Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.7609747 |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - New York (State) - New York
Urban geography - New York (State) - New York Environmental degradation - New York (State) - New York Biodiversity - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-520-95830-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface: The Yin and Yang of Cities -- 1. Regarding Broadway: The Urban Saga and the New York Microcosm -- 2. Forest Primeval -- 3. Landscape Transformed -- 4. Growth of the Concrete Jungle -- 5. Fouling, and Cleaning, the Nest -- 6. Invasion and Survival -- 7. Resilience, Restoration, and Redemption -- 8. Cities, Globalization, and the Future of Biodiversity -- Notes, References, and Suggestions for Further Reading -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465579903321 |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
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Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.7609747 |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - New York (State) - New York
Urban geography - New York (State) - New York Environmental degradation - New York (State) - New York Biodiversity - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto non controllato |
american cities
biodiversity central park cities and natural environment city life collect pond concentrated humans contradictions crowded cities early railways ecosystems environmental studies environments future of global biodiversity geological history glacial features human existence manhattan island manhattan square microcosm nature new york city new york political politics railroads realistic solving environmental problems subway system survival urban areas urban studies urbanization |
ISBN | 0-520-95830-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface: The Yin and Yang of Cities -- 1. Regarding Broadway: The Urban Saga and the New York Microcosm -- 2. Forest Primeval -- 3. Landscape Transformed -- 4. Growth of the Concrete Jungle -- 5. Fouling, and Cleaning, the Nest -- 6. Invasion and Survival -- 7. Resilience, Restoration, and Redemption -- 8. Cities, Globalization, and the Future of Biodiversity -- Notes, References, and Suggestions for Further Reading -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786895103321 |
Eldredge Niles
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.7609747 |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - New York (State) - New York
Urban geography - New York (State) - New York Environmental degradation - New York (State) - New York Biodiversity - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto non controllato |
american cities
biodiversity central park cities and natural environment city life collect pond concentrated humans contradictions crowded cities early railways ecosystems environmental studies environments future of global biodiversity geological history glacial features human existence manhattan island manhattan square microcosm nature new york city new york political politics railroads realistic solving environmental problems subway system survival urban areas urban studies urbanization |
ISBN | 0-520-95830-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface: The Yin and Yang of Cities -- 1. Regarding Broadway: The Urban Saga and the New York Microcosm -- 2. Forest Primeval -- 3. Landscape Transformed -- 4. Growth of the Concrete Jungle -- 5. Fouling, and Cleaning, the Nest -- 6. Invasion and Survival -- 7. Resilience, Restoration, and Redemption -- 8. Cities, Globalization, and the Future of Biodiversity -- Notes, References, and Suggestions for Further Reading -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814182303321 |
Eldredge Niles
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
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Eternal ephemera : adaptation and the Origin of species, from the nineteenth century, through punctuated equilibria and beyond / / Niles Eldredge ; cover designer, Lisa Hamm |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Punctuated equilibrium (Evolution)
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Emergence (Philosophy) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-231-15317-1
0-231-52675-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- I. Birth of Modern Evolutionary Theory -- 1. The Advent of the Modern Fauna -- 2. Darwin and the Beagle -- 3. Enter Adaptation and the Conflict Between Isolation and Gradual Adaptive Change, 1836-1859 -- Part II. Rebellion and Reinvention: The Taxic Perspective, 1935- -- 4. Species and Speciation Reconsidered, 1935- -- 5. Punctuated Equilibria -- 6. Speciation and Adaptation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464100003321 |
Eldredge Niles
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New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Eternal ephemera : adaptation and the Origin of species, from the nineteenth century, through punctuated equilibria and beyond / / Niles Eldredge ; cover designer, Lisa Hamm |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Punctuated equilibrium (Evolution)
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Emergence (Philosophy) |
ISBN |
0-231-15317-1
0-231-52675-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- I. Birth of Modern Evolutionary Theory -- 1. The Advent of the Modern Fauna -- 2. Darwin and the Beagle -- 3. Enter Adaptation and the Conflict Between Isolation and Gradual Adaptive Change, 1836-1859 -- Part II. Rebellion and Reinvention: The Taxic Perspective, 1935- -- 4. Species and Speciation Reconsidered, 1935- -- 5. Punctuated Equilibria -- 6. Speciation and Adaptation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788048303321 |
Eldredge Niles
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New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Eternal ephemera : adaptation and the Origin of species, from the nineteenth century, through punctuated equilibria and beyond / / Niles Eldredge ; cover designer, Lisa Hamm |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Punctuated equilibrium (Evolution)
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Emergence (Philosophy) |
ISBN |
0-231-15317-1
0-231-52675-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- I. Birth of Modern Evolutionary Theory -- 1. The Advent of the Modern Fauna -- 2. Darwin and the Beagle -- 3. Enter Adaptation and the Conflict Between Isolation and Gradual Adaptive Change, 1836-1859 -- Part II. Rebellion and Reinvention: The Taxic Perspective, 1935- -- 4. Species and Speciation Reconsidered, 1935- -- 5. Punctuated Equilibria -- 6. Speciation and Adaptation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827962403321 |
Eldredge Niles
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New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Unfinished synthesis : biological hierarchies and modern evolutionary thought / / Niles Eldredge |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1985 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 575 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico | Evolution (Biology) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-755997-2
1-280-76216-0 9786610762163 0-19-536513-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Chapter 1 Approaching Complexity: Thinking About Evolution; Chapter 2 Genes and the Evolutionary Synthesis; Chapter 3 Systematics, Paleontology, and the Modern Synthesis; Chapter 4 The Structure and Content of the Modern Synthesis; Chapter 5 Toward Hierarchy: Trends and Tensions in Evolutionary Theory; Chapter 6 The Evolutionary Hierarchies; Chapter 7 Hierarchic Interactions: The Evolutionary Process; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450860603321 |
Eldredge Niles
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1985 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Unfinished synthesis : biological hierarchies and modern evolutionary thought / / Niles Eldredge |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1985 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 575 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico | Evolution (Biology) |
ISBN |
0-19-755997-2
1-280-76216-0 9786610762163 0-19-536513-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Chapter 1 Approaching Complexity: Thinking About Evolution; Chapter 2 Genes and the Evolutionary Synthesis; Chapter 3 Systematics, Paleontology, and the Modern Synthesis; Chapter 4 The Structure and Content of the Modern Synthesis; Chapter 5 Toward Hierarchy: Trends and Tensions in Evolutionary Theory; Chapter 6 The Evolutionary Hierarchies; Chapter 7 Hierarchic Interactions: The Evolutionary Process; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784842103321 |
Eldredge Niles
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1985 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Unfinished synthesis : biological hierarchies and modern evolutionary thought / / Niles Eldredge |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1985 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 575 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico | Evolution (Biology) |
ISBN |
0-19-755997-2
1-280-76216-0 9786610762163 0-19-536513-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Chapter 1 Approaching Complexity: Thinking About Evolution; Chapter 2 Genes and the Evolutionary Synthesis; Chapter 3 Systematics, Paleontology, and the Modern Synthesis; Chapter 4 The Structure and Content of the Modern Synthesis; Chapter 5 Toward Hierarchy: Trends and Tensions in Evolutionary Theory; Chapter 6 The Evolutionary Hierarchies; Chapter 7 Hierarchic Interactions: The Evolutionary Process; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812900703321 |
Eldredge Niles
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1985 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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