Betting the farm on a drought : stories from the front lines of climate change / / Seamus McGraw |
Autore | McGraw Seamus |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/740973 |
Soggetto topico | Climatic changes - United States |
ISBN |
1-4773-0383-9
1-4773-0382-0 |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""1. Sundance""; ""2. Comfortable in Our Ignorance""; ""3. Kindergarten in a Fallout Shelter""; ""4. Preaching to the Choir""; ""5. Running from a Grizzly in Your Slippers""; ""6. The Other White Meat""; ""7. Flying by Wire""; ""8. Notes from the Ivory Clock Tower""; ""9. "I Never Met a Liberal Before"""; ""10. The Year the Creeks Stopped Freezing""; ""11. "It's What I Do"""; ""12. Penguins Tumbling Off an Ice Sheet""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787597803321 |
McGraw Seamus | ||
Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Betting the farm on a drought : stories from the front lines of climate change / / Seamus McGraw |
Autore | McGraw Seamus |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/740973 |
Soggetto topico | Climatic changes - United States |
ISBN |
1-4773-0383-9
1-4773-0382-0 |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""1. Sundance""; ""2. Comfortable in Our Ignorance""; ""3. Kindergarten in a Fallout Shelter""; ""4. Preaching to the Choir""; ""5. Running from a Grizzly in Your Slippers""; ""6. The Other White Meat""; ""7. Flying by Wire""; ""8. Notes from the Ivory Clock Tower""; ""9. "I Never Met a Liberal Before"""; ""10. The Year the Creeks Stopped Freezing""; ""11. "It's What I Do"""; ""12. Penguins Tumbling Off an Ice Sheet""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817292703321 |
McGraw Seamus | ||
Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Coming to pass : Florida's coastal islands in a gulf of change / / Susan Cerulean ; photographs by David Moynahan ; designed by Erin Kirk New |
Autore | Cerulean Susan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.5/20975991 |
Soggetto topico |
Islands - Florida - Apalachicola Bay
Island ecology - Florida - Apalachicola Bay Coastal ecology - Florida - Apalachicola Bay |
ISBN | 0-8203-5470-8 |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Introduction: The Passing of a Palm Cathedral; PART 1 Origin Stories; 1 Sand Supply; 2 Front Beach; 3 Relict Ridges; 4 Middens and Lagoons; 5 The Passes; 6 Upland: Where the Beach Used to Be; PART 2 Territory; 7 The First People; 8 Beach Badges; 9 Claiming a Space on the Sand: Willets; 10 What the Eagle Calls Home; 11 The Rights of Birds; PART 3 Diminishing Islands; Direct Take; 12 The Ways We Fish; 13 Oystercatchers; 14 Robbing the River; Habitat Loss; 15 Evolution's Larger Concerns: Beach Mice; 16 Counting Christmas Birds; Pollution; 17 Stealing the Dark from Sea Turtles
18 Standing Watch for OilClimate Change and Sea Level Rise; 19 "The Shore, Being of Shifting Sand"; 20 Sand Envy; 21 The Edge; PART 4 We Are Not Separate; 22 Candlemas: Reclaiming the Rhythm of Time; 23 Red Wolves; 24 We Are Not Separate; Saint Island Prayer; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788002803321 |
Cerulean Susan | ||
Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Coming to pass : Florida's coastal islands in a gulf of change / / Susan Cerulean ; photographs by David Moynahan ; designed by Erin Kirk New |
Autore | Cerulean Susan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.5/20975991 |
Soggetto topico |
Islands - Florida - Apalachicola Bay
Island ecology - Florida - Apalachicola Bay Coastal ecology - Florida - Apalachicola Bay |
ISBN | 0-8203-5470-8 |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Introduction: The Passing of a Palm Cathedral; PART 1 Origin Stories; 1 Sand Supply; 2 Front Beach; 3 Relict Ridges; 4 Middens and Lagoons; 5 The Passes; 6 Upland: Where the Beach Used to Be; PART 2 Territory; 7 The First People; 8 Beach Badges; 9 Claiming a Space on the Sand: Willets; 10 What the Eagle Calls Home; 11 The Rights of Birds; PART 3 Diminishing Islands; Direct Take; 12 The Ways We Fish; 13 Oystercatchers; 14 Robbing the River; Habitat Loss; 15 Evolution's Larger Concerns: Beach Mice; 16 Counting Christmas Birds; Pollution; 17 Stealing the Dark from Sea Turtles
18 Standing Watch for OilClimate Change and Sea Level Rise; 19 "The Shore, Being of Shifting Sand"; 20 Sand Envy; 21 The Edge; PART 4 We Are Not Separate; 22 Candlemas: Reclaiming the Rhythm of Time; 23 Red Wolves; 24 We Are Not Separate; Saint Island Prayer; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815495503321 |
Cerulean Susan | ||
Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Conservation psychology : understanding and promoting human care for nature / / Susan Clayton and Gene Myers |
Autore | Clayton Susan D. <1960-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (456 pages) |
Disciplina | 155.9/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Nature - Psychological aspects
Environmental psychology Human behavior |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-118-87464-1
1-118-87465-X |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; About the Companion Website; Chapter 1 Introducing the Field of Conservation Psychology; Conservation; Psychology; Human care for nature; The roots of conservation psychology; The utility of conservation psychology; The practice of conservation psychology; The organization of the book; Conclusion; For further information, visit these websites; References; Part I Human Experiences of Nature; Chapter 2 Domestic Nature: Cohabiting with Animals and Plants; Animals in the home; History and variations in pet-keeping
Relationships with petsHealth and well-being effects of domestic animals; Social effects of companion animals; Robotic animals; Connections with nature; Plants in the domestic sphere; Effects of indoor plants; Window views of nature; Plant-facilitated therapy; Experience and effects of gardening; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Managed Nature: Zoos, Aquariums, and Public Parks; Zoos and aquariums; Reasons for visiting; Visitors' experience of the zoo; Impact on environmental knowledge and concern; Maximizing the experience; Urban parks and green spaces; Parks and human well-being Children and green spaceConclusion; References; Chapter 4 Wild Nature: Encounters with Wilderness; Defining wild nature and wilderness; Wilderness use and wilderness values; Wilderness solitude; Natural forces and features; Wildfire; Natural disasters; Wild animals: attitudes and experience; The edge of control: wilderness remoteness and challenge; Activity in wild nature, connection, and caring; Wild nature and spiritual experience; Wilderness-based growth and therapeutic programs; Conclusion; References; Part II Thinking About Nature; Chapter 5 Attitudes, Values, and Perceptions Core understandings of natureValues; Attitudes; Perceptions; Evolutionary perspectives; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Perceptions of Environmental Problems; Risk perception; Biases in information processing; Language and discourse; Understanding environmental problems; Attributions of responsibility; Linking perceptions to behavior; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7 Moral Psychology and the Environment; Background on ethical concepts; Social intuitionism and moral foundations theory; A virtue ethics of the environment; The deontic tradition and psychological research Contextual differences in moral dutiesConsequentialism, emotion, and socialization; Psychological dynamics of moral functioning; Pragmatist ethics; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8 Environment and Identity; The concept of identity; Identity development; Developing an affiliation with nature; Environmental identity; Ecopsychology and depth psychology perspectives; Measuring environmental identity; Place identity; Animals and identity; Environmental social identity; Identity and behavior; Putting identity to work; Conclusion; References Part III Encouraging a Sustainable Relationship Between Humans and Nature |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460730203321 |
Clayton Susan D. <1960-> | ||
Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great basin [[electronic resource] ] : a natural prehistory / / Donald K. Grayson |
Autore | Grayson Donald K |
Edizione | [Rev. and expanded ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.79 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GraysonDonald K |
Soggetto topico |
Geology, Stratigraphic - Pleistocene
Geology, Stratigraphic - Holocene Geology - Great Basin Paleontology - Great Basin Indians of North America - Great Basin - Antiquities Paleo-Indians - Great Basin |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
animals archaeological sites archaeology biogeography bison bonneville salt flats botany california climate death valley ecosystem environment environmentalism geology glaciers great basin great salt lake history indigenous people lake cores lake tahoe lakes natural history nature nevada oregon packrat middens paleontology rivers science tree rings utah wildlife |
ISBN |
1-283-27782-4
