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Coastal Metropolis

Author : Carl A. Zimring
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822987988
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Coastal Metropolis written by Carl A. Zimring and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built on an estuary, New York City is rich in population and economic activity but poor in available land to manage the needs of a modern city. Since consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898, New York has faced innumerable challenges, from complex water and waste management issues, to housing and feeding millions of residents in a concentrated area, to dealing with climate change in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, and everything in between. Any consideration of sustainable urbanism requires understanding how cities have developed the systems that support modern life and the challenges posed by such a concentrated population. As the largest city in the United States, New York City is an excellent site to investigate these concerns. Featuring an array of the most distinguished and innovative urban environmental historians in the field, Coastal Metropolis offers new insight into how the modern city transformed its air, land, and water as it grew.

New York Recentered

Author : Kara Murphy Schlichting
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022661316X
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book New York Recentered written by Kara Murphy Schlichting and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of New York City’s urban development often centers on titanic municipal figures like Robert Moses and on prominent inner Manhattan sites like Central Park. New York Recentered boldly shifts the focus to the city’s geographic edges—the coastlines and waterways—and to the small-time unelected locals who quietly shaped the modern city. Kara Murphy Schlichting details how the vernacular planning done by small businessmen and real estate operators, performed independently of large scale governmental efforts, refigured marginal locales like Flushing Meadows and the shores of Long Island Sound and the East River in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The result is a synthesis of planning history, environmental history, and urban history that recasts the story of New York as we know it.

Ocean

Author : Wolf H. Berger
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052094254X
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Ocean written by Wolf H. Berger and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-05-06 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past one hundred years of ocean science have been distinguished by dramatic milestones, remarkable discoveries, and major revelations. This book is a clear and lively survey of many of these amazing findings. Beginning with a brief review of the elements that define what the ocean is and how it works—from plate tectonics to the thermocline and the life within it—Wolf H. Berger places current understanding in the context of history. Essays treat such topics as beach processes and coral reefs, the great ocean currents off the East and West Coasts, the productivity of the sea, and the geologic revolution that changed all knowledge of the earth in the twentieth century.

Towards Resilient Water Landscapes

Author : Oliver Parodi
Publisher : KIT Scientific Publishing
ISBN 13 : 3866444982
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (664 download)

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Download or read book Towards Resilient Water Landscapes written by Oliver Parodi and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264205276
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ports and cities are historically strongly linked, but the link between port and city growth has become weaker. This book examines how ports can regain their role as drivers of urban economic growth and how negative port impacts can be mitigated.

Abundance of Life

Author : Stephan Steingräber
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 0892368659
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)

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Download or read book Abundance of Life written by Stephan Steingräber and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Abundance of Life' traces the stylistic and iconographic evolution of Etruscan wall paintings over their 500 year history. The text also examines what the paintings reveal about the daily life, politics, and religion of this ancient society.

Education in the Broader Middle East

Author : Gari Donn
Publisher : Symposium Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 187392786X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Education in the Broader Middle East written by Gari Donn and published by Symposium Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together academics and postgraduate students, practitioners and Ministry officials all of whom are wedded to developing an understanding of what is happening to education in the broader Middle East. They cover many countries whilst recognising that many more could have been included. In drawing attention to education in Pakistan, Palestine, Oman, Turkey and Qatar they indicate the wide range of education 'policy borrowing' and, most importantly, the effects of this exchange. The contributors know that the countries of the broader Middle East are not alone in having purchased glitzy, glossy and tantalisingly wonderful educational reforms, only to find how quickly they became outdated. In other words, they became a 'baroque arsenal' of educational goods, services and models of practice which, having been discussed, designed and generated many years before in countries elsewhere, have then been sold and delivered to the unsuspecting countries of the broader Middle East. It is argued that many of the countries of the region did not suspect that their purchases were, more frequently than not, the 'off-loading' of failed educational experiments in countries of 'the centre'. This book discusses what this means not only for educational reform projects but also for the impact upon regional political stability. The two final chapters discuss the underlying key concerns of gender and of cross-border education.

Memories Before the State

Author : Joseph P. Feldman
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978809514
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Memories Before the State written by Joseph P. Feldman and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-13 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Place, memory, and the postwar -- Enacting post-conflict nationhood -- Yuyanapaq doesn't fit -- "There isn't just one memory, there are many memories" -- Memory under construction -- Memory's futures.

AXIS OF ANDES

Author : D.G. Valdron
Publisher : Fossil Cove Press
ISBN 13 : 1777155177
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book AXIS OF ANDES written by D.G. Valdron and published by Fossil Cove Press. This book was released on 2022-07-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berlin 1937, Adolph Hitler and his cabinet meet with representatives of a tiny Latin American nation. Three years later, the unfolding consequences of that fateful meeting plunge a continent into flames. What, in our history, was an almost bloodless brushfire conflict between Ecuador and Peru, escalates into a life and death struggle which spreads relentlessly to almost every country in South America, bringing death and destruction. Axis of Andes is a stunning alternate history, exploring the baroque and tragic journey of Latin America from independence to the depression, and chronicling a dark history that might have been. A tiny change ends up altering the outcome of an election. Rippling outwards, Fascist movements gain more momentum, local politics unravel in new directions. Dominos cascade as the war spreads steadily, involving country after country in a death struggle. Deep examinations of the history, societies and economies of each combatant reveal the underlying tensions and stresses, the fault lines and tectonic divides that drive the internal politics and international agendas of each combatant. We see scenes of the war and the combatants from their own perspective as the world falls apart around them. Written as both a history and as a series of compelling narratives, The Axis of Andes is the first part of a two part Alternate History series which ultimately rewrites the map of South America. Volume One begins the war with the Invasion of Ecuador, the March on Lima, expanding to trench warfare between Peru and Chile, sea battles between Chile and Peru, and a jungle war slowly spreading through the interior. Followed by New World War, chronicles the resulting Bolivian Civil war, Brazil's rain forest war and the inevitable engagement of Argentina, Paraguay, Columbia in the conflict. Over everything, the spectre of the United States, distracted by European and Asian theatres, looms darkly.

