Cover Sheet - Ciem-UCR
... As it was mentioned above, Pluralism is still tied to its liberal and western analytical background, limiting its possibility of successfully achieving its objective of a more inclusive and reflective social sciences. Therefore, the process of appropriation of concepts could be an interesting approa ...
... As it was mentioned above, Pluralism is still tied to its liberal and western analytical background, limiting its possibility of successfully achieving its objective of a more inclusive and reflective social sciences. Therefore, the process of appropriation of concepts could be an interesting approa ...
The Discourses of OERs: how flat is this world?
... not only on a societal and institutional level but also between individuals. The metaphor of flatness is supported by the concept of openness, which is the trend in businesses, government and education. Openness offers a means to remain competitive rather than constituting a threat to one’s ideas an ...
... not only on a societal and institutional level but also between individuals. The metaphor of flatness is supported by the concept of openness, which is the trend in businesses, government and education. Openness offers a means to remain competitive rather than constituting a threat to one’s ideas an ...
Utility, Time Preference and Myopia
... effects of the project upon human welfare, one must compare the gains to utility with some people experience with the losses of others. It is clear that interpersonal comparisons of utility are liable to be invidious ones. Most people would accept that it is fairer to impose the costs of a public in ...
... effects of the project upon human welfare, one must compare the gains to utility with some people experience with the losses of others. It is clear that interpersonal comparisons of utility are liable to be invidious ones. Most people would accept that it is fairer to impose the costs of a public in ...
AP Environmental Science Syllabus
... AP Environmental Science is a very challenging subject that combines Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, and public policy. Students will investigate the history of environmental science and human impact on environmental systems. Topics covered will include, but not be limited to, earth s ...
... AP Environmental Science is a very challenging subject that combines Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, and public policy. Students will investigate the history of environmental science and human impact on environmental systems. Topics covered will include, but not be limited to, earth s ...
Unit: Introduction
... course. Students will be introduced to the fields (biology, geography, sociology, economics, natural resource management, chemistry, geology, law, and politics) used in understanding both the workings of and human interactions with our environment. Topics include: human population growth, energy res ...
... course. Students will be introduced to the fields (biology, geography, sociology, economics, natural resource management, chemistry, geology, law, and politics) used in understanding both the workings of and human interactions with our environment. Topics include: human population growth, energy res ...
AP Environmental Science Syllabus 2014
... AP Environmental Science is a very challenging subject that combines Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, and public policy. Students will investigate the history of environmental science and human impact on environmental systems. Topics covered will include, but not be limited to, earth s ...
... AP Environmental Science is a very challenging subject that combines Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, and public policy. Students will investigate the history of environmental science and human impact on environmental systems. Topics covered will include, but not be limited to, earth s ...
GSTM Model Challenge February 16, 2010 Power point - eco
... GSTM or Geocoded Spatial Transparent Metric allows real time monitoring of 3R’s effectiveness in an information-based economy which is high tech intensive spatial thinking can enhance visual management of biodiversity, soil,, air, and water quality using a 3D grid, ten kilometer cubed over another c ...
... GSTM or Geocoded Spatial Transparent Metric allows real time monitoring of 3R’s effectiveness in an information-based economy which is high tech intensive spatial thinking can enhance visual management of biodiversity, soil,, air, and water quality using a 3D grid, ten kilometer cubed over another c ...
SOC - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... The World Heritage Centre and IUCN welcome the historic signing of the MOU which is an extremely positive response to the needs for transboundary cooperation on the management, endorsed at the highest political level. The key need is now the follow up of the MOU with an effective programme of implem ...
... The World Heritage Centre and IUCN welcome the historic signing of the MOU which is an extremely positive response to the needs for transboundary cooperation on the management, endorsed at the highest political level. The key need is now the follow up of the MOU with an effective programme of implem ...
Example at the course level
... market demand to predict outcomes and devise policies to improve outcomes. 5. Describe the scientific evidence of climate change, summarize current global and national climate change policies and evaluate propo ...
