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Toxic Heritage
Toxic Heritage addresses the heritage value of contamination and toxic sites and provides the first in-depth examination of toxic heritage as a global issue. Bringing together case studies, visual essays, and substantive chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume provides a critical framing of the globally expanding field of toxic heritage. Authors from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and methodologies examine toxic heritage as both a material phenomenon and a concept. Organized into five thematic sections, the book explores the meaning and significance of toxic heritage, politics, narratives, affected communities, and activist approaches and interventions....
Deja a la estructura hablar
Los mayores desafíos de la humanidad actual se arraigan en las múltiples e intrincadas relaciones entre nuestra sociedad y el mundo natural. Y a esta complejidad inherente –que emerge de las intersecciones de la física con la biología, la psicología, la sociología y la economía, entre otras disciplinas–, se suma el ser esquiva al razonamiento intuitivo. De ahí la importancia de contar con herramientas teóricas y técnicas que permitan analizar integralmente estos procesos para así poder tomar decisiones fundamentadas, en beneficio de todos los humanos y no-humanos de este planeta. Este libro ofrece herramientas de la ciencia de sistemas y de la ecología teórica, para comprender y abordar diversos procesos y problemas complejos, sin requerir de una formación avanzada en matemáticas o ciencias. Por sobre su potencial utilidad, este ensayo es una introducción a la modelización y al análisis de sistemas de cualquier naturaleza, y una invitación a desarrollar –o profundizar– el pensamiento sistémico necesario para el diseño de soluciones estructurales a nuestros desafíos contemporáneos.
The Archaeology of Andean Pastoralism
In this book leading experts uncover and discuss archaeological topics and themes surrounding the long-term trajectory of camelid (llama and alpaca) pastoralism in the Andean highlands of South America. The chapters open up these studies to a wider world by exploring the themes of intensification of herding over time, animal-human relationships, and social transformations, as well as navigating four areas of recent research: the origins of domesticated camelids, variation in the development of pastoralist traditions, ritual and animal sacrifice, and social interaction through caravans. Andeanists and pastoral scholars alike will find this comprehensive work an invaluable contribution to their library and studies.
Environmental Magnetism
Magnetism is important in environmental studies for several reasons, the two most fundamental being that most substances exhibit some form of magnetic behavior, and that iron is one of the most common elements in the Earth's crust. Once sequestered in a suitable material, magnetic particles constitute a natural archive of conditions existing in former times. Magnetism provides a tracer of paleo-climatic and paleo-environmental conditions and processes.Environmental Magnetism details the occurrence and uses of magnetic materials in the natural environment. The first half of the volume describes the basic principles. The second half discusses the applications of magnetic measurements in various environmental settings on land, in lakes, in the ocean, and even various biological organisms.* Material is broadly applicable to environmental studies* Case histories illustrate key points* Extensive bibliography makes further research quick and easy
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Urban Soils
This textbook addresses the increasing trend in urbanization of the world’s population and its relation with urban soils. Written by active practitioners of university level teaching and research, this book is designed primarily as an educational text, while it also provides readers with an authoritative gateway to the primary literature. It includes explicit coverage of spatial and statistical (multivariate) techniques and case studies to illustrate key concept, and to support practical guidance in issues such as data collection and analysis. The authors reflect current developments in research and urban trends. In China, for example, the proportion of the population living in cities incr...