9786613277824 0-520-94871-8 |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The Great Basins -- pt. 2. Some Ice Age background -- pt. 3. The late Ice Age Great Basin -- pt. 4. The last 10,000 years -- pt. 5. Great Basin archaeology -- pt. 6. Conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789634603321 |
Grayson Donald K | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great basin [[electronic resource] ] : a natural prehistory / / Donald K. Grayson |
Autore | Grayson Donald K |
Edizione | [Rev. and expanded ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.79 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GraysonDonald K |
Soggetto topico |
Geology, Stratigraphic - Pleistocene
Geology, Stratigraphic - Holocene Geology - Great Basin Paleontology - Great Basin Indians of North America - Great Basin - Antiquities Paleo-Indians - Great Basin |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
animals archaeological sites archaeology biogeography bison bonneville salt flats botany california climate death valley ecosystem environment environmentalism geology glaciers great basin great salt lake history indigenous people lake cores lake tahoe lakes natural history nature nevada oregon packrat middens paleontology rivers science tree rings utah wildlife |
ISBN |
1-283-27782-4
9786613277824 0-520-94871-8 |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The Great Basins -- pt. 2. Some Ice Age background -- pt. 3. The late Ice Age Great Basin -- pt. 4. The last 10,000 years -- pt. 5. Great Basin archaeology -- pt. 6. Conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826955703321 |
Grayson Donald K | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The laws protecting animals and ecosystems / / Paul A. Rees |
Autore | Rees Paul A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (492 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 344.04/9 |
Soggetto topico |
Animal welfare - Law and legislation
Wildlife conservation - Law and legislation Environmental law |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-118-87643-1
1-118-87644-X 1-119-28872-X |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910270879603321 |
Rees Paul A. | ||
Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The laws protecting animals and ecosystems / / Paul A. Rees |
Autore | Rees Paul A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (492 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 344.04/9 |
Soggetto topico |
Animal welfare - Law and legislation
Wildlife conservation - Law and legislation Environmental law |
ISBN |
1-118-87643-1
1-118-87644-X 1-119-28872-X |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910677425103321 |
Rees Paul A. | ||
Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Working on earth : class and environmental justice / / edited by Christina Robertson and Jennifer Westerman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.700973 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental justice
Human ecology Working class Working class - Social conditions Working class - Canada Working class - United States |
ISBN | 0-87417-964-5 |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Toward a Working-Class Ecology; Part I - Working for a Living: Class, Justice, and Environment; 1 - Raining in Vietnam: The Personal Politics of Climate Justice; 2 - Working in Nature, Playing in Wilderness: Race, Class, and Environmental History in the Apostle Islands; 3 - "The Rich Go Higher": The Geography of Rural Development, Fire Management, and Environmental Justice in Utah's Wildland Urban Interface; 4 - Beyond Boom and Bust: Recovering the Place of Kootenay Working-Class Stories
Part II - The Ways We Work: Toxic Consequences5 - Requiem for Landscape; 6 - "Clean Air, Clean Water, and Jobs Forever": Filming Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining; 7 - Bright Lights, Big City Ills: Artificial Light and the Night Shift; 8 - From Orchards to Cubicles: Work and Space in the Silicon Valley; Part III - The Workers and the Land: Toward a Just and Sustainable Future; 9 - "It's a Different World": Using Oral Histories to Explore Working-Class Perceptions of Environmental Change; 10 - Working Wilderness: Ranching, Proprietary Rights to Nature, Environmental Justice, and Climate Change 11 - "Survival Is Triumph Enough": Class, Environmental Consciousness, and the Southern Memoir12 - Reinhabiting the Poor Farm in Memory and Landscape; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797017503321 |
Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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