... market demand to predict outcomes and devise policies to improve outcomes. 5. Describe the scientific evidence of climate change, summarize current global and national climate change policies and evaluate propo ...
Book Review Essay: The Environmental Crisis and Its
... the problem, and because the climate change we have unleashed has highmomentum self-reinforcing effects that will soon reach a tipping point, we cannot rely on incremental paths or a soft transition to a more sustainable model. On this basic point, the work of Kevin Anderson at the Tyndall Center is ...
... the problem, and because the climate change we have unleashed has highmomentum self-reinforcing effects that will soon reach a tipping point, we cannot rely on incremental paths or a soft transition to a more sustainable model. On this basic point, the work of Kevin Anderson at the Tyndall Center is ...
Paper 2 Specimen Part B teacher soutions 2017
... Sustainability definitions ( Topic 3 notes) ( 2 pts) : Sustainable development – development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs Sustainability - using global resources at a rate that allows natural regeneration and minim ...
... Sustainability definitions ( Topic 3 notes) ( 2 pts) : Sustainable development – development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs Sustainability - using global resources at a rate that allows natural regeneration and minim ...
Organismal Interactions and Ecology
... LO 2.22 The student is able to refine scientific models and questions about the effect of complex biotic and abiotic interactions on all biological systems, from cells and organisms to populations, communities and ecosystems. [See SP 1.3, 3.2] LO 2.23 The student is able to design a plan for collect ...
... LO 2.22 The student is able to refine scientific models and questions about the effect of complex biotic and abiotic interactions on all biological systems, from cells and organisms to populations, communities and ecosystems. [See SP 1.3, 3.2] LO 2.23 The student is able to design a plan for collect ...
Introduction: The role of discourse analysis in society. 1983.
... insights into the nature of social interaction and institutions may also be evaluated as to their possible contribution to the understanding, or even the solution, of important social problems. To be sure, many social scientists may ignore such external expectations or demands, either because they j ...
... insights into the nature of social interaction and institutions may also be evaluated as to their possible contribution to the understanding, or even the solution, of important social problems. To be sure, many social scientists may ignore such external expectations or demands, either because they j ...
Coastal Ecology and Natural Resource
... 1. Two-week lecture series and field practicals at the Institute of Marine Sciences (a Zanzibarbased research institute affiliated with the University of Dar es Salaam). 2. One-week lecture series presented by the Faculty from appropriate departments of the University of Dar es Salaam. 3. Three-day ...
... 1. Two-week lecture series and field practicals at the Institute of Marine Sciences (a Zanzibarbased research institute affiliated with the University of Dar es Salaam). 2. One-week lecture series presented by the Faculty from appropriate departments of the University of Dar es Salaam. 3. Three-day ...
Adaptation through transformation
... We have seen how adaptation in the practical sphere has been an important goal of many development interventions. This is exemplified by efforts in the Lake Victoria Basin to optimize timing for planting crops through the use of climate information accessed by mobile phones, develop drought- and flo ...
... We have seen how adaptation in the practical sphere has been an important goal of many development interventions. This is exemplified by efforts in the Lake Victoria Basin to optimize timing for planting crops through the use of climate information accessed by mobile phones, develop drought- and flo ...
Section 2: Forest Biomes
... A biome is a large geographic region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities. Each biome is made up of many individual ecosystems. ...
... A biome is a large geographic region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities. Each biome is made up of many individual ecosystems. ...
Environmental Refugees - The Social Contract Press
... is the cause of a flood.” So, the solution must start with increased environmental literacy at the individual level. Leaders at all levels of political organization (up to the United Nations) will need to think beyond their special interests to view the problem at a systems level. Science and techno ...
