What Would Nature Do?: A Guide for Our Uncertain Times by Ruth DeFries
English | ISBN: 0231199422 | 264 pages | EPUB | December 1, 2020 | 3.02 Mb
Not long ago, the future seemed predictable. Now, certainty about the course of civilization has given way to fear and doubt. Raging fires, ravaging storms, political upheavals, financial collapse, and deadly pandemics lie ahead―or are already here. The world feels less comprehensible and more dangerous, and no one, from individuals to businesses and governments, knows how to navigate the path forward.

Shuqing An, Jos T. A. Verhoeven, "Wetlands: Ecosystem Services, Restoration and Wise Use"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030148602 | PDF | pages: 325 | 11.5 mb
This volume explores major wetland ecosystem services, such as climate cooling and water quality improvement, and discusses the recent wetland conservation and restoration activities in China and neighboring countries. The role of wetlands in eithercoolingorwarmingthe climate is analyzed as the net balance between carbon sequestration and emissions of methane and nitrous oxide. Wetlands start off having a net warming effect on the climate but in time switch to net cooling. Further, they remove 40% of the N and P from run-off and groundwater flow in agricultural areas, but wetlands need to amount to 10% of the total catchment area to make a difference.

Robert A. Beauregard, "Voices of Decline: The Postwar Fate of US Cities"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0415932378 | PDF | pages: 321 | 8.6 mb
[FOR HISTORY CATALOGS]Drawing on the pronouncements of public commentators, this book portrays the 20th century history of U.S. cities, focusing specifically on how commentators crafted a discourse of urban decline and prosperity peculiar to the post-World War II era. The efforts of these commentators spoke to the foundational ambivalence Americans have toward their cities and, in turn, shaped the choices Americans made as they created and negotiated the country's changing urban landscape. [FOR GEOG/URBAN CATALOGS]Freely crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book uses the words of those who witnessed the cities' distress to portray the postwar discourse on urban decline in the United States. Up-dated and substantially re-written in stronger historical terms, this new edition explores how public debates about the fate of cities drew from and contributed to the choices made by households, investors, and governments as they created and negotiated America's changing urban landscape.

Landon Kuester, "Violence in Pursuit of Health: Living with HIV in the American Prison System "
English | ISBN: 3030613496 | 2021 | 208 pages | EPUB, PDF | 965 KB + 2 MB
This book offers a unique examination of how violence is situationally induced and reproduced for those inmates living with HIV in a US State prison system. Imprisonment is the only space where Americans have a constitutional right to healthcare but findings from this research suggest that accessing this care and associated welfare benefits requires some degree of violence. This book documents how HIV-positive inmates went about achieving agency through harm to their bodies and social standing to improve their health and wellbeing, in prison and upon re-entry to the community. It focusses on ethnographic research which was carried out in seven penal facilities in New England and comprises of accounts from inmates, prison staff, healthcare providers, ex-offenders, and community social workers. This book speaks to academics interested in prisons, violence, health, and ethnographic research, and to policy makers.

Vibrate Higher Daily: Live Your Power by HarperOne
English | December 10, 2019 | ISBN: 0062905147 | 240 pages | PDF | 1.42 Mb
[b]Tap into your inner power with this mind-opening guide to vibrational-based living from Instagram star and self-help pioneer behind the internet community Vibrate Higher Daily.

Vegan Nutrition for Bodybuilding Athletes: Bigger, Leaner and Stronger Than Ever by Mary Nabors
English | April 7, 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B086PLXY38 | 106 pages | PDF | 1.38 Mb
Is there a vegan diet that can grant a high level of protein intake?

Using visualisation in maths teaching by The Open University
English | 2016 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08NDGMP9K | 35 pages | PDF | 0.34 Mb
This course looks at visualisation as it relates to mathematics, focusing upon how it can be used to improve learning. It will also identify ways in which to make more use of visualisation within the classroom.

Urban Drainage By David Butler, John Davies
2004 | 566 Pages | ISBN: 0415306078 | PDF | 6 MB
Environmental and engineering aspects are both involved in the drainage of rainwater and wastewater from areas of human development. Urban Drainage deals comprehensively not only with the design of new systems, but also the analysis and upgrading of existing infrastructure, and the environmental issues involved. Each chapter contains a descriptive overview of the complex issues involved, the basic engineering principles, and analysis for each topic. Extensive examples are used to support and demonstrate the key issues explained in the text. Urban Drainage is an essential text for undergraduates and postgraduate students, lecturers and researchers in water engineering, environmental engineering, public health engineering and engineering hydrology. It is a useful reference for drainage design and operation engineers in the water industry and local authorities, and for consulting engineers. It will also be of interest to students, researchers and practitioners in environmental science, technology, policy and planning, geography and health studies.

University of Texas at Austin: The First One Hundred Years by Lori Duran
2020 | ISBN: 1540243524, 1467104779 | English | 130 pages | EPUB | 70 MB
The University of Texas (UT) opened in 1883-38 years after Texas became a state and 7 years after the Texas Constitution called for the creation of a university of the first class. UT started off with 40 acres just north of Austin and with 221 primarily rural and local students. But since its founding, it has grown extensively and acquired worldwide prominence. Now, UT has 431 acres on its main campus and over 51,000 students enrolled from all 50 states and, at least, 124 different nations. UT is recognized as a top-rated state university, providing high-quality instruction and research. The university has also acquired architecturally interesting buildings, cherished traditions, and exciting sports programs over the years.

Mădălina Chitez, Claudia Ioana Doroholschi, Otto Kruse, "University Writing in Central and Eastern Europe: Tradition, Transition, and Innovation"
English | 2018 | pages: 252 | ISBN: 3319951971 | PDF | 4,5 mb
This book explores specific issues related to academic writing provision in the post-communist countries in Eastern, Central and Southern Europe. Although they have different cultures and writing traditions, these countries share common features in what regards the development of higher education and research and encounter challenges different from Western European countries.