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Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / / Vaclav Smil
| Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / / Vaclav Smil |
| Autore | Smil Vaclav |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biomass
Biosphere Natural resources - Accounting Environmental auditing |
| Soggetto non controllato | ENVIRONMENT/General |
| ISBN |
0-262-31227-1
1-283-93888-X 0-262-31226-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; I The Earth's Biomass: Stores, Productivity, Harvests; 1 Biomass: Definitions and Compositions; 2 Biomass Stores: Means and Extremes; 3 Biomass Productivities; 4 Phytomass Harvests; 5 Zoomass Harvests; 6 Land Cover and Productivity Changes; II History of the Harvests: From Foraging to Globalization; 7 The Evolution of Foraging; 8 Crops and Animals; 9 Biomass Fuels and Raw Materials; III Adding Up the Claims: Harvests, Losses, and Trends; 10 Changing Land Cover and Land Use; 11 Harvesting the Biosphere; 12 Long-Term Trends and Possible Worlds; Scientific Units and Prefixes
ReferencesSubject Index; Species Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786017803321 |
Smil Vaclav
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / / Vaclav Smil
| Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / / Vaclav Smil |
| Autore | Smil Vaclav |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biomass
Biosphere Natural resources - Accounting Environmental auditing |
| Soggetto non controllato | ENVIRONMENT/General |
| ISBN |
0-262-31227-1
1-283-93888-X 0-262-31226-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; I The Earth's Biomass: Stores, Productivity, Harvests; 1 Biomass: Definitions and Compositions; 2 Biomass Stores: Means and Extremes; 3 Biomass Productivities; 4 Phytomass Harvests; 5 Zoomass Harvests; 6 Land Cover and Productivity Changes; II History of the Harvests: From Foraging to Globalization; 7 The Evolution of Foraging; 8 Crops and Animals; 9 Biomass Fuels and Raw Materials; III Adding Up the Claims: Harvests, Losses, and Trends; 10 Changing Land Cover and Land Use; 11 Harvesting the Biosphere; 12 Long-Term Trends and Possible Worlds; Scientific Units and Prefixes
ReferencesSubject Index; Species Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809553603321 |
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Smil Vaclav
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Himalaya: environment, culture and sustainable development : proceedings
| Himalaya: environment, culture and sustainable development : proceedings |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Roma : Zoological Museum of Rome, [2004] |
| Descrizione fisica | 164 p., [12] c. di tav. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico | Risorse naturali - Himalaya |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001689779707536 |
| Roma : Zoological Museum of Rome, [2004] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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How much is an ecosystem worth? [[electronic resource] ] : assessing the economic value of conservation / / IUCN, the Nature Conservancy, the World Bank
| How much is an ecosystem worth? [[electronic resource] ] : assessing the economic value of conservation / / IUCN, the Nature Conservancy, the World Bank |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : IUCN, the Nature Conservancy, the World Bank, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (48 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental protection - Economic aspects
Environmental policy - Economic aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-18384-5
9786610183845 0-8213-6379-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ECOSYSTEMS AND THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE; TABLES; FIGURES; 3. VALUING ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES; BOXES; 4. APPROACHES TO VALUATION; 5. CONCLUSION; 6. FURTHER READING |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450627003321 |
| Washington, DC, : IUCN, the Nature Conservancy, the World Bank, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human activity, biodiversity and ecosystem services in protected areas : impacts and remediation strategies in Nech Sar National Park, Ethiopia / / Molla Mekonnen Alemu
| Human activity, biodiversity and ecosystem services in protected areas : impacts and remediation strategies in Nech Sar National Park, Ethiopia / / Molla Mekonnen Alemu |
| Autore | Alemu Molla Mekonnen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 pages) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico | Biodiversity |
| ISBN |
9783030895716
9783030895709 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910523737503321 |
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Alemu Molla Mekonnen
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hydrology, ecology, and fishes of the Klamath River Basin [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council of the National Academies
| Hydrology, ecology, and fishes of the Klamath River Basin [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council of the National Academies |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico |
Hydrology - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.)
