Of Drought and Fire
. . . and at home we sayif it's yellowlet it mellowif it's brownflush it on down . . . Two natural disasters, each on a massive scale, a decade and a half apart.One is the slow withering that desiccates the soul by increments, the other a raging series of fires burning half a continent in a mad rush of smoke and flame and wind.Two un-natural disasters, aided and abetted by the relentless destruction of the land we live in and love.Frank Prem documents a lived experience of these events, parched through drought and singed by fire. last nightwas filled with smokeI knowI am coughing it upthis morning
How to Fall in Love with the Future
2025 Foreword Reviews INDIES Finalist for Ecology & Environment There are an infinite number of possible futures that lie ahead of us--like threads stretching out into the distance. Rob Hopkins, cofounder of the international Transition Network movement, invites us to travel to future worlds we would actually want to live in. "No one makes environmental optimism more credible or compelling than Rob Hopkins. Read this and don't weep."--Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, chef and campaignerIn 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted every aspect of daily life, climate activist and Transition Network cofounder Rob Hopkins responded the way a lot of people did: by starting a podcast. But it wasn't any ordinary podcast. In each episode, Hopkins and his guests would "time travel" together to the year 2030--walking down imagined future streets, talking with imagined future neighbors, visiting imagined future local businesses. While Hopkins's guests came from all walks of life--economists, politicians, bakers, comedians, novelists and more--they all shared a willingness to suspend their worries about the future long enough to mentally inhabit and then describe a world they were thrilled to be a part of. What Hopkins discovered was no less profound: this simple exercise of visiting a positive future forced him to rethink the work he'd been doing as a climate activist for decades. How to Fall in Love with the Future is the result of that radical disruption--and Hopkins's deep dive into the people and movements throughout history who have used visions of the future to inspire positive change on a large and dramatic scale. From the life and writings of musician Sun Ra and the history of Black utopian movements to the latest neuroscience on what goes on in our minds--and hearts--when we "time travel," Hopkins brings essential new thinking to anyone overwhelmed with dread and anxiety for the future. He asks us to consider: what would the world look like if we all got to work imagining--and then building--a world we were deeply in love with? "Rob Hopkins is one of the world's great optimists. He really believes that things can get better, and, when he's around, they usually do. This book will lift your spirits and give you hope."--Brian Eno, musician, producer and artist "Rob Hopkins puts imagination back at the heart of future-dreaming, offering us an irresistible invitation to dream bigger and then make those dreams a reality."--Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics
A Reverence for Rivers
In A Reverence for Rivers, Kurt Fausch draws on his experience as a stream ecologist, his interest in Indigenous cultures, and a thoughtful consideration of environmental ethics to explore human values surrounding freshwater ecosystems. Focusing on seven rivers across the globe--from the Salmon River in Oregon to the Sarufutsu River in Japan--he examines the growing ethical dilemmas threatening our rivers, including increasing demands for water, habitat fragmentation, overfishing, and deepening climate change. How do we decide which rivers deserve legal protection? What is our right to water as humans? And how do we foster resilient rivers? Through a combination of scientific expertise and thoughtful observations of the natural world, Fausch translates the science of rivers into accessible language for readers and begins to address these questions. He weaves deep Indigenous histories throughout the book and includes personal visits to tribal lands to explore the traditional values held by several Indigenous groups. Fausch reminds us that our connection to rivers is personal and grounded in specific places, flowing from the stories we carry about our relationships with and responsibilities to these rivers. In a final essay Fausch ponders Aldo Leopold's statement that "nothing so important as an ethic is ever written," but instead evolves in the minds of a thinking community. A Reverence for Rivers speaks to both the mind and the heart, offering perspectives so that we might begin to imagine and create an ethic for living with and caring for the running waters on which we rely for so much.
The quality of Brazilian highways
Brazil, a country with a large territorial extension, has the main road for transporting its production. Based on a comparative study of countries with similar economic and geographical situations to Brazil, the aim of this book is to address some points of the utmost importance in the search for alternatives to the problems encountered on Brazil's federal highways. In view of this proposal, studies and research were carried out on the current state of the Brazilian road structure, learning more about the types of roads, demonstrating the advantages and disadvantages of the road modal and pointing out the disparity between roads granted to the private sector and stretches managed by the Brazilian government, as well as providing a quantitative and qualitative comparison of the road modal of countries such as Russia, India and China, members of the BRICS. From this, the survey of the main products traded between this economic group and the recent growth in exports and imports within the BRIC was related, pointing to an evolution in trade between these countries.
