Homeschool [[electronic resource] ] : An American History / / by Milton Gaither |
Autore | Gaither Milton |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIX, 317 p. 1 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 371.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Learning
Instruction Education—History Nature conservation Sociology Teaching America—History Learning & Instruction History of Education Nature Conservation Sociological Theory Teaching and Teacher Education History of the Americas |
ISBN | 1-349-95056-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: The Family State, 1600-1776 -- Chapter 2: The Family Nation, 1776-1860 -- Chapter 3: The Eclipse of the Fireside, 1865-1930 -- Chapter 4: Why Homeschooling Happened -- Chapter 5: Three Homeschooling Pioneers -- Chapter 6: The Changing of the Guard, 1983-1998 -- Chapter 7: Making it Legal -- Chapter 8: The Homeschooling Movement and the Return of Domestic Education, 1998-2016. . |
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Gaither Milton | ||
New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
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Human - Wildlife Conflicts in Europe [[electronic resource] ] : Fisheries and Fish-eating Vertebrates as a Model Case / / edited by Reinhard A. Klenke, Irene Ring, Andreas Kranz, Niels Jepsen, Felix Rauschmayer, Klaus Henle |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
Disciplina | 639.9 |
Collana | Environmental Science |
Soggetto topico |
Geobiology
Nature conservation Environmental management Environmental law Environmental policy Biogeosciences Nature Conservation Environmental Management Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice |
ISBN | 3-540-34789-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Human-Wildlife Conflictsin Europe; Foreword; Contents; Contributors; 1 Policy Brief; Acknowledgments; 2 Introduction; Acknowledgments; References; Part ILessons Learned from the Analysis ofModel Conflicts; 3 Baltic Seal Reconciliation in Practice; Abstract; 1...History and State of the Conflict; 1.1 Emergence of the Grey Seal Problem in the Baltic Sea; 1.2 The Case Studies: How to Reconcile an Increasing Conflict?; 2...The Seals' Interaction with Coastal Fisheries; 2.1 Development of the Grey Seal Population; 2.2 Damage Assessment Relating to Diet of Seals
2.3 Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries: a Threatened Community3...The Coastal Fishery in the Finnish Model Region ''Kvarken''; 4...The Coastal Fishery in the Swedish Model Region; 5...Common Development Trends in Baltic Coastal Communities; 5.1 Policies and Institutional Framework Regarding Coastal Fisheries; 5.2 Types and Severity of Economic Seal Damage; 6...Context and Approaches to Conflict Mitigation in Sweden and Finland; 6.1 Policy Instruments and Seal Management; 7...The Stakeholders; 8...Evaluating and Improving the Policy Mixes; 9...Recommendations for Sweden; 10...Recommendations for Finland 11...What can be Learned from Comparing the Finnish and Swedish Cases?Acknowledgments; References; 4 Reconciliation of the Conflict Between Otters and Fish Farmers; Abstract; 1...Background and Aims; 2...Ecological and Socio-Economic Contexts of the Conflict; 2.1 Ecological Context; 2.1.1 Otter Distribution and Abundance; 2.1.2 Otter Diet and Damage Assessment; 2.1.3 Mitigation Measures; 2.2 Socio-Economic Context; 2.2.1 Legal Framework for Otter Protection and Economic Relevance of Aquaculture; 2.2.2 Relevant Stakeholders; 2.2.3 Potential for a Conflict and Needs of Assessment 3...Ecological and Socio-Economic Assessment of the Conflict3.1 Ecological Assessment; 3.1.1 Otter Visiting Rates; 3.1.2 Otter Numbers; 3.1.3 Otter Diet; 4...Key Landscape Factors for Damage; 5...Damage Assessment; 5.1 Socio-Economic Assessment; 6...Institutional and Legal Framework; 7...Stakeholder Perspectives Assessment; 8...Socio-Economic Relevance and Impacts; 9...Policy Analysis; 9.1 Uncertainties and Conflict Resolution; 10...Guidelines and Recommendations for Conflict Reconciliation; 10.1 Species Management and Protection; 10.2 Site Safeguard and Management; 10.3 Ecological Research and Monitoring 10.4 Policy Instruments11...Platforms for Participation; 12...Increase of Aquaculture Products' Value and Quality; 13...Communication and Publicity; Acknowledgments; References; 5 Otters Causing Conflicts; Abstract; 1...Introduction; 2...Human Dimensions; 2.1 Legal Context; 2.2 Economic Relevance; 2.3 Stakeholders; 2.4 Damage Compensation; 2.5 Stakeholders' Perceptions of the Conflict; 3...Ecology; 3.1 Distribution and Otter Densities; 3.2 Quantification of Losses; 3.2.1 Relationship Between Otter Presence and Spraint Number; 3.2.2 Utilization of Ponds by Otters 3.2.3 Proportion of Commercial Fish in the Diet of Otters |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
