Interdisciplinary scientific and policy analysis on the challenges of ensuring that adaptation to global climate change does not place unfair burdens on already vulnerable populations.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
The subject of turbulence, the most forbidding in fluid dynamics, has usually proved treacherous to the beginner, caught in the whirls and eddies of its nonlinearities and statistical imponderables. This is the first book specifically designed to offer the student a smooth transitionary course between elementary fluid dynamics (which gives only last-minute attention to turbulence) and the profe…
An?alise comparativa sobre pol?itica fiscal e or?cament?aria nos seguintes pa?ises: Brasil, Estados Unidos, Canad?a, Noruega, Alemanha, Argentina, ?India, China, ?Africa do Sul, Ucr?ania, Hungria.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
An examination of the neighborhood transformation, gentrification, and displacement that accompany more compact development around transit. Cities and regions throughout the world are encouraging smarter growth patterns and expanding their transit systems to accommodate this growth, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and satisfy new demands for mobility and accessibility. Yet despite a burgeoning…
The politics of scientific advice across four environmental conflicts in Chile, when the state acted as a "neutral broker" rather than protecting the common good. In Science and Environment in Chile , Javiera Barandiar?n examines the consequences for environmental governance when the state lacks the capacity to produce an authoritative body of knowledge. Focusing on the experience of Chile afte…
How games can make a real-world difference in communities when city leaders tap into the power of play for local impact. In 2016, city officials were surprised when Pok?emon GO brought millions of players out into the public space, blending digital participation with the physical. Yet for local control and empowerment, a new framework is needed to guide the power of mixed reality and pervasive …
Historians, philosophers, sociologists, and biologists explore the history of the idea that embryological development and evolution are linked.Although we now know that ontogeny (individual development) does not actually recapitulate phylogeny (evolutionary transformation), contrary to Ernst Haeckel's famous dictum, the relationship between embryological development and evolution remains the su…
An examination of why NGOs often experience difficulty creating lasting change, with case studies of transnational conservation organizations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Experts from the natural and social sciences examine the coexistence of productive and exploitative behavior strategies observable in many species at many levels.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Leading economists address the ongoing challenges to economics in theory and practice in a time of political and economic crises.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.