Socio-environmental Analysis with an Emphasis on Water Resources
When I walked along the trails of Granja Werneck, now approaching the Solim繭es neighborhood, we imagined, as innocent children, walking through a forest full of Tucanos, Ti繳s, Micos and beautiful flora. The urbanization process evolved over more than 20 years and some of the fauna sought refuge wherever there was the slightest possibility of survival. We wanted to do something to preserve their natural habitat, but to no avail. In a meeting with Geography, we understood the relationship between society and nature, and in this work we saw an opportunity to seek a balance in this relationship. Faced with many obstacles, we managed to realize our dream and we thank God for giving us the health and strength to overcome the difficulties. To this university, its teaching staff, management and administration, who provided the window through which we can now glimpse a higher horizon. To our advisor Professor Dr. Jo瓊o Henrique Rettore and the Cartography laboratory technician, Professor Ms. Gustavo Lib矇rio de Paula, for their support in the short time they had, for their corrections and encouragement. To our parents, for their love, encouragement and unconditional support.
How to Predict the Future most of the time
Imagine if you could predict the future. The benefits would be life-changing. But is it really possible? The answer to that question is a carefully expressed 'most of the time'. While some chance events cannot be predicted, this book explores why, how, and when you can foretell most of the future, most of the time.In this provocative text, philosopher and futurist Tony Ryan will take you on a journey into science, history, probability, exponentiality, intuition, forecasting with Mother Nature, and the most powerful process of all: To predict your future by imagining and actioning it yourself.Written with deep insight and lively curiosity, "How To Predict The Future" is a captivating exploration of the human obsession with prediction. Whether you're a student of history, an amateur forecaster, or simply a curious mind, this book will broaden your perspective and equip you with the tools to glimpse into the veil of time.
Speaking with Nature
From one of the world's leading historians comes the first substantial study of environmentalism set in any country outside the Euro-American world By the canons of orthodox social science, countries like India are not supposed to have an environmental consciousness. They are, as it were, "too poor to be green." In this deeply researched book, Ramachandra Guha challenges this narrative by revealing a virtually unknown prehistory of the global movement set far outside Europe or America. Long before the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and well before climate change, ten remarkable individuals wrote with deep insight about the dangers of environmental abuse from within an Indian context. In strikingly contemporary language, Rabindranath Tagore, Radhakamal Mukerjee, J. C. Kumarappa, Patrick Geddes, Albert and Gabrielle Howard, Mira, Verrier Elwin, K. M. Munshi, and M. Krishnan wrote about the forest and the wild, soil and water, urbanization and industrialization. Positing the idea of what Guha calls "livelihood environmentalism" in contrast to the "full-stomach environmentalism" of the affluent world, these writers, activists, and scientists played a pioneering role in shaping global conversations about humanity's relationship with nature. Spanning more than a century of Indian history, and decidedly transnational in reference, this book offers rich resources for considering the threat of climate change today.
Clear Current
In "Clear Currents," Gil Blutrich takes readers on an urgent journey through the lifeblood of our civilization: water. As we confront a future where the flow of rivers and the ripple of streams are at risk, Blutrich plunges us into the heart of the global water crisis. Through a mix of captivating personal stories and rigorous research, "Clear Currents" unveils the complex relationship between humanity and H2O. Blutrich navigates the murky waters of politics, economics, and ecology to surface with a beacon of hope-showing us not only the looming threats but also the innovative strategies that could lead to a more sustainable and equitable water future. Prepare to be swept away by this tidal wave of a book that will change the way you think about every drop you drink, use, and cherish.
Mountains Before Mountaineering
The human story of mountains, long before modern mountaineers battled to be 'first' upon their summits Today, mountains are spaces of adventure: hill-walking, skiing, rock-climbing and mountaineering. Mountain regions are treasured as places for human beings to connect with nature, encounter the sublime, and challenge themselves. It has often been said that the love of mountains is relatively new: that before modern mountaineers planted flags upon the peaks, the average European was more likely to revile and avoid a mountainous landscape than admire it. Mountains Before Mountaineering tells a different story, of the way mountains were experienced and enjoyed in Europe before 1750. It gives voice to the early modern travelers who climbed peaks and passes with fear and delight, to the 'real mountaineers' who lived and died upon the mountain slopes, and to the scientists who used mountains to try to understand the origins of the world.
