Preface -- Acknowledgments -- What is Downtown?- Where is Downtown?- How and Why Downtown America is Changing -- People Who Are Changing Downtown -- Organizations that are Changing Downtown -- Lessons for Any Downtown -- Emerging 21st Century Downtowns -- Creating Vibrant Downtowns for a New Generation -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index."Alex Garvin looks at cities with a clearer eye than any other…
Taiwan’s Geoparks -- A New Way of Understanding Geoparks for Society -- An Island State on a Cradle -- Geoparks Manifesting Human Relationships to the Environment -- Environmental Education for Geoparks -- Practices and Challenges -- Geo-Hazards and Geo-Tourism as Stimulators for Geoparks -- Landscape Conservation as a Tool for Sustainability -- The Development of Taiwan’s Geoparks -- The P…
The ethics of translation in a hermeneutical context -- Preconditions for comparative geographic approach and spatial interaction -- Symbolization process of the nature world in mythological type of world outlook -- On uses of ‘wild nature’: empowered vs. Disempowered agency in kola reindeer-herding territories -- Imagination as a breaker of the borders -- Man and nature: approaches to the …
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Breakfast -- Chapter 2 Orange Juice -- Chapter 3 Wheat Bread -- Chapter 4 Tea -- Chapter 5 Milk -- Break time -- Chapter 6 Chocolate -- Chapter 7 Bananas -- Chapter 8 Coffee -- Lunch -- Chapter 9 Chicken -- Chapter 10 Rice -- Chapter 11 Maize -- Dinner -- Chapter 12 Potatoes -- Chapter 13 Cod -- Chapter 14 Champagne -- Chapter 15 Conclusion. .Open AccessThis open acces…
Prologue -- Seas of Yore -- Effects of Overfishing -- Effects of Pollution -- Effects of Climate Change -- Future Perspectives -- Epilogue.What is happening in our oceans? By describing their main elements, this book shows how and why the oceans are being transformed, and suggests possible future scenarios to address this complex, yet often-asked, question. The ocean is being dramatically trans…
Introduction: Beginnings of an Adventure -- Chapter 1: The Lure of the Poles -- Chapter 2: The Mountain and Its Madness -- Chapter 3: First Step: Getting There -- Chapter 4: Second Step: McMurdo -- Chapter 5: Working on the Edge -- Chapter 6: Our Voyage Up the Mountain -- Chapter 7: Landscapes on This and Other Worlds -- Chapter 8: Future Explorations -- Chapter 9: Journal Entries -- Glossary -…
Chapter 1: Introduction (Peter Langford, Ian Bryan and John McGarry) -- Part I: Legal Science Before The Tribunal Of Validity.-Chapter 2: Hans Kelsen and the Social Fact Thesis (Lorenz Kähler).-Chapter 3: Natural Law and the Nature of Law: Kelsen’s Paradox (Pierre-Yves Quiviger) -- Part II: Beyond Natural Law? -- Chapter 4: Natural Law Systematics: Is There a ‘Grundnorm’ in Natural Law? …
Volume One- Interpretation and Preciseness: A Contribution to the Theory of Communication -- Volume Two- Scepticism: Wonder and Joy of a Wandering Seeker -- Volume Three- Which world is the Real One?: Inquiry into Comprehensive Systems, Culture and Philosophies -- Volume Four- The Pluralist and Possibilist Aspects of the Scientific Enterprise: Rich Descriptions, Abundant Choices, and Open Futur…
Substances: Public and Private -- Primary Matter -- Extension -- The Composition of Bodies -- The Composition of the Continuum -- Perceptions and Perceivers -- Phenomenal Bodies -- Derivative Forces -- Pre-Established Harmony -- Freedom.In the present book, Pauline Phemister argues against traditional Anglo-American interpretations of Leibniz as an idealist who conceives ultimate reality as a p…
The U.S. National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program: A Successful State—Federal Partnership -- The NTHMP Tsunameter Network -- Real-Time Tsunami Forecasting: Challenges and Solutions -- The Seismic Project of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program -- Impact of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program on Operations of the Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center -- Pro…