Communicating Climate-Change and Natural Hazard Risk and Cultivating Resilience : Case Studies for a Multi-disciplinary Approach / / edited by Jeanette L. Drake, Yekaterina Y. Kontar, John C. Eichelberger, T. Scott Rupp, Karen M. Taylor |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.6 |
Collana | Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters
Communication Climate change Environmental management Human geography Physical geography Natural Hazards Communication Studies Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Environmental Management Human Geography Earth System Sciences |
ISBN | 3-319-20161-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction: An Overview of Crisis Communication -- Part I. The Role of Communication in Fostering Resilience or Fomenting Resistance -- Chapter 2. Revisiting Crisis Communication and Integrating Social Media -- Chapter 3. Polluted Discourse: Communication and Myths in a Climate of Denial -- Chapter 4. Public Perceptions of Global Warming: Understanding Survey Differences -- Chapter 5. Building Interfaces that Work: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Air Pollution and Climate Change Mitigation -- Part II. Before Disaster: Prediction, Preparation and Crisis Communication -- Chapter 6. Fostering Resilience in the Face of an Uncertain Future: Using Scenarios Planning to Communicate Climate Change Risks and Collaboratively Develop Adaptation Strategies -- Chapter 7. Barriers to Using Climate Information: Challenges in Communicating Probabilistic Forecasts to Decision Makers -- Chapter 8. Modeling Climate-Sensitive Disease Risk: A Decision Support Tool for Public Health Services -- Chapter 9. Shallow Landslide Hazard Mapping for Davao Oriental, Philippines Using a Deterministic GIS Model -- Part III. Mitigating Circumstances: Communicating Through Change, Uncertainty, Disaster and Recovery -- Chapter 10. Comparative Analysis of Virtual Relief Networks and Communication Channels During Disaster Recovery After a Major Flood in Galena, Alaska, Spring 2013 -- Chapter 11. Development of the Stakeholders’ Engagement Plan as a Mining Social Responsibility Practice -- Chapter 12. Controlling Environmental Crisis Messages in Uncontrollable Media Environments: The 2011 Case of Blue-Green Algae on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees, OK -- Chapter 13. Characteristics of Extreme Monsoon Floods and Local Land Use in the Lower Mekong Basin, Cambodia -- Chapter 14. The Value of Earth Observations: Methods and Findings on the Value of Landsat Imagery -- Part IV. Learning Forward: Advancing Climate Change Science Among Diverse Audiences -- Chapter 15. Carbon Offsets in California: Science in the Policy Development Process -- Chapter 16. Fostering Educator Resilience: Engaging the Educational Community to Address the Natural Hazards of Climate Change -- Chapter 17. Communicating Uncertainty: A Challenge for Science Communication -- Chapter 18. Science Diplomacy in the Geosciences -- Chapter 19. Stormy Seas, Rising Risks: Assessing Undisclosed Risk from Sea Level Risk and Storm Surge at Coastal U.S. Oil Refineries. |
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Community Wayfinding: Pathways to Understanding / / edited by Rebecca H. Hunter, Lynda A. Anderson, Basia L. Belza |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 282 p. 57 illus.) |
Disciplina |
613
614 |
Soggetto topico |
Public health
Human geography Regional planning Urban planning City planning Community psychology Environmental psychology Public Health Human Geography Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Urbanism Community and Environmental Psychology |
ISBN | 3-319-31072-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | PART I: Foundations of Wayfinding: 1: Introduction to Community Wayfinding: Rebecca H. Hunter, Lynda A. Anderson, Basia Belza -- 2: Human Wayfinding: Integration of Mind and Body: Anna E. Vandenberg -- PART II: The Community Environment and Wayfinding: 3: The Space Syntax of Intelligible Communities: John Peponis -- 4: Legibility and Continuity in the Built Environment: Michael R. King and Elise de Jong -- 5: Design for All Users: Jon A. Sanford -- 6: The Challenge of Wayfinfing in Health Care Environments: Per Mollerup -- Part III: Tools and Technology: 7: Maps in the Head and Tools in the Hand: Wayfinding and Navigation in a Spatially Enabled Society: Toru Ishikawa -- 8: Maps to Apps: Evaluating Wayfinding Technology: Sean P. Mullen, Daniel E. Palac and Lucinda L. Bryant -- 9: Wayfinding, Mobility, and Technology for an Aging Society: Marlon Maus, David A. Lindeman and William A Satariano -- Part IV: Practice and Policy: 10: Promoting Walking via Ease of Wayfinding: Chanam Lee -- 11: Bridging the Gap: Increasing Access Through Training and Technology: Rachel Beyerle and Julie E. Dupree -- 12: Transportation Systems and Wayfinding: Edward R. Stollof -- 13: The Role of Advocacy: Scott Bricker -- Part V: Integrative Perspectives: 14 Linking Wayfinding and Wayfaring: Ditte Bendix Lanng and Ole B. Jensen -- 15: The Journey Forward: Rebecca H. Hunter, Steven P. Hooker and Daniela B. Friedman -- Index. |
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Community-Based Disaster Risk Management in Azerbaijan / / by Rovshan Abbasov |
