Info
- Utilizzare la checkbox di selezione a fianco di ciascun documento per attivare le funzionalità di stampa, invio email, download nei formati disponibili del (i) record.
Baffin Island [[electronic resource] ] : field research and High Arctic adventure, 1961-67 / / Jack D. Ives
| Baffin Island [[electronic resource] ] : field research and High Arctic adventure, 1961-67 / / Jack D. Ives |
| Autore | Ives Jack D. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Calgary, : University of Calgary Press, 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 910.92 |
| Collana | Northern Lights |
| Soggetto topico |
Geographers - Travel - Nunavut - Baffin Island
Geographers - Canada Geography - Fieldwork - Nunavut - Baffin Island - History - 20th century Research - Government policy - Canada - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Earth sciences
Environment Field research |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword / by the Honourable Peter Adams --Introduction : the context of geographical research in Canada's Arctic in the 1960s --1. Baffin Island: the place and the research --2. Reconnaissance 1961: learning about airborne support --3. Building the team and developing credibility --4. Baffin 1962: ice mining on the Barnes Ice Cap --5. Expanding Baffin research and wider reconnaissance, 1963 --6. Initiatives and growth in Baffin operations, 1963-1964 --7. Glaciology in the Rockies added to Baffin studies, 1965 --8. Summit experiences and east coast research, 1966 --9. Last year of Baffin Island activities by the Geographical Branch, 1966-1967 --10. Career development of members of the field team --11. Assessment of the scientific results. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136422803321 |
Ives Jack D.
|
||
| Calgary, : University of Calgary Press, 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Himalayan perceptions : environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples / / Jack D. Ives
| Himalayan perceptions : environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples / / Jack D. Ives |
| Autore | Ives Jack D. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2/095496 |
| Collana | Routledge studies in physical geography and environment |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Himalaya Mountains Region
Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Himalaya Mountains Region Mountain people - Himalaya Mountains Region - Social conditions Deforestation - Himalaya Mountains Region Culture and tourism - Himalaya Mountains Region Environmental degradation - Himalaya Mountains Region Environmental policy - Himalaya Mountains Region |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-36908-5
1-138-86713-6 1-280-05088-8 0-203-59756-7 |
| Classificazione |
43.47
74.21 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The myth of Himalayan environmental degradation -- The Himalayan region : an overview -- Status of the mountain forests -- Geomorphology of agricultural landscapes -- Flooding in Bangladesh : causes and perceptions of causes -- Mountain hazards -- Tourism and its impacts -- Conflict, tension, and the oppression of mountain peoples -- Prospects for future development : assets and obstacles -- What are the facts? misleading perceptions, misconceptions, and distortions -- Redefining the dilemma : is there a way out? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450769003321 |
|
Ives Jack D.
|
||
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Himalayan perceptions : environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples / / Jack D. Ives
| Himalayan perceptions : environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples / / Jack D. Ives |
| Autore | Ives Jack D. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2/095496 |
| Collana | Routledge studies in physical geography and environment |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Himalaya Mountains Region
Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Himalaya Mountains Region Mountain people - Himalaya Mountains Region - Social conditions Deforestation - Himalaya Mountains Region Culture and tourism - Himalaya Mountains Region Environmental degradation - Himalaya Mountains Region Environmental policy - Himalaya Mountains Region |
| ISBN |
1-134-36907-7
1-134-36908-5 1-138-86713-6 1-280-05088-8 0-203-59756-7 |
| Classificazione |
43.47
74.21 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The myth of Himalayan environmental degradation -- The Himalayan region : an overview -- Status of the mountain forests -- Geomorphology of agricultural landscapes -- Flooding in Bangladesh : causes and perceptions of causes -- Mountain hazards -- Tourism and its impacts -- Conflict, tension, and the oppression of mountain peoples -- Prospects for future development : assets and obstacles -- What are the facts? misleading perceptions, misconceptions, and distortions -- Redefining the dilemma : is there a way out? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783856403321 |
|
Ives Jack D.
