Wet and Dry Environments
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Publisher | : R.I.C. Publications |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Desert ecology |
ISBN | : 174126670X |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : R.I.C. Publications |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Desert ecology |
ISBN | : 174126670X |
Author | : Shari-Marree Bulte |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Biotic communities |
ISBN | : 9781921349997 |
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Publisher | : R.I.C. Publications |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Desert ecology |
ISBN | : 9781741266702 |
Author | : Patrick Vinton Kirch |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780226437491 |
Scholars and researchers have long believed that the ability to irrigate is crucial to the development of civilizations. In this book, archaeologist Patrick Kirch challenges this "hydraulic hypothesis" and provides a more accurate and detailed account of the role of "wet" and "dry" cultivation systems in the development of complex sociopolitical structures. Examining research on cultural adaptation and ecology in Western Polynesia and utilizing extensive data from a variety of important South Pacific sites, Kirch not only reveals how particular systems of production developed within the constraints imposed by environmental conditions, but also explores the tension that arises between contrasting productive systems with differential abilities to produce surplus. He shows that the near total neglect of short-fallow dryland cultivation, as well as arboriculture, or tree-cropping, has seriously distorted the picture that archaeologists and anthropologists have of agricultural intensification and its relation to complex social structure. This work, likely to become a classic, will be central to all future discussions of the ecology and politics of agricultural intensification.
Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2004-10-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309091934 |
Almost all homes, apartments, and commercial buildings will experience leaks, flooding, or other forms of excessive indoor dampness at some point. Not only is excessive dampness a health problem by itself, it also contributes to several other potentially problematic types of situations. Molds and other microbial agents favor damp indoor environments, and excess moisture may initiate the release of chemical emissions from damaged building materials and furnishings. This new book from the Institute of Medicine examines the health impact of exposures resulting from damp indoor environments and offers recommendations for public health interventions. Damp Indoor Spaces and Health covers a broad range of topics. The book not only examines the relationship between damp or moldy indoor environments and adverse health outcomes but also discusses how and where buildings get wet, how dampness influences microbial growth and chemical emissions, ways to prevent and remediate dampness, and elements of a public health response to the issues. A comprehensive literature review finds sufficient evidence of an association between damp indoor environments and some upper respiratory tract symptoms, coughing, wheezing, and asthma symptoms in sensitized persons. This important book will be of interest to a wide-ranging audience of science, health, engineering, and building professionals, government officials, and members of the public.
Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2011-10-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309209412 |
The indoor environment affects occupants' health and comfort. Poor environmental conditions and indoor contaminants are estimated to cost the U.S. economy tens of billions of dollars a year in exacerbation of illnesses like asthma, allergic symptoms, and subsequent lost productivity. Climate change has the potential to affect the indoor environment because conditions inside buildings are influenced by conditions outside them. Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health addresses the impacts that climate change may have on the indoor environment and the resulting health effects. It finds that steps taken to mitigate climate change may cause or exacerbate harmful indoor environmental conditions. The book discusses the role the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should take in informing the public, health professionals, and those in the building industry about potential risks and what can be done to address them. The study also recommends that building codes account for climate change projections; that federal agencies join to develop or refine protocols and testing standards for evaluating emissions from materials, furnishings, and appliances used in buildings; and that building weatherization efforts include consideration of health effects. Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health is written primarily for the EPA and other federal agencies, organizations, and researchers with interests in public health; the environment; building design, construction, and operation; and climate issues.
Author | : Joseph A. Ray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Geomorphology |
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Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 1981-02-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309031818 |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2006 |
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Author | : Emily O'Gorman |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2021-07-13 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0295749040 |
In the name of agriculture, urban growth, and disease control, humans have drained, filled, or otherwise destroyed nearly 87 percent of the world’s wetlands over the past three centuries. Unintended consequences include biodiversity loss, poor water quality, and the erosion of cultural sites, and only in the past few decades have wetlands been widely recognized as worth preserving. Emily O’Gorman asks, What has counted as a wetland, for whom, and with what consequences? Using the Murray-Darling Basin—a massive river system in eastern Australia that includes over 30,000 wetland areas—as a case study and drawing on archival research and original interviews, O’Gorman examines how people and animals have shaped wetlands from the late nineteenth century to today. She illuminates deeper dynamics by relating how Aboriginal peoples acted then and now as custodians of the landscape, despite the policies of the Australian government; how the movements of water birds affected farmers; and how mosquitoes have defied efforts to fully understand, let alone control, them. Situating the region’s history within global environmental humanities conversations, O’Gorman argues that we need to understand wetlands as socioecological landscapes in order to create new kinds of relationships with and futures for these places.