Water quality - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Stream measures - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Stream ecology - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Stream conservation - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Rare fishes - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Fishes - Conservation - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-30011-X
9786611300111 0-309-11507-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Klamath Basin""; ""3 Formulating and Applying Models in Ecosystem Management""; ""4 Natural Flow Study""; ""5 Instream Flow Study""; ""6 Applying Science to Management""; ""7 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendix: Biographical Information for Committee Members"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454584903321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hydrology, ecology, and fishes of the Klamath River Basin [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council of the National Academies
| Hydrology, ecology, and fishes of the Klamath River Basin [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council of the National Academies |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico |
Hydrology - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.)
Water quality - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Stream measures - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Stream ecology - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Stream conservation - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Rare fishes - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Fishes - Conservation - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) |
| ISBN |
0-309-13426-9
1-281-30011-X 9786611300111 0-309-11507-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Klamath Basin""; ""3 Formulating and Applying Models in Ecosystem Management""; ""4 Natural Flow Study""; ""5 Instream Flow Study""; ""6 Applying Science to Management""; ""7 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendix: Biographical Information for Committee Members"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782899603321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hydrology, ecology, and fishes of the Klamath River Basin / / Committee on Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council of the National Academies
| Hydrology, ecology, and fishes of the Klamath River Basin / / Committee on Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council of the National Academies |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico |
Hydrology - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.)
Water quality - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Stream measures - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Stream ecology - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Stream conservation - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Rare fishes - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) Fishes - Conservation - Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.) |
| ISBN |
0-309-13426-9
1-281-30011-X 9786611300111 0-309-11507-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Klamath Basin""; ""3 Formulating and Applying Models in Ecosystem Management""; ""4 Natural Flow Study""; ""5 Instream Flow Study""; ""6 Applying Science to Management""; ""7 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendix: Biographical Information for Committee Members"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824888103321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hydropolitics of dams : engineering or ecosystems? / / Mark Everard
| Hydropolitics of dams : engineering or ecosystems? / / Mark Everard |
| Autore | Everard Mark |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 309 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico |
Dams - Environmental aspects
Hydraulic engineering - Environmental aspects Water resources development The environment |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78032-543-6
1-78032-540-1 1-78032-542-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; About the author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures, table and boxes; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; one : Development, water and dams; 1 Replumbing the modern world; A brief history of dams; Different types of dam; Contested resources; The large dam revolution; The Hoover Dam era; The Vaal Dam; The Aswan High Dam; The Three Gorges Dam; The Nagarjunasagar Dam; 'Megawater'; Dams and the future; 2 Temples of the modern world; Watering the drylands; Power to the people; Inland fisheries; Stemming the floods; Other beneficial uses of dams; Multiple uses, multiple benefits.
