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U.S. Health in International Perspective

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309264146
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book U.S. Health in International Perspective written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.

The Making of Geography as a Secondary School Subject

Author : John Mortimer
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527570649
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book The Making of Geography as a Secondary School Subject written by John Mortimer and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No work has ever been produced previously that shows how historically geography has been constructed as a subject for the senior years of secondary schooling in Western Australia from 1917 to 1997. In doing so, this book contributes to the existing corpus of international research on the history of curriculum and particularly the history of geography as a senior secondary school subject. Much of it is based on primary sources, including the textbooks and atlases used, along with syllabus manuals and geography examination papers. It also provides a framework for investigating the construction of senior secondary school geography curricula in other constituencies, and could act as a model for engaging in further research in curriculum history for other school subjects state-wide, nationally and internationally. The book also makes an important contribution to the fields of curriculum design, curriculum development and curriculum innovation. It will be of great interest to historians of education, comparative educationists, education leaders, policy makers and librarians.

Man And Environmental Processes

Author : K. J. Gregory
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429728077
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Man And Environmental Processes written by K. J. Gregory and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the present volume is to review the effects of human activity on physical environment processes, and this is justified not only as a complement to the approach taken by G. P. Marsh his volume Man and Nature (1864), but also as a sequel to the work produced since 1864, with contributions since the mid-nineteenth century to the study of th

Understanding the Changing Planet

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309150752
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Changing Planet written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the oceans to continental heartlands, human activities have altered the physical characteristics of Earth's surface. With Earth's population projected to peak at 8 to 12 billion people by 2050 and the additional stress of climate change, it is more important than ever to understand how and where these changes are happening. Innovation in the geographical sciences has the potential to advance knowledge of place-based environmental change, sustainability, and the impacts of a rapidly changing economy and society. Understanding the Changing Planet outlines eleven strategic directions to focus research and leverage new technologies to harness the potential that the geographical sciences offer.

Gender Literacy & Curriculum

Author : Alison Lee
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1135345104
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Gender Literacy & Curriculum written by Alison Lee and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1996. Gender, Literacy, Curriculum is a major contribution to research and theory in literacy and curriculum studies. Alison Lee looks at how the texts and discourses of schooling construct 'geography' as a curriculum field, and how this construction is tied closely with students' gendered identities and practices in the classroom. She brings together discourse analyses of research texts, textbooks, classroom talk, students' and teachers' accounts, with a detailed linguistic analysis of students' written work. This title is of particular interest to those working in literacy education and curriculum, discourse analysis and applied linguistics, feminisms and critical pedagogies.

Pattern and Process

Author : Michael Fortescue
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027299358
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Pattern and Process written by Michael Fortescue and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2001-05-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to illustrate the relevance to linguistics today of Whitehead’s philosophy of organism. Although largely ignored by linguists, Whitehead has in fact much to say as regards the cognitive processes underpinning language pattern. His theory of symbolism conceives of language as the ‘systematization of expression’, and relates meaning to feeling (in the broadest sense). The Whiteheadian perspective allows a synthesis of the psychological and the social approaches to language that does not fall into one or another fashionable form of reductionism. The volume represents a first application of Whitehead’s thinking to a broad range of linguistic phenomena, ranging from speech act theory to the production and comprehension of texts, from language acquisition to historical change and the evolution of language. It is argued that Whitehead’s holistic philosophy is uniquely suited to the view of language as an emergent phenomenon — regardless of whether one’s approach to cognition is via the ‘nativist’ or the ‘functionalist’ route.

Land Use and Its Pattern in the United States

Author : Francis Joseph Marschner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Land Use and Its Pattern in the United States written by Francis Joseph Marschner and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set includes revised editions of some issues.

Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309148383
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-04-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hominin fossil record documents a history of critical evolutionary events that have ultimately shaped and defined what it means to be human, including the origins of bipedalism; the emergence of our genus Homo; the first use of stone tools; increases in brain size; and the emergence of Homo sapiens, tools, and culture. The Earth's geological record suggests that some evolutionary events were coincident with substantial changes in African and Eurasian climate, raising the possibility that critical junctures in human evolution and behavioral development may have been affected by the environmental characteristics of the areas where hominins evolved. Understanding Climate's Change on Human Evolution explores the opportunities of using scientific research to improve our understanding of how climate may have helped shape our species. Improved climate records for specific regions will be required before it is possible to evaluate how critical resources for hominins, especially water and vegetation, would have been distributed on the landscape during key intervals of hominin history. Existing records contain substantial temporal gaps. The book's initiatives are presented in two major research themes: first, determining the impacts of climate change and climate variability on human evolution and dispersal; and second, integrating climate modeling, environmental records, and biotic responses. Understanding Climate's Change on Human Evolution suggests a new scientific program for international climate and human evolution studies that involve an exploration initiative to locate new fossil sites and to broaden the geographic and temporal sampling of the fossil and archeological record; a comprehensive and integrative scientific drilling program in lakes, lake bed outcrops, and ocean basins surrounding the regions where hominins evolved and a major investment in climate modeling experiments for key time intervals and regions that are critical to understanding human evolution.

Climate Change [4 volumes]

Author : Brian C. Black
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1636 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change [4 volumes] written by Brian C. Black and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 1636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a holistic consideration of climate change that goes beyond pure science, fleshing out the discussion by considering cultural, historical, and policy-driven aspects of this important issue. Climate change is a controversial topic that promises to reframe rudimentary ideas about our world and how we will live in it. The articles in Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science and History are designed to inform readers' decision making through the insight of scholars from around the world, each of whom brings a unique approach to this topic. The work goes beyond pure science to consider other important factors, weighing the cultural, historical, and policy-driven contributors to this issue. In addition, the book explores the ideas that have converged and evolved in order to clarify our current predicament. By considering climate change in this holistic fashion, this reference collection will prepare readers to consider the issue from every angle. Each article in the work is suitable for general readers, particularly students in high school and college, and is intended to inform and educate anyone about climate change, providing valuable information regarding the stages of mitigation and adaptation that are occurring all around us.

Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century

Author : Kathryn A. Kohm
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 9781610913928
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century written by Kathryn A. Kohm and published by Island Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, a sea change has occurred in the field of forestry. A vastly increased understanding of how ecological systems function has transformed the science from one focused on simplifying systems, producing wood, and managing at the stand-level to one concerned with understanding and managing complexity, providing a wide range of ecological goods and services, and managing across broad landscapes.Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century is an authoritative and multidisciplinary examination of the current state of forestry and its relation to the emergent field of ecosystem management. Drawing upon the expertise of top professionals in the field, it provides an up-to-date synthesis of principles of ecosystem management and their implications for forest policy. Leading scientists, including Malcolm Hunter, Jr., Bruce G. Marcot, James K. Agee, Thomas R. Crow, Robert J. Naiman, John C. Gordon, R.W. Behan, Steven L. Yaffee, and many others examine topics that are central to the future of forestry: new understandings of ecological processes and principles, from stand structure and function to disturbance processes and the movement of organisms across landscapes challenges to long-held assumptions: the rationale for clearcutting, the wisdom of short rotations, the exclusion of fire traditional tools in light of expanded goals for forest landscapes managing at larger spatial scales, including practical information and ideas for managing large landscapes over long time periods the economic, organizational, and political issues that are critical to implementing successful ecosystem management and developing institutions to transform knowledge into action Featuring a 16-page center section with color photographs that illustrate some of the best on-the-ground examples of ecosystem management from around the world, Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century is the definitive text on managing ecosystems. It provides a compelling case for thinking creatively beyond the bounds of traditional forest resource management, and will be essential reading for students; scientists working in state, federal, and private research institutions; public and private forest managers; staff members of environmental/conservation organizations; and policymakers.

Manual of the Public Examinations Board

Author : University of Adelaide. Public Examinations Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1016 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Manual of the Public Examinations Board written by University of Adelaide. Public Examinations Board and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Manuals include information on syllabus, regulations, copies of examination papers and notes by examiners. They also include pass lists.

Australian Books in Print

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Australian Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

University of Michigan Official Publication

Author : University of Michigan
Publisher : UM Libraries
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book University of Michigan Official Publication written by University of Michigan and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1976 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each number is the catalogue of a specific school or college of the University.

Environmental Studies/Science by Dr. V. C. Sinha, Anju Agarwal (eBook)

Author : Dr. V. C. Sinha
Publisher : SBPD Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Studies/Science by Dr. V. C. Sinha, Anju Agarwal (eBook) written by Dr. V. C. Sinha and published by SBPD Publications. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent book for commerce students appearing in competitive, professional and other examinations. 1. Environment : Definition, Scope and Importance, 2. Natural Resources, 3. Forest Resources, 4. Water Resources, 5. Mineral Resources, 6. Food Resources, 7. Energy Resources, 8. Land Resources, 9. Ecosystem, 10. Biodiversity and its Conservation, 11. Environmental Pollution, 12. Disaster Managemen: Floods, Earthquakes, Cyclones and Landslides, 13. Social Issues and Environment : From Unsustainable to Sustainable Development, 14. Human Population and Environment.

General Register

Author : University of Michigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book General Register written by University of Michigan and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Announcements for the following year included in some vols.

Biogeographical Processes

Author : I. G. Simmons
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000698335
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Biogeographical Processes written by I. G. Simmons and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1982, Biogeographical Processes is a concise introduction to biogeography aimed at undergraduate students. It provides a detailed overview of man and his environment and includes data from such research projects as that of the International Biological Programme. The book argues that natural processes can be viewed as a datum line to which the human impact through time is added. It suggests that through this datum line, the man and the biological environment are inextricably linked. The book firstly examines the fundamental processes determining the distribution of plants and animals, and the interactions between such processes leading to the concept of the ecosystem. The book also examines major world ecosystems, or biomes, such as forests, grasslands and oceans as if they were in a natural condition and discusses the affect of human impact upon such systems. The book also discusses the alternative future relationships of man and other living organisms. Although over 30 years old, the book still contains a useful and detailed overview of biogeography. It will be of interest to students or lecturers in ecology, biology and the environmental sciences.

Economic and Social Geography

Author : R. Knowles
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483141535
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Economic and Social Geography written by R. Knowles and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic and Social Geography reviews developments in the study of economic and social geography and brings together in a single volume work which is dispersed in many specialist textbooks. An attempt has been made to achieve a balance between oversimplification and over-elaboration, and to present essential concepts in a clear, concise manner. The book contains 25 chapters organized into five parts. Part One deals with the study of economic and social geography, including approaches to the study of human geography and environmental perception and behavior. Part Two on population geography covers topics such as population geography, population change, and population growth. Part Three on economic geography includes discussions of transportation, agriculture, and mineral resources. Part Four on settlement geography examines urbanization, the internal structure of towns and cities, and rural settlement. Part Five is devoted to urban and rural planning, problems of economic development, and resources. This book, together with its companion volume, Physical Geography Made Simple, should be of value to a variety of people. First, to those who are coming to academic geography for the first time, especially to those studying for GCE Advanced Level or ONC/OND examinations. It should also provide a concise introduction to first-year courses in further and higher education, including degree courses with a geography component, HNC/HND, and Certificate in Education courses.