Called by the wild [[electronic resource] ] : the autobiography of a conservationist / / Raymond F. Dasmann ; with a foreword by Paul Erhlich
| Called by the wild [[electronic resource] ] : the autobiography of a conservationist / / Raymond F. Dasmann ; with a foreword by Paul Erhlich |
| Autore | Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina |
333.7/2/092
B |
| Soggetto topico | Conservationists - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
africa
australia autobiography biography biology bioregionalism biosphere california caribbean conservation dasmann ecology ecotourism environment environmental movement environmentalism fieldwork game management kinshasha memoir military service military natural world nature preserve nature nonfiction politics population growth rain forest san francisco soldier south pacific sri lanka sustainability united nations united states veteran wilderness wildlife world war two ww2 |
| ISBN |
0-520-92740-0
1-59734-521-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Beginnings: The Lure of Wild Country -- 2. School, the Woods, and War -- 3. Red Arrows Never Glance -- 4. Live Coward or Dead Hero? -- 5. Elizabeth's Story -- 6. Reunion -- 7. Transition -- 8. Deer -- 9. Arcata -- 10. Conservation by Slaughter -- 11. Return to the United States -- 12. Influences and Efforts -- 13. Too Many, Too Much -- 14. Uniting Nations -- 15. Return to Africa -- 16. Ecosystem and Biosphere People -- 17. The Edges of the Sea -- 18. The Incident in Kinshasha -- 19. Return to the South Pacific -- 20. Back to the Land -- 21. Damming Paradise -- 22. Other Ways of Life -- 23. Biosphere Reserves -- 24. Finale -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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The coming famine [[electronic resource] ] : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it / / Julian Cribb
| The coming famine [[electronic resource] ] : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it / / Julian Cribb |
| Autore | Cribb Julian |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Food supply
Food industry and trade Sustainable agriculture Climatic changes |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
armed conflict call to action easy to read economic growth energy shortages environmental issues environmental problems famine food prices food shortages food system global food crisis global threats international impact land shortages near future nonfiction overcoming challenges planetary crisis political economy population growth poverty practical solutions societal factors technological advancements water shortages |
| ISBN |
1-282-66080-2
9786612660801 0-520-94716-9 |
| Classificazione | ZA 57000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | What food crisis? -- Food-- or war -- The well runs dry -- Peak land -- Nutrients : the new oil -- Troubled waters -- Losing our brains -- Eating oil -- The climate hammer -- Elephants in the kitchen -- A fair deal for farmers -- Food in the future. |
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Cribb Julian
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Democratic eco-socialism as a real utopia : transitioning into an alternative world system / / Hans A. Baer
| Democratic eco-socialism as a real utopia : transitioning into an alternative world system / / Hans A. Baer |
| Autore | Baer Hans A. <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina | 335 |
| Soggetto topico |
Socialism
Capitalism Democracy Social ecology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anthropogenic
birth rate capitalism change of heart climate change compromise culture economic economics economy ecosocialism environmentalism global historical history human nature justice liberal life changing modern world political population growth population priorities progressive realistic research social equality socialism socioeconomic sustainability timely true story utopia world history |
| ISBN | 1-78533-696-7 |
| Classificazione | ME 3000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 2 Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and Failures -- Chapter 3 Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the Future -- Chapter 4 Eff orts to Reconceptualize Socialism -- Chapter 5 The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological Revolution -- Chapter 6 Transitional System-Challenging Reforms -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Future in the Balance -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795500003321 |
Baer Hans A. <1944->
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Democratic eco-socialism as a real utopia : transitioning into an alternative world system / / Hans A. Baer
| Democratic eco-socialism as a real utopia : transitioning into an alternative world system / / Hans A. Baer |
| Autore | Baer Hans A. <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina | 335 |
| Soggetto topico |
Socialism
Capitalism Democracy Social ecology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anthropogenic
birth rate capitalism change of heart climate change compromise culture economic economics economy ecosocialism environmentalism global historical history human nature justice liberal life changing modern world political population growth population priorities progressive realistic research social equality socialism socioeconomic sustainability timely true story utopia world history |
| ISBN | 1-78533-696-7 |
| Classificazione | ME 3000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 2 Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and Failures -- Chapter 3 Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the Future -- Chapter 4 Eff orts to Reconceptualize Socialism -- Chapter 5 The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological Revolution -- Chapter 6 Transitional System-Challenging Reforms -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Future in the Balance -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811882403321 |
Baer Hans A. <1944->
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| New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2018 | ||
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Distant strangers : how Britain became modern / / James Vernon