|
||
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Sustainable mountain development : getting the facts right / / Jack D. Ives
| Sustainable mountain development : getting the facts right / / Jack D. Ives |
| Autore | Ives Jack D. |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
| Disciplina | 577.53 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mountain ecology
Sustainable development |
| ISBN |
9783030960292
9783030960285 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- About the Author -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 Global Mountain Awareness -- My Fascination with Mountains -- CHAPTER 2 An International Mountain Involvement: The Beginnings -- UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Mountain Project (MAB-6) -- Lillehammer and Formulation of an International Mountain Programme -- Vienna 1973 and MAB-6 Planning Conferences -- La Paz 1974 and an Issue of Citizenship -- Andean Mountain Issues -- CHAPTER 3 Mountain Strategy in Munich, 1974: On Track to the Himalaya -- Manoeuvres in a Munich Beer Garden -- Kathmandu 1975: An International Centre for Mountain Development -- Building Awareness of Mountain Cultures and Relationships -- CHAPTER 4 Darjeeling: Personal Awakening to High Mountains and Refugees -- First Views of the Himalaya -- Return to Darjeeling in 1975: The Tibetan Refugee Connection -- Tibetan Refugees and Loreto College -- CHAPTER 5 Moscow and the Caucasus: The IGU in the Cold War -- Journey to the Soviet Union -- Special Moscow Treatment for a Canadian Delegate -- Aftermath in the Swiss Alps -- CHAPTER 6 United Nations University: Agency with a Mountain Mission -- UNU's Highland-Lowland Interactive Systems Project -- A New Type of UN Institution -- My First UNU Mission: Chiang Mai and Opium Poppy Cultivation, 1978 -- Return to Chiang Mai: Next Steps towards a UNU Project -- A Surprise Royal Invitation to Dinner -- Evolving Issues and Critical Problems -- CHAPTER 7 Himalayan Reconnaissance 1978: Deforestation, Landslides, and Farmers -- Questioning the Causes of Deforestation in the Nepal Himalaya -- The Gateway to Everest -- Challenging Conventional Wisdom -- A Very Human Cross-Cultural Diversion -- From Kathmandu to Darjeeling, 1979 A Journey to Remember -- A Close Encounter and a Time for Quick Thinking -- Early Thoughts on a Predicted Himalayan Disaster.
CHAPTER 8 The China Connection: Privileged Entry to a Closed Country -- Journey to Lhasa, the 'Forbidden City', and Beyond -- First International Mountain Conference in China: Beijing and Lhasa -- By Road to Kathmandu -- CHAPTER 9 Beyond Lhasa: Opening China to Collaborative Mountain Research -- Tian Shan Reconnaissance, 1981: Mountain Hazards and Environmental Impacts -- The Hengduan Shan, 1982: Western Sichuan -- Reconnaissance to Lijiang and the Jade Dragon Snow Mountains -- Reflections on the China Connection -- CHAPTER 10 Breakthrough: Environmental Degradation Theory Overturned -- Nepal's Middle Mountains: Getting to Grips with the Real Problems -- Mountain Hazards Mapping amongst the World's Highest Mountains -- First Major Test of Khumbu Environmental Alarms -- Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in the Khumbu and Wider Implications -- CHAPTER 11 China Revisited 1985: Yunnan and the Jade Dragon Snow Mountains -- Yulong Xueshan: The Jade Dragon Snow Mountains -- Field Investigations in the Lijiang Area -- Summing Up, 1985 -- CHAPTER 12 The Mohonk Process: Mobilization of the Mountain Advocates -- The Mohonk Mountain Conferences -- Maurice Strong and Proposal for a Canadian Mountain Institute -- Mohonk II: Refinement of a Political Mountain Agenda -- International Challenge to Himalayan Mountain Myths -- CHAPTER 13 Mountain Road to Rio: The UN Earth Summit 1992 -- Success in Rio -- Rio-Plus-Five: UN Headquarters Review, 1997 -- Declaration of 2002 as the International Year of Mountains -- CHAPTER 14 Return to China 1991-1996: Mountain People of Yunnan and Mass Tourism -- Lijiang and the Yulong Xueshan, 1993, 1994, 1995 -- Mystery of the Love-Suicide Meadow -- Lijiang as a World-Class Tourist Destination -- Lijiang and Northwestern Yunnan Development after 1996 -- CHAPTER 15 Roof of the World: The Pamir:, 1999 "A Catastrophe of Biblical Proportions". Lake Sarez, the Dam, and the Mission -- "If Allah Wills the Flood, I Will Be Ready," or What the Partridge Says -- Hazards of Mountain and Military Obstacles -- New Day, New Horizon, New Kind of Problem -- CHAPTER 16 Threatened Disasters in the Pamir and Himalaya -- Lake Sarez: Pamir Aftermath -- Glacial Lake Outburst Floods Revisited -- Himalayan Hazards and Climate Change -- Aftermath on Imja Lake -- CHAPTER 17 The Evolution of the Mountain Cause -- Epilogue -- Mountains on the Global Stage -- Mountains at Rio+20 -- Mountains and the Sustainable Development Goals -- Keeping Mountains on the Agenda -- Mountain Organisations -- Key Issues for Sustainable Mountain Development -- APPENDIX I List of Acronyms -- APPENDIX II Mohonk Mountain Conference Resolution -- RESOLUTION 1 -- RESOLUTION 2 -- RESOLUTION 3 -- RESOLUTION 4 -- RESOLUTION 5 -- CONCLUSION 1 -- CONCLUSION 2 -- References -- Endnotes -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910734863203321 |
|
Ives Jack D.
|
||
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||