The Ocean Dumping Quandary

Author : Donald F. Squires
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438420889
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Ocean Dumping Quandary written by Donald F. Squires and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1983-06-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dumping of sewage sludge, dredge spoils, and toxic wastes in the coastal waters of New York and New Jersey is an old practice. In the 1970s ocean dumping became an important environmental issue, the subject of legislation and litigation, and of scientific inquiry. After a decade of study and debate, the basic issues of the environmental effects of ocean dumping and its impact on the ocean and surrounding coastal region remain unresolved. This nontechnical review of ocean dumping issues looks at the development of the metropolitan coastal region from a societal view, particularly in how we have used the waters of the New York Bight. What is being dumped and the current state of our knowledge on the environmental effects of ocean dumping are closely examined, as well as legislative and legal issues surrounding contemporary court actions.

Insights in Public Health Policy: 2021

Author : Stefania Salmaso
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832502636
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Insights in Public Health Policy: 2021 written by Stefania Salmaso and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Evolutionary Theory in the Social Sciences: Evolution and revolution

Author : William M. Dugger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415247191
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Theory in the Social Sciences: Evolution and revolution written by William M. Dugger and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

China's Chance to Lead

Author : Richard W. Carney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009385887
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book China's Chance to Lead written by Richard W. Carney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains China's growing global influence by considering the interests of both China and countries which receive Chinese investment.

Edge of the Sacred - Jung, Psyche, Earth

Author : David Tacey
Publisher : Daimon
ISBN 13 : 3856309020
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book Edge of the Sacred - Jung, Psyche, Earth written by David Tacey and published by Daimon. This book was released on with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does earth have spirit or soul? This is a question being asked ever more frequently, especially by those interested in the future of the natural world and the development of consciousness. The alchemists said ‘the greater part of the soul is outside the body’, and indigenous cultures have felt that soul or spirit resides in Nature and the physical environment. Such notions have been dismissed by modernity as illusions, but we are beginning to have second thoughts about the animation of the earth. Science and rationality have not taught us how to love or care for the earth, and in the modern era the environment has been disrespected. The mythic bonds to Nature such as those found in Aboriginal Australian cultures appear to have real survival value because they bind us to the earth in a meaningful way. When these bonds are destroyed by excessive rationality or a collapse of cultural mythology, we are left alone, outside the community of Nature and in an alienated state. In this state we do real damage to the environment, because it is no longer part of our spiritual body or moral responsibility. Jung was one of the first thinkers of our time to consider the psychic influence of the earth and the conditioning of the mind by place. Inspired by his writings and those of James Hillman, the field of ecopsychology has arisen as a powerful new area of inquiry. Edge of the Sacred: Jung, Psyche, Earth contributes to global ecopsychology from an Australian perspective.

Republicanism, Communism, Islam

Author : John T. Sidel
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501755625
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Republicanism, Communism, Islam written by John T. Sidel and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Republicanism, Communism, Islam, John T. Sidel provides an alternate vantage point for understanding the variegated forms and trajectories of revolution across the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam, a perspective that is de-nationalized, internationalized, and transnationalized. Sidel positions this new vantage point against the conventional framing of revolutions in modern Southeast Asian history in terms of a nationalist template, on the one hand, and distinctive local cultures and forms of consciousness, on the other. Sidel's comparative analysis shows how—in very different, decisive, and often surprising ways—the Philippine, Indonesian, and Vietnamese revolutions were informed, enabled, and impelled by diverse cosmopolitan connections and international conjunctures. Sidel addresses the role of Freemasonry in the making of the Philippine revolution, the importance of Communism and Islam in Indonesia's Revolusi, and the influence that shifting political currents in China and anticolonial movements in Africa had on Vietnamese revolutionaries. Through this assessment, Republicanism, Communism, and Islam tracks how these forces, rather than nationalism per se, shaped the forms of these revolutions, the ways in which they unfolded, and the legacies which they left in their wakes.

Housing Booms in Gateway Cities

Author : David Ley
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119853591
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Housing Booms in Gateway Cities written by David Ley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Music and the Racial Imagination

Author : Ronald M. Radano
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226702006
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Music and the Racial Imagination written by Ronald M. Radano and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A specter lurks in the house of music, and it goes by the name of race," write Ronald Radano and Philip Bohlman in their introduction. Yet the intimate relationship between race and music has rarely been examined by contemporary scholars, most of whom have abandoned it for the more enlightened notions of ethnicity and culture. Here, a distinguished group of contributors confront the issue head on. Representing an unusually broad range of academic disciplines and geographic regions, they critically examine how the imagination of race has influenced musical production, reception, and scholarly analysis, even as they reject the objectivity of the concept itself. Each essay follows the lead of the substantial introduction, which reviews the history of race in European and American, non-Western and global musics, placing it within the contexts of the colonial experience and the more recent formation of "world music." Offering a bold, new revisionist agenda for musicology in a postmodern, postcolonial world, this book will appeal to students of culture and race across the humanities and social sciences.