3 Stemming the flowThe tragedy of iconic fishes; Thinking more broadly; Staunching the flow; Changes in the quality of reservoir water; Unaccounted costs; Conflicts over access to water; Changing biodiversity, changing ecosystems; Displacement of people; Alteration of water and energy use; Soils gone sour; Siltation; Draining the land; The Earth moves; Flood control; Dams and the atmosphere; Dams and disease; Strategic targets; The economics of large dams; Whose dam?; The sins of omission; 4 A changing mindset; Mitigating the problems of large dams; Movement for change; A turning tide. Continuing momentumTrust in increasingly wise governance; 5 The World Commission on Dams and beyond; The efficacy of dams; The impacts of large dams on ecosystems; The impacts of large dams on people; Broadening the debate; Alternatives to delivery of water and electricity services; The decision-making process; Strategic priorities; Taking forward the challenges; Response to Dams and Development; The UNEP Dams and Development Programme (DDP); The Beijing Declaration on Hydropower and Sustainable Development; WCD+10: revisiting the large dam controversy; 6 The state of play with dams. Public engagement in the identification of water needsOptions identification and appraisal; Dam planning; Dam operation; Environmental consequences; Social consequences; Economic consequences; Monitoring compliance and incorporating feedback in scheme improvement; Governance for sustainable water management; International drainage basins; Lessons learned; 7 Dams and ecosystem services; Ecosystem assessment; Dams and ecosystem services; Analysis of the ecosystem service impacts of large dams; Table 7.1 Ecosystem service, based on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment classification. Taking an ecosystem services view of dam proposalsEcosystem services, dams and water sharing; 8 A new agenda for dams; The shifting politics of large dams; War and peace; The politics of technology; two : Water in the postmodern world; 9 Water in the postmodern world; Learning our way to sustainability; A new agenda for water management; Draining the communal well; Working with the flow; Shifting hydropolitics; Flowing down a new channel; 10 Managing water at landscape scale; Catchment management; Integrated Water Resource Management; Box 10.1 The four guiding 'Dublin Principles' for IWRM. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452704803321 |
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Everard Mark
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hydropolitics of dams : engineering or ecosystems? / / Mark Everard
| Hydropolitics of dams : engineering or ecosystems? / / Mark Everard |
| Autore | Everard Mark |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 309 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico |
Dams - Environmental aspects
Hydraulic engineering - Environmental aspects Water resources development The environment |
| ISBN |
1-350-22322-0
1-78032-543-6 1-78032-540-1 1-78032-542-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; About the author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures, table and boxes; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; one : Development, water and dams; 1 Replumbing the modern world; A brief history of dams; Different types of dam; Contested resources; The large dam revolution; The Hoover Dam era; The Vaal Dam; The Aswan High Dam; The Three Gorges Dam; The Nagarjunasagar Dam; 'Megawater'; Dams and the future; 2 Temples of the modern world; Watering the drylands; Power to the people; Inland fisheries; Stemming the floods; Other beneficial uses of dams; Multiple uses, multiple benefits.
3 Stemming the flowThe tragedy of iconic fishes; Thinking more broadly; Staunching the flow; Changes in the quality of reservoir water; Unaccounted costs; Conflicts over access to water; Changing biodiversity, changing ecosystems; Displacement of people; Alteration of water and energy use; Soils gone sour; Siltation; Draining the land; The Earth moves; Flood control; Dams and the atmosphere; Dams and disease; Strategic targets; The economics of large dams; Whose dam?; The sins of omission; 4 A changing mindset; Mitigating the problems of large dams; Movement for change; A turning tide. Continuing momentumTrust in increasingly wise governance; 5 The World Commission on Dams and beyond; The efficacy of dams; The impacts of large dams on ecosystems; The impacts of large dams on people; Broadening the debate; Alternatives to delivery of water and electricity services; The decision-making process; Strategic priorities; Taking forward the challenges; Response to Dams and Development; The UNEP Dams and Development Programme (DDP); The Beijing Declaration on Hydropower and Sustainable Development; WCD+10: revisiting the large dam controversy; 6 The state of play with dams. Public engagement in the identification of water needsOptions identification and appraisal; Dam planning; Dam operation; Environmental consequences; Social consequences; Economic consequences; Monitoring compliance and incorporating feedback in scheme improvement; Governance for sustainable water management; International drainage basins; Lessons learned; 7 Dams and ecosystem services; Ecosystem assessment; Dams and ecosystem services; Analysis of the ecosystem service impacts of large dams; Table 7.1 Ecosystem service, based on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment classification. Taking an ecosystem services view of dam proposalsEcosystem services, dams and water sharing; 8 A new agenda for dams; The shifting politics of large dams; War and peace; The politics of technology; two : Water in the postmodern world; 9 Water in the postmodern world; Learning our way to sustainability; A new agenda for water management; Draining the communal well; Working with the flow; Shifting hydropolitics; Flowing down a new channel; 10 Managing water at landscape scale; Catchment management; Integrated Water Resource Management; Box 10.1 The four guiding 'Dublin Principles' for IWRM. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779854803321 |
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Everard Mark
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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