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8. Storm Warnings: The Role of Anthropology in Adapting to Sea-Level Rise in Southwestern Bangladesh
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written by Timothy Finan, 1947-; in Anthropology and Climate Change (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2016, originally published 2009), 175-185
The first edition of Anthropology and Climate Change (2009) pioneered the study of climate change through the lens of anthropology, covering the relation between human cultures and the environment from prehistoric times to the present. This second, heavily revised edition brings the material on this rapidly changi...
written by Timothy Finan, 1947-; in Anthropology and Climate Change (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2016, originally published 2009), 175-185
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California Studies in Food and Culture, Sameness in Diversity: Food and Globalization in Modern America
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written by Laresh Jayasanker, 1972-2018; edited by Darra Goldstein, fl. 2006, in California Studies in Food and Culture (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2020, originally published 2020), 472 page(s)
Americans of the 1960s would have trouble navigating the grocery aisles and restaurant menus of today. Once-exotic ingredients—like mangoes, hot sauces, kale, kimchi, and coconut milk—have become standard in the contemporary American diet. Laresh Jayasanker explains how food choices have expanded since the 196...
written by Laresh Jayasanker, 1972-2018; edited by Darra Goldstein, fl. 2006, in California Studies in Food and Culture (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2020, originally published 2020), 472 page(s)
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1. The tributyltin debate: ocean transportation versus seafood harvesting
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written by Stephen J. De Mora, fl. 1990; in Tributyltin: Case Study of an Environmental Contaminant, Cambridge Environmental Chemistry Series, 8 (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, originally published 1996), 1-20
This authoritative study brings together a wide variety of disciplines to illustrate the general principles in identifying and quantifying an environmental toxin, elucidating deleterious biological consequences, and the legal framework that can invoke mitigation via regulation. It has wide appeal for undergraduate...
written by Stephen J. De Mora, fl. 1990; in Tributyltin: Case Study of an Environmental Contaminant, Cambridge Environmental Chemistry Series, 8 (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, originally published 1996), 1-20
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Cheap Meat: Flap Food Nations in the Pacific Islands
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written by Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010, originally published 2010), 196 page(s)
Cheap Meat follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called "flaps," from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington address the evolution of the meat trade i...
written by Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010, originally published 2010), 196 page(s)
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Climate Variability, Climate Change and Fisheries
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edited by Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 1992), 460 page(s)
As we approach the end of the twentieth century, public and scientific attention is focusing increasingly on the detection and assessment of changes in our environment. This unique volume addresses the potential implications of global warming for fisheries and the societies which depend on them.
edited by Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 1992), 460 page(s)
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written by Israel Andrews, in Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, of University of London. Senate House Library (London, England) (08 March 1851) (District of Columbia, 1853, originally published 1853), 201 page(s)
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10. Fish population as an ecosystem component and economic object in the Aral Sea basin
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written by Iliya Zholdasova, fl. 1999; in Creeping Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development in the Aral Sea Basin (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 1999), 204-224
This multidisciplinary 1999 book comprehensively describes one of the worst human-made environmental catastrophes of the twentieth century: the slow onset of incremental changes which affected the Aral Sea region and its peoples. It provides an important example of how to approach such disasters for students and r...
written by Iliya Zholdasova, fl. 1999; in Creeping Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development in the Aral Sea Basin (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 1999), 204-224
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11 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of UNCLOS Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, 4 December 1995
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edited by Paolo Galizzi, fl. 2004 and Philippe Sands, 1960-; in Documents in International Environmental LawDocuments in International Environmental Law (Second Edition) (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 1994), 336-374
Documents in International Environmental Law comprises a representative selection of international environmental treaties and documents which are essential for anyone interested in international law in the field of environmental protection. This edition represents an up-to-date collection of the most important doc...
edited by Paolo Galizzi, fl. 2004 and Philippe Sands, 1960-; in Documents in International Environmental LawDocuments in International Environmental Law (Second Edition) (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 1994), 336-374
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2 ‘If over a hundred Becquerels is no good, then what does fifty Becquerels mean?’ Governing fisheries and marine radiation in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear accident
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written by Midori Kawabe, fl. 2017 and Leslie Mabon, fl. 2017; edited by Joseph K. W. Hill, fl. 2017, Lea Stepan, fl. 2017 and Ravi Baghel, fl. 2017; in Water, Knowledge and the Environment in Asia: Epistemologies, Practices and Locales, Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2017, originally published 2017), 19-35
The dramatic transformation of our planet by human actions has been heralded as the coming of the new epoch of the Anthropocene. Human relations with water raise some of the most urgent questions in this regard. The starting point of this book is that these changes should not be seen as the result of monolithic ac...
written by Midori Kawabe, fl. 2017 and Leslie Mabon, fl. 2017; edited by Joseph K. W. Hill, fl. 2017, Lea Stepan, fl. 2017 and Ravi Baghel, fl. 2017; in Water, Knowledge and the Environment in Asia: Epistemologies, Practices and Locales, Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2017, originally published 2017), 19-35
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