A Manual Of Elementary Geology Or The Ancient Changes Of The Earth And Its Inhabitants

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Genre : Geology
Author : Sir Charles Lyell
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Release : 1857
File : 1014 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105032433653


Land And Social Change In East Nepal

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This book examines the relations between the Limbus, an indigenous tribal people in East Nepal, and the Hindus who have entered their region during the past two hundred years. Describing the divisions which have arisen between the two groups as a result of confrontation over land, the book nonetheless stresses how they are linked by ties of economic and political interdependence and in so doing, explores the link between culture and politics. First published in 1970.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Lionel Caplan
Publisher : Psychology Press
Release : 2004
File : 264 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0415330467


Structural Change In The Farming Sectors In Central And Eastern Europe

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Farm structures in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) today cover a whole spectrum of forms, which include small subsistence-oriented household plots, medium-sized commercial family farms, and large corporations. The agricultural sector in CEE definitely has not embraced the family farm as the dominant farming structure, thus confounding the original expectations of Western experts. On the other hand, agriculture did not collapse because of fragmentation and privatization, as predicted by conservative doomsayers. To address the concerns of the farming sector in CEE with relation to EU accession, a workshop was held in Warsaw, Poland in June 1999. This volume represents a selection of papers presented at this workshop. It examines the reforms and policy changes necessary in the food and agriculture sectors of the ten countries that have started the accession process for eventual membership in the European Union (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia). The papers are organized around the following three topics: • Evolving farm structures and competitiveness in agriculture; • Land laws and legal institutions for development of land markets and farm restructuring; and • Development of farm services for improved competitiveness. This volume will be of interest to agricultural policy makers and government officials in the candidate countries, EU officials, World Bank and FAO staff, development scholars, and all others interested in the process of agricultural reform in CEE.

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Genre : Nature
Author : Csaba Csáki
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Release : 2000-01-01
File : 274 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0821347330


Lithics In The Land Of The Lightning Brothers

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LITHICS IN THE LAND OF THE LIGHTNING BROTHERS skilfully integrates a wide range of data-raw-material procurement, tool design, reduction and curation, patterns of distribution and association-to reveal the major outlines of Wardaman prehistory. At the same time, the book firmly situates data and methods in broad theoretical context. In its regional scope and thorough technological approach, this book exemplifies the best of recent lithic analysis and hunter-gatherer archaeology. Any archaeologist who confronts the challenge of classifying retouched stone tools should consult this volume for a clear demonstration of reduction intensity as a source of size and form variation independent of "type." Yet the demonstration is not merely methodological; Clarkson shows how the measurement of reduction intensity informs analysis of technological diversity and other cultural practices. In Clarkson's hands, Wardaman prehistory emerges as a particular record of the human past. Yet the book is also a case study in prolonged cultural response to environmental conditions and the way in which cultures persist and reproduce themselves over long spans of time. The result is an analytical tour de force that will guide hunter-gatherer archaeology in Australia and elsewhere for years to come.

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Genre : Cave dwellings
Author : Chris Clarkson
Publisher : ANU E Press
Release : 2007-09-01
File : 240 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781921313295


Global Change And The Earth System

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Global Change and the Earth System describes what is known about the Earth system and the impact of changes caused by humans. It considers the consequences of these changes with respect to the stability of the Earth system and the well-being of humankind; as well as exploring future paths towards Earth-system science in support of global sustainability. The results presented here are based on 10 years of research on global change by many of the world's most eminent scholars. This valuable volume achieves a new level of integration and interdisciplinarity in treating global change.

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Genre : Science
Author : Will Steffen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Release : 2005-12-29
File : 346 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783540266075


Land Use Changes In Comparative Perspective

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This book is a result of the Commission on Land-Use/Cover Change of International Geographical Union summer workshop in 2000 held in Japan and Korea, which focused on comparative case studies of land-use/cover changes.

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Genre : Science
Author : Yukio Himiyama
Publisher : CRC Press
Release : 2002-01-10
File : 277 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781482294279


Livelihood And Landscape Change In Africa Future Trajectories For Improved Well Being Under A Changing Climate

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This book is based on a Special Issue of the journal LAND that draws together a collection of 11 diverse articles at the nexus of climate change, landscapes, and livelihoods in rural Africa; all explore the links between livelihood and landscape change, including shifts in farming practices and natural resource use and management. The articles, which are all place-based case studies across nine African countries, cover three not necessarily mutually exclusive thematic areas, namely: smallholder farming livelihoods under new climate risk (five articles); long-term dynamics of livelihoods and landscape change and future trajectories (two articles); and natural resource management and governance under a changing climate, spanning forests, woodlands, and rangelands (four articles). The commonalities, key messages, and research gaps across the 11 articles are presented in a synthesis article. All the case studies pointed to the need for an integrated and in-depth understanding of the multiple drivers of landscape and livelihood change and how these interact with local histories, knowledge systems, cultures, complexities, and lived realities. Moreover, where there are interventions (such as new governance systems, REDD+ or climate smart agriculture), it is critical to interrogate what is required to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of emerging benefits.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Sheona Shackleton
Publisher : MDPI
Release : 2019-10-08
File : 246 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783039214693


Climate Change In The Polar Regions

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Comprehensive, up-to-date account of polar climate change over the last one million years for researchers and advanced students in polar science.

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Genre : Nature
Author : John Turner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2011-05-12
File : 449 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780521850100


Global Environmental Changes In South Asia

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The Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC having clinched in 2007 the evidence of global warming on account of anthropogenic activities, backed with scientific data gathered and analyzed globally, has made it mandatory world over to focus efforts on delineation of the anticipated adverse impacts of global warming on regional temperature and moisture regimes and the linked hydrologic, climatic and biospheric processes. First and foremost is the requirement to understand vulnerability to food and livelihood security in various ecosystems—on mainland, mid-range and high mountains as well as coastal areas including CEZs. The projected global temperature rise of the order of about two degrees or more and further rise at a decadal rate of o around 0. 2 C is sufficient to make grievous changes in sea surface level and submerge many low lying coastal areas around the world thereby possibly causing unprecedented losses to human habitat and livelihood in the coming years. A rise in climate variability is also becoming increasingly evident with potential direct impact on agricultural performance, on water accessibility and on weather extremes. Developing countries due to their poor infrastructure, limited resources and large impoverished population are likely to face more intense and wi- spread adverse impact of climate change than the developed world and also have limited adaptation capacity.

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Genre : Science
Author : A.P. Mitra
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Release : 2012-03-05
File : 384 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781402099137


Plan For Development Of The Land And Water Resources Of The Southeast River Basins

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Genre : Water resources development
Author : United States Study Commission on the Savannah, Altamaha, Saint Marys, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee, and perdido-Escambia River Basins and Intervening areas
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Release : 1963
File : 946 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015069681958