| Distant strangers : how Britain became modern / / James Vernon |
| Autore | Vernon James <1965-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 p.) |
| Disciplina | 941 |
| Collana | Berkeley Series in British Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change - Great Britain - History
Civilization, Modern Civilization, Modern - British influences |
| Soggetto non controllato |
19th century britain
19th century history berkeley series in british studies british studies concentrated population cultural studies economic relations european history great britain historians historical increased mobility living among strangers modern social condition modern world modernity modernization political population growth queen victoria social strangers the charismatic state urbanization victorian period |
| ISBN | 0-520-95778-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1. What Is Modernity? -- 2. A Society of Strangers -- 3. Governing Strangers -- 4. Associating with Strangers -- 5. An Economy of Strangers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
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Vernon James <1965->
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| Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
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Distant strangers : how Britain became modern / / James Vernon
| Distant strangers : how Britain became modern / / James Vernon |
| Autore | Vernon James <1965-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 p.) |
| Disciplina | 941 |
| Collana | Berkeley Series in British Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change - Great Britain - History
Civilization, Modern Civilization, Modern - British influences |
| Soggetto non controllato |
19th century britain
19th century history berkeley series in british studies british studies concentrated population cultural studies economic relations european history great britain historians historical increased mobility living among strangers modern social condition modern world modernity modernization political population growth queen victoria social strangers the charismatic state urbanization victorian period |
| ISBN | 0-520-95778-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1. What Is Modernity? -- 2. A Society of Strangers -- 3. Governing Strangers -- 4. Associating with Strangers -- 5. An Economy of Strangers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823855403321 |
Vernon James <1965->
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| Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
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The environment and world history [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Edmund Burke III and Kenneth Pomeranz
| The environment and world history [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Edmund Burke III and Kenneth Pomeranz |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2 |
| Collana | The California world history library |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - History
Nature - Effect of human beings on - History Environmental sciences - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
african environment
california world history library chinese environment commercialism developmentalism ecology energy regimes environmental change environmental history environmentalism fossil fuel revolution global environment history historical history human history imperialism indian environment industrialization latin american environment middle eastern environment politics of knowledge population growth property rights russian environment southeast asian environment world history |
| ISBN |
1-282-77257-0
9786612772573 0-520-94348-1 |
| Classificazione | NB 5600 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- THE CALIFORNIA WORLD HISTORY LIBRARY -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES, MAPS, AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction: World History and Environmental History -- 2. The Big Story: Human History, Energy Regimes, and the Environment -- 3. Toward a Global System of Property Rights in Land -- 4. The Transformation of the Middle Eastern Environment, 1500 b.c.e.-2000 C.E.. -- 5. The Transformation of China's Environment, 1500-2000 -- 6. The Rhine as a World River -- 7. Continuity and Transformation: Colonial Rice Frontiers and Their Environmental Impact on the Great River Deltas of Mainland Southeast Asia -- 8. Beyond the Colonial Paradigm: African History and Environmental History in Large-Scale Perspective -- 9. Environmental Histories of India: Of States, Landscapes, and Ecologies -- 10. Latin American Environmental History: A Shifting Old/New Field -- 11. The Predatory Tribute-Taking State: A Framework for Understanding Russian Environmental History -- Select Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789000803321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Food webs [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin S. McCann
| Food webs [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin S. McCann |
| Autore | McCann Kevin S (Kevin Shear), <1964-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577/.16 |
| Collana | Monographs in population biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Food chains (Ecology)
Biotic communities |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Canadian Shield
Gershgorin discs Hopf bifurcation Robert Holt adaptive behavior alternative stable states aquatic microcosm asynchrony bifurcation bird feeder effect body size competition consumers consumerвesource dynamics consumerвesource interactions consumerвesource models consumerвesource theory continuous logistic growth models detritus diamond food web discrete equations dynamical systems theory dynamical systems ecological instability ecological stability ecological systems ecosystem collapse ecosystem dynamics ecosystem size ecosystem stability ecosystems eigenvalue equilibrium steady state equilibrium excitable interactions food chains food web structure food web theory food webs foraging generalism generalists grazing habitat human impacts interaction strength intraguild predation model lags lake trout local stability analysis matrix theory microcosm experiments mobile adaptive predators modular theory module motif natural ecosystems nature nonequilibrium dynamics nonequilibrium steady state nonexcitable interactions nutrient decomposition nutrient recycling nutrients omnivory oscillation oscillatory decay phase space population dynamics population growth population models population structure populations resources space species stage structure stage-structured lags subsidies subsystems sustainability time series trade-offs traits whole-community approach whole-system matrix |
