Download or read book Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies written by Elizabeth Tilley and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Your Mindful Compass written by Andrea Maloney Schara and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Your Mindful Compass" takes us behind the emotional curtain to see the mechanisms regulating individuals in social systems. There is great comfort and wisdom in knowing we can increase our awareness to manage the swift and ancient mechanisms of social control. We can gain greater flexibility by seeing how social controls work in systems from ants to humans. To be less controlled by others, we learn how emotional systems influence our relationship-oriented brain. People want to know what goes on in families that give rise to amazing leaders and/or terrorists. For the first time in history we can understand the systems in which we live. The social sciences have been accumulating knowledge since the early fifties as to how we are regulated by others. S. Milgram, S. Ashe, P. Zimbardo and J. Calhoun, detail the vulnerability to being duped and deceived and the difficulty of cooperating when values differ. Murray Bowen, M.D., the first researcher to observe several live-in families, for up to three years, at the National Institute of Mental Health. Describing how family members overly influence one another and distribute stress unevenly, Bowen described both how symptoms and family leaders emerge in highly stressed families. Our brain is not organized to automatically perceive that each family has an emotional system, fine-tuned by evolution and "valuing" its survival as a whole, as much as the survival of any individual. It is easier to see this emotional system function in ants or mice but not in humans. The emotional system is organized to snooker us humans: encouraging us to take sides, run away from others, to pressure others, to get sick, to blame others, and to have great difficulty in seeing our part in problems. It is hard to see that we become anxious, stressed out and even that we are difficult to deal with. But "thinking systems" can open the doors of perception, allowing us to experience the world in a different way. This book offers both coaching ideas and stories from leaders as to strategies to break out from social control by de-triangling, using paradoxes, reversals and other types of interruptions of highly linked emotional processes. Time is needed to think clearly about the automatic nature of the two against one triangle. Time and experience is required as we learn strategies to put two people together and get self outside the control of the system. In addition, it takes time to clarify and define one's principles, to know what "I" will or will not do and to be able to take a stand with others with whom we are very involved. The good news is that systems' thinking is possible for anyone. It is always possible for an individual to understand feelings and to integrate them with their more rational brains. In so doing, an individual increases his or her ability to communicate despite misunderstandings or even rejection from important others. The effort involved in creating your Mindful Compass enables us to perceive the relationship system without experiencing it's threats. The four points on the Mindful Compass are: 1) Action for Self, 2) Resistance to Forward Progress, 3) Knowledge of Social Systems and the 4) The Ability to Stand Alone. Each gives us a view of the process one enters when making an effort to define a self and build an emotional backbone. It is not easy to find our way through the social jungle. The ability to know emotional systems well enough to take a position for self and to become more differentiated is part of the natural way humans cope with pressure. Now people can use available knowledge to build an emotional backbone, by thoughtfully altering their part in the relationship system. No one knows how far one can go by making an effort to be more of a self-defined individual in relationships to others. Through increasing emotional maturity, we can find greater individual freedom at the same time that we increase our ability to cooperate and to be close to others.

Download or read book Faecal Sludge Management written by Linda Strande and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is estimated that literally billions of residents in urban and peri-urban areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America are served by onsite sanitation systems (e.g. various types of latrines and septic tanks). Until recently, the management of faecal sludge from these onsite systems has been grossly neglected, partially as a result of them being considered temporary solutions until sewer-based systems could be implemented. However, the perception of onsite or decentralized sanitation technologies for urban areas is gradually changing, and is increasingly being considered as long-term, sustainable options in urban areas, especially in low- and middle-income countries that lack sewer infrastructures. This is the first book dedicated to faecal sludge management. It compiles the current state of knowledge of the rapidly evolving field of faecal sludge management, and presents an integrated approach that includes technology, management, and planning based on Sandecs 20 years of experience in the field. Faecal Sludge Management: Systems Approach for Implementation and Operation addresses the organization of the entire faecal sludge management service chain, from the collection and transport of sludge, and the current state of knowledge of treatment options, to the final end use or disposal of treated sludge. The book also presents important factors to consider when evaluating and upscaling new treatment technology options. The book is designed for undergraduate and graduate students, and engineers and practitioners in the field who have some basic knowledge of environmental and/or wastewater engineering.

Download or read book The Citizen s Guide to Climate Success written by Mark Jaccard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows readers how we can all help solve the climate crisis by focusing on a few key, achievable actions.