Clear Current
In "Clear Currents," Gil Blutrich takes readers on an urgent journey through the lifeblood of our civilization: water. As we confront a future where the flow of rivers and the ripple of streams are at risk, Blutrich plunges us into the heart of the global water crisis. Through a mix of captivating personal stories and rigorous research, "Clear Currents" unveils the complex relationship between humanity and H2O. Blutrich navigates the murky waters of politics, economics, and ecology to surface with a beacon of hope-showing us not only the looming threats but also the innovative strategies that could lead to a more sustainable and equitable water future. Prepare to be swept away by this tidal wave of a book that will change the way you think about every drop you drink, use, and cherish.
Seasons of a Wild Life
Seasons of a Wild Life is an intimate journey through the seasons of the year and a love letter to our diverse and ancient human-nature interactions. Naber shares her stewardship practices and daily lessons from the plants, wildlife, and weather on her farm in the Virginia Highlands, interspersing these with mytho-spiritual stories of nature deities, animal symbology, and seasonal festivities from cultures around the world.Part journal, part guidebook, Seasons of a Wild Life is a treasury of naturalist observations, ancestral wisdom, and herbal remedies. Journaling prompts at the end of each chapter will inspire you to closely attend to the rhythms of nature in your own environment and deepen your personal connection to nature.
Quartz-Feldpsar-Laterite, Occurrence, Distribution & Quantification
Kamareddy is a new district in Telangana State, carved from the erstwhile Nizamabad district on 11-10-2016. The reported mineral occurrences in Kamareddy District as per GSI (Geological Survey of India) are Quartz, Feldspar, Laterite, Iron Ore, Clays and Manganese Ore. Although the above mineral occurrences are reported from Kamareddy District as per Geological Survey of India, the economically exploitable minerals are Quartz, Feldspar and Laterite, as can be seen from the existing leases/working mines in Kamareddy district. As per the information gathered from the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Kamareddy, there are about 11 working mines of Quartz, Feldspar and Laterite in various mandals in Kamareddy district. Apart from the above working mines, there are numerous quarry lease/mining lease applications, for Quartz, Feldspar and Laterite minerals, indicating a huge demand for Quartz, Feldspar and Laterite Minerals from Kamareddy Region.
Climate Change in India
This book, based on recent studies and research, explains how and why the climate is changing across India and how these changes are expected to evolve in the future. It takes a holistic view of the climate from India's perspective and discusses groundwater, land use, livestock, and natural disasters, with impacts and possible adaptations.
The Promenade of Ordo簽o II
This paper aims to review the bibliography that analyzes the space currently occupied by the Avenida de Ordo簽o II in the city of Le籀n. This is one of the main communication routes located in the center of this medium-sized city in the northwest of Spain. The sources consulted study this space in its historical development from its beginnings and origins as an urban space or road, to the present day, converted into one of the arteries of communication of people and cars, but also of the commercial, economic, administrative and residential flows of this city.Therefore, this work will analyze this road space in its development and chronological evolution. This journey will be done in an interdisciplinary way, trying to take into account the evolution of all its social, cultural, economic, infrastructural and historical aspects, of course. We will also try to analyze the concepts implicit in the analysis of this issue, such as the notions of urban center, product, merchandise or instrument.
Falling in Love with Nature
Explores the contours of Latinx Catholic environmentalism Home-based conservationist measures such as cultivating backyard gardens, avoiding consumerism, and limiting waste are widespread among Spanish-speaking Catholics across the United States. Yet these home-based conservationist practices are seldom recognized as "environmental" because they are enacted by working-class immigrant communities and do not conform to the expectations of mainstream environmentalism. In Falling in Love with Nature, Amanda J. Baugh tells the story of American environmentalism through a focus on Spanish-speaking Catholics, shedding light on environmental actors who have been hidden in plain sight. While dominant narratives about environmental activism include minorities, primarily in the realm of environmental racism and injustice, Baugh demonstrates that minority communities are not merely victims of environmental problems. They can be active agents who express love for nature based on inherited family traditions and close relationships with the land. Baugh shows that Spanish-speaking Catholics have values that have been overlooked in global discourses, grassroots movements, and the highest echelons of the US Catholic Church. By drawing attention to the environmental knowledge that is already abundant within Spanish-speaking Catholic communities, Falling in Love with Nature challenges readers to rethink their assumptions about who can be an environmental leader and what counts as environmentalism.
Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities 2020-2021
Experiencing a single disaster - a hurricane, tornado, flood, severe winter storm, or a global pandemic - can wreak havoc on the lives and livelihoods of individuals, families, communities and entire regions. For many people who live in communities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico region, the reality of disaster is starker. Endemic socioeconomic and health disparities have made many living in Gulf of Mexico communities particularly vulnerable to the effects of weather-climate hazards. Prolonged disaster recovery and increasing disaster risk is an enduring reality for many living in Gulf of Mexico communities. Between 2020 and 2021, seven major hurricanes and a severe winter storm affected communities across the region. As a backdrop to these acute weather events, the global COVID-19 pandemic was unfolding, producing a complex and unprecedented public health and socioeconomic crisis. Traditionally, the impacts of disasters are quantified individually and often in economic terms of property damage and loss. In this case, each of these major events occurring in the Gulf of Mexico during this time period subsequently earned the moniker of "billion-dollar" disaster. However, this characterization does not reflect the non-financial human toll and disparate effects caused by multiple disruptive events that increase underlying physical and social vulnerabilities, reduce adaptive capacities and ultimately make communities more sensitive to the effects of future disruptive events. This report explores the interconnections, impacts, and lessons learned of compounding disasters that impair resilience, response, and recovery efforts. While Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities, 2020-2021 focuses on the Gulf of Mexico region, its findings apply to any region that has similar vulnerabilities and that is frequently at risk for disasters.
Rockhounding and Gems
If you want to uncover the wonders of rocks, gems, and minerals without becoming overwhelmed, keep reading...Have you ever wondered about the fascinating world of rocks, gems, and minerals beneath your feet? Are you curious about finding hidden treasures like agates and fossils? Or maybe you're eager to learn how to identify and understand these natural wonders?This book combines two powerful guides to take you on a journey from beginner to rockhounding expert. Whether you're just starting or looking to deepen your knowledge, this comprehensive guide is your key to unlocking the secrets of the Earth's most captivating creations.Here's what you'll explore in the first part: Discover Different Types: Learn how to identify various rocks, minerals, gems, agates, and fossils, and understand what makes each unique.Find the Best Spots: Discover the prime locations for rockhounding and learn how to spot signs of mineral deposits.Get the Right Tools: Understand the essential tools and equipment needed for a successful rockhounding adventure and how to use them safely.Showcase Your Finds: Learn techniques for cleaning, preserving, and displaying your specimens to highlight their natural beauty.Dive into History and Science: Explore the rich history and scientific aspects of rockhounding, including famous rocks and minerals.In the second part, you'll: Master Identification: Gain expertise in identifying various mineral types and crystal systems.Distinguish Similar Gems: Learn the nuances of telling apart quartz, chalcedony, and agate.Explore Gemstones: Discover the rich variety of precious and semi-precious gemstones and their unique characteristics.And much more!This book is more than just a guide-it's your ticket to understanding and appreciating the amazing world of rocks, gems, and minerals.
Textural - Mineralogical Characteristics and Micro Plastic Occurance
The current study intends to provide baseline data on pollution and sedimentological features. This study covers the range of sources of microplastics that build up on beach sands and cause environmental problems in the study region. They damage ecosystems, injure marine life, and take up toxins that may find their way into food chains. For the sake of human health and coastal ecosystems, pollution must be closely observed and addressed.
Protected Species and Biodiversity
This book provides a single source of guidance on the protected-species survey data that accompany planning applications. Comprehensive and clear, it is an essential reference for planners and ecological consultants. New development proposals potentially affect protected species on a daily basis. For the first time, this guide brings together in one place all the key elements needed to collect and interpret survey data for protected species and therefore help determine planning applications. By working through individual species and group tables, even the least experienced planner can begin critically to evaluate the often-variable material provided by ecologists in planning submissions. Chapters cover: the planning system and biodiversity; government guidance and its interpretation; how to secure better quality data; the most recent standing advice; detailed notes on protected species; drawing in data from other surveys, and biodiversity net gain. Packed with information, the book also codifies what a planner expects from ecologists, so that both target audiences are able to work better together, and thus more effectively help safeguard protected species.
ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online
This textbook serves as a practical guide for undergraduate and graduate students in geology, hydrology, ecology, and environmental sciences, teaching them applied GIS techniques. Presented as a step-by-step tutorial across seventeen chapters, the book starts with the fundamentals of GIS and progresses to real-life examples from geology and water resources. The focus is on ESRI's ArcGIS Pro, covering various tools for spatial, geostatistical, network, and 3-D analysis. Additionally, it explores ArcGIS Online and working with web apps like Web Map, StoryMaps, and GEO App.GIS applications, especially in water and environmental problem-solving, are rapidly growing worldwide. The demand for GIS experts utilizing spatial analysis in environmental science remains high. This textbook equips users with the necessary knowledge to become effective mappers and spatial analysts in the fields of environment, geosciences, and water resources, employing the latest state-of-the-art methodology.Each chapter provides exercises and supplementary materials available for download on SpringerLink, along with additional links for further learning opportunities.