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Human and Environmental Security in the Era of Global Risks [[electronic resource] ] : Perspectives from Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands / / edited by Mohamed Behnassi, Himangana Gupta, Olaf Pollmann |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 pages) |
Disciplina | 333.72 |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development
Climate change Environmental geography Security, International Environmental management Nature conservation Sustainable Development Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Environmental Geography International Security Studies Environmental Management Nature Conservation |
ISBN | 3-319-92828-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I Managing Environmental and Climate Change Induced Risks from a Human Security Perspective: The Need for a Paradigm and Governance Shift -- Part II Environmental and Climate Change: Case Studies on Conflicts and Human Security -- Part III Environment and Development: Case Studies. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337903703321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in Japan [[electronic resource] ] : From Asia to the World / / by Ryo Sakurai |
Autore | Sakurai Ryo |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 139 p. 18 illus., 8 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina |
597
590 |
Collana | Ecological Research Monographs |
Soggetto topico |
Wildlife
Fish Nature conservation Environmental management Social sciences Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Nature Conservation Environmental Management Social Sciences, general |
ISBN | 981-13-6332-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: New Perspectives of Wildlife Management -- Chapter 1: What is Human Dimensions? -- Chapter 2: Introducing Ideas and Approaches of Human Dimensions to Asia -- Chapter 3: Historical Management of Wildlife in Japan -- Chapter 4: Human Dimensions of Black Bear Management in Japan -- Chapter 5: Programs for Reducing Human-wildlife Conflicts in Japan -- Chapter 6: Educating human dimensions of wildlife management -- Chapter 7: Potential of Human Dimensions; from Asia to the world/ from wildlife management to natural resources management -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910350358703321 |
Sakurai Ryo | ||
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Improving GIS-based Wildlife-Habitat Analysis [[electronic resource] /] / by Jeffrey K. Keller, Charles R. Smith |
Autore | Keller Jeffrey K |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (141 p.) |
Disciplina | 591.7 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Ecology |
Soggetto topico |
Conservation biology
Ecology Geographical information systems Ecosystems Nature conservation Animal systematics Animal taxonomy Remote sensing Conservation Biology/Ecology Geographical Information Systems/Cartography Nature Conservation Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry |
ISBN | 3-319-09608-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Working Definitions -- Chapter 2. Image Resolution vs. Habitat Selection Scale in a Remote Sensing Context -- Chapter 3. Explanatory Variables -- Chapter 4. Landscape Sampling Area vs. Actual Location of Taxonomic Survey -- Chapter 5. Refining Habitat Specificity -- Chapter 6. Example Using High-resolution Imagery and Taxon-specific Variables. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298346403321 |
Keller Jeffrey K | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In the Footsteps of Darwin: Geoheritage, Geotourism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands [[electronic resource] /] / by Daniel Kelley, Kevin Page, Diego Quiroga, Raul Salazar |
Autore | Kelley Daniel |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 pages) |
Disciplina | 551 |
Collana | Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism, Conservation and Management Series |
Soggetto topico |
Geology
Environmental management Tourism Management Nature conservation Sustainable development Conservation biology Ecology Environmental Management Tourism Management Nature Conservation Sustainable Development Conservation Biology/Ecology |