Autore | Abbasov Rovshan |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVIII, 74 p. 8 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 658.155 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Geography |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters
Environmental geography Well-being Children Sustainable development Human geography Natural Hazards Environmental Geography Child Well-being Sustainable Development Human Geography |
ISBN | 3-319-69653-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1 -- Child Centered Disaster Risk Assessment -- Chapter 2 -- Mainstreaming of disaster risk analysis into development of Gabala District, Azerbaijan -- Chapter 3 -- School based disaster risk management -- Conclusion. |
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Abbasov Rovshan | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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A Comparative Geography of China and the U.S [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudi Hartmann, Jing'ai Wang, Tao Ye |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (397 p.) |
Disciplina | 915.1 |
Collana | GeoJournal Library |
Soggetto topico |
Human geography
Architecture Natural disasters Sustainable development International education Comparative education Human Geography Cities, Countries, Regions Natural Hazards Sustainable Development International and Comparative Education |
ISBN | 94-017-8792-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Editors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction to a Comparative Geography of China and the U.S.; Rudi Hartmann and Jing’ai Wang -- Chapter 2: Physical Geography of China and the U.S.; Jing’ai Wang, Honglin Xiao, Rudi Hartmann and Yaojie Yue -- Chapter 3: Population/ Ethnic Geographies of China and the U.S.; Lucius Hallet IV, Jing’ai Wang and Rudi Hartmann -- Chapter 4: Agriculture and Food Production in China and the U.S.; Mark Leipnik, Yun Su, Robert Lane and Xinyue Ye -- Chapter 5: Economic Geography; Hongmian Gong and Huasheng Zhu -- Chapter 6: International Trade Issues and Status for China and the United States; Gregory Veeck and Yuejing Ge -- Chapter 7: Megaregions of China and the U.S.; Russell M. Smith, Yuejing Ge, Rudi Hartmann, Xiaoping Dong and Yang Cheng -- Chapter 8: Regional Urban Economic Clusters; Susan Walcott and Huasheng Zhu -- Chapter 9: Urbanization, Urban Form and Adaptation: A Comparison of Four US and Chinese Cities; Tao Ye, Brian Muller and Peijun Shi -- Chapter 10: The Main Agricultural Regions of China and the U.S.; Mark Leipnik, Yun Su and XinyueYe -- Chapter 11: Research Cooperation between Chinese and American Geographers and its Significance in the Quest for Sustainable Development; Peijun Shi, Clifton W. Pannell and Tao Ye -- Epilogue -- Contributors -- Index. |
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A Comparative Political Ecology of Exurbia : Planning, Environmental Management, and Landscape Change / / edited by Laura E. Taylor, Patrick T. Hurley |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 310 p. 74 illus., 69 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 333.72 |
Soggetto topico |
Nature conservation
Regional planning Urban planning Urban ecology (Biology) Human geography Nature Conservation Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Urban Ecology Human Geography |
ISBN | 3-319-29462-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part 1: Control of exurban nature -- Control of exurban nature -- Four legs good, two legs bad? Exurban migration and environmental change -- Exurbanites as environmental stewards (or not): The bioregional planning potential of classifying rural residential land use by management style in Sydney’s exurbs -- A Tale of Two Snoqualmies: Political Ecology of Exurban Development in the Cascade Foothills -- Part 2: Competing rural capitalisms -- Old West versus New West, Exurban Sprawl and High Value Agriculture: Competing or Compatible Capitalisms? -- Symbolic capital, moral economies, and land use conflict: Examining contested ecologies in the exurban landscape -- Contesting the "middle place:" Environmental imaginaries and the gentrified working landscape -- Part 3: Science: knowledge/power Panther Politics -- Part 4: Corporate politics and state control of the exurban vision -- “In the real-estate business whether we admit it or not”: Timber and exurban Development in Central Oregon -- Making Hilton Head: Memory, race, and the environment along the South Carolina coast -- Index. |
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Conflict, Violence and Peace [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christopher Harker, Kathrin Hörschelmann, Tracey Skelton |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (Approx. 500 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Collana | Geographies of Children and Young People |
Soggetto topico |
Human geography
Childhood Adolescence Sociology Human Geography Childhood, Adolescence and Society Sociological Theory |
ISBN | 981-4585-98-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337733403321 |
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Confucian Geopolitics [[electronic resource] ] : Chinese Geopolitical Imaginations of the US War on Terror / / by Ning An |
Autore | An Ning |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 pages) |
Disciplina | 320.120951 |
Soggetto topico |
Human geography
Cultural geography Human Geography Cultural Geography |