| ISBN |
1-283-29071-5
9786613290717 1-4008-4068-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1. The Problem and the Approach -- CHAPTER ONE. The Balance of Nature: What Is It and Why Care? -- CHAPTER TWO. A Primer for Dynamical Systems -- CHAPTER THREE. Of Modules, Motifs, and Whole Webs -- Part 2. Food Web Modules: From Populations to Small Food Webs -- CHAPTER FOUR. Excitable and Nonexcitable Population Dynamics -- CHAPTER FIVE. Consumer-Resource Dynamics: Building Consumptive Food Webs -- CHAPTER SIX. Lagged Consumer-Resource Dynamics -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Food Chains and Omnivory -- CHAPTER EIGHT. More Modules -- Part 3. Toward Whole Systems -- CHAPTER NINE. Coupling Modules in Space: A Landscape Theory -- CHAPTER TEN. Classic Food Web Theory -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Adding the Ecosystem -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Food Webs as Complex Adaptive Systems -- Bibliography -- Index |
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McCann Kevin S (Kevin Shear), <1964->
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| Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
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Food webs [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin S. McCann
| Food webs [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin S. McCann |
| Autore | McCann Kevin S (Kevin Shear), <1964-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577/.16 |
| Collana | Monographs in population biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Food chains (Ecology)
Biotic communities |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Canadian Shield
Gershgorin discs Hopf bifurcation Robert Holt adaptive behavior alternative stable states aquatic microcosm asynchrony bifurcation bird feeder effect body size competition consumers consumerвesource dynamics consumerвesource interactions consumerвesource models consumerвesource theory continuous logistic growth models detritus diamond food web discrete equations dynamical systems theory dynamical systems ecological instability ecological stability ecological systems ecosystem collapse ecosystem dynamics ecosystem size ecosystem stability ecosystems eigenvalue equilibrium steady state equilibrium excitable interactions food chains food web structure food web theory food webs foraging generalism generalists grazing habitat human impacts interaction strength intraguild predation model lags lake trout local stability analysis matrix theory microcosm experiments mobile adaptive predators modular theory module motif natural ecosystems nature nonequilibrium dynamics nonequilibrium steady state nonexcitable interactions nutrient decomposition nutrient recycling nutrients omnivory oscillation oscillatory decay phase space population dynamics population growth population models population structure populations resources space species stage structure stage-structured lags subsidies subsystems sustainability time series trade-offs traits whole-community approach whole-system matrix |
| ISBN |
1-283-29071-5
9786613290717 1-4008-4068-6 |
| Classificazione | SCI020000SCI008000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1. The Problem and the Approach -- CHAPTER ONE. The Balance of Nature: What Is It and Why Care? -- CHAPTER TWO. A Primer for Dynamical Systems -- CHAPTER THREE. Of Modules, Motifs, and Whole Webs -- Part 2. Food Web Modules: From Populations to Small Food Webs -- CHAPTER FOUR. Excitable and Nonexcitable Population Dynamics -- CHAPTER FIVE. Consumer-Resource Dynamics: Building Consumptive Food Webs -- CHAPTER SIX. Lagged Consumer-Resource Dynamics -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Food Chains and Omnivory -- CHAPTER EIGHT. More Modules -- Part 3. Toward Whole Systems -- CHAPTER NINE. Coupling Modules in Space: A Landscape Theory -- CHAPTER TEN. Classic Food Web Theory -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Adding the Ecosystem -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Food Webs as Complex Adaptive Systems -- Bibliography -- Index |
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McCann Kevin S (Kevin Shear), <1964->
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| Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
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Fragmented City: International Mobility and Housing in Spain
| Fragmented City: International Mobility and Housing in Spain |
| Autore | Parreño Castellano Juan Manuel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Airbnb
Canary Islands central area critical geography economic crisis ecosystem services environmental justice evictions financialization gentrification historic center housing crisis housing studies international migrations large urban areas living conditions Madrid market urbanism master plans medium-sized cities megaprojects mortgage foreclosure n/a neoliberal urbanism neoliberalism pandemic population population growth post-crisis period post-Fordist capitalism property bubble property repossession real estate dispossession real estate market residential segregation Santa Cruz de Tenerife short-term rentals Spain Spanish cities spatial inequalities spatial reconfiguration speculation Tarragona tourist gentrification tourist housing tourist rejuvenation touristification urban agents urban development urban inequality urban parks urban planning urban project urban projects urban transformation urbanization process |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Fragmented City |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557620203321 |
Parreño Castellano Juan Manuel
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