ISBN | 3-030-05915-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The Geological Evolution of the Galapagos Islands -- The Origins and Ecology of the Galapagos Islands -- Geoconservation, Geotourism and Sustainable Development in the Galapagos -- The Geodiversity and Geoheritage of the Galapagos Islands: A Geotouristic Guide. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337926203321 |
Kelley Daniel | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Indian Hotspots [[electronic resource] ] : Vertebrate Faunal Diversity, Conservation and Management Volume 1 / / edited by Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Krishnamoorthy Venkataraman |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (397 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables, graphs |
Disciplina | 508.54 |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Nature conservation Environmental management Zoology Ecology Nature Conservation Environmental Management |
ISBN | 981-10-6605-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Biodiversity hotspots in India -- Chapter 2. Endemic, endangered and threatened vertebrates in the Indian hotspots -- Chapter 3. Diversity and Conservation of Chiropteran Fauna -- Chapter 4. An overview of the vertebrate diversity of Sriharikota (India's spaceport), Southern India: conservation perspectives -- Chapter 5. Group size and composition of Gaur in relation to environmental factors in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India -- Chapter 6. Diversity, Distribution and Conservation of Freshwater fishes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands -- Chapter 7. Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans); not a ‘Nut-cracker’: A Study from Kole Wetlands of Thrissur, Kerala -- Chapter 8. Avifauna of North West Himalaya -- Chapter 9. Chiropteran faunal diversity in the Tropical Forest Ecosystem of Agasthiyamali Biosphere Reserve -- Chapter 10. Diversity of bat fauna in states of North-East and around Western Ghats of India with reference to its conservation -- Chapter 11. Status and distribution of Grizzled Giant Squirrel in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India -- Chapter 12. Habitat use of Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius in Western Ghats, India -- Chapter 13. Biology, Ecology and Conservation of Golden Langur, Trachypithecus geei -- Chapter 14. Why are Lion-tailed Macaques rare? -- Chapter 15. Ranging and Spacing Behaviour of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus Linnaeus) in the Tropical Forests of Southern India -- Chapter 16. Role of elephants in the forest ecosystem and its conservation problems in Southern India -- Chapter 17. Influence of ranging and hierarchy on the habitat use pattern by Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) in the Tropical Forests of Southern India -- Chapter 18. Human - Elephant (Elephas maximus) Conflict in Southern India: Spatial Movement Pattern of Asian Elephants outside Reserved Forests of Coimbatore Forest Division -- Chapter 19. Statistical techniques for estimating the abundance of Asiatic Elephants based on dung piles. |
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Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Indian Hotspots [[electronic resource] ] : Vertebrate Faunal Diversity, Conservation and Management Volume 2 / / edited by Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Krishnamoorthy Venkataraman |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 pages) |
Disciplina | 333.95160954 |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Nature conservation Environmental management Zoology Ecology Nature Conservation Environmental Management |
ISBN | 981-10-6983-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1 Hotspots - An Introduction and Role in Conservation -- Chapter 2 Notes On Snakes of The Genus Bungarus (Serpentes: Elapidae) From Northeast India -- Chapter 3 Herpetofauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands -- Chapter 4 Observations on Oviposition, Egg Clutches and Hatching in Endangered Tree Frog Polypedates Insularis Das, 1995 from Great Nicobar Island, India -- Chapter 5 Diversity of Reptiles in the Indian Biodiversity Hotspots -- Chapter 6 Avifauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with an Updated Checklist -- Chapter 7 Is Southern Spotted Owlet Athene Brama Brama (Temminck 1821) Serving as a Bio-control Agent of Agricultural Pests? A Case Study From Cauvery Deltaic Regions in Southern India -- Chapter 8 Mammals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands -- Chapter 9 Mammals of Arunachal Pradesh, India -- Chapter 10 Diversity and Distribution of Mammals in the Indian Himalayas -- Chapter 11 An Updation of Mammals of