Introduction to geology, palaeoenvironment and archaeology of the Red Sea -- Neotectonics of the Red Sea, Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba -- A modern view on the Red Sea Rift: Tectonics, volcanism and salt blankets -- Constraining the opening of the Red Sea: Evidence from the Neoproterozoic margins and Cenozoic magmatism for a Volcanic Rifted Margin -- Timing of extensional faulting along the ma…
1. Introduction.-2. Assessment of Warming Projections and Probabilities for Brazil -- 3. Agricultural Sector -- 4. Health Sector -- 5. Biodiversity Sector -- 6. Energy Sector -- 7. Final Remarks and Recommendations -- Glossary.This book maps extreme temperature increase under dangerous climate change scenarios in Brazil and their impacts on four key sectors: agriculture, health, biodiversity an…
1. Pathways to Low Carbon Living -- Part 1: Energy Transition2. Energy futures for Australia -- 3. Rooftop photovoltaics: distributed renewable energy and storage (or low cost PV changes everything) -- 4. Community owned renewable energy: enabling the transition towards renewable energy? -- 5. Unlocking the benefits of vehicle electrification -- 6. Decarbonising household energy use: the smart …
Environmental Assessment and Monitoring of Agrisilvicultural Systems -- Environmental Impacts and Restoration Ecology of Natural and Agricultural Habitats -- Investigations and Applications in Environmental Biotechnology -- Spatiotemporal Patterns of Marine Biodiversity and Terrestrial Paleobiodiversity -- Socio-economics of Geotourism and Archaeology.This edited volume is based on the best pap…
SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- Framing Urban Movements, Contesting Global Capitalism and Liberal Democracy -- SECTION 2 - CHANGING FORMS OF URBAN ACTIVISM -- Housing Activism against the Production of Ignorance: Some Lessons from the UK -- Urban Food Activism in Athens: Recovering More Autonomous Forms of Social reproduction -- From Obedience to Resistance: Understanding Equal Ri…
Urbanisation and Urban Planning in Turkey -- Part I: Contemporary Issues of Urban and Regional Planning -- A New Route for Regional Planning in Turkey: Recent Developments -- The Role of the Planner in the Shaping of Urban Form in Turkish Cities -- An Analysis of the Framework of Urban Public Policy for Effective City Centre -- Development: The Planning Issues and Challenges for Turkish City Ce…
1.Introduction: Resources Politics and Knowing the Salween River -- 2.Salween: What’s in a Name? -- 3.Hydropower Politics and Conflict on the Salween River -- 4.From Hydropower Construction to National Park Creation: Changing Pathways of the Nu River -- 5.Rites, Rights and Water Justice in Karen State: A Case Study of Community-based Water Governance and the Hatgyi Dam -- 6.Contested Water Go…
Introduction -- Hazards, Disasters and Risks -- Regional Disaster System -- Disaster Formation Process -- Disaster Measurement、Statistics and Assessment -- Disaster Risk Assessment -- Disaster Risk Map -- Disaster Risk Regionalization -- Disaster Risk Management -- Disaster Emergency Management and Response -- Integrated Disaster Risk Governance.This is the first English language book to syst…
This book highlights the new urban–rural relationship that has emerged under the influence of e-commerce in China. In this regard, it presents case studies on the Suichang rural e-commerce model and Alibaba’s rural strategy, together with analyses of online service in China. Furthermore, by means of a brief review of the urban–rural relationship throughout China’s history, and of academ…
Foreword -- Preface -- Index -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Setting the Scene -- WG1 DRIVERS OF CHANGE AND INTEGRATED FUTURE SCENARIOS -- Chapter 2 Drivers of Change to Mountain Sustainability -- Chapter 3 Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya -- Chapter 4 Exploring Futures of the Hindu Kush Himalaya: Scenarios and Pathways -- WG2 SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE HKH -- Chapter 5 Sustain…