Culture - faculty.fairfield.edu
... from disputes in botany to proposals for prison reform. The problem is not , therefore, one that happened to pop up in philosophy and dominate thinking there for three hun- ...
... from disputes in botany to proposals for prison reform. The problem is not , therefore, one that happened to pop up in philosophy and dominate thinking there for three hun- ...
Linking Nature`s services to ecosystems: some general ecological
... value for humans. Organisms are embedded within one or more food webs which in turn are part of an ecosystem (Tansley, 1935; Winemiller and Polis, 1996). Interactions with other species or resources may be used to maintain populations at desired levels to provide or secure this service in a cost-eff ...
... value for humans. Organisms are embedded within one or more food webs which in turn are part of an ecosystem (Tansley, 1935; Winemiller and Polis, 1996). Interactions with other species or resources may be used to maintain populations at desired levels to provide or secure this service in a cost-eff ...
climate change cluster
... d risk management in a changing alpine environment e The extremely hot summer of 200 03 led to drought conditions in many regions, cau using rockslides and accelerating the process of glacial g retreat. In 2005 the Bavarian Alps suffere ed flooding and other related natural disasters such s as soil ...
... d risk management in a changing alpine environment e The extremely hot summer of 200 03 led to drought conditions in many regions, cau using rockslides and accelerating the process of glacial g retreat. In 2005 the Bavarian Alps suffere ed flooding and other related natural disasters such s as soil ...
FULL-TEXT - Manchester eScholar
... measurement and inception. The questions have been ‘What evidential markers can tell us whether or not the Anthropocene has begun and the Holocene ended?’ and ‘When, exactly, did the Anthropocene start?’. These questions have arisen because of Crutzen’s success in enrolling other scientists in testi ...
... measurement and inception. The questions have been ‘What evidential markers can tell us whether or not the Anthropocene has begun and the Holocene ended?’ and ‘When, exactly, did the Anthropocene start?’. These questions have arisen because of Crutzen’s success in enrolling other scientists in testi ...
BANGLADESH NATIONAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY
... Overharvesting and misuse of resources have been identified as major challenge in environmental and natural resource management system. Environmental education and awareness program should be developed and implemented to ensure wise use of resources and responsible consumption for sustainable use an ...
... Overharvesting and misuse of resources have been identified as major challenge in environmental and natural resource management system. Environmental education and awareness program should be developed and implemented to ensure wise use of resources and responsible consumption for sustainable use an ...
The Challenge of Environmental Ethics
... beings to members of other species on earth. In the second place, it investigated the possibility of rational arguments for assigning intrinsic value to the natural environment and its nonhuman contents. It should be noted, however, that some theorists working in the field see no need to develop new ...
... beings to members of other species on earth. In the second place, it investigated the possibility of rational arguments for assigning intrinsic value to the natural environment and its nonhuman contents. It should be noted, however, that some theorists working in the field see no need to develop new ...
Week of March 7th
... change populations and species diversity. [11D] » compare variations and adaptations of organisms in different ecosystems.[12B] » recognize that long-term survival of species is dependent on changing resource bases that are limited.[12D] ...
... change populations and species diversity. [11D] » compare variations and adaptations of organisms in different ecosystems.[12B] » recognize that long-term survival of species is dependent on changing resource bases that are limited.[12D] ...
Individuals, populations and the balance of nature: the question of
... practice, to promote as acceptable virtually any claim about the importance of ecological processes. Any ecological ‘‘factor’’ can now be important, here or there, and now or later. No yardstick is available for judging the validity of claims, and the ecological interpretation of research results es ...
... practice, to promote as acceptable virtually any claim about the importance of ecological processes. Any ecological ‘‘factor’’ can now be important, here or there, and now or later. No yardstick is available for judging the validity of claims, and the ecological interpretation of research results es ...
Geology and biodiversity - Natural England publications
... ultimately we cannot control natural processes. We are also facing global climate change, largely induced by our own activities. ...
... ultimately we cannot control natural processes. We are also facing global climate change, largely induced by our own activities. ...
paper 2: beyond gdp
... dominance as the critical measure of a nation’s progress. It is now widely recognised by politicians and officials across the world that we must move beyond GDP and recognise it for what it is – a measure of economic exchange, which is itself a means to an end; the ‘end’ being the achievement of hig ...
... dominance as the critical measure of a nation’s progress. It is now widely recognised by politicians and officials across the world that we must move beyond GDP and recognise it for what it is – a measure of economic exchange, which is itself a means to an end; the ‘end’ being the achievement of hig ...
PAPER 2: BEYOND GDP MEASURING OUR PROGRESS
... dominance as the critical measure of a nation’s progress. It is now widely recognised by politicians and officials across the world that we must move beyond GDP and recognise it for what it is – a measure of economic exchange, which is itself a means to an end; the ‘end’ being the achievement of hig ...
... dominance as the critical measure of a nation’s progress. It is now widely recognised by politicians and officials across the world that we must move beyond GDP and recognise it for what it is – a measure of economic exchange, which is itself a means to an end; the ‘end’ being the achievement of hig ...
Lecture 8 Environmental Risk Assessment Part II
... – Predator-prey interactions – Production – Community biomass – Anything which has a direct role in the functioning of the ecosystem ...
... – Predator-prey interactions – Production – Community biomass – Anything which has a direct role in the functioning of the ecosystem ...
The Evolution of Human Ecological Systems During the Period of
... a broad-ranging and difficult subject, and one that anthropology, for the most part, has eschewed and left to history and geography. However, anthropology, with its emphasis on holism and its insistence that societies be viewed as a system of interrelated parts, has much to offer in explaining what ...
