Changing Environments
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Changing Environments
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Author : Dick Morris
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2003-04-11
Changing Environments written by Dick Morris and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-11 with Medical categories.
Are we humans destroying the environments in which we live, or is environmental change inevitable and natural? How has the relationship between human societies and environments changed since pre-history? Will human population growth outpace the available resources of land and water? Is global warming and climate change already out of control? What can economic and political models tell us about international development? Changing Environments takes a broad, interdisciplinary approach to such questions, drawing on ideas from science, technology, social science and humanities to examine how and why environments change as a result of natural and human-mediated processes. It draws on examples from around the world, and includes consideration of: the scales of time and space over which changes in our environments occur the effects on environments that arise from human use of the resources of energy, land, water and the atmosphere the role of technology and economics in shaping human actions on our environments the use and limitations of different models for thinking about environmental change The book is par t of a series entitled Environment: Change, Contest and Response that forms a large part of an Open University course on environmental matters. The other books in the series are: Understanding Environmental Issues Contested Environments Environmental responses
Coping With Changing Environments
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Author : Beate Lohnert
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-12-17
Coping With Changing Environments written by Beate Lohnert and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-17 with Social Science categories.
First published in 1999. A collection of empirical research and theoretical reflection on the modelling of environmental change from a social perspective. The focus is on the endangered ecosystems in the developing world and examples are given from Asia, Africa and Latin America. After Regions at Risk (Kaspersons et al, 1995 UNO University Press) it is the second compilation that focuses on regional empirical evidence with regard to Global Environmental Change. On a national and European level, it gives an overview of regional studies coming from the first German Priority Programme on the Social Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. The introductory and concluding parts of the book reflect the strictly interdisciplinary approach of the research programme and form a step towards the understanding of human driving forces and responses to Global Change rooted in regional transformation processes. The book offers a source of information and theoretical guidelines for the newly evolving scientific community of Global Change Research; including teachers, politicians and anyone involved in social and environmental policy and planning.
Success In Changing Environments
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Author : Manuela Stoll
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-10-29
Success In Changing Environments written by Manuela Stoll and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-29 with Business & Economics categories.
Manuela Stoll focuses on two strategies to address change: adapting to change and creating change. Using a large-scale survey among top executives of manufacturing firms in Germany, she evaluates the importance of a range of resources, competences, and “isolating mechanisms” (shields against imitation) for the success of these strategies. She shows that adapting to change has an important effect on firm performance and is mainly influenced by a firm’s industry foresight abilities. She also illustrates how these abilities can be strengthened.
Organized Business Interests In Changing Environments
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Author : J. Grote
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-11-03
Organized Business Interests In Changing Environments written by J. Grote and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-03 with Business & Economics categories.
A book on the path dependent and path creating structures and attitudes of business interest associations in a world of Europeanization and internationalization of markets. It includes empirical data on relational information used for network analytic purposes – drawn from hundreds of interviews with CEOs.
Terrestrial Ecosystems In Changing Environments
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Author : Herman Henry Shugart
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-03-26
Terrestrial Ecosystems In Changing Environments written by Herman Henry Shugart and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-26 with Science categories.
A unique review of the problem of predicting the response of ecosystems to changed conditions.
Physiological Responses In Aquatic Organisms Adapted To Extreme Or Changing Environments
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Author : Alexssandro Geferson Becker
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2022-03-29
Physiological Responses In Aquatic Organisms Adapted To Extreme Or Changing Environments written by Alexssandro Geferson Becker and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-29 with Science categories.
Plants In Changing Environments
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Author : F. A. Bazzaz
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-10-13
Plants In Changing Environments written by F. A. Bazzaz and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-10-13 with Science categories.
Forces of nature and human intervention lead to innumerable local, regional and sometimes global changes in plant community patterns. Regardless of the causes and the intensity of change, ecosystems are often naturally able to recover most of their attributes through natural succession. In this thoughtful and provocative new book, Fakhri Bazzaz integrates and synthesizes information on how disturbance changes the environment, how species function, coexist, and share or compete for resources in populations and communities, and how species replace each other over successional time. It illustrates how a diverse array of plant species have been used to examine fundamental questions in plant ecology by integrating physiological, population and community ecology. Graduate students and research workers in plant ecology, global change, conservation and restoration will find the perspective and analysis offered by this book an exciting contribution to the development of our understanding of plant successional change.
Environments In A Changing World
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Author : John Huckle
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-19
Environments In A Changing World written by John Huckle and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-19 with Science categories.
While there is no shortage of of books on the environment there are few introductory texts that outline the social theory that informs human geographical approaches to the interactions between ecology and society. Students arriving at university often lack the understanding of history, economics, politics, sociology and philosophy that contemporary human geography requires. Environments in a Changing World addresses this deficit, providing foundation knowledge in a form that is accessible to first year students and applied to the understanding of both contemporary environmental issues and the challenge of sustainability. Students are challenged to develop and defend their own ethical and political positions on sustainability and respond to the need for new forms of ecological citizenship.
Evolution In Changing Environments
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Author : Richard Levins
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1968-08-21
Evolution In Changing Environments written by Richard Levins and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968-08-21 with Science categories.
Professor Levins, one of the leading explorers in the field of integrated population biology, considers the mutual interpenetration and joint evolution of organism and environment, occurring on several levels at once. Physiological and behavioral adaptations to short-term fluctuations of the environment condition the responses of populations to long-term changes and geographic gradients. These in turn affect the way species divide the environments among themselves in communities, and, therefore, the numbers of species which can coexist. Environment is treated here abstractly as pattern: patchiness, variability, range, etc. Populations are studied in their patterns: local heterogeneity, geographic variability, faunistic diversity, etc.
Feminist Ecologies
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Author : Lara Stevens
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-12-05
Feminist Ecologies written by Lara Stevens and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-05 with Social Science categories.
This edited volume critically engages with ecofeminist scholarship. It tracks the ongoing dialogue between women’s issues and environmental change by republishing the work of pioneering scholars and activists in the field. Together with new essays by contemporary ecofeminist scholars, the book uncovers the dialectical relationship between environmental and feminist causes, the relational identities of feminists and ecofeminists, and the concept of ecofeminism as a rallying point for environmental feminism. The volume defines ecofeminism as a multidisciplinary project and will appeal to readers working within the field of Environmental Humanities.