law distributions.In 2008, a grand conference on resilience was held in Stockholm, hosting 600 participants from around the world. There are now three big centers established with resilience, the most recent one being the Stockholm Resilience Center, with others in Australia (an international coral reef center), Arizona State University's new sustainability center focusing on anthropology, and Canada's emerging social sciences and resilience center. Activity continues to flourish in Alaska, South Africa, and the Untied Kingdom, and a new center is forming in Uruguay."]
[null,"2.","Record Nr.",null,"UNINA9910796911103321"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"The art of natural building : design, construction, resources / / editors, Joseph F. Kennedy, Michael G. Smith, Catherine Wanek"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Gabriola Island, BC : , : New Society Publishers, , [2015]"]
[{"$nulls":4},"©2015"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-55092-560-1"]
[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[Second edition.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (1147 p.)"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"Books for wiser living Mother Earth news recommendation"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"728.047"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Architecture, Domestic - Environmental aspects"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Ecological houses - Design and construction"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Dwellings - Design and construction - Environmental aspects"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Building materials - Environmental aspects"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword to the First Edition; Foreword to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction: An Open Door; Part One: The Context for Natural Building; 1. The Case for Natural Building; 2. Natural Building: A Global Tradition; 3. The Importance of Housing Ourselves; 4. Natural Building and Social Justice; 5. Sustainability and Building Codes; 6. Can My Natural Home Get a LEED Rating?; 7. Life-Cycle Cost and Value of Four Houses; 8. In Defense of Craft; Part Two: Design and Planning; 9. Designing for Vitality; 10. The Healthy House"]
[{"$nulls":4},"11. Eighteen Design Principles to Make Square Feet Work Harder12. Designing with the Sun; 13. Natural Building for Cold Climates; 14. Hybrid Homes: Combining Natural Materials for Energy Efficiency; 15. Remodeling with Natural Materials; 16. Siting a Natural Building; 17. The Permaculture House; 18. Complementary Systems for Energy-Efficient Homes; 19. Regenerative Building: An Ecological Approach; 20. Building the Natural Village: A Strategy for Repairing Cities; Part Three: Natural Building Materials and Techniques; 21. Natural Building Materials: An Overview"]
[{"$nulls":4},"22. Foundations for Natural Buildings23. Stone Masonry; 24. Adobe Building; 25. A Brief History of Cob Building; 26. Rammed Earth: From Pisé to PISE; 27. Compressed Earth Blocks; 28. Building with Earthbags; 29. Digging in for Comfort; 30. Cordwood Masonry: An Overview; 31. "]
[{"$nulls":4},"Straw Bale Building: Lessons Learned; 32. Building with Hemp; 33. Light-Clay: An Introduction to German Clay Building Techniques; 34. Wattle and Daub; 35. The Evolution of Timber Framing; 36. The Art of Timber Framing; 37. Small-Diameter Roundwood: An Underused Building Material; 38. Bamboo Construction"]
[{"$nulls":4},"39. Waste Not, Want Not: Building with Trash40. Earthships: An Ecocentric Model; 41. Papercrete: Homes from Waste Paper; 42. Roofs for Natural Building; 43. Green Roofs with Sod, Turf or Straw; 44. Thatching Comes to America; 45. Natural Insulation; 46. Rice Hulls for Insulation; 47. Earthen Floors; 48. Earth Plasters and Alis; 49. Working with Lime; 50. Natural Paints and Finishes; Part Four: Building the Global Village; 51. Shelter and Sustainable Development; 52. Sustainable Building as Appropriate Technology; 53. Woodless Construction in the Sahel"]
[{"$nulls":4},"54. Straw Bales in China: Housing for the People55. Improving Vernacular Housing in Western China; 56. PAKSBAB: Seismically Safe Straw Bale Homes in Pakistan; 57. Earthen Building Comes to Thailand; 58. Natural Building Thrives in Argentina; 59. Builders Without Borders; 60. Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities; 61. Tlholego Village: A Sustainable Community in South Africa; 62. Building with Earth in Auroville; 63. Friland: Affordable Housing in Community; 64. Evolving a Village Vernacular in Missouri; Index"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","<div>The original, complete, user-friendly introduction to natural building, now fully revised and updated</div>"]