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Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation
The book advances knowledge about climate change adaptation practices through a series of case studies. It presents important evidence about adaptation practices in agriculture, businesses, the coastal zone, community services, disaster management, ecosystems, indigneous populations, and settlements... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Climate Adaptation Futures
by Daniela Guitart • Jean Palutikof • Andrew J. Ash • Sarah L. Boulter • Marie Waschka • Mark Stafford Smith • Martin ParryAdaptation is the poor cousin of the climate change challenge - the glamour of international debate is around global mitigation agreements, while the bottom-up activities of adaptation, carried out in community halls and local government offices, are often overlooked. Yet, as international forums fa... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Climate Change and the Role of Education (Climate Change Management)
This book offers insights into the educational dimensions of climate change and promotes measures to improve education in this context. It is widely believed that education can play a key role in finding global solutions to many problems related to climate change. Indeed, education as a process not ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Multidisciplinary Guide to Improving Services and Support for Survivors of Rape and Abuse
by Janice L. Ristock • Mike Davis • Walter S. Dekeseredy • Patricia Easteal • Debbie Kilroy • Jacquelyn C. Campbell • Jessica E. Draughon • Vanita Parekh • Lynn Hecht Schafran • Charlotte Palmer • Jocelyn Anderson • S. Caroline Taylor • Isabel Morgan • Claire Zara • Angela Williams • Isabelle Kerr • Jennifer Y. Levy-Peck • Marianne Winters • Susan Elizabeth Reid • Raquel Kennedy Bergen • Elizabeth Anne Layton • Barbara Roberts • Diane Macleod • Emma Williamson • Debra F. Parkinson • Louise Mcormond Plummer • Bushra Sabri • Veronica Barcelona MendozaIntimate Partner Sexual Violence (IPSV) is the most common type of sexual violence and a common component of domestic violence, yet most cases go unreported and service responses are often inadequate. This book brings together advice for all those professionals working with individuals who have expe... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Cyst Nematodes
by Maurice Moens • Roland N. Perry • Victoria Taylor • John T. Jones • Godelieve Gheysen • Jon Pickup • Matthew A. Back • James G. Baldwin • George W. Bird • Vivian C. Blok • David J. Chitwood • Laura Cortada • Matthias Daub • Keith G. Davies • Walter S. Jong • Loes J.M.F. Nijs • Sebastian Eves-van Akker • Aska Goverse • Ivan G. Grove • Professor Johannes Hallmann • Zafar A. Handoo • Catherine J. Lilley • Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora • Edward P. Masler • Melissa G. Mitchum • Sharad Mohan • Terry L. Niblack • Adrian M.I. Roberts • Andrea M. Skantar • Geert Smant • Richard W. Smiley • Sergei A Subbotin • Gregory L. Tylka • Lieven Waeyenberge • Inga A. ZasadaThis book is a compendium of current information on all aspects of these economically important parasites. It provides comprehensive coverage of their biology, management, morphology and diagnostics, in addition to up-to-date information on molecular aspects of taxonomy, host-parasitic relationships... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018