Download or read book A World of Rivers written by Ellen Wohl and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far from being the serene, natural streams of yore, modern rivers have been diverted, dammed, dumped in, and dried up, all in efforts to harness their power for human needs. But these rivers have also undergone environmental change. The old adage says you can’t step in the same river twice, and Ellen Wohl would agree—natural and synthetic change are so rapid on the world’s great waterways that rivers are transforming and disappearing right before our eyes. A World of Rivers explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world. Ranging from the Murray-Darling in Australia and the Yellow River in China to Central Europe’s Danube and the United States’ Mississippi, the book journeys down the most important rivers in all corners of the globe. Wohl shows us how pollution, such as in the Ganges and in the Ob of Siberia, has affected biodiversity in the water. But rivers are also resilient, and Wohl stresses the importance of conservation and restoration to help reverse the effects of human carelessness and hubris. What all these diverse rivers share is a critical role in shaping surrounding landscapes and biological communities, and Wohl’s book ultimately makes a strong case for the need to steward positive change in the world’s great rivers.
Download or read book Global Pathways to Water Sustainability written by David E. McNabb and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the current and future state of freshwater and the global drive to achieve the UN sustainability goal. It first explores the major barriers to achieving the goal and then examines some of the programs water managers are adopting to overcome those barriers. These programs include finding new ways to supplement existing water supplies, and greater acceptance of alternative supplies, such as recycled waste water and desalination; green infrastructures, and rain and storm water harvesting. It concludes with two chapters on water management tools, including asset management and strategic planning, which are of particular interest to small water and wastewater utilities.
Download or read book Calgary Parks and Pathways written by Terry Bullick and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2007-05-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visitors, born-and-raised Calgarians, and the many new residents will find this friendly and informative book a great addition to a summer reading list-all year long! --Calgary's Child Magazine From a perfectly split glacial rock at West Nose Creek Park to the mirror-like oxbow pools of Griffith Woods, this book is your guide to one of the comprehensive urban outdoor networks in North America. On the twentieth anniversary of the Parks Foundation, Calgary, Terry Bullick has updated her best-selling 1990s book to capture the dynamic growth-and the growing appreciation-of the city's parks, pathways, open spaces and natural areas. Calgary Parks and Pathways: A City's Treasures visits more than thirty parks and highlights the 750 kilometers of pedestrian and cycling trails that radiate from the city's rivers, creeks and canals. Details 'at a glance' will prepare park users to get the most out of their very first visit, with current transit access, information on where to park, and what facilities and activities are available and supported. Whether on foot, bike, rollerblades or skis, Calgarians and visitors will find this friendly guide a must-have, any season of the year.
Download or read book Economic Integration in South Asia Issues and Pathways written by Action Aid International and published by Pearson Education India. This book was released on 2010 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic Integration in South Asia: Issues and Pathways is one of the volumes of the series Imagine a New South Asia presented by ActionAid International Asia. It envisions a new South Asia, free from human deprivation and demonstrates how South Asian countries can learn from the best practices in the region as well as from their failures, and also by trying to emulate the successful strategies of East Asia, China and Southeast Asian countries to introduce education and health systems.
Download or read book Changing Pathways written by Tuck-Po Lye and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changing Pathways is a full-length ethnography that argues that the Batek are not helpless victims of development but, rather, shrewd players who understand what are the political, environmental, and cultural implications of environmental degradation.
Download or read book Distribution of Trichloroethylene and Geologic Controls on Contaminant Pathways Near the Royal River McKin Superfund Site Area Gray Maine written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pathways to Success written by Nick Salafsky and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As environmental problems grow larger and more pressing, conservationists have had to adapt. With a shrinking window of time to act, they are turning to broad approaches to combat continental- and global-scale crises of biodiversity loss, invasive species, and climate change. Pathways to Success—the long-awaited successor to the classic volume Measures of Success—is a modern guide to building large-scale transformative programs capable of tackling the complex conservation crises we face today. In this strikingly illustrated volume, coauthors Nick Salafsky and Richard Margoluis walk readers through fundamental concepts of effective program-level design, helping them to think strategically about project coordination, funding, and stakeholder input. Chapters in the first part of the book look at all aspects of designing and implementing large-scale conservation programs while the second part focuses on how to use data and information to manage, adapt, and learn from program strategies. In addition, the authors offer practical advice for avoiding pitfalls, such as formulaic recipes and simplistic silver-bullet solutions that can trip up otherwise well-intentioned efforts. Abundant graphics help to explain and clarify concepts presented in the text, and a glossary in the back matter defines technical terms for the reader. Pathways to Success is the definitive guide for conservation program managers and funders who want to increase the scale and effectiveness of their work combating biodiversity loss, climate change, and other pressing environmental issues.
Download or read book Where the River Flows written by Sean W. Fleming and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vital interconnections that rivers share with the land, the sky, and us Rivers are essential to civilization and even life itself, yet how many of us truly understand how they work? Why do rivers run where they do? Where do their waters actually come from? How can the same river flood one year and then dry up the next? Where the River Flows takes you on a majestic journey along the planet's waterways, providing a scientist's reflections on the vital interconnections that rivers share with the land, the sky, and us. Sean Fleming draws on examples ranging from common backyard creeks to powerful and evocative rivers like the Mississippi, Yangtze, Thames, and Congo. Each chapter looks at a particular aspect of rivers through the lens of applied physics, using abundant graphics and intuitive analogies to explore the surprising connections between watershed hydrology and the world around us. Fleming explains how river flows fluctuate like stock markets, what "digital rainbows" can tell us about climate change and its effects on water supply, how building virtual watersheds in silicon may help avoid the predicted water wars of the twenty-first century, and much more. Along the way, you will learn what some of the most exciting ideas in science—such as communications theory, fractals, and even artificial life—reveal about the life of rivers. Where the River Flows offers a new understanding of the profound interrelationships that rivers have with landscapes, ecosystems, and societies, and shows how startling new insights are possible when scientists are willing to think outside the disciplinary box.
Download or read book Environmental chemistry of mercury Sources pathways transformations and impact written by Ashu Dastoor and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pathway of Departed Souls written by Dr. Larry Powell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ahki, a moundbuilder warrior/shaman, struggles to provide for his family near the end time of a great civilization. He and his family battle mother nature and warlike raiders in their attempt to survive. Pathway of Departed Souls takes place in the Ohio River Valley. Follow the moundbuilder's journey through present day Ohio and Indiana some fifteen hundred years ago.
Download or read book OECD Development Pathways Multi dimensional Review of El Salvador Strategic Priorities for Robust Inclusive and Sustainable Development written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El Salvador has made significant development progress in the past 30 years. The end of the civil war in 1992 marked the establishment of a liberal democracy and an open export-led development model, which led to a reduction in poverty and inequality. However, with economic growth averaging a modest 2.4% in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic, and productivity growth of 0.1% over the past decade, the post-war model has not generated the economic momentum or the jobs that the country needs.
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Download or read book Low Carbon Pathways for Growth in India written by Rajat Kathuria and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores ways in which India can negotiate the low carbon path up until 2030, when it is expected to be the largest economy after the US and China. It comprehensively reviews the low climate pathways for India and provides a guide to the pathways that the country can adopt. India’s population, energy demands and emissions will increase significantly, and the challenge is to restrict its CO2 emissions and walk the low carbon path. Through its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), India has pledged to reduce its emissions significantly. Addressing the question of which low carbon paths India can adhere to without compromising its growth, the book identifies the key factors that feed into existing models of climate change and discusses the cost of action versus inaction. It also examines key issues concerning India’s environment through the lens of the transport, industry and water sectors. The book concludes by looking at policy implications for low carbon growth in India.
Download or read book The sustainability series The plastics problem pathways towards sustainable solutions against plastic pollution written by Tomaso Fortibuoni and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-07-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Refugee Pathways to Freedom written by Janet Mancini Billson and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024-03-18 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janet Mancini Billson provides extended interviews with Russian, Bhutanese, Rohingya, and Kurdish refugees, and the resettlement workers who smooth their transition into Canada, in order to paint a complex picture of creating a new life in a new land. Refugee Pathways to Freedom: Escaping Persecution and Statelessness shows how the agonies of losing one’s home and leaving loved ones behind are coupled with the dangers of escaping into unknown territory, and that those who make the journey to freedom know that the dream of a safe and secure future is fraught with risks and disappointment. She argues that refugees and refugee agencies bring powerful ideas for revamping an overwhelmed global system that freezes victims of persecution in years of political and emotional limbo. She examines how shrinking refugee flows by addressing root causes of displacement is critical, but so is speeding up selection processes to reduce despair and lost years. She further posits that drastically limiting time in refugee camps would prevent counterproductive education and work gaps and that reducing language barriers to employment ensures well-being and successful integration.
Download or read book Pathways for Remembering and Recognizing Indigenous Thought in Education written by Sandra Styres and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous scholars have been gathering, speaking, and writing about Indigenous knowledge for decades. These knowledges are grounded in ancient traditions and very old pedagogies that have been woven with the tangled strings and chipped beads of colonial relations. Pathways for Remembering and Recognizing Indigenous Thought in Education is an exploration into some of the shared cross-cultural themes that inform and shape Indigenous thought and Indigenous educational philosophy. These philosophies generate tensions, challenges, and contradictions that can become very tangled and messy when considered within the context of current educational systems that reinforce colonial power relations. Sandra D. Styres shows how Indigenous thought can inform decolonizing approaches in education as well as the possibilities for truly transformative teaching practices. This book offers new pathways for remembering, conceptualizing and understanding these ancient knowledges and philosophies within a twenty-first century educational context.