Download or read book The Adventures of Roderick Random Esprios Classics written by Tobias Smollett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 1812 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Agroclimatology written by Jerry L. Hatfield and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-01-22 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can we unlock resilience to climate stress by better understanding linkages between the environment and biological systems? Agroclimatology allows us to explore how different processes determine plant response to climate and how climate drives the distribution of crops and their productivity. Editors Jerry L. Hatfield, Mannava V.K. Sivakumar, and John H. Prueger have taken a comprehensive view of agroclimatology to assist and challenge researchers in this important area of study. Major themes include: principles of energy exchange and climatology, understanding climate change and agriculture, linkages of specific biological systems to climatology, the context of pests and diseases, methods of agroclimatology, and the application of agroclimatic principles to problem-solving in agriculture.

Download or read book Pour un Qu bec vert et bleu written by Scott McKay and published by Presses de l'Université Laval. This book was released on 2013-11-14T00:00:00-05:00 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nos sociétés ont évolué au cours du XXe siècle selon un mode de développement qui n'est tout simplement pas viable à long terme et qui provoquera de graves crises environnementales. Nous faisons présentement face au défi crucial de la survie de l'humanité, nous en sommes de plus en plus conscients. Aussi, mon propos ne consistera pas à énumérer toutes les catastrophes écologiques qui nous menacent si nous persistons dans la voie du développement non durable. Je veux plutôt soulever une série de réflexions et suggérer quelques principes qui peuvent guider nos efforts pour amorcer les nécessaires changements. J'expose donc dans cet ouvrage les éléments de politique que j'estime souhaitables et réalisables pour prendre le virage vers ce que j'appelle le Québec vert et bleu. Scott McKay

Download or read book Accounting for Culture written by Caroline Andrew and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2005-03-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers in the cultural sector argue that Canadian cultural policy is at a crossroads: that the environment for cultural policy-making has evolved substantially and that traditional rationales for state intervention no longer apply. The concept of cultural citizenship is a relative newcomer to the cultural policy landscape, and offers a potentially compelling alternative rationale for government intervention in the cultural sector. Likewise, the articulation and use of cultural indicators and of governance concepts are also new arrivals, emerging as potentially powerful tools for policy and program development. Accounting for Culture is a unique collection of essays from leading Canadian and international scholars that critically examines cultural citizenship, cultural indicators, and governance in the context of evolving cultural practices and cultural policy-making. It will be of great interest to scholars of cultural policy, communications, cultural studies, and public administration alike.

Download or read book D veloppement durable Comprendre et analyser des enjeux et des actions du d veloppement durable written by Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable and published by Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le monde a connu une croissance économique exceptionnelle. Cette recherche de bien-être (collectif et individuel) n'a pas été sans conséquence sur l'environnement et les sociétés. Ce développement a ainsi un impact sur les ressources naturelles, la santé, la qualité de la vie avec les différentes formes de pollutions, etc. Mais en 1972, un nouveau concept ou paradigme a vu le jour : le développement durable. C'est la prise de conscience générale du fait qu'il faut changer de système de production et de consommation, préserver les ressources naturelles menacées partout dans le monde et faire des efforts pour lutter contre la pauvreté. Depuis quelques années, le développement durable est un moteur pour les actions d'investissement sur les plans économique, social et environnemental. Et si des progrès considérables ont été réalisés en matière de développement humain, d'immenses défis se posent encore. Des milliards de personnes vivent toujours dans la pauvreté, privées de leur dignité. Les inégalités persistent en termes de richesse et de capacité d'action, et bien des populations demeurent, hélas, très vulnérables. Catastrophes naturelles et sanitaires, recrudescence des conflits armés, terrorisme, épuisement des ressources naturelles, changements climatiques sont autant de menaces, qui se déclinent en défis à relever par le monde contemporain. Le développement durable est donc un processus sans exclusive et de long terme. Il conserve toute son actualité malgré les efforts réalisés tant à l'échelon international que national. Il a de plus été réaffirmé comme une nécessité en 2012, à la Conférence Rio+20, et a bénéficié en 2015 d'un cadre stratégique universel, le Programme de développement durable à l'horizon 2030, décliné en une série d'objectifs de développement durable (ODD). Mais la mise en œuvre du développement durable implique une mobilisation populaire et des actions pérennes à large spectre. C'est dans ce cadre que l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) a lancé l'initiative Objectif2030, qui vise à faciliter l'appropriation citoyenne des ODD et à soutenir les projets francophones les plus innovants pour la mise en œuvre du Programme de développement durable à l'horizon 2030.

Download or read book Contemporary Criminological Issues written by Carolyn Côté-Lussier and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Criminological Issues tackles some of today’s most pressing social issues, from the criminalization of Indigenous peoples to interpersonal violence, border control, and armed conflicts. This book advances cutting-edge theories and methods, with the aim of moving beyond the scholarship that reproduces insecurity and exclusion. The breadth of approaches encompasses much of the current critical criminological scholarship, serving as a counterpoint to the growth of managerial and administrative criminologies and the rise of explicitly exclusionary and punitive state policies and practices with respect to ‘crime’ and ‘security.’ This edited collection featuring two books, one in English and one in French, includes important contributions to knowledge and public policy by eminent experts and emerging scholars. This book is published in English.

Download or read book The Third Sector in Europe written by Adalbert Evers and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors examine the voluntary & non-profit sectors in Europe. They discuss a number of issues regarding this 'third' sector.

Download or read book Making Climate Policy Work written by Danny Cullenward and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, the world’s governments have struggled to move from talk to action on climate. Many now hope that growing public concern will lead to greater policy ambition, but the most widely promoted strategy to address the climate crisis – the use of market-based programs – hasn’t been working and isn’t ready to scale. Danny Cullenward and David Victor show how the politics of creating and maintaining market-based policies render them ineffective nearly everywhere they have been applied. Reforms can help around the margins, but markets’ problems are structural and won’t disappear with increasing demand for climate solutions. Facing that reality requires relying more heavily on smart regulation and industrial policy – government-led strategies – to catalyze the transformation that markets promise, but rarely deliver.

Download or read book Th ories et pratique de l conomie verte en Afrique et pour l Afrique written by Daniel Mulenda Lomena Emamba and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malgré la pauvreté qui sévit en Afrique, l'urgence climatique oblige, dans cette partie du monde dotée d'importantes ressources naturelles, que les progrès économiques soient réalisés dans la vision d'un développement durable. C'est pourquoi il est utile d'intensifier l'éducation au développement durable dans toutes les couches sociales, en commençant par les élites et les étudiants. Cet ouvrage se fonde sur la prise en compte de la contrainte écologique dans l'organisation de la production et de la répartition des richesses ; et, à travers 21 leçons, convie tous les acteurs économiques à apprendre et à pratiquer l'économie du développement durable. L'avenir du continent en dépend.

Download or read book Atlas francophone de l conomie de l environnement written by Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable and published by Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet Atlas francophone de l'économie de l'environnement constitue, à ce jour, l'une des études les plus complètes de la performance des États et gouvernements membres de la Francophonie dans l'économie mondiale verte. Le changement climatique, le développement durable, la croissance des marchés verts et l'environnement figurent parmi les priorités mondiales les plus urgentes à l'heure actuelle. L'Atlas offre aux acteurs de la Francophonie un nouvel outil pour comprendre leurs points forts et leurs faiblesses dans ces domaines, et pour progresser davantage vers l'amélioration du bien-être économique, environnemental et social de leur pays.

Download or read book Rethinking Urban Transitions written by Andrés Luque-Ayala and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking Urban Transitions provides critical insight for societal and policy debates about the potential and limits of low carbon urbanism. It draws on over a decade of international research, undertaken by scholars across multiple disciplines concerned with analysing and shaping urban sustainability transitions. It seeks to open up the possibility of a new generation of urban low carbon transition research, which foregrounds the importance of political, geographical and developmental context in shaping the possibilities for a low carbon urban future. The book’s contributions propose an interpretation of urban low carbon transitions as primarily social, political and developmental processes. Rather than being primarily technical efforts aimed at measuring and mitigating greenhouse gases, the low carbon transition requires a shift in the mode and politics of urban development. The book argues that moving towards this model requires rethinking what it means to design, practise and mobilize low carbon in the city, while also acknowledging the presence of multiple and contested developmental pathways. Key to this shift is thinking about transitions, not solely as technical, infrastructural or systemic shifts, but also as a way of thinking about collective futures, societal development and governing modes – a recognition of the political and contested nature of low carbon urbanism. The various contributions provide novel conceptual frameworks as well as empirically rich cases through which we can begin to interrogate the relevance of socio-economic, political and developmental dimensions in the making or unmaking of low carbon in the city. The book draws on a diverse range of examples (including ‘world cities’ and ‘ordinary cities’) from North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa, India and China, to provide evidence that expectations, aspirations and plans to undertake purposive socio-technical transitions are both emerging and encountering resistance in different urban contexts. Rethinking Urban Transitions is an essential text for courses concerned with cities, climate change and environmental issues in sociology, politics, urban studies, planning, environmental studies, geography and the built environment.

Download or read book The Development Of Large Technical Systems written by Renate Mayntz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an outcome of the conference on the development of large technical systems held in Berlin in 1986. It focuses on the comparative analysis of the development of large technical systems, particularly electrical power, railroad, air traffic, telephone, and other forms of telecommunication.

Download or read book Quebec Since 1930 written by Paul-André Linteau and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of Tables List of Maps List of Figures Preface PART 1: THE DEPRESSION AND THE WAR 1930-1945 Introduction Quebec in 1929 The Depression A Troubled Period The Second World War