Download or read book Fragments for a History of the Human Body written by Michel Feher and published by Zone Books. This book was released on 1989 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first approach can be called vertical since what is explored here is the human body's relationship to the divine, to the bestial and to the machines that imitate or simulate it. The second approach covers the various junctures between the body's "outside" and "inside": it can therefore be called a "psychosomatic" approach, studying the manifestation - or production - of soul and the expression of emotions through the body's attitudes, and, on another level, the speculations inspired by cenesthesia, pain and death. Finally, the third approach ... brings into play the classical opposition between organ and function by showing how a certain organ or bodily substance can be used to justify or challenge the way human society functions ..." - foreword Part 3.

Download or read book Practising Feminist Political Ecologies written by Wendy Harcourt and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Destined to transform its field, this volume features some of the most exciting feminist scholars and activists working within feminist political ecology, including Giovanna Di Chiro, Dianne Rocheleau, Catherine Walsh and Christa Wichterich. Offering a collective critique of the ‘green economy’, it features the latest analyses of the post-Rio+20 debates alongside a nuanced reading of the impact of the current ecological and economic crises on women as well as their communities and ecologies. This new, politically timely and engaging text puts feminist political ecology back on the map.

Download or read book Plant Conservation and Biodiversity written by David L. Hawksworth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original studies address key aspects of the conservation and biodiversity of plants. Articles are all peer-reviewed primary research papers, contributed by leading biodiversity researchers from around the world. Collectively, these articles provide a snapshot of the major issues and activities in global plant conservation. Many of the articles can serve as excellent case studies for courses in ecology, restoration, biodiversity, and conservation.

Download or read book Encounters with Popular Pasts written by Mike Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is based on the recognition that heritage is popular and popular culture is now readily transformed into heritage, whose meanings and myths reshape social life and political and economic realities, as well as re-make "tradition". The papers in this volume consider: What does popular heritage look like? To whom does it speak? Is it active in dissolving class and cultural boundaries or just in reproducing new ones? How do societies manage a heritage that is fluid, immediate and that straddles extremes of serious conflict and hedonistic frivolity? When and under what circumstances is the creation and expression of new cultural forms - popular culture - capable of being transformed into heritage?

Download or read book Issues Options written by José Goldemberg and published by UN. This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Aproximaciones al estudio de la relaci n entre ciudades y cambio clim tico written by Nathalia Novillo Rameix and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "El proyecto construyendo liderazgo en ciudades de América Latina latina y el Caribe frente al cambio climático es un esfuerzo conjunto entre el CITE-FLACSO Sede Ecuador y el International Development Research Centre, IDRC, Canadá, para contribuir a la formación de liderazgos transformaciones a lo largo de toda América Latina y el Caribe, con el propósito de que sean capaces de formular políticas, instrumentos y acciones de desarrollo compatibles con el clima y con ciudades resilientes en la región."--Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book Cambio clim tico lecciones de y para ciudades de am rica latina written by Nail, Silvie and published by U. Externado de Colombia. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desde la publicación del quinto informe de Evaluación del lPCC en 2014, la influencia humana sobre el clima está claramente establecida así como los efectos negativos de nuestras actividades sobre el cambio climático. Los países en vía de desarrollo son los más sensibles a sus efectos, por varias razones: sus economías dependen mucho de sectores vulnerables al clima, tales como la agricultura, la forestaria y la energía hidroeléctrica. Además, por razones económicas, son menos capaces de hacer frente a los impactos de unas condiciones climáticas extremas. En el mundo, las poblaciones más expuestas al impacto del cambio ambiental son las que viven en las ciudades. En América Latina y el Caribe, una región muy expuesta a los efectos del cambio climático por su situación geográfica, las ciudades concentran alrededor del 80% de la población, mucho más que el promedio mundial. Allí, aproximadamente el 90% de las actividades económicas se manejan en las ciudades y, como en las demás urbes del mundo, se emite la mayor parte de los gases de efecto invernadero. En este contexto, el propósito de esta obra colectiva multidisciplinaria es observar ciudades a distintas escalas en toda América Latina, para analizar tanto sus problemáticas específicas como las buenas prácticas que se desarrollan en muchas ciudades, sea que provengan de las políticas públicas (top-down) o de la sociedad civil (bottom-up). Los 25 capítulos, en inglés o en español, escritos por cerca de 60 especialistas del mundo, resaltan retos comunes, obstáculos por superar, experiencias, a veces soluciones. Ante todo, dan pistas para compartir, aprender, transferir y seguir mejorando las respuestas, en América Latina y más allá. Son muchas las razones para preocuparse, pero existen razones para tener esperanza, también. La obra demuestra que el conocimiento científico existe, pero que falta difundirlo mucho más y de manera eficaz para así educar e informar a todas las partes interesadas, desde la ciudadanía hasta los políticos. Este es el momento de la acción, y esta obra aspira a constituirse en un instrumento para desarrollar políticas realmente eficaces para mitigar y adaptarse al cambio climático.

Download or read book Our Future A Green Manifesto for Latin America and the Caribbean Nuestro Futuro Un Manifiesto Verde Para Am rica Latina Y El Caribe written by Iván Duque and published by Planeta Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actions towards carbon neutrality, positive conservation and sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean Our world is facing an unprecedented environmental crisis. We have lost more than 70% of wildlife in the last fifty years; with the current rate of deforestation, in less than a decade the Amazon will become a net emitter of greenhouse gases; rising sea levels threaten entire cities;Frequent natural disasters resulting from extreme weather events indiscriminately annihilate lives. Latin America and the Caribbean play a predominant role in mitigating this crisis, as they have the highest concentration of biodiversity on the planet, the main sources of fresh water, the Amazon biome, and an unquantifiable wealth of coral reefs, among others. Aware of this reality, Iván Duque proposes in these pages a roadmap for the countries of the region - with realistic, bankable, replicable, scalable and sustainable strategies - to join forces that allow solutions in the short, medium and long term. The stage of speeches and promises is over. Concrete actions are needed to save the planet and must be implemented now. SPANISH DESCRIPTION Acciones hacia la carbono-neutralidad, la conservación positiva y la sostenibilidad en América Latina y el Caribe Nuestro mundo afronta una crisis ambiental sin precedentes. Hemos perdido más del 70 % de la vida silvestre en los últimos cincuenta años; con la tasa de deforestación actual, en menos de una década la Amazonía se convertirá en un emisor neto de gases efecto invernadero; el aumento en los niveles del mar amenaza ciudades enteras; los frecuentes desastres naturales producto de los eventos climáticos extremos aniquilan vidas de manera indiscriminada. América Latina y el Caribe tienen un rol predominante en la mitigación de esta crisis, al poseer la mayor concentración de biodiversidad de todo el planeta, las principales fuentes de agua fresca, el bioma amazónico y una riqueza incuantificable de arrecifes coralinos, entre otros. Consciente de esta realidad, Iván Duque plantea en estas páginas una hoja de ruta para los países de la región --con estrategias realistas, financiables, replicables, escalables y sostenibles--, para aunar esfuerzos que permitan soluciones a corto, mediano y largo plazo. La etapa de los discursos y las promesas ha terminado. Para salvar al planeta se necesitan acciones concretas y hay que implementarlas ahora.

Download or read book Hacia la Resiliencia y Neutralidad Clim tica en Am rica Latina y el Caribe written by OECD and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: