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Addressing the Climate Crisis: Local Action in Theory and Practice
This open access book brings together a collection of cutting-edge insights into how action can and is already being taken against climate change at multiple levels of our societies, amidst growing calls for transformative and inclusive climate action. In an era of increasing recognition regarding climate and ecological breakdown, this book offers hope, inspiration and analyses for multi-level …
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- 9783030797393
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- xxv, 143p : ill.
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- 363.705 ADD a
Self-governance and sami communities : Transitions in Early Modern Natural Re…
This open access book uses an interdisciplinary approach that not only focuses on social organization but also analyzes how societies and ecological settings were interwoven. How did early modern indigenous Sami inhabitants in interior northwest Fennoscandia build institutions for governance of natural resources? The book answers this question by exploring how they made decisions regarding natu…
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- 9783030874988
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- xvi; 247 PG; ill.
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- 333.70899457 SEL s
The spectral arctic : a history of dreams and ghosts in polar exploration
Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith. The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the…
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- 9781787352450
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- 326p. : ill
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- 919.8 SHA s
Knlowledge and Civil Society
This open access book focuses on the role of civil society in the creation, dissemination, and interpretation of knowledge in geographical contexts. It offers original, interdisciplinary and counterintuitive perspectives on civil society. The book includes reflections on civil and uncivil society, the role of civil society as a change agent, and on civil society perspectives of undone science. …
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- 9783030711474
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- 317p. : ill
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- 320.05 KNL k
Virtual reality methods: a guide for researchers in the social sciences and h…
Since the mid-2010s, virtual reality (VR) technology has advanced rapidly. This book explores the many opportunities that VR can offer for humanities and social sciences researchers. The book provides a user-friendly, non-technical methods guide to using ready-made VR content and 360° video as well as creating custom materials. It examines the advantages and disadvantages of different approach…
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- 9781447360773
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- vii, 159p : ill.
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- 001.30721 PHI v
Bioeconomy and global inequalities
This open access book focuses on the meanings, agendas, as well as the local and global implications of bioeconomy and bioenergy policies in and across South America, Asia and Europe. It explores how a transition away from a fossil and towards a bio-based economic order alters, reinforces and challenges socio-ecological inequalities. The volume presents a historically informed and empirically r…
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- 1
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- 9783030689445
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- xvi; 381 PG; ill.
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- 354.3 BIO b
Climate Risk in Africa
This open access book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience in the face of climate risk. It is based on experiences in sub-Saharan Africa through the Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) applied research programme. It begins by dealing with underlying principles and structures designed to facilitate effective engagement about climate risk, including …
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- 9783030611606
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- xxii; 168 PG; ill.
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- 363.73874560 CLI c
Cartographic memory : social movement activism and the production of space
Juan Herrera maps 1960s Chicano Movement activism in the Latinx neighborhood of Fruitvale in Oakland, California, showing how activists there constructed a politics forged through productions of space.
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- 2
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- 9781478007494
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- ix, 265.; ill.
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- 305.86872079466 CAR h
Smart Cities in Asia: regulations, problems, and development
This open access book examines different aspects of smart cities, including technology, urban development, sustainable development, finance, and privacy and data protection. It also covers a wide range of jurisdictions in Asia-Pacific: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The book consists of two main parts. The first part includes general chapters that conceptualiz…
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- 3
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- 9789811917011
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- ix; 124p; ill.
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- 307.12160951 SMA T
Creating resilient futures : integrating disaster risk reduction, sustainable…
This excellent text recognises that efforts towards improving development outcomes must work in concert with strategies which promote planetary health and support the transition to a sustainable and climate-resilient future. — Rt Hon Helen Clark, Patron, The Helen Clark Foundation, Auckland, New Zealand. The threat multiplier of climate change is carefully used to examine best practic…
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- 11
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- 9783030807917
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- xix; 257p; ill
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- 363.346 CRE S
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