Natural Resource Management Reimagined

Natural Resource Management Reimagined
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 463
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ISBN-10 : 9781108750042
ISBN-13 : 1108750044
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Natural Resource Management Reimagined by : Robert G. Woodmansee

The Systems Ecology Paradigm (SEP) incorporates humans as integral parts of ecosystems and emphasizes issues that have significant societal relevance such as grazing land, forestland, and agricultural ecosystem management, biodiversity and global change impacts. Accomplishing this societally relevant research requires cutting-edge basic and applied research. This book focuses on environmental and natural resource challenges confronting local to global societies for which the SEP methodology must be utilized for resolution. Key elements of SEP are a holistic perspective of ecological/social systems, systems thinking, and the ecosystem approach applied to real world, complex environmental and natural resource problems. The SEP and ecosystem approaches force scientific emphasis to be placed on collaborations with social scientists and behavioral, learning, and marketing professionals. The SEP has given environmental scientists, decision makers, citizen stakeholders, and land and water managers a powerful set of tools to analyse, integrate knowledge, and propose adoption of solutions to important local to global problems.

Resilience Thinking

Resilience Thinking
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Publisher : Island Press
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9781597266222
ISBN-13 : 1597266221
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Resilience Thinking by : Brian Walker

Increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes to provide the goods and services that sustain our planet's well-being. The response from most quarters has been for "more of the same" that created the situation in the first place: more control, more intensification, and greater efficiency. "Resilience thinking" offers a different way of understanding the world and a new approach to managing resources. It embraces human and natural systems as complex entities continually adapting through cycles of change, and seeks to understand the qualities of a system that must be maintained or enhanced in order to achieve sustainability. It explains why greater efficiency by itself cannot solve resource problems and offers a constructive alternative that opens up options rather than closing them down. In Resilience Thinking, scientist Brian Walker and science writer David Salt present an accessible introduction to the emerging paradigm of resilience. The book arose out of appeals from colleagues in science and industry for a plainly written account of what resilience is all about and how a resilience approach differs from current practices. Rather than complicated theory, the book offers a conceptual overview along with five case studies of resilience thinking in the real world. It is an engaging and important work for anyone interested in managing risk in a complex world.

Principles for Building Resilience

Principles for Building Resilience
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 317
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ISBN-10 : 9781107082656
ISBN-13 : 110708265X
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Principles for Building Resilience by : Reinette Biggs

Reflecting the very latest research, this book provides an in-depth review of the role of resilience in the management of social-ecological systems and the ecosystem services they provide. Leaders in the field outline seven principles for building resilience in social-ecological systems, examining how these can be applied to advance sustainability.

The One World Schoolhouse

The One World Schoolhouse
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Publisher : Twelve
Total Pages : 155
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ISBN-10 : 9781455508396
ISBN-13 : 145550839X
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis The One World Schoolhouse by : Salman Khan

A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon. Today millions of students, parents, and teachers use the Khan Academy's free videos and software, which have expanded to encompass nearly every conceivable subject; and Academy techniques are being employed with exciting results in a growing number of classrooms around the globe. Like many innovators, Khan rethinks existing assumptions and imagines what education could be if freed from them. And his core idea-liberating teachers from lecturing and state-mandated calendars and opening up class time for truly human interaction-has become his life's passion. Schools seek his advice about connecting to students in a digital age, and people of all ages and backgrounds flock to the site to utilize this fresh approach to learning. In The One World Schoolhouse, Khan presents his radical vision for the future of education, as well as his own remarkable story, for the first time. In these pages, you will discover, among other things: How both students and teachers are being bound by a broken top-down model invented in Prussia two centuries ago Why technology will make classrooms more human and teachers more important How and why we can afford to pay educators the same as other professionals/DIV How we can bring creativity and true human interactivity back to learning/DIV Why we should be very optimistic about the future of learning. Parents and politicians routinely bemoan the state of our education system. Statistics suggest we've fallen behind the rest of the world in literacy, math, and sciences. With a shrewd reading of history, Khan explains how this crisis presented itself, and why a return to "mastery learning," abandoned in the twentieth century and ingeniously revived by tools like the Khan Academy, could offer the best opportunity to level the playing field, and to give all of our children a world-class education now. More than just a solution, The One World Schoolhouse serves as a call for free, universal, global education, and an explanation of how Khan's simple yet revolutionary thinking can help achieve this inspiring goal.

Reimagining Industrial Sites

Reimagining Industrial Sites
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 9781315393162
ISBN-13 : 1315393166
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Reimagining Industrial Sites by : Catherine Heatherington

The discourse around derelict, former industrial and military sites has grown in recent years. This interest is not only theoretical, and landscape professionals are taking new approaches to the design and development of these sites. This book examines the varied ways in which the histories and qualities of these derelict sites are reimagined in the transformed landscape and considers how such approaches can reveal the dramatic changes that have been wrought on these places over a relatively short time scale. It discusses these issues with reference to eleven sites from the UK, Germany, the USA, Australia and China, focusing specifically on how designers incorporate evidence of landscape change, both cultural and natural. There has been little research into how these developed landscapes are perceived by visitors and local residents. This book examines how the tangible material traces of pastness are interpreted by the visitor and the impact of the intangible elements - hidden traces, experiences and memories. The book draws together theory in the field and implications for practice in landscape architecture and concludes with an examination of how different approaches to revealing and reimagining change can affect the future management of the site.

Wetland Ecology

Wetland Ecology
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 549
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ISBN-10 : 9780521739672
ISBN-13 : 0521739675
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Wetland Ecology by : Paul A. Keddy

This text provides a synthesis of the existing field of wetland ecology using a few central themes, including key environmental factors that produce wetland community types and some unifying problems such as assembly rules, restoration and conservation.

Ecology and Management of the African Buffalo

Ecology and Management of the African Buffalo
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 587
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ISBN-10 : 9781009007542
ISBN-13 : 1009007548
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Ecology and Management of the African Buffalo by : Alexandre Caron

One of iconic Africa's Big Five, the African buffalo is the largest African bovine or antelope that occurs throughout most of sub-Sahara and in a wide range of ecosystems from savanna to rainforest. The African buffalo is also one of the most successful large African mammals in terms of abundance and biomass. This species thus represents a powerful model to enhance our understanding of African biogeography and wildlife conservation, ecology and management. Edited by four researchers experienced in different aspects of the African buffalo's biology, this volume provides an exhaustive compilation of knowledge on an emblematic species that stands out as an important component of African natural and human ecosystems. It delivers a global view of the African buffalo and all known aspects of its ecology and management. This book will appeal to students, scholars, scientists and wildlife managers as well as those enthusiastic about the charismatic species. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
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Publisher : PublicAffairs
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9781541730137
ISBN-13 : 1541730135
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire by : Rebecca Henderson

A renowned Harvard professor debunks prevailing orthodoxy with a new intellectual foundation and a practical pathway forward for a system that has lost its moral and ethical foundation. Free market capitalism is one of humanity's greatest inventions and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. But this success has been costly. Capitalism is on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing society as wealth rushes to the top. The time for action is running short. Rebecca Henderson's rigorous research in economics, psychology, and organizational behavior, as well as her many years of work with companies around the world, give us a path forward. She debunks the worldview that the only purpose of business is to make money and maximize shareholder value. She shows that we have failed to reimagine capitalism so that it is not only an engine of prosperity but also a system that is in harmony with environmental realities, the striving for social justice, and the demands of truly democratic institutions. Henderson's deep understanding of how change takes place, combined with fascinating in-depth stories of companies that have made the first steps towards reimagining capitalism, provide inspiring insight into what capitalism can be. Together with rich discussions of important role of government and how the worlds of finance, governance, and leadership must also evolve, Henderson provides the pragmatic foundation for navigating a world faced with unprecedented challenge, but also with extraordinary opportunity for those who can get it right.

Invading Ecological Networks

Invading Ecological Networks
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 443
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ISBN-10 : 9781108478618
ISBN-13 : 1108478611
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Invading Ecological Networks by : Cang Hui

Proposes new ways of managing ecological invasions by implementing an open adaptive network framework for ecosystem transformation.

Impacts of Human Population on Wildlife

Impacts of Human Population on Wildlife
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 299
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ISBN-10 : 9781108833554
ISBN-13 : 1108833551
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Impacts of Human Population on Wildlife by : Trevor J. C. Beebee

Comprehensive overview of the causes of wildlife decline in the UK with emphasis on the impact of growing human population.