ISBN | 981-15-2010-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Critical geopolitics -- Chapter 3. Confucianism, Chinese geopolitics and terrorism -- Chapter 4. Methodology -- Chapter 5. Chinese discourses of terrorism: a geopolitical analysis of Chinese newspapers -- Chapter 6. Reading terrorism and the US in Chinese newspapers: a geopolitical analysis of audience imaginations -- Chapter 7. Geopolitical visions from the mass Chinese? Internet discourses of terrorism and the US -- Chapter 8. Conclusions. |
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An Ning | ||
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Connectivity in Motion : Island Hubs in the Indian Ocean World / / edited by Burkhard Schnepel, Edward A. Alpers |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXVI, 452 p. 4 illus., 2 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 909 |
Collana | Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies |
Soggetto topico |
World history
Civilization—History Social history Area studies Ethnography Human geography World History, Global and Transnational History Cultural History Social History Area Studies Human Geography |
ISBN | 3-319-59725-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | I. Themes -- 1. "Connectivity in Motion": Island Hubs in the Indian Ocean World -- 2. Islands Connect: People, Things and Ideas among the Small Islands of the Western Indian Ocean -- 3. Small Island Hubs and Connectivity in the Indian Ocean World: Some Concepts and Hypotheses from Historical Anthropology -- 4. Displaced Passengers: States, Movements and Disappearances in the Indian Ocean -- II. Case Studies -- 5. The Role of Kilwa in the Trade of the Western Indian Ocean -- 6. Zanzibar, the Indian Ocean and Nineteenth-Century Global Interface -- 7. Ali Mfaume: A Comorian Hub in the Western Indian Ocean -- 8. Multifaceted Identities, Multiple Dwellings: Connectivity and Flexible Household Configurations in Zanzibar Town -- 9. A Hub of "Local Cosmopolitans": Migration and Settlement in Early Eighteenth- to Nineteenth-Century Port Louis -- 10. The Making of a Hub Society: Mauritius' Path from Port of Call to Cyber Island -- 11. Dis/Entangled Hubs: Connectivity and Disconnections in the Chagos Archipelago -- 12. Big Men Politics and Insularity in the Maldivian World of Islands -- 13. Considering the Island Capital Male' as a Hub for Health-Related Mobilities -- 14. From Salsette to Socotra: Islands across the Seas and Implications for Heritage -- 15. Serendipitous Connections: The Chinese Engagements with Sri Lanka -- 16. Changing Connectivity in a World of Small Islands: The Role of Makassar (Sulawesi) as a Hub Under Dutch Hegemony -- 17. Ambon, a Spicy Hub: Connectivity at the Fringe of the Indian Ocean. |
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The Consequences of Mobility : Reflexivity, Social Inequality and the Reproduction of Precariousness in Highly Qualified Migration / / by David Cairns, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Daniel Briggs, Luísa Veloso |
Autore | Cairns David |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VI, 191 p. 1 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 304.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Emigration and immigration
Industrial sociology Labor economics Social structure Equality Human geography Social policy Migration Sociology of Work Labor Economics Social Structure, Social Inequality Human Geography Comparative Social Policy |
ISBN | 3-319-46741-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. The Mobility Dream and its Consequences -- 2. Mobility Contexts -- 3. New Dilemmas in Europe’s Race for Global Talent: A Wrong Turn for Tertiary Education? -- 4. Working for Europe? Managing Erasmus+ in the Austerity Era -- 5. Recruiting Interns and Keeping them ‘Externs’: Mobility Paradoxes in Internship Governance -- 6. Being a Researcher: Professional Stability and Career Trajectories in Science and Technology -- 7. The Unsettled Future: Future Challenges in Highly Qualified Mobility. |
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Cairns David | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
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Conserving and Managing Historical Urban Landscape [[electronic resource] ] : An Integrated Morphological Approach / / by Xiaoxi Li, Ye Zhang |
Autore | Li Xiaoxi |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 pages) |
Disciplina | 895.134 |
Collana | The Urban Book Series |
Soggetto topico |
Geography
Human geography Environmental sciences—Social aspects Human Geography Environmental Social Sciences |
ISBN | 981-19-4222-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Urban morphology and historical urban landscape conservation and management -- Traditions of urban morphology: opportunities and challenges -- An integrated approach: combining the historico-geographical and the configurational approaches -- Integrated examination of urban form: historicity -- Integrated examination of urban form: historicity and conviviality -- Urban conservation and management practice in China -- An integrated morphological approach to urban conservation and management: The case of Nanjing -- Conclusion: The first step in a journey of a thousand miles. |
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Li Xiaoxi | ||
Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 | ||
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