... is the cause of a flood.” So, the solution must start with increased environmental literacy at the individual level. Leaders at all levels of political organization (up to the United Nations) will need to think beyond their special interests to view the problem at a systems level. Science and techno ...
daily
... the status quo and opting for each alternative into comparable units of impact on human well-being, now and in the future. These impacts are defined in terms of the resources that people would be willing to forgo to get the goods, services, or other outcomes associated with a particular alternative. ...
... the status quo and opting for each alternative into comparable units of impact on human well-being, now and in the future. These impacts are defined in terms of the resources that people would be willing to forgo to get the goods, services, or other outcomes associated with a particular alternative. ...
View Ms. McCarty`s CV - Pacific Lutheran University
... Cleary, S., Gon, S. and McCarty, A. (2016) We Need Nature: the Importance of Biodiversity Live Web Chat. U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, USA. McCarty, A. (2014) Coastal ‘Blue Carbon’ Ecosystems: A Win-Win-Win for Habitat Conservation, Coastal Resilience, and Climate Mitigation. U.S. Center ...
... Cleary, S., Gon, S. and McCarty, A. (2016) We Need Nature: the Importance of Biodiversity Live Web Chat. U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, USA. McCarty, A. (2014) Coastal ‘Blue Carbon’ Ecosystems: A Win-Win-Win for Habitat Conservation, Coastal Resilience, and Climate Mitigation. U.S. Center ...
Annual Precipitation (mm) (average over Prairie Ecozone)
... days per decade through the 20th Century. • At Edmonton, first-flowering date of trembling aspen advanced by 26 days. • At Delta Marsh, 25 of 27 bird species showed earlier arrival dates over a 63 year period. • Phenological change can lead to mismatches in timing between predators and prey, pollina ...
... days per decade through the 20th Century. • At Edmonton, first-flowering date of trembling aspen advanced by 26 days. • At Delta Marsh, 25 of 27 bird species showed earlier arrival dates over a 63 year period. • Phenological change can lead to mismatches in timing between predators and prey, pollina ...
how the scientific and technical advisory panel supports - GEF-STAP
... Over the past two decades, the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) has supported the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in delivering its mission “…to assist in the protection of the global environment”, and promote “environmentally sound and sustainable economic development.” The Panel is ...
... Over the past two decades, the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) has supported the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in delivering its mission “…to assist in the protection of the global environment”, and promote “environmentally sound and sustainable economic development.” The Panel is ...
Deterritorialization and Social Science
... less theory-driven and contributed less to the development of new theories in social sciences and humanities. - Drake and Hilbink: “data collection and theory development are inextricably intertwined and interactive. - Fact is always impregnated with theory and theory is impregnated with observed ex ...
... less theory-driven and contributed less to the development of new theories in social sciences and humanities. - Drake and Hilbink: “data collection and theory development are inextricably intertwined and interactive. - Fact is always impregnated with theory and theory is impregnated with observed ex ...
Cunningham et al
... Do larger areas support more species? In 80 Swiss ponds, little correlation was found between size and species diversity. Oganessian, Y. T., et al. 2004. “Experiments on the Synthesis of Element 115 in the Reaction 243Am (48Ca, xn) 291-x115.” Physical Review C 69: 021601(R). Evidence of two new chem ...
... Do larger areas support more species? In 80 Swiss ponds, little correlation was found between size and species diversity. Oganessian, Y. T., et al. 2004. “Experiments on the Synthesis of Element 115 in the Reaction 243Am (48Ca, xn) 291-x115.” Physical Review C 69: 021601(R). Evidence of two new chem ...
Introduction to Landscape Ecology
... vegetation patterns seen by first European settlers had "always been there" communities were stable in composition and patterned by climate, env gradients, competition. humans were exogenous and cast the natural system out of balance. conservation could best be done by setting nature reserves and le ...
... vegetation patterns seen by first European settlers had "always been there" communities were stable in composition and patterned by climate, env gradients, competition. humans were exogenous and cast the natural system out of balance. conservation could best be done by setting nature reserves and le ...