The Brazilian Amazon : Politics, Science and International Relations in the History of the Forest / / by Joana Bezerra |
Autore | Bezerra Joana |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.98107 |
Collana | World Forests |
Soggetto topico |
Forestry management
Environmental law Environmental policy Forestry Management Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice |
ISBN | 3-319-23030-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword 1; The Amazon, a Most Enticing Subject; Foreword 2; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Photographs; Abbreviations; Abstract; 1 Introduction; Introduction; References; 2 Terra Preta de Índio and Amazonian History; Introduction; Terra Preta do Índio; History of the Terra Preta Research; Perceptions of Amazonians Soils; From 1980 Onwards; The Past, the Present and Terra Preta; Agriculture and Soil; Amazonia as a Pristine Forest; Amazonian Legacies and Their Importance; Where to from Now; References; 3 The Amazon and Brazilian Development Policies; Introduction
Humans, Nature and the AmazonDifferent Perspectives Towards the Amazon; The Amazon and Brazil; Governance; The Amazon Before the Military Coup; The Military Regime; The 1960s; The 1970s; The 1980s; The Return to Democracy; Decentralisation; The 1990s; International Interests; Unresolved Issues; Land Reform; Property Rights; Terra Preta de Índio; The Amazon and Government Policy---What Lies Ahead?; References; 4 The Amazon and the International Political Arena; Introduction; The International Environment Agenda and Brazil; From the Colonial Period Until 1912 From 1912 Until the Military Coup of 1964The 1960s; The 1970s; The 1980s; The 1990s; The 2000s; Environmental Governance; Globalisation; Governance; Climate Regime; What About Terra Preta de Índio?; References; 5 The Sustainability Paradigm and the Future of the Amazon; Introduction; Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development and Terra Preta de Índio; Climate Change and the Amazon Rainforest; Ecosystem Services and REDD; Unresolved Issues; What to Expect; References; 6 Terra Preta de Índio and the Future of the Amazon; Introduction; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298260603321 |
Bezerra Joana | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How population change will transform our world / / Sarah Harper |
Autore | Harper Sarah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.98107 |
Soggetto topico | Population - Environmental aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-19-108668-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; HOW POPULATION CHANGE WILL TRANSFORM OUR WORLD, SARAH HARPER ; Copyright ; Dedication ; FOREWORD ; What Is Myth and What Is Science?; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; CONTENTS ; LIST OF FIGURES ; LIST OF TABLES ; CHAPTER ONE: The Age Narrative ; The changing age composition of the world ; The demographic drivers of change ; Three lives . . . ; The stories of three women born in 1975 ; SAMIRA, NIGER; VARYA, MALAYSIA; LISA, ITALY ; . . . in three regions ; The impact of age-structural change ; Advanced economies ; Emerging economies ; Least developed economies ; Economic and societal consequences
Let's question the assumptions Institutional frameworks ; Producing, consuming, and paying taxes ; The second demographic dividend ; The challenge of increasing longevity ; Longer, healthy lives or just longer lives? ; CHAPTER FOUR: Youth: Peril or Dividend? ; MENA countries ; Unemployment ; Arab Spring or Asian Tiger? ; Youth bulge into demographic dividend ; First there was China, now there is India ; What has happened elsewhere? ; South Korea ; The Tiger Cubs: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand ; Thailand ; Vietnam ; Latin America ; The role of demographic change CHAPTER FIVE: Too Many Children? A continent of child dependents ; Slow fertility transition and fertility stalling ; Children and adolescents: vulnerability ; Adolescents ; Potential for growth held back by dependents ; The role of education and developing human capital ; CHAPTER SIX: Our Future Selves ; Summary ; Addressing the trends through population policy ; The modification of fertility trends ; Pro-natalist policies ; Policies to reduce fertility ; Migration ; Importance of human capital ; A confluence of twenty-first century challenges ; The role of climate change The impact of technological change Integrating demography into understanding ; Twentieth-century institutions, twenty-first century challenges ; AFTERWORD ; I would like many cows ; I want to become a computer scientist ; I want to be a fashion designer ; APPENDICES ; Appendix 1; Appendix 2 ; Appendix 3 ; NOTES AND REFERENCES ; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Afterword; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465347603321 |
Harper Sarah | ||
Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How population change will transform our world / / Sarah Harper |
Autore | Harper Sarah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.98107 |
Soggetto topico | Population - Environmental aspects |
ISBN | 0-19-108668-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; HOW POPULATION CHANGE WILL TRANSFORM OUR WORLD, SARAH HARPER ; Copyright ; Dedication ; FOREWORD ; What Is Myth and What Is Science?; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; CONTENTS ; LIST OF FIGURES ; LIST OF TABLES ; CHAPTER ONE: The Age Narrative ; The changing age composition of the world ; The demographic drivers of change ; Three lives . . . ; The stories of three women born in 1975 ; SAMIRA, NIGER; VARYA, MALAYSIA; LISA, ITALY ; . . . in three regions ; The impact of age-structural change ; Advanced economies ; Emerging economies ; Least developed economies ; Economic and societal consequences
Let's question the assumptions Institutional frameworks ; Producing, consuming, and paying taxes ; The second demographic dividend ; The challenge of increasing longevity ; Longer, healthy lives or just longer lives? ; CHAPTER FOUR: Youth: Peril or Dividend? ; MENA countries ; Unemployment ; Arab Spring or Asian Tiger? ; Youth bulge into demographic dividend ; First there was China, now there is India ; What has happened elsewhere? ; South Korea ; The Tiger Cubs: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand ; Thailand ; Vietnam ; Latin America ; The role of demographic change CHAPTER FIVE: Too Many Children? A continent of child dependents ; Slow fertility transition and fertility stalling ; Children and adolescents: vulnerability ; Adolescents ; Potential for growth held back by dependents ; The role of education and developing human capital ; CHAPTER SIX: Our Future Selves ; Summary ; Addressing the trends through population policy ; The modification of fertility trends ; Pro-natalist policies ; Policies to reduce fertility ; Migration ; Importance of human capital ; A confluence of twenty-first century challenges ; The role of climate change The impact of technological change Integrating demography into understanding ; Twentieth-century institutions, twenty-first century challenges ; AFTERWORD ; I would like many cows ; I want to become a computer scientist ; I want to be a fashion designer ; APPENDICES ; Appendix 1; Appendix 2 ; Appendix 3 ; NOTES AND REFERENCES ; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Afterword; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798419403321 |
Harper Sarah | ||
Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How population change will transform our world / / Sarah Harper |
Autore | Harper Sarah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.98107 |
Soggetto topico | Population - Environmental aspects |
ISBN | 0-19-108668-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; HOW POPULATION CHANGE WILL TRANSFORM OUR WORLD, SARAH HARPER ; Copyright ; Dedication ; FOREWORD ; What Is Myth and What Is Science?; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; CONTENTS ; LIST OF FIGURES ; LIST OF TABLES ; CHAPTER ONE: The Age Narrative ; The changing age composition of the world ; The demographic drivers of change ; Three lives . . . ; The stories of three women born in 1975 ; SAMIRA, NIGER; VARYA, MALAYSIA; LISA, ITALY ; . . . in three regions ; The impact of age-structural change ; Advanced economies ; Emerging economies ; Least developed economies ; Economic and societal consequences
Let's question the assumptions Institutional frameworks ; Producing, consuming, and paying taxes ; The second demographic dividend ; The challenge of increasing longevity ; Longer, healthy lives or just longer lives? ; CHAPTER FOUR: Youth: Peril or Dividend? ; MENA countries ; Unemployment ; Arab Spring or Asian Tiger? ; Youth bulge into demographic dividend ; First there was China, now there is India ; What has happened elsewhere? ; South Korea ; The Tiger Cubs: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand ; Thailand ; Vietnam ; Latin America ; The role of demographic change CHAPTER FIVE: Too Many Children? A continent of child dependents ; Slow fertility transition and fertility stalling ; Children and adolescents: vulnerability ; Adolescents ; Potential for growth held back by dependents ; The role of education and developing human capital ; CHAPTER SIX: Our Future Selves ; Summary ; Addressing the trends through population policy ; The modification of fertility trends ; Pro-natalist policies ; Policies to reduce fertility ; Migration ; Importance of human capital ; A confluence of twenty-first century challenges ; The role of climate change The impact of technological change Integrating demography into understanding ; Twentieth-century institutions, twenty-first century challenges ; AFTERWORD ; I would like many cows ; I want to become a computer scientist ; I want to be a fashion designer ; APPENDICES ; Appendix 1; Appendix 2 ; Appendix 3 ; NOTES AND REFERENCES ; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Afterword; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814961003321 |
Harper Sarah | ||
Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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