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Environment, Race, and Nationhood in Australia : Revisiting the Empty North / / by Russell McGregor
| Environment, Race, and Nationhood in Australia : Revisiting the Empty North / / by Russell McGregor |
| Autore | McGregor Russell |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.70994 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy
Area studies Islands of the Pacific—History Environmental Policy Area Studies Australasian History |
| ISBN | 1-349-91509-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Chapter 1: Anxieties Aroused -- Chapter 2: Whiteness versus the Tropics -- Chapter 3: Acquiring a White Elephant -- Chapter 4: A Dog in the Manger -- Chapter 5: Colouring the Empty Spaces -- Chapter 6: Redeeming the Desolation -- Chapter 7: Downgrading the North -- Chapter 8: Vulnerabilities Laid Bare -- Chapter 9: Modest Projections, Massive Projects -- Chapter 10: The Divisive North -- Chapter 11: Whither the White North? -- Chapter 12: Emptiness Attenuated -- Epilogue, or Are We There Yet?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253354103321 |
McGregor Russell
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| New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The nature of Northern Australia : natural values, ecological processes and future prospects / / authors, John Woinarski, Brendan Mackey, Henry Nix & Barry Triall
| The nature of Northern Australia : natural values, ecological processes and future prospects / / authors, John Woinarski, Brendan Mackey, Henry Nix & Barry Triall |
| Autore | Woinarski J. C. Z (John Casimir Zichy), <1955-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra, ACT : , : ANU E Press, , [2007] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 127 pages) : colour illustrations, colour maps, photographs; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 333.70994 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental sciences - Australia, Northern
Human ecology - Australia, Northern Social ecology - Australia, Northern Human geography - Australia, Northern |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- Objectives of this study -- The region -- Indigenous knowledge and values -- The structure of this study -- The authors -- 2. The land and its people -- The past: an Arafura inheritance -- The Northern landscape -- Climate -- Soils -- Landforms -- Environments -- Biodiversity -- People of Northern Australia -- Regions of the North -- Current land use and economies -- 3. How the landscape works -- Ecological functioning and linkages -- Hydro-ecology: the interdependence of water and landscape function -- Ecological disturbance -- Interconnections of ecological movements -- Other critical ecological processes and linkages -- 4. The natural values of Northern Australia -- Local values -- National and international values -- The state of Australia's woodlands -- The state of Australia's waterways -- The North and Australia's biodiversity -- 5. Problems in the landscape -- Why worry? -- Species decline -- Landscape change -- The causes of current decline -- Depopulation and lack of resources -- Climate change -- Solace -- 6. A sustainable future for Northern Australia -- Protecting the natural legacy -- Conservation planning -- Living in the land -- Stories from the land -- Economic activities -- Where to from here?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141773503321 |
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Woinarski J. C. Z (John Casimir Zichy), <1955-, >
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| Canberra, ACT : , : ANU E Press, , [2007] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rethinking voluntary approaches in environmental policy / Rory Sullivan
| Rethinking voluntary approaches in environmental policy / Rory Sullivan |
| Autore | SULLIVAN, Rory |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cheltenham [etc.] : E. Elgar, copyr. 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | IX, 216 p. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 333.70994 |
| Soggetto topico | Inquinamento - Controllo - Australia |
| ISBN | 1-84542-210-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-990002851740203316 |
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SULLIVAN, Rory
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| Cheltenham [etc.] : E. Elgar, copyr. 2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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