Acid Mine Drainage in South Africa : Development Actors, Policy Impacts, and Broader Implications / / by Suvania Naidoo |
Autore | Naidoo Suvania |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (137 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science |
Soggetto topico |
Water pollution
Environmental health Sustainable development Environmental sociology Economic development Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution Environmental Health Sustainable Development Environmental Sociology Development Studies |
ISBN | 9783319444352 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Overview of AMD in South Africa -- 2. Global context of AMD -- 3. Water, Mining, and Development in South Africa -- 4. The Nature of Acid Mine Drainage in the Vaal River System -- 5. The Policy Response to Acid Mine Drainage in the Gold-Mining Sector -- 6. Socio-economic Impact of Acid Mine Drainage -- 7. AMD and a Sustainable Future for South Africa?. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136620003321 |
Naidoo Suvania | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
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Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability / / edited by Yongfu Huang, Unai Pascual |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIV, 466 p. 22 illus., 17 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 338.927 |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development
Environmental sociology Economic development Social change Environmental policy Climate change Environmental economics Sustainable Development Environmental Sociology Development and Social Change Environmental Policy Climate Change Environmental Economics |
ISBN | 981-10-5379-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction.- Foreign Aid for Capacity-building to Address Climate Change -- Lessons Learnt About Foreign Aid for Climate Change Related Capacity-Building.- The Effectiveness of Foreign Aid for Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Mitigation -- A Review of the Nature of Foreign Aid to the Energy Sector over the Last Two Decades -- An Analysis of the Links between Foreign Aid and Co2 Emissions in Cities.- Foreign Aid, Urbanization and Green Cities -- Opportunities and Conditions for Successful Foreign Aid to the Forestry Sector -- The Evolution, Paradigm Shift and Guidelines for Foreign Aid in Forestry -- Financing Sustainable Agriculture under Climate Change with a Specific Focus on Foreign Aid.- Foreign Aid and Sustainable Agriculture in Africa.- The Global Partnership on Foreign Aid for Sustainable Development.- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299405103321 |
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
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Alliances in the Anthropocene : Fire, Plants, and People / / by Christine Eriksen, Susan Ballard |
Autore | Eriksen Christine |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Collana | Palgrave pivot |
Soggetto topico |
Human geography
Environmental sociology Human Geography Environmental Sociology |
ISBN | 981-15-2533-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1 Imperfect Alliances -- Chapter 2 Illuminations: This Is Bigger than Us -- Chapter 3 Illustrations: Echoes of What Was -- Chapter 4 Impressions: Embodying Uncertainty -- Chapter 5 Imprints: Ways of Seeing -- Chapter 6 Impermanence: Elemental Forces -- Chapter 7 Illusions: World-Making in the Anthropocene. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910377831803321 |
Eriksen Christine | ||
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Anthropology in the Mining Industry : Community Relations after Bougainville's Civil War / / by Glynn Cochrane |
Autore | Cochrane Glynn |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 243 p.) |
Disciplina | 306 |
Soggetto topico |
Ethnology
Environmental sociology Social structure Equality Social Anthropology Environmental Sociology Social Structure, Social Inequality |
ISBN | 3-319-50310-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Bougainville lessons for Rio Tinto.-3. Panama and indigenous peoples -- 4. Miners join the UN Global Compact -- 5. Headquarters inception -- 6. A systematic approach.-7. Artisanal mining and closure -- 8. Data and forms of CSR -- 9. Resettlement -- 10. Results -- 11. Appendices. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910252725603321 |
Cochrane Glynn | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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The Asian tsunami and post-disaster aid / / edited by Sunita Reddy |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIX, 330 p. 30 illus., 27 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental sociology
Poverty Natural disasters Environmental Sociology Development Aid Natural Hazards |
ISBN |
9789811301827
981-13-0182-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. The Asian Tsunami and Post Disaster Aid: Critical Perspectives (Sunita Reddy) -- Part 1: Aid, Conflict and Differential Distribution -- Chapter 2. An Ethno-Political Accounting of the Srilankan Tsunami: Impact and Recovery (Randhal Kuhn) -- Chapter 3. Learning from Nature: Responding to Natural Disaster Need for a Multi–Faceted Approach in Law (V.T.Thamilmaran) -- Chapter 4. Social Interfaces in Disaster Situations: Analysing Rehabilitation and Recovery Processes among the Fisher Folks of Tamil Nadu Post Tsunami in India (Sunil D. Santha) -- Chapter 5. Disaster, Development, And Water: The Reconstruction And (Re)Fabrication Of Hazardous Waterscapes In Post-Tsunami India (Luke Juran) -- Chapter 6. An Applied Anthropological Perspective on Localizing Post-Disaster Aid: Lessons from Post-tsunami Aceh, Indonesia (Patrick Daly) -- Chapter 7. Land, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development in Aceh, Indonesia: Confronting Inequalities through Post-Tsunami and Post-Conflict Recovery (Jane Dunlop) -- Part 2: Build Back Better? Relief Materials, Livelihoods, Shelters and Discontentment -- Chapter 8. The Sustainability of Humanitarian aid: The Nicobar Islands as a case of ‘complex disaster’ (Simron Jit Singh) -- Chapter 9. The Tsunami and its Aftermath: Resilience and Rupture of the Social Fabric among the Nicobarese (Mohammed A. Abid) -- Chapter 10. New Andamans: The Aftermath of Tsunami in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Sunita Reddy) -- Chapter 11. Post-Disaster Housing: Lessons Learnt from the 2004 Tsunami of Sri Lanka (Nisha Arunatilake) -- Part 3: Coping Strategies, Systems and Aid Effectiveness -- Chapter 12. Aid, Religion and Recovery in Post-Tsunami Thailand (Monica Lindberg Falk) -- Chapter 13. Memory Interventions: Gujarat and Sri Lanka (Edward Simpson) -- Chapter 14. Conflicting Paradigms and the Danger Discourse: Re-thinking Indian Disaster Management Framework in the Post-Tsunami Era (Pravin Kushwaha) -- Chapter 15. Tsunami Recovery Impact Assessment and Monitoring System (TRIAMS): Methodological Approach Developed for Sri Lanka (Lakshman Dissanayake) -- Chapter 16. Tsunami aid and its effectiveness (P.G.Dhar Chakrabarti). |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910349474803321 |
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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Autoethnographies on the Environment and Human Health / / by Tara Rava Zolnikov |
Autore | Zolnikov Tara Rava |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 158 p. 11 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 616.98 |
Collana | Palgrave pivot |
Soggetto topico |
Environment
Environmental health Environmental geography Environmental sociology Environment Studies Environmental Health Environmental Geography Environmental Sociology |
ISBN | 3-319-69026-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction to Environmental Health and Qualitative Research -- 2. Air Quality -- 3. Climate Change -- 4. Occupational Safety and Health -- 5. Drinking Water -- 6. Sanitation and Hygiene -- 7. Toxicology -- 8. Infectious Diseases -- 9. Vector-Borne Diseases -- 10. Foodborne Disease -- 11. Future Directions in Environmental Health. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300850903321 |
Zolnikov Tara Rava | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biodiversity and Education for Sustainable Development / / edited by Paula Castro, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Paula Bacelar-Nicolau, Walter Leal Filho, Anabela Marisa Azul |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95 |
Collana | World Sustainability Series |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development
Biodiversity Science education Nature conservation Environmental sociology Sustainable Development Science Education Nature Conservation Environmental Sociology |
ISBN | 3-319-32318-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Biodiversity and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): Tendencies and Perspectives -- Conservation of Biological Resources: Why it Matters -- Urban Biodiversity and Cities’ Sustainable Development -- Education on Biodiversity in the Polar Regions -- Teaching Mycology Worldwide -- Bugs and Society -- Science and Education at the Centre for Invasion Biology -- Engaging Society to Fight Invasive Alien Plants in Portugal - One of the Main Threats to Biodiversity -- Engaging ODL Students with Biodiversity Issues: A South African Case Study on the Role of ESD -- Education for Sustainability in the Context of Community Forestry. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254138603321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Biosafety of Forest Transgenic Trees : Improving the Scientific Basis for Safe Tree Development and Implementation of EU Policy Directives / / edited by Cristina Vettori, Fernando Gallardo, Hely Häggman, Vassiliki Kazana, Fabio Migliacci, Gilles Pilate, Matthias Fladung |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 634.956 |
Collana | Forestry Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Trees
Plant breeding Forestry management Environmental monitoring Environmental sociology Tree Biology Plant Breeding/Biotechnology Forestry Management Monitoring/Environmental Analysis Environmental Sociology |
