This book presents some results on selected taxa in the Himalayan region (mainly Nepal), pinpoints the threats to their survival and suggests ways how to avoid their extinction.
The book introduces basic entomology, emphasising perspectives on insect diversity important in conservation assessment and setting priorities for management, as a foundation for managers and others without entomological training or background.
Many of our current social problems have been attributed to the breakdown or loss of community as a place and to the fragmentation of connections due to an extreme value of individualism in the Western world, particularly in the United States.
This book focuses on the role of multispecies production systems involving tree and crop species as a means for carbon sequestration and thereby reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
Critical Communities and Aesthetic Practices brings together eminent international philosophers to discuss the inter-dependence of critical communities and aesthetic practices.
Philosophy's Moods is a collection of original essays interrogating the inseparable bond between mood and philosophical thinking.
Numerous scientific and practical challenges still exist in the field of ship stability. This book presents papers presented at a series of international workshops and conferences, held between 2000 and 2009, that examine these issues.
The central question in legal philosophy is the relationship between law and morality. In Law, Order and Freedom, a historical... Læs mere
This book uses techniques from modern logics of information flow and action to develop a unified new theory of what preference is and how it changes. Moreover, the... Læs mere
This pioneering account of a longitudinal study of successful school principals in five nations over five years will be required reading for educationalists. It contains fresh insights that take our understanding of effective school leadership to a new level.
Spanning the disciplines of epidemiology, gerontology, and demography, this comprehensive book addresses theoretical and applied issues in health and aging, links methods and findings, and focuses on the elderly in context of the entire human life cycle.
The objective of this practical book is to fill some of the gaps in the existing engineering codes and standards related to soil dynamics, concerning issues in earthquake engineering and ground vibrations, by using formulas and hand calculators.