Innovative Strategies for Solid Waste Minimisation in the Mining and Minerals Industry
The mining and minerals industry has witnessed a significant increase in the generation of solid waste (e.g., mine tailings, coal gangue, coal fly ash, slag) as the industry has evolved. Due to the substantial potential for environmental harm, the management of solid waste remains one of the most challenging issues facing the industry. The traditional methods employed in solid waste disposal, such as direct surface disposal, have numerous limitations, hindering their broader application. These limitations include the risk of storage facility failure, the use of land resources, and the potential for heavy metal contamination. Consequently, there is a pressing need for innovative strategies that minimize the generation of solid waste in the mining and minerals sector. Research efforts have aimed to enhance approaches to the minimization of waste minimization across various dimensions. While some studies focus on reducing the generation of waste at the source, others emphasize the development of novel recycling methods. This reprint highlights research related to the minimization of solid waste within the mining and minerals industry. It includes experimental investigations and machine learning-based predictive models that address various topics, such as the recovery of valuable components from copper slag, the recycling of solid waste and its use as a supplementary cementitious material, the reuse of solid waste in backfill applications, and the employment of advanced machine learning techniques to support waste minimization efforts.
Kriging in Slope Reliability Analysis
This covers the basic theory and applications of Kriging in slope reliability assessment. It gives an extensive and detailed presentation of principles and the latest applications and includes several case studies illustrating practical application and implementation procedures.
Quality of tap and pretreated drinking water in rural taxa
The results of the research allowed to justify a set of hygienic measures aimed at the necessity of priority introduction of the system of social and hygienic monitoring of quality indicators of tap and pre-treated drinking water, to establish their impact on the health status of rural residents; to recommend the introduction of installations for additional treatment of drinking water in the first place in those rural taxa, whose residents do not have access to quality drinking water; to carry out a comparative assessment of quality indicators of tap and pre-treated drinking water. It was found that the majority of rural residents in certain taxa of Dnipropetrovsk region have coverage rates of collective water supply systems 18.5-1.5 times lower than the recommended "National Target Indicators of Ukraine" in 2015, and 34, 6% of rural residents do not have a centralized wastewater disposal system.
Together We Can Turn Tides
WE MUST TURN THE TIDE NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE We live on Planet Ocean. Covering two thirds of our blue planet, the ocean's health is inseparable from our own, whether we realise it or not. Whether we live in a city or on the coast, are young or old, rich or poor, connecting or reconnecting with the ocean is fundamental to our wellbeing. This second edition of the book presents the current state of the ocean and highlights the mass destruction that is taking place. It then sets out a manifesto of how we human beings are capable of doing something positive to protect our ocean. Using the ORCA Gentle Way - we can and should, all help.
We Are Eating the Earth
From the author of New York Times bestseller The New New Deal, a groundbreaking piece of reportage from the trenches of the next climate war: the fight to fix our food system. Humanity has cleared a land mass the size of Asia plus Europe to grow food, and our food system generates a third of our carbon emissions. By 2050, we're going to need a lot more calories to fill nearly 10 billion bellies, but we can't feed the world without frying it if we keep tearing down an acre of rainforest every six seconds. We are eating the earth, and the greatest challenge facing our species will be to slow our relentless expansion of farmland into nature. Even if we quit fossil fuels, we'll keep hurtling towards climate chaos if we don't solve our food and land problems. In this rollicking, shocking narrative, Grunwald shows how the world, after decades of ignoring the climate problem at the center of our plates, has pivoted to making it worse, embracing solutions that sound sustainable but could make it even harder to grow more food with less land. But he also tells the stories of the dynamic scientists and entrepreneurs pursuing real solutions, from a jungle-tough miracle crop called pongamia to genetically-edited cattle embryos, from Impossible Whoppers to a non-polluting pesticide that uses the technology behind the COVID vaccines to constipate beetles to death. It's an often infuriating saga of lobbyists, politicians, and even the scientific establishment making terrible choices for humanity, but it's also a hopeful account of the people figuring out what needs to be done--and trying to do it. Michael Grunwald, bestselling author of The Swamp and The New New Deal, builds his narrative around a brilliant, relentless, unforgettable food and land expert named Tim Searchinger. He chronicles Searchinger's uphill battles against bad science and bad politics, both driven by the overwhelming influence of agricultural interests. And he illuminates a path that could save our planetary home for ourselves and future generations--through better policy, technology, and behavior, as well as a new land ethic recognizing that every acre matters.