ISBN | 94-017-7531-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Genetic engineering – contribution to forest tree breeding efforts -- New transformation technologies for trees -- Lessons from 25 years of GM tree field trials in Europe and prospects for the future -- Lessons from two decades of field trials with genetically modified trees in the USA: Biology and regulatory compliance -- Specific environmental considerations for GM trees and guidance on their risk assessment and monitoring -- Field trials with GM trees: A step-by-step approach -- Soil effects of genetically-modified trees (GMTs) -- Potential Environmental Impact of Insect-Resistant Transgenic Trees -- Potential impacts of GM trees on the environment and on plant “omics”: questionnaire-based responses -- Approaches and tools for a socio-economic assessment of GM forest tree crops: Factors for consideration in Cost-Benefit Analyses -- Public knowledge and perceptions of safety issues towards the use of genetically modified forest trees: A cross-country pilot survey -- A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONSUMERS’ POTENTIAL PURCHASING BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS TRANSGENIC DERIVED FOREST PRODUCTS: THE GREEK CASE -- Socio-economic considerations for decision making on GM tree cultivation -- Value communication in the field of agri-food -- The COST Action FP0905 experience on the Web: Web 2.0 and scientific dissemination. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253874303321 |
Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bondage and the Environment in the Indian Ocean World / / edited by Gwyn Campbell |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 304 p. 5 illus.) |
Disciplina | 909 |
Collana | Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies |
Soggetto topico |
World history
History, Modern Imperialism Environmental sociology Africa—History Asia—History World History, Global and Transnational History Modern History Imperialism and Colonialism Environmental Sociology African History Asian History |
ISBN | 3-319-70028-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Bondage and the Environment in the Indian Ocean World -- 2. Abolition in the Midst of Turmoil: The Case of Tan Emperor Wu Zong (814-846 CE) -- 3. Environment and Enslavement in Highland Madagascar, 1500-1750: The Case for the Swahili Slave Export Trade Reassessed -- 4. Volcanoes, Refugees and Raiders: The 1765 Macaturin Eruption and the Rise of the Iranun -- 5. The Environment and Slave Resistance in the Cape Colony -- 6. A Local View on Global Climate and Migration Patterns: The Impact of Cyclones and Drought on the Routier Family and their Slaves in Ile Bourbon (La Réunion), 1770-1820 -- 7. The Cyclone, the Meteorologist, the Planter and the Indentured Immigrant. The Strange Story of Selective Cyclone Damage in Reunion Island, 1840s-1870s -- 8. Egypt’s Slaving Frontier: Environment, Enslavement, Social Transformations and the Local Use of Slaves in Sudan, 1780-1880 -- 9. Environmental Knowledge and Resistance by Slave Transporters in the Nineteenth-Century Western Indian Ocean -- 10. Environmental Disaster in Eastern Bengal: Colonial Capitalism and Rural Labour Force Formation in the Late Nineteenth Century -- 11. Famine and Slavery in Africa’s Red Sea World, 1887-1914. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299803203321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Challenges of Modernization and Governance in South Korea : The Sinking of the Sewol and Its Causes / / edited by Jae-Jung Suh, Mikyoung Kim |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (227 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 363.3409729 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental sociology
Sustainable development Development economics Environmental Sociology Sustainable Development Development Economics |
ISBN | 981-10-4023-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Sinking the Sewol, Drowning Korea? Compressed Modernization and Compounded Risks -- The Sewol Disaster: Predictable Consequences of Neoliberal Deregulation -- Institutionalized Irresponsibility: Understanding the Sewol Disaster from the Perspective of the Addictive Organization Theory -- National Crisis and Democratic Consolidation in South Korea -- Capturing Collusion: The Industry and the Government in Ferry Safety Regulation -- “Stay Still”: Sewol, a Tale of Fatal Censorship, Fatal Paternalism -- Disciplining High School Students and Molding Their Subjectivity in South Korea: a Shift in Disciplinary Paradigm -- Foreign to Disaster or New Point of Solidarity? A Vietnamese Victim Family in the Sewol Aftermaths -- From Passive Citizens to Resistant Subjects: The Sewol Families Stand Up to the State -- Epilogue: The Wreck of the Sewol. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910252706403321 |
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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