... a broad-ranging and difficult subject, and one that anthropology, for the most part, has eschewed and left to history and geography. However, anthropology, with its emphasis on holism and its insistence that societies be viewed as a system of interrelated parts, has much to offer in explaining what ...
InterCultural Futures
... (2015) references suggestions that the automation processes promised by robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and bio-genetic and nano-technologies means that ‘the labour being done by these robots is work that will never again be done by people’. He cites Wassily Leontief, a Nobel laureate in ec ...
... (2015) references suggestions that the automation processes promised by robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and bio-genetic and nano-technologies means that ‘the labour being done by these robots is work that will never again be done by people’. He cites Wassily Leontief, a Nobel laureate in ec ...
Rethinking Power Relations in Critical/Cultural Studies: A Dialectical
... In the Beginning, There was Discourse: The Legacy of Michel Foucault Foucault’s early writings were the result of his wrestling with different philosophical approaches to language and meaning. As such, they evidence his rejection, on the one hand, of the preclassical renaissance epistemology that sa ...
... In the Beginning, There was Discourse: The Legacy of Michel Foucault Foucault’s early writings were the result of his wrestling with different philosophical approaches to language and meaning. As such, they evidence his rejection, on the one hand, of the preclassical renaissance epistemology that sa ...
Critical Discourse Analysis
... work, published as Selections from a Prison Notebook, was produced during his incarceration in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It is in this work that he outlines his notion of hegemony, widely considered to be his most significant contribution to political philosophy. Gramsci conceived the term heg ...
... work, published as Selections from a Prison Notebook, was produced during his incarceration in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It is in this work that he outlines his notion of hegemony, widely considered to be his most significant contribution to political philosophy. Gramsci conceived the term heg ...
The problem of pattern and scale in ecology: what have we learned
... concern. The 20th anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit has been the occasion to confirm that the goals of reducing the threats to biological diversity have not been met today. If anything, things have gotten worse. Understanding the translation of dynamics across scales in ecosystems, and the respons ...
... concern. The 20th anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit has been the occasion to confirm that the goals of reducing the threats to biological diversity have not been met today. If anything, things have gotten worse. Understanding the translation of dynamics across scales in ecosystems, and the respons ...
Ekstrom_Overlaps - Engineering Informatics Group
... concept. For example, using the term ’marine mammal,’ a more advanced text mining tool would show that whales fall under the statute and regulations of the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act, as well as the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Increased sophistication will also stem from techniques developed ...
... concept. For example, using the term ’marine mammal,’ a more advanced text mining tool would show that whales fall under the statute and regulations of the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act, as well as the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Increased sophistication will also stem from techniques developed ...
PDF - Engineering Informatics Group
... concept. For example, using the term ’marine mammal,’ a more advanced text mining tool would show that whales fall under the statute and regulations of the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act, as well as the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Increased sophistication will also stem from techniques developed ...
... concept. For example, using the term ’marine mammal,’ a more advanced text mining tool would show that whales fall under the statute and regulations of the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act, as well as the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Increased sophistication will also stem from techniques developed ...
A Tool to Navigate Overlaps in Fragmented Ocean Governance
... concept. For example, using the term ’marine mammal,’ a more advanced text mining tool would show that whales fall under the statute and regulations of the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act, as well as the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Increased sophistication will also stem from techniques developed ...
... concept. For example, using the term ’marine mammal,’ a more advanced text mining tool would show that whales fall under the statute and regulations of the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act, as well as the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Increased sophistication will also stem from techniques developed ...
Ecology Review Sheet
... and location of each. Make sure you can explain why they are found where they are found and the similar effect observed with increasing latitude and altitude. 23. Explain the term ecotone. 24. What is meant by the word “habitat”? 25. Read about Rachel Carlson (Fig. 50.4). Make sure you know about si ...
... and location of each. Make sure you can explain why they are found where they are found and the similar effect observed with increasing latitude and altitude. 23. Explain the term ecotone. 24. What is meant by the word “habitat”? 25. Read about Rachel Carlson (Fig. 50.4). Make sure you know about si ...
The Impact Of Climate Change On The Parasites
... (100,000 m3) to less than half a million (17,000 m3) (7). The establishment of P. marinus in the bay followed consecutive drought years, which resulted in elevated salinities, and warmer winters (7). Development of the pathogen is further prolonged with subsequent warm spring and/or fall seasons. In ...
... (100,000 m3) to less than half a million (17,000 m3) (7). The establishment of P. marinus in the bay followed consecutive drought years, which resulted in elevated salinities, and warmer winters (7). Development of the pathogen is further prolonged with subsequent warm spring and/or fall seasons. In ...
Moving beyond static species distribution models in support of
... resources, barriers to dispersal, and risk or history of disturbance. Although there are numerous examples of these finer scale factors or their surrogates being incorporated as static predictor maps into SDM (reviewed in Franklin, 2009), these authors also noted that modellers have begun linking SD ...
... resources, barriers to dispersal, and risk or history of disturbance. Although there are numerous examples of these finer scale factors or their surrogates being incorporated as static predictor maps into SDM (reviewed in Franklin, 2009), these authors also noted that modellers have begun linking SD ...
critical political ecology
... Furthermore, this approach also implies questioning how far environmental degradation, per se may be attributed simply to capitalism, or the exploitation of industry and the state. By questioning the essentialist link between capitalism and environmental degradation, this book challenges virtually a ...
... Furthermore, this approach also implies questioning how far environmental degradation, per se may be attributed simply to capitalism, or the exploitation of industry and the state. By questioning the essentialist link between capitalism and environmental degradation, this book challenges virtually a ...
cap 52 ecologia
... Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson ...
... Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson ...