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Catastrophes, confrontations, and constraints :how disasters shape the dynami…
A ground-breaking study on how natural disasters can escalate or defuse wars, insurgencies, and other strife. Armed conflict and disasters are two key challenges of the twenty-first century. The number of armed conflicts has never been higher since the end of World War II. At the same time, disasters have increased in frequency and intensity over the past two decades due to climate change, urba…
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- 9780262374507
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- 1 online resource (288 pages).
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Recycling class :the contradictions of inclusion in urban sustainability
"An ethnographic and community-engaged study of the contradictions of cross-class environmental mobilizations around Bengaluru's discards"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262376976
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Ending epidemics :a history of escape from contagion
"From the discovery of microorganisms to the end of smallpox, the story of how we came to understand the infectious diseases that once killed us & how we might escape such diseases in the future"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262373869
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Person, thing, robot :a moral and legal ontology for the 21st century and bey…
"An argument for overturning the Kantian terms of rights and ethics in order to make progress on the robot rights debate"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262375221
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Fragments of repair
An activist handbook guided by Kader Attia's proposition of decolonial repair with original essays from diverse global contributors. Today's entwined crises, from ecological catastrophe to the COVID-19 pandemic to wars in Ukraine and across the world, reveal deep-seated wounds that issue from historical colonialisms and present-day authoritarianisms, economic disparity and growing racial violen…
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- 9780262373944
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- 1 online resource (192 pages).
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Art as demonstration :a revolutionary recasting of knowledge
"With a focus on political art and protest, this book examines demonstration-practiced as pedagogy, art form, and public protest by artists-as a powerful powerful agent of change"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262377546
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The value of values :how leaders can grow their businesses and enhance their …
"A guide for business leaders to calculate the quantifiable business value of social/environmental values"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262375818
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Going big :a scientist's guide to large projects and collaborations
"This book addresses the need for scientists to understand the framework and approach in large science projects, both from the technical project management side as well as the sociology and governance of large science collaborations"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262378482
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Navigating the polycrisis :mapping the futures of capitalism and the Earth
"Critical analysis of the convergence of global crises facing humanity and their implications for our planetary future"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262378260
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May we make the world :gene drives, malaria, and the future of nature
An in-depth look at genetic alteration in the natural world and the oppositions to it, seen through the case study of a gene drive for malaria. May We Make the World is an engaging reflection on the history, nature, goal, and meaning of using a new technological idea -- CRISPR-based genetic engineering -- to alter the genome of the mosquito that carries malaria. This technology, called a "gene …
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- 0262376997
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- 1 online resource (408 pages).
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