Western Ghats -- Chapter 12 Population Status, Group Size, Distribution and Human Disturbances on the Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithicus Johnii) in the Upper Nilgiris, Western Ghats, Southern India -- Chapter 13 Status and distribution of Nigiri Tahr in the Western Ghats -- Chapter 14 Conservation Threats on Critically Endangered Gyps Vultures in the Tamil Nadu Part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Southern India -- Chapter 15 The Bat Fauna of Meghalaya, Northeast India: Diversity and Conservation -- Chapter 16 Conservation Status of Large Mammals in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India -- Chapter 17 Conservation Status and Guidelines for the Maintenance of Endangered Grizzled Giant Squirrel Ratufa Macroura in Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary -- Chapter 18 Crop Damage by Wild Animals in Thrissur District, Kerala, India -- Chapter 19 People Participation in Biodiversity Conservation -- Chapter 20 Colonization of Large Wildlife in Rehabilitated Forests of Lowland in Chitwan National Park’s Buffer Zone, Nepal. |
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Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Indigenous Peoples’ Governance of Land and Protected Territories in the Arctic [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thora Martina Herrmann, Thibault Martin |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental management
Nature conservation Popular culture - Study and teaching Political science Private international law Conflict of laws Sustainable development Environmental Management Nature Conservation Cultural Studies Political Science Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law Sustainable Development |
ISBN | 3-319-25035-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Co-operative Management of Auyuittuq National Park: Moving Towards Greater Emphasis and Recognition of Indigenous Aspirations for the Management of their Lands -- 2. Regional Governance and Indigenous Rights in Norway: The Finnmark Estate Case -- 3. Increasing Cooperation and Advancing Reconciliation in the Cooperative Management of Protected Areas in Canada’s North -- 4. Two Parks, One Vision - Collaborative Management Approaches to Transboundary Protected Areas in Northern Canada: Tongait KakKasuangita SilakKijapvinga/Torngat Mountains National Park, Nunatsiavut and le Parc national Kuururjuaq Nunavik -- 5. Conceptual and Institutional Frameworks for Protected Areas, and the Status of Indigenous Involvement: Considerations for the Bering Strait Region of Alaska -- 6. Protecting the ‘Caribou Heaven’: A Sacred Site of the Naskapi and Protected Area Establishment in Nunavik, Canada -- 7. The Governance of Protected Areas in Greenland: The Resource National Park Among Conservation and Exploitation -- 8. Conflicting Understandings in Polar Bear Co-Management in the Inuit Nunangat: Enacting Inuit Knowledge and Identity -- 9. Beyond the protection of the land, National Parks in the Canadian Arctic: a way to actualized and institutionalized aboriginal cultures in the global -- 10. Recognition of indigenous lands through the Norwegian 2005 Finnmark Act: An important example for other countries with indigenous people? -- 11. Global Context – Arctic Importance: Free, Prior and Informed Consent, A New Paradigm in International Law Related to Indigenous Peoples -- 12. Untouched and Uninhabited: Conflicting Canadian Rhetoric on the Protection of the Environment and Advancing Northern Economies. |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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An Indomitable Beast [[electronic resource] ] : The Remarkable Journey of the Jaguar / / by Alan Rabinowitz |
Autore | Rabinowitz Alan |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Nature conservation
Ecology Animal ecology Nature Conservation Ecology Animal Ecology |
ISBN |
1-59726-997-2
1-61091-227-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 -- In the Beginning . . .2 -- The Pleistocene Jaguar Corridor.3 -- The First People of the Jaguar.4 -- When Jaguars Talked to Man.5 -- The Conquest of Jaguar Land.6 -- The Killing Grounds.7 -- Into the Jaguar’s World.8 -- Meals on the Hoof.9 -- Thinking to Scale.10 -- The Underground Railway of the Jaguar.11 -- Borderland Jaguars.12 -- In Search of Jaguarness.13 -- The Reluctant Warrior.14 -- Survival in a Changing World. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299556303321 |
Rabinowitz Alan | ||
Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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