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Human-Nature Interactions
he threats posed by climate change and global biodiversity loss are increasingly seen as a major problem for the future of nature and humanity. Significant improvements in the understanding of how human and nature interact are thus required to address both challenges comprehensively. Over the past decade, different nature-based approaches, such as Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), Green In…
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- 9783031019807
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- XVIII, 438
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Human-Nature Interactions
This edited volume aims to widen the discussion about the diversity of human-nature relationships and valuation methods and to stimulate new perspective that are needed to build a more sustainable future, especially in face of ongoing socio-environmental changes. Conceptual and empirical approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies have been used to highlight the imp…
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- 978-3-031-01980-7
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Mercury Stories: Understanding Sustainability through a Volatile Element
An interdisciplinary analysis of human interactions with mercury through history that sheds light on efforts to promote and achieve sustainability. In Mercury Stories, Henrik Selin and Noelle Eckley Selin examine sustainability through analyzing human interactions with mercury over thousands of years. They explore how people have made beneficial use of this volatile element, how they have be…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9780262359108
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- 577 SEL m
The Discreet Charm of Protein Binding Sites
This book is a passionate account of the scientific breakthroughs that led to the solution of the first protein structures and to the understanding of their function at atomic resolution. The book is divided into self-standing chapters that each deal with a protein or protein family. The subject is presented in a fluid, non-technical style that will engage student and scientists in biochemistry…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-24996-4
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- XIII, 60, 6 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
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A Somaesthetics of Performative Beauty Tangoing Desire and Nostalgia
actions, aesthetics, Argentine tango, awareness, dance studies, enactivism, eros, Falk Heinrich, freedom, grace, movements, performance studies, performative beauty, phenomenology, poiesis, social dancing, somaesthetics
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- 9781003355311
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Mineral Surface Reactions at the Nanoscale
Reactions at mineral surfaces are central to all geochemical processes. As minerals comprise the rocks of the Earth, the processes occurring at the mineral–aqueous fluid interface control the evolution of the rocks and hence the structure of the crust of the Earth during processes such as metamorphism, metasomatism, and weathering. In recent years focus has been concentrated on mineral surfac…
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- 978-3-03897-897-8
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- 551 MIN
Europäische Interaktionsfelder - Erkundungen zu deutsch-russischen Beziehungen
Das Verhältnis von Deutschen und Russen wird oft im Kontext von Kriegen und politischen Spannungen thematisiert.
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- 9783863953485
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- T 302.4 TAM e
Law of Commercial Transactions
Law of Commercial Transactions is an up-to-date textbook that covers legal issues that students who engage in commercial transactions must understand. The text is organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. The authors take special care to engage students by relating law to everyday events with their clear, concise and readable style.
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