A Watershed Moment
The American West is often portrayed as a place of rugged, unending landscapes presenting us with boundless opportunities. But the land is more fragile and resources more finite than popular perceptions acknowledge. This collection of essays, A Watershed Moment, reveals tensions between a culture of economic growth and personal freedom and the ecological, economic, and social constraints set by community values and the land itself. As Westerners and their communities come up against these limits, the volume editors highlight issues of sustainability endemic to the region and to the nation as a whole. The volume presents practical approaches to land use, land management, and community planning that are motivated by philosophical views on justice, quality of life, and sustainability in the American West. The contributors are policymakers, government employees, land and water managers, urban planners, biologists, tribal members, writers, and academics from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. The result is a compelling vision of place-based, policy-oriented sustainability across the West.
Artificial Intelligence and Systems of the Earth
Artificial Intelligence and Systems of the Earth is a book about the potential and capabilities of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for studying the Earth. It aims to serve as an eye-opener on new avenues of scientific research that can be enabled by AI/ML and acts as a "what if" book, rather than a "how to" book.
Working Watersheds
A personal narrative, an examination of literary texts, and a history of the Lackawanna Valley region, Bill Conlogue's Working Watersheds explores how water has circulated in the former anthracite capital of the world. Conlogue not only recounts water's use in anthracite mining and textile making, but also investigates its resulting pollution. He delves into the current natural gas boom, which threatens groundwater, and concludes with hopes of environmental renewal and restoration. Offering a fresh way to think about the Anthropocene, this distinctive history of water and coal in the Lackawanna Valley discusses how both water abundance and scarcity might play out as global temperatures rise. Working Watersheds is designed to trigger debates about the nature of history, the significance of literature, and the importance of linking person, place, and planet in an era of climate change.
Effects of Hydraulic Ram Pumps Use to the Living Standards
This study investigated how hydraulic ram pumps help raise the standard of living for those who live in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). This study's primary goal was to determine how hydraulic ram pumps in the Yatta Sub County of Machakos, Kenya, contributed to raising the standard of living for residents in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). The specific objectives were to evaluate how Hydraulic Ram Pumps have contributed to reducing hunger in Yatta Sub County in Machakos County, assess the contribution of hydraulic Ram Pumps to minimizing poverty in Yatta Sub County in Machakos County, and investigate the contribution of hydraulic pumps towards alleviation of water scarcity alleviation in Yatta Sub County in Machakos County. The following research questions guided the researcher: How do Hydraulic Ram Pumps reduce hunger in the Yatta Sub-county in Machakos County?
Morphometric Characterization of the Microbasins of the Ape繳 River, Par獺, Brazil
The management of river basins and water resources follows the law of the National Water Resources Policy, which, aided by software, statistical techniques and concepts of geomorphology, helps to analyze the physical parameters of the environmental system in a GIS environment. The aim of this study is to apply multivariate analysis to morphometric parameters extracted from the automatic delimitation of micro-drainage basins, allowing them to be characterized as management units in land management. The methodology follows the steps: photointerpretation of the drainage digitalization; production of the corrected MDE; delimitation and extraction of the automatic hydrography; and multivariate statistical analysis of the parameters. This resulted in the automatic delimitation of the micro-basins and drainage of the Ape繳 river basin. The parameters Average Basin Slope, Shape Factor and Circularity Index had the greatest influence on the total variation in morphometric data. The cluster analysis made it possible to generate management units with similar characteristics, as well as to define the relevant parameters in their formation, enabling planning and territorial management actions in the area.
Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on Gboko Town of Benue State
This research assessed the impact of rural-urban migration on Gboko town of Benue state. Specifically, the study analysed the socio-economic characteristics of migrants in Gboko town, analyze the effects of rural-urban migration, and identify measures to decrease it. The study was anchored on the Push-Pull theory, New economics of labour migration theory and Rational Choice Theory. The study adopted survey research method using a questionnaire as data gathering instrument. Sample size of 400 was determined using Taro Yamane's formula out of the estimated population of 488,162 respondents. The study used the stratified, purposive and simple random sampling techniques in selecting respondents for the study.
Responsible Production and Consumption
Zero Hunger (SDG-2) and Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG-12) of the United Nations are very crucial aspects for any economy in the world.
Slow Down
"Accessible and convincing."--Sally Rooney "[A] well-reasoned and eye-opening treatise . . . [Kohei Saito makes] a provocative and visionary proposal." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Saito's clarity of thought, plethora of evidence, and conversational, gentle, yet urgent tone . . . are sure to win over open-minded readers who understand the dire nature of our global situation . . . A cogently structured anti-capitalist approach to the climate crisis." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Why, in our affluent society, do so many people live in poverty, without access to health care, working multiple jobs and are nevertheless unable to make ends meet, with no future prospects, while the planet is burning? In his international bestseller, Kohei Saito argues that while unfettered capitalism is often blamed for inequality and climate change, subsequent calls for "sustainable growth" and a "Green New Deal" are a dangerous compromise. Capitalism creates artificial scarcity by pursuing profit based on the value of products rather than their usefulness and by putting perpetual growth above all else. It is therefore impossible to reverse climate change in a capitalist society--more: the system that caused the problem in the first place cannot be an integral part of the solution. Instead, Saito advocates for degrowth and deceleration, which he conceives as the slowing of economic activity through the democratic reform of labor and production. In practical terms, he argues for: the end of mass production and mass consumptiondecarbonization through shorter working hoursthe prioritization of essential labor over corporate profitsBy returning to a system of social ownership, he argues, we can restore abundance and focus on those activities that are essential for human life, effectively reversing climate change and saving the planet.
Working Watersheds
A personal narrative, an examination of literary texts, and a history of the Lackawanna Valley region, Bill Conlogue's Working Watersheds explores how water has circulated in the former anthracite capital of the world. Conlogue not only recounts water's use in anthracite mining and textile making, but also investigates its resulting pollution. He delves into the current natural gas boom, which threatens groundwater, and concludes with hopes of environmental renewal and restoration. Offering a fresh way to think about the Anthropocene, this distinctive history of water and coal in the Lackawanna Valley discusses how both water abundance and scarcity might play out as global temperatures rise. Working Watersheds is designed to trigger debates about the nature of history, the significance of literature, and the importance of linking person, place, and planet in an era of climate change.
Academic Writing for Geographers
There are many 'how-to' books on writing for academics; none of these, however, relate specifically to the discipline of geography. In this book, the author identifies the principle modes of academic writing that graduate students and early-career faculty will encounter - specifically focusing on those forms expected of geographers, that is, those modes that are reviewed by academic peers. This book is readily accessible to senior undergraduate and graduate students and early-career faculty who may feel intimidated by the process of writing. This volume is not strictly a 'how-to' or 'step-by-step' manual for writing an article or book; rather, through the use of real, concrete examples from published and unpublished works, the author de-mystifies the process of different types of scholarly pieces geographers have to write with the specific needs and challenges of the discipline in mind. Although chapters are thematic-based, e.g., stand-alone chapters on book reviews, articles, and books, the manuscript is structured around the concept of story-telling, for it is the author's contention that all writing, whether a 'scientific' study or more humanist essay, is a form of story-telling.
Contribution to the study on maintaining food security
Eradicating food insecurity remains the overriding goal of any state seeking to improve the well-being of its population. Food insecurity is a scourge that affects the whole of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kinshasa in particular, even though the country has all the assets needed to face up to this scourge, with its abundance of animal and plant species that are useful for consumption, but which remain unexploited in sufficiently large quantities to meet the need.The fight against hunger is a major preoccupation of many countries in their fight against poverty, and is of course also the object of several international organizations. To better tackle this obstacle of food insecurity, it is therefore up to the State to make a firm commitment in its policy, which should guide the achievement of all the objectives agreed thanks to the close collaboration it should maintain.
Earth System Modeling, Data Assimilation and Predictability
Data Assimilation methods are now applied to many areas of prediction and forecasting. This second edition introduces readers to applications across Earth systems and coupled Earth-Human Systems. It's indispensable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners working in weather forecasting and climate prediction.
Pacific Northwest Coastal Environments
Pacific Northwest Coastal Environments: Earthquakes and Sea Level Rise investigates the potential impacts of changes in global sea level by examining historical sea and land levels, projected future levels, and by determining how those changes may affect future tides and storm surges to inform their potential to cause harmful impacts.
Florida's Water
Florida's Water poses fundamental questions about water sustainability in the United States' fourth largest state. Florida has long-standing water quality problems. Global climate change threatens to intensify Florida's floods and droughts, make hurricanes more common or more damaging, and eventually submerge much of low-lying Florida, including the Everglades. How can Florida meet these extraordinary challenges? And what lessons does the Florida experience hold for other states? This book fully integrates the many diverse responsibilities of water management into a readable and compelling combination of interesting narratives and deep analysis. Author Tom Swihart's unique, intimate knowledge of Florida's successes and failures in water management brings out both the novelty of Florida's water situation and the features that it has in common with other states.
Report to the President of the Oversea Settlement Committee of the Delegates Appointed to Enquire as to Openings in Canada for Women From the United Kingdom. April-September, 1919
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Wildlifer
Neil F. Payne has spent nearly his entire adult life working as a "wildlifer" throughout North America. With several books, articles, and research studies to his credit, Payne closes his estimable career by guiding readers through an analysis of wildlife management as a profession. From the influence of Aldo Leopold and John Muir, to wildlife education, habitat diversity, and the value of conservation, Payne provides an exhaustive study of not only a profession, but also a way of life, and how it must be preserved.
Eco-Types
Why acknowledging diverse eco-social relationships can help us overcome the political polarization that undermines our ability to protect the environment When we picture the ideal environmentalist, we likely have in mind someone who dedicates herself to reducing her own environmental footprint through individual choices about consumption--driving a fuel-efficient car, for example, or eating less meat, or refusing plastic straws. This is a benchmark that many aspire to--and many others reject. In Eco-Types, Emily Huddart Kennedy shows that there is more than one way to care about the environment, outlining a spectrum of eco-social relationships that range from engagement to indifference. Drawing on three years of interviews and research, Kennedy describes five archetypal relationships with the environment: the Eco-Engaged, often politically liberal, who have an acute level of concern about the environment, a moral commitment to protect it, and the conviction that an individual can make a difference; the Self-Effacing, who share the Eco-Engaged's concerns but not the belief in their own efficacy; the Optimists, often politically conservative, who are confident in their relationship with the environment, doubt the severity of environmental problems, and resent insinuations that they don't care; the Fatalists, who are pessimistic about environmental decline and feel little responsibility to adopt environment-friendly habits; and the Indifferent, who have no affinity for any part of the environmental movement. Kennedy argues that when liberals feel they have a moral monopoly on environmental issues, polarization results. If we are serious about protecting the planet, we must acknowledge that we don't all need to care about the environment in the same way.
Restoring Climate
The first stage of climate change was the prehistoric to present deforestation, which leads to desertification and stops water from reducing the heat generated by solar radiation. This heat is the driver behind global warming, which is amplified by the greenhouse effect of carbon gases, as we all know.By stopping net deforestation and properly revegetating low latitude areas, we can rebalance the water cycle, restore the climate, and capture carbon in new trees.This book offers not only rational debate and quantitative justifications, but also new solutions for climate restoration, environmental protection, urban planning, transportation, agriculture, land development, and general human well-being.Everyone interested in climate can find valuable new insights in this book.
Controlling International Shipping and Aviation Emissions
This book assesses the extent to which two specialized UN agencies- the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal - have been able to regulate environmental pollution in the global commons.
Community Food Initiatives
This book examines a diverse range of community food initiatives in light of their everyday practices, innovations and contestations.
Extinction and Memorial Culture
This book considers how we encounter and make meaning from extinction in diverse settings and cultures.
Introduction to Ocean Circulation and Modeling
Introduction to Ocean Circulation and Modeling provide basics for physical oceanography covering ocean properties, ocean circulations and their modeling. First part of the book explains concepts of oceanic circulation, geostrophy, Ekman, Sverdrup dynamics, Stommel and Munk problems, two-layer dynamics, stratification, thermal and salt diffusion, vorticity/instability, and so forth. Second part highlights basic implementation framework for ocean models, discussion of different models, and their unique differences from the common framework with basin-scale modeling, regional modeling, and interdisciplinary modeling at different space and time scales.Features: Covers ocean properties, ocean circulations and their modeling. Explains the centrality of a rotating earth and its implications for ocean and atmosphere in a simple manner. Provides basic facts of ocean dynamics. Illustrative diagrams for clear understanding of key concepts. Outlines interdisciplinary and complex models for societal applications. The book aims at Senior Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students and Researchers in Ocean Science and Engineering, Ocean Technology, Physical Oceanography, Ocean Circulation, Ocean Modeling, Dynamical